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Download or read book Porcelain Moths written by Joe Ricker and published by Down & Out Books. This book was released on 2021-03-22 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maggie Remick has a secret. When Maggie gets pregnant as a teenager, she’s regarded as just another statistic in her hometown of Limington, New York—a small town in the Finger Lakes Region that has the highest teen pregnancy rate (per capita) in the country. Estranged from her devotedly religious mother, Maggie has spent nearly twenty years struggling to give her life meaning. After she meets a much younger man who shows promise for all of that to change and provides a chance for her to reclaim some part of her youth, her son Harley returns home after serving a two-year sentence for arson. Harley, recently released from a juvenile detention center for setting fire to a motorcycle, tries to establish a relationship with Maggie, despite the years of her supreme neglect. Harley is reintroduced to the frustration and torment of trying to make real human connection with his mother. Seeing himself as nothing more than a burden to her, and the new romantic relationship she’s established, Harley makes an attempt to go his own way and exit Maggie’s life for good. Harley takes a job as a janitor at his former high school and distances himself from Maggie by accepting a living arrangement with a former high school mentor. Harley also tries desperately to win the affection of a young woman who has more than her fair share of struggles. But things begin to unravel as his affections are rejected, and the mentor’s darker motives for helping him are revealed. Maggie’s romantic relationship begins to deteriorate when she reveals to her new lover that she’s pregnant with his child. For both Maggie and Harley, things start to spiral into chaos, and as Harley tries fervently to keep his antisocial impulses contained. In the clutch of emotional turmoil, Harley again tries to establish some kind of relationship with his mother. His attempt triggers a significant emotional downturn for Maggie. The secret she has been keeping from him is finally brought to light, and Harley’s response is nothing short of apocalyptic. Porcelain Moths examines the harsh realities of a world where people are fighting to find meaning in their existence. There, Ricker offers some insight into this arena with a combination of prose that is reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy, and starkly flawed characters evocative of Chuck Palahniuk’s. Porcelain Moths is a portal to a world that is chillingly genuine but rarely acknowledged.
Book Synopsis British moths and their transformations, arranged in a ser. of plates, with characters and descr. by J.O. Westwood by : Henry Noel Humphreys
Download or read book British moths and their transformations, arranged in a ser. of plates, with characters and descr. by J.O. Westwood written by Henry Noel Humphreys and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis British moths and their transformations. Arranged and illustrated in a series of plates by H. N. Humphreys, Esq. With characters and descriptions by J. O. Westwood by : John Obadiah WESTWOOD
Download or read book British moths and their transformations. Arranged and illustrated in a series of plates by H. N. Humphreys, Esq. With characters and descriptions by J. O. Westwood written by John Obadiah WESTWOOD and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Genera of British Moths, Popularly Described, and Arranged According to the System Now Adopted in the British Museum. Illustrated by a Series of Picturesque Plates, Etc by : Henry Noel Humphreys
Download or read book The Genera of British Moths, Popularly Described, and Arranged According to the System Now Adopted in the British Museum. Illustrated by a Series of Picturesque Plates, Etc written by Henry Noel Humphreys and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis British Moths, Sphinxes, Etc by : James Duncan
Download or read book British Moths, Sphinxes, Etc written by James Duncan and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Porcelain Analysis and Its Role in the Forensic Attribution of Ceramic Specimens by : Howell G. M. Edwards
Download or read book Porcelain Analysis and Its Role in the Forensic Attribution of Ceramic Specimens written by Howell G. M. Edwards and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The material for this book arose from the author’s research into porcelains over many years, as a collector in appreciation of their artistic beauty , as an analytical chemist in the scientific interrogation of their body paste, enamel pigments and glaze compositions, and as a ceramic historian in the assessment of their manufactory foundations and their correlation with available documentation relating to their recipes and formulations. A discussion of the role of analysis in the framework of a holistic assessment of artworks and specifically the composition of porcelain, namely hard paste, soft paste, phosphatic, bone china and magnesian, is followed by its growth from its beginnings in China to its importation into Europe in the 16th Century. A survey of European porcelain manufactories in the 17th and 18th Centuries is followed by a description of the raw materials, minerals and recipes for porcelain manufacture and details of the chemistry of the high temperature firing processes involved therein. The historical backgrounds to several important European factories are considered, highlighting the imperfections in the written record that have been perpetuated through the ages. The analytical chemical information derived from the interrogation of specimens, from fragments, shards or perfect finished items, is reviewed and operational protocols established for the identification of a factory output from the data presented. Several case studies are examined in detail across several porcelain manufactories to indicate the role adopted by modern analytical science, with information provided at the quantitative elemental oxide and qualitative molecular spectroscopic levels, where applicable. The attribution of a specimen to a particular factory is either supported thereby or in some cases a potential reassessment of an earlier attribution is indicated. Overall, the information provided by analytical chemical data is seen to be extremely useful for porcelain identification and for its potential attribution in the context of a holistic forensic evaluation of hitherto unknown porcelain exemplars of questionable factory origins.
Book Synopsis Insects at Home by : John George Wood
Download or read book Insects at Home written by John George Wood and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Gardening for Moths by : Jim McCormac
Download or read book Gardening for Moths written by Jim McCormac and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2023-03-28 with total page 751 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide to moths, native plants, and their environmental roles is an indispensable resource for gardeners, conservationists, and nature enthusiasts across the midwestern United States. Gardening for Moths is the first book to show midwestern gardeners and naturalists why they should attract specific moth species to their properties and how to do it. The book’s stunning color photographs and intriguing facts reveal the fascinating world of these insects, inspiring readers to incorporate moth-loving native plants into their landscapes. The authors emphasize the importance of moths and their caterpillars to ecological food webs, widening the book’s appeal to birders and bat lovers as well. The book consists of three main sections, beginning with a thorough overview of moths, including their population decline and conservation, importance in ecosystems, relationship with native plants, and predators and defenses In addition, this first section features tips on how to attract and photograph moths at night. In the next section the authors profile about 140 plant species, providing brief background, natural history, habitat, and growing notes for each along with lists of potential moths the plants may attract. The third section highlights approximately 150 moth species, ordered taxonomically. These accounts include interesting facts about the life history of both the caterpillar and adult moth of each species. Each account also features a list of the species’ common host plants. Throughout the volume, inset text boxes provide additional fascinating moth facts. Beautiful photographs (most by the authors) illustrate every included plant and moth species. Select references, online resources, and quick reference tables round out this valuable resource.
Book Synopsis Insects at home, a popular account of British insects by : John George Wood
Download or read book Insects at home, a popular account of British insects written by John George Wood and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Monograph of the Bombycine Moths of North America by : Alpheus Spring Packard
Download or read book Monograph of the Bombycine Moths of North America written by Alpheus Spring Packard and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Insects at Home. Being a Popular Account of British Insects, Their Structure, Habits and Transformation ... With Upwards of 700 Figures by E. A. Smith, Etc by : John George WOOD (M.A.)
Download or read book Insects at Home. Being a Popular Account of British Insects, Their Structure, Habits and Transformation ... With Upwards of 700 Figures by E. A. Smith, Etc written by John George WOOD (M.A.) and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Naturalist's Library: Duncan, J. The natural history of British moths, 1836 by : William Jardine
Download or read book The Naturalist's Library: Duncan, J. The natural history of British moths, 1836 written by William Jardine and published by . This book was released on 1836 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Monograph of the Bombycine Moths of North America: Family I. Notodontidæ. 1895 by : Alpheus Spring Packard
Download or read book Monograph of the Bombycine Moths of North America: Family I. Notodontidæ. 1895 written by Alpheus Spring Packard and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Armorial Porcelain by : Rachel L. Denyer
Download or read book Armorial Porcelain written by Rachel L. Denyer and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Welsh Armorial Porcelain by : Howell G. M. Edwards
Download or read book Welsh Armorial Porcelain written by Howell G. M. Edwards and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-05-05 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Armorial porcelains comprised the output of most European ceramics factories in the 18th and 19th Centuries in response to the large quantity of armorial porcelain services that were being imported from China bearing the coats of arms and crests of aristocratic families. Whereas these armorial services have been identified and covered for most porcelain manufactories the information relevant to their production by the two relatively short-lived Nantgarw and Swansea China Works has not been addressed as a theme until now. As an integral component of the holistic forensic appraisal of porcelain, a functional and decorative artwork manifestly part of our cultural heritage and its ongoing preservation , the recording and identification of such artefacts is material for the future establishment of a database of factory production . The Nantgarw and Swansea factories only operated for a limited period in the second decade of the 19th Century and their porcelains were much appreciated for their high quality and desirability by Georgian households. Today, examples are to be found in many museums and ceramics collections and continue to excite the interest of specialists and the general public . This text provides the first comprehensive assessment of armorial porcelains from these two factories and the methodology and procedure for the identification of unknown armorial bearings and crests is illustrated; individual bearings are discussed in detail and existing incorrect assignments in the literature are re-appraised. The difficulties in attribution of armorial heraldic achievements that are only minimally depicted are considered and directions for further studies using historical documentation are invoked. This book therefore fills a currently existing gap in the ceramics literature of the 19th Century.
Book Synopsis The Farnley Hall Service: A Unique Survivor in Nantgarw Porcelain by : Howell G. M. Edwards
Download or read book The Farnley Hall Service: A Unique Survivor in Nantgarw Porcelain written by Howell G. M. Edwards and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-02-22 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers the discovery and the results of the analytical study of the composition of the Farnley Hall service, involving both the embossed moulding and the decorative compositions. The discovery of this missing porcelain service, which was manufactured 200 years ago, is a modern detective story in the preservation of cultural heritage, whilst its physical analysis has identified some new data that need to be incorporated into correcting and expanding the literature that is used for the differentiation of porcelains by ceramic historians and museum conservators. The importance of the Farnley Hall service discovery is that it provides the only example of such a Nantgarw Porcelain service that still resides in its original place of usage from 200 years ago: it is therefore a unique example and is a very important part of our national cultural heritage. It provides an illustration of the data that can be accessed from the application of inductive reasoning to elicit novel information about a manufactory whose work books no longer exist and its comparison with contemporary manufactories in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The concepts can be appreciated by experts and also by non-technical readers. This is the first time that such a detailed research approach has been adopted for any comparative ceramic project. The book is therefore relevant for a specialist and non-specialist readership, including museum ceramics curators and collectors of the genre.
Book Synopsis The Pendock Barry Porcelain Service by : Rachel L. Denyer
Download or read book The Pendock Barry Porcelain Service written by Rachel L. Denyer and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-04-05 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heraldic devices first appeared on ceramics in Western Europe from the sixteenth century onwards; however, it was not until the 1760s that British ceramic manufactories began executing commissions for services displaying heraldic devices for the gentry. This book explores the rise of the new gentry class and the market for armorial services through the case study of the Pendock Barry service. The case study is presented from three angles. It looks at Pendock Neale Barry (1757–1833) who commissioned the service, then considers the evidence for attributing the service to the Derby factory during the period 1805–1810, and finally looks at the evidence supporting an attribution of the decoration to Billingsley. The case study sets out a novel approach to understanding heraldic devices on ceramics by bringing together the disciplines of detailed genealogical research, cultural knowledge, and chemical analytical compositional data. This multidisciplinary approach enables the armorial services to be considered and understood through the lens of heritage, culture, and science.
