Extreme Aircraft looks at the first, the biggest, the fastest, and the strangest aircraft, as well as the men and women who built and flew them. From the prophetic flying machines of Leonardo da Vinci to the astral journeys of the space shuttle, these pages tell the story of genius inventors, bullish financiers, ace pilots, brave adventurers, and the visionary technology used in pursuing the dream of flight.

Extreme Aircraft (The Extreme Wonders Series)

Engineering & Transportation

Miller, Ron

Transportation

Harper-perennial

The goal of Modal Jazz Composition &amp; Harmony, Volume 1 by Ron Miller is to show the student the means to develop latent creative abilities by offering the unfettered environment of the chromatic-modal system and free asymmetric form. The freedom of the approach will allow the composer to express him/herself in any style: post 50s jazz, ECM, fusion, pop, classical, etc., that is not tied to any harmonic particulars.

Modal Jazz Composition & Harmony, Vol 1

advance music GmbH

John Gust was fed up. With teaching. With bureaucracy. And with an educational system that seemed more concerned with students' employment prospects than with their enrichment. So it was that he left his teaching post in the Los Angeles Unified School System. So it was that his return-prompted by economic necessity-was inauspicious. And so it was that his transformation began. Now, in the tradition of Kozol, Dennison, and Kohl, Gust shares that unfolding process in Round Peg, Square Hole a personal narrative that is at once provocative, moving, and often funny.
The story begins when Gust-disillusioned, underpaid, and apprehensive-reluctantly accepts a teaching job in Watts, perhaps the nation's most notorious ghetto. Realizing how his sour state of mind would disadvantage his students, he decides to do something daring: he moves from his affluent Manhattan Beach neighborhood into the Compton Avenue Elementary School community. Here, he quickly realizes that conventional schooling techniques and state-mandated standards are wholly inadequate to the needs of his students. Round Peg, Square Hole takes us through Gust's quest for a more meaningful way of teaching-a journey that moves from the classroom to the playground to the streets to the homes of his Watts neighbors.
This book will appeal to any teacher who has struggled to teach critical-thinking skills in an atmosphere geared toward compliance with state-mandated standards. It will resonate with anyone concerned with race relations, social action, and redefining our notions of community. And it will be essential reading for any teacher-novice or veteran-who wants to make a difference in the lives of students.

Round Peg, Square Hole: A Teacher Lives and Learns in Watts

Biographies & Memoirs

Gust, John

Community & Culture

Heinemann

Refined as a warrior by many battles, Bronwyn, a high priestess of the martial arts, heads a mighty invasion force, intent on reclaiming her homeland. Original.

Hearts And Armor (Book 3 in the Bronwyn Trilogy)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

Palaces and Prisons

1st edition Ace 1991 paperback, vg++ In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Palaces And Prisons

Silk And Steel (The Bronwyn Trilogy, Book 2)

Surveys the invention, development, and different uses of rockets, from their beginnings in ancient Greece and China to modern efforts to explore outer space

The History of Rockets (Venture Book)

Science & Math

Technology

Franklin Watts

Traces the history of the genre, and examines its major works and authors.

The History of Science Fiction (Single Title: Social Studies)

Science Fiction

The History of Science Fiction (Single Title : Social Studies)

Teen & Young Adult