Author: Gordon BaxterPublisher:
ISBN: 9780671448011
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
100 Paper Spaceships to Fold and Fly
Author: Jerome MartinPublisher: Fold and Fly
ISBN: 9781805318385
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A hundred decorated tear-out sheets to fold into a fleet of paper spaceship planes, from orbital cruisers to alien motherships. The book includes detailed folding instructions for four different types of spaceship, from mighty star cruisers to speedy scout ships, plus flying tips and challenges so children can test the spaceships' power and speed.
100 More Paper Planes to Fold & Fly
Author: Publisher: Usborne Books
ISBN: 9781409549772
Category : Paper aeroplanes
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Following on the success of 100 paper planes, this title features new planes based on four different layouts, each decorated with its own unique colours, motifs and patterns - ranging from Aztec prints to fighting tigers to sci fi. It features clear and concise instructions on how to fold and throw the planes.
Skyfaring
Author: Mark VanhoenackerPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0385351828
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
A poetic and nuanced exploration of the human experience of flight that reminds us of the full imaginative weight of our most ordinary journeys—and reawakens our capacity to be amazed. The twenty-first century has relegated airplane flight—a once remarkable feat of human ingenuity—to the realm of the mundane. Mark Vanhoenacker, a 747 pilot who left academia and a career in the business world to pursue his childhood dream of flight, asks us to reimagine what we—both as pilots and as passengers—are actually doing when we enter the world between departure and discovery. In a seamless fusion of history, politics, geography, meteorology, ecology, family, and physics, Vanhoenacker vaults across geographical and cultural boundaries; above mountains, oceans, and deserts; through snow, wind, and rain, renewing a simultaneously humbling and almost superhuman activity that affords us unparalleled perspectives on the planet we inhabit and the communities we form.
Beyond Flying
Author: Chris WatsonPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857842110
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Is flying an irreplaceable part of 21st-century life? Can businesses succeed in a globalised world without international air travel? What about 'love miles' – visiting friends and family overseas? Architect and writer Chris Watson grew up in an airline family, passionate about aviation and how it allows us to explore the world, share knowledge and create more diverse communities. But this freedom has come at a cost for the environment. Aviation is a significant factor in climate change - and one that's been steadily growing in both developed and undeveloped countries, burning fossil fuels and emitting harmful greenhouse gases. Flying is never zero-carbon, so can we reduce it, or even do without it? Fourteen remarkable travellers from around the world share their stories with Chris about how they came to the conclusion that reducing their air travel was necessary to lower their personal emissions. From backgrounds as diverse as commercial, professional, academic, NGOs, literature and science, they have found easy and better ways of living and working, saving what few flights they do take for emergencies and 'love miles'. Their stories look at how our modern, globalised world offers more alternatives to keep in touch with people around the world without contributing to the aviation industry's ever-increasing emissions. Filled with success stories and practical guidance to help people make more informed decisions, this book is a must-read for any frequent flyer - or for anyone involved in a global business. Beyond Flying demonstrates that even the toughest of environmental challenges can be addressed.
How to Fly
Author: Barbara KingsolverPublisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571359914
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
**NOW INCLUDING THE FIRST CHAPTER OF DEMON COPPERHEAD** FROM THE WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION TWICE WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR> The poems of How to Fly (in Ten Thousand Easy Lessons) find breath and lightness in the common business of living. Barbara Kingsolver's generous collection is divided into thematic sections that loop and interweave to form a carefully patterned whole: a series of 'How to' poems that smartly balance tongue-in-cheek pragmatism with revelatory wisdom, a complicated yet affirmative family pilgrimage to Italy, cherished childhood memories, the perils and pleasures of being a [female] writer, elegies to lost loved ones, and elegies to the planet. Blending resourcefulness and wonder with all the compassionate humanity of her prose, How to Fly will both delight Kingsolver's devoted readership and welcome a host of new readers to her startling verse, while revealing an intimate side to her creative practice as yet unseen.
Author: Ben GreenfieldPositive Flying
Author: Richard L. TaylorPublisher: Aviation Supplies & Academics
ISBN:
Category : Airplanes
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Fly an airplane at a set attitude, airspeed, and power setting, and it does precisely what it is supposed to—every time. This book tells why and how “flying by the numbers” works, and gives the flight-tested numbers for precision performance in 27 of America's favorite small aircraft. For aircraft not included in this list, the book provides exact cockpit procedures for nailing down the numbers for any other light airplane.
100 Ways to Be a Stress-free Mom and Raise Happy Kids
Author: Lahar Bhatnagar SinghPublisher: Hay House, Inc
ISBN: 938683264X
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
100 Ways to Be A Stress-Free Mom and Raise Happy Kids explores motherhood in a brand-new light. The author draws from her neuroscience background and her analysis of hundreds of real parents and takes you directly to the core of what it truly means to be a mother . . . without sugar coating it. Each chapter presents a real-world parenting scenario with the most accurate and up-to-date advice on how to sail through it in the most efficient way possible. With chapters such as ‘Have a Ranting Bestie’ and ‘Take Your Baby to Hard Rock Cafe’, this a must-have book for all present-day mothers who want to transform into a Nirvana-ma: a happy, peaceful, and stress-free mom!
Author: Melvin Berger