Twist And Tess

With a prologue by Tomoko Fuse, the worldwide renowned Japanese origami master, the book contains 26 of my favourite tessellations, along other designs derived from those models (3 boxes and 2 "omiyage/tato). The book starts with an introduction to the origins and history of tessellations and describes the techniques and materials needed by those who want to begin with this kind of origami. The models are sorted based on the twists used in each one and include suggestions based on my own folding experience. For each model, a CP (crease pattern) is included, along with step by step instructions to fold it. Those instructions contain diagrams and their related text. At the end of each model you can see the picture of the finished model (usually in the extended version). Scattered between the different models, the reader can see the original hand drawn diagrams by Alejandra Zapico, that were the base of the final computer drawn diagrams. At the end of the book, there are several appendices, such as a small english-spanish origami dictionary, the symbol guide for those used in the book and several references related to tessellations.

Design Techniques for Origami Tessellations is both a collection of origami tessellations and a manual to design them. This book begins by explaining general design methods, the history and definitions of origami tessellations, and the geometric features of flat origami, before moving on to introduce a brand-new design method: the "twist-based design method." This method generates base parts that connect "twist patterns” (that can be folded with a twist) without using a lattice. Therefore, it can generate base parts such as regular pentagons, which cannot be generated with more conventional methods, and can generate new origami tessellations connected to them. Features: No proofs or formulas in the text and minimal jargon. Suitable for readers with a roughly middle school to high school level of mathematical background. Web application implementing the method described in this book is available, allowing the readers to design their own patterns.

All architect Tess Roussel has ever wanted is to open her own design firm. She gets the chance when she returns to California and wins a coveted waterfront project. It's the contractor hired for the job who's got her distracted. John Jameson Quinn isn't her choice. And definitely not her type. Tess doesn't go for brooding bad boys—especially one who isn't shy about going after what he wants. And he wants Tess. Never mind that he's got a scandalous past to overcome. A daughter to raise. A boss—Tess—and a town to answer to. Quinn follows his own drumbeat. Only, now Tess is starting to hear it, too. Because he's good. And they're good together. Her design. His construction. Can they build a love to last?

This hard-nosed cattleman isn't ashamed to beg Widowed rancher Wade Darland freely admits that Tess Vega's way of thinking has him scratching his head. He believes in shipping old barn animals off to auction, whereas she's just set up a sanctuary for abused and abandoned horses. He can't let a day go by without tucking in to some meat, whereas she hears the word and it sends her fleeing. And then there's the matter of Wade's children—especially Wade's young daughter, whose motherless childhood is so similar to Tess's own. Tess's interference in the Darland family circle arouses Wade's ire, and he implores her to say no to Macy when the little girl starts hanging around. But after a few more encounters with the spunky redhead, Wade is soon begging the cowgirl to say yes—not just to Macy but to him, too.

Religious issues played a prominent role in Victorian England and had a profound influence on the culture of that period. In Theology And The Victorian Novel, J. Russell Perkin shows that even the apparently secular world of the realist novel is shaped by the theological debates of its time. Beginning with a wide-ranging introduction that explains why a theological reading of Victorian fiction is both rewarding and timely, Perkin also addresses religion's return to prominence in the twenty-first century, confounding earlier predictions of its imminent demise. Chapters on William Thackeray, Charlotte Brontë, Charlotte Yonge, Anthony Trollope, George Eliot, and Thomas Hardy are followed by a concluding discussion of Mary Ward and Walter Pater that relates Pater's Marius the Epicurean to postmodern theology and shows how it remains a religious classic for our own time. Informed by extensive knowledge of the religion and culture of the period, Theology And The Victorian Novel significantly alters the way that the Victorian novel should be read.

Michael Ragussis re-reads the novelistic tradition by arguing the acts of naming--bestowing, revealing, or earning a name; taking away, hiding, or prohibiting a name; slandering, or protecting and serving it--lie at the center of fictional plots from the 18th century to the present. Against the background of philosophic approaches to naming, Acts of Naming reveals the ways in which systems of naming are used to appropriate characters in novels as diverse as Clarissa, Fanny Hill, Oliver Twist, Pierre, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Remembrance of Things Past, and Lolita, and identifies unnaming and renaming as the locus of power in the family's plot to control the child, and more particularly, to rape the daughter. His analysis also treats additional works by Cooper, Brontë, Hawthorne, Eliot, Twain, Conrad, and Faulkner, extending the concept of the naming plot to reimagine the traditions of the novel, comparing American and British plots, female and male plots, inheritance and seduction plots, and so on. Acts of Naming ends with a theoretical exploration of the "magical" power of naming in different eras and in different, even competing, forms of discourse.

Killers aren’t born, they’re made. And she’s out to meet her maker. ★★★★★ “Wow! This book is smokin' hot--like a runaway train.” John Mariotti Seventeen years ago, a savage murder thrust Tess Williams into a life of suffering and brutality. But where such hardship would’ve broken most, Tess turned her rage into an unquenchable hunger for justice. Today, she finally gets a lead on that killer only to learn that he is now a feared crime boss, surrounded by vicious mobsters, hired thugs, and ruthless assassins. If Tess is to reach him, she must go through all of them. Outnumbered and outgunned, Tess knows this will probably be the job that puts her in the ground, but she doesn’t care as long as she nails her target first. But just when she thinks things can’t get any worse, the killer discovers she’s tracking him – the hunter becomes the hunted. Tess has no choice but to break all the rules that have kept her alive for so long. Dodging bullets, battling betrayals, and facing overwhelming odds, she storms into a supercharged showdown with the killer. Today, Tess’s violent story will come to an electrifying end. But whose end will it be? ★★★★★ “This was a roller coaster of a read… I Could Not Put it Down” Hillel Kaminsky ★★★★★ “Wow! An explosive installment… A great read with real insight and wisdom from a strong and very likeable protagonist” Julie Elizabeth Powell ★★★★★ “Talk about a nail-biting ending! Whew, I was exhausted by the time I had raced through this one.” Jan Simmons ★★★★★ “A breath-taking thrill ride. Don't start this one until you have time to read it through to the end because you won't want to put it down.” Mouse ★★★★★ “Steve Lee has created the perfect storm: action - strong characters - and well developed storylines. I try to read slowly because by the last page I do NOT want this book to end.” Sheryl Painter >>> Click Buy Now <<< Absolutely FREE! You get Black File 07 free with this book (see the Table of Contents for details). Standalone? Books 01-06 have self-contained stories, so while they’re more thrilling in order, you can read them out of sequence if you like. Nightmare’s Rage (book 07), Shanghai Fury (book 08), and Black Dawn (book 09) should be read in order, preferably after books 01-06, because small subplots come together in these books. But this isn't vital – each is a thrilling story in its own right. Dark Crime Thrillers This series is gritty, action-packed crime fiction, not Miss Marple, so expect some violence, occasional strong language, and every so often, a scene of a sexual nature. The paperback edition is 200 pages long. ★★★★★ "You won't want to put it down. I didn't." Dave * Do you love the action thriller series of Lee Child, Stieg Larsson, Vince Flynn, John Sandford, David Baldacci, James Patterson…? * Love assassin books, revenge thrillers, vigilante series, action novels, noir fiction, hard boiled mystery? * Then you’ll love Steve N. Lee's kick-ass hero, lightning-paced plots, and Jack Reacher-style action. >>> Click Buy Now <<<

>>> 3 Books for the Price of 2 for a Limited Time! <<< One vicious crime lord. One vengeance-fueled victim. One explosive situation. A rogue assassin, Tess Williams prowls the city’s shadows, preying on killers, pimps, gangbangers, rapists… the monsters that ruin lives. Haunted by a tragic past, she’ll risk everything to protect the innocent and avenge the dead. Nightmare’s Rage When Tess was a little girl, a stranger ripped her world apart and ruined her life. Today, she finally gets a lead on him. Unfortunately, that stranger is now a feared crime boss, guarded by brutal mobsters, hired thugs, and ruthless assassins. Outnumbered and outgunned, Tess knows this will be the job that ends her, but she doesn’t care as long as she nails her target first. But how can she do that alone? The answer comes from someone she knows. Someone she fears. Someone she can’t trust. Shanghai Fury Discover where Tess’s story begins… When a family is attacked by a vicious gang, Tess creates carnage on Shanghai’s streets. But when she thinks it’s all over, she discovers the longest day of her life has only just begun – she’s thrust into a face-off with the elite of China’s underworld. Trapped in a deadly game, where deceit is as lethal as the bullets tearing at her, Tess must take one enormous gamble. If she loses, everyone dies; if she wins, only she does. Black Dawn An old adversary is back. Someone who Tess thought she’d killed. Riddled with guilt over failing to have stopped this monster, Tess storms through the city, plunging into one life-threatening fight after another. Battling an injury, Tess isn’t the killing machine she once was, but she can’t stop – she has to bury this killer because she’s to blame for the rising body count. Then a mistake slams her into a life-or-death struggle she didn’t see coming. Will this be the end for Tess? Praise for the books in this set: ★★★★★ “Totally riveting, a real page turner that had me up all night! Fast paced and full of action, I'm completely hooked!” Miss J Buckley ★★★★★ “I love Tess, she is such a strong character and yet vulnerable, too." Julie Elizabeth Powell ★★★★★ “WOW!! Mr Lee you have excelled yourself once again. Absolutely loved it!” Karen Bryan ★★★★★ “Talk about a nail-biting ending! Whew, I was exhausted by the time I had raced through this one.” Jan Simmons ★★★★★ “Another cracking instalment of the series. It just gets better and better.” P. Flanders ★★★★★ “Steve Lee continues to thrill me, surprise me, have me in tears, angry, and afraid – just as he did in the first novel. I LOVE IT." Sheryl Painter >>> Over 700 5-star reviews across the series <<< FREE! You get Black File 7, 8, and 9 free with this box set (see Contents page). Can I read this box set before the earlier one? Sub-plots that span the series come together in this set, so it's best to read the earlier books first. Dark Crime Thrillers This series is gritty, dark crime fiction, not Miss Marple, so expect some violence, occasional strong language, and every so often, a scene of a sexual nature. The paperback edition is 619 pages long. ★★★★★ ““This series is dark, extremely fast paced, and makes the reader question ‘what would you do?’ The action really never stops.” Sheryl Painter > Do you love the action thriller series of Lee Child, Stieg Larsson, Vince Flynn, John Sandford, David Baldacci, James Patterson, Mark Dawson…? > Love assassin books, revenge thrillers, vigilante series, action novels, noir fiction, hard boiled mystery? > Then you’ll love Steve N. Lee's kick-ass hero, fast-paced plots, and Jack Reacher-style action. >>> CLICK BUY NOW <<<