The Art of Flight

The Art of Flight
Author: Sergio Pitol
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
Total Pages: 425
Release: 2015-03-17
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1941920063

Debut work in English, a literary memoir, by Sergio Pitol, maestro of Mexican literature, winner of the 2005 Cervantes Prize.

The Art of Flight

The Art of Flight
Author: Fredrik Sjöberg
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2016-06-30
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0141980303

Accidental Journeys with the Bestselling Author of The Fly Trap Stories just begin. We rarely know where and almost never why. It doesn't matter. Nothing is certain any longer. I just want to shut my eyes, point at random and say, as a sort of experiment, that once, when I was sixteen years old, I spent a whole night singing romantic songs in the top of a pine tree. That's where it may have started. Fredrik Sjöberg continues his exploration of the pleasures and trials of those who spend their time tracing the smallest details of the natural world in these two tales of ambition, fear and hapless romance. Calling on his childhood memories and experience as a hoverfly collector, and following the trail of long forgotten entomologists before him who left their native Sweden for the national parks of the United States, Sjöberg contemplates the richness of life and the strange paths it leads us on.

The Ink Dragon and the Art of Flight

The Ink Dragon and the Art of Flight
Author: Jordan Riley Swan
Publisher: Jordan Riley Swan LLC
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2023-06-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 195762728X

Secrets aren’t made for the shadows. They’re made for full-color comic panels. Former Coat Warden and now-reclusive comic book artist David Felman has a secret, one he’s poised to reveal to the world—if only he can dot the i’s, cross the t’s, and shade the last few claws. David’s time on dragon back has him perfectly situated to reveal some of the horrors the government would rather the public not know about their dealings with the winged creatures. Jade Atallah has always wanted one thing: to do her family proud by becoming a Coat Warden. Having passed all the tests and made it into the elite Blacking Program, paired with her black-scaled dragon Night Armor, she thinks she’s done just that. But when her assignment to tail a certain artist results in gaining unsavory knowledge about the program she works for, everything she knows is called into question. With the fate of her own dragon hanging in the balance, along with the many others who are part of the Blackwing Program, Jade must team up with David to make sure the truth comes to light. And they must do so quickly, before the government manages to silence them for good. *** It's the Roaring Twenties—speakeasies are around every corner, jazz is burning up Harlem, and the dragon population is booming. But it's a lonely job for the brave Coat Wardens who patrol the skies of the Eastern Americas, as love is even harder to hold on to than the dragons they fly…

Art of the Airways

Art of the Airways
Author: Geza Szurovy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 196
Release:
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9781610600927

Capture the glory of flight in this nostalgic look back at the colorful posters that lured yesterday's passengers to take to the air. Constellations, tri-motors, and DC-3s are featured decked-out in the liveries of their owners and presented in stunning color artworks created by such famed artists as Norman Rockwell, Calder, and other popular painters. Nostalgic poster art contained within tells the history of yesteryear's airways through its free-spirited and colorful advertising.

Six Lines of Flight

Six Lines of Flight
Author: Apsara DiQuinzio
Publisher: University of California Press
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2012
Genre: Art
ISBN:

The art world is no longer defined by the activity of traditional art centres such as New York, Berlin, Beijing, or London, but is instead shaped by many cities, small and large. This book explores the hybrid nature of today's international artistic landscape by introducing readers to the art scenes in six featured cities.

Birds in Flight

Birds in Flight
Author: Carrol L. Henderson
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2008-10-22
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780760333921

Describes adaptations for avian aerodynamics, and offers tips on spotting and identifying airborne birds.

The Spirit of Flight

The Spirit of Flight
Author:
Publisher: Peter Pauper Press, Inc.
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2012-01-15
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 144130679X

Enchanting images by popular fantasy artist Josephine Wall are combined with an uplifting feast for eye and soul. ''Fantasy gives me the opportunity to portray the world as I would like it to be,'' says Jo, who has a wish ''to inspire in her audience a personal journey into the magical world of their own imagination.'' This little book of beauty and inspiring wisdom will help readers—especially those with a fondness for fairies and fantasy—fly as far as their wings will take them.

Art in Flight

Art in Flight
Author: Walter J. Boyne
Publisher:
Total Pages: 172
Release: 1991
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Showcases the work of American sculptor John Safer, whose pieces reflect his love of aviation and space technology, following his stylistic evolution from constructivist compositions to biomorphic abstractions and his current monumental works.