Download or read book Beneath the Earth written by John Boyne and published by Random House. This book was released on 2016-04-07 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection of twelve dark, unerring and surprising short stories, John Boyne explores the extremities of the human condition in all its brilliance and brutality. The secrets we keep and the ways in which they shape us, the impossibility of shared loss, the lengths we will go to in order to protect our families and the distance we will run to protect ourselves. Drawing on a host of enthralling characters âe" a farmer, a cuckold and a teenager exploring his sexuality; good parents, bad parents, writers and soldiers; a student, a rent boy and a hitman âe" Boyne examines the hopeful and the damaged without prejudice or judgement. This, his first collection of short stories, is some of John Boyneâe(tm)s finest writing to date. It includes âe~Rest Dayâe(tm) which won the 2015 Writing.ie Short Story of the Year award in Ireland.
Download or read book The Earth Beneath My Feet written by Andrew Terrill and published by . This book was released on 2022-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Earth Beneath My Feet is the first of two books that describe an epic 7,000-mile wilderness walk across an entire continent. Like millions of people, Andrew Terrill grew up on the edge of a big city. But for Terrill, suburban life felt predictable and crowded - the days lacked purpose and meaning. What he craved was a life of freedom, adventure and simplicity, and after nearly dying in the Swiss Alps that was the life he chose. In May 1997 he left his London home and travelled to the southernmost point of Calabria, Italy. Once there, he turned north and began walking, headed for Norway's North Cape. Leaving civilisation behind, Terrill journeyed deep into the 'other Europe', the hidden wilderness Europe that still exists beyond road's end. Hiking from the Apennine mountain range - a wild side of Italy few outsiders ever know - to the vast northern wildernesses of Arctic Norway, Terrill immersed himself in the natural world, forever seeking a deeper connection with it. The 18-month journey became a voyage of discovery, unveiling the secrets and treasures of Europe's least-known places. The miles brought hardships and struggles, pushed Terrill to his limits, but ultimately led to unimaginable rewards. The Earth Beneath My Feet covers the journey's first eight months, taking readers the entire length of Italy during a searing-hot summer, and across Austria into the depths of an Alpine winter. It is a compelling tale of adventure told with freshness, optimism, wonder and youthful enthusiasm - an inspiring true story of a young man who chose to embrace life and live it to the full.
Download or read book The Street Beneath My Feet written by Charlotte Guillain and published by Words & Pictures. This book was released on 2017-03-23 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Picked by the Guardian as one of '15 Modern Classics' books This double-sided foldout book takes you on a fascinating journey deep underground. One side of the foldout shows the ground beneath the city, whilst the reverse side shows the ground beneath the countryside. The underground scenes include tunnels and pipes, creatures' burrows, layers of rock and the planet's molten core, and run seamlessly into the next. Mixing urban and rural settings, covering subjects such as geology, archaeology and natural history, The Street Beneath My Feetoffers children the opportunity to explore their world through a detailed learning experience. This expansive concertina book opens out to an impressive 2.5 metres long, perfect for spreading out on the floor to pore over for hours.
Download or read book Mirrors Beneath the Earth written by Ray González and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mirrors Beneath the Earth is an historic and unique collection of contemporary Chicano fiction: 31 stories depicting the richly varied experiences of Mexican-Americans in the U.S. Some, like Sandra Cisneros, Rudolfo Anaya, Ana Castillo, are already celebrated writers. The special strength of this anthology is that it introduces others who have never before been published in book form, like Ana Baca, Patricia Blanca, Rafael Jesus Gonzalez, and Natalia Trevino. These writers open our eyes and enrich our understanding.
Download or read book A World Without Soil written by Jo Handelsman and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebrated biologist's manifesto addressing a soil loss crisis accelerated by poor conservation practices and climate change "Jo Handelsman is a national treasure, and her clarion call warning of a looming soil-loss catastrophe must be heard. Add her clearly written alarm to other future-shocks: climate change, pandemics, and mass extinctions."--Laurie Garrett, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World out of Balance "The ground beneath our feet is slipping away as we lose the precious soil that sustains us. Jo Handelsman's writing--as rich and life supporting as the soil itself--is a riveting warning."--Alan Alda, actor, writer, and host of the podcast Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda This book by celebrated biologist Jo Handelsman lays bare the complex connections among climate change, soil erosion, food and water security, and drug discovery. Humans depend on soil for 95 percent of global food production, yet let it erode at unsustainable rates. In the United States, China, and India, vast tracts of farmland will be barren of topsoil within this century. The combination of intensifying erosion caused by climate change and the increasing food needs of a growing world population is creating a desperate need for solutions to this crisis. Writing for a nonspecialist audience, Jo Handelsman celebrates the capacities of soil and explores the soil-related challenges of the near future. She begins by telling soil's origin story, explains how it erodes and the subsequent repercussions worldwide, and offers solutions. She considers lessons learned from indigenous people who have sustainably farmed the same land for thousands of years, practices developed for large-scale agriculture, and proposals using technology and policy initiatives.
Download or read book The Earth Beneath Our Feet written by Alice E Wilson and published by Franklin Classics. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Dig to the Centre of the Earth written by Colin Stuart and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written as an explorer's guide and packed with scientific facts about the stuff beneath our feet.
Download or read book Beneath Our Feet written by Ron Vernon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-12-07 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the processes responsible for creating rocks and minerals.
Download or read book On Earth Beneath Sky written by Chath pierSath and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of poems and short prose by a survivor of the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia in which the author, Chath pierSath, describes in vivid detail his refugee journey, resettlement in America, return to Cambodia, and continuing effort to find meaning and fulfillment in his adopted country of the United States. In rich and revealing detail, the author documents the damage to the Cambodian people by political fanatics and the after-effects in that nation struggling to regain its footing. Through the author's eyes, soul, and mind, we experience the challenge and eventual joys in assimilation as he embraces American freedom, and in the spirit of Walt Whitman he celebrates his life as a gay man, exploring "the body electric" and the ensuing ecstasies and at times despair. This is the voice of the new American who sounds much like the classic newcomer to the U.S., the immigrant "who gets the job done" as sung in "Hamilton." With this book, Chath pierSath adds to the narrative of America as the sum of its diverse people who carry their stories from around the world and through their lives define what it means to be American.
Download or read book Beyond the Shadowed Earth written by Joanna Ruth Meyer and published by Page Street YA. This book was released on 2020-01-14 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has always been Eda’s dream to become empress, no matter the cost. Haunted by her ambition and selfishness, she’s convinced that the only way to achieve her goal is to barter with the gods. But all requests come with a price and Eda bargains away the soul of her best friend in exchange for the crown. Years later, her hold on the empire begins to crumble and her best friend unexpectedly grows sick and dies. Gnawed by guilt and betrayal, Eda embarks on a harrowing journey to confront the very god who gave her the kingdom in the first place. However, she soon discovers that he’s trapped at the center of an otherworldly labyrinth and that her bargain with him is more complex than she ever could have imagined. Set in the same universe as Joanna’s debut, Beneath the Haunting Sea, Beyond the Shadowed Earth combines her incredible world building and lush prose with a new, villainous lead.
Download or read book Stars Beneath Your Bed written by April Pulley Sayre and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2005-03-29 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is dust? More than you think. What can it do? You will be surprised. Dust may seem small, dark, dirty, and dull. But it's the secret behind one of the largest, most colorful sights on earth.
Download or read book Caves written by David Lee Harrison and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A basic examination of how caves are formed.
Download or read book Beneath the Haunting Sea written by Joanna Ruth Meyer and published by Page Street Kids. This book was released on 2025-11-12 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixteen-year-old Talia was born to a life of certainty and luxury,destined to become Empress of half the world. But when an ambitiousrival seizes power, she and her mother are banished to a nowhereprovince on the far edge of the Northern Sea.On their terrifying journey, the sea seems to call to Talia in strangeways, and her mother-spiraling into madness-becomes obsessedwith ancient myths that talk of the sea-goddess Rahn who rules thewatery Hall of the Dead.Joanna Meyer is a wonderful new voice in the YA fantasy genre. Heroriginal, fresh story handles popular fantasy themes in surprisingways. Her lush, atmospheric prose masterfully brings to life her uniquemythology and vividly imagined, culturally diverse world.Beneath the Haunting Sea will appeal to fans of bestselling series suchas Throne of Glass, The Remnant Chronicles, The Winner's Trilogy,and The Grisha Trilogy, as well as recent debuts such as The Reader,The Star-Touched Queen, Sword and Verse, Fear the Drowning Deep,and Given to the Sea. It will also attract readers of adult fantasy, whoenjoy Earthsea, The Silmarillion, and Game of Thrones. Its slow-burnromance and gothic setting, inspired by Sense and Sensibility andJane Eyre, will appeal to a wider audience. Joanna describes Talia'slove interest as Willoughby-esque and Beneath the Haunting Sea asThe Silmarillion meets Jane Eyre, with kissing.
Download or read book Beneath the Sun written by Melissa Stewart and published by Peachtree. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lyrical tour of a variety of habitats offers young readers vivid glimpses of animals as they live out the hot season under the blazing sun. When the sun is shining brightly, people put on sunscreen or scurry inside to cool off. But how do wild animals react to the sizzling heat? Journey from your neighborhood to a field where an earthworm loops its long body into a ball underground, to a desert where a jackrabbit loses heat through its oversized ears, to a wetland where a siren salamander burrows into the mud to stay cool, and to a seashore where a sea star hides in the shade of a seaweed mat. Constance R. Bergum's glowing watercolors perfectly capture the wonder of a hot, sunny environment.
Download or read book The Water Beneath Your Feet written by Ellen Lawrence and published by Drip, Drip, Drop: Earth's Wate. This book was released on 2020 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a rainy day, water soaks into the soil. It splashes onto sidewalks and trickles down tiny cracks in the concrete. Where does it go? Deep beneath our feet! We can't see Earth's groundwater, but just like the water on the surface, it's trickling, rushing and moving from one place to another. It's also used as a source of precious fresh water. Readers will learn all about groundwater, including: How does water get into the ground? How does underground water end up in rivers, lakes, and oceans? How do people build wells to access groundwater? And how does groundwater bubble up to the surface to create an oasis in a hot, dry desert? Filled with information perfectly suited to the abilities and interests of an early elementary audience, this colorful, fact-filled volume gives readers a chance not only to learn, but also to develop their powers of observation and critical thinking. With its stunning photographs and surprising, high-interest facts, this book makes learning about water an engaging experience.
Download or read book Twilight written by T. Lobsang Rampa and published by Inner Light Publications. This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It all began with the classic THE THIRD EYE in 1955 and for decades before his passing, the Tibetan lama brought great enlightenment, comfort and joy to millions worldwide with his metaphysical exploits written about in a poetic and charismatic style. Inner Light Publications has kept Rampa's legacy alive by maintaining in print his most popular works. Rampa's works have become popular because he has managed to convey his message of enlightenment in a poetic and charismatic style that few others in the metaphysical field can. His other works include The Hermit, My Visit To Venus, My Visit to Agharta and Doctor From Lhasa. Those who felt they were close to this great human being will find this work of particular interest as it offers deeper insights into his previous teachings. Twilight is written in a warm and very human fashion that will have your heart tingling as you turn the pages.
Download or read book The Earth and I written by James Lovelock and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientist, inventor, and pioneering environmentalist James Lovelock brings together a richly illustrated collection of essays on earth and human science from 12 of today's leading thinkers. From stars to cells, quantum theory to capitalism, ancient fossils to Artificial Intelligence, this book delivers a holistic understanding of our planet and...
