The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast
Author : William Roscoe
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 30,52 MB
Release : 2020-09-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1613100728
Author : William Roscoe
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 30,52 MB
Release : 2020-09-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1613100728
Author : Jane Yolen
Publisher : StarWalk Kids Media
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 50,95 MB
Release : 2014-05-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1630831565
All the invited animals, from one little mouse to ten little porcupines, busily prepare to attend the Butterfly Ball.
Author : Jean-Dominique Bauby
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 11,61 MB
Release : 2008-03-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0307454835
A triumphant memoir by the former editor-in-chief of French Elle that reveals an indomitable spirit and celebrates the liberating power of consciousness. In 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby was the editor-in-chief of French Elle, the father of two young children, a 44-year-old man known and loved for his wit, his style, and his impassioned approach to life. By the end of the year he was also the victim of a rare kind of stroke to the brainstem. After 20 days in a coma, Bauby awoke into a body which had all but stopped working: only his left eye functioned, allowing him to see and, by blinking it, to make clear that his mind was unimpaired. Almost miraculously, he was soon able to express himself in the richest detail: dictating a word at a time, blinking to select each letter as the alphabet was recited to him slowly, over and over again. In the same way, he was able eventually to compose this extraordinary book. By turns wistful, mischievous, angry, and witty, Bauby bears witness to his determination to live as fully in his mind as he had been able to do in his body. He explains the joy, and deep sadness, of seeing his children and of hearing his aged father's voice on the phone. In magical sequences, he imagines traveling to other places and times and of lying next to the woman he loves. Fed only intravenously, he imagines preparing and tasting the full flavor of delectable dishes. Again and again he returns to an "inexhaustible reservoir of sensations," keeping in touch with himself and the life around him. Jean-Dominique Bauby died two days after the French publication of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. This book is a lasting testament to his life.
Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 22,19 MB
Release : 2021-04-25
Category : Poetry
ISBN :
"The Butterflys' Ball" is a captivating poetry book for children. It includes amusing characters like a butterfly, grasshopper, snail, etc., that end up giving a valuable lesson to the little readers. It is easy to follow and contains beautiful illustrations to keep the children interested.
Author : Vicki Churchill
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 43,7 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780806979434
Charming full page illus. featuring an adorable wombat. 3-5 yrs.
Author : Susanna Isern
Publisher : Cuento de Luz
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 18,41 MB
Release : 2013-09-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 841561991X
Winner at the 2013 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards. A magic ball has mysteriously appeared and will help to weave the most beautiful friendship between the animals of the forest. One morning, a hedgehog wakes up to find a mysterious ball of wool caught in his prickles. Why would he want a ball of wool?, he wonders in dismay. His friend the spider, who was an expert knitter, encouraged him to start knitting, teaching him all the keys and secrets to making a perfect sweater. Fascinated, all of the forest animals come to his house and the hedgehog happily knits something for each of his visitors. CLICKETY-CLICK, CLICKETY-CLICK... A stitch here, a stitch there... When the hedgehog stops knitting, he realizes something amazing—the ball of wool is magic! A charming tale of friendship, generosity and kindness that will bring out the best in young readers by encouraging them to help others.
Author : William Plomer
Publisher : Templar Books
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 25,91 MB
Release : 2008-09-01
Category : Balls (Parties)
ISBN : 9781840116694
Previous winner of the Whitbread Children's Book Award, this latest edition introduces the fantastical world of the insect's ball to a whole new generation.
Author : Dave Thompson
Publisher : ECW Press
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 30,55 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1550226185
It is now 35 years since Deep Purple first came together and today -- 14 musicians, 17 albums, and millions of record sales later -- the group remains a monster. Smoke on the Water is the first book in more than 20 years to tell the story of this remarkable band, from their grandiose inception in 1968 to the release of their latest album in 2003. Drawing from candid interviews with band members, associates, and fans alike, it traces the group through some of the most turbulent times that any band has survived, placing the band's own music in vivid context and illustrating just how profoundly this one group helped change the world.
Author : Olivia Fox Cabane
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 32,49 MB
Release : 2017-02-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0698153448
In The Charisma Myth, Olivia Fox Cabane offered a groundbreaking approach to becoming more charismatic. Now she teams up with Judah Pollack to reveal how anyone can train their brain to have more eureka insights. The creative mode in your brain is like a butterfly. It's beautiful and erratic, hard to catch and highly valued as a result. If you want to capture it, you need a net. Enter the executive mode, the task-oriented network in your brain that help you tie your shoes, run a meeting, or pitch a client. To succeed, you need both modes to work together--your inner butterfly to be active and free, but your inner net to be ready to spring at the right time and create that "aha!" moment. But is there any way to trigger these insights, beyond dumb luck? Thanks to recent neuroscience discoveries, we can now explain these breakthrough moments--and also induce them through a series of specific practices. It turns out there's a hidden pattern to all these seemingly random breakthrough ideas. From Achimedes' iconic moment in the bathtub to designer Adam Cheyer's idea for Siri, accidental breakthroughs throughout history share a common origin story. In this book, you will learn to master the skills that will transform your brain into a consistent generator of insights. Drawing on their extensive coaching and training practice with top Silicon Valley firms, Cabane and Pollack provide a step-by-step process for accessing the part of the brain that produces breakthroughs and systematically removing internal blocks. Their tactics range from simple to zany, such as: · Imagine an alternate universe where gravity doesn’t exist, and the social and legal rules that govern it. · Map Disney’s Pocahontas story onto James Cameron’s Avatar. · Rid yourself of imposter syndrome through mental exercises. · Literally change your perspective by climbing a tree. · Stimulate your butterfly mode by watching a foreign film without subtitles. By trying the exercises in this book, readers will emerge with a powerful new capacity for breakthrough thinking.
Author : Angela Davis-Gardner
Publisher : Dial Press Trade Paperback
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 26,53 MB
Release : 2012-04-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0385340958
When three-year-old Benji is plucked from the security of his home in Nagasaki to live with his American father, Lt. Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton, and stepmother, Kate, on their farm in Illinois, the family conceals Benji’s true identity as a child born from a liaison between an officer and a geisha—and instead tells everyone that he is an orphan. When the truth surfaces, it will splinter this family’s fragile dynamic and send Benji on the journey of a lifetime from Illinois to the Japanese settlements in Denver and San Francisco, then across the ocean to Nagasaki, where he will uncover the truth about his mother’s tragic death. Don’t miss the exclusive conversation between Angela Davis-Gardner and Jennifer Egan at the back of the book.