Download or read book The Deadliest Places on Earth written by Connie Colwell Miller and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2010 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes deadly places and what makes them dangerous.
Download or read book The Most Dangerous Place on Earth written by Lindsey Lee Johnson and published by Random House. This book was released on 2017-01-10 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unforgettable cast of characters is unleashed into a realm known for its cruelty—the American high school—in this captivating debut novel. The wealthy enclaves north of San Francisco are not the paradise they appear to be, and nobody knows this better than the students of a local high school. Despite being raised with all the opportunities money can buy, these vulnerable kids are navigating a treacherous adolescence in which every action, every rumor, every feeling, is potentially postable, shareable, viral. Lindsey Lee Johnson’s kaleidoscopic narrative exposes at every turn the real human beings beneath the high school stereotypes. Abigail Cress is ticking off the boxes toward the Ivy League when she makes the first impulsive decision of her life: entering into an inappropriate relationship with a teacher. Dave Chu, who knows himself at heart to be a typical B student, takes desperate measures to live up to his parents’ crushing expectations. Emma Fleed, a gifted dancer, balances rigorous rehearsals with wild weekends. Damon Flintov returns from a stint at rehab looking to prove that he’s not an irredeemable screwup. And Calista Broderick, once part of the popular crowd, chooses, for reasons of her own, to become a hippie outcast. Into this complicated web, an idealistic young English teacher arrives from a poorer, scruffier part of California. Molly Nicoll strives to connect with her students—without understanding the middle school tragedy that played out online and has continued to reverberate in different ways for all of them. Written with the rare talent capable of turning teenage drama into urgent, adult fiction, The Most Dangerous Place on Earth makes vivid a modern adolescence lived in the gleam of the virtual, but rich with sorrow, passion, and humanity. Praise for The Most Dangerous Place on Earth “Alarming, compelling . . . Here’s high school life in all its madness.”—The New York Times “Unputdownable.”—Elle “Impossibly funny and achingly sad . . . [Lindsey Lee] Johnson cracks open adolescent angst with adult sensibility and sensitivity.”—San Francisco Chronicle “[A] piercing debut . . . Johnson proves herself a master of the coming-of-age story.”—The Boston Globe “Entrancing . . . Johnson’s novel possesses a propulsive quality. . . . Hard to put down.”—Chicago Tribune “Readers may find themselves so swept up in this enthralling novel that they finish it in a single sitting.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Download or read book 100 Most Dangerous Things on the Planet written by Anna Claybourne and published by Qeb Publishing -- Quarto Library. This book was released on 2019 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to survive in 100 real life dramas, from natural disasters and dangerous weather to fighting off dangerous animals.
Download or read book The Most Dangerous Game written by Richard Connell and published by Lindhardt og Ringhof. This book was released on 2023-02-23 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sanger Rainsford is a big-game hunter, who finds himself washed up on an island owned by the eccentric General Zaroff. Zaroff, a big-game hunter himself, has heard of Rainsford’s abilities with a gun and organises a hunt. However, they’re not after animals – they’re after people. When he protests, Rainsford the hunter becomes Rainsford the hunted. Sharing similarities with "The Hunger Games", starring Jennifer Lawrence, this is the story that created the template for pitting man against man. Born in New York, Richard Connell (1893 – 1949) went on to become an acclaimed author, screenwriter, and journalist. He is best remembered for the gripping novel "The Most Dangerous Game" and for receiving an Oscar nomination for the screenplay "Meet John Doe".
Download or read book The World s Most Dangerous Places Professional Strength written by Robert Young Pelton and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inside this tenth anniversary edition, readers will find a discussion of the new dangers of working and traveling overseas on business, as well as hard-earned tips on safety, training, equipment, and services--everything needed to circumvent a whole array of hostile elements.
Download or read book A Savage Order written by Rachel Kleinfeld and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most violent places in the world today are not at war. More people have died in Mexico in recent years than in Iraq and Afghanistan combined. These parts of the world are instead buckling under a maelstrom of gangs, organized crime, political conflict, corruption, and state brutality. Such devastating violence can feel hopeless, yet some places—from Colombia to the Republic of Georgia—have been able to recover. In this powerfully argued and urgent book, Rachel Kleinfeld examines why some democracies, including our own, are crippled by extreme violence and how they can regain security. Drawing on fifteen years of study and firsthand field research—interviewing generals, former guerrillas, activists, politicians, mobsters, and law enforcement in countries around the world—Kleinfeld tells the stories of societies that successfully fought seemingly ingrained violence and offers penetrating conclusions about what must be done to build governments that are able to protect the lives of their citizens. Taking on existing literature and popular theories about war, crime, and foreign intervention, A Savage Order is a blistering yet inspiring investigation into what makes some countries peaceful and others war zones, and a blueprint for what we can do to help.
Download or read book Consuming the Congo written by Peter Eichstaedt and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the "conflict minerals" mined in the Congo amidst armed conflict and human rights abuses including gold, diamonds, coltan, tin, and tungsten used in cell phones, computers, and other electronics. Explores the slave labor, violence, and disease killing millions of Congolese mining these resources, and offers ways one can help.
Download or read book Daughter of Gloriavale written by Lilia Tarawa and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2017-08-23 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this personal account, Lilia Tarawa exposes the shocking secrets of the cult, with its rigid rules and oppressive control of women. She describes her fear when her family questioned Gloriavale's beliefs and practices. When her parents fled with their children, Lilia was forced to make a desperate choice: to stay or to leave. No matter what she chose, she would lose people she loved. In the outside world, Lilia struggled. Would she be damned to hell for leaving? How would she learn to navigate this strange place called 'the world'? And would she ever find out the truth about the criminal convictions against her grandfather? 'A powerful and revealing book...' Kirsty Wynn, New Zealand Herald 'An affecting parable and testament, in the most commendably secular senses.' David Hill, New Zealand Listener
Download or read book The Caribbean and the Medical Imagination 1764 1834 written by Emily Senior and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-04-26 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Significant study of colonial Caribbean literatures in the context of the high rates of disease and death in the region.
Download or read book Bottom Line Medicine written by Richard K. Stanzak and published by Algora Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An expos(r) of the medical and pharmaceutical communities, Bottom Line confirms your fear that you may be receiving substandard medical care. A critical care nurse and former pharmaceutical research scientist, Stanzak has written a brutally honest book to
Download or read book A Tinker s Damn written by Pierce Kelley and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-03 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Pierce Kelley's best work yet! Readers will sympathize with Kevin Coffee's dilemma, even as they hope never to meet him in person. His story makes it clear how the handicaps of poverty and persecution are powerful inducements to amoral behavior. Kelley's attention to legal and technical details shines, as always." -Jenna McKenna, Editor, Cedar Key Beacon Kevin Coffee becomes a thief at a young age in order to survive after his father leaves him, his mother and three siblings to fend for themselves in Hell's Kitchen, New York City. As an adult, he moves to Miami Beach and becomes a drug smuggler. He meets members of the IRA and supplies them with guns. With their help, he finds his father, who is a Tinker in Ireland. He falls in love with Maeve Connelly, a member of a radical splinter group of the IRA. When Kevin is arrested and seems headed for prison, despite the best lawyering Siobhan O'Sullivan can provide, he decides to flee and hide out with Maeve on a remote island off the northwest coast of Ireland . after a bank heist and one last gun deal.
Download or read book How It Works written by LiveABC編輯群 and published by 希伯崙股份有限公司. This book was released on 2019 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 本書集結知識大圖解國際中文版與大自然相關的豐富內容，為讀者展開一場深度的野性之旅、探索地球上的奇異美景和生物百態，揭開其中深藏的奧祕！ 鯊魚為何會面臨滅絕危機？ 火山爆發和閃電有可能同時出現嗎？ 天降青蛙雨的異象究竟怎麼產生？ 間歇泉和一般溫泉到底差別何在? 為什麼都市比郊區熱？ 乾旱為什麼會發生？ 與你我息息相關的自然萬物與生態環境，你真的都了解嘛？ 地球！是你我身處其中卻不甚了解的大千世界！ 人類絕對可算是最幸運的物種之一，我們有幸能在地球上落腳、享受著這顆美麗藍星的豐富自然資源，並藉此繁衍了數百萬年。你一定很難想像， 要是有天世界變得一片荒蕪，那麼眾生該如何存活下去？我們與周遭的自然環境相依共存，但你對它的瞭解又有多少呢？我們與自然萬物的關係密不可分，現在就趕緊翻開這本奇妙的大自然之書，探尋那些近在咫尺，但平時可能未曾留心的奧祕吧！ 自然奇景 × 多元生態 × 動物百科 × 天候萬象＝奇妙的大自然 《How It Works 知識大圖解》的編輯群特別集結所有的雜誌，精心挑選許多精彩內容，規劃成四大主題，「自然奇景」、「多元生態」、「動物百科」與「天候萬象」，共介紹了87個你不能不知道的大自然奇景，每一篇都以高解析全彩跨頁圖片呈現，輔佐相關數據說明、圖表解說或是穿插大量的實景照片，幫助讀者易讀易懂，不僅幫助學習知識，也是一種閱讀上的視覺娛樂享受。 目錄介紹 自然奇景 06 奇異世界絕景 16 南極祕境 18 探索大峽谷 22 黃石美景 28 中國的彩虹山脈 30 驚人的洞穴奇景 36 石灰阱的形成方式 38 瀑布奇觀 42 地球上的奇異景觀 44 鹽鹼湖 46 變化萬千的普利特維采湖群 48 骷髏海岸 50 侏羅紀海岸 58 庇里牛斯山的形成 60 世上最大的鹽灘 62 黥基貝馬拉哈的嶙峋美景 64 何謂間歇泉？ 66 噴穴如何形成？ 67 神祕的莫拉奇圓石 67 紅寶石的地質學 68 認識石化林 69 風蝕過程 70 惡魔彈珠是什麼？ 71 探索懷托摩的螢火蟲洞 72 蹄鐵灣的地質構造 73 彎曲森林 74 地球上最致命的地方 多元生態 78 地球的陸上棲地 80 寒帶針葉林生態 82 喜馬拉雅山脈的野生生物 84 雨林中的多層生命 86 非洲莽原上的生態 90 奧里諾科平原上的野生動物 92 死亡谷綻放生機 94 野花草地 96 加拉巴哥群島 100 地球的驚人海洋 108 珊瑚礁上的生命 110 浮游植物的重要性 112 驚人的藻類 118 植物的繁殖 120 植物如何向光生長？ 120 植物殺手 121 植物會彼此溝通？ 122 有毒植物 124 樹的存活之道 128 細說橡樹 130 樹葉觀察指南 132 樹葉如何分解？ 132 七葉樹果 133 松樹的生活史 134 神祕的蘑菇 135 認識蕨類 136 強大的苔蘚 137 大王蓮 動物百科 138 動物王國 146 深海大探索 150 鯊魚大驚奇 158 叢林野獸大發現 166 大貓出擊 174 可愛學問大 178 身披盔甲的動物 182 不可思議的昆蟲 188 活生生的殭屍動物 190 動物界的建築師 194 驚人的動物遷徙 198 動物入侵 202 都市動物 206 驚人的動物生存科學 天候萬象 212 全球怪異天象大集合 222 破紀錄的天氣現象 228 氣候變遷大解密 236 超級風暴的崛起 240 氣象預測 242 何謂反聖嬰現象？ 243 地球的大氣層 244 全球風向模式 245 乾旱為什麼會發生？ 246 種雲是什麼？ 247 糙面雲 247 霜花 248 冰芯 250 跳躍幻日的原理 250 為什麼都市比郊區熱？ 251 何謂天氣炸彈？ 252 太陽光束怎麼形成 254 洞穴裡的氣象
Download or read book Sharpshooter written by Cynthia Eden and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heart-pounding action meets smoldering desire in USA TODAY bestselling author Cynthia Eden's Shadow Agents miniseries! Two years ago Gunner Ortez saved Sydney Sloan's life on a mission gone wrong. And ever since then, he's been watching her back. Now a hostage-rescue mission is about to blow the Elite Ops agents' lives apart once again. Working side by side back in the jungles of Peru, the heat between Sydney and Gunner is hotter than ever—and so are the threats to their lives. With the danger escalating, Sydney knows Gunner is her only hope at successfully completing their assignment. But the ex-SEAL who arouses passion she'd only dreamed about also poses the greatest risk to the secret she carries in her heart…and in her belly.
Download or read book The Routledge Companion to Girls Studies written by Sharon Mazzarella and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Companion to Girls’ Studies is the definitive guide to the international, interdisciplinary, and intersectional field of Girls’ Studies, bringing together leading and emerging scholars across a range of academic disciplines to address timely topics on global girls and girlhoods. Spread across four thematic sections, the essays in this collection offer a glimpse into the evolution of the field, directly challenge and move beyond the field’s early shortcomings, provide compelling examples of current research, and suggest new directions for future Girls’ Studies scholars. Chapters explore the connections between girlhoods and such topics as sexuality, race, ethnicity, religion, education, activism, social-class, ability, gender identity, media representation, and more. The Routledge Companion to Girls’ Studies is of value to scholars and students of gender studies, media studies, sociology, education, health, literature, sexuality studies, communication, child and youth studies, and more.
Download or read book The Slitherers written by John Russell Fearn and published by Gateway. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The obscure village of Coxwold had suddenly become the centre of attention of every daily newspaper. People from all over had descended upon it, investigating, questioning and sending reports to London. Something had happened in a nearby wheat field which had reduced two normal, healthy men to insanity and death. The police, suspecting foul play, lacked any evidence. So what could it be that had driven the victims to madness? This was unlike any crime ever before recorded...
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