Read and Download eBook Full
Author: Emanuela Galli Ligal
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2008-12-22
Total Pages: 154
ISBN-13: 1430321369
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA class of pixies from the Pixyrence's Laurel School in Tuscany flies to Paris for a school trip, only to be locked in Louvre overnight. The class takes advantage of lack of crowds to visit da Vinci's Gioconda in peace. Littlefanciful decides to use the magic to ask the famous woman questions and makes her come to life, starting a surreal adventure.
Author: John Mendelssohn
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Published: 2009-12-15
Total Pages: 229
ISBN-13: 0857121162
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe influence and importance of The Pixies cannot be overestimated. Their style of broken, furious yet melodic and exceptionally catchy punk rock blazed a trail for such vital bands as Mudhoney and Nirvana, the grunge movement and the 90s British indie-rock sound. Bossanova and Surfer Rosa have become familiar members of the canon of great rock albums, although the group's initial career was cut short by the dismissive actions of singer-songwriter Black Francis/Frank Black. John Mendelssohn's biography details the turbulent career of The Pixies and Frank Black, including personal struggles with other band members and Black's unusual and uncompromising solo work. Culminating with the group's 2004 reformation, this is the definitive story of The Pixies.
Author: George de Horne Vaizey
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2018-01-02
Total Pages: 246
ISBN-13: 373262188X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReproduction of the original.
Author: George de Horne Mrs. Vaizey
Publisher: Good Press
Published: 2023-08-22
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"More about Pixie" by George de Horne Mrs. Vaizey. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Author: Edmund Wilson
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2014-04-17
Total Pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9814417335
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first edition of Engines of Discovery celebrated in words, images and anecdotes the accelerators and their constructors that culminated in the discovery of the Higgs boson. But even before the Higgs was discovered, before the champagne corks popped and while the television producers brushed up their quantum mechanics, a new wave of enthusiasm for accelerators to be applied for more practical purposes was gaining momentum. Almost all fields of human endeavour will be enhanced by this trend: energy conservation, medical diagnostics and treatment, national security, as well as industrial processing. Accelerators have been used most spectacularly to reveal the structure of the complex molecules that determine our metabolism and life. For every accelerator chasing the Higgs, there are now ten thousand serving other purposes. It is high time to move from abstract mathematics and philosophy to the practical needs of humankind.It is the aim of this revised and expanded edition to describe this revolution in a manner which will attract the young, not only to apply their curiosity to the building blocks of matter but to help them contribute to the improvement of the quality of life itself on this planet. As always, the authors have tried to avoid lengthy mathematical description. In describing a field which reaches out to almost all of today's cutting edge technology, some detailed explanation cannot be avoided but this has been confined to sidebars. References guide experts to move on to the journal Reviews of Accelerator Science and Technology and other publications for more information. But first we would urge every young physicist, teacher, journalist and politician to read this book.
Author: Andrew Sessler
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9814417203
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first edition of Engines of Discovery celebrated in words, images and anecdotes the accelerators and their constructors that culminated in the discovery of the Higgs boson. But even before the Higgs was discovered, before the champagne corks popped and while the television producers brushed up their quantum mechanics, a new wave of enthusiasm for accelerators to be applied for more practical purposes was gaining momentum. Almost all fields of human endeavour will be enhanced by this trend: energy conservation, medical diagnostics and treatment, national security, as well as industrial processing. Accelerators have been used most spectacularly to reveal the structure of the complex molecules that determine our metabolism and life. For every accelerator chasing the Higgs, there are now ten thousand serving other purposes. It is high time to move from abstract mathematics and philosophy to the practical needs of humankind. It is the aim of this revised and expanded edition to describe this revolution in a manner which will attract the young, not only to apply their curiosity to the building blocks of matter but to help them contribute to the improvement of the quality of life itself on this planet. As always, the authors have tried to avoid lengthy mathematical description. In describing a field which reaches out to almost all of today's cutting edge technology, some detailed explanation cannot be avoided but this has been confined to sidebars. References guide experts to move on to the journal Reviews of Accelerator Science and Technology and other publications for more information. But first we would urge every young physicist, teacher, journalist and politician to read this book. Contents: Electrostatic Accelerators; Cyclotrons; Linear Accelerators; Betatrons; Synchrotrons; Colliders; Neutrino Super Beams, Neutrino Factories and Muon Colliders; Detectors; High-Energy and Nuclear Physics; Synchrotron Radiation Sources; Isotope Production and Cancer Therapy Accelerators; Spallation Neutron Sources; Accelerators in Industry and Elsewhere; National Security; Energy and the Environment; A Final Word OCo Mainly to the Young. Readership: Scientists, research physicists, engineers and administrators at accelerator laboratories; general readers; undergraduates and graduates in physics, electrical engineering and the history of science."
Author: Pamela Druckerman
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2021-02-09
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 0525516719
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe magic of independence meets the meaning of home in the picture book debut of the #1 bestselling author of Bringing Up Bébé. When Josephine Harris decides that Paris is where she really belongs, all it takes is a quick call on her magical phone to whisk her away. The city of lights has fancy cafés, baguettes under every arm, the Eiffel Tower, and a fabulous new family who can't wait to show her around. The city is a feast for the senses, but each new discovery brings a pang of melancholy. There's something missing here. Could it be the person who loves Josephine's best--her own mother? From #1 bestselling author Pamela Druckerman comes a whimsically commercial picture that little travellers and little homebodies will love!
Author: James Gardner
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Published: 2020-05-05
Total Pages: 441
ISBN-13: 0802148794
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe centuries-long history of the Louvre, from humble fortress to Royal palace to the world’s greatest art museum—with photos and building maps. Some ten million people from all over the world flock to the Louvre each year to enjoy its incomparable art collection. Yet few of them are aware of the remarkable history of the site and buildings themselves—a fascinating story that historian James Gardner elegantly chronicles in this authoritative history. More than seven thousand years ago, men and women camped on a spot called le Louvre for reasons unknown. Centuries later, King Philippe Auguste of France constructed a fortress there, just outside the walls of a nascent Paris. Intended to protect the capital against English soldiers stationed in Normandy, the fortress became a royal residence under Charles V two centuries later, and then the monarchy’s principal residence under the great Renaissance king François I. In 1682, when Louis XIV moved his court to Versailles, the Louvre languished until the French Revolution when, during the Reign of Terror in 1793, it first opened its doors to display the nation’s treasures. Ever since—through the Napoleonic era, the Commune, two World Wars, to the present—the Louvre has been a witness to French history, and expanded to become home to a legendary art collection that includes the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo. Includes sixteen pages of full-color photos illustrating the history of the Louvre, a full-color map detailing its evolution from fortress to museum, and black-and-white images throughout the narrative.
Author: Meghan Ward
Publisher: Shebooks
Published: 2014-02-04
Total Pages: 47
ISBN-13: 1940838134
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFresh out of Catholic high school, Michigan girl Meghan Ward heads for the Paris runways at the tender age of 18. She had never intended to be a model. In fact, she had the typical thinking-person’s qualms about the industry, particularly the unhealthy images of women it promotes. But she had the looks, and when a scout approached her, she couldn’t resist the chance to sample the glamour of the modeling scene—and rack up some money for college. Runway, her thoughtful yet dishy memoir, tells the story of what she learned about the world of high-fashion modeling—and herself.
Author: Paul H. Round
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Published: 2015-05-28
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 1784621994
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“August, 1971. My raging hormones triggered events that would change the course of my life forever.” Seventeen-year-old Peter was just a typical teenager, looking for a good time. After a night out with a friend looking for sexual fulfilment, he awakes to find that it’s two year’s in the future – and he has no memory of how he’s got there. Peter quickly realises that he’s become something quite different from his younger self. To his horror, he discovers that he’s at the centre of a violent drug-dealing culture, where dangerous vile characters – including his homicidal twin – are searching for him, asking questions that he can no longer answer. All the money in his possession has disappeared. He is only too aware his former associates will want their pound of flesh... Four decades later, Peter is involved in another harsh battle for survival. During this fight he meets two fascinating creatures: Jennifer, who becomes the love of his life, and a strange and beguiling temptress, who reveals – through torture – the twisted secrets of his lost years. Upon discovering the truth about his brutal past, Peter decides on a course of action that sees him cast into a world of uncertainty, where nothing stays the same for long...
