Download or read book Rise of the Rocket Girls written by Nathalia Holt and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The riveting true story of the women who launched America into space. In the 1940s and 50s, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians to calculate velocities and plot trajectories, they didn't turn to male graduates. Rather, they recruited an elite group of young women who, with only pencil, paper, and mathematical prowess, transformed rocket design, helped bring about the first American satellites, and made the exploration of the solar system possible. For the first time, Rise of the Rocket Girls tells the stories of these women -- known as "human computers" -- who broke the boundaries of both gender and science. Based on extensive research and interviews with all the living members of the team, Rise of the Rocket Girls offers a unique perspective on the role of women in science: both where we've been, and the far reaches of space to which we're heading. "If Hidden Figures has you itching to learn more about the women who worked in the space program, pick up Nathalia Holt's lively, immensely readable history, Rise of the Rocket Girls." -- Entertainment Weekly

Download or read book Nathalia Buttface and the Most Embarrassing Dad in the World Nathalia Buttface written by Nigel Smith and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2014-05-08 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At last something laugh-out-loud funny for girls in this hilarious new series from TV and radio comedy writing talent Nigel Smith.

Download or read book The Life and Times of Nathalia Borissovna Princess Dolgorookov written by James Arthur Heard and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Queens of Animation written by Nathalia Holt and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls, the untold, "richly detailed" story of the women of Walt Disney Studios, who shaped the iconic films that have enthralled generations (Margot Lee Shetterly, New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Figures). From Snow White to Moana, from Pinocchio to Frozen, the animated films of Walt Disney Studios have moved and entertained millions. But few fans know that behind these groundbreaking features was an incredibly influential group of women who fought for respect in an often ruthless male-dominated industry and who have slipped under the radar for decades. In The Queens of Animation, bestselling author Nathalia Holt tells their dramatic stories for the first time, showing how these women infiltrated the boys' club of Disney's story and animation departments and used early technologies to create the rich artwork and unforgettable narratives that have become part of the American canon. As the influence of Walt Disney Studios grew -- and while battling sexism, domestic abuse, and workplace intimidation -- these women also fought to transform the way female characters are depicted to young audiences. With gripping storytelling, and based on extensive interviews and exclusive access to archival and personal documents, The Queens of Animation reveals the vital contributions these women made to Disney's Golden Age and their continued impact on animated filmmaking, culminating in the record-shattering Frozen, Disney's first female-directed full-length feature film. A Best Book of 2019: Library Journal, Christian Science Monitor, and Financial Times

Download or read book Wise Gals written by Nathalia Holt and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 2024-06-25 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls comes the never-before-told story of a small cadre of influential female spies in the precarious early days of the CIA—women who helped create the template for cutting-edge espionage (and blazed new paths for equality in the workplace) in the treacherous post-WWII era. In the wake of World War II, four agents were critical in helping build a new organization that we now know as the CIA. Adelaide Hawkins, Mary Hutchison, Eloise Page, and Elizabeth Sudmeier, called the “wise gals” by their male colleagues because of their sharp sense of humor and even quicker intelligence, were not the stereotypical femme fatale of spy novels. They were smart, courageous, and groundbreaking agents at the top of their class, instrumental in both developing innovative tools for intelligence gathering—and insisting (in their own unique ways) that they receive the credit and pay their expertise deserved. Throughout the Cold War era, each woman had a vital role to play on the international stage. Adelaide rose through the ranks, developing new cryptosystems that advanced how spies communicate with each other. Mary worked overseas in Europe and Asia, building partnerships and allegiances that would last decades. Elizabeth would risk her life in the Middle East in order to gain intelligence on deadly Soviet weaponry. Eloise would wield influence on scientific and technical operations worldwide, ultimately exposing global terrorism threats. Through their friendship and shared sense of purpose, they rose to positions of power and were able to make real change in a traditionally “male, pale, and Yale” organization—but not without some tragic losses and real heartache along the way. Meticulously researched and beautifully told, Holt uses firsthand interviews with past and present officials and declassified government documents to uncover the stories of these four inspirational women. Wise Gals sheds a light on the untold history of the women whose daring foreign intrigues, domestic persistence, and fighting spirit have been and continue to be instrumental to our country’s security.

Download or read book The American Mercury written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hadirmu Satu Kurnia written by Fariza Zuliana Zulkhifli and published by Alaf 21. This book was released on 2006 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beliau menyepi bukan kerana tidak mahu lagi menulis tetapi di sebaliknya. Walaupun mengambil masa yang lama untuk kembali ke persada penulisan, akhirnya beliau berjaya menyiapkan ''''Hadirmu Satu Kurnia''''. Jalan cerita dalam novel ini benar-benar membuai perasaan kita. Jazlan yang amat mengasihi Fidelya seorang keturunan Portugis telah membawa mereka ke jinjang pelamin. Namun kasih sayang mereka teruji apabila Fidelya menghidapi penyakit kronik. Pemergian Fidelya begitu terasa dan Jazlan terpaksa membawa diri ke luar negara. Beberapa tahun kemudian dia kembali. Dalam masa yang sama suatu mimpi misteri sering menggamit lenanya. Apakah maksud di sebalik mimpi itu? Dalam pencarian maksud mimpi itu, dia mengenali Jasmina dan Nathalia. Kedua-dua gadis itu begitu istimewa di hatinya.

Download or read book The American Mercury written by Henry Louis Mencken and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 926 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Everygirl s Magazine written by Rowe Wright and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Nathalia Crane written by Nathalia Crane and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Symbolism written by Nathalia Brodskaïa and published by Parkstone International. This book was released on 2023-12-28 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Symbolism appeared in France and Europe between the 1880s and the beginning of the 20th century. The Symbolists, fascinated with ancient mythology, attempted to escape the reign of rational thought imposed by science. They wished to transcend the world of the visible and the rational in order to attain the world of pure thought, constantly flirting with the limits of the unconscious. The French Gustave Moreau, Odilon Redon, the Belgians Fernand Khnopff and Félicien Rops, the English Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and the Dutch Jan Toorop are the most representative artists of the movement.

Download or read book Cured written by Nathalia Holt and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Nathalia Holt presents a thorough account of the research that provides scientists with hope that a cure will one day be achievable... and her empathy shines through in her prose. This is as important a social history as it is a medical document.”—The Daily Beast Two patients—each known in medical history as the Berlin Patient—were cured of the HIV virus. The two patients’ disparate cures came twelve years apart, but Nathalia Holt, an award-winning scientist at the forefront of HIV research, connects the molecular dots of these cases for the first time. Scientists are known to maintain a professional distance from those they study, but sometimes scientists are not just investigators, they are caregivers, too. Cured illustrates that even in the era of high-tech and big pharma, the way doctors and patients communicate remains a critical ingredient in the advance of this science. Holt offers a kind of hope that the thirty-four million people currently infected with HIV need and a story of ingenuity, dedication, and humanity that will inspire the rest of us.

Download or read book Nathalia Buttface and the Most Epically Embarrassing Trip Ever Nathalia Buttface written by Nigel Smith and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laugh-out-loud funny for girls in this hilarious new series from TV and radio comedy writing talent Nigel Smith.

Download or read book For the Love of Magic written by Natalie Gibson and published by BHC Press/Windswept. This book was released on 2017-08-05 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maeve Lovejoy isn’t allowed to fall in love. Instead, she spends her time serving as matchmaker to her coven. The sacrifice isn’t too terrible a burden—until she meets Aaron Wright. Coven Abbess Nathalia doesn’t trust men. Faced with the possibility of losing the most potent matchmaker in history, she allows Maeve to date. But when someone begins murdering couples with a connection to the coven, the bodies begin to pile up and Maeve’s new beau becomes the prime suspect. Is Aaron too good to be true or will he prove to be a deadly mistake?

Download or read book The Dying Art of Magic written by Natalie Gibson and published by BHC Press. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She was on the brink of death...now the world is hers to save—or destroy Nathalia Lovejoy should be dead. She remembers committing suicide yet wakes up in an ancient tomb. Her voice destroyed, she must rely on a new source for her magical ability—telepathy—in order to communicate with her savior. She detests men. Lucky for her, Eiran Kafziel is not a man. He’s a half-breed demigod unlike anything she has ever known. Finding her at the brink of death, he repairs her body with his holy blood and changes her into a Sinnis. Now she must come to terms with her attraction to him and her new life. Nathalia soon discovers a whole world of mythical creatures living among humans. Battling her own hunger for violence, she releases a demon imprisoned for five hundred years. Can she become the weapon against the newly freed evil and save the world from his plans? Or is she better suited to be his dark queen?

Download or read book Soap Operas Gender and the Sri Lankan Diaspora written by Shashini Gamage and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-07-29 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a transnational ethnographic study of Sri Lankan women’s television soap opera cultures in Australia and Sri Lanka. Both Sri Lankan migrant women’s soap opera clubs in Melbourne, Australia, and female friendship groups watching soap operas in Colombo, Sri Lanka, are examined. Conducted in the sociopolitical backdrop of post-civil war Sri Lanka, this study examines how nationalist ideologies of womanhood shape meanings in Sri Lankan television soap operas that predominantly cater to female audiences. How women interpret, resist, deconstruct, and reconstruct good-bad binaries of women’s bodies, freedoms, and rights as represented in the soap operas are mapped, providing an ethnographic examination of how nationalist meanings translate into cultural capital in spaces of television production and reception, in national and diasporic everyday lives.

Download or read book The Nature of Magic written by Natalie Gibson and published by BHC Press. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When earth witch Tara Kay returns to her family’s land after the violent theft of her magical abilities, her return isn’t as celebrated as she had hoped. In search of regaining her blood magic, she soon discovers her hometown isn’t just unwelcoming, it’s downright dangerous. When Tara accidentally awakens her ancient Guardian from his five-thousand-year slumber, they must contend with their growing dark desires for each other. But this new creature isn’t the only new face in town. Kay and her new Guardian soon find themselves up against an unfamiliar enemy who wields a powerful weapon capable of destroying them all. Together they must rouse a Goddess to save the world from a race from another dimension before they consume all life on earth. Graphic, gritty, bloodthirsty, steamy, and uniquely original, the Witchbound saga is unlike any other horror/paranormal romance series you’ve ever read and is recommended for mature readers.