Two tiny trilobites in a vast Cambrian ocean drift past sea cucumber parasols and a shaggy, tree-like sponge. Snail tracks loop enigmatically against brushed-gray Silurian slate, and ghostly white crinoids feather a Devonian seascape. A delicate pterosaur flies bravely into the Jurassic gloom, while a Tyrannosaurus rex so big that its teeth fill our field of vision stalks the deep orange sands that mark the end of the Cretaceous period. These are just a few scenes from the magnificent drama that unfolds in glorious full color and three-dimensional texture in Rock of Ages, Sands of Time. Each of Barbara Page's 544 contiguous painted panels represents a million years of the history of life on earth, with fossil plants and animals depicted at the same scale and in association with each other just as they might be found by a paleontologist in the field. A muted rainbow of background colors evoke the rocks in which the fossils were found—the Texas Red Beds, for instance, or the yellow Solnhofen limestone—and keystone events are shown metaphorically, with fat rolls of paint marking major extinctions or continental drift. To fully experience the awesome impact of an eon's worth of time spread across 500 feet of bas-relief panels, you'd have to visit the Museum of the Earth in Ithaca, New York, where Page's specially commissioned work will be installed when the museum opens in 2002. But this book is the next best thing. Not only does it contain crisp color reproductions of each painting, but it also includes an accessible essay from paleontologist Warren Allmon giving the scientific context behind the art. For fossil lovers of all ages, and anyone interested in the merging of art and science, Rock of Ages, Sands of Time will be the find of a lifetime.

Rock of Ages, Sands of Time: Paintings by Barbara Page, Text by Warren Allmon

Arts & Photography

Page, Barbara

Allmon, Warren D.

Individual Artists

University of Chicago Press

There once was a dragon who created the world. He was mighty, benevolent, and kind. Known as the Divine Dragon, he created others in his image. These were known as the Clan dragons, each in charge of helping the world prosper and flourish. They lived in harmony with the other races of the world - that is, until one dragon grew jealous of the Divine's power. Now the Age of Dragons is over. The dragons have disappeared, their power sealed away in crystals known as Dragon Eyes. Thought lost, the Crimson Dragon's Eye has reemerged, choosing a man with a mysterious fire mark to become the bearer of the power of the Crimson Dragons.With the help of Rhinehart and the mysterious dual-elf, Elania, the Crimson Dragons are but the first to rise again.

The Rise of the Crimson Dragons (Elementum Dracones)

Children's Books

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Independent Publisher

A captivating blend of art book and autobiography, Book Marks is an imaginative journey through artist Barbara Page's reading history. At the heart of the book are over 430 richly illustrated artworks that are part of an ongoing project, comprising hundreds of repurposed checkout cards filed in a two-drawer library case. Using collage and drawing, artist Barbara Page began converting these obsolete library cards in 2008 as a colorful system for remembering books she was reading. Soon, she began making "book marks" for titles from her early childhood, eventually recreating seven decades of her reading history. These artworks are interwoven with personal accounts of Page's life as a child, young housewife, pilot, widow, and traveler, illuminating how books can leave indelible impressions on our lives and how our memories of books are anchored not only to the story itself, but also to events and images beyond the book's cover. These compelling artworks resonate and inspire, as will Page's story.Bound with two ribbon bookmarks, so readers can simultaneously mark their place in the plate section and corresponding page in the chapter, Book Marks includes a complete bibliographic list of 434 titles-fiction, science, art, gardening, travel, history, biography, aviation, ecology, children's literature, and more; and author and title indices for easy cross reference.

Book Marks: An Artist’s Card Catalog: Notes from the Library of My Mind

Humor & Entertainment

Bauer And Dean Publishers

Rhinehart, a human who knew little of his destiny as the Crimson Dragoon.Lossen, a Wintarin who was hesitant to leave all he knew behind.Elania, a dual-elf who believed in the Divine Dragon above all else.Rhidia, a Faedron who knew how to bury the past behind her.These four unlikely companions formed a pact to protect the world from the Draconian King and his most loyal servant, the Wyvern Knight. They must find the other Dragoons and build an army, but how could they do that with the King's Claw hunting them down? First, they start with Rhidia and search for the Mist Dragon's Eye. All the elf woman could think about, however, was a warning ringing in her ears."Remember, Rhidia. There are many secrets hidden within the Mist."

The Secrets of the Mist Dragons (Elementum Dracones)

Animals

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