Download or read book Concrete Jungle written by Niles Eldredge and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2014-10-23 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If they are to survive, cities need healthy chunks of the world’s ecosystems to persist; yet cities, like parasites, grow and prosper by local destruction of these very ecosystems. In this absorbing and wide-ranging book, Eldredge and Horenstein use New York City as a microcosm to explore both the positive and the negative sides of the relationship between cities, the environment, and the future of global biodiversity. They illuminate the mass of contradictions that cities present in embodying the best and the worst of human existence. The authors demonstrate that, though cities have voracious appetites for resources such as food and water, they also represent the last hope for conserving healthy remnants of the world’s ecosystems and species. With their concentration of human beings, cities bring together centers of learning, research, government, finance, and media—institutions that increasingly play active roles in solving environmental problems. Some of the topics covered in Concrete Jungle: --The geological history of the New York region, including remnant glacial features visible today --The early days of urbanization on Manhattan Island, focusing on the history of Central Park, Collect Pond, and Manhattan Square --The history of early railway lines and the development of New York’s iconic subway system --The problem of producing enough safe drinking water for an ever-expanding population --Prominent civic institutions, including universities, museums, and zoos

Download or read book Uncovered written by Jimi Alan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-02-09 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They lived in a time, where technology was used in everyday life when people could fly, and heroes were born. Then one group's actions took this world from them.The heroes hid to live again. People were split from their families. The land was fought over. Cities became ruins of the remind that the world was once peaceful.A new age has begun. The world they knew is now unrecognizable. The ones they adored are left in the past. But the past, won't stay where it belongs.

Download or read book The Stand In written by James Arlington and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-12 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Stand In is a fast-paced political thriller about the J.F.K assassination that takes place today! You won't put it down. Andy Bell is a college student on summer vacation at his father's cabin in the New York Adirondack Mountains. He befriends a reclusive old man--Walker--who is dying of cancer. Through a series of events, Andy learns that Walker, thirty-seven years ago, was involved in the assassination of President Kennedy. With old CIA operatives and current FBI agents converging on Beaver River, New York, Andy must seek confessions from old men who have kept the secrets and killed off the participants and witnesses to an event before he was born.

Download or read book Your Sonnet for The Day Modern Sonnets for the Creative Child and the Poet in each of us written by Pratibha James and published by Clever Fox Publishing. This book was released on 2022-10-19 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your Sonnet For The Day was inspired by Pratibha’s own musings across her childhood, which were spent in Scotland, Iraq and other countries before she returned to her homeland, India. The well known sonnet is a short poem of fourteen lines that revolves around love and emotions, but it can also be the perfect style for expressing a single idea or thought. Pratibha’s sonnets go beyond the conventional romantic pentameter and explores strong emotions of life through her quatrains. Her sonnet’s power comes from her ability to capture the essence of our emotional entanglement with life clearly and succinctly. These compositions are well received for its setting in a modern tableau, which serves as a wonderful context to introduce poetry for children within the Common Wealth. Adults will also find the prose familiar, as each sonnet exfoliates the whispers that we all have, but rarely find the words to express them. Surely, this book will awaken the poet in each of us.

Download or read book Stand In written by J. S. Frankel and published by eXtasy Books. This book was released on 2020-01-03 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bill Grissom, seventeen, doesn’t have long to live, and when he’s given a second chance as a substitute for his counterpart in a parallel universe, he jumps at the chance to become the Golden Guardsman. Things go well at first. Along with Veil—Charlene Thompson, Matter-Man—Anders Nixon, and Monolith—Martin Bollock, the other members of the group, they dispense justice wherever it’s needed. However, Matter-Man’s insistence on getting paid for a job well done doesn’t sit well with Bill, and he becomes jaded and cynical about working for the Collective. To Matter-Man, and to the other members of the group, it’s all about the coin. As well, more and more super-criminals start to appear, and when Bill discovers who’s coming and more importantly, why, he learns that being a hero involves more than simply dispensing justice. It’s all about living up to the ideals of being one—something that could cost him his life.

Download or read book All the World s Ills written by T. R. U. F/Tragedy and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-03 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry is a vessel in which thoughts, emotions, and experiences are delivered to the reader. All the World's Ill is a means to convey T.R.U.F's art to the world. The concept of the poetry collection was inspired by Lupe Fiasco's song "Hurts me soul." The thought was how we accept the negative aspects of life as normal and become desensitized to it. This book goes beyond the issues that face young African Americans in the cities ghettos and delves deeper into the pit falls of the American Diaspora. T.R.U.F's poetry is an honest look at the real problem as he sees it American culture. These problems that we face are not unique to blacks but to whites and hispanics and everyone else that have lost liberty in the pursuit of the American dream. The goal in putting together this collection of poetry is to plant a seed in the mind of at least one person to help create change.

Download or read book The Edge of Falling written by Rebecca Serle and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of In Five Years comes a dark and seductive novel about the dangers of obsessive love. Caggie never wanted to be a hero, but some things are decided for us. Growing up among Manhattan’s social elite, Caggie always had everything she could want, including a storied last name. But after saving a girl from the brink of suicide, Caggie becomes infamous, and now all she wants is to be left alone. After all, she’s still reeling from the death of her younger sister last January, the subsequent destruction of her relationship with her high school boyfriend, Trevor, and the way in which her family has since fallen apart. So when mysterious Astor appears on the Upper East Side, he just might be the rescue she needs. But what is he hiding? As life as she knew it begins to unravel, Caggie realizes Astor’s past may be as dark as her own. And in a world in which she’s been branded a hero, Caggie will soon discover that no one can save you…not until you save yourself.

Download or read book Redemption written by Tracey A. Larin and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2024-09-26 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set against the real-life struggles and victories of the author, Redemption provides solution methods that are more than just formulaic self-improvement tips but rather a living testimony to the life revitalization that’s possible when we identify our challenges and make definite choices to bring about change. Tracey A. Larin, Founder/CEO of Curiosity Knocks Inc., coaches her clients into habits of mind that confront current realities and evaluates them against the individual’s identified life purpose and vision. In a series of breakthrough coaching modules and journal-style exercises that can be re-visited regularly, she encourages reflection, resolution, and action plans that will result in real and lasting change. Adaptable to individual or corporate use, Redemption offers a unique and thorough method for re-visioning and re-creating even the most broken life. Tracey’s entrepreneurial spirit is deep- seeded, and she has messages to share, experiences to gift, and love to spread. Her insights will help good people get even greater by achieving their goals and leading inspired lives.

Download or read book A Brief History of Seven Killings written by Marlon James and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-10-02 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize One of Entertainment Weekly's Top 10 Books of the Decade One of the Top 10 Books of 2014 – Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times A “thrilling, ambitious . . . intense” (Los Angeles Times) novel that explores the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in the late 1970s, from the author of Black Leopard, Red Wolf In A Brief History of Seven Killings, Marlon James combines brilliant storytelling with his unrivaled skills of characterization and meticulous eye for detail to forge an enthralling novel of dazzling ambition and scope. On December 3, 1976, just before the Jamaican general election and two days before Bob Marley was to play the Smile Jamaica Concert to ease political tensions in Kingston, seven gunmen stormed the singer’s house, machine guns blazing. The attack wounded Marley, his wife, and his manager, and injured several others. Little was officially released about the gunmen, but much has been whispered, gossiped and sung about in the streets of West Kingston. Rumors abound regarding the assassins’ fates, and there are suspicions that the attack was politically motivated. A Brief History of Seven Killings delves deep into that dangerous and unstable time in Jamaica’s history and beyond. James deftly chronicles the lives of a host of unforgettable characters – gunmen, drug dealers, one-night stands, CIA agents, even ghosts – over the course of thirty years as they roam the streets of 1970s Kingston, dominate the crack houses of 1980s New York, and ultimately reemerge into the radically altered Jamaica of the 1990s. Along the way, they learn that evil does indeed cast long shadows, that justice and retribution are inextricably linked, and that no one can truly escape his fate. Gripping and inventive, shocking and irresistible, A Brief History of Seven Killings is a mesmerizing modern classic of power, mystery, and insight.

Download or read book Race and Reality written by Guy P. Harrison and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are vast differences between notions of race and the scientific view of human diversity. Drawing on research from diverse sources and interviews with key scientists, an award-winning journalist surveys the current state of a volatile subject.

Download or read book Designs in the Sand written by Judy Cooper and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Architect Joy Carlisle welcomes the change of scenery as she drives from Atlanta to Florida's Panhandle to remodel an old beach house. She's just discovered that her fiance, Alan, is having an affair with his legal assistant, and Joy wants to put as much space between them as possible. Upon arriving at the beach house, Joy becomes absorbed in the white sandy beaches, the beautiful gulf water, the flavor of the old south, and the caring community. She also becomes attracted to Rowe Cutter, the brother of the owner of the beach house. Hard-working and morally upstanding, Rowe owns both a fishing enterprise and a construction business and is considered the area's most eligible bachelor. But Alan, who treats Joy as more of a possession than a loving companion, is not ready to accept that their relationship is over; he won't give up without a fight. While working hard to prove herself in her chosen profession, Joy must also look deep inside herself for answers to the quandary in her personal life. Will she honor her commitment to Alan, or will she follow her heart with Rowe?"

Download or read book The Meddler written by C. M. Edward and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-10-29 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Cobbington's high profile job with The Jockey Club of South Africa draws him into a web of deceit and complicity, pitting him against a man who will induce the ultimate destruction of his comfortable, affluent life. Anton Medli is the man who becomes David's perfidious and relentless nemesis. The unctuous Corsican is a man for whom thoroughbred racing is both a business and a pleasure and whose only philosophy is money. Known in racing circles as The Meddler, he engineers not only the demolition of David's quiet gentlemanly existence, but eventually the lives of both his brother, Kit, and their influential and wealthy father. The action shifts from the dusty highveldt of Johannesburg, to the wild, blond savannah of Kenya and, finally, to the neon smeared metropolis of Hong Kong. The choices that the two brothers make, whether recklessly, blindly or judiciously are irrevocable and David becomes trapped in a moral maze when both he and his brother step beyond the boundaries of the law. The denouement comes as a shocking and thought-provoking twist in this riveting story of a doomed family, whose integrity and tenets are shattered by the provocations of Anton Medli and his cohorts.

Download or read book The Riverside Chronicles written by Raz T. Slasher and published by Fae Corps Inc. This book was released on 2023-05-26 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Riverside, Ohio isn't your average small town. If I can be candid for a moment, (and I will be, because I like turtles) it's a weird fucking place. I've lived here since 1982 and I'll probably die here some day. In that time, I've seen the funniest shit you can imagine. I've also seen things so terrifying that even imagining them would cause you irreparable mental trauma. It's a mixed bag, but it's home. Maybe you think you live in a weird small town, and maybe you do, but let me assure you that it has nothing on Riverside. It's not just all the missing posters and weird disappearances either. Nor is it all just the bodies of victims or the survivors of that which dwells here. Let me take it a step further for the guy who isn't sure if he wants to keep reading this or not… If you've never seen a woman stabbed by a killer mime and an imaginary friend out for blood, in person, on the same day… Well, this may not be the book for you. Hell, maybe it is. I don't know your life…

Download or read book High Risks written by Adrian "Ox" Mendez and published by Urban Books. This book was released on 2024-05-21 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How far will this murderous duo go to exact their revenge? They laugh . . . They joke . . . But these boys don’t play. When things get to a point where words no longer matter and action is the only thing left to be delivered, Reef and Dummy have built a reputation for bringing agonizing resolutions to problems at hand. They set their sights on a man who allegedly betrayed their current employer, putting their noses to the ground to avenge the act of treason. When their prey goes into hiding like a snake in the grass, the sadistic Jamaican duo ignites a bonfire of destruction that forces him to come out of hiding. Will this snake merely slither away when things get past the point of no return, or bear his fangs and retaliate against his persistent predators? Many can play, but only a few can win when playing the deadly game of High Risks . . .

Download or read book Little Kids Big City written by Alex McCord and published by Sterling & Ross Publishers. This book was released on 2010 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stars of Bravo TV’s The Real Housewives of New York City, Alex McCord and Simon van Kempen, have a hit show and a great book, Little Kids, Big City, a lighthearted and critically acclaimed he-said, she-said rant, about their experiences raising their two young children in the Big Apple. More of a Momoir (and Dadoir) covering the last 10 years of their lives, Alex & Simon write with a unique and humorous insight into the challenges facing parents today. They use their own hard-won experience as a springboard to discuss life before children and their determination not to have any, followed by their journey and eventual change of heart and the rollercoaster ride of having two children in two years in a seemingly non-child-friendly environment. Rather than a preachy, how-to guide, Simon & Alex take the reader on a romp through the indignities and surprises that befell them. Their informative and often hair-raising stories of life in the concrete jungle make Little Kids, Big City a must-read for anyone who has ever had children, hated children or thought they might want to have them someday, as well as for any fan of their hit show.

Download or read book Landour Days written by Ruskin Bond and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruskin Bond is an inveterate diarist, but over the years the nature of what he wants to record has changed, for ‘In the autumn of my life, I grow reflective’. Although Landour itself is a magical world—where every month has its own flower, every walker his own style, and the countryside is filled with a beauty all its own—in his mind Bond ranges further afield. In Landour Days, he ponders on the experience of being a writer, on writers he has known and those that he loves reading, and on critics, handwriting and typewriters. Filled with warmth and gentle humour, Landour Days captures the timeless rhythm of life in the mountains, and the serene wisdom of one of India’s best-loved writers.

Download or read book Daredevil Epic Collection written by Marv Wolfman and published by Marvel Entertainment. This book was released on 2024-04-03 with total page 535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects Daredevil (1964) #133-154 And Annual #4, Ghost Rider (1973) #20 And Marvel Premiere (1972) #39-40 And #43. Matt Murdock may be the Marvel Universe's most famous lawyer, but when the Jester frames Daredevil for murder, the verdict is guilty…and the sentence is death! Then, news of Karen Page's disappearance sends Daredevil to Los Angeles in a crossover adventure with Ghost Rider! Meanwhile, Matt's romance with Heather Glenn continues to grow, but his investigation into her father's business draws disturbing conclusions. And the Owl attacks - but he's far from the Man Without Fear's only problem! The deadly Bullseye is back, and the Purple Man has employed his mind-control powers to torment our hero and his friends! It's a gritty saga that traps DD in the Ryker's Island prison - and forces him to fight a gauntlet of his most violent foes!