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Capturing the flavour of Renaissance-style bound books, Paperblanks Old Leather Flint journal pays homage to the craft of delicate gold tooling.
Into a generic version of our post-war world, a visitor from another time dimension arrives and befriends a midddle-aged woman. The story evolves around the development of their friendship and how that impacts on their different concerns. Eva Voytek Pfaufeder was born in 1923, in Vienna, and this novella, written in her nineties, has emerged out of eight decades of an extraordinary life. Influenced by, among other things, Voltaire's 'Candide', the writing has a distinctive style and refuses to conform to any particular genre.
Joanne Bourne has been in awe of flint as long as she can remember.It was all around her where she grew up in Kent: used for garden walls, to edge drives and weight dustbin lids, as well as to build pubs, churches, Roman villas and castles. For centuries it was the only building stone available.It is also magical. Made from the remains of plankton and sea sponges, it is second only in hardness to a diamond and can be used to make fire. Part of human development for three million years, it was used as a weapon to hunt and in war, and hung as protection against thunderbolts and fairies.In a deeply personal love letter to this extraordinary 'biogenic' rock, Bourne traces its geological, architectural and social history and invites us to roam with her in search of it on her beloved North Downs.Fusing science, poetry, history and a profound love of landscape, this is her heartfelt, thoroughly persuasive tribute to the stone she calls 'an art project of the great divine'.
‘A very British love-letter to the beauty of flint’ Daily TelegraphJoanne Bourne has been in awe of flint as long as she can remember.It was all around her where she grew up in Kent: used for garden walls, to edge drives and weight dustbin lids, as well as to build pubs, churches and castles. For centuries it was the only building stone available.It is also magical. Made from the remains of plankton and sea sponges, it is second only in hardness to diamonds and can be used to make fire. Part of human development for three million years, it was used as a weapon to hunt and in war, and hung as protection against thunderbolts and fairies.In a deeply personal love letter to this extraordinary ‘biogenic’ rock, Bourne traces its geological, architectural and social history and invites us to roam with her in search of it on her beloved North Downs.Fusing science, poetry, history and a profound love of landscape, this is her heartfelt tribute to the stone she calls ‘an art project of the great divine’.
Flint
Mind Flow Publishing Production LLC
2023
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This is a Revised....2nd editionInterior has been changed. Cover & size has been slighly modified. Freedom in the Cage-Flint After experiencing a tragic loss, tech billionaire Flint Marshall was hurtling head-long down a path to self-destruction. One night during an altercation he was saved by the owner of a nearby gym. Stone challenges him to put his grief to more positive uses and join their group of elite MMA fighters. Jade had treated Flint the night he was beaten down, the ex-solider, turned trainer was tough as nails, but even she could be affected by the pain she saw reflected in Flint's eyes. When Flint joins the team and starts training for an upcoming fight, she cannot avoid the feelings he stirs inside of her. When a client throws a curveball and disrupts the normal easy-going vibe of the gym and puts people at risk. Will Jade and Flint find their way on the path of romance, or shake hands and come out swinging?
Dragon lord Flint's hunger for excitement leads him to Intergalactic Dating Agency: Adventures who promise to find him a mate who matches his own fiery desires.Human Liza has no idea aliens exist - or that she's been talking to an alien dating agency for months, pouring her hear out about her abusive home life. When she finally begs for help, Flint's right there... but she has no idea why. And when he teleports her away from home she's sure she's being abducted.In her desperate bid to escape, Liza sends them hurtling down to a dangerous watery planet full of monsters eager to eat her... or worse. Liza refuses to rely on any man, even if her accidental kidnapper is a better option than a wild water dragon. But as she and Flint are thrown closer together, sparks and flames fly amidst the chaos. Soon Liza's questioning whether she wants to go home again.Maybe abduction isn't such a bad thing, after all.
Excerpt: ...Philip. "Oh, her manner without her looks would not have carried at all. Manners are only thunder. It is looks that strike." "You should know," Philip said quite low. Just at this moment Jimmy Anstice, with that Pg 178 exasperatingly inopportune way of his, called out:
G r man ude i den danske natur, specielt ved stranden og i grusgravene, vader man i flintsten. G r man p en grusbelagt plads, best r en v sentlig del af gruset af flint. S flint udg r en del af hverdagen her i Danmark. Ark ologerne og historikerne er meget interesseret i flint, specielt de der arbejder med oldtiden, hvor mennesket brugte flint til en stor del af deres v rkt j og v ben. Der findes derfor flere b ger med beskrivelse af flint, flintredskaber og fremstillingen af flintredskaber, men de mangler et bredere geologisk fundament for forst elsen af flints dannelse. Den side af sagen er kun skitseret.
Flint och Ask är goda vänner och Ask undrar varför Flint ger en gåva till statyn Deka. När ett gäng otäcka orker anfaller tvingas Flint och Ask använda sin berg-magi i striden. Men orkerna är för många och när hoppet verkar vara ute för de två vännerna får de hjälp från ett oväntat håll. Med start 2005 gav Jan Kjær ut den populära bokserien Taynikma i tio delar om 14-årige Koto som kastas ut i ett fantasy-äventyr som sålt i över 400.000 exemplar. Med manga-liknande bilder och ett spännande innehåll skapar Kjær lättläst läslust för barn i6–9-årsåldern. Flint är första delen i hans nya lättlästa serie gjord med Link-systemet som utspelar sig i samma värld. Hegas böcker – lätta att läsa. Svåra att motstå.
An account of the Flint water crisis shows that Flint's struggle for safe and affordable water is part of a broader struggle for democracy.When Flint, Michigan, changed its source of municipal water from Lake Huron to the Flint River, Flint residents were repeatedly assured that the water was of the highest quality. At the switchover ceremony, the mayor and other officials performed a celebratory toast, declaring "Here's to Flint!" and downing glasses of freshly treated water. But as we now know, the water coming out of residents' taps harbored a variety of contaminants, including high levels of lead. In Flint Fights Back, Benjamin Pauli examines the water crisis and the political activism that it inspired, arguing that Flint's struggle for safe and affordable water was part of a broader struggle for democracy. Pauli connects Flint's water activism with the ongoing movement protesting the state of Michigan's policy of replacing elected officials in financially troubled cities like Flint and Detroit with appointed "emergency managers."Pauli distinguishes the political narrative of the water crisis from the historical and technical narratives, showing that Flint activists' emphasis on democracy helped them to overcome some of the limitations of standard environmental justice frameworks. He discusses the pro-democracy (anti-emergency manager) movement and traces the rise of the "water warriors"; describes the uncompromising activist culture that developed out of the experience of being dismissed and disparaged by officials; and examines the interplay of activism and scientific expertise. Finally, he explores efforts by activists to expand the struggle for water justice and to organize newly mobilized residents into a movement for a radically democratic Flint.
The Flint Hills are America's last tallgrass prairie, a green enclave set in the midst of the farmland of eastern Kansas. Known as the home of the Big Beef Steer, these rugged hills have produced exemplary cowboys - both the ranch and rodeo varieties - whose hard work has given them plenty of material for equally good stories. Jim Hoy grew up in the Flint Hills on a ranch at Cassoday that's been in his family for five generations and boasts roots ""as deep as those of bluestem grass in black-soil bottomland."" He now draws on this area's rich cowboy lore - as well as on his own experience working cattle, breaking horses, and rodeoing - to write a folk history of the Flint Hills spanning a century and a half. Hoy blends history, folklore, and memoir to conjure for readers the tallgrass prairies of his boyhood in a book that richly recalls the ranching life and the people who lived it. Here are cowboys and outlaws, rodeo stars and runaway horses, ordinary folks and the stuff of legends. Hoy introduces readers to the likes of Lou Hart, a top hand with the Crocker Brothers from 1906 to 1910, whose poetic paean to ranch life circulated orally for fifty years before seeing print. And he tracks down the legend of Bud Gillette, considered by his neighbors the world's fastest man until he fell in with an unscrupulous promoter. He even unravels the mystery of a lone grave supposed to be that of the first cowboy in the Flint Hills. Hoy also explains why a good horse makes up for having to work with exasperating cattle - and why not all horses are created (or trained) equal. And he traces Flint Hills' cattle culture from the days of the trail drive through the railroad years to today's trucking era, with most railroad stockyards torn down and only one section house left standing. Writes Hoy, ""I feed on the stories of the Hills and the characters who tell them as the cattle feed on the grasses."" His love of the land shines throughout a book so real that readers will swear they hear the click of horseshoes on flint rock with every turn of the page.
Flint knapping, which is the shaping of flint or other fracturing stone to manufacture tools, was one of the primary skills used for survival by our prehistoric ancestors. Early mankind once made and used these implements on a daily basis to hunt, prepare food and clothing, to farm, make shelters, and perform all the other tasks required for Stone Age existence.A material that has been with us since earliest times, flint still plays a part in our lives today: it is used in cigarette, gas and barbeque lighters; in some parts of Britain it is a major building material; and many of our beaches have shingle which is just flint by another name.In this informative and original guide, expert Robert Turner explains how flint was used, what tools were made and what they were made for, and provides detailed instruction of how to make them, enabling the reader to replicate their own Stone Age toolkit. Illustrated throughout, Flint Knapping is a journey of archaeological discovery through the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Ages.
This stunning new book, arranged alphabetically by subject areas, captures the essence of the successful Flint Faience Tile Company's highly diversified production between 1921-33 in Flint, Michigan. The history of this ceramic tile company, its major designers, and the designs and styles of its products are woven throughout a tapestry of more than 825 color photos illustrating both rare and popular tiles. Showcased are Art Deco and Arts & Crafts style tiles, animal and nursery rhyme designs, geometric motifs, plants and flowers, dramatic murals, and much more. Many sections feature photo documentation of these collectible tiles installed in homes, schools, churches, restaurants, swimming pools, and more. Present day values are provided in the captions. This fascinating and informative A to Z collector's book is a valuable addition to the library resources of any tile and ceramics collector or maker.