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Author: Julia Tanner
Publisher:
Published: 2018-10
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9781970037197
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Julia Tanner was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1949. Though a cellist by profession, she has been writing poetry most of her adult life. This collection of poems includes musings on life, love, music, faith, and what makes us human. She presently lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
Author: Nancy Huston
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Published: 2008-10-14
Total Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 0802198686
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A brilliantly written family epic that won France’s Prix Femina and was shortlisted for the Orange Prize. “An immaculate novel” (The Guardian). In a profound and poetic story, internationally acclaimed and bestselling author Nancy Huston traces four generations of a single family from present-day California to WWII-era Germany. Fault Lines begins with Sol, a gifted, terrifying child whose mother believes he is destined for greatness partly because he has a birthmark like his dad, his grandmother, and his great-grandmother. When Sol’s family makes an unexpected trip to Germany, secrets begin to emerge about their history during World War II. It seems birthmarks are not all that’s been passed down through the bloodlines. Closely observed, lyrically told, and epic in scope, Fault Lines is a touching, fearless, and unusual novel about four generations of children and their parents. The story moves from the West Coast of the United States to the East, from Haifa to Toronto to Munich, as secrets unwind back through time until a devastating truth about the family’s origins is reached. Huston tells a riveting, vigorous tale in which love, music, and faith rage against the shape of evil. “Huston’s powerful novel combines the pacing of a thriller with the emotional intricacies that are the hallmark of the best family stories.” —Booklist, starred review
Author: Johanna Wagstaffe
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Published: 2017-10-24
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 145981245X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Earthquakes are a terrifying yet fascinating force of nature. Seismologist Johanna Wagstaffe takes you through her own journey of understanding the earth beneath our feet. Along the way you’ll learn the science behind what makes the earth rumble and hear from kids around the world who have experienced the wonder, and terror, of an earthquake.
Author: Carol S. Prentice
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 2006-01-01
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13: 0813700078
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The twenty field trip guides in this volume represent the work of earthquake professionals from the earth science, engineering, and emergency management communities. The guides were developed to cross the boundaries between these professions, and thus reflect this diversity: trips focus on the built environment, the effects of the 1906 earthquake, the San Andreas fault, and other active faults in northern California.
Author: Charles M. Sennott
Publisher: Public Affairs
Published: 2008-08-05
Total Pages: 534
ISBN-13: 0786724641
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →As the Middle East has gone up in flames, no image so captured the clash of cultures as did the siege at the Church of the Nativity, where Christian monks were trapped inside the fortress-like church, as Palestinian gunmen faced off against the Israeli military for five weeks. As Muslim and Jew battled for control, the Christians were caught in the crossfire: endangered and largely forgotten, victims of somebody else's war. In The Body and the Blood, Charles M. Sennott examines the dwindling Christian communities of the modern Middle East in search of answers to the following questions: Why is Christianity dying out in the land where it began? And what are the consequences, not only for the future of Christianity but for the Middle East itself? From Israel to Lebanon to Egypt to Jordan to the ancient cities of the West Bank, Sennott finds that the themes resonating today are the same as those that convulsed the region at the time of Christ. His frontline reporting is powerful and provocative, as he shines a new light on the Middle East.
Author: Tracy Salcedo
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2016-04-15
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 1493017977
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Imagine hiking along a wooded trail near San Francisco and stumbling upon the stone foundation of a crumbled building, the wooden slats of the walls caved in, the ironwork of the hinges still dangling on the burned out door. This discovery piques your interest—what is this? What’s its significance? How can you find out? Enter Hiking through History San Francisco Bay Area: Exploring the Region's Past by Trail. Make no mistake—this is a hiking book first and foremost, complete with rich photos and detailed maps, but with added extras and sidebars detailing enough historical information to satisfy every curiosity along the way.
Author: Meena Alexander
Publisher: Feminist Press at CUNY
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9781558614543
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This Indian American writer builds upon her acclaimed memoir, named a PW Best Book for 1993.
Author: Anita Ganeri
Publisher: Scholastic UK
Published: 2019-08-01
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 1407198955
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF HORRIBLE GEOGRAPHY! Discover what it takes to be an earthquake expert, learn how to survive when an earthquake hits, and discover how rats and snakes can predict tremors. Filled with hilarious illustrations by Mike Phillips, HORRIBLE GEOGRAPHY is the perfect escapism from miserable maps, rotten rock piles and dire diagrams. Hold tight!
