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Author : Joseph R. Chambers
Publisher : Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 : 9780160941474
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (414 download)
Download or read book A Century at Langley written by Joseph R. Chambers and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2017 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark A. Chambers
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738544373
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (443 download)
Download or read book Flight Research at NASA Langley Research Center written by Mark A. Chambers and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the creation of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics in 1915, a unique flight research operations division was established at the nation's first civilian aeronautics research laboratory, the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory. Langley flight research personnel helped the nation's aircraft industry bloom during the Golden Era of aviation throughout the 1920s and 1930s. Langley's flight research then helped win World War II with performance-enhancing modifications to new aircraft. During the cold war, Langley helped the country maintain an edge in aeronautics over its Warsaw Pact rivals. When the space race began, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was created in 1958 and Langley's pilots were instrumental in training astronauts. In addition to advancing rotorcraft during the 1960s and 1970s, Langley research pioneered a multitude of military and civil Vertical Short Takeoff and Landing (V/STOL) concepts. During the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, Langley research developed advancements in general and commercial aviation technologies.
Author : Kaija Langley
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1534485198
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (344 download)
Download or read book When Langston Dances written by Kaija Langley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by watching a performance of the Alvin Ailey Dance Company, a young black boy longs to dance and enrolls in ballet school.
Author : E.L. Doctorow
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1588368971
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)
Download or read book Homer & Langley written by E.L. Doctorow and published by Random House. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Beautiful and haunting . . . one of literature’s most unlikely picaresques, a road novel in which the rogue heroes can’t seem to leave home.”—The Boston Globe SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY San Francisco Chronicle • Chicago Tribune • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • The Kansas City Star • Booklist Homer and Langley Collyer are brothers—the one blind and deeply intuitive, the other damaged into madness, or perhaps greatness, by mustard gas in the Great War. They live as recluses in their once grand Fifth Avenue mansion, scavenging the city streets for things they think they can use, hoarding the daily newspapers as research for Langley’s proposed dateless newspaper whose reportage will be as prophecy. Yet the epic events of the century play out in the lives of the two brothers—wars, political movements, technological advances—and even though they want nothing more than to shut out the world, history seems to pass through their cluttered house in the persons of immigrants, prostitutes, society women, government agents, gangsters, jazz musicians . . . and their housebound lives are fraught with odyssean peril as they struggle to survive and create meaning for themselves. Praise for Homer & Langley “Masterly.”—The New York Times Book Review “Doctorow paints on a sweeping historical canvas, imagining the Collyer brothers as witness to the aspirations and transgressions of 20th century America; yet this book’s most powerfully moving moments are the quiet ones, when the brothers relish a breath of cool morning air, and each other’s tragically exclusive company.”— O: The Oprah Magazine “A stately, beautiful performance with great resonance . . . What makes this novel so striking is that it joins both blindness and insight, the sensual world and the world of the mind, to tell a story about the unfolding of modern American life that we have never heard in exactly this (austere and lovely) way before.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Wondrous . . . inspired . . . darkly visionary and surprisingly funny.” —The New York Review of Books “Cunningly panoramic . . . Doctorow has packed this tale with episodes of existential wonder that cpature the brothers in all their fascinating wackiness.”—Elle
Author : PH D April C E Langley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780814256602
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (566 download)
Download or read book The Black Aesthetic Unbound written by PH D April C E Langley and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-29 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the era of the slave trade, more than 12 million Africans were brought as slaves to the Americas. Their memories, ideas, beliefs, and practices would forever reshape its history and cultures. April C. E. Langley's The Black Aesthetic Unbound exposes the dilemma of the literal, metaphorical, and rhetorical question, "What is African in African American literature?" Confronting the undeniable imprints of West African culture and consciousness in early black writing such as Olaudah Equiano's The Interesting Narrative or Phillis Wheatley's poetry, the author conceives eighteenth-century Black Experience to be literally and figuratively encompassing and inextricably linked to Africa, Europe, and America. Consequently, this book has three aims: to locate the eighteenth century as the genesis of the cultural and historical movements which mark twentieth-century black aestheticism--known as the Black Aesthetic; to analyze problematic associations of African identity as manifested in an essentialized Afro-America; and to study the relationship between specific West African modes of thought and expression and the emergence of a black aesthetic in eighteenth-century North America. By exploring how Senegalese, Igbo, and other West African traditions provide striking new lenses for reading poetry and prose by six significant writers, Langley offers a fresh perspective on this important era in our literary history. Ultimately, the author confronts the difficult dilemma of how to use diasporic, syncretic, and vernacular theories of Black culture to think through the massive cultural transformations wrought by the Middle Passage.
Author : Amy Waters Yarsinske
Publisher : America Through Time
ISBN 13 : 9781634991209
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (912 download)
Download or read book NASA Langley Research Center written by Amy Waters Yarsinske and published by America Through Time. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its first century and counting, NASA Langley Research Center [LaRC] has had a remarkable history that has stood out not only for the many outstanding achievements in flight and space exploration but the people who made it happen. "If there were a list of 100 people who contributed the most the progress in the world of flight, I believe Langley would provide the most names. Without question," observed astronaut, aeronautical engineer and the first man to walk on the Moon, Neil Alden Armstrong (1930 - 2012) on LaRC's nineteenth anniversary, "many of the giants of aero research spent their careers here, and many others, who learned their craft here, went on to lead other research efforts at other governments labs in the industry. Langley has been a powerhouse of creative thinking." With a centennial theme of "inventing the future," NASA LaRC is poised to enter its second century of ingenuity and invention with a wealth of pending and proposed research, and near-term prognostication may prove a bit easier.
Author : Lester D. Langley
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820311049
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)
Download or read book America and the Americas written by Lester D. Langley and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of U.S. relations with South America and the Caribbean and discusses issues of mutual concern
Author : Lester D. Langley
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300077261
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (772 download)
Download or read book The Americas in the Age of Revolution, 1750-1850 written by Lester D. Langley and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Langley examines the political and social tensions reverberating throughout British, French, and Spanish America, pointing out the characteristics that distinguished each unpheaval from the others: the impact of place or location on the course of revolution; the dynamics of race and color as well as class; the relation between leaders and followers; the strength of counterrevolutionary movements; and, especially, the way that militarization of society during war affected the new governments in the postrevolutionary era. Langley argues that an understanding of the legacy of the revolutionary age sheds tremendous light on the political condition of the Americas today: virtually every modern political issue - the relationship of the state to the individual, the effectiveness of government, the liberal promise for progress, and the persistence of color as a critical dynamic in social policy - was central to the earlier period.
Author : Robin Langley Sommer
Publisher : Bison Books
ISBN 13 : 9780861247561
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (475 download)
Download or read book Frank Lloyd Wright written by Robin Langley Sommer and published by Bison Books. This book was released on 1993 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frank Lloyd Wright is recognized as a dominant figure in the history of modern architecture. His life and revolutionary work is described in this volume filled with more than 180 photographs illustrating 60 of his most-beloved buildings.
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Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 9780756516208
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (162 download)
Download or read book 11-Sep written by and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the events leading up to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, describing foreign relations with the Middle East, the global response after the attack, and how these attacks changed the world.
Author : David Jacques
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300222017
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Gardens of Court and Country written by David Jacques and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gardens of Court and Country provides the first comprehensive overview of the development of the English formal garden from 1630 to 1730. Often overshadowed by the English landscape garden that became fashionable later in the 18th century, English formal gardens of the 17th century displayed important design innovations that reflected a broad rethinking of how gardens functioned within society. With insights into how the Protestant nobility planned and used their formal gardens, the domestication of the lawn, and the transformation of gardens into large rustic parks, David Jacques explores the ways forecourts, flower gardens, bowling greens, cascades, and more were created and reimagined over time. This handsome volume includes 300 illustrations - including plans, engravings, and paintings - that bring lost and forgotten gardens back to life.
Author : J. L. Langley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781640806863
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (68 download)
Download or read book My Fair Captain written by J. L. Langley and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While undercover on the Regency world of Regelence, Intergalactic Navy Captain Nate Hawkins meets Prince Aiden Townsend, an artist who rejects politics. They are drawn into a web of intrigue, conspiracy... and passion.
Author : Mark St. John Erickson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780984712137
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (121 download)
Download or read book Soaring Century written by Mark St. John Erickson and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look back at the first 100 years of Langley Air Force Base, once Langley Field, and its impact on Hampton, Virginia. The articles orginally appeared in the Daily Press of Newport News, Virginia.
Author : Batty Langley
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781015565555
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (655 download)
Download or read book New Principles Of Gardening: Or, The Laying Out And Planting Parterres, Groves, Wildernesses, Labyrinths, Avenues, Parks, &c. After A More Grand An written by Batty Langley and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Andrew Langley
Publisher : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN 13 : 9780756617677
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (176 download)
Download or read book Da Vinci and His Times written by Andrew Langley and published by DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley). This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn about the life and times of the genius, Leonardo Da Vinci.
Author : Kaija Langley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781665934725
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (347 download)
Download or read book A Century for Caroline written by Kaija Langley and published by . This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On her one hundredth birthday, Great Grandma Caroline shares her secret for living a long life with her great granddaughter Jasmine.
Author : United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book NASA 20th Century Explorer ... Into the Sea of Space written by United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
