Download or read book Ambassadors from Earth written by Jay Gallentine and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rewind to the 1950s and ponder: was America's first satellite really built by a college student? How did a small band of underappreciated Russian engineers get pictures of the moon's far side--using stolen American film? As the 1960s progressed, consider: how the heck did people learn to steer a spacecraft using nothing but gravity? And just how were humans able to goose a spaceship through a thirty-year journey to the literal edge of our solar system? Ambassadors from Earth relates the story of the first unmanned space probes and planetary explorers--from the Sputnik and Explorer satellites launched in the late 1950s to the thrilling interstellar Voyager missions of the '70s--that yielded some of the most celebrated successes and spectacular failures of the space age. Keep in mind that our first mad scrambles to reach orbit, the moon, and the planets were littered with enough histrionics and cliffhanging turmoil to rival the most far-out sci-fi film. Utilizing original interviews with key players, bolstered by never-before-seen photographs, journal excerpts, and primary source documents, Jay Gallentine delivers a quirky and unforgettable look at the lives and legacy of the Americans and Soviets who conceived, built, and guided those unmanned missions to the planets and beyond. Of special note is his in-depth interview with James Van Allen, the discoverer of the rings of planetary radiation that now bear his name. Ambassadors from Earth is an engaging bumper-car ride through a fog of head-banging uncertainty, bleeding-edge technology, personality clashes, organizational frustrations, brutal schedules, and the occasional bright spot. Confessed one participant, "We were making it up as we went along."

Download or read book Ambassadors from Earth written by Jay Gallentine and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2009-11-01 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aboard the Glacier -- Problem child -- The convict -- Light fuse, get away -- New moon -- Let's make a deal -- The creators and the makers -- Storming the Sea of Dreams -- Moving at the speed of design -- Job number MA-11 -- The science and the cyclist -- Get off the bus -- Swing in time -- The meeting and the mechta -- Think like gravity -- Didn't they get it? -- The death and the funeral -- One hundred percent failure -- Three-problem Shipley -- Pete and Al's little field trip -- Irradiated plans -- Embarking -- Get it -- Instant science -- Circles of gold -- Last light -- Continuum. Winner of the 2009 Emme Award.

Download or read book Ambassador written by William Alexander and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-09-22 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appointed Earth's ambassador to the universe, twelve-year-old Gabe Fuentes faces two sets of "alien" problems when he discovers his parents are illegal aliens and face deportation and the Earth is in the path of a destructive alien force causing multiple mass extinctions.

Download or read book Ambassador written by William Alexander and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-09-23 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gabe Fuentes is in for the ride of his life when he becomes Earth’s ambassador to the galaxy in this alien sci-fi adventure from the National Book Award–winning author of Goblin Secrets. Gabe Fuentes is reading under the covers one summer night when he is interrupted by a creature who looks like a purple sock puppet. The sock puppet introduces himself as the Envoy and asks if Gabe wants to be Earth’s ambassador to the galaxy. What sane eleven-year-old could refuse? Some ingenious tinkering with the washing machine sends Gabe’s “entangled” self out to the center of the galaxy. There he finds that Earth is in the path of a destructive alien force—and Gabe himself is the target of an assassination plot. Exactly who wants him out of the way? And why? Back home, Gabe discovers that his undocumented immigrant parents are in danger of being deported. Can Gabe survive long enough to solve two sets of “alien” problems? He runs for his life, through Minneapolis and outer space, in this fast-paced adventure from a National Book Award–winning author. “Physics lovers will enjoy this clever series opener—but so will those who enjoy comedy, politics, diplomacy or strange-looking aliens” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).

Download or read book The Ambassadors written by Jonathan Wright and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this book of extraordinary journeys and epochal encounters, Jonathan Wright traces the ambassadors' story from Ancient Greece and Ashoka's empire in India to the European Enlightenment and the birth of the nation state. He shows us Byzantine envoys dining with Attila the Hun, thirteenth-century monks journeying from Flanders to the Asian steppe, and Tudor ambassadors grappling with the chaos of Reformation. He examines the rituals and institutions of diplomacy, asking - for instance - why it was felt necessary to send an elephant from Baghdad to Aachen in 801 A.D. And he explores diplomacy's dangers, showing us terrified, besieged ambassadors surviving on horsemeat and champagne in 1900s Beijing."--BOOK JACKET.

Download or read book The Ambassadors written by Paul Richter and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Veteran diplomatic correspondent Paul Richter goes behind the battles and the headlines to show how American ambassadors are the unconventional warriors in the Muslim world—running local government, directing drone strikes, building nations, and risking their lives on the front lines. The tale’s heroes are a small circle of top career diplomats who have been an unheralded but crucial line of national defense in the past two decades of wars in the greater Middle East. In The Ambassadors, Paul Richter shares the astonishing, true-life stories of four expeditionary diplomats who “do the hardest things in the hardest places.” The book describes how Ryan Crocker helped rebuild a shattered Afghan government after the fall of the Taliban and secretly negotiated with the shadowy Iranian mastermind General Qassim Suleimani to wage war in Afghanistan and choose new leaders for post-invasion Iraq. Robert Ford, assigned to be a one-man occupation government for an Iraqi province, struggled to restart a collapsed economy and to deal with spiraling sectarian violence—and was taken hostage by a militia. In Syria at the eruption of the civil war, he is chased by government thugs for defying the country’s ruler. J. Christopher Stevens is smuggled into Libya as US Envoy to the rebels during its bloody civil war, then returns as ambassador only to be killed during a terror attach in Benghazi. War-zone veteran Anne Patterson is sent to Pakistan, considered the world’s most dangerous country, to broker deals that prevent a government collapse and to help guide the secret war on jihadists. “An important and illuminating read” (The Washington Post) and the winner of the prestigious Douglas Dillon Book Award from the American Academy of Diplomacy, The Ambassadors is a candid examination of the career diplomatic corps, America’s first point of contact with the outside world, and a critical piece of modern-day history.

Download or read book Rediscovering the Kingdom written by Myles Munroe and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-07-13 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When governments collapse, human philosophies fail and your life is crashing down around you, Rediscovering the Kingdom will become your guide through the treacherous storms of the 21st century. All of the past ideologies have failed; humanism, communism, totalitarianism, fascism, socialism and even democracy. This is a philosophy, an ideology t...

Download or read book They Came for Earth written by Sheldon D. West and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-09-25 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The encrypted signs are there for all to see. However, it's not until they're properly interpreted that NASA knows it must act. A clandestine group of college professors and graduate students, operating under a NASA grant in a secret complex hidden beneath a college campus, is given the challenging task-the task to gradually acclimate Earth to the existence of aliens who've been observing the planet and its inhabitants for decades. Events take an unexpected turn, however; and when the pieces to the puzzle fall into place, a sinister secret is discovered. The resulting race to save Earth takes an ordinary young man on an extraordinary journey across the galaxy.

Download or read book The Operational Manual for the Ambassadors of the Kingdom of God written by DR Chris Wehrmann and published by Kwarts Publishers. This book was released on with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Planet Earth is Scorchio written by Neville Bagnall and published by Grosvenor House Publishing. This book was released on 2024-11-07 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleven-year-old KATTY and her younger brother JAKE are the 'Enviro Kids'. MUM and DAD do their parenting duties by leaving the kids go on a trip into space! More time for Mum to cook her chocolate brownies in peace. COMMANDER CARLOS flies the space shuttle, zipping in and out of the burning beaming sunrays streaming through the holes in the ozone layer. The Aliens, KLIPP and KLOPP, frown disapprovingly at the human intruders invading their space. Katty and Jake are on a mission. The battle is on against the filthy pollutants. MISS VIOLET, the science teacher, eagerly searches to stop the pollutants. Katty and Jake spacewalk to squirt gooey gunk to fill in the ozone layer holes. The Earth's air is too hot and sweaty... Scorchio! Katty is one small girl in a very big world. There are a handful of suspects and a lot more baddies. All aboard the journey of discovery, where nothing is as it seems! The Earth is overheating; time is running out. Seriously! The ozone layer needs fixing; the Sun is scorching our planet. A mystery story that is not actually a mystery. Get it? Oh, you defo will get it. After returning from the Amazon rainforest, Katty and Jake join their schoolteacher, Miss Violet in a perilous journey into space to investigate the damage to the ozone layer. Readers get various perspectives including that of pollutants and a couple of nosey aliens. With these elements, the story, like the first, has many aspects that are enjoyed by children in the current market. Again, the biggest strength of the author's writing is the conviction behind how children can be part of shaping a better and greener future. The educational value of the story is clear and therefore could easily be used in schools to teach children the science around the ozone layer, greenhouse gases and global warming. Overall, it's a fun story about family but also about standing up for the environmental issues you believe in.

Download or read book The Believer s Code written by O. S. Hawkins and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 365 Devotions to Unlock the Blessings in God's Word God's Word is filled with blessings and insights that encourage, comfort, and bring joy. Delve into the riches of Scripture through The Believer's Code, and find each day's devotional, including Scripture, a daily reading, and a Code Word. The unique Code Words offer a challenge and practical suggestion to put your faith in action. All author royalties from the book are donated to Mission:Dignity, an organization that supports retired pastors and their spouses living near the poverty level.

Download or read book PROPHETS AMBASSADORS OF ETERNAL SALVATION FROM THE CREATION OF HUMANITY TO THE DAY written by Y Tnklc and published by Y. Tnklc. This book was released on 2024-02-02 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eternal journey guide

Download or read book An Ambassador s Memoirs written by Maurice Paléologue and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ambassadors of Light written by Jasmuheen and published by Light Technology Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ambassadors of Light is Jasmuheen's tenth book and the follow up to her best seller Living on Light, Nutrition for the New Millennium. No doubt this new work will be just as controversial as she continues to challenge the status quo and take the pranic nourishment discussion onto the global stage. In this book, Jasmuheen offers practical solutions to world health and world hunger related challenges through her Luscious Lifestyles Program and also effective ways to redirect global resources. This entails an in-depth look at global disarmament, the dissolution of prohibition, the forgiveness of Third World debt, holistic education programs, and the elimination of the need for personal pharmaceutical use through the elimination of all disease. Ambassadors of Light also looks at the undeniable long-term benefits of vegetarianism in relation to health and resource sustainability levels, and also at the lifestyles that those who are now free from the need to eat food usually adopt. Jasmuheen compiles statistics from the Light Ambassadry's Global Research Project as well as the research of many others into this phenomena. This book is a collation of research, recipes, and recommendations that if adopted, will radically alter the path of humankind! Imagine a world without war or hunger or fear? Imagine a world that is disease free and unified where all life is honored? These are the dreams of the Ambassadors of Light."

Download or read book Visions of Righteousness of God written by Dr Danson Enogiomwan Ubebe and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visions of Righteousness of God is a fascinating insight into religion, providing the reader with an enlightened understanding of events relating to Christianity and who created God. Beginning with the structure of the spirit, soul and body this book suggests a return to the gospel of grace as never been known until now. This book looks at the invisible and visible world, as well as the trajectory of the fall of Satan and man from their home lands respectively. Focussing on other events such as the judgement, the second coming of Christ and the demise of the current world, this book contrasts from other religious books in its genre as it testifies to the scripture which declared that the things which are seen were not made from the things visible (Heb. 11:3). Written for every level of scholarship and reading age, this is a testimony of the goodness of God. A visionary book that is both unique and extraordinary in equal measure, echoing the message of the Holy Bible.

Download or read book The Big Book of Magical Incense written by Sara L. Mastros and published by Weiser Books. This book was released on 2021-12-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A masterwork of botanical lore. --Amy Blackthorn, author of Blackthorn’s Botanical Magic The Big Book of Magical Incense is an invaluable hands-on guide to the vast world of magical incense. It provides tried-and-true recipes, advice on how to create your own formulas, and instructions on how to use incense in all sorts of magical practice. While the book requires no prerequisite knowledge, it is also appropriate for experienced magicians and learned pagans. The chapters are scaffolded, teaching about basic ingredients and skills, both practical and magical, in early chapters, and gently leading the reader to develop their own recipes, spells, and ritual practices as they move through the book. Presented in a paradigm-agnostic way, the book should appeal to people on numerous paths. Ceremonial magicians and sorcerers will appreciate the planetary incense recipes and translations from the Greek magical papyri and other classical magic texts. Folk magicians will appreciate the many magical incense formulas, such as Go Away! and Money Magnet. Animists will love the focus on ingredients native to the United States, and the instructions for working with the dead and the spirits of the land. Devotional pagans will find recipes for a variety of gods, particularly those of the Eastern Mediterranean traditions, some of whose chapters include original translations of the Orphic hymns and other devotional poetry. Chaos magicians will be excited about the flexibility to mix and match practices and recipes throughout the book.

Download or read book Redsine Eight written by Trent Jamieson and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2002-05-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Redsine is a quarterly publication of dark fanstasy and horror short stories. Issue 8 includes fiction by Rhys Hughes, Gene O'Neill, Mark McLaughlin, and many others. Also includes an interview with Tim Powers.