Origami Starry Revolution continues the Action Origami Series by the Oriland authors and shows you how to fold astonishing origami designs out of simple modules! Swirl Star Designs, Lotus Star Designs and Ray Star Designs are chains of related models, evolving from stars made out of a few modules through more complex forms to exciting toruses that can be revolved with a mesmerizing effect! Watch these models in action in action in this video http: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=aob4wnZDYl0 The stunning starry toruses will impress with their simplicity of folding, complexity of their look and flexibility of revolutions! Do-It-Yourself - fold these wonderful and fun original designs by Yuri Shumakov. On 82 full color pages, there are 300 detailed step-by-step vector- and photo-diagrams with written instructions along with 100 photos of examples of completed models that will guide you through folding the 10 original origami designs and their variations. Each chapter presenting a particular group of designs offers recommendations on paper type and size including indication of the sizes of the completed models. The designs in this book are simple/intermediate level of folding. Easy to make and totally fun to play with, these designs will wow you and your friends! We hope you will enjoy this book, having a great experience with all the starry designs presented here. Take your part in Origami Starry Revolution! Happy folding! For more details on this book and the model menu, please visit our website at http: //www.oriland.com/store/books/origami_starry_revolution/main.php Action Origami Series: Volume 1: http: //www.amazon.com/dp/1497383994/ Volume 2 (this book): http: //www.amazon.com/dp/1500603619/

Origami Magic Mandalas continues the Action Origami Series by the Oriland authors and shows you how to fold amazing torus-shaped mandala designs out of simple modules that you can rotate and meditate! For more info, video and images on this book, visit http: //www.oriland.com/store/books/origami_magic_mandalas/main.php The book features three modular action designs - two Magic Mandala Toruses, one with simple locks (160 modules) and the other with advanced locks (128 modules), and the incredibly intricate Celestial Mandala Torus (96 modules) crowning the collection On 72 full color pages, there are about 300 detailed step-by-step colorful vector- and photo-diagrams with written instructions along with 60 photos of examples of completed models that will guide you through folding the 3 original action origami designs. Each chapter presenting a particular design offers recommendations on paper type, colors and size including indication of the sizes of the completed models. Modules of each design are surprisingly easy to fold, while assembling the whole torus can take time and require patience, so, overall, the designs of this book can be assigned to intermediate level of folding. No any glue, just clever paper locks! The fascinating mandala toruses will impress with their simplicity of folding, visual complexity and flexibility of rotation! They produce a mesmerizing effect when revolved, showing balanced visual elements of changing patterns of folds and colors in a harmonious way. We hope you will enjoy this book, creating the amazing Origami Magic Mandalas you can rotate!

Origami Magic Ball Wonders will show you how to make the Shumakov's popular design, 'Magic Ball' aka 'Dragon's Egg' and a dazzling array of its numerous versions from one-piece to multi-piece spheres as well as marvelous related designs that prominently display the Magic Ball pattern! For more info, images on this book, visit http://www.oriland.com/store/ebooks/origami_magic_ball_wonders/main.php This book is your ultimate guide to the Magic Ball Universe! With the designer's secrets revealed in the book it's never been so easy to make the Magic Ball / Dragon's Egg that possesses the magical feel of transformation with its organic texture and highly flexible shape! Also discover the original design that was created in two versions - one using glue and the other using hidden paper locks, no glue. The book starts with various one-piece Magic Balls and then presents diverse multi-piece Magic Ball designs with an impressive array of versions, including the Spyro Magic Ball, Zebra Magic Ball and Yin-Yang Dragon's Eggs. The modular approach allows you to play with many aspects from color combinations to mixing folding patterns. Inverse forms and intricate Shape Shifters demonstrate some unusual designs like Magic Metaballs! The final part of the book offers related Magic Ball designs: Decorative Stars, including a fun action model - the Rotating Star, the Fir Tree, fantastic Magic Hot Air Balloons and the adorable Mini Foldingburg Castle! Do-It-Yourself - fold these wonderful Magic Ball / Dragon's Egg designs, created by Yuri and Katrin Shumakov! There are 740 detailed step-by-step colorful vector- and photo-diagrams with thorough written instructions and 300+ photos of examples of completed projects that will guide you through folding the 33 original origami designs plus numerous variations and ideas! For every project, there are recommendations on paper type and size including an indication of the size of the completed model. The designs are high-intermediate to complex level of folding and are a good challenge for the novice folder as well as an enjoyable experience for the expert. The book presents a lot of material for your origami inspiration and exploration, opening infinite possibilities to play with the Dragon's Egg / Magic Ball and create various origami forms from practical designs to abstract artworks.Have a creative and fun time with this book, making your own Origami Magic Ball Wonders from Dragon's Egg to Hot Air Balloon! Happy folding!

A story told in verse, Teething begins when Kochu, a young boy in Kerala, is caught kissing the neighbour's son. All hell breaks loose, ending in Kochu taking his own life. Years after the scandal, after discovering his suicide note, his oldest sister, Achu, sets out to uncover the mysteries of their dysfunctional family by putting pieces of their past back together. Along the way, she discovers things she never noticed - their mother's brokenness and obsession with the church, their father's disturbing secrecy inside the bedroom, and, of course, their own individual traumas that stopped time altogether. Soon, Achu realizes that none of them will ever truly grow up until they live their lives all over again, from the very beginning.

Astronomers have successfully observed a great deal of the Universe's history, from recording the afterglow of the Big Bang to imaging thousands of galaxies, and even to visualising an actual black hole. There's a lot for astronomers to be smug about. But when it comes to understanding how the Universe began and grew up we are literally in the dark ages. In effect, we are missing the first one billion years from the timeline of the Universe. This brief but far-reaching period in the Universe's history, known to astrophysicists as the 'Epoch of Reionisation', represents the start of the cosmos as we experience it today. The time when the very first stars burst into life, when darkness gave way to light. After hundreds of millions of years of dark, uneventful expansion, one by the one these stars suddenly came into being. This was the point at which the chaos of the Big Bang first began to yield to the order of galaxies, black holes and stars, kick-starting the pathway to planets, to comets, to moons, and to life itself. Incorporating the very latest research into this branch of astrophysics, this book sheds light on this time of darkness, telling the story of these first stars, hundreds of times the size of the Sun and a million times brighter, lonely giants that lived fast and died young in powerful explosions that seeded the Universe with the heavy elements that we are made of. Emma Chapman tells us how these stars formed, why they were so unusual, and what they can teach us about the Universe today. She also offers a first-hand look at the immense telescopes about to come on line to peer into the past, searching for the echoes and footprints of these stars, to take this period in the Universe's history from the realm of theoretical physics towards the wonder of observational astronomy.

A teenager struggles through physical loss to the start of acceptance in an absorbing, artful novel at once honest and insightful, wrenching and redemptive. (Age 12 and up) On a sunny day in June, at the beach with her mom and brother, fifteen-year-old Jane Arrowood went for a swim. And then everything -- absolutely everything -- changed. Now she’s counting down the days until she returns to school with her fake arm, where she knows kids will whisper, "That’s her -- that’s Shark Girl," as she passes. In the meantime there are only questions: Why did this happen? Why her? What about her art? What about her life? In this striking first novel, Kelly Bingham uses poems, letters, telephone conversations, and newspaper clippings to look unflinchingly at what it’s like to lose part of yourself - and to summon the courage it takes to find yourself again.

Award-winning foreign correspondent’s cerebral spy novel-cum-love story exposes humanity’s tenuous hold on a vast and relentless world.