David Lambert

An easy-to-use guide to over 50 fantastic magic tricks. Collins Gem Magic Tricks is a fascinating and easy-to use guide to over sixty tricks, whether they be The Magic Wand (using coins), Blow that knot away (using a handkerchief) or Impossible release (using string). Specially commissioned photographs and explanatory diagrams complement the clear step-by-step instructions for each trick. There is also a short introduction to the history of magic,...

This amazing, revealing handbook contains all anyone will ever need to know about reading body language. With it, you can become a veritable human lie detector, spotting exactly when people are telling the truth, when they are lying, and even how they are feeling. What can you tell by folded arms, by the distance away someone stands when talking to you, from facial expressions, or from blinking eyes? The answer? Almost everything! With hundreds of...

Describes factors that influence our climate and weather.

The town of Stoughton has seen many changes since its incorporation in 1726. Stoughton families and fortunes were transformed in the mid-19th century as they prospered from the production of shoes, boots, wooden shoe lasts, and rubber goods. Farming dwindled, and industry was in full swing by the opening decades of the 20th century. Immigrants from Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal, and the Azores changed the cultural community as they started their...

An updated title provides information on earth's origin, the shaping of the continents, the forming of rocks, erosion, earth's geological history, and the impact of the oceans and rivers.

"Born out of a partnership of a writer, a photographer, and a designer, this book is both a photographic and an editorial investigation. It takes the reader on a journey through the physical locations that played host to key moments in New York City's avant-garde culture from the 1950s to the late 1980s"--P. 9.