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Book Synopsis The Kite Fighters by : Linda Sue Park
Download or read book The Kite Fighters written by Linda Sue Park and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2010-06-07 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale of two brothers in fifteenth-century Korea from theNewbery Medal winner and #1 New York Times–bestselling author of A Long Walk to Water. In this riveting novel, two brothers discover a shared passion for kites. Kee-sup can craft a kite unequaled in strength and beauty, but his younger brother, Young-sup, can fly a kite as if he controlled the wind itself. It’s like the kite is part of him—the part that wants to fly. Their combined skills attract the notice of Korea’s young king, who chooses Young-sup to fly the royal kite in the New Year kite-flying competition—an honor that is also an awesome responsibility. Although tradition decrees, and the boys’ father insists, that the older brother represent the family, both brothers know that this time the family’s honor is best left in Young-sup’s hands. But how do you stand up to the way things have always been? This touching and suspenseful historical novel from the author of A Single Shard, filled with the authentic detail and flavor of traditional Korean kite fighting, brings a remarkable setting vividly to life. “The final contest . . . is riveting. Though the story is set in medieval times, the brothers have many of the same issues facing siblings today.” —School Library Journal (starred review) “Readers will enjoy watching these engaging characters find ways of overcoming webs of social and cultural constraints to achieve a common goal, and the author expresses the pleasures of creating and flying kites—‘A few sticks, a little paper, some string. And the wind. Kite magic’—with contagious enthusiasm.” —Kirkus Reviews
Book Synopsis North American Fighter Kites by : Bruce Lambert
Download or read book North American Fighter Kites written by Bruce Lambert and published by . This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It makes learning to fly fighter kites easy, even if you have never flown a fighter kite before. It also shows how to make a great flying North American fighter kite in about 2 hours, even if you've never made a kite before. This same kite is great as a workshop or school project as well. Making a North American fighter kite is inexpensive; the average cost of materials is less than $3. For experienced fighter kite flyers, explains a host of flying maneuvers to improve and expand their fighter kite flying fun. It also shows in detail how to tune and adjust a North American fighter kite for optimum performance, and provides step-by-step instructions for building 3 different styles of North American fighter kites. Explains in detail line-touch competition maneuvers and strategies to help you consistently be in the winner's circle. Has 16 original kite plans and 7 full sized half plans. Photocopy or trace one of the full sized plans and you're ready to begin building a North American high performance competition fighter kite.
Book Synopsis The Magnificent Book of Kites by : Maxwell Eden
Download or read book The Magnificent Book of Kites written by Maxwell Eden and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2002-08 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides step-by-step instruction for designing a variety of kites, and offers tips on material selection and flying techniques.
Book Synopsis The Kite Runner by : Khaled Hosseini
Download or read book The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-09-05 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, an event that is to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return to Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.
Download or read book Fighter Kites written by Philippe Gallot and published by St Martins Press. This book was released on 1990-02-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces useful tools and materials for building a kite, shares diagrams and instructions for nearly thirty different models, and suggests kite games
Book Synopsis The Kite Runner by : Khaled Hosseini
Download or read book The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the unlikely friendship of a wealthy Afghan youth and a servant's son in a tale that spans the final days of Afghanistan's monarchy through the atrocities of the present day.
Book Synopsis From Kites to Cold War by : Tyler W Morton
Download or read book From Kites to Cold War written by Tyler W Morton and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Kites to Cold War tells the story of the evolution of manned airborne reconnaissance. Long a desire of military commanders, the ability to see the terrain ahead and gain foreknowledge of enemy intent was realized when Chinese airmen mounted kites to surveil their surroundings. Kite technology was slow to spread, and by the late nineteenth century European nations had developed the balloon and airship to conduct this mission. By 1918, it was obvious that the airplane had become the reconnaissance platform of the future. Used successfully by many nations during the Great War, aircraft technology and capability experienced its most rapid evolutionary period during World War II. Entering the war with just basic airborne imagery capabilities, by V-E and V-J days, air power pioneers greatly improved imagery collection and developed sophisticated airborne signals intelligence collection capabilities. The United States and other nations put these capabilities to use as the Cold War immediately followed. Flying near the periphery of and sometimes directly over the Soviet Union, airborne reconnaissance provided the intelligence necessary to stay one step ahead of the Soviets throughout the Cold War.
Download or read book The Kites written by Romain Gary and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Romain Gary’s bittersweet final masterpiece is “epic and empathetic” (BBC) and “one of his best” (The New York Times) The Kites begins with a young boy, Ludo, coming of age on a small farm in Normandy under the care of his eccentric kite-making Uncle Ambrose. Ludo’s life changes the day he meets Lila, a girl from the aristocratic Polish family that owns the estate next door. In a single glance, Ludo falls in love forever; Lila, on the other hand, disappears back into the woods. And so begins Ludo’s adventure of longing, passion, and love for the elusive Lila, who begins to reciprocate his feelings just as Europe descends into World War II. After Germany invades Poland, Lila and her family go missing, and Ludo’s devotion to saving her from the Nazis becomes a journey to save his love, his loved ones, his country, and ultimately himself. Filled with unforgettable characters who fling all they have into the fight to keep their hopes—and themselves—alive, The Kites is Romain Gary’s poetic call for resistance in whatever form it takes. A war hero himself, Gary embraced and fought for humanity in all its nuanced complexities, in the belief that a hero might be anyone who has the courage to love and hope.
Book Synopsis The Fighter Kite Book! by : David Gomberg
Download or read book The Fighter Kite Book! written by David Gomberg and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Fighter Kite Book! by : David Gomberg
Download or read book The Fighter Kite Book! written by David Gomberg and published by Gomberg Kite Production International. This book was released on 1992-05-01 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Popular Mechanics written by and published by . This book was released on 1977-08 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.
Book Synopsis The Modern Kiteflier by : Patti Gibbons
Download or read book The Modern Kiteflier written by Patti Gibbons and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-12-20 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past generation, kiteflying has evolved beyond a childhood rite of passage into a mainstream adult activity. The kite's popularity skyrocketed at a time when kite makers adopted modern synthetic materials developed for other industries. A new breed of sport kites appeared and kite artists emerged, dazzling onlookers with three-dimensional aerial sculptures. Inventors perfected new designs and accessories while entrepreneurs created a multimillion-dollar kiting industry. Yet, the kitefliers themselves have remained largely anonymous. Drawing on the World Kite Museum's audio archives, this book brings together firsthand stories from the community of devoted enthusiasts who pull the strings.
Book Synopsis Harper's Outdoor Book for Boys by : Joseph H. Adams
Download or read book Harper's Outdoor Book for Boys written by Joseph H. Adams and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-29 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a practical guide like no other, offering real-life tested methods and techniques to make every dream a reality. The author of this book, in writing this, hopes to have created the ultimate manual for boys who love to think and act for themselves. The editors have taken great care in selecting only the most essential information, offering a concise and comprehensive guide that will keep you entertained and satisfied with your accomplishments. The focus is on developing a boy's ingenuity and mechanical ability, and the handbook is designed to help you have fun in doing it.
Book Synopsis Kites for Everyone by : Margaret Greger
Download or read book Kites for Everyone written by Margaret Greger and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Easy-to-follow illustrated instructions show how to create more than 50 awesome, airborne objects — everything from simple bag kites to Vietnamese, Snake, Dutch, Dragon, Bullet, Delta, and Flowform flyers.
Book Synopsis A Different Freedom by : Nikita Desai
Download or read book A Different Freedom written by Nikita Desai and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2010-06-09 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kite flying is a sport native to South-East Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Symbolic of both freedom and control, the kite has been used as a metaphor in classical Indian literature, poetry, language and folklore. Uttarayan, a kite festival celebrated in the state of Gujarat, is not merely a religious observance, but also a time when young and old come together in celebration; a time when differences hold little meaning… The culture of flying and fighting kites, its history, politics, language, and the commerce that lies at the core of the Gujarati way of life provide an interesting backdrop to the celebration of Uttarayan. The buying of kites, preparations in the kitchen and the rooftop wars all form a part of this colourful festival. A Different Freedom explorers the world of the kite, as it travels and changes through the centuries, to its current form and the festivities associated with it in modern day Gujarat.
Download or read book KITE AND THE MAIDEN written by PREMJI and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2022-03-19 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kite and the Maiden' is an exquisite saga of human drama artistically interweaving human emotions, facts and fiction with an ever-pervading undercurrent of irony punctuating the episodes and subtle symbolism of Kite throughout as physical and metaphysical interpreter of life and even as an agent of providence
Download or read book The Avrah Stories written by Abu Abraham and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2015-10-21 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “One beautiful day, when the sun shone and the wind blew so hard that people felt they were gliding even when standing still, Arun let his kite fly high. It was the type of day that made peoples faces shine. As his kite flew higher, Arun's spirits soared. He let it fly higher and higher until it was only a sparkle in the blue sky...” The Avrah Stories is a collection of children’s stories created to entertain and pass on a father’s wisdom to his children. Each story is set in a different time and place, and based on the author’s experiences of different cultures. While each story is independent from the one before, woven into each one are the threads of people’s thoughts and emotions. This collection is aimed at children aged 5 to 10 and encourages them to look into the mechanics of the heart and mind to understand a person’s actions and character. Among the collection is ‘Jake’s Lake’, which explores the difficulties faced by a child who is transplanted into unfamiliar surroundings. This particular story suggests that sometimes fighting one's own corner is not enough. The adventure draws the reader into the narrative but in the process, describes some of the life lessons we all face. The story underlines the importance of self-esteem and self-worth that in turn, liberates individuals to value those around them.
