Author : Sergio Pitol
Publisher : Deep Vellum Publishing
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 10,30 MB
Release : 2015-03-17
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1941920063
Debut work in English, a literary memoir, by Sergio Pitol, maestro of Mexican literature, winner of the 2005 Cervantes Prize.
Author : Fredrik Sjöberg
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 14,98 MB
Release : 2016-06-30
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0141980303
Accidental Journeys with the Bestselling Author of The Fly Trap Stories just begin. We rarely know where and almost never why. It doesn't matter. Nothing is certain any longer. I just want to shut my eyes, point at random and say, as a sort of experiment, that once, when I was sixteen years old, I spent a whole night singing romantic songs in the top of a pine tree. That's where it may have started. Fredrik Sjöberg continues his exploration of the pleasures and trials of those who spend their time tracing the smallest details of the natural world in these two tales of ambition, fear and hapless romance. Calling on his childhood memories and experience as a hoverfly collector, and following the trail of long forgotten entomologists before him who left their native Sweden for the national parks of the United States, Sjöberg contemplates the richness of life and the strange paths it leads us on.
Author : Patrick Nagatani
Publisher : SF Design, LLC / Frescobooks
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 47,77 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781934491607
The Race is a novel about the discovery of fifteen Supermarine Spitfire airplanes buried in Burma at the end of World War II and their subsequent excavation, acquisition, and transformation into state-of-the-art floatplanes, capable of traveling long distances and landing at sea. Fifteen women of different backgrounds are ultimately chosen to pilot the planes in a trans-Pacific race from Tokyo to San Francisco. Beyond their private narratives, each woman experiences a larger dialogue about culture and gender issues, the moral and ecological state of our planet, the human condition, and the universal need for compassion. Evolving around stories and narrative fictions seen as photographic fact, The Race is a logical extension of Nagatani's visual campaigns. His lifelong interests in Buddhism, fiction and poetry, alternative medicine, indigenous cultures, identity, and self-examination all play a prominent part in this epic tale of adventure.
Author : Nick Neddo
Publisher :
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 30,87 MB
Release : 2015-01-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 1592539262
This is an art book which highlights the possibility of using natural, organic materials as art supplies and inspiration.
Author : Kanzaka Sekka
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,65 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Butterflies in art
ISBN : 9780486448350
Exquisite full-color plates depict 216 winged beauties, soaring and drifting across the pages in apparently seamless flight. Also includes a bonus CD-ROM that features all of the royalty-free butterfly graphics, both in full "flights" and separated into individual units. Ideal for lovers of fine art and for use by graphic artists, designers, and craftworkers.
Author : Alessandra Russo
Publisher : Hirmer Verlag GmbH
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 23,72 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Art, Spanish colonial
ISBN : 9783777420639
This beautiful catalog presents the first systematic study of feather mosaics from New Spain in the context of a broader creative exchange between Mesoamerican and European aesthetics and materials. Thirty-three scholars look at these unprecedented artworks that circulated in the sixteenth and seventeeth centuries from a range of vantage points, including art history, anthropology, collecting, natural history, archeology, and conservation. Published to complement a major international exhibition held at the National Museum of Art (MUNAL) in Mexico City in 2011, the book is organized thematically and includes over three hundred color photographs of feather mosaics with astonishing detail, as well as relevant paintings, sculptures, drawings, engravings, books, European illuminated manuscripts, Mesoamerican codices, and studies of natural history. No book has ever brought together so many images of artworks from this tradition, let alone assembled a team of scholars to offer such trenchant analysis. It will be essential for art historians, scholars of colonialism, and historians of the Spanish Empire alike.
Author : Carrol L. Henderson
Publisher : Voyageur Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 13,42 MB
Release : 2008-10-22
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780760333921
Describes adaptations for avian aerodynamics, and offers tips on spotting and identifying airborne birds.
Author : James McCallum
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,74 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Birds
ISBN : 9781904078265
A collection of sketches, paintings and observations made in Finland, Norway, Siberia and Alaska. This book includes artwork and written accounts that were all made outdoors from life. It is a visual and written account of travels to experience the wildlife of northern and arctic regions in its many moods and atmospheres.
Author : Ann Braden
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 41,30 MB
Release : 2022-08-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 198481608X
One small act of kindness ripples out to connect four kids in this stirring novel by the author of the beloved The Benefits of Being an Octopus. Libby comes from a long line of bullies. She wants to be different, but sometimes that doesn’t work out. To bolster herself, she makes a card with the message You are amazing. That card sets off a chain reaction that ends up making a difference in the lives of some kids who could also use a boost—be it from dealing with bullies, unaccepting families, or the hole that grief leaves. Receiving an encouraging message helps each kid summon up the thing they need most, whether it’s bravery, empathy, or understanding. Because it helps them realize they matter—and that they're not flying solo anymore.
Author : Jon A. Maguire
Publisher : Schiffer Pub Limited
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 50,94 MB
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 9780887407949
Following the success of their first volume American Flight Jackets, Airmen & Aircraft: A History of U.S. Flyers Jackets from World War I to Desert Storm, Jon Maguire and John Conway focus solely on the painted leather jackets of the World War II years in this all new volume.
