Washoe County Library System

"Our rapidly industrializing world has an insatiable hunger for energy and conventional sources are struggling to meet demand. Oil is running out, coal is damaging our climate, many nations are abandoning nuclear, yet solar, wind, and water will never be a complete replacement. The solution, says Daniel Clery in this deeply researched and revelatory book, is to be found in the original energy source: the Sun itself. There, at its center, the fusion...

Using the latest mapping techniques and the brilliant art of the Brothers Hildebrandt, follow the journey of Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf, and the Dwarves to the Misty Mountains and beyond. An exploration of British author J.R.R. Tolkien's classic fantasy/adventure novel, The hobbit, which looks at the story behind its conception and examines its themes and characters. Includes archival footage, new illustrations of Middle Earth created by the Brothers...