Books with author William Payne

It starts with a noise reverberating in the hill. David and Keith see a boy appear from the ground, carrying a candle and beating a drum. He is an 18th-century drummer boy, who will have an irreversible effect on both their lives. Extraordinary things start to happen - standing stones move, giants stalk the hills, and wild boar rampage through the town. Then, David vanishes, and Keith must search through time for his friend...In the forty years since its first publication, "Earthfasts" has become an indispensable classic.

A journal that explains the philosophy to tutoring math and science; this journal expresses virtues and methods to tutoring and teaching others.Included in this journal are many math and science techniques often used by Master William as a teaching aid when he is tutoring his students. Use this journal as a math and science reference and as a catalyst on how to be a better tutor.Master William has tutored math and science for over ten years. With this experience, he has constructed this journal in order to help students, tutors, teachers, professors, and anyone wishing to learn in their pursuit of knowledge.Subjects Covered:Basic AlgebraIntermediate AlgebraCollege AlgebraPrecalculusTrigonometryFinite MathProbabilityBasic StatisticsFinanceCalculusGeneral Chemistry IGeneral Chemistry IIBasic Physics

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1768 edition. Excerpt: ...Defg paffing through the points A and B, to revolve, or turn about the line Ab as an axis, till it falls upon the point c, and there remains at reft. Now the points A, B, C are in the plain Defg.-above Therefore, the lines Ab, Bc, Ca are alfo in the plain Defg-------6 Confequentjy, the three fides of any plain triangle, are ia one plain.: 248. Corollary. Aplain niill pafs through any two /trait lines which meet each ether. 2 249. The Let the plains Ab, Cd cut one another in E and r, and join Ef; then the ftrait line Ef is their commoa iedion. For the points e and F being in the plain Ab, the itrait line E F will agree with the faid plain--6 By the fame reafon, the line Ef will agree with the plain Cd--------Th. the ftrait line Ef muft be their common fe&ion. Remark. If marry plains pa/s thro two points B and F, tit ftrait line if is the common Jeclion of them all.,,.4 t 1 f 153' 3 2JO. If a flrait line ftands at right dngfeito (wo Jirait lines cutting one another, at the point of feBient it will he perpendicular to the plain in which thoje lines are Jituate.-. F „ Let the line Ef (land at right angles to the lines Ab, co cutting each other in E; then Ef is perpendicular to the plain Acbd. For take Ea, Ec, Eb, Ed equal to one another, join Att, Cb, draw Geh at pleafure meeting Ad, Cb in p and H, and join Fa, Fg, Fd, Fb, Fh, Fc. Now Ea, Ed, Eb, Ec are equal--con. And the contained angles Aed, Bec are equal-70 Th. the angle Gae--Ebh, and Ad--Ec--62 But the angle Aeg = Beh----79' Therefore---AO = Bh, and Ge = Eh--77 2. The angles Fea,'fed, Feb, Fec are equal-54. Th. Fa, Fd, Fb, Fc are equal-62 Th. the angles Fad, Fbc are equal-'-66 3. The fides Fa, Ag are equal to Fb, Bh each to each above And the contained angles Fag, Fbh are...

This title continues the classic story that began when an 18th-century drummer boy marched straight out of the past into the present, irrevocably changing the lives of David and Keith. David faces the mystery of a sister who arrives out of the blue, a sister he was told had died at birth. Keith and David now face a very different journey, in which they must both face up to old ghosts from the past.

At makerspaces, makers of all kinds share tools and knowledge to help each other complete projects. Through simple text written to foster creativity and problem solving, students will learn how to start their own makerspaces. Large, colorful images show students how to complete activities. Additional tools, including a glossary and an index, help students learn new vocabulary and locate information.

John Owen returns to the Choir School at the start of term to find that he is the youngest Singing Boy in the school. This means he must also be Beekeeper - a traditional role. One of the traditional duties of the Beekeeper is to sing a solo in the Cathedral. Owen hates and dreads the prospect, so he persuades the smallest boy in the school, Iddingley, to take his place. Then, while exploring one of the Cathedral towers without permission, Owen finds something which makes him change his mind, and solves a mystery which has been baffling people for hundreds of years...This book broke new ground on its publication in 1955, and is now widely regarded as a twentieth-century classic. Our edition retains the original line illustrations by C. Walter Hodges. William Mayne is described in "Twentieth Century Children's Writers" as 'one of the most talented and interesting authors writing for children today.'