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Jan Adkins

Autor(a) de Thomas Edison (DK Biography)

38+ Works 1,151 Membros 22 Críticas 1 Favorited

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Inclui os nomes: ADKINS JAN, Jan E. Adkins

Obras por Jan Adkins

Thomas Edison (DK Biography) (2009) 164 exemplares
Moving Heavy Things (1855) 114 exemplares
John Adams: Young Revolutionary (2002) — Autor — 108 exemplares
What If You Met A Pirate? (1882) 87 exemplares
Young Zorro: The Iron Brand (2006) 47 exemplares
Up Close: Frank Lloyd Wright (2007) 45 exemplares
Bridges: From My Side to Yours (2002) 44 exemplares
What If You Met a Knight? (2006) 43 exemplares
Wooden Ship (1978) 40 exemplares
A Storm Without Rain (1983) 35 exemplares
Toolchest (1973) 28 exemplares
What If You Met a Cowboy? (2013) 20 exemplares
How a House Happens (1971) 19 exemplares
The Wonder of Light (1997) 15 exemplares
Line: Tying It Up, Tying It Down (2004) 14 exemplares
Solstice: A Mystery of the Season (1990) 12 exemplares
Heavy Equipment (1827) 10 exemplares
Deadline for Final Art (1990) 9 exemplares
Luther Tarbox (1977) 7 exemplares
the Wood Book (1980) 7 exemplares
Workboats (1985) 7 exemplares
The Craft of Making Wine (1972) 4 exemplares
Symbols, a Silent Language (1978) 2 exemplares
Cookie (1988) 1 exemplar

Associated Works

Celebrate Cricket: 30 Years of Stories and Art (2003) — Contribuidor — 43 exemplares
Tales of Zorro (2008) — Contribuidor — 15 exemplares
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 1, September 1974 (1974) — Ilustrador — 7 exemplares
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 3, November 1976 (1976) — Artista da capa — 5 exemplares
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 3, November 1974 (1974) — Ilustrador — 5 exemplares
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, October 1973 (1973) — Ilustrador — 5 exemplares
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 2, October 1977 (1977) — Ilustrador — 4 exemplares
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 8, April 1974 (1974) — Ilustrador — 4 exemplares
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 4, December 1973 — Ilustrador — 4 exemplares
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 4, December 1976 (1976) — Ilustrador — 4 exemplares
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 5, January 1978 (1978) — Ilustrador — 3 exemplares
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 1, September 1977 (1977) — Ilustrador — 3 exemplares
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 5, January 1977 (1977) — Ilustrador — 3 exemplares
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 10, June 1975 (1975) — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 9, May 1981 (1981) — Ilustrador — 3 exemplares
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 4, December 1974 (1974) — Ilustrador — 3 exemplares
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 6, February 1976 — Ilustrador — 2 exemplares
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 11, July 1975 — Ilustrador — 2 exemplares
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 9, May 1977 (1977) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 12, August 1977 (1970) — Ilustrador — 2 exemplares
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 12, August 1975 — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 8, April 1977 (1977) — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 11, July 1977 — Ilustrador — 1 exemplar
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 3, November 1978 (1978) — Ilustrador — 1 exemplar

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1944-11-07
Sexo
male

Membros

Críticas

lots to learn on moving
 
Assinalado
Mikenielson | Jun 18, 2021 |
As did Mr. Adkins himself, the hero works for the National Geographic magazine as an art director. An article he is working on about powerful defense systems leads to murder and danger to people near him. Fortunately he has a longstanding friend from the KGB to help him as he battles foes who may or may not be part of our government. There is a sex scene, which I guess is there to show that he can write one. One sentence was amusing; other than that, it seemed unnecessary. There are some interesting ways to kill people.
I'm a big fan of his picture books, which end up in the children's section of libraries, but can be appreciated even more by adults.
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raizel | May 26, 2020 |
While the dust cover has the subheading "a primer of woodcraft," the title page doesn't. As the first words show, this is not a book written for preschoolers, although I first saw this book in the children's section of my local public library.
The main text in a largish serif font introduces the topic, while a smaller, italicized san-serif font goes into more detail and explains how to use the hand tools of a toolchest.

While there is much to learn and be impressed by in the body of the book, what I remembered most was the beginning page where you could write your name: it had the quote from Hamlet---"I am but mad north-north-west; when the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw."---with a picture of saw with a hawk-like handle. Not remembering who the author was, it took me years to find a copy of the book.… (mais)
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Assinalado
raizel | Dec 6, 2019 |
Drawings and descriptions of big trucks and other heavy equipment. The final page warns that these machines "can be dangerous as well as wonderful . . . it depends on the men and women who use them. If the people who use them are quick and greedy, the big machines will destroy. If the people are patient and thoughtful, the machines will build. Heavy equipment has no mind of its own."

The concluding message is similar to my understanding of what Norbert Wiener said in God and Golem about people being ultimately responsible for the actions of the machines they create.… (mais)
 
Assinalado
raizel | Dec 6, 2019 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
38
Also by
25
Membros
1,151
Popularidade
#22,320
Avaliação
3.9
Críticas
22
ISBN
92
Línguas
3
Marcado como favorito
1

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