Author: Nora Brech
Publisher: Gecko Press (Tm)
ISBN: 1776572599
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
Cornelia and her parents move in to a new house. Bored, she is sent to play "outside." She discovers a hidden treehouse and a boy her own age. "Do you really live here all alone?" she asks. "No I live here with my inventions. Come and take a look . . ." Inside Cornelia is introduced to a magical machine. A jungle machine Nora Brech's gothic illustrations are packed with imaginative details and perspectives. Through an extreme wide-angle lens, she draws the reader in to a powerfully detailed, filmic world.
Cornelia and the Jungle Machine
Author: Nora Brech
Publisher: Gecko Press (Tm)
ISBN: 1776572599
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
Cornelia and her parents move in to a new house. Bored, she is sent to play "outside." She discovers a hidden treehouse and a boy her own age. "Do you really live here all alone?" she asks. "No I live here with my inventions. Come and take a look . . ." Inside Cornelia is introduced to a magical machine. A jungle machine Nora Brech's gothic illustrations are packed with imaginative details and perspectives. Through an extreme wide-angle lens, she draws the reader in to a powerfully detailed, filmic world.
Publisher: Gecko Press (Tm)
ISBN: 1776572599
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
Cornelia and her parents move in to a new house. Bored, she is sent to play "outside." She discovers a hidden treehouse and a boy her own age. "Do you really live here all alone?" she asks. "No I live here with my inventions. Come and take a look . . ." Inside Cornelia is introduced to a magical machine. A jungle machine Nora Brech's gothic illustrations are packed with imaginative details and perspectives. Through an extreme wide-angle lens, she draws the reader in to a powerfully detailed, filmic world.
Fundamentals of Digital Manufacturing Science
Author: Zude Zhou
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0857295640
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
The manufacturing industry will reap significant benefits from encouraging the development of digital manufacturing science and technology. Digital Manufacturing Science uses theorems, illustrations and tables to introduce the definition, theory architecture, main content, and key technologies of digital manufacturing science. Readers will be able to develop an in-depth understanding of the emergence and the development, the theoretical background, and the techniques and methods of digital manufacturing science. Furthermore, they will also be able to use the basic theories and key technologies described in Digital Manufacturing Science to solve practical engineering problems in modern manufacturing processes. Digital Manufacturing Science is aimed at advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students, academic researchers and researchers in the manufacturing industry. It allows readers to integrate the theories and technologies described with their own research works, and to propose new ideas and new methods to improve the theory and application of digital manufacturing science.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0857295640
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
The manufacturing industry will reap significant benefits from encouraging the development of digital manufacturing science and technology. Digital Manufacturing Science uses theorems, illustrations and tables to introduce the definition, theory architecture, main content, and key technologies of digital manufacturing science. Readers will be able to develop an in-depth understanding of the emergence and the development, the theoretical background, and the techniques and methods of digital manufacturing science. Furthermore, they will also be able to use the basic theories and key technologies described in Digital Manufacturing Science to solve practical engineering problems in modern manufacturing processes. Digital Manufacturing Science is aimed at advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students, academic researchers and researchers in the manufacturing industry. It allows readers to integrate the theories and technologies described with their own research works, and to propose new ideas and new methods to improve the theory and application of digital manufacturing science.
The Sacred Clown
Author: Thunderhead
Publisher: Thunderhead
ISBN: 098342120X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1642
Book Description
Publisher: Thunderhead
ISBN: 098342120X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1642
Book Description
Agamemnon's Kiss
Author: Inga Clendinnen
Publisher: Text Publishing
ISBN: 1921145862
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The newest selection of essays from one of Australia's finest historians and writers.Agamemnon's Kiss is a thrilling selection of essays by one of Australia's most celebrated writers.Inga Clendinnen writes about everything from the books that terrified her as a child to what history can teach us about ourselves and our own times. She describes visits to the beach and to a museum dedicated to the Holocaust. She recounts the experience of falling ill and the prospect of death. And she writes movingly about other people who have changed her own life.Many of the themes which are central to Clendinnen's work are teased out in Agamemnon's Kiss- Selected Essays, the way we think about the Holocaust and its perpetrators, and the investigative power of history.
Publisher: Text Publishing
ISBN: 1921145862
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The newest selection of essays from one of Australia's finest historians and writers.Agamemnon's Kiss is a thrilling selection of essays by one of Australia's most celebrated writers.Inga Clendinnen writes about everything from the books that terrified her as a child to what history can teach us about ourselves and our own times. She describes visits to the beach and to a museum dedicated to the Holocaust. She recounts the experience of falling ill and the prospect of death. And she writes movingly about other people who have changed her own life.Many of the themes which are central to Clendinnen's work are teased out in Agamemnon's Kiss- Selected Essays, the way we think about the Holocaust and its perpetrators, and the investigative power of history.
Make Your Own Board Game
Author: Jesse Terrance Daniels
Publisher: Storey Publishing
ISBN: 1635863414
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
"Game design expert Jesse Terrance Daniels teaches all the fundamentals of game design, from rule-setting to physical construction, along with original illustrations that capture the ethos and energy of the young, contemporary gaming community"--
Publisher: Storey Publishing
ISBN: 1635863414
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
"Game design expert Jesse Terrance Daniels teaches all the fundamentals of game design, from rule-setting to physical construction, along with original illustrations that capture the ethos and energy of the young, contemporary gaming community"--
Biomimetics
Author: Amitava Mukherjee
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 9533070250
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Nature’s evolution has led to the introduction of highly efficient biological mechanisms. Imitating these mechanisms offers an enormous potential for the improvement of our day to day life. Ideally, by bio-inspiration we can get a better view of nature’s capability while studying its models and adapting it for our benefit. This book takes us into the interesting world of biomimetics and describes various arenas where the technology is applied. The 25 chapters covered in this book disclose recent advances and new ideas in promoting the mechanism and applications of biomimetics.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 9533070250
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Nature’s evolution has led to the introduction of highly efficient biological mechanisms. Imitating these mechanisms offers an enormous potential for the improvement of our day to day life. Ideally, by bio-inspiration we can get a better view of nature’s capability while studying its models and adapting it for our benefit. This book takes us into the interesting world of biomimetics and describes various arenas where the technology is applied. The 25 chapters covered in this book disclose recent advances and new ideas in promoting the mechanism and applications of biomimetics.
Technology Developments: the Role of Mechanism and Machine Science and IFToMM
Author: Marco Ceccarelli
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400713002
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
This is the first book of a series that will focus on MMS (Mechanism and Machine Science). This book also presents IFToMM, the International Federation on the Promotion of MMS and its activity. This volume contains contributions by IFToMM officers who are Chairs of member organizations (MOs), permanent commissions (PCs), and technical committees (TCs), who have reported their experiences and views toward the future of IFToMM and MMS. The book is composed of three parts: the first with general considerations by high-standing IFToMM persons, the second chapter with views by the chairs of PCs and TCs as dealing with specific subject areas, and the third one with reports by the chairs of MOs as presenting experiences and challenges in national and territory communities. This book will be of interest to a wide public who wish to know the status and trends in MMS both at international level through IFToMM and in national/local frames through the leading actors of activities. In addition, the book can be considered also a fruitful source to find out “who’s who” in MMS, historical backgrounds and trends in MMS developments, as well as for challenges and problems in future activity by IFToMM community and in MMS at large.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400713002
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
This is the first book of a series that will focus on MMS (Mechanism and Machine Science). This book also presents IFToMM, the International Federation on the Promotion of MMS and its activity. This volume contains contributions by IFToMM officers who are Chairs of member organizations (MOs), permanent commissions (PCs), and technical committees (TCs), who have reported their experiences and views toward the future of IFToMM and MMS. The book is composed of three parts: the first with general considerations by high-standing IFToMM persons, the second chapter with views by the chairs of PCs and TCs as dealing with specific subject areas, and the third one with reports by the chairs of MOs as presenting experiences and challenges in national and territory communities. This book will be of interest to a wide public who wish to know the status and trends in MMS both at international level through IFToMM and in national/local frames through the leading actors of activities. In addition, the book can be considered also a fruitful source to find out “who’s who” in MMS, historical backgrounds and trends in MMS developments, as well as for challenges and problems in future activity by IFToMM community and in MMS at large.
The Teaching Guarantee
Author: Ken Darvall
Publisher: Australian Self Publishing Group
ISBN: 1922920819
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
This book reflects on the author’s experiences and lessons learnt over those 50 years and 20 schools he has enjoyed leading. The types of schools and their locations have added depth to his leadership skills and decision-making, which he shares with the reader. The author comments on the important aspects of schooling and being a principal. These reflections and observations may result in thoughtful discussions and lead to actions in schools to improve their current practices in any way that will benefit the students under their care.
Publisher: Australian Self Publishing Group
ISBN: 1922920819
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
This book reflects on the author’s experiences and lessons learnt over those 50 years and 20 schools he has enjoyed leading. The types of schools and their locations have added depth to his leadership skills and decision-making, which he shares with the reader. The author comments on the important aspects of schooling and being a principal. These reflections and observations may result in thoughtful discussions and lead to actions in schools to improve their current practices in any way that will benefit the students under their care.
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Author: National Geographic Kids
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426319096
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Read hundreds of weird but true stories.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426319096
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Read hundreds of weird but true stories.
The Ages of Iron Man
Author: Joseph J. Darowski
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476620741
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Billionaire industrialist, cold warrior, weapons designer, alcoholic, philanthropist, Avenger--Tony Stark, alter-ego of Marvel Comics' Iron Man, has played many roles in his five decades as a superhero. From his 1963 comics debut in Tales of Suspense to the recent film adaptations--The Avengers (2012), Iron Man 3 (2013)--hundreds of creators have had a hand in writing the character with evolving depictions and distinct artistic styles. This collection of essays provides an historical overview of an important figure in American popular culture and a close reading of Iron Man's most iconic story lines, including his origin in Vietnam, "Demon in a Bottle," "Civil War," and "Extremis."
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476620741
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Billionaire industrialist, cold warrior, weapons designer, alcoholic, philanthropist, Avenger--Tony Stark, alter-ego of Marvel Comics' Iron Man, has played many roles in his five decades as a superhero. From his 1963 comics debut in Tales of Suspense to the recent film adaptations--The Avengers (2012), Iron Man 3 (2013)--hundreds of creators have had a hand in writing the character with evolving depictions and distinct artistic styles. This collection of essays provides an historical overview of an important figure in American popular culture and a close reading of Iron Man's most iconic story lines, including his origin in Vietnam, "Demon in a Bottle," "Civil War," and "Extremis."