The RYA Yachtmaster examination is the gold-standard qualification for sail and power boaters the world over. This eBook is the RYA's official and definitive guide to the exam. It offers a unique insight into what you need to know, how the exam will be conducted, and the skills required. Whether you are going to take the exam, or are thinking of it and want to find out what you will face on the day, this is the book that you must have.Author James Stevens is the creator of the curr...

The Paul Bunyan legend had its origin in the Papineau Rebellion of 1837. This was a revolt of the French-Canadians against their young English queen. In the Two Mountains country, at St. Eustache, many loggers armed with mattocks, axes, and wooden forks which had been steamed and warped into hooks, stormed into battle. Among them was a mighty-muscled, bellicose, bearded giant named Paul Bunyon. This forest warrior, with a mattock in one hand, and H great fork in the other, powerful as Herc...

In Making Dystopia, distinguished architectural historian James Stevens Curl tells the story of the advent of architectural Modernism in the aftermath of the First World War, its protagonists, and its astonishing, almost global acceptance after 1945. He argues forcefully that the triumph of architectural Modernism in the second half of the twentieth century led to massive destruction, the creation of alien urban landscapes, and a huge waste of resources. Moreover, the coming of Mo...

Containing over 6,000 entries from Aalto to Zwinger and written in a clear and concise style, this authoritative dictionary covers architectural history in detail, from ancient times to the present day. It also includes concise biographies of hundreds of architects from history (excluding living persons), from Sir Francis Bacon and Imhotep to Liang Ssu-ch'eng and Francis Inigo Thomas. The ...

If ever you had to give yourself time to read a book, give yourself time with this book. It will enrich your life, and you will find you will get so much from life by studying its pages. We all live by a concept of worthwhile. Sometimes we can convince ourselves that the activity we are doing is worthwhile, and thus, accept it and sometimes adjust as is necessary. In some cases, if you are not on the path, you may need to make slight adjustments to the way you approach life, but women in g...

Shelly Clover is part of a dysfunctional family (not the way she planned it), and lives on an Island with an incredible past and a dire present.She has a mysterious, undiagnosed condition that complicates her life. Distinguishing between reality and illusion, isn't easy for Shelly…Something bad happened to her when she was three years old - an event so horrific - she suppressed it deep in her unconscious mind. Many years later, and on her birthday, she's given a mysterious ...

It's time to party with Betty Bunny, Penny Panda and your favourite Cuties in this brand new picture book adventure from the most adorable series, Too Cute Tales!It’s Betty Bunny’s birthday and she’s getting ready for the best party EVER! But first she needs to bake the cake, make the party bags AND choose a super cute outfit. There’s just too much to do and things start to go wrong…Poor Betty Bunny! Will it still be the party of her dreams?A heart-warming sto...

They called it the evening hate.Gun shots, ringing in the dead of night from the side of the mountain pass, fired into a crisp, star-filled sky.Nestled in the snow-filled valley below, residents in the sleepy town of Turquoise sit on their porches and wonder, listening out for old Mr. Buechner and his clockwork assault on the heavens. A lament, almost pitiful… but certainly dutiful.But this winter, the winds are aggressively howling through the pass with a greater fe...

Volume 2: Halloween.From on high, you watch your approaching enemy: flies, ants; blurred dots on the horizon - small, insignificant.Chill.For Shelly the battle was already won. And at great cost. But when it comes to perceiving, the mind is complex machine, screaming 'failure' in success, 'loser' in loneliness.Regardless, the Island where she lives has sent its latest, fresh invitations to Death.A strange little theatre has rolled into town, ready to u...

'Go and play by the river,' they said.'Make friends. Build memories. Wade in cool waters. Embrace the hallowed sun above. Feel its golden rays against your skin.''It's an enchanted place,' they said. 'Nothing but peace and joy, here.'Deep in the North Yorkshire Dales, set under endless skies, a stream flows down from the hills into the Vale of Mowbray. Here, countless generations of children innocently played in a shallow beck. A magical, mysterious place. For those ...

Digital Vernacular addresses the why and how of digital fabrication in hundreds of step-by-step color images, illuminating a set of working principles and techniques that join theory with practice. Authors James Stevens and Ralph Nelson reconcile local traditions and innovations with globally accessible methods and digital toolsets. By combining ethics with hardware, the book will root you in the origins of making, ensuring a lasting and relevant reference for your studio practice...

In this beautifully illustrated and closely argued book, a completely updated and much expanded third edition of his magisterial survey, Curl describes in lively and stimulating prose the numerous revivals of the Egyptian style from Antiquity to the present day. Drawing on a wealth of sources, his pioneering and definitive work analyzes the remarkable and persistent influence of Ancient Egyptian culture on the West.The author deftly develops his argument that the civilization of An...