Download or read book Blossoms from the Sky written by Dan King and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-04-12 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blossoms from the Sky True stories from the Japanese pilots who volunteered to fly an experimental rocket-powered aircraft on a one-way mission to save their nation from looming defeat. The Japanese called it the OHKA (cheery blossom), but to the American sailors and fighter pilots it was known as the BAKA BOMB. Discover the untold challenges faced by naval aircraft engineers as they raced to create the "Yokosuka MXY-7 Marudai," a new secret weapon that promised to sink a battleship with a single blow. Follow the young pilots as they make their individual decisions to volunteer for the mysterious training program. Meet the bomber crews who carried these human-guided, anti-ship missiles towards the US fleet near Okinawa. Discover the courageous US Navy and Marine Corps fighter pilots who saved thousands of lives by throwing themselves between the devastating flying bombs and the ships of US Naval Task Force 58. With over 200 photos, maps, and illustrations the reader will learn about the Ohka "Baka Bomb" and the Betty Bombers that ferried these "flying torpedoes" into battle.
Download or read book Flowers of the Sky written by Richard Anthony Proctor and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Flowers in the Sky written by Lynn Joseph and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just about everyone from my country, República Dominicana, dreams of moving to New York City, except for me. On the flight to New York, my first time on a plane, my first time away from Mami, I was finally free to cry. But nothing came out. I watched as the green mountains of my beloved island slipped away far below. Fifteen-year-old Nina Perez is faced with a future she never expected. She must leave her Garden of Eden, her lush island home in Samana, Dominican Republic, when she's sent by her mother to live with her brother, Darrio, in New York, to seek out a better life. As Nina searches for some glimpse of familiarity amid the urban and jarring world of Washington Heights, she learns to uncover her own strength and independence. She finds a way to grow, just like the orchids that blossom on her fire escape. And as she is confronted by ugly secrets about her brother's business, she comes to understand the realities of life in this new place. But then she meets him—that tall, green-eyed boy—one that she can't erase from her thoughts, who just might help her learn to see beauty in spite of tragedy. From the acclaimed author of the color of my words comes a powerful story of a girl who must make her way in a new world and find her place within it.
Download or read book Blossoms in the Sky written by Vahram Alfred Aratoon and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Red Sky at Night written by Jane Struthers and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-07-06 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The indispensable guide to everything we knew and loved before modern life got in the way. This gorgeous and beautifully illustrated countryside miscellany is the perfect purchase for anyone wanting to go back to their roots and rediscover a lost world... 'Beautiful book' -- ***** Reader review 'A delightful book with some lovely illustrations' -- ***** Reader review 'A heart-warming read, I love this book' -- ***** Reader review 'Magical' -- ***** Reader review 'Lovely book to just DELVE into' -- ***** Reader review 'A little gem!' -- ***** Reader review 'Sheer delight!' -- ***** Reader review **************************************************************************************************** Ever wondered how to predict the weather just by looking at the sky? Or wanted to attract butterflies to your garden? Is there a knack to building the perfect bonfire? And how exactly do you race a ferret? In this world of traffic tailbacks, supermarket shopping and 24-hour internet access, it's easy to feel disconnected from the beauty and rhythms of the natural world. If you have ever gazed in awe at stars in the night's sky, tried to catch a perfect snowflake or longed for the comfort of a roaring log fire, then this is the book for you. From spotting Britain's five kinds of owl to gardening by the phases of the moon, from curing a cold to brewing your own ale, and from navigating by the stars to making sloe gin, Red Sky at Night is packed with instructions and lists, ancient customs and old wives tales, making it an indispensable guide to countryside lore.
Download or read book Passionate Patchwork written by Kaffe Fassett and published by Taunton Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exciting, saturated color schemes are the hallmark of works by renowned knitwear designer and decorative artist Kaffe Fassett.
Download or read book The Last Cherry Blossom written by Kathleen Burkinshaw and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the seventieth anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, this is a new, very personal story to join Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. Yuriko was happy growing up in Hiroshima when it was just her and Papa. But her aunt Kimiko and her cousin Genji are living with them now, and the family is only getting bigger with talk of a double marriage! And while things are changing at home, the world beyond their doors is even more unpredictable. World War II is coming to an end, and since the Japanese newspapers don’t report lost battles, the Japanese people are not entirely certain of where Japan stands. Yuriko is used to the sirens and the air-raid drills, but things start to feel more real when the neighbors who have left to fight stop coming home. When the bombs hit Hiroshima, it’s through Yuriko’s twelve-year-old eyes that we witness the devastation and horror. This is a story that offers young readers insight into how children lived during the war, while also introducing them to Japanese culture. Based loosely on author Kathleen Burkinshaw’s mother’s firsthand experience surviving the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, The Last Cherry Blossom hopes to warn readers of the immense damage nuclear war can bring, while reminding them that the “enemy” in any war is often not so different from ourselves.
Download or read book King of the Sky written by Nicola Davies and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2017-06-13 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a young boy moves from his home in Italy to Wales, the only thing that cheers him up are the racing pigeons that Mr. Evans keeps in a loft behind his house.
Download or read book Mind Sky written by Jakusho Kwong-roshi and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-05-10 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of talks, photos, and calligraphy by Jakusho Kwong-roshi, exploring the profound beauty of Zen history and practice, nature, and the philosophy of the ancient Zen master Eihei Dogen. “In Zen meditation, anything that comes in your mind will eventually leave, because nothing is permanent. A thought is like a cloud moving across the blue sky. Nothing can disturb that all-encompassing vastness. This is the Dharma". In a collection of talks and anecdotes, Jakusho Kwong-roshi, a Dharma successor of Shunryu Suzuki-roshi, presents his approach to Buddhist teaching. Containing photos of Kwong-roshi with his teachers, as well as a selection of his vibrant calligraphy, Mind Sky explores the profound beauty of Zen history and practice, nature, and the philosophy of the ancient Zen master Eihei Dogen. With an elegant simplicity, Jakusho Kwong-roshi shows how Zen is experiential rather than intellectual. And with persistent practice, realization is already yours.
Download or read book Rebirth Phoenix Overwhelms the World written by Gong ZiJiYue and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-06-18 with total page 615 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was always dressed in white, a peerless genius with both the five spirits. Such a perfect man was practically the dream lover of all the young girls. But no one knew that he was her, the reincarnation of the true Phoenix, Leng Qingyue. He was the emissary of Pangu, the great ancient god, Skydragon. A thousand years ago, he fell in love with a true phoenix. In order to search for one, he reincarnated from the lower realms. But, would a true phoenix reincarnate like this recognize a heavenly dragon? He was the son of the Beiming family who possessed the innate ability to predict his future, and every divination would cause his body to become a little more dilapidated. He was destined to not live past twenty years old, and that Leng Qingyue would be a ray of light in his life. The reincarnation of a true Phoenix, the chaos in the Three Realms, just watch how she upsets the world ...
Download or read book Blossoms Blooms and Scenes written by Bill Davis and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main features of our book involve Mother Nature and the natural wonders of the world, especially the flowers, blooms, and scenes of many national parks.
Download or read book JingGuo Novel Two Gems of Jiangdong written by Jing Guo and published by Jing Guo. This book was released on with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wild Grass and Morning Blossoms Gathered at Dusk written by Xun Lu and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2022-09-27 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lu Xun was China’s greatest literary modernist and a key thinker of the early twentieth century. This new translation assembles some of Lu Xun’s essays and experimental writings little known to English readers—works of profound imagination that seek to find beauty and meaning in an unjust world.
Download or read book Heidegger Rorty and the Eastern Thinkers written by Wei Zhang and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2007-06-01 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the cross-cultural endeavors of Rorty and Heidegger, particularly how this work addresses the possibilities of comparative philosophy itself.
Download or read book A Handful of Blossoms written by Lara Biyuts and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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