Download or read book Goodbye California written by Alistair MacLean and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2009-05-04 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic tale of terrorism, where a criminal fanatic is hell-bent on blasting San Francisco into the ocean, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense.

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Download or read book Goodbye California written by Alistair MacLean and published by Fawcett. This book was released on 1981-12-12 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The reign of terror began with a well planned heist at a nuclear power station. They came the threat--from a man known only as Morro--to trigger an earthquake that woudl wash the entire state of California into the sea. Who was this man and what did he want? Detective Sergeant Ryder, whose wife had been taken hostage by the terrorists, began his own campaign of terror--a campaign that led to the down-to-the-wire race to reach the destruct button before Morro did..." -- from back cover.

Download or read book Goodbye California written by John Culea and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-12 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every day more than 200 people move to Texas from California. After living in California for 40 years, John and Patti Culea joined the mass exodus and in May 2020 became Texans. Goodbye California: Why it was time to go and how we did it is the story from the beginning to the end of their adventure. The book details the reasons why they did what only a few years ago they would have never thought possible. They know other Californians share their dismay at what has happened to the once-Golden state and hope this book can be an encouragement to them.

Download or read book Farewell Promised Land written by Robert Dawson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Don't mistake the message of this sad and powerful book. After 150 years of pillage and pollution, it is time to fight like hell for California."--Mike Davis, author of City of Quartz "A heart rendingly splendid book for all who love California. It combines stunning photographic documentation of the trashing of the state with an eloquent, melancholy text that still offers guarded hopes for a green future."--Ernest Callenbach, author of Ecotopia

Download or read book Robert Altman written by Rick Armstrong and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life and work of motion picture director Robert Altman (1925-2006) are interpreted from a variety of perspectives in this collection of essays. Actors, historians, film scholars, and cultural theorists reflect on Altman and his five-decade career and discuss the significance of music, history and genre in his films. Two actors who have appeared in some of the filmmaker's most important works are prominently represented, with a statement from Elliot Gould (MASH, The Long Goodbye, California Split) and an essay by Michael Murphy (McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Nashville, Tanner '88). The collection ends with an essay on the importance of death in the director's final productions The Company (2003) and Prairie Home Companion (2006) by noted Altman scholar Robert T. Self.

Download or read book Early Broadway Sheet Music written by Donald J. Stubblebine and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-06-08 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work, a companion to the author's Broadway Sheet Music: A Comprehensive Listing of Published Music from Broadway and Other Stage Shows, 1918 through 1993 (McFarland 1996), provides information about all sheet music published (1843-1918) from all Broadway productions--plus music from local shows, minstrel shows, night club acts, vaudeville acts, touring companies, and shows on the road that never made it to Broadway--and all the major musicals from Chicago.

Download or read book Hello Goodbye and Everything in Between written by Jennifer E. Smith and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2022-05-18 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **SOON TO BE A MAJOR NETFLIX FILM** Every ending is also a new beginning . . . On the night before they leave for college, Clare and Aidan have only one thing left to do: figure out whether they should stay together or break up. In twelve hours, they'll be heading to opposite ends of the country, and they're anxious to resolve things before they go. But the quiet night they had planned quickly turns into an unexpected adventure, a roller-coaster ride through their past that leads to family and friends, familiar landmarks and unexpected places, hard truths and surprising revelations. . . . And as the clock winds down and morning approaches, so does their inevitable goodbye. The question is, will it be goodbye for now or goodbye forever? Full of wisdom, heart, and hope, Jennifer E. Smith's irresistible novel explores what happens when life and love lead in different directions. Praise for Jennifer E. Smith: 'A sweet story of summer love' Sunday Express 'Packed with fun and romance, this uplifting You've Got Mail-style story is totally charming' Closer 'A gorgeous, heartwarming reminder of the power of fate' New York Times Book Review

Download or read book School Family and Community Partnerships written by Joyce L. Epstein and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2018-07-19 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strengthen programs of family and community engagement to promote equity and increase student success! When schools, families, and communities collaborate and share responsibility for students′ education, more students succeed in school. Based on 30 years of research and fieldwork, the fourth edition of the bestseller School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, presents tools and guidelines to help develop more effective and more equitable programs of family and community engagement. Written by a team of well-known experts, it provides a theory and framework of six types of involvement for action; up-to-date research on school, family, and community collaboration; and new materials for professional development and on-going technical assistance. Readers also will find: Examples of best practices on the six types of involvement from preschools, and elementary, middle, and high schools Checklists, templates, and evaluations to plan goal-linked partnership programs and assess progress CD-ROM with slides and notes for two presentations: A new awareness session to orient colleagues on the major components of a research-based partnership program, and a full One-Day Team Training Workshop to prepare school teams to develop their partnership programs. As a foundational text, this handbook demonstrates a proven approach to implement and sustain inclusive, goal-linked programs of partnership. It shows how a good partnership program is an essential component of good school organization and school improvement for student success. This book will help every district and all schools strengthen and continually improve their programs of family and community engagement.

Download or read book A Single Man written by Christopher Isherwood and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to sunny suburban 1960s Southern California. George is a gay middle-aged English professor, adjusting to solitude after the tragic death of his young partner. He is determined to persist in the routines of his former life. A Single Man follows him over the course of an ordinary twenty-four hours. Behind his British reserve, tides of grief, rage, and loneliness surge—but what is revealed is a man who loves being alive despite all the everyday injustices. When Christopher Isherwood's A Single Man first appeared, it shocked many with its frank, sympathetic, and moving portrayal of a gay man in maturity. Isherwood's favorite of his own novels, it now stands as a classic lyric meditation on life as an outsider.

Download or read book Athabasca written by Alistair MacLean and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2009-05-04 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nail-biting tale of sabotage set in the desolate frozen wastes of two ice-bound oil fields, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense.

Download or read book Humanity in Trouble and Our Failure to Act written by James Vodnik and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2024-02-02 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mankind is on a crash course with destiny and doesn’t seem to have a clue! We are witnessing rapidly accelerating global warming of our own making that could potentially result in species extinctions, including our own. Witness widespread signs of the impending disaster including super storms, record drought, floods, forest fires and climate refugees. Dangerous nuclear saber rattling by Russia and North Korea is on the upswing and the Russian invasion of Ukraine threatens to expand to Western Europe. The increasing number of fascist, autocratic, dictator-run states such as China, North Korea, Turkey, and Brazil are snuffing individual freedoms, denying social justice and fanning the flames of global conflict. The world’s population is rapidly approaching eight billion and is well past the point of Earth’s ability to sustain us. Crushing poverty, starvation, and dozens of militarized religious and ethnic conflicts. We have polluted our planet with toxic chemicals, oil spills, reckless dumping of trash on land and sea, contaminating the oceans with fish and fowl killing plastic waste. This book is the result of overwhelming outrage and disappointment with our species, our failure to adequately address worldwide problems that threaten our very existence. We (if there is a ‘we’) should be embarrassed and ashamed. Nature has endowed us with near perfect bodies and amazing brains and for the most part we squander our evolutionary inheritance. And the greatest gift of all, consciousness, is under-developed in most of us. In this collection of essays, the author offers insights into the human condition, the reasons we have run afoul of the natural order, along solutions to alleviate human suffering on an individual and global scale plus some playful jabs at our human folly.

Download or read book Vinyl Moon written by Mahogany L. Browne and published by Crown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A teen girl hiding the scars of a past relationship finds home and healing in the words of strong Black writers. A beautiful sophomore novel from a critically acclaimed author and poet that explores how words have the power to shape and uplift our world even in the midst of pain. "A true embodiment of the term Black Girl Magic.” –Booklist When Darius told Angel he loved her, she believed him. But five weeks after the incident, Angel finds herself in Brooklyn, far from her family, from him, and from the California life she has known. Angel feels out of sync with her new neighborhood. At school, she can’t shake the feeling everyone knows what happened—and that it was her fault. The only place that makes sense is Ms. G’s class. There, Angel’s classmates share their own stories of pain, joy, and fortitude. And as Angel becomes immersed in her revolutionary literature course, the words from Black writers like Toni Morrison, James Baldwin, and Zora NEale Hurston speak to her and begin to heal the wounds of her past. This stunning novel weaves together prose, poems, and vignettes to tell the story of Angel, a young woman whose past was shaped by domestic violence but whose love of language and music and the gift of community grant her the chance to find herself again.

Download or read book Transformation written by David Goad and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2019-05-10 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transformation is the real life, fast-moving story of David and his friends, who live and sometimes die, in the pursuit of peace. Meet David as he faces a pistol aimed at his head ready to fire, only fast action saves his life. When his mistress leaves David, look into the black pit with him as he spirals downward. Taste the metallic barrel of the shotgun in his mouth, as David decides whether to live or die. Listen to Bill, who tells David about God, and begins David’s Transformation. Feel the ground vibrate as Steve faces a huge trash grinding machine coming directly at his broken body. Ride with David and Mario as they are detained by Mexico’s Federal police armed with automatic weapons, Late at night, on a lonely stretch of road. Go with Mario, David, and Bob, as they enter the dangerous Tijuana prison, not knowing if they will leave alive. Live through the challenges, when David is finally slowed down by a stroke, followed by heart failure. Stand with Darlene, as she enters David’s critical care hospital room, only to see his eyes roll up in his head, as Death once again, calls his name. davidgoadministries.com

Download or read book Buzz Books 2021 Fall Winter written by and published by Publishers Lunch. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 1024 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buzz Books 2021 is a treasure-trove of what readers value the most: substantial excerpts from a curated selection of dozens of the most highly-touted books scheduled for publication this fall and winter. Such major bestselling authors as Mitch Albom, Noah Hawley, Natasha Lester, and Richard Osman are featured, along with literary greats Lauren Groff, Ruth Ozeki, Bernard Shlink and. Tiphanie Yanique. Other sure-to-be popular titles are by Patti Callahan, Anna Pitoniak and Shruti Swamy. Buzz Books has had a particularly stellar track record with highlighting the most talented, exciting debut authors, and this edition is no exception. Ash Davidson’s Damnation Spring, Julia May Jonas’s Vladimir, and Claire Oshetsky’s Chouette are among the literary standouts. Our nonfiction selections range from Yrsa Daley Ward’s inspirational guide that includes poetry to Gayle Jessup White, a descendant of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson on reclaiming her family’s legacy. Bestselling expert on the virtues, Ryan Holiday, addresses courage, while iconic naturalist Jane Goodall offers the Book of Hope. Be sure to look out for Buzz Books 2021: Romance, also out in May, and Buzz Books 2022: Spring/Summer, coming in January 2022.

Download or read book Those Cities On A River written by and published by Stanton Swafford. This book was released on 2021-12-31 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a memoir by Stanton Swafford. He begins in Hermosa Beach and Portuguese Bend, California, growing up without a care in the world. I describe my life hopping freight trains in the dead of winter as a college boy and then as a sailor on a U.S. Navy nuclear submarine. There are the thirty-six years of living, playing and exploring Southeast Asia and China - as an undercover intelligence operative, an exporter, travel advisor, and as a jazz musician. At last I return from my life in Bali to live in Redondo Beach, and to write about it.

Download or read book Follow the Setting Sun written by Robert J. Eells and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-08-07 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow is a sequel to Tex Med and continues the saga of a medical student, John McFarland, who meets opportunities and challenges in Texas and elsewhere in the months prior to Americas entry into the Great War. His girlfriend, Heather, returns as well as several characters from the first novel. Introduced here are many new fictional characters, including Johns cousin, Ted, new Rangers, Native Americans, oil field roustabouts, and bad guys aplenty. New real historical figures are presented who interact with the fictional ones in interesting ways, such as Aimee Semple McPherson, Pancho Villa, Jim Thorpe, D.W. Griffith, and Wyatt Earp. Enjoy. And theres more to come, for a trilogy is planned to tie everything together.