City of Ice
City of Ice

Author: Laurence Yep

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Published: 2012-05-22

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 9780765358806

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Two-time Newbery Honor Award-winning author Yep returns with the second book in his epic City trilogy--the action-packed sequel to the critically acclaimed "City of Fire."

City of Fire
City of Fire

Author: Laurence Yep

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2009-09

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 9780765319241

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Twelve-year-old Scirye and her companions travel to Houlani, a new Hawaiian island created by magic, where they enlist the help of volcano goddess Pele in an attempt to stop an evil dragon and a mysterious man from altering the universe.

City of Ice
City of Ice

Author: Brian Klingborg

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2021-05-04

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 1472281829

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A BAFFLING MURDER IN RURAL CHINA. AN EXILED DETECTIVE. AND POLITICS AS DEADLY AS A KILLER. 'Parts the bamboo curtain to reveal a detailed and pacy portrait of police work and everyday life in this gripping crime thriller.' THE SUN 'City of Ice delivers everything one could want in a crime novel - insight, thrills, and entertainment.' Robert K. Tanenbaum, New York Times bestselling author In a remote Chinese town - where the theft of a few chickens counts as a major crime - a young woman is found brutally murdered...with her heart, lungs and liver removed. Inspector Lu Fei, a weary cop who fled the city, suddenly finds himself under the intense scrutiny of the ruling party in Beijing. Determined to find her killer, Lu Fei must navigate a society where politics can be deadly, corruption is rife, and the powerful are untouchable. As evidence connects the case to a string of unsolved murders, Lu must decide what he will risk in search of justice... 'City of Ice is everything a reader could want in a novel.' Jack Du Brul, New York Times bestselling author 'Klingborg truly understands how Chinese bureaucracies work; at the same time he's a wizard at believable characters, compelling situations, and a propulsive plot.' SJ Rozan, Edgar Award winner and best-selling Readers are gripped by CITY OF ICE: 'A dazzling debut...it's the perfect example of a riveting read you simply can't put down. ' ***** Goodreads Reviewer 'This slickly plotted, atmospheric thriller is compulsively readable and a fascinating exploration into a mysterious place and time.' ***** Goodreads Reviewer 'The descriptions, the emotions, the depth of characters are amazing.' ***** Goodreads Reviewer

Ice
Ice

Author: Amy Brady

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2023-06-06

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0593422198

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The unexpected and unexplored ways that ice has transformed a nation—from the foods Americans eat, to the sports they play, to the way they live today—and what its future might look like on a swiftly warming planet. Ice is everywhere: in gas stations, in restaurants, in hospitals, in our homes. Americans think nothing of dropping a few ice cubes into tall glasses of tea to ward off the heat of a hot summer day. Most refrigerators owned by Americans feature automatic ice machines. Ice on-demand has so revolutionized modern life that it’s easy to forget that it wasn’t always this way—and to overlook what aspects of society might just melt away as the planet warms. In Ice, journalist and historian Amy Brady shares the strange and storied two-hundred-year-old history of ice in America: from the introduction of mixed drinks “on the rocks,” to the nation’s first-ever indoor ice rink, to how delicacies like ice creams and iced tea revolutionized our palates, to the ubiquitous ice machine in every motel across the US. But Ice doesn’t end in the past. Brady also explores the surprising present-day uses of ice in sports, medicine, and sustainable energy—including cutting-edge cryotherapy breast-cancer treatments and new refrigerator technologies that may prove to be more energy efficient—underscoring how precious this commodity is, especially in an age of climate change.

Readings in Applied Microeconomics
Readings in Applied Microeconomics

Author: Craig Newmark

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-06-16

Total Pages: 458

ISBN-13: 1135969450

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This reader encourages students to appreciate the power of the market, including specific examples and addressing questions on whether markets actually work well and offering evidence that market failures are not as serious or as common as claimed.