Dinosaur Blackout

Daniel breaks a promise not to travel back to dinosaur times any more, because his friends are missing.

Dinosaurs, time travel and, dealing with local bullies are all intertwined in this suspenseful story.

Daniel's interested in dinosaurs, but the fact that there are old dino bones around his dad's farm isn't going to save them from having to sell the place. Or is it?

Daniel once again travels back to the time of dinosaurs to learn more about the prehistoric creatures he loves. This time he has an unexpected companion.

This monumental text-reference places in clear persepctive the importance of nutritional assessments to the ecology and biology of ruminants and other nonruminant herbivorous mammals. Now extensively revised and significantly expanded, it reflects the changes and growth in ruminant nutrition and related ecology since 1982. Among the subjects Peter J. Van Soest covers are nutritional constraints, mineral nutrition, rumen fermentation, microbial ecology, utilization of fibrous carbohydrates, application of ruminant precepts to fermentive digestion in nonruminants, as well as taxonomy, evolution, nonruminant competitors, gastrointestinal anatomies, feeding behavior, and problems fo animal size. He also discusses methods of evaluation, nutritive value, physical struture and chemical composition of feeds, forages, and broses, the effects of lignification, and ecology of plant self-protection, in addition to metabolism of energy, protein, lipids, control of feed intake, mathematical models of animal function, digestive flow, and net energy. Van Soest has introduced a number of changes in this edition, including new illustrations and tables. He places nutritional studies in historical context to show not only the effectiveness of nutritional approaches but also why nutrition is of fundamental importance to issues of world conservation. He has extended precepts of ruminant nutritional ecology to such distant adaptations as the giant panda and streamlined conceptual issues in a clearer logical progression, with emphasis on mechanistic causal interrelationships. Peter J. Van Soest is Professor of Animal Nutrition in the Department of Animal Science and the Division of Nutritional Sciences at the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University.

Krishtalka, a paleontologist at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, studies the evolution of ancient mammals. Here, he reflects on the world of natural history--from dinosaurs to man. 50 illustrations.

Comic book heroes are taking over the popular culture world. This title includes a brief overview of the industry, a grading guide, and features an interview with a comic book insider.

In a career that has spanned six decades-and shows no sign of slowing down-Dino DeLaurentiis has walked the cutting edge of lmmaking. He has personied the powerful, visionary Hollywood producer for one reason: he invented the role. Dino celebrates this living legend and his passionate, exhilarating life in the pictures. The son of an Italian pasta maker, DeLaurentiis was drawn to the cinema at an early age. He was essential in creating a groundbreaking Italian lm industry. The unstoppable DeLaurentiis next sailed to the United States and went on to produce Serpico, Three Days of the Condor, Ragtime-and hundreds more. Based on extensive conversations with DeLaurentiis and lled with extraordinary photographs, this sweeping memoir takes us from Italy to Hollywood and back, exposing the inner workings of the silver screen and luminaries including Roberto Rossellini; Vittorio De Sica; Robert Altman; Ridley Scott; Martin Scorsese; Roman Polanski; and many more. A chronicle of high art, entrepreneurial savvy, and a particular zeal for life and risk, DeLaurentiis's tale is a must-have for every lm buff.