Roger Mello ist ein gefeierter Illustrator, Schriftsteller und Dramatiker, dessen Werk sich durch einen visuell reichen und eindringlichen Stil tiefgründigen menschlichen Erfahrungen widmet. Er ist international für seine Beiträge zur Literatur für Kinder und Erwachsene anerkannt. Mellos Fähigkeit, Erzählungen zu schaffen, die bei Lesern jeden Alters Anklang finden, hat ihm bedeutende Anerkennung eingebracht. Sein unverwechselbarer Ansatz sorgt dafür, dass seine Geschichten einen bleibenden Eindruck hinterlassen.
The One and Only
In a vibrant and shapeshifting narrative, a unicorn embarks on a quest to find others of his kind. This enchanting tale, illustrated by Roger Mello, captures the essence of uniqueness and the longing for connection. Through imaginative storytelling and captivating visuals, readers are invited to explore themes of identity and belonging in a whimsical world.
As João tucks under a lovingly woven quilt, he asks himself: So it’s just me now? He curls up, getting cozy in bed, and soon the world of his dreams unspools on the page. The blanket in his bed unravels into deep rivers, lakes, valleys, reservoirs, mountain ranges, fishing nets full of tadpoles and gaping holes, until what’s left is just one long thread. When he feels alone and scared in the dark, João “sews words like patchwork” into a new blanket to cover himself up. He weaves the threads of his quilt until they form one long sentence, and soon, the nighttime is peppered with his own silvery, slippery words. Roger Mello draws like a shapeshifter – to look at his illustrations is always to see something you missed before (a stingray, a crescent moon nestled into the palm of João’s hand). His breathtaking line drawings, beaming in white thread against deep red, combined with poetic and bewildered language, make João by a Thread a book to take into bed at the edge of sleep, just before you start to dream.
Key Questions in Environmental Toxicology is designed as a self-study tool for undergraduate students. Questions review the origin, characterization and environmental distribution of major pollutants, followed by their absorption and metabolic disposition in living organisms. They address implications for the development of cancer, cardiovascular disease, pulmonary dysfunction and neurological conditions in relation to gaseous pollutants, particulates, persistent organic compounds and radioactive emissions, then cover the impact of pollutants on biodiversity, food safety, and water contamination. Providing support to programmes across environmental science, ecology and human health, and covering all the major biological toxins and pollutants as well as unintended consequences of actions designed to improve outcomes, this book may be used in conjunction with the companion volume Introduction to Environmental Toxicology.