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Author: Editors of Life
Publisher: Life
Published: 2008-07-15
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9781603200110
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"LIFE" has visited its archives before--but never like this. This glorious coffee table edition puts the magazine's famous photos on display, and also includes 25 removable, frameable prints.
Author: Roger Hill
Publisher: Wilderness Press
Published: 2010-01-01
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 0899975178
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEach year, at least 1,200 tornadoes batter the United States. While most occur in Tornado Alley--a vast, weather-beaten swath of middle America-in truth, tornadoes can occur almost anywhere. And where there are tornadoes, there are storm chasers. They come in all shapes and sizes, from hobbyists to researchers to professional chasers. There is one, however, who stands well above the rest: Roger Hill. Hunting Nature's Fury tells the story of Roger Hill and his love affair with storm chasing, taking you on a suspenseful and dramatic ride across the Great Plains, into the Deep South, even into the eyes of such recent hurricanes as Katrina. You'll accompany Hill as he braves close calls, makes history, and gains insight into the science of severe weather. This is a story of a storm chaser obsessed with the storms that almost killed him; of resiliency in the face of disaster; and of humility in the presence of the awesome power of nature. Includes eight color pages of jaw-dropping photos taken by Hill showing many of the storms chronicled in the book.
Author: Vineeta Singh
Publisher: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Published: 2008-01-01
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 817993182X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNature is unpredictable…by nature! This book chronicles the world’s worst natural catastrophes and reveals the causes behind the disasters. It will also introduce children to interesting facts about the disasters as they occurred as well as their consequences.
Author: Reena I Puri
Publisher: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Published: 2008-01-01
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 8179931781
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe earth we live on feels so firm under our feet. And yet its surface is made up of slowly moving plates and inside is a core of liquid rock and metal. Sometimes the plates move a little too quickly. They bump into each other or one slides under the other. At such times the earth shakes and rocks everything that is standing on it. Cracks appear and through it spews red-hot lava. As the ground shifts under the ocean large volumes of water are displaced and moved from one place to another. This is the inside story of our planet. What happens when the earth moves? Earthquakes! Volcanoes! Tsunamis!
Author: Greer Macallister
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Published: 2020-12-01
Total Pages: 505
ISBN-13: 1728215706
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA dozen women join a secret 1850s Arctic expedition—and a sensational murder trial unfolds when some of them don't come back. Eccentric Lady Jane Franklin makes an outlandish offer to adventurer Virginia Reeve: take a dozen women, trek into the Arctic, and find her husband's lost expedition. Four parties have failed to find him, and Lady Franklin wants a radical new approach: put the women in charge. A year later, Virginia stands trial for murder. Survivors of the expedition willing to publicly support her sit in the front row. There are only five. What happened out there on the ice? Set against the unforgiving backdrop of one of the world's most inhospitable locations, USA Today bestselling author Greer Macallister uses the true story of Lady Jane Franklin's tireless attempts to find her husband's lost expedition as a jumping-off point to spin a tale of bravery, intrigue, perseverance and hope.
Author: Clifton D. Bryant
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2009-07-15
Total Pages: 1161
ISBN-13: 141295178X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis two-volume Encyclopdia - through multidisciplinary and international contributions and perspectives - organizes, defines and clarifies more than 300 death-related concepts.
Author: V S Ramamurthy
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2022-04-08
Total Pages: 413
ISBN-13: 9811254044
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe COVID-19 and the onslaught of Climate Change have exposed the fragility of our lives and ecosystem. Natural disasters like asteroid impact, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, floods, cyclones, etc., and pandemics like plagues, smallpox, cholera, tuberculosis, malaria, etc., have been man's nemesis from the beginning of time. This list of public risks has now expanded to include pollutions, industrial disasters, and very many new, confusing and emerging technologies.How have governments handled these public risks? How have they convinced people to take precautions under such emergencies? What measures does one take for managing them, and for the rescue, relief, and rehabilitation of the masses? And most importantly, how does one prepare the masses to face the risks without panicking? It is argued that sermons, dictates, and discourses may not work in democratic societies. Rather, one needs a new breed of risk communicators who can enter into a dialogue with the people to prepare them for these challenges and to welcome truly beneficial new technologies.The book takes a panoramic view of the issue of risks and illustrates the challenges and opportunities of the Art and Science of Managing Public Risks. It celebrates the indomitable spirit of man, who has leveraged science to predict — where possible, and provide solutions for managing these risks.
Author: Manjula Khuller
Publisher: Ratna Sagar
Published:
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9788183325004
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe silver jubilee edition of Living Science conforms to the vision of the National Curriculum Framework. This edition is enriched with an updated text and new lively, colourful illustrations with GET SET (lead-in activities), Science facts, In-text questions, New activities, Weblinks, yoga, Subject links, Guided answers for children, Technology and You, SCICTIONARY, a dictionary of scientific terms and the Science Virtual Resource Centre www.science.ratnasagar.co.in
Author: Mitali P. Wong
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2019-07-02
Total Pages: 299
ISBN-13: 1498574084
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection uses a transnational approach to study contemporary English-language poetry composed by poets of South Asian origin. The poetry contains themes, motifs, and critiques of social changes, and the contributors seek to encapsulate the continually changing environments that these contemporary poets write about. The contributors show that English-language poetry in South Asia is hybridized with imagery and figurative language adapted from the vernacular languages of South Asia. The chapters examine women’s issues, concerns of marginalized groups—such as the Dalit community and the people of Northeastern India—, social changes in Sri Lanka, the changing society of Pakistan, and the formation of the identity in the several nation states that resulted from the British colony of India.
Author: Maureen Whitaker
Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc.
Published: 2024-09-03
Total Pages: 864
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKImagine Living Life Well with Perspective and Perseverance Real Life and Medieval Society with Discretion Being the Better Part of Valor Book Six of the Book Series Volume VII What Is Happening Now Alas, my story line was not finished. Anna and Michael had more things happening in their lives. Anna delved into her metaphysical authorship to discover there were many documents which are still viable in the current times. They continued to provide seminars and compiled a book since they felt it is the end of the line for seminars due to some Life Challenges. One of the challenges was a medical condition Michael had, so they went to Bremerton for Michael's surgery. It took a time to recover. They went to Hawaii for a vacation once Michael was up to it. As time passed, Anna found more spiritual documents. Michael would read them, and they discussed them. Dave Langley, MD, declined and met his demise. A time after, they downsized their motorcoach and went on some trips. Michael did some work for the US Air Force and was on a task force for medical protocols, which was at Bremerton and later on, they went to Washington, DC, for the final steps. Michael had a situation happen when they flew back to Portland as he had to as a medical doctor assistant with a sudden need to be the only medical doctor on the plane, and a few days later, he landed in the hospital with another Life Challenge. One really neat thing is a list of terms Anna developed, and it is included. Eventually, things were going well, and Anna and Michael resumed taking trips in their motorcoach. This wrapped it up, and Volume VII is the end of the story line.
