Added by: susan6th | Karma: 3133.44 | Fiction literature | 4 January 2010
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The Light That Failed
The book, which includes autobiographical elements, describes the youth and manhood of Dick Heldar and traces his efforts as a war correspondent and artist whose sketches of British battles in the Sudan become popular. When he returns to London, he begins painting his masterpiece, racing against time because a battle wound has caused his eyesight to progressively fail.
Added by: susan6th | Karma: 3133.44 | Fiction literature | 17 December 2009
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Odyssey
Billy Danger had gone past hitting the skids-now he was freezing to death in a blizzard. So he took shelter in a corn silo that turned out to be a disguised alien starship, and evoke up light years from Earth....
This is an ideal book for teachers, parents and keen kids! Children will enjoy making the paper plate angels, angel biscuits and pop-up cards, not to mention the mobiles. Adults may want to try the ice candle displays - perhaps light Santa's way on Christmas Eve? There is plenty to keep everyone busy in the run up to Christmas so if your family enjoys making things then this is the book for you!
Children! What do you know about termites, those hard-working creatures resembling ants? Do you know that butterflies with their beautiful wings start out as tiny caterpillars and finally emerge from cocoons? Do you know how woodpeckers hide tiny acorns in holes in oak trees, how it is that glow-worms are not burned by the light they give off, how frogs camouflage themselves to hide from their enemies, or how it is that seals do not freeze in the icy oceans..?
In Photography, local inhabitants of Mammoth Island are attempting to memorialize the winner of their annual golf tournament with a portrait. Since the only painter never seems to complete a painting, a young islander named Olive begins to experiment with light when she notices its effect on the grass growing on the golf course. Before long, she stumbles on the principles involved in photography, and a visiting inventor helps her understand how light, lenses and chemicals can be used to produce a photograph. Together they build a camera of mammoth-sized proportions!
