Download or read book Flying Fingers written by Adora Svitak and published by . This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advice for young writers and their parents by an 8-year-old prodigy.Eight-year-old author Adora Svitak is on a campaign to help children discover how creative writing can open the doors of imagination and learning. Flying Fingers combines Adora's historical fiction, adventure stories and poems, writing tips, opinions on politics, religion, media and education with coaching advice for parents and teachers who want to bring out the best in their children by Joyce Svitak. Adora is prolific (writes 200,000 words per year), talented and dedicated to skillfully advancing her writing techniques, themes and vocabulary. How did Adora get so far in such a short amount of time? Flying Fingers attempts to answer that question and inspire children and parents to experience the joy and freedom creative writing.Flying Fingers makes subjects like vocabulary, dialog, plot and editing into child's play and invites kids to use writing as a tool for learning and for influencing the world around them. Adora often appears at schools and libraries with her laptop and projector to demonstrate her writing process live.
Download or read book Flying Fingers Authentic Accurate Fingerstyle Guitar Anthology written by Hal Leonard Corp. and published by Hal Leonard. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Guitar Collection). There has never been a collection of fingerstyle repertoire like this one. Beginning with the roots of fingerstyle and artists like Robert Johnson and Reverend Gary Davis along with works of 20th century masters like Chet Atkins and John Fahey and a legion of modern pioneers like Andy McKee and Tommy Emmanuel the sheer scope of this collection makes it a must-own for all fingerstyle guitarists. This truly one-of-a-kind book covers an expansive and eclectic variety of styles and techniques, including modern innovations like percussive gestures and two hands on the fingerboard. Over 50 artists are featured, each represented by a single, characteristic piece. All songs are shown in standard notation and tab and include special historical and performance notes, making this book an incredibly valuable tool for any student of fingerstyle guitar. Artists featured include: Chet Atkins, Pierre Bensusan, Alex de Grassi, Tommy Emmanuel, Mississippi John Hurt, Robert Johnson, Jorma Kaukonen, Adrian Legg, Andy McKee, Jerry Reed, Doc Watson, and dozens more.
Download or read book Hasta Luego San Diego written by Jean F. Andrews and published by Gallaudet University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learning disabled Donald and his deaf friend Matt are kidnapped by crooks who have stolen rare cockatoos from the San Diego Zoo, while his older sister is involved in a Hispanic boy's abuse by his father.
Download or read book Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly written by Alan Madison and published by Dragonfly Books. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's hard to be Velma, the littlest Gratch, entering the first grade. That's because everyone has marvelous memories of her two older sisters, who were practically perfect first graders. Poor Velma—people can barely remember her name. But all that changes on a class trip to the magnificent Butterfly Conservatory—a place neither of her sisters has ever been. When a monarch roosts on Velma's finger and won't budge for days . . . well, no one will forget Velma ever again. Acclaimed and bestselling illustrator Kevin Hawkes and author Alan Madison celebrate everything butterfly—from migration to metamorphosis. Watch as Velma Gratch metamorphosizes from a timid first grader into a confident young scientist!
Download or read book Skyfaring written by Mark Vanhoenacker and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A poetic and nuanced exploration of the human experience of flight that reminds us of the full imaginative weight of our most ordinary journeys—and reawakens our capacity to be amazed. The twenty-first century has relegated airplane flight—a once remarkable feat of human ingenuity—to the realm of the mundane. Mark Vanhoenacker, a 747 pilot who left academia and a career in the business world to pursue his childhood dream of flight, asks us to reimagine what we—both as pilots and as passengers—are actually doing when we enter the world between departure and discovery. In a seamless fusion of history, politics, geography, meteorology, ecology, family, and physics, Vanhoenacker vaults across geographical and cultural boundaries; above mountains, oceans, and deserts; through snow, wind, and rain, renewing a simultaneously humbling and almost superhuman activity that affords us unparalleled perspectives on the planet we inhabit and the communities we form.
Download or read book 100 Most Popular Songs for Fingerpicking Guitar written by Hal Leonard Corp. and published by Hal Leonard. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 877 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Guitar Solo). This massive collection will keep you fingerpicking for days! It features a fun and diverse collection of 100 great arrangements of classic songs like: Africa * Ain't No Sunshine * Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You * Blackbird * Brave * Careless Whisper * City of Stars * Crazy * Creep * Despacito * Dust in the Wind * Every Breath You Take * Fire and Rain * Free Fallin' * Fur Elise, WoO 59 * Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) * Havana * Hey, Soul Siter * I'm Yours * Imagine * James Bond Theme * Lean on Me * Love Yourself * Mrs. Robinson * The Pink Panther * Shape of You * She's Got a Way * Smells like Teen Spirit * The Sound of Silence * Stairway to Heaven * Take Me Home, Country Roads * Thinking Out Loud * Time After Time * Unchained Melody * We Are the Champions * Wonderwall * Yesterday * Your Song * and more!
Download or read book Where Is My Flying Car written by J. Storrs Hall and published by Stripe Press. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an engineer and futurist, an impassioned account of technological stagnation since the 1970s and an imaginative blueprint for a richer, more abundant future The science fiction of the 1960s promised us a future remade by technological innovation: we’d vacation in geodesic domes on Mars, have meaningful conversations with computers, and drop our children off at school in flying cars. Fast-forward 60 years, and we’re still stuck in traffic in gas-guzzling sedans and boarding the same types of planes we flew in over half a century ago. What happened to the future we were promised? In Where Is My Flying Car?, J. Storrs Hall sets out to answer this deceptively simple question. What starts as an examination of the technical limitations of building flying cars evolves into an investigation of the scientific, technological, and social roots of the economic stagnation that started in the 1970s. From the failure to adopt nuclear energy and the suppression of cold fusion technology to the rise of a counterculture hostile to progress, Hall recounts how our collective ambitions for the future were derailed, with devastating consequences for global wealth creation and distribution. Hall then outlines a framework for a future powered by exponential progress—one in which we build as much in the world of atoms as we do in the world of bits, one rich in abundance and wonder. Drawing on years of original research and personal engineering experience, Where Is My Flying Car?, originally published in 2018, is an urgent, timely analysis of technological progress over the last 50 years and a bold vision for a better future.
Download or read book Guitar Efficiency written by Zachary Adkins and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-18 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it comes to Playing Guitar there is almost an endless supply of exercises that each guitar player does or has done in their career. In this book I will be testing and pushing you on what I like to call "THE ESSENTIAL 4": SPEED, ENDURANCE, TECHNIQUE and ACCURACY. Guitar Efficiency is meant to give you DAILY workouts to get your hands syncopated and warmed up for your regular practices or performances. There are 7 Chapters to coincide with 7 days of the week. You can choose which exercise to do on what day, but the best way to approach it is to tackle 1 Chapter Per Day and move on to the next. The ideas and techniques you will learn from this book include: Chromatic Scales, Major and Minor Scales, Pentatonic Modes, Diatonic Modes, Arpeggios, Odd Note Groupings, Various Picking Techniques,"Finger Independence", and MUCH MORE.This book is NOT a "Lick Book" or a "Solo Idea" book. The intent of this is strictly to improve on "THE ESSENTIAL 4" over a period of time. It is not meant to take these ideas and steal them for a solo. Yes, the combination of Music Theory and Techniques will help you create solos, however, the exercises specifically laid out here are meant for mechanical improvement. BONUS!There is also a Weekly Journal Section to mark your progress. This allows you an opportunity to look back on your progress throughout and adjust your approach. Whether you are just starting out, been playing a couple years or even an experienced Pro.... You WILL become a better guitar player after utilizing what is inside this book.
Download or read book Teaching Little Fingers to Play written by John Thompson and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2005-07-01 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Willis). A piano series for the early beginner combining rote and note approach. The melodies are written with careful thought and are kept as simple as possible, yet they are refreshingly delightful. All the music lies within the grasp of the child's small hands.
Download or read book First 50 Songs You Should Fingerpick on Guitar written by Hal Leonard Corp. and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Guitar Collection). Do you feel you've learned enough fingerstyle guitar technique to start playing some real tunes? If so, this is the book for you. 50 must-know songs, including: Blackbird * The Boxer * Dust in the Wind * Fire and Rain * Greensleeves * Hell Hound on My Trail * Is There Anybody Out There? * Julia * Puff the Magic Dragon * Road Trippin' * Shape of My Heart * Tears in Heaven * Time in a Bottle * Vincent (Starry Starry Night) * The Wind * and more.
Download or read book Green My Parents written by Tom Feegel and published by Greenmyparents. This book was released on 2010-04-22 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents ideas and suggestions that will assist youth in recruiting and encouraging their families to reduce their environmental impact.
Download or read book Communicating in Sign written by Diane P. Chambers and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1998-07-08 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Places ASL within the context of Deaf culture.
Download or read book American Shaolin written by Matthew Polly and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-02-01 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bill Bryson meets Bruce Lee in this raucously funny story of one scrawny American’s quest to become a kung fu master at China’s legendary Shaolin Temple. Growing up a ninety-pound weakling tormented by bullies in the schoolyards of Kansas, young Matthew Polly dreamed of one day journeying to the Shaolin Temple in China to become the toughest fighter in the world, like Caine in his favorite 1970s TV series, Kung Fu. While in college, Matthew decided the time had come to pursue this quixotic dream before it was too late. Much to the dismay of his parents, he dropped out of Princeton to spend two years training with the legendary sect of monks who invented kung fu and Zen Buddhism. Expecting to find an isolated citadel populated by supernatural ascetics that he’d seen in countless badly dubbed chop-socky flicks, Matthew instead discovered a tacky tourist trap run by Communist party hacks. But the dedicated monks still trained in the rigorous age-old fighting forms—some even practicing the “iron kung fu” discipline, in which intensive training can make various body parts virtually indestructible (even the crotch). As Matthew grew in his knowledge of China and kung fu skill, he would come to represent the Temple in challenge matches and international competitions, and ultimately the monks would accept their new American initiate as close to one of their own as any Westerner had ever become. Laced with humor and illuminated by cultural insight, American Shaolin is an unforgettable coming-of-age tale of one young man’s journey into the ancient art of kung fu—and a funny and poignant portrait of a rapidly changing China.
Download or read book The Secret in the Dorm Attic written by Jean F. Andrews and published by Kendall Green. This book was released on 1990 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While visiting his friend Matt on the campus of his special school for the deaf, nine-year-old Donald discovers something strange going on in the attic of Matt's dorm and becomes involved in the theft of a priceless necklace from a nearby museum.
Download or read book The Principles of Correct Practice for Guitar written by Jamey Andreas and published by . This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2004 Silver Award Winner for Best Instructional Materials by Acoustic Guitar Magazine.Correct Practice is what all good players do, whether they know they are doing it or not! That's how they get to be good players. Whether you are a beginner or a player with the usual problems, here is your Foundation book, "The Principles of Correct Practice for Guitar!"- for ALL styles and ALL levels. "The Principles of Correct Practice for Guitar" is composed of three elements:Understandings: Concepts which you must understand in order to begin to practice effectivelyTools: Practice Approaches to be used to solve problems in playing. These approaches are based on certain key Understandings, such as Muscle Memory and Sympathetic Tension, as well as Attention and Awareness.Exercises: Specific routines to be done during practice, that will build technique, (playing ability) in a step by step fashion, each step building on the previous one, and preparing for the next.
Download or read book Self Portrait With Seven Fingers written by Jane Yolen and published by Creative Paperbacks. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During Marc Chagall's long life, he found love, helped pioneer the modernist art movement, and painted. Fourteen of Chagall's works are here vividly reproduced and accompanied by the poems of notable children's writers J. Patrick Lewis and Jane Yolen, combining color and rhyme to celebrate a most remarkable artist.
Download or read book Creepy Cafetorium written by Colleen AF Venable and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Epic Originals comes a collection of illustrated stories serving up spooky thrills and plenty of laughs. When the lunch bell rings at Newville Elementary, you can bet that things are about to get WEIRD! Welcome to the Cafetorium! It's a cafeteria, a gymnasium, and possibly a portal to a world where cube-shaped mashed potatoes are plotting against the almost-definitely-robotic lunch staff. Join Liz Dawson, Declan, Remy, and the rest of Newville Elementary as they learn that when you have plans in the Cafetorium, the Cafetorium has plans for you, too! Each offbeat tale focuses on a different Newville Elementary student, giving readers a chance to walk in another kid's slightly wacky shoes. Funny, unexpected twists in each story provide readers with subtle lessons about honesty, consequences, self-acceptance, and more.
