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Why Don't Country Flags Use The Color Purple?

Author : After Skool

Publisher : Kram Gallery LLC

Page : 46 pages

File Size : 21,20 MB

Release : 2019-04-16

Category :

ISBN : 9780578489247

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There are 196 countries on earth and none of them use purple on their national flag! What's wrong with purple? It's such a popular color today. Why would no country want it on their flag? Sometimes the simplest questions have the most extraordinary answers! This is the incredible true story of purple! Take a journey back to a time when purple dye was worth more than gold, diamonds or castles. This book was inspired by our original animation that has gone viral across the world. We decided to expand the story and enhance the art. Our mission is to make learning fun and to teach ideas that you won't necessarily find in a classroom.



The Color Purple

Author : Alice Walker

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 10,94 MB

Release : 2023-08-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0735248753

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The inspiration for the new film adaptation of the Tony-winning Broadway musical Alice Walker’s iconic modern classic, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award A powerful cultural touchstone of modern literature, The Color Purple depicts the lives of African American women in early twentieth-century rural Georgia. Separated as girls, sisters Celie and Nettie sustain their loyalty to and hope in each other across time, distance, and silence. Through a series of letters spanning twenty years, first from Celie to God, then the sisters to each other despite the unknown, the novel draws readers into its rich and memorable portrayals of Celie, Nettie, Shug Avery and Sofia and their experience. The Color Purple broke the silence around domestic and sexual abuse, narrating the lives of women through their pain and struggle, companionship and growth, resilience and bravery. Deeply compassionate and beautifully imagined, Alice Walker's epic carries readers on a spirit-affirming journey toward redemption and love.



Chromatopia

Author : David Coles

Publisher : National Geographic Books

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 16,94 MB

Release : 2021-10-26

Category : Art

ISBN : 1760762016

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This origin story of history’s most vivid color pigments is perfect for artists, history buffs, science lovers, and design fanatics. Did you know that the Egyptians created the first synthetic color and used it to create the famous blue crown of Queen Nefertiti? Or that the noblest purple comes from a predatory sea snail? In the Roman Empire, hundreds of thousands of snails had to be sacrificed to produce a single ounce of dye. Throughout history, pigments have been made from deadly metals, poisonous minerals, urine, cow dung, and even crushed insects. From grinding down beetles and burning animal bones to alchemy and pure luck, Chromatopia reveals the origin stories behind over fifty of history’s most vivid color pigments. Featuring informative and detailed color histories, a section on working with monochromatic color, and “recipes” for paint-making, Chromatopia provides color enthusiasts with an eclectic story of how synthetic colors came to be. Red lead, for example, was invented by the ancient Greeks by roasting white lead, and it became the dominant red in medieval painting. Spanning from the ancient world to modern leaps in technology, and vibrantly illustrated throughout, this book will add a little chroma to anyone’s understanding of the history of colors.



Good Flag, Bad Flag

Author : Ted Kaye

Publisher :

Page : 15 pages

File Size : 32,28 MB

Release : 2006-01-01

Category : Flags

ISBN : 9780974772813

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The Flag Book

Author : Lonely Planet Kids

Publisher : Lonely Planet

Page : pages

File Size : 36,31 MB

Release : 2019-09-01

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1788686543

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Did you know that flags are actually pictures that send a message to everyone who sees them? In The Flag Book you'll uncover the hidden meanings of flags- from country and state colours to flags used in sports, on ships and aeroplanes, and by the most dastardly of Caribbean pirates.



The Big Sleep

Author : Raymond Chandler

Publisher : DigiCat

Page : 196 pages

File Size : 37,6 MB

Release : 2022-08-16

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Big Sleep" by Raymond Chandler. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.



Feed

Author : M. T. Anderson

Publisher : Candlewick Press

Page : 311 pages

File Size : 22,86 MB

Release : 2010-05-11

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 0763651559

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Identity crises, consumerism, and star-crossed teenage love in a futuristic society where people connect to the Internet via feeds implanted in their brains. Winner of the LA Times Book Prize. For Titus and his friends, it started out like any ordinary trip to the moon - a chance to party during spring break and play around with some stupid low-grav at the Ricochet Lounge. But that was before the crazy hacker caused all their feeds to malfunction, sending them to the hospital to lie around with nothing inside their heads for days. And it was before Titus met Violet, a beautiful, brainy teenage girl who knows something about what it’s like to live without the feed-and about resisting its omnipresent ability to categorize human thoughts and desires. Following in the footsteps of George Orwell, Anthony Burgess, and Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., M. T. Anderson has created a brave new world - and a hilarious new lingo - sure to appeal to anyone who appreciates smart satire, futuristic fiction laced with humor, or any story featuring skin lesions as a fashion statement.



Stargirl

Author : Jerry Spinelli

Publisher : Laurel Leaf

Page : 209 pages

File Size : 36,42 MB

Release : 2004-05-11

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 0440416779

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ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A modern-day classic from Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli, this beloved celebration of individuality is now an original movie on Disney+! And don't miss the author's highly anticipated new novel, Dead Wednesday! Stargirl. From the day she arrives at quiet Mica High in a burst of color and sound, the hallways hum with the murmur of “Stargirl, Stargirl.” She captures Leo Borlock’ s heart with just one smile. She sparks a school-spirit revolution with just one cheer. The students of Mica High are enchanted. At first. Then they turn on her. Stargirl is suddenly shunned for everything that makes her different, and Leo, panicked and desperate with love, urges her to become the very thing that can destroy her: normal. In this celebration of nonconformity, Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli weaves a tense, emotional tale about the perils of popularity and the thrill and inspiration of first love. Don’t miss the sequel, Love, Stargirl, as well as The Warden’s Daughter, a novel about another girl who can't help but stand out. “Spinelli is a poet of the prepubescent. . . . No writer guides his young characters, and his readers, past these pitfalls and challenges and toward their futures with more compassion.” —The New York Times



The Complete Book of Country Flags, Facts and Capitals: A Colorful Guide of All Country Flags, Facts and Capitals of the World Including Photos and Co

Author : B. C. Lester Books

Publisher :

Page : 42 pages

File Size : 32,29 MB

Release : 2020-06-10

Category : Reference

ISBN : 9781913668181

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Are you looking for a clear guide to all flags of countries of the world? Are you looking for country information, or the country's location on the map? Then look no further! Heres why The Complete Book of Country Flags, Facts & Capitals is the perfect handbook and reference guide for you! THE PERFECT BLEND OF PRACTICALITY AND AESTHETIC - Countries are organized by continent and country information is logically placed and easy to find. Between this data are colorful flags, beautiful maps and photos summarizing the continent, making for a lovely book for both kids and adults. WRITTEN FOR READERS OF ALL AGES - An informative yet a non-complicated read, with no unnecessary jargon, making the read enjoyable for children and adults alike. DETAILED INFORMATION INSIDE WITH IMPROVED READABILITY - A section of country and continent facts forming reliable data such as country's capital, area and population, coupled with summary paragraphs on continents and fun facts which give the book readability as well as just lists of information. FIND COUNTRY LOCATIONS IN SECONDS - Our numbering system allows you locate a country and its flag on a map in seconds! HANDY SIZE, DURABLE FINISH - 6x9 inch book witha. durable glossy cover makes this book ideal for suing at home or taking with you on holiday or to school! MAKES A GREAT GIFT FOR YOURSELF OR FOR GEOGRAPHY LOVERS - B.C. Lester Books devotes their efforts into bringing cutting edge publications in Geography, so you know you will be getting a quality title, whoever this book is purchased for! CUSTOMERS LOVE OUR FLAG BOOKS - Designed as an overall improvement from our previous Flag Books, customers loved our Geography Publications and we think that you will too! Get yours now!



Behave

Author : Robert M. Sapolsky

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 801 pages

File Size : 26,30 MB

Release : 2018-05-01

Category : Science

ISBN : 0143110918

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New York Times bestseller • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize • One of the Washington Post's 10 Best Books of the Year “It’s no exaggeration to say that Behave is one of the best nonfiction books I’ve ever read.” —David P. Barash, The Wall Street Journal "It has my vote for science book of the year.” —Parul Sehgal, The New York Times "Immensely readable, often hilarious...Hands-down one of the best books I’ve read in years. I loved it." —Dina Temple-Raston, The Washington Post From the bestselling author of A Primate's Memoir and the forthcoming Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will comes a landmark, genre-defining examination of human behavior and an answer to the question: Why do we do the things we do? Behave is one of the most dazzling tours d’horizon of the science of human behavior ever attempted. Moving across a range of disciplines, Sapolsky—a neuroscientist and primatologist—uncovers the hidden story of our actions. Undertaking some of our thorniest questions relating to tribalism and xenophobia, hierarchy and competition, and war and peace, Behave is a towering achievement—a majestic synthesis of cutting-edge research and a heroic exploration of why we ultimately do the things we do . . . for good and for ill.