"This beautifully illustrated book comprises 297 photos of living insects and spiders, demonstrating a little known aspect of entomology as there exists no popular literature treating the nocturnal activities of these fascinating creatures. Few have had the time - or courage - to carry a camera quietly through the jungle at night. The text and photos introduce the reader to the various types of tropical forest and their smaller inhabitants. A chapter illustrates the many ways in which one may observe nocturnal life in the jungle, and the special techniques necessary to photograph bugs and vegetation in these dripping forests. Together with its photos, this book will be of considerable interest to nature photographers." --Book Jacket.

This "Halloween--jungle-style" story will capture the spirits and moods of young trick-or-treaters everywhere. Bouncy verses with repetitive lines, and colorful, comical illustrations propel jungle characters along as they parade their way to a party.

Does a city sleep at night? Is the rainforest as lively as it is during the day after the sun goes down? Featuring two remarkable panoramic play scenes, Day & Night invites readers to learn about life in varying locations at distinctive points of a day, and challenges them to find specific things in a sea of amusing things. Spot how the world runs in daylight hours and a dozen others that take place when we go asleep. Who would camouflage themselves in the woods under broad daylight and who wake at night? The first two editions of Day & Night take you on an epic 24-hour adventure run through the world.

How insects around the world hide from and defend themselves from predators.

A combination travelogue and guidebook that tells the humorous tale of the authors' vacation in Costa Rica while also giving valuable travel tips.

Welcome to a South American rain forest! As you push your way through the thick, green jungle, you see, hear, and feel the wildlife. Howler monkeys screech overhead as they munch on leaves. Antbirds swoop by in search of tasty bugs. Day and night in the rain forest, the hunt is on to find food—and to avoid becoming someone else’s next meal. All living things are connected to one another in a food chain, from animal to animal, animal to plant, plant to insect, and insect to animal. What path will you take to follow the food chain through the rain forest? Will you ... Crouch in the shadows with a jaguar? Slither through the leaves with an anaconda? Lurk in the jungle night with a tarantula? Follow all three chains and many more on this who-eats-what adventure!

This book brings the reader to the frontier of multimedia applications.

How do animals live in and adapt to life in the rain forest? Turn the page to reveal a grand pop-up with the different layers of the rain forest, rotate the wheel to see bonobos at play, and open big flaps to uncover the creatures at night. Filled with surprising details and strikingly beautiful illustrations, this interactive book is a must-have for young nature enthusiasts! The Ultimate Spotlight&; books have all the fun, facts, and hands-on action of the incredibly successful Ultimate Books&; series, but in a focused, more compact, and affordable format. Flaps, pull-tabs, and many other moveable parts appeal to children and provide an exciting inside look at various subjects. Filled with engaging text and surprising details, this collection of books provides hours of discovery.

Kim Halskov Madsen Up until a few decades ago, business administration and science were the primary areas in which computers were applied, but terms like pervasive computing reflect that interactive computing power is becoming an embedded part of people's every day environment, not only office buildings and private homes but also art and cul At one of the frontiers of multimedia applications computers are used as tural events. part of experimental theatre, puppet theatre, musical performances, museums, entertainment, and learning. In some of these domains, people interact with the computers using a mouse, keyboard and a 17-inch monitor, but present-day inter faces take a variety of forms, including motion-capture technology and displays of up to several metres in height and width. The trend of applying computer technologies in the domain of art and culture has been one of the pivots of a Danish research project, Staging of Virtual Inhabited 3D Spaces. The results of the project are presented in a series of four volumes, of which this book is the last one. The three other publications are: Virtual Interaction: Interaction in Virtual Inhabited 3D Worlds; Virtual Space: The Spatiality of Virtual Inhabited 3D Worlds; and 3D Applications: Applications with Virtual Inhabited 3D Worlds.