On the High Wire

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Publisher : New Directions Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0811228657
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (112 download)

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Book Synopsis On the High Wire by : Philippe Petit

Download or read book On the High Wire written by Philippe Petit and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “On the High Wire is fascinating to read. You will learn about the man, his work, his passion, his tenacity and lucidity” (Marcel Marceau) In this poetic handbook, written when he was just twenty-three, the world-famous high-wire artist Philippe Petit offers a window into the world of his craft. Petit masterfully explains how preparation and self-control contributed to such feats as walking between the towers of Notre Dame and the World Trade Center. Addressing such topics as the rigging of the wire, the walker’s first steps, his salute and exercises, and the work of other renowned high-wire artists, Petit offers us a book about the ecstasy of conquering our fears and reaching for the stars.

Hot-Air Henry

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Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0688040683
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (88 download)

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Book Synopsis Hot-Air Henry by : Mary Calhoun

Download or read book Hot-Air Henry written by Mary Calhoun and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1984-08 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sassy Siamese cat stows away on a hot air balloon and ends up taking a fur-raising flight across the mountains.

Mirette on the High Wire

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0399221301
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (992 download)

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Book Synopsis Mirette on the High Wire by : Emily Arnold McCully

Download or read book Mirette on the High Wire written by Emily Arnold McCully and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1992-10-21 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One day, a mysterious stranger arrives at a boardinghouse of the widow Gateau- a sad-faced stranger, who keeps to himself. When the widow's daughter, Mirette, discovers him crossing the courtyard on air, she begs him to teach her how he does it. But Mirette doesn't know that the stranger was once the Great Bellini- master wire-walker. Or that Bellini has been stopped by a terrible fear. And it is she who must teach him courage once again. Emily Arnold McCully's sweeping watercolor paintings carry the reader over the rooftops of nineteenth-century Paris and into an elegant, beautiful world of acrobats, jugglers, mimes, actors, and one gallant, resourceful little girl.

Cross-Country Cat

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Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0688065198
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (88 download)

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Book Synopsis Cross-Country Cat by : Mary Calhoun

Download or read book Cross-Country Cat written by Mary Calhoun and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1986-09-29 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What kind of cat would go sliding off on skis, and who'd believe it anyway? When the family accidentally leaves Henry, their sassy Siamese, behind at the ski lodge, he takes matters into his own paws in this beguiling adventure.

Admissions

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Publisher : Thomas Dunne Books
ISBN 13 : 1250127270
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Book Synopsis Admissions by : Henry Marsh

Download or read book Admissions written by Henry Marsh and published by Thomas Dunne Books. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2017 National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Finalist, International Bestseller, and a Kirkus Best Nonfiction Book of 2017! “Marsh has retired, which means he’s taking a thorough inventory of his life. His reflections and recollections make Admissions an even more introspective memoir than his first, if such a thing is possible.” —The New York Times "Consistently entertaining...Honesty is abundantly apparent here--a quality as rare and commendable in elite surgeons as one suspects it is in memoirists." —The Guardian "Disarmingly frank storytelling...his reflections on death and dying equal those in Atul Gawande's excellent Being Mortal." —The Economist Henry Marsh has spent a lifetime operating on the surgical frontline. There have been exhilarating highs and devastating lows, but his love for the practice of neurosurgery has never wavered. Following the publication of his celebrated New York Times bestseller Do No Harm, Marsh retired from his full-time job in England to work pro bono in Ukraine and Nepal. In Admissions he describes the difficulties of working in these troubled, impoverished countries and the further insights it has given him into the practice of medicine. Marsh also faces up to the burden of responsibility that can come with trying to reduce human suffering. Unearthing memories of his early days as a medical student, and the experiences that shaped him as a young surgeon, he explores the difficulties of a profession that deals in probabilities rather than certainties, and where the overwhelming urge to prolong life can come at a tragic cost for patients and those who love them. Reflecting on what forty years of handling the human brain has taught him, Marsh finds a different purpose in life as he approaches the end of his professional career and a fresh understanding of what matters to us all in the end.

High-Wire Henry

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Publisher : Echo Point Books & Media
ISBN 13 : 9781635618488
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (184 download)

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Book Synopsis High-Wire Henry by : Mary Calhoun

Download or read book High-Wire Henry written by Mary Calhoun and published by Echo Point Books & Media. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry, a Siamese cat, is well-loved by his family. But when a new pup is added to the mix and starts getting all of the attention, he decides to show them what he can do. His skills come in handy in an unexpected rescue. The fast pace, plot twists, and clear resolution of the adventure make this story a natural read-aloud.

Mirette and Bellini Cross Niagara Falls

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Publisher : StarWalk Kids Media
ISBN 13 : 1630834084
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (38 download)

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Book Synopsis Mirette and Bellini Cross Niagara Falls by : Emily Arnold McCully

Download or read book Mirette and Bellini Cross Niagara Falls written by Emily Arnold McCully and published by StarWalk Kids Media. This book was released on 2014-06-30 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world's most beloved wire walkers are back! In this adventure, Mirette and Bellini sail to America, where they have accepted an invitation to cross Niagara Falls. Mirette soon discovers that the usual risks of high-wire walking are intensified by cutthroat competition. It's courage and skill that bring Mirette and Bellini through even the toughest challenges and make both Mirette and this book a winner.

Highwire Moon

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Publisher : Mysteriouspress.Com/Open Road
ISBN 13 : 9781480481039
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)

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Book Synopsis Highwire Moon by : Susan Straight

Download or read book Highwire Moon written by Susan Straight and published by Mysteriouspress.Com/Open Road. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critically acclaimed novelist Straight takes readers into the world of illegal Mexican migrants in this lovingly rendered story of a mother and daughter's search for each other. A Book Sense 76 Pick.

The Inventor's Secret

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Publisher : Charlesbridge Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1580896677
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (88 download)

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Book Synopsis The Inventor's Secret by : Suzanne Slade

Download or read book The Inventor's Secret written by Suzanne Slade and published by Charlesbridge Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both Thomas Edison and Henry Ford started off as insatiably curious tinkerers. That curiosity led them to become inventors—with very different results. As Edison invented hit after commercial hit, gaining fame and fortune, Henry struggled to make a single invention (an affordable car) work. Witnessing Thomas's glorious career from afar, a frustrated Henry wondered about the secret to his success. This little-known story is a fresh, kid-friendly way to show how Thomas Edison and Henry Ford grew up to be the most famous inventors in the world—and best friends, too.

Pushing the Limits

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Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307427366
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Book Synopsis Pushing the Limits by : Henry Petroski

Download or read book Pushing the Limits written by Henry Petroski and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are two dozen tales in the grand adventure of engineering from the Henry Petroski, who has been called America’s poet laureate of technology. Pushing the Limits celebrates some of the largest things we have created–bridges, dams, buildings--and provides a startling new vision of engineering’s past, its present, and its future. Along the way it highlights our greatest successes, like London’s Tower Bridge; our most ambitious projects, like China’s Three Gorges Dam; our most embarrassing moments, like the wobbly Millennium Bridge in London; and our greatest failures, like the collapse of the twin towers on September 11. Throughout, Petroski provides fascinating and provocative insights into the world of technology with his trademark erudition and enthusiasm for the subject.

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

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Publisher : Square Fish
ISBN 13 : 1429939958
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Book Synopsis The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by : Mordicai Gerstein

Download or read book The Man Who Walked Between the Towers written by Mordicai Gerstein and published by Square Fish. This book was released on 2007-04-17 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a daring tightrope walk between skyscrapers, as seen in Robert Zemeckis's The Walk, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt. In 1974, French aerialist Philippe Petit threw a tightrope between the two towers of the World Trade Center and spent an hour walking, dancing, and performing high-wire tricks a quarter mile in the sky. This picture book captures the poetry and magic of the event with a poetry of its own: lyrical words and lovely paintings that present the detail, daring, and--in two dramatic foldout spreads-- the vertiginous drama of Petit's feat. The Man Who Walked Between the Towers is the winner of the 2004 Caldecott Medal, the winner of the 2004 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award for Picture Books, and the winner of the 2006 Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video.

Electromagnetic Compatibility Engineering

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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118210654
Total Pages : 883 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (182 download)

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Book Synopsis Electromagnetic Compatibility Engineering by : Henry W. Ott

Download or read book Electromagnetic Compatibility Engineering written by Henry W. Ott and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-09-20 with total page 883 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for Noise Reduction Techniques IN electronic systems "Henry Ott has literally 'written the book' on the subject of EMC. . . . He not only knows the subject, but has the rare ability to communicate that knowledge to others." —EE Times Electromagnetic Compatibility Engineering is a completely revised, expanded, and updated version of Henry Ott's popular book Noise Reduction Techniques in Electronic Systems. It reflects the most recent developments in the field of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and noise reduction¿and their practical applications to the design of analog and digital circuits in computer, home entertainment, medical, telecom, industrial process control, and automotive equipment, as well as military and aerospace systems. While maintaining and updating the core information—such as cabling, grounding, filtering, shielding, digital circuit grounding and layout, and ESD—that made the previous book such a wide success, this new book includes additional coverage of: Equipment/systems grounding Switching power supplies and variable-speed motor drives Digital circuit power distribution and decoupling PCB layout and stack-up Mixed-signal PCB layout RF and transient immunity Power line disturbances Precompliance EMC measurements New appendices on dipole antennae, the theory of partial inductance, and the ten most common EMC problems The concepts presented are applicable to analog and digital circuits operating from below audio frequencies to those in the GHz range. Throughout the book, an emphasis is placed on cost-effective EMC designs, with the amount and complexity of mathematics kept to the strictest minimum. Complemented with over 250 problems with answers, Electromagnetic Compatibility Engineering equips readers with the knowledge needed to design electronic equipment that is compatible with the electromagnetic environment and compliant with national and international EMC regulations. It is an essential resource for practicing engineers who face EMC and regulatory compliance issues and an ideal textbook for EE courses at the advanced undergraduate and graduate levels.

Emperor Dad

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Publisher : Wire Rim Books
ISBN 13 : 1935236202
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (352 download)

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Book Synopsis Emperor Dad by : Henry Melton

Download or read book Emperor Dad written by Henry Melton and published by Wire Rim Books. This book was released on 2008-04 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Hill saw the theft of the British Crown Jewels live on CNN during high school French class, and had the uneasy suspicion that his father's secret project in the backyard shed was more than he'd been pretending. Could Dad have invented teleportation? Henry Melton presents a different kind of family adventure -- especially for those who think they can run the world better than the politicians!

Blue-ribbon Henry

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Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780688146740
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (467 download)

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Book Synopsis Blue-ribbon Henry by : Mary Calhoun

Download or read book Blue-ribbon Henry written by Mary Calhoun and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although he feels insignificant next to the other animals at the county fair, Henry the cat proves to be special in his own way. Full color.

Henry Moore Textiles

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Publisher : Lund Humphries Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Henry Moore Textiles by : Anita Feldman

Download or read book Henry Moore Textiles written by Anita Feldman and published by Lund Humphries Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry Moore Textiles is the first publication of the twenty-eight designs commissioned by the Czech refugee, Zika Ascher from Moore during the last years of the Second World War and the early years of the 1950s. The images are newly photographed for this book and do justice to his abstract and popular patterns. Illustrations of subjects as diverse and random as safety pins or wavey landscapes pepper his accessible work. Issued to accompany an exhibition. Henry Moore Textiles reveal an entirely new dimension to this well-known artist.

Havana Highwire

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Publisher : Severn House Publishers Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1448306906
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (483 download)

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Book Synopsis Havana Highwire by : John Keyse-Walker

Download or read book Havana Highwire written by John Keyse-Walker and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2022-07-05 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing hardboiled PI Henry Gore, in this pitch-black noir novel set in 1950s revolutionary Cuba. "Darkly atmospheric writing, an action-packed plot, plenty of suspense, and a sometimes-hapless hero caught between saving his own life and doing the right thing drive this outstanding, packs-a-punch thriller"- Booklist Starred Review World-weary American Henry Gore was born in the cold Midwest. But a lucky connection - and a hundred peso bribe - scores him a license to operate as a private investigator in Havana, a place where he can finally get warm. Soon, he's trailing after cheating husbands to finance his permanent vacation in the land of sun, cigars and compliant se�oritas. But when he snaps the wrong man's photo at a fancy casino, he receives a fist in the face for his troubles - and a dark warning from the Mob. Private dicks are bad for business. If he carries on working, his license will be permanently revoked. Capisci? No work means no money. No way to eat. No way to pay the rent. Desperate to make ends meet, Henry grabs an offer of work from Fulgencio Batista's military regime with both hands - setting in motion a chain of events with dark and deadly consequences. With its rum-soaked, revolutionary Caribbean setting, dark humour, glamorous femme fatales and chilling twists, Havana Highwire is crime noir at its finest.

Henry's Glory

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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1625642938
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (256 download)

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Book Synopsis Henry's Glory by : John Pletcher

Download or read book Henry's Glory written by John Pletcher and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever wonder if your daily work really matters? Do you wish your career could truly connect with Christ's mission and the bigger story he's writing every day? Is it possible for you to find deeper satisfaction in your job, greater integration of your faith in your daily work, and stronger connections with co-workers, clients, and other work contacts? In Henry's Glory, Zach and Maggie face a critical crisis in both family and their careers. Old spiritual "ghosts" haunt Zach's psyche, based on his larger-than-life uncle's narrow view of the kind of work that truly glorifies God. Transported across their journey of discovery by a classic old pickup truck and several wise but oh-so-quirky characters, Zach and Mags embark on an intriguing quest for a real sense of calling and greater life purpose in their everyday work. Their story of discovery proves stunning, provocative, and forever perspective-changing. Join the adventure of personal discovery in this captivating story. Henry's Glory supplies a robust blend of humor, biblical/spiritual inspiration, history, romance, mystery, and thought-provoking reflection questions for personal study and group discussion.