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Book Synopsis Spinning-wheel Stories by : Louisa May Alcott
Download or read book Spinning-wheel Stories written by Louisa May Alcott and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects twelve stories told by snow-bound members of an extended family gathered in their old homestead for the Christmas holidays.
Book Synopsis Spinning Wheel Stories by : Louisa May Alcott
Download or read book Spinning Wheel Stories written by Louisa May Alcott and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2020-11-09 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miss Alcott's collection of stories for Christmas was called 'Spinning Wheel Stories.' The first story in the book, 'Grandma's story', relates an incident with wolves which happened in New England. Miss Alcott has become an adroit story teller . As one reads the vivid story of this wild race with wolves, he holds his breath with fear, because it seems so real. Into this book Miss Alcotti has gathered a dozen stories. Among them is 'Onawandah', an Indian. There is a peculiar charm in Indian stories. 'Daisy's Jewel Box' is another excellent story, but there is no use in making selections because the book is filled with them.
Book Synopsis The Cat Woman and the Spinning Wheel and Other Stories by :
Download or read book The Cat Woman and the Spinning Wheel and Other Stories written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Spinning-wheel Stories by : Louisa May Alcott
Download or read book Spinning-wheel Stories written by Louisa May Alcott and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis What Do Wheels Do All Day? by : April Jones Prince
Download or read book What Do Wheels Do All Day? written by April Jones Prince and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The weels push, race, stroll, fly, whiz, and spin all day long.
Book Synopsis Spinning-Wheel Stories by : Louisa May Alcott
Download or read book Spinning-Wheel Stories written by Louisa May Alcott and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Book Synopsis Spinning-Wheel Stories : Complete with Original Illustrations by : Louisa May Alcott
Download or read book Spinning-Wheel Stories : Complete with Original Illustrations written by Louisa May Alcott and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-16 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The spinning wheel was most likely invented in the Islamic world by the early 11th century. There is evidence pointing to the spinning wheel being known in the Islamic world by 1030, and the earliest clear illustration of the spinning wheel is from Baghdad, drawn in 1237. Evidence also points to the spinning wheel reaching China by 1090, with the earliest clear Chinese illustration of the machine dated to around 1270. The spinning wheel then spread from the Islamic world to Europe and India by the 13th century, with the earliest European illustration dated to around 1280 and the earliest unambiguous Indian reference dated to 1350.C. Wayne Smith and J. Tom Cothren have claimed that the spinning wheel was invented in India between 500 and 1000.[5][6] However, this claim is disputed by the historians Arnold Pacey and Irfan Habib who note that early references to cotton spinning in India are vague and do not clearly identify a wheel, but more likely refer to hand spinning. The earliest unambiguous reference to a spinning wheel in India is dated to 1350, suggesting that the spinning wheel was introduced from Iran to India. In France, the spindle and distaff were not displaced until the mid 18th century.The spinning wheel replaced the earlier method of hand spinning with a spindle. The first stage in mechanizing the process was mounting the spindle horizontally so it could be rotated by a cord encircling a large, hand-driven wheel. The great wheel is an example of this type, where the fibre is held in the left hand and the wheel slowly turned with the right. Holding the fibre at a slight angle to the spindle produced the necessary twist. The spun yarn was then wound onto the spindle by moving it so as to form a right angle with the spindle. This type of wheel, while known in Europe by the 14th century, was not in general use until later. The construction of the Great Wheel made it very good at creating long drawn soft fuzzy wools, but very difficult to create the strong smooth yarns needed to create warp for weaving. Spinning wheels ultimately did not develop the capability to spin a variety of yarns until the beginning of the 19th century and the mechanization of spinning.In general, the spinning technology was known for a long time before being adopted by the majority of people, thus making it hard to fix dates of the improvements. In 1533, a citizen of Brunswick is said to have added a treadle, by which the spinner could rotate her spindle with one foot and have both hands free to spin. Leonardo da Vinci drew a picture of the flyer, which twists the yarn before winding it onto the spindle. During the 16th century a treadle wheel with flyer was in common use, and gained such names as the Saxony wheel and the flax wheel. It sped up production, as one needn't stop spinning to wind up the yarn.
Book Synopsis The Cloud Spinner by : Michael Catchpool
Download or read book The Cloud Spinner written by Michael Catchpool and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2012-03-28 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for Earth Day--and all through the year. From author Michael Catchpool and illustrator Alison Jay comes a magical tale about the beauty and fragility of our natural world, and the wisdom and courage needed to protect it. One small boy has a special gift—he can weave cloth from the clouds: gold in the early morning with the rising sun, white in the afternoon, and crimson in the evening. He spins just enough cloth for a warm scarf. But when the king sees the boy's magnificent cloth, he demands cloaks and gowns galore. "It would not be wise," the boy protests. "Your majesty does not need them!" But spin he must—and soon the world around him begins to change....
Book Synopsis Women and the Machine by : Julie Wosk
Download or read book Women and the Machine written by Julie Wosk and published by Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM. This book was released on 2003-04-01 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An engaging study of the ways women and machines have been represented in art, photography, advertising, and literature.” —Arwen Palmer Mohun, University of Delaware From sexist jokes about women drivers to such empowering icons as Amelia Earhart and Rosie the Riveter, representations of the relationship between women and modern technology in popular culture have been both demeaning and celebratory. Depictions of women as timid and fearful creatures baffled by machinery have alternated with images of them as being fully capable of technological mastery and control—and of lending sex appeal to machines as products. In Women and the Machine, historian Julie Wosk maps the contradictory ways in which women’s interactions with—and understanding of—machinery has been defined in Western popular culture since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. Drawing on both visual and literary sources, Wosk illuminates popular gender stereotypes that have burdened women throughout modern history while underscoring their advances in what was long considered the domain of men. Illustrated with more than 150 images, Women and the Machine reveals women rejoicing in their new liberties and technical skill even as they confront society’s ambivalence about these developments, along with male fantasies and fears. “Engaging and entertaining . . . Using illustrations, cartoons and photographs from the past three centuries, Wosk delineates shifts in social acceptance of women’s relationship to technology . . . her work is complex, comprehensive and highly readable.” —Publishers Weekly “Art historian Wosk analyzes the overt and covert messages in depictions of women and machines in an array of fiction and, more impressively, in some 150 visual images.” —Booklist
Book Synopsis Mr. Ferris and His Wheel by : Kathryn Gibbs Davis
Download or read book Mr. Ferris and His Wheel written by Kathryn Gibbs Davis and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2014 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes how the engineer George Ferris invented the famous carnival attraction for the renowned 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
Book Synopsis The Spinning Wheel Secret by : Lillie V. Albrecht
Download or read book The Spinning Wheel Secret written by Lillie V. Albrecht and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-05-23 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joan Tower's two big brothers didn't want a baby sister. So they called her Jo and never admitted that she was a girl. Even though the neighbors disapprove, Jo is happier doing boys' jobs. A properly-brought-up young girl in a New England Puritan village of 1705 would never know all the useful skills, like fishing and swimming, that Jo learns from Dan and Sam. When it comes to doing ordinary household tasks, though, she believes she is hopeless. She's not much good at cooking or knitting, and spinning thread is simply beyond her--a fact which her disapproving, fault-finding aunt and cousin never fail to point out. But when Indians attack their little village of Hatfield and carry off many captives, including Jo's mother, Jo and her brothers must make their way alone to Westfield to find shelter with their grandfather. In Westfield, however, more bad news awaits them, and Jo will find her own resources and courage sorely tested. "A plot that remains reasonable as well as exciting. For younger girls in this age group, a treat instead of the usual treatment." --Kirkus Reviews (1965)
Book Synopsis Spinning-Wheel Stories by : Louisa M Alcott
Download or read book Spinning-Wheel Stories written by Louisa M Alcott and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the author of the classic book, "Little Women," this long out-of-print collection of heart-warming tales by Louisa May Alcott show why her stories continue to endear this truly great American author to children all over the world.
Book Synopsis Spinning Wheel Stories by : Louisa May Alcott
Download or read book Spinning Wheel Stories written by Louisa May Alcott and published by 谷月社. This book was released on 2015-10-16 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It is too bad to have our jolly vacation spoiled by this provoking storm. Didn't mind it yesterday, because we could eat all the time; but here we are cooped up for a week, perhaps, and I'd like to know what we are to do," growled Geoff, as he stood at the window looking gloomily at the bleak scene without. It certainly was discouraging; for the north wind howled, the air was dark with falling snow, and drifts were rising over fences, roads, and fields, as if to barricade the Christmas party in the great country house. "We can bear it pleasantly, since it can't be helped," said gentle sister Mary, with a kind hand on his shoulder, and a face full of sympathy for his disappointment. "I'm sorry for the coasting, skating, and sleighing frolics we have lost; but if we must be shut up, I'm sure we couldn't have a pleasanter prison or a kinder jailer. Don't let grandma hear us complain, for she has made great exertions to have our visit a merry one, and it will trouble her if we are not gay and contented." "That's easy for a parcel of girls, who only want to mull over the fire, and chatter, and drink tea; but it's rough on us fellows, who come for the outside fun. House is well enough; but when you've seen it once, there's an end. Eating is jolly, but you can't stuff forever. We might dig, or snowball, if it didn't blow a gale. Never saw such a beast of a storm!"—and Geoff flattened his nose against the window-pane and scowled at the elements. A laugh made him turn around, and forget his woes to stare at the quaint little figure that stood curtseying in the door-way of the keeping-room, where a dozen young people were penned while the maids cleared up the remains of yesterday's feast in the kitchen, the mothers were busy with the babies upstairs, and the fathers read papers in the best parlor; for this was a family gathering under the roof of the old homestead. A rosy, dark-eyed face looked out from the faded green calash, a gayly flowered gown was looped up over a blue quilted petticoat, and a red camlet cloak hung down behind. A big reticule and a funny umbrella were held in either hand, and red hose and very high-heeled, pointed shoes covered a trim pair of feet. "God bless you, merry gentlemen! May nothing you dismay; Here's your ancient granny come To call, this Christmas day," sang Minnie, the lively member of the flock, as she bobbed little curtseys and smiled so infectiously that even cross Geoff cheered up....
Book Synopsis The Three Spinning Women by : Brothers Grimm
Download or read book The Three Spinning Women written by Brothers Grimm and published by Lindhardt og Ringhof. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if we told you that you can marry a prince only after you spin all the flax in a room? You would be surprised if we told you that this is what happened with the girl in our story. However she neither loved to spin, nor did she spin the flax herself. She found a way to trick the queen and she married the prince. Will the secret be revealed and what will follow after that? Will they punish the lazy girl or this time she will get away with it? Children and adults alike, immerse yourselves into Grimm’s world of folktales and legends! Come, discover the little-known tales and treasured classics in this collection of 200 fairytales. Brothers Grimm are probably the best-known storytellers in the world. Some of their most popular fairy tales are "Cinderella", "Beauty and the Beast" and "Little Red Riding Hood" and there is hardly anybody who has not grown up with the adventures of Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel and Snow White. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s exceptional literature legacy consists of recorded German and European folktales and legends. Their collections have been translated into all European languages in their lifetime and into every living language today.
Book Synopsis New Zealand Spinning Wheels and Their Makers by : Mary Knox
Download or read book New Zealand Spinning Wheels and Their Makers written by Mary Knox and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rumpelstiltskin written by Jacob Grimm and published by NorthSouth (NY). This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king, on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.
Book Synopsis Spin Roulette Gold by : Frank Scoblete
Download or read book Spin Roulette Gold written by Frank Scoblete and published by Bonus Books, Inc.. This book was released on 1997 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time in print, Frank Scoblete, gaming's premier authority, reveals the secrets professionals have used, and jealously guarded, to beat the seemingly unbeatable game.
