!marty finestone's activitybook » book http://www.activitybook.org pursuing fun, creativity and good thinking with a vengeance Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:30:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 the most expensive new book in the world http://www.activitybook.org/2008/11/26/the-most-expensive-new-book-in-the-world/ http://www.activitybook.org/2008/11/26/the-most-expensive-new-book-in-the-world/#comments Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:40:19 +0000 Marty Finestone http://www.activitybook.org/?p=1160 It’s made by hand, it’s about the works of Michelangelo, it weighs 62 pounds and it costs north of $100,000. “Michelanglo: La Dotta Mano”, is out now.

]]> http://www.activitybook.org/2008/11/26/the-most-expensive-new-book-in-the-world/feed/ 0 say it ain’t so writting joe – joe the plumber gets a book deal http://www.activitybook.org/2008/11/21/say-it-aint-so-writting-joe-joe-the-plumber-gets-a-book-deal/ http://www.activitybook.org/2008/11/21/say-it-aint-so-writting-joe-joe-the-plumber-gets-a-book-deal/#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:08:36 +0000 Marty Finestone http://www.activitybook.org/?p=1143 As shocking as this seems, Joe the Plumber has landed himself a book deal. The magnum opus is titled Joe the Plumber: Fighting for the American Dream, and will focus on his take on American values.

]]> http://www.activitybook.org/2008/11/21/say-it-aint-so-writting-joe-joe-the-plumber-gets-a-book-deal/feed/ 0 the vanishing arctic http://www.activitybook.org/2007/12/24/the-vanishing-arctic/ http://www.activitybook.org/2007/12/24/the-vanishing-arctic/#comments Mon, 24 Dec 2007 13:35:40 +0000 Marty Finestone http://www.activitybook.org/2007/12/24/the-vanishing-arctic/ arctic

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photograph by Mireille de la Lez

Vanity Fair has a 9 image sampling of Mirelle de la Lez’s pictures from the Arctic, which are visually stunning and full of impact. These pictures are part of the book described below.

    An extraordinary visual summary of the landscape, wildlife, and beauty of the Far North, photographer and naturalist Mireille de la Lez’sVanishing World:The Endangered Arctic shows the Arctic as a place of surprising color and quickly fluctuating form. Accompanied by text from Fredrik Granath, the photos also function as an arresting reminder of what we stand to lose if climate change goes unchecked. In 30 years, according to Dr. Neil T. M. Hamilton, director of the World Wildlife Fund’s Arctic Initiative, in his foreword to the book, the warmer periods of the year may produce a contradiction in terms: an iceless Arctic.
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