Fire, Ice and Paradise
Author: H. Leighton Steward
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 134
ISBN-13: 1434382397
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Fire in Paradise: An American Tragedy
Author: Dani Anguiano
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2020-05-05
Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 1324005157
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The harrowing story of the most destructive American wildfire in a century. On November 8, 2018, the ferocious Camp Fire razed nearly every home in Paradise, California, and killed at least 85 people. Journalists Alastair Gee and Dani Anguiano reported on Paradise from the day the fire began and conducted hundreds of in-depth interviews with residents, firefighters and police, and scientific experts. Fire in Paradise is their dramatic narrative of the disaster and an unforgettable story of an American town at the forefront of the climate emergency.
Frozen Fire
Author: Bill Evans
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Published: 2009-06-23
Total Pages: 494
ISBN-13: 1429958979
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Bill Evans and Marianna Jameson first teamed up to write Category 7, vividly portraying the devastating impact of a powerful hurricane on New York City. Now Evans and Jameson return with Frozen Fire, another edge-of-the-seat thriller that mixes atmospheric science with cutting-edge technology. Eager to exploit a potentially lucrative energy source, billionaire Dennis Cavendish has begun to tap the crystalline methane under the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. Eco-terrorism kills his science team and releases gigatons of poisonous methane into the water and atmosphere, causing untold deaths. If the release isn't stopped, all life on Earth will soon disappear. Suspected of the sabotage and marooned far from home, Cavendish's beautiful and brainy security chief, Victoria Clark, along with methane expert Dr. Sam Briscoe and the US government, must find a way to seal the break in the ocean floor and nullify the methane that is already poisoning the planet. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
A Paradise Built in Hell
Author: Rebecca Solnit
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2010-08-31
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 1101459018
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The author of Men Explain Things to Me explores the moments of altruism and generosity that arise in the aftermath of disaster Why is it that in the aftermath of a disaster? whether manmade or natural?people suddenly become altruistic, resourceful, and brave? What makes the newfound communities and purpose many find in the ruins and crises after disaster so joyous? And what does this joy reveal about ordinarily unmet social desires and possibilities? In A Paradise Built in Hell, award-winning author Rebecca Solnit explores these phenomena, looking at major calamities from the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco through the 1917 explosion that tore up Halifax, Nova Scotia, the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, 9/11, and Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. She examines how disaster throws people into a temporary utopia of changed states of mind and social possibilities, as well as looking at the cost of the widespread myths and rarer real cases of social deterioration during crisis. This is a timely and important book from an acclaimed author whose work consistently locates unseen patterns and meanings in broad cultural histories.
The First Day in Paradise
Author: Stuart Walton
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
Published: 2016-02-26
Total Pages: 389
ISBN-13: 1785352369
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The First Day in Paradise tells the story of a young orphaned family who have been passed on from one set of relations to another, and whose eldest sibling, Adam, becomes enthralled by the impending opening nearby of a gigantic and beautiful shopping-mall by a flamboyant entrepreneur. To the consternation of his aunt and uncle, who run a small business, he joins the staff of one of its stores, and begins a dizzying ascent through the ranks, until circumstances induce him to question whether his entire value-system has become corrupted. Functioning both as social-economic critique, and as a personal moral fable about the conjuration of ambition from present-day consumer culture, The First Day in Paradise is an engrossing and layered tale loosely modelled on Dante's Paradiso, but most of all it's simply a great read.
Apollo's Fire
Author: Jay Inslee
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2009-08-13
Total Pages: 411
ISBN-13: 1597266493
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this book the authors make the case for renewable energy and renewable energy policy. Each chapter begins with an inspiring story by someone working in renewable energy or a related field.
Paradise on Ice
Author: Mittie Hellmich
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 2012-07-06
Total Pages: 116
ISBN-13: 1452100063
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Capturing the spirit of the tropics, Paradise on Ice takes a refreshing dip into the wonderful world of tropical drinks. Choose from 50 bliss-inducing blends of exotic fruits, juices, and liquors, each designed to feel like a vacation in a glass. From margaritas and tropitinis to spirit-free smoothies and refreshing coolers, each creatively mixed concoction is the perfect pleaser for summer patio get-togethers, Caribbean theme parties, poolside lounging, candlelight dinners, or any occasion that simply cries out for an equatorial, coconut-scented escape from reality. Colorful photographs accompany the text, setting just the right mood to encourage readers to put on a Tito Puente CD and swizzle their hips as well as their cocktails.
Paradise Dogs
Author: Man Martin
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2011-06-07
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781429990240
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Adam Newman once had it all. But then he lost it. Now Adam yearns to reunite with his estranged wife, Evelyn, and recapture the Edenic life they once had running Paradise Dogs, the roadside hot-dog restaurant now legendary throughout central Florida. He has a few obstacles along the way. For starters, there's his impending marriage to Lily. There's also the matter of a quarter million dollars' worth of diamonds that he mislaid, along with what appears to be a shadowy conspiracy that is buying up land around the Cross-Florida Canal (and which may or may not be a product of Adam's alcohol-infused imagination). Despite his own troubles---and a brief stay in Chattahoochee---Adam looks to mentor his son, Addison, in the ways of love. Awkward, unsure, and employed as the world's least accurate obituary writer, Addison pines for a beautiful and painfully earnest linguistic student but must compete for her attention with his older and more sophisticated half brother from Evelyn's first marriage. But if anybody can set these worlds in order, it is Adam, who has an uncanny knack for being in the right place at the right time and allowing others to believe he's someone he's not. Whether it's delivering a baby, rescuing a marriage, or exposing a Communist conspiracy, our protagonist is up for the job. Paradise Dogs, from Georgia Author of the Year Award winner Man Martin, is a farcical tale of paradise lost, the American Dream, and the true measures of love
Night on Fire
Author: Douglas Corleone
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Published: 2011-04-26
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781429962094
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Kevin Corvelli---a hotshot New York defense attorney who packed up his bags and hung his shingle in Hawaii to dodge the spotlight---is deep in his mai tais at a resort when an argument erupts down at the other end of the bar. It's a pair of newlyweds, married that very day on the beach. And since Corvelli doesn't do divorces, he all but dismisses the argument. That's at least until the fire breaks out later that night, and he barely escapes his hotel room. Most weren't so lucky, including the new husband. His wife, Erin, becomes not only the police's prime suspect for arson and murder but also Corvelli's newest client, and she has a lot working against her, like motive and opportunity, not to mention a history of starting fires. The heat gets turned all the way up in Douglas Corleone's scorching legal thriller Night on Fire, his second following the MB/MWA's First Crime Novel Competition winner, One Man's Paradise.
Fire Ice
Author: Clive Cussler
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2004-06-01
Total Pages: 449
ISBN-13: 042519602X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Leader of the NUMA Special Assignments team, Kurt Austin must work with a former KGB spy to save the United States from a lunatic with a generations-spanning grudge in this novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series. Kurt Austin is preparing for an interview while aboard a research vessel in the Black Sea. But his television spot suddenly becomes a rescue mission when the waiting film crew is attacked on a nearby island. With little information on the attackers, and no clue to their true agenda, Austin is forced to turn to an unlikely source: his old KGB Cold War adversary Vladimir Petrov. According to Petrov, the island is actually an old submarine base that’s been commandeered by clever mobster-turned-billionaire-businessman Mikhail Razov. Razov is certain he descends from the great Romanov family and he’s out to reclaim his rightful position as czar of Russia. With a powerful resource called “fire ice”, discovered by his mining company, Razov may just have the ammunition he needs to take over the modern world. To stop him, Austin will have to work with Petrov. And he’ll have to find out fast how much trust he can offer an old nemesis in this thrilling adventure that “goes down like a chilled Stolichnaya martini.” (Kirkus Reviews)
