Summary: Inspired by photographs of ice in primarily natural forms, writers Jane Yolen, X.J. Kennedy, Lee Bennett Hopkins, and others capture their thoughts in poetry.

Contains many biographical sketches and historical and descriptive articles regarding Utah, Utah communities and Mormon faith and history.

Music Album documents Ralph Blauvelt's life as a composer, from his last "visual score" and the beginnings of the performance ensemble VORTEX in 1980, to his most recent compositions. It continues the story of his first book, From Notation To Music, which began with his first student works, and ended with his last visual score. Music Album features Ralph Blauvelt's narrative about his music and the people and places in his musical life. He discusses the connections between his diverse compositions and traces recurring themes in his music. Blauvelt's narrative weaves through items from his collection of newspaper clippings, concert programs, program notes, reviews, letters, and contemporary journal entries. Music Album includes numerous photos of the composer's music.

What responsibility do the Manhattan Project scientists have for the atomic devastation of Hiroshima? The Krupps scientists for the crematoriums at Auschwitz? Disturbing questions like these are at the heart of this book, a sobering exploration of scientific and intellectual responsibility. In a world in which daily technological developments, from the space shuttle to genetic engineering, raise complex political and economic questions, Technoscientific Angst provides a framework for assessing the social impact and ethical implications of scienctific work.

Dense Green forests in Yala, white-sand coasts in Trincomalee, azure waters off the South Coast, Anuradhapura's ancient temples, and cricket. Civil war, political assassinations, internally displaced communities, industrial-scale corruption. All are Sri Lanka. As are smug bureaucrats, nosy neighbours, and stray dogs with serious axes to grind. Through the eyes of Andrew Fidel Fernando, cricket writer par excellence, both a local and a tourist in his home country, Sri Lanka comes alive as he hurtles down hills in Kandy, breathes in the history at the rock fortress of Sigiriya, grapples with the aftermath of war in Jaffna, and has himself evicted from restaurants near Galle. Weaving through all manner of villages, paddy fields, mountains, jungles and marshlands, and pausing for the pests at grimy guesthouses and the vacationers of luxury hotels, Fernando has the time for every genre of person and wildlife in this chaotic, exquisite, frustrating, bewitching, tumultuous and intoxicating land. Hilariously witty yet wistfully sombre, Upon a Sleepless Isle is the story of a country and a people caught between long historical traditions and global capitalism, resulting in this ingenious paradise.

A Court of Dragons is the first book in a new fantasy romance series, inspired by Beauty and the Beast with Reylo vibes. It's perfect for fans of A Deal with The Elf King and The Bridge Kingdom.