Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons

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Ernest Drake's Dragonology Handbook: A Practical Course in Dragons, [8] and Drake's Comprehensive Compendium of Dragonology [9] among others. The signs are easy to read: an obsession with dragons, wizards, fairies, or tales of other words, a mad delight in fantastic illustrations and ideas; a dislike of human rules or authorities. For true believers only, a lavishly illustrated reproduction of a legendary volume by the world's most distinguished dragonologist.

But if you're willing to let go of the resentment at that, or if you just read it for the fun of it, it's great. Ernest Drake, editor Dugald Steer, illustrators Helen Ward, Wayne Anderson, Nghiem Ta, Chris Forsey, A. I know I read it as soon as I got it, and the publication year says 2004, but I'm not very good at remembering exactly what year/how old I was when something happened, so that's just an estimate. The fictional premise of this book is that it is a facsimile of a lost work originally printed in 1895 and supposedly written by a dragonologist named Dr.It is surprisingly in things like the development of dragon embryo's in eggs and different tracks left by different dragons. It is a faux-text book about dragons, talking about different kinds of dragons throughout the world.

Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons was followed up by a number of sequels both in the Oology series and in its own right. Ernest Drake on the dragons of the world, their biology, behavior, and history of their interactions with humans. This book, like the other books in the Ologies series, is assigned a fictional "author" who then acts as the narrator of the book.

But there is the Dragonology collection of books which includes Dragonology: Tracking and Taming Dragons: A Guide for Beginners Vol 1. For more details, please consult the latest information provided by Royal Mail's International Incident Bulletin. For anyone interested in writing about or drawing dragons, it proves invaluable, with it's wealth of high-quality artwork and descriptions on the creatures. Exhortations to the person to "snap out of it" or to "stop living in cloud-cucko land" are rarely successful. We are experiencing delays with deliveries to many countries, but in most cases local services have now resumed.

It's great for both the young and old, I'm 24 years old and I love this book, my mom also really enjoyed it. Ernest Drake is presented in all its eccentric glory, happily bridging the gap between dragon legend and fact. Of course, Dragonology doesn't fail to satisfy my inner geeky five-year-old, either; if I narrow my eyes and lean away far enough, the red-and-gold glitter looks more like the dragon dust it's supposed to be. The illustrations are absolutely gorgeous and there are loads of little extras like fold out maps, flaps to look under, secret codes and even stroke-able textured skin samples with added glitter and sparkle.Books in the series are credited to fictional authors such as Dr Ernest Drake, a member of the Secret and Ancient Society of Dragonologists, and the author of the series' first book, Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons. In 2012 Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman announced that they intended to produce a film adaptation of the books. Causally spends Saturday night as an adult reading a spell about how to tame a dragon written in runes* "Drat. The quality of this book is absolutely fantastic and it's a must have for dragon lovers of all ages, just have a look at some of the pictures below and you'll see exactly what I'm talking about!