Inspired by Clarke's epic book, the film moves from the pre-historic birth of intelligence to the emergence of man as pure thought, somewhere in the future. When a monolith is found on the moon, astronauts equipped with a superintelligent computer attempt to find its origins.
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"Fifty thinkers who shaped the modern world" profiles fifty landmark philosophers, scientists, political and social theorists as well as spiritual leaders whose ideas have defined the age we live in. It offers a crisp analysis of their key ideas, and in some cases a re-evaluation...
Horses revolutionized the way we hunted, traded, traveled, farmed, fought, worshipped, and interacted. They reshaped the human genome and the world's linguistic map. They determined international borders, molded cultures, fueled economies, and built global superpowers. And they w...
"Marlin, a clownfish, teams up with a forgetful but friendly Blue Tang named Dory to find his son Nemo in this collection of the films retold as comics! Along the way they'll meet new friends and they'll discover just how much Dory is capable of in this heartwarming undersea adve...
A collection of fairy tales from Grimm, Anderson and Perrault.
The classic science fiction novel that changed the way we looked at the stars and ourselves. From the savannas of Africa at the dawn of mankind to the rings of Saturn as man ventures to the outer rim of our solar system, 2001: a space odyssey is a journey unlike any other. This a...
Popular history of the Hudson's Bay Company in Canada, including the fur trade, exploration, native peoples, social history, northern trading posts and a chronology.
"What's the roadmap to create a company that not only survives its infancy but thrives, changing the world for decades to come? Nine years before the publication of his epochal bestseller Good to Great, Jim Collins and his mentor, Bill Lazier, answered this question in their best...
Based on the autobiography of undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame, whose covert identity was exposed when her husband, retired Ambassador Joe Wilson, wrote a newspaper article challenging the basis for the claim that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
An analysis of the role of Canada's Aboriginal soldiers in the First World War.
Unabridged selections from a collection of cherished poems, songs, and lullabies, including beloved classics and modern favorites from Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, Jack Prelutsky, Shel Silverstein, Rodgers & Hammerstein. Features a bonus pdf of paintings by James McMullan.
A space voyage to Jupiter erupts in disaster when the ship's computer goes mad.