Author: Fran Nuño
Publisher: Cuento de Luz
ISBN: 8415784228
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Winner at the 2013 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards. Visit this fair full of magic, where a simple movement of the hand can set in motion all the rides. Once upon a time, my dad took me to a very special fair a long, long way from home. As soon as we arrived, he asked me to wave my hands in the air like a magician so that the lights would turn on or off as I pleased. “It’s amazing!” I shouted with joy. Today my dad has taken me to the fair, and you can't imagine how excited I am. It is a magical place, full of lights, colors, music and, above all, fun! However, this fair has something special that makes it different from the others... A witch has hung up her broom to become the driver of a flying train, a snow-capped Helter Skelter, and Bumper Cars that can zoom off to wherever the driver wants and ride through the venue... This fair seems to have come to life!
Fairground Lights
Author: Fran Nuño
Publisher: Cuento de Luz
ISBN: 8415784228
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Winner at the 2013 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards. Visit this fair full of magic, where a simple movement of the hand can set in motion all the rides. Once upon a time, my dad took me to a very special fair a long, long way from home. As soon as we arrived, he asked me to wave my hands in the air like a magician so that the lights would turn on or off as I pleased. “It’s amazing!” I shouted with joy. Today my dad has taken me to the fair, and you can't imagine how excited I am. It is a magical place, full of lights, colors, music and, above all, fun! However, this fair has something special that makes it different from the others... A witch has hung up her broom to become the driver of a flying train, a snow-capped Helter Skelter, and Bumper Cars that can zoom off to wherever the driver wants and ride through the venue... This fair seems to have come to life!
Publisher: Cuento de Luz
ISBN: 8415784228
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Winner at the 2013 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards. Visit this fair full of magic, where a simple movement of the hand can set in motion all the rides. Once upon a time, my dad took me to a very special fair a long, long way from home. As soon as we arrived, he asked me to wave my hands in the air like a magician so that the lights would turn on or off as I pleased. “It’s amazing!” I shouted with joy. Today my dad has taken me to the fair, and you can't imagine how excited I am. It is a magical place, full of lights, colors, music and, above all, fun! However, this fair has something special that makes it different from the others... A witch has hung up her broom to become the driver of a flying train, a snow-capped Helter Skelter, and Bumper Cars that can zoom off to wherever the driver wants and ride through the venue... This fair seems to have come to life!
The Show Must Go On
Author: Bernard Ross
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1785380591
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
"running away from home" aged 15 Bernard Ross joined a travelling funfair, this book follows his adventures as one of the last live funfair wrestlers in the UK
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1785380591
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
"running away from home" aged 15 Bernard Ross joined a travelling funfair, this book follows his adventures as one of the last live funfair wrestlers in the UK
A Cinematic Artist
Author: Kim Knowles
Publisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9783039118847
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
The American artist Man Ray was one of the most influential figures of the historical avant-garde, contributing significantly to the development of both Dadaism and Surrealism. Whilst his pioneering work in photography assured him international acclaim, his activity in other areas, notably film, is to this day both unknown and undervalued. During the 1920s Man Ray made four short experimental films and collaborated on a host of other projects with people such as Marcel Duchamp, Fernand Léger, René Clair and Hans Richter. These works, along with a series of cinematic essays and home movies made during the 1920s and 1930s, represent the most important contribution to the development of an alternative mode of filmmaking in the early twentieth century. This book explores Man Ray's cinematic interactions from the perspective of his interdisciplinary artistic sensibility, creating links between film, photography, painting, poetry, music, architecture, dance and sculpture. By exposing his preoccupation with form, and his ambiguous relationship with the politics and aesthetics of the Dada and Surrealist movements, the author paints an intimate and complex portrait of Man Ray the filmmaker.
Publisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9783039118847
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
The American artist Man Ray was one of the most influential figures of the historical avant-garde, contributing significantly to the development of both Dadaism and Surrealism. Whilst his pioneering work in photography assured him international acclaim, his activity in other areas, notably film, is to this day both unknown and undervalued. During the 1920s Man Ray made four short experimental films and collaborated on a host of other projects with people such as Marcel Duchamp, Fernand Léger, René Clair and Hans Richter. These works, along with a series of cinematic essays and home movies made during the 1920s and 1930s, represent the most important contribution to the development of an alternative mode of filmmaking in the early twentieth century. This book explores Man Ray's cinematic interactions from the perspective of his interdisciplinary artistic sensibility, creating links between film, photography, painting, poetry, music, architecture, dance and sculpture. By exposing his preoccupation with form, and his ambiguous relationship with the politics and aesthetics of the Dada and Surrealist movements, the author paints an intimate and complex portrait of Man Ray the filmmaker.
ICT Connect
Author: Higgins
Publisher: Rigby
ISBN: 9780433061304
Category : Information technology
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
"ICT Connect" provides a manageable and flexible solution for teaching ICT skills across the primary age range. It is fully matched to the QCA Scheme of Work for ICT and offers opportunities for cross-curricular links.
Publisher: Rigby
ISBN: 9780433061304
Category : Information technology
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
"ICT Connect" provides a manageable and flexible solution for teaching ICT skills across the primary age range. It is fully matched to the QCA Scheme of Work for ICT and offers opportunities for cross-curricular links.
Shadowsmith
Author: Ross MacKenzie
Publisher: Floris Books
ISBN: 1782503439
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Are you brave? When the mysterious Amelia Pigeon turns up at Kirby's bedroom window in the dead of night, this is the question she asks him – immediately before they tumble into a world of ancient malevolent spirits who have torn their way into Kirby's boring seaside village. Kirby isn't feeling brave at all. His mother is in a coma following a freak (or was it?) accident, and he's hardly talking to his dad. He's convinced a spider is watching him, and now a weird girl in a yellow raincoat – who claims to be a powerful, evil-banishing Shadowsmith – is dragging him into unknown danger. How brave is he really? Ross MacKenzie, author of the Blue Peter award-winning The Nowhere Emporium, weaves a world of magic and adventure which twists and turns magnificently and will keep thrilled young readers guessing right to the end.
Publisher: Floris Books
ISBN: 1782503439
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Are you brave? When the mysterious Amelia Pigeon turns up at Kirby's bedroom window in the dead of night, this is the question she asks him – immediately before they tumble into a world of ancient malevolent spirits who have torn their way into Kirby's boring seaside village. Kirby isn't feeling brave at all. His mother is in a coma following a freak (or was it?) accident, and he's hardly talking to his dad. He's convinced a spider is watching him, and now a weird girl in a yellow raincoat – who claims to be a powerful, evil-banishing Shadowsmith – is dragging him into unknown danger. How brave is he really? Ross MacKenzie, author of the Blue Peter award-winning The Nowhere Emporium, weaves a world of magic and adventure which twists and turns magnificently and will keep thrilled young readers guessing right to the end.
Materializing Memories
Author: Susan Aasman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1501333232
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
A multitude of devices and technological tools now exist to make, share, and store memories and moments with family, friends, and even strangers. Memory practices such as home movies, which originated as the privilege of a few, well-to-do families, have now emerged as ubiquitous and immediate cultures of sharing. Departing from the history of home movies, this volume offers a sophisticated understanding of technologically mediated, mostly ritualized memory practices, from early beginnings in the fin-de-siècle to today. Departing from a longue durée perspective on home movie practices, Materializing Memories moves beyond a strict historical study to grapple with highly theorized fields, such as media studies, memory studies, and science and technology studies (STS). The contributors to this volume reflect on these different intellectual backgrounds and perspectives, but all chapters share a common framework by addressing practices of use, user configurations, and relevant media landscapes. Grasping the cultural dynamics of such multi-faceted practices requires a multidimensional conceptual approach, here achieved by centering around three concepts as central analytical lenses: dispositifs, generations, and amateurs.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1501333232
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
A multitude of devices and technological tools now exist to make, share, and store memories and moments with family, friends, and even strangers. Memory practices such as home movies, which originated as the privilege of a few, well-to-do families, have now emerged as ubiquitous and immediate cultures of sharing. Departing from the history of home movies, this volume offers a sophisticated understanding of technologically mediated, mostly ritualized memory practices, from early beginnings in the fin-de-siècle to today. Departing from a longue durée perspective on home movie practices, Materializing Memories moves beyond a strict historical study to grapple with highly theorized fields, such as media studies, memory studies, and science and technology studies (STS). The contributors to this volume reflect on these different intellectual backgrounds and perspectives, but all chapters share a common framework by addressing practices of use, user configurations, and relevant media landscapes. Grasping the cultural dynamics of such multi-faceted practices requires a multidimensional conceptual approach, here achieved by centering around three concepts as central analytical lenses: dispositifs, generations, and amateurs.
The Complete Guide to Night and Low-light Photography
Author: Lee Frost
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780817450410
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Starting with a technical discussion and then tackling a wide range of themes and lighting situations, this book presents specific guidelines for shooting low-light landscapes, portraits, buildings, carnivals, and more. 200 color, 80 b&w illustrations.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780817450410
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Starting with a technical discussion and then tackling a wide range of themes and lighting situations, this book presents specific guidelines for shooting low-light landscapes, portraits, buildings, carnivals, and more. 200 color, 80 b&w illustrations.
The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas
Author: David Almond
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763661694
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
When his mentally unstable uncle's obsessions take an unexpectedly cruel turn, young Stanley Potts is forced to leave and joins a carnival of eccentric characters before meeting the legendary Pancho Pirelli, who swims in piranha tanks and invites Stanley to become his apprentice.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763661694
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
When his mentally unstable uncle's obsessions take an unexpectedly cruel turn, young Stanley Potts is forced to leave and joins a carnival of eccentric characters before meeting the legendary Pancho Pirelli, who swims in piranha tanks and invites Stanley to become his apprentice.
It's Hard to Be Good
Author: Charlie Seiga
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN: 1398447811
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Times were hard in the 1940s and early '50s: kids went hungry and food was rationed; some families had to beg, steal or borrow to survive. But Charlie found his own way out. On a routine basis, together with his childhood gang, they became kid grafters (bang into crime). They did what they had to do, providing food to put on their family's table amongst other things. In 1953, aged 13, Charlie and his gang were always bunking off school. He went on to make further progress with his life. With his baby face and dressed as an office boy in a blazer, shirt, and tie, he was darting in and out of buildings in the city centre of Liverpool, buildings which provided rich pickings as he raided their cash drawers and safes. Charlie meets his mentor: an older woman, who was a professional in the business. She teaches him how to rob high-class jewellers of their expensive diamond rings: a well planned-out scene which is typical of the classic, highly rewarding cases of jewellery robberies of the time. Here's what Charlie has to say about his younger self: 'In 1954 and at the age of fourteen, I was earning more money than a professional adult. I was the richest poor teenager in Liverpool.'
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN: 1398447811
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Times were hard in the 1940s and early '50s: kids went hungry and food was rationed; some families had to beg, steal or borrow to survive. But Charlie found his own way out. On a routine basis, together with his childhood gang, they became kid grafters (bang into crime). They did what they had to do, providing food to put on their family's table amongst other things. In 1953, aged 13, Charlie and his gang were always bunking off school. He went on to make further progress with his life. With his baby face and dressed as an office boy in a blazer, shirt, and tie, he was darting in and out of buildings in the city centre of Liverpool, buildings which provided rich pickings as he raided their cash drawers and safes. Charlie meets his mentor: an older woman, who was a professional in the business. She teaches him how to rob high-class jewellers of their expensive diamond rings: a well planned-out scene which is typical of the classic, highly rewarding cases of jewellery robberies of the time. Here's what Charlie has to say about his younger self: 'In 1954 and at the age of fourteen, I was earning more money than a professional adult. I was the richest poor teenager in Liverpool.'
Night Shivers
Author: Terry Trafton
Publisher: Fox Lane Press
ISBN: 1662921454
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
Stories for rainy days. Great late night reading. Night Shivers––ghosts, time travel, parallel universes, mystery and romance drive the plotlines in this collection of short stories. Frightening journeys into the shivery realm of the supernatural, these unnerving tales probe those dark and mysterious places that inhabit the wildest imagination. A stormy Halloween night, six guests at a séance have no idea what eerie events The Farley Town Witch has planned for them. Phantom carousel spins riders into a parallel universe. Nothing unusual about the chair in the corner . . . not until the man who sits in it vanishes. No escaping the ghostly visitations of the Blue Lady in a story of heartbreak and retribution. Spencer Ingalls declares that spirits are nothing more than superstition––until one late night when he hears a woman from the other side calling him. In the stories September Rain and Night Magic, time moves backward with each sweep of the second hand. In love with a young woman who lived 150 years before he was born, Evan Kenner is shocked by a photograph of himself in the 19th century. On a late-night bus to Dothan, Alabama, a sensitive young woman hides a painful secret. Hopkinsville, Kentucky––the man with happy eyes boards the bus and immediately paints sunshine on a snowy wintery night. Willow Creek Road––eighteen miles of asphalt with a frightening reputation! More unnerving than the raging thunderstorm is the strange young woman sitting next to him in the story A Light for Lily. Taken from a drugged-out mother, thirty-year-old Billy Ryan spent eighteen years in foster care. Now a night watchman at Clayton’s, Billy has plenty of time to build a town for his mannequin friends––an enchanting town on the third floor of Clayton’s General Store; but strange are the ways of fate in the story Night Strike. Molly in the Sun––reality or recurring illusion? Danger waits in the deep shadows of a full moon, and for one man, distinguishing between illusion and reality is no longer possible. Hush Money is a story of deception in which old friends become familiar strangers. Who are the Dropa people and what messages are revealed on the mysterious Dropa Stones? Did an interstellar spacecraft crash-land in Eastern China? Written in Stone revisits the theory that these smallish people have an extraterrestrial history. Panic in Archer Anderson’s backyard! The thing buried there is coming to life and no one realizes the terror ahead––until it’s too late.
Publisher: Fox Lane Press
ISBN: 1662921454
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
Stories for rainy days. Great late night reading. Night Shivers––ghosts, time travel, parallel universes, mystery and romance drive the plotlines in this collection of short stories. Frightening journeys into the shivery realm of the supernatural, these unnerving tales probe those dark and mysterious places that inhabit the wildest imagination. A stormy Halloween night, six guests at a séance have no idea what eerie events The Farley Town Witch has planned for them. Phantom carousel spins riders into a parallel universe. Nothing unusual about the chair in the corner . . . not until the man who sits in it vanishes. No escaping the ghostly visitations of the Blue Lady in a story of heartbreak and retribution. Spencer Ingalls declares that spirits are nothing more than superstition––until one late night when he hears a woman from the other side calling him. In the stories September Rain and Night Magic, time moves backward with each sweep of the second hand. In love with a young woman who lived 150 years before he was born, Evan Kenner is shocked by a photograph of himself in the 19th century. On a late-night bus to Dothan, Alabama, a sensitive young woman hides a painful secret. Hopkinsville, Kentucky––the man with happy eyes boards the bus and immediately paints sunshine on a snowy wintery night. Willow Creek Road––eighteen miles of asphalt with a frightening reputation! More unnerving than the raging thunderstorm is the strange young woman sitting next to him in the story A Light for Lily. Taken from a drugged-out mother, thirty-year-old Billy Ryan spent eighteen years in foster care. Now a night watchman at Clayton’s, Billy has plenty of time to build a town for his mannequin friends––an enchanting town on the third floor of Clayton’s General Store; but strange are the ways of fate in the story Night Strike. Molly in the Sun––reality or recurring illusion? Danger waits in the deep shadows of a full moon, and for one man, distinguishing between illusion and reality is no longer possible. Hush Money is a story of deception in which old friends become familiar strangers. Who are the Dropa people and what messages are revealed on the mysterious Dropa Stones? Did an interstellar spacecraft crash-land in Eastern China? Written in Stone revisits the theory that these smallish people have an extraterrestrial history. Panic in Archer Anderson’s backyard! The thing buried there is coming to life and no one realizes the terror ahead––until it’s too late.