The Invention of the American Desert
The Invention of the American Desert

Author: Lyle Massey

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2021-11-02

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 0520306694

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Introduction / Lyle Massey and James Nisbet -- Desolate dreams / Joseph Masco -- Air, wind, breath, life : desertification and Will Wilson's AIR (Auto-Immune Response) / Jessica L. Horton -- Notes from bioteknika / Albert Narath -- Troglodyte modernists / Lyle Massey -- Explosive modernism : Hiram Hudson Benedict's Bouldereign and Zabriskie Point at 50 / Edward Dimendberg -- Point Omega/Omega Point : desert In three parts / Stefanie Sobelle -- The desert in fine grain / Emily Eliza Scott -- The desert as black mythology / Bridget R. Cooks -- On the recalcitrance of the desert island, by way of Andrea Zittel's A-Z West / James Nisbet -- Four theses for the coming deserts / Hans Baumann and Karen Pinkus.

Dust Up
Dust Up

Author: Jon McGoran

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2016-04-19

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 0765380307

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In this outstanding international thriller by Jon McGoran, Detective Doyle Carrick is awakened in the middle of the night by frantic banging on his front door, followed by gunfire. Ron Hartwell, a complete stranger, is dying on his doorstep. A halfhearted investigation labels the murder a domestic dispute, with Miriam, Ron’s widow, the sole suspect. Doyle discovers the Hartwells both worked for a big biotech company and suspects something else is going on, but it’s not his case. Then Miriam tracks him down and tells him her story. Miriam and Ron had been working in Haiti and visiting her friend Regi Baudet, the deputy health minister, when they stumbled upon a corporate cover-up of tainted food aid that sickened an entire village—and was one hundred percent fatal. They were coming to Doyle to blow the whistle. Before Miriam can say more, they are attacked by gunmen and she flees, then disappears. Doyle tracks her to Haiti, a country on the brink of political chaos. Working with Miriam and Regi, he must untangle a web of deceit and unconscionable corporate greed in order to stop an epidemic of even greater evil before it is released onto an unsuspecting world.

Soldiers Made Me Look Good
Soldiers Made Me Look Good

Author: Lewis MacKenzie

Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1553653505

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A riveting follow-up to the best-selling Peacekeeper, including MacKenzie's provocative views on leadership and the current state of the Canadian Armed Forces. Since retiring from the Armed Forces, Lewis MacKenzie has not stayed out of the spotlight but continues to speak his mind. In this straight-talking memoir, he traces his post-military career as an international commentator on military affairs, a consultant to the Irish government and a federal political candidate. And here, he answers his critics, including journalist Carol Off for her criticism of his handling of the UN mission in Bosnia. In a hard-hitting chapter, he discusses his professional disagreement with the leadership priorities demonstrated by Romï??o Dallaire in the early hours of the Rwandan genocide. He continues his story to the present, to .the first real litmus test for nato. -- Afghanistan. Divided into two parts -- pre-1993, when MacKenzie calls himself a Cold War grunt, and post-1993, after his controversial stint in Bosnia -- Soldiers Made Me Look Good is laced with anecdotes both funny and profound. It concludes with ten pointers on leadership, in which Lewis MacKenzie shares hard-earned insights from a life on the front lines.

Desert Dustup
Desert Dustup

Author: Knife & Packer

Publisher:

Published: 2016-01-01

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9781610673952

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Six crazy cars, five outlandish courses, one winner ... buckle up for WHEELNUTS, the craziest race on earth! Eccentric billionaire Warren "Wheelie" Wheelnut has decided to mount the biggest, maddest, most off-the-scale competition ever! He has created five extreme race tracks: from the desert to a haunted town to outer space, underwater and dense jungle, it's not chicanes and hairpin turns the drivers need to be worried about; it's aliens and giant squid!

The Battle of the Century
The Battle of the Century

Author: Jim Waltzer

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2011-05-04

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 031338245X

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This exciting account of the 1921 heavyweight boxing title fight between champion Jack Dempsey and Frenchman Georges Carpentier relates how it originated and how it became a template for modern sports promotion. Immortalized as the battle of the century by Ring Lardner, the Dempsey-Carpentier heavyweight title bout marked America's first experience with the intersection of show business, high society, politics, and the underworld at a single sporting event. The Battle of the Century: Dempsey, Carpentier, and the Birth of Modern Promotion offers the definitive history of this landmark event's genesis and impact. To explain why the fight had such a far-reaching influence on mass entertainment and modern culture, newspaperman Jim Waltzer invites readers to travel the path to the 1921 heavyweight championship. Along the way, they will meet a cast of outsize characters, including the savage defending champion (and alleged World War I slacker) Jack Dempsey, French pretty-boy war hero Georges Carpentier, promoter Tex Rickard, Dempsey's slippery manager Doc Kearns, and Jersey City boss Frank Hague. As the tale unfolds, so does an understanding of the forces that shaped the Roaring Twenties and established promotional hype as the MO of business.

Dust-up in Aisle Seven!
Dust-up in Aisle Seven!

Author: Fred Van Lente

Publisher: ABDO

Published: 2007-09

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 9781599613949

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Spider-Man battles with the Sandman as the villain attempts to destroy the store where Peter Parker was shopping for clothes with his Aunt May.

Deserts
Deserts

Author: Sara Wernham

Publisher: Jolly Learning Ltd

Published: 2004-04-30

Total Pages: 20

ISBN-13: 1844147975

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Deserts is part of the Jolly Phonics Readers Level 3 Nonfiction series. It is the third of four levels of decodable books, providing the best start for children just starting to read. In addition to the 42 letter sounds, and /y/ used for the /ee/ sound at the end of words like ‘funny’, Level 3 introduces the ‘magic e’ for spelling words with the long vowels, as in ‘make’, ‘like’, ‘bone’ and ‘tune’. Tricky words are shown at the beginning of each book. Comprehension questions and discussion topics are provided at the end of each book. Also includes guidance for teachers and parents. Light type is used as a guide for those few letters that should not be sounded out, such as the /b/ in lamb. Titles included in the Nonfiction series: Deserts Captain Scott Underground Mushrooms Teeth Snakes