Total Devastation
Total Devastation

Author: Michael Burgan

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2016-08

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 1491484527

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"In a narrative nonfiction format, follows people who experienced Hurricane Katrina"--

Sandy
Sandy

Author: New York Post

Publisher: Triumph Books

Published: 2013-06

Total Pages: 133

ISBN-13: 162368448X

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On October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy made landfall in the Mid-Atlantic region. The devastation she would bring to the New York and New Jersey was widespread and unimaginable. Though warnings had been issued for days and many evacuated their homes and offices, thousands stood in the path of one of the strongest storms in the history of America. Winds on Long Island reached 90 mph. Large sections of Lower Manhattan flooded. Fire in Queens destroyed more than 100 buildings. In New Jersey, 2.6 million homes were without people and nearly 40 people were killed. A 50-foot piece of the Atlantic City Boardwalk washed away and half the city of Hoboken was under water. Hundreds of thousands were left without power and water, with dwindling food supplies. Amidst this devastation, Sandy inspired courage and hope in many New Yorkers, giving them the will to triumph against incalculable odds. Seeking shelter and the basic necessities of life, thousands continued to fight on to simply survive the harshest of conditions and help others do the same. These gripping moments of ruin and recovery are captured in "Sandy: A Story of Complete Devastation, Courage, and Recovery," which features award-winning stories and nearly 100 vivid full-color images from the "New York Post." A portion of the proceeds from the sale of each book will be donated to the Mayor's Fund for New York City and Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund.

A Whole New World
A Whole New World

Author: M.J. De Beer

Publisher: Author House

Published: 2014-07-30

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 1496987829

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It is the year 2047. When a huge 110 mile wide asteroid - hurtling towards Earth - is discovered by Eddie Thompson, the governments of the time realize the devastating implications for the future of mankind. They put their differences aside to work together in secret, trying to devise a means to remove the threat of this asteroid, but also a means to escape Earth should their best efforts fail. A colonizer ship is constructed in out of sight of the public behind the moon, and no expenses are spared. The last nuclear warheads are placed on ballistic missiles and launched to either deflect or destroy the asteroid - named Derak - but in the end their plans fails miserably and in 2054 it crashes into India, ending all life. Nothing survives the apocalyptic disaster. But not before a hundred and forty thousand carefully selected people escape on the first interstellar ship ever built - the Genesis - and head towards a known Earth like planet discovered earlier around a far away star. In Genesis, the last survivors of humanity travel for sixty years at near light speed and in deep sleep until they arrive at the new planetary system of 10 Tauri, where they find against all odds a new Earth teeming with life, and here they take on a fantastic adventure of colonizing this new world, set in a Jurassic -type era. When one of the landing shuttles crash in a remote jungle, their survival is complicated by the discovery of two primitive civilizations at war...

Yesterday's Tomorrows
Yesterday's Tomorrows

Author: Pere Gallardo

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2014-03-26

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 1443858773

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2012 was a year of financial crises and ecological disasters, of endings and forebodings. The world did not end on December 21st as the Mayan calendar predicted, but became the stage for new beginnings, utopian communities, protest groups and solidarity movements. The essays in this book form an intertextual space for negotiating meaningful facts and fictions with an aim to understanding the present. Discussions focus on utopia and dystopia from literature and film, not only within the framework of science fiction but also critical theory, gender politics and social sciences. The authors of these essays are international academics whose interest lies in utopian studies and who attended the 13th International Conference of Utopian Studies, “The Shape of Things to Come”, held in Tarragona, Spain, in 2012.

The Blessing
The Blessing

Author: Stan Yocum

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2020-12-20

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 166414790X

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THE BLESSING, a novel that involves a strong spiritual intervention from a young girl named Lita, who possesses powers that are extremely difficult to explained. Her mission is to educate Nathan, who’s a reporter, in how mankind is progressing down a path that will unlikely afford them the knowledge they seek. Lita, unfortunately, is viewed as a disciple of Satan, since she has no connection with any form of religion and states that her God goes beyond what any religious order has ever preached. Her mission is to guide Nathan so he can help expand the human mind in areas that completely overwhelm him with doubt, uncertainty and confusion. Lita then informs Nathan that she will be killed because she refuses to accept any form of religion. Nathan, therefore, personally takes on the task of keeping Lita alive.