Aim For The Skies

Author : Aimee Bissonette
Publisher : Sleeping Bear Press
ISBN 13 : 1534126406
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aim for the Skies written by Aimee Bissonette and published by Sleeping Bear Press. This book was released on 2018-09-15 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When she was seven years old, Geraldine (Jerrie) Mock took her first airplane ride. She decided then and there to be a pilot. Growing up, she was inspired by radio broadcasts detailing the travels of aviatrix Amelia Earhart. Joan Merriam was 15 when she took her first plane ride in 1952. She got her pilot's license before she could even drive a car. And like Jerrie, Joan too was inspired by Earhart and wanted to circle the globe, following Earhart's exact route. Years later, when both women begin to plan their dream flights, they are completely unaware of each other, and coincidentally pick the same time to depart. But when the media gets word of their plans, the stage is set for the race of a lifetime. This picture book retells the extraordinary story of the 1964 air race between Americans Geraldine Mock and Joan Merriam Smith, the first two women to fly around the world.

Author : Fay Marles
Publisher : The Miegunyah Press
ISBN 13 : 0522853374
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aiming for the Skies written by Fay Marles and published by The Miegunyah Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fay Marles has lived a life of firsts. As Victoria's first Commissioner for Equal Opportunity, she played an instrumental role in the landmark case that resulted in Ansett employing its first female pilot. Over the next decade, she battled discrimination on many fronts, overseeing the commission's rapid development and expansion. She went on to found Australia's first private equal opportunity consultancy, and made history again when she became the first woman Chancellor of the University of Melbourne in February 2001. But in these fascinating memoirs, Marles offers much more than an account of her many personal and professional achievements. She candidly explores the influences that helped to shape her outlook and interests, from her family background and schooling to her experiences as an undergraduate at the University of Melbourne in the 1940s, where she was one of Manning Clark's first students. Her recollections of working as a young social worker in Brisbane in the 1950s, and later as a lecturer in social work at the University of Melbourne in the 1970s, offer a fascinating snapshot of the development of social work as a profession in Australia. She also describes the challenges of balancing her family life and career, and of pursuing postgraduate study as a mature-age student. Along the way, she charts her growing interest in women's issues and Indigenous affairs. Throughout her remarkable life, Fay Marles has aimed for the skies. Through her commitment to justice and her firm belief in the value of education, she has helped and inspired many others to do the same.

Author : Isaac Olatunji
Publisher : Dr. O Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780974284101
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book You Can Fly Beyond the Sky! written by Isaac Olatunji and published by Dr. O Pub. This book was released on 2003-08 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you tired of living below the stratosphere of your God-given potential? Are you desirous to fly beyond the cage of circumstances that seems to hinder your upward flight? Are you only waiting for a touch of a skillful hand to empower your abilities and talents that will cause you to soar beyond the sky? If you have answered yes to any of these questions, then this book is for you!!!! You Can Fly Beyond The Sky is a motivational/self-help book that uncovers seven extraordinary strategies that have proven the test of time that will insprire, motivate and empower the reader to lift their thoughts toward higher levels of potential and achievement so that they will be enabled by the help of the Almighty to rise above whatever circumstances they may have and to fly beyond the sky toward their dreams, goals and aspirations! Dr.O's extraordinary strategies include: -How to utilize the power of faith! -How to speak your dreams into existence! -Effective strategies toward changing your vocabulary! -How to guard your health! -Inspiring stories of achievers like you! -AND MUCH, MUCH, MORE!!!! Dare to be different! Know that you can fly beyond the sky and nothing shall be impossible unto you! See you at the top!!!!

Author : Nick Dunn
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1003826520
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dark Skies written by Nick Dunn and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-11-27 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dark Skies addresses a significant gap in knowledge in relation to perspectives from the arts, humanities, and social sciences. In providing a new multi- and interdisciplinary field of inquiry, this book brings together engagements with dark skies from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, empirical studies, and theoretical orientations. Throughout history, the relationship with dark skies has generated a sense of wonder and awe, as well as providing the basis for important cultural meanings and spiritual beliefs. However, the connection to darks skies is now under threat due to the widespread growth of light pollution and the harmful impacts that this has upon humans, non-humans, and the planet we share. This book, therefore, examines the rich potential of dark skies and their relationships with place, communities, and practices to provide new insights and understandings on their importance for our world in an era of climate emergency and environmental degradation. This book is intended for a wide audience. It will be of interest to scholars, students, and professionals in geography, design, astronomy, anthropology, ecology, history, and public policy, as well as anyone who has an interest in how we can protect the night sky for the benefit of us all and the future generations to follow.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 880 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Author : David Bellamy
Publisher : Search Press Limited
ISBN 13 : 1781267766
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book David Bellamy's Skies, Light and Atmosphere in Watercolour written by David Bellamy and published by Search Press Limited. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this second book in a series covering elements of the landscape, renowned watercolourist, David Bellamy shows how to paint skies, light and atmosphere and how choices involving these three key elements can affect a painting. Starting with skies, David Bellamy covers basic techniques, composition, clouds, special effects like silver linings, sunsets and shafts of light, and much more, then there is a step by step dramatic sky demonstration. Next comes light, with plenty of advice including warm and cool light, using glazes, cast shadows, light from different directions, painting the sun and reflected light, followed by a step by step demonstration featuring strong light and shadow. The atmosphere section covers haze and mist, fog, mountains in cloud, smoke and steam, rain, storms and tranquil moods, and is followed by an atmospheric step by step painting of a waterfall. David Bellamy's extensive travels and much admired painting style ensure that there are plenty of beautiful, inspiring paintings of skies, light and atmosphere throughout the book.

Author : Scholastic, Inc
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780439355407
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Walk Two Moons - Literature Circle Guides written by Scholastic, Inc and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2002-09 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Everything you need for successful literature circles that get kids thinking, talking, writing--and loving literature"--Cover

Author : Yissendy Trinidad
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aim For The Stars written by Yissendy Trinidad and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-14 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aim For The Stars, is the first book of Dominican actress and producer, Yissendy Trinidad. A personal and passionate testimony that seeks to empower women, and men who dare to go there! Through Yissendy's stories and valuable life lessons, you will feel inspired to set new goals and chase your dreams, building life long success. The book provides practical exercises and daily routines, along with some nifty tricks you can keep up your sleeve. Immerse yourself in these chapters that will touch your heart, grab you by the hand and take you on a journey to touch the stars.

Author : Margaret Weis
Publisher : Wizards of the Coast
ISBN 13 : 0786954450
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dragons of the Highlord Skies written by Margaret Weis and published by Wizards of the Coast. This book was released on 2009-07-07 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chronicles retold--from evil's point of view. The story starts in Neraka, where Kitiara uth Matar and Emperor Ariakas hatch a plan to retrieve a dragon orb and thereby destroy Solamnia and the Companions in one fell swoop. But the guardian of the dragon orb, Highlord Feal-Thas, disagrees with this plan. Kitiara must go to Ice Wall to force him to accept Ariakas' will, but her journey does not end there. Thrown out of favor, she conceives a daring plan to enlist the aid of the most feared beings on Krynn--Lord Soth and the Dark Queen. Meanwhile, Laurana and the Companions retrieve the dragon orb and take it back to Solamnia--not knowing that they bring their allies' doom with them. The second volume of a new trilogy from celebrated authors Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, The Lost Chronicles details the famed War of the Lance from the perspective of the evil that menaces Krynn. The books are written in such a way that they will be marvelous complements to the original Chronicles, while at the same time accessible and exciting to new readers. From the Paperback edition.

Author : Lonely Planet
Publisher : Lonely Planet
ISBN 13 : 1788687043
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dark Skies written by Lonely Planet and published by Lonely Planet. This book was released on 2019-09-01 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witnessing the sweep of the Milky Way, the remains of comets burning up in our atmosphere, or the shimmering aurora, we better understand the universe and our place in it. Lonely Planet's Dark Skies, the first world's guide to astrotourism, can help you experience all of this and more first-hand. Meticulously researched by dark sky expert Valerie Stimac, this comprehensive companion includes guides to 35 dark-sky sites and national parks, where to see the aurora, the next decade of total solar eclipses and how to view rocket launches, plus the lowdown on commercial space flight, observatories and meteor showers. Dark Skies is divided into sections to help you plan your dark sky tour: Stargazing focuses on the basics of appreciating the dark sky, with an overview on how to stargaze and what types of objects to look for, as well as tips for the urban stargazer. Dark Places is devoted to 35 of the best places around the globe for stargazing and experiencing the night sky, including sites designated by the Dark Sky Association. Astronomy in Action features some of the world's top research facilities and observatories,where you can get a closer look at space science. Meteor Showers has everything you need to know about the most consistent and impressive meteor showers that happen annually. Aurora is divided into two parts, one focusing on the aurora borealis in the northern hemisphere and the other on the aurora australis in the southern hemisphere. Eclipses follows the schedule of total solar eclipses over the next decade. If you've never experienced totality, here is your definitive guide to planning your trip. Launches helps you experience a different side of astrotourism: rocket launches and the countries that allow you to travel to see them. Space Tourism discusses the future of humans in space - including you! The major players in the evolving space tourism market are detailed, plus the world's most common destinations and experiences. About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, on mobile, video and in 14 languages, 12 international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.