Soar, Elinor! by Tami Lewis Brown Soar, Elinor! by Tami Lewis Brown PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad Elinor Smith was six when she first went for a ride in a rickety "flying machine," and she was just sixteen when she earned her aviation license in 1928. But not everyone thought that girls should fly. When male pilots and newspapermen mocked her, Elinor decided to perform an aerial maneuver they thought was impossible: flying under all four bridges that span New York City's East River. Gorgeous sweeping illustrations by François Roca show how Elinor pulled off this risky feat skillfully and with style. From reader reviews: Arthur Elsberry: A lot of people always spent their free time to vacation or go to the outside with them loved ones or their friend. Do you know? Many a lot of people spent that they free time just watching TV, or even playing video games all day long. If you need to try to find a new activity that's look different you can read any book. It is really fun fo...
Gemstone/Art: Renaissance to the Present Day (English and German Edition) by Wilhelm Lindemann Gemstone/Art: Renaissance to the Present Day (English and German Edition) by Wilhelm Lindemann PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad The fascinating history of gemstones in art and jewelry Gemstones have always been, since time immemorial, heavily charged with meaning and have even been regarded as magical objects. For that reason they have also been an art medium since the early modern age and have shaped as art symbols - in the form of the crystal - both Romanticism and Modernism, for example in the works of Caspar David Friedrich, Lyonel Feininger and many more. In the latter half of the twentieth century, not only have such artists as Bernd Munsteiner, Ute Eitzenhöfer and Bernhard Schobinger rediscovered the gemstone; through the Hochschule für Edelstein und Schmuck Trier/Idar-Oberstein and other similar specialist institutions it is also undergoing a revival in today's art production - right u...