Tangled Travels
Title | Tangled Travels PDF eBook |
Author | Jane Monk |
Publisher | Creative Publishing International |
Pages | 131 |
Release | 2016-05 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1589239415 |
Indulge your love of travel at home with Tangled Travels. You'll enhance drawings and color in images of cities like Paris, Venice, and London!
Tangled Fantasies
Title | Tangled Fantasies PDF eBook |
Author | Jane Monk |
Publisher | Motorbooks |
Pages | 131 |
Release | 2016-06-15 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1589239407 |
Get lost in a forest as you sketch, doodle, tangle, and color your way through 52 creative templates from Zentangle master Jane Monk.
The Tangled Tree
Title | The Tangled Tree PDF eBook |
Author | David Quammen |
Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Pages | 480 |
Release | 2019-08-06 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1476776636 |
In this New York Times bestseller and longlist nominee for the National Book Award, “our greatest living chronicler of the natural world” (The New York Times), David Quammen explains how recent discoveries in molecular biology affect our understanding of evolution and life’s history. In the mid-1970s, scientists began using DNA sequences to reexamine the history of all life. Perhaps the most startling discovery to come out of this new field—the study of life’s diversity and relatedness at the molecular level—is horizontal gene transfer (HGT), or the movement of genes across species lines. It turns out that HGT has been widespread and important; we now know that roughly eight percent of the human genome arrived sideways by viral infection—a type of HGT. In The Tangled Tree, “the grandest tale in biology….David Quammen presents the science—and the scientists involved—with patience, candor, and flair” (Nature). We learn about the major players, such as Carl Woese, the most important little-known biologist of the twentieth century; Lynn Margulis, the notorious maverick whose wild ideas about “mosaic” creatures proved to be true; and Tsutomu Wantanabe, who discovered that the scourge of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a direct result of horizontal gene transfer, bringing the deep study of genome histories to bear on a global crisis in public health. “David Quammen proves to be an immensely well-informed guide to a complex story” (The Wall Street Journal). In The Tangled Tree, he explains how molecular studies of evolution have brought startling recognitions about the tangled tree of life—including where we humans fit upon it. Thanks to new technologies, we now have the ability to alter even our genetic composition—through sideways insertions, as nature has long been doing. “The Tangled Tree is a source of wonder….Quammen has written a deep and daring intellectual adventure” (The Boston Globe).
Tangled Treasures Coloring Book
Title | Tangled Treasures Coloring Book PDF eBook |
Author | Jane Monk |
Publisher | Quarry Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2015-08-01 |
Genre | Games & Activities |
ISBN | 9781589238954 |
Enjoy the rhythmic relaxation of coloring original tangle artwork by Jane Monk! Coloring is a peaceful and pleasant right-brain activity that can provide a soothing and enjoyable pastime for people of any age. Unlike painting, you don't need to have the skills of an artist to create a masterpiece. All you need is to pick the colors and draw within the lines. The results can be miraculous! Disconnect temporarily from the everyday hustle and bustle and escape to a world filled with creativity, inspiration, and serenity. Coloring helps reduce stress levels, elevates focus, and promotes a soothing, relaxing frame of mind and sense of well being. The 52 designs in the Tangled Treasures Coloring Book are all original tangle artwork by certified Zentangle teacher Jane Monk. Monk begins the book by leading you through some basic techniques for using colored pencils or fine-point markers to color the designs, including skills like shading and blending. Each of the designs is printed on a page with a blank back, so you can remove the art from the book and frame it, if you like. Jump right in to the relaxing spell woven by Zentangles!
Tangled Circles and Mandalas
Title | Tangled Circles and Mandalas PDF eBook |
Author | Jane Monk |
Publisher | Creative Publishing International |
Pages | 131 |
Release | 2017-03 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1589239490 |
Tangled Circles and Mandalas explores these beautiful, mystical shapes and designs, which can take artists and coloring enthusiasts to the heart of meditative creativity, relaxation, and peace. The word mandala in Sanskrit means "circle," which is associated with the concepts of wholeness, unity, harmony, family, community, and the cycle of life. Mandala experts believe that these circles help practitioners focus inwardly, on the spiritual world. This art book opens with a brief overview of mandalas and the power of symmetry in sacred geometry. Then you'll be off and coloring and drawing in pages designed to focus your mind and soothe anxieties. Unlike painting, you don't need to have refined art skills create a masterpiece. Reduce stress levels, elevate focus, and arrive at a sense of well-being, with Tangled Circles and Mandalas. The low-stress technique and minimal material requirements make tangling easy to try and easy for people to succeed with. The 52 illustrations include 32 circles and mandalas to complete and color with tangle and other patterns, plus 20 starter illustrations for creating your own circles and mandala art.
Traveling Genius
Title | Traveling Genius PDF eBook |
Author | Gillian Fenwick |
Publisher | Univ of South Carolina Press |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781570037474 |
"Traveling Genius surveys the half century of work by British writer Jan Morris, including more than fifty books and thousands of essays and reviews, from 1950s America via Oxford, Venice, Trieste, Sydney, and Hong Kong to her home in Wales. Internationally known as a travel writer, she has also distinguished herself across many other genres by writing history, autobiographies and biographies, and literary fiction and essays." "Existing accounts of Morris's work are largely confined to reviews and magazine essays, and often concentrate on James Morris's sex change and transformation into Jan Morris. This is of course significant to the writing, and some critics detect a change of tone and style afterward, but a detailed analysis of how her writing works has not yet been undertaken. In Traveling Genius, Gillian Fenwick fills that gap in the scholarship with the first study to explore the depths of Morris's complete body of work, utilizing close readings and archival research."--BOOK JACKET.
Rapunzel and the Vanishing Village
Title | Rapunzel and the Vanishing Village PDF eBook |
Author | Leila Howland |
Publisher | Disney Electronic Content |
Pages | 233 |
Release | 2018-06-05 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1368025218 |
Rapunzel craves adventure and longs for experiences outside the walls of her kingdom. So when she embarks on an epic journey to save Corona with the people closest to her, she's surprised to discover it's not quite as enjoyable as she thought it would be. Bumps in the road cause tempers to flare, and Raps can't even seem to get a self-portrait right. Plus, her best friend, Cassandra, grows more and more frustrated whenever they veer away from her itinerary, and Rapunzel's boyfriend, Eugene, feels he's not being taken seriously. But when the group discovers an idyllic village said to be the birth place of the Flynnigan Rider books, they agree to make an unplanned stop. And soon it becomes clear that there is more to Harmony Glen than meets the eye: something or someone is determined to wipe it off the map for good. Will the heroes be able to work together to solve the mystery of the vanishing village before it's too late? Leila Howland's second original tied to the hit Disney Channel show, Tangled the Series, features an all-new adventure starring Rapunzel, Cassandra, and fan-favorite Eugene!