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Life In Miniature

Author : Linda Schlossberg
Publisher : Kensington Publishing Corp.
ISBN 13 : 0758262841
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (582 download)

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Download or read book Life In Miniature written by Linda Schlossberg and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a powerful new voice in fiction comes a compelling debut about the delicate bond between daughters and mothers, and about leaving everything you know in order to find the place where you belong. Adie has always known she was different. There's her size, for one thing. Born three months premature, Adie is the smallest of her peers. Then there's Adie's mother, who at first glance seems like so many other 1980s moms--clipping coupons and attending Feel the Burn aerobics classes. But beneath the surface is something erratic and unpredictable, something that makes her drag Adie and her older sister, Miriam, from one rental apartment to the next--until Miriam runs away. Adie is left behind with her mother, who is convinced their lives are in real danger and takes Adie on a crazy run across northern California. Now Adie faces a stark choice: submit to this increasingly surreal adventure, or grow up in ways she never imagined. . . "Life in Miniature is a stunning double portrait, subtly capturing a daughter's misconceptions of her mother's delusions--while simultaneously revealing the consequences for both--in a compulsively readable and deeply insightful first novel." --Jonathon Keats, author of The Book of the Unknown ". . .a book of intelligence and grace that will make you laugh and cry." --Terry Gamble, author of Good Family Linda Schlossberg received her PhD in English literature from Harvard University, where she is the Assistant Director of the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program. Her fiction has been recognized by the Pacific Northwest Writers Association, the National League of American PEN Women, and Writers at Work. She has also received research and writing grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, as well as several awards for excellence in teaching. Linda lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Life in Miniature

Author : Nicola Lisle
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 1526751828
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Life in Miniature written by Nicola Lisle and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2020-11-23 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “comprehensive and enjoyable” guide to the centuries-long history of dolls’ houses and how they illuminate our past (Books Monthly). Dolls’ houses are tiny slices of social history that give us a fascinating glimpse into domestic life over the last three hundred years. Through text and photos, Nicola Lisle explores the origins and history of dolls’ houses and their furnishings, from the earliest known dolls’ house in sixteenth-century Bavaria to the present, and looks at how they reflect the architecture, fashions, social attitudes, innovations, and craftsmanship of their day. She discusses the changing role of dolls’ houses and highlights significant events and people to give historical context, as well as taking a look at some of the leading dolls’ house manufacturers such as Silber & Fleming and Lines Brothers Ltd (later Triang). Included are numerous examples of interesting dolls’ houses, the stories behind them, and where to see them—including famous models such as Queen Mary’s spectacular 1920s dolls’ house at Windsor Castle. There is also a chapter on model towns and villages, which became popular in the twentieth century and also give us a window on the past by replicating real places or capturing scenes typical of a bygone era, plus advice for dolls’ house collectors, a detailed directory of places to visit, a timeline of dolls’ house history, and recommended further reading.

Micro Life

Author : DK
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0744039568
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Micro Life written by DK and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the miracles of the microscopic world. Find out all about the unique and beautiful kingdoms of life at a microscopic scale and how every organism meets the challenges of survival no matter its size. The perfect book for people who enjoy photography, nature and biology. Inside the pages of this exciting educational nature book, you’ll find: • Microscopic life-forms (often neglected), and their life-forms in extreme close-ups, revealing details such as nerve cells and hair follicles. • Artworks support the beautiful images, providing a deeper insight into structure and function and building a picture of how living organisms work at a microscopic level. • Comprehensive coverage of the natural world, including all the main groups of living things. • Explores overlooked groups that have a huge role in the natural world: insects, which make up 80% of the world’s animal species, and bacteria — of which there are more in a human mouth than there are people in the world. • The book is organized according to the main functions of life: movement, reproduction, energy and feeding, sensing the surroundings, defense, etc. • Optional 80-page section containing a catalog of the major kingdoms of life. The beauty of nature under a microscope Explore the inhabitants of an invisible world in incredible detail with this book, which contains macro photography and spectacular microscope imagery. You'll have so much information about the hidden world of intricate structures beyond the naked eye. From the tiniest spiders and insects to even microscopic creatures like bacteria and viruses, this book contains it all! See the beauty of a pollen grain, a butterfly egg, the spore of a fungus and a human’s nerve cell in extreme close up. The amazing imagery in Micro Life contains focus-stacked macro photographs and micrographs (microscope images), including scanning electron micrographs. Illustrations in this book explain the science — from the workings of an insect’s eye to how a plant “breathes” through its leaves. Micro Life is an unexpectedly breathtaking look at the natural world. Find out how life works and how organisms solve the fundamental problems of movement, reproduction, energy, communication and defense. This book belongs on the bookshelves of schools, libraries and homes for those interested in photography, nature or biology.

Small Wonders - Life Portrait in Miniature

Author : Tatsuya Tanaka
Publisher : Nippan Editions
ISBN 13 : 9784865050776
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Small Wonders - Life Portrait in Miniature written by Tatsuya Tanaka and published by Nippan Editions. This book was released on 2017-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tatsuya Tanaka, the photographer behind "Miniature Calendar," creates scenes with everyday objects and tiny figures.

The Miniature Wife

Author : Manuel Gonzales
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 110160204X
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Miniature Wife written by Manuel Gonzales and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-01-10 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of George Saunders and Aimee Bender, an exuberantly imagined debut that chronicles an ordinary world marked by unusual phenomena. The eighteen stories of Manuel Gonzales’s exhilarating first book render the fantastic commonplace and the ordinary extraordinary, in prose that thrums with energy and shimmers with beauty. In “The Artist’s Voice” we meet one of the world’s foremost composers, a man who speaks through his ears. A hijacked plane circles a city for twenty years in “Pilot, Copilot, Writer.” Sound can kill in “The Sounds of Early Morning.” And, in the title story, a man is at war with the wife he accidentally shrank. For these characters, the phenomenal isn’t necessarily special—but it’s often dangerous. In slightly fantastical settings, Gonzales illustrates very real guilt over small and large marital missteps, the intense desire for the reinvention of self, and the powerful urges we feel to defend and provide for the people we love. With wit and insight, these stories subvert our expectations and challenge us to look at our surroundings with fresh eyes. Brilliantly conceived, strikingly original, and told with the narrative instinct of a born storyteller, The Miniature Wife is an unforgettable debut.

In Miniature

Author : Simon Garfield
Publisher : Atria Books
ISBN 13 : 1501199587
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book In Miniature written by Simon Garfield and published by Atria Books. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling, award-winning writer Simon Garfield returns with an enthralling investigation of humans’ peculiar fascination with small things—and what small things tell us about our larger world. “[Simon Garfield is] an exuberant truffle-hound of the recondite and delightful factoid.” —Sunday Times (London) Simon Garfield writes books that shine a light on aspects of the everyday world in order to reveal the charms and eccentricities hiding in plain sight around us. After beguiling fans with books about everything from typography to time, from historic maps to the color mauve, he’s found his most delightful topic yet: miniatures. Tiny Eiffel Towers. Platoons of brave toy soldiers. A doll’s house created for a Queen. Diminutive crime scenes crafted to catch a killer. Model villages and miniscule railways. These are just a few of the objects you will discover in the pages of In Miniature. Bringing together history, psychology, art, and obsession, Garfield explores what fuels the strong appeal of miniature objects among collectors, modelers, and fans. The toys we enjoy as children invest us with a rare power at a young age, conferring on us a taste of adult-sized authority. For some, the desire to play with small things becomes a desire to make small things. We live in a vast and uncertain world, and controlling just a tiny, scaled-down part of it restores our sense of order and worth. As it explores flea circuses, microscopic food, ancient tombs, and the Vegas Strip, In Miniature changes the way we perceive our surroundings, encouraging all of us to find greatness in the smallest of things.

My Life in Miniature

Author : Gail Simone
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781401213251
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book My Life in Miniature written by Gail Simone and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by Gail Simone Art by John Byrne, Trevor Scott and others Cover by Ariel Olivetti Collecting the first 6 issues of the acclaimed new series! Meet Ryan Choi - the young hotshot professor filling the empty slot on Ivy University's teaching staff...and who inadvertently fills the role as the all-new super-heroic Atom! Advance-solicited; on sale May 2 - 160 pg, FC, $14.99 US

Mix-up in Miniature

Author : Margaret Grace
Publisher : SCB Distributors
ISBN 13 : 156474759X
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (647 download)

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Download or read book Mix-up in Miniature written by Margaret Grace and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2020-03-12 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tiny Houses Can Hold Big Clues. Geraldine Porter is thrilled to meet bestselling author and miniatures enthusiast Varena Young. The celebrity seems to seek friendship with Gerry and her crafts group, and makes a generous offer of a house from her collection for a library fund-raiser. But Young is suddenly murdered. Gerry and her eleven-year-old granddaughter Maddie delve for information on Young�s mysterious past, and find a clue to her murder in a secret room... in a dollhouse. "Perfectly written, with a cast of wonderful characters. This series keeps getting better and better.” -- Hannah Reed, Mind Your Own Beeswax

Cats & Lions

Author : Mitsuaki Iwago
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 9781452140490
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Cats & Lions written by Mitsuaki Iwago and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From renowned animal photographer Mitsuaki Iwago comes this visually arresting collection of photographs juxtaposing our domestic cat companions with their wild cousins. Iwago masterfully captures these feline relatives in a variety of positions, situations, and landscapes, revealing their uncanny similarities. Unexpected and captivating, Cats & Lions makes a thoughtful gift for anyone with an eye for natural beauty and well-honed photography.

Miniature Metropolis

Author : Andreas Huyssen
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674416724
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book Miniature Metropolis written by Andreas Huyssen and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andreas Huyssen explores the history and theory of metropolitan miniatures—short prose pieces about urban life written for European newspapers. His fine-grained readings open vistas into German critical theory and the visual arts, revealing the miniature to be one of the few genuinely innovative modes of spatialized writing created by modernism.

A Summer Garland

Author : Mary Gaines
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book A Summer Garland written by Mary Gaines and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Netsuke Japanese Life and Legend in Miniature

Author : Edwin C. Symmes, Jr.
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462911382
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Netsuke Japanese Life and Legend in Miniature written by Edwin C. Symmes, Jr. and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-19 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring dozens of Japanese netsuke masterpieces and extensive commentary, this Japanese art book is a treasured collector's item. Netsuke are superb miniature carvings, usually less than two inches high, that have been created by Japanese artists for over three hundred years. During that time, they have portrayed almost every aspect of life and culture in Japan. These tiny carvings were traditionally used to prevent the cord attached to a gentleman's medicine box or tobacco pouch from slipping through the belt of his kimono. Today they are highly collectible works of art. Netsuke: Japanese Life and Legend in Miniature presents over seventy full-page color photographs of netsuke in enchanting settings. The accompanying text gives technical details about the netsuke as well as interesting commentaries relating the pieces to Japanese life and legend. Information on the carvers has also been provided whenever possible.

Worlds in Miniature

Author : Jack Davy
Publisher : Saint Philip Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781013293597
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (935 download)

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Download or read book Worlds in Miniature written by Jack Davy and published by Saint Philip Street Press. This book was released on 2020-10-09 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miniaturisation is the creation of small objects that resemble larger ones, usually, but not always, for purposes different to those of the larger original object. Worlds in Miniature brings together researchers working across various regions, time periods and disciplines to explore the subject of miniaturisation as a material culture technique. It offers original contribution to the field of miniaturisation through its broad geographical scope, interdisciplinary approach, and deep understanding of miniatures and their diverse contexts. Beginning with an introduction by the editors, which offers one possible guide to studying and comparing miniatures, the following chapters include studies of miniature Neolithic stone circles on Exmoor, Ancient Egyptian miniature assemblages, miniaturisation under colonialism as practiced by the Makah People of Washington State, miniature surf boats from India, miniaturised contemporary tourist art of the Warao people of Venezuela, and dioramas on display in the Science Museum. Interspersing the chapters are interviews with miniature-makers, including two miniature boat-builders at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall and a freelance architectural model-maker. Professor Susanne Küchler concludes the volume with a theoretical study summarising the current state of miniaturisation as a research discipline. The interdisciplinary nature of the volume makes it suitable reading for anthropologists, archaeologists, historians and artists, and for researchers in related fields across the social sciences. This work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work's license are retained by the author or authors.

The Gardening in Miniature Prop Shop

Author : Janit Calvo
Publisher : Timber Press
ISBN 13 : 1604697016
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book The Gardening in Miniature Prop Shop written by Janit Calvo and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2017-06-14 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A not-so-mini trend The Gardening in Miniature Prop Shop is the next big thing for the crafters and gardeners already captivated by gardening small. Organized by playful themes—including gardens around the world, holidays, and fantasy gardens—it’s a fun-filled guide to creating one-of-a-kind gardens and the accessories that make them shine. Thirty-seven projects are included with fully illustrated, step-by-step instructions. For a Japanese garden, you will learn how to create a miniature sand garden. For a Halloween garden, you'll learn how to make a flying ghost and zombie. And for a space garden, you'll learn how to make a tiny space ship and alien. The Gardening in Miniature Prop Shop is for anyone enchanted by the whimsy of creating a tiny world.

All-New Atom: My Life in Miniature

Author : Gail Simone
Publisher : DC Comics
ISBN 13 : 1401293387
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book All-New Atom: My Life in Miniature written by Gail Simone and published by DC Comics. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first six issues of the acclaimed new series are collected in this volume. Meet Ryan Choi, the young hotshot professor filling the empty slot on Ivy University's teaching staff who inadvertently fills the role as the all-new super-heroic Atom. Older teens.

Snail World

Author : Aleia Murawski
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578807614
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book Snail World written by Aleia Murawski and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Snail World: Life in the Slimelight is a collection of absorbing snapshots from an alternate universe where snails drink bubble tea at the mall, hit tiny bongs, and get beamed up into flying saucers. Real snails and frogs bring to life miniature scenes meticulously created by artists Aleia Murawski and Sam Copeland, inspired by moody, cinematic moments and nostalgic Americana. These dreamlike and often hilarious images evoke the melodrama of daily life: a snail alone in an apartment with one last box to move; two snails getting slime all over grandma's plastic-covered armchairs; a frog doing karaoke in a heart-shaped hot tub. With hidden details to discover each time you flip through the pages, Snail World is a quirky celebration of the (very) little things in life. By Aleia Murawski and Sam Copeland. Hardcover with debossed image and spot gloss on cover. 80 pages, full color interior. Published by Broccoli. Measures 7" x 9 1⁄4".

Anywhere but Here

Author : Mona Simpson
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307765369
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Anywhere but Here written by Mona Simpson and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-05-25 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A national bestseller—adapted into a movie starring Natalie Portman and Susan Sarandon—Anywhere But Here is the heart-rending tale of a mother and daughter. A moving, often comic portrait of wise child Ann August and her mother, Adele, a larger-than-life American dreamer, the novel follows the two women as they travel through the landscape of their often conflicting ambitions. A brilliant exploration of the perennial urge to keep moving, even at the risk of profound disorientation, Anywhere But Here is a story about the things we do for love, and a powerful study of familial bonds.