Download or read book Tempest written by Liz Skilton and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2019-06-01 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Liz Skilton’s innovative study tracks the naming of hurricanes over six decades, exploring the interplay between naming practice and wider American culture. In 1953, the U.S. Weather Bureau adopted female names to identify hurricanes and other tropical storms. Within two years, that convention came into question, and by 1978 a new system was introduced, including alternating male and female names in a pattern that continues today. In Tempest: Hurricane Naming and American Culture, Skilton blends gender studies with environmental history to analyze this often controversial tradition. Focusing on the Gulf South—the nation’s “hurricane coast”—Skilton closely examines select storms, including Betsy, Camille, Andrew, Katrina, and Harvey, while referencing dozens of others. Through print and online media sources, government reports, scientific data, and ephemera, she reveals how language and images portray hurricanes as gendered objects: masculine-named storms are generally characterized as stronger and more serious, while feminine-named storms are described as “unladylike” and in need of taming. Further, Skilton shows how the hypersexualized rhetoric surrounding Katrina and Sandy and the effeminate depictions of Georges represent evolving methods to define and explain extreme weather events. As she chronicles the evolution of gendered storm naming in the United States, Skilton delves into many other aspects of hurricane history. She describes attempts at scientific control of storms through hurricane seeding during the Cold War arms race of the 1950s and relates how Roxcy Bolton, a member of the National Organization for Women, led the crusade against feminizing hurricanes from her home in Miami near the National Hurricane Center in the 1970s. Skilton also discusses the skyrocketing interest in extreme weather events that accompanied the introduction of 24-hour news coverage of storms, as well as the impact of social media networks on Americans’ tracking and understanding of hurricanes and other disasters. The debate over hurricane naming continues, as Skilton demonstrates, and many Americans question the merit and purpose of the gendered naming system. What is clear is that hurricane names matter, and that they fundamentally shape our impressions of storms, for good and bad.
Download or read book Sex Please We re Sixty written by Michael E. Parker and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A woman in her 60s runs a Bed & Breakfast. Her slightly older next door neighbor, nicknamed "Bud the Stud," continues to woo any likely female guests. The woman continues to be courted by another man, a retired chemist who has invented a little blue pill that he hopes will help sexually stimulate women in their menopausal years The woman and her guests decide to turn the tables on the men.--Publisher description.
Download or read book The Dud Bud written by Michaela Skilney and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-05 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With all the catastrophic things that could take place should she bloom, Rosie is certain the only place she wants to be is safely inside her little red bud. But as her floral friends bravely blossom around her in the garden, Rosie must face an uncomfortable truth: the world can indeed be a scary place, but our inner fears are often harder to face. A terrifically tall tale filled with disasters, drama and self-doubt, The Dud Bud beautifully illustrates the power of letting go and the magic to be found in embracing the unknown. www.michaelaskilney.com
Download or read book Risk Management written by Gerald Mars and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-06-18 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2000, Risk Management is a two volume set, comprised of the most significant and influential articles by the leading authorities in the studies of risk management. The volumes includes a full-length introduction from the editor, an internationally recognized expert, and provides an authoritative guide to the selection of essays chosen, and to the wider field itself. The collections of essays are both international and interdisciplinary in scope and provide an entry point for investigating the myriad of study within the discipline.
Download or read book Work Place Sabotage written by Gerald Mars and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-25 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2001. The examples cited in this study of sabotage in the working environment range from sophisticated tricks played in Western factories to natural reactions to inferior or unhealthy working practices in, for example, Malaysia and India. The book contains articles from various contributors which cover numerous topics within the subject including crime and punishment in the factory, employee and organizational sabotage, and management techniques to prevent sabotage.
Download or read book Risk Management 2 Volume Set written by Gerald Mars and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-01 with total page 1194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2000, Risk Management is a two volume set, comprised of the most significant and influential articles by the leading authorities in the studies of risk management. The volumes includes a full-length introduction from the editor, an internationally recognized expert, and provides an authoritative guide to the selection of essays chosen, and to the wider field itself. The collections of essays are both international and interdisciplinary in scope and provide an entry point for investigating the myriad of study within the discipline.
Download or read book Lloyd Hamilton written by Anthony Balducci and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2023-01-11 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At first glance, Lloyd Hamilton was a large, baby-faced comic who walked like a duck. To the trained eye, Hamilton demonstrated keen timing and an inventive mind, providing wry humor rich in emotion during his 20 year career. Perhaps most importantly, Hamilton was greatly admired by his fellow comics, receiving praise from the likes of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. This book explores Hamilton's life and work, beginning with his conservative, middle-class childhood and continuing through the comic's entry into show business as a theatre extra, his most memorable role as half of silent comedy's "Ham and Bud" duo, and his first feature film, The Darker Self. The author examines Hamilton's private life and alcoholism and the decline of his health and career, which led to his death at the age of 43. The book includes exclusive photographs from the Hamilton family, a filmography with detailed plot descriptions, many behind-the-scenes facts, and an analysis of Hamilton's critical lost feature film A Self-Made Failure.
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Download or read book I Pledge written by Kathie Lee and published by Publication Consultants. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I Pledge is well written, taking the reader on a unique journey through the painful Vietnam years. Kathie Lee, a young woman in the military, presents a fascinating story through the eyes of a small-town girl forced to grow up in a hurry. As Kathie's perceptions of honor, duty, and national interest are challenged, the reader is held captive. I Pledge is the first account I have seen which addresses those years effectively from a female perspective. Governor Jay Hammond, State of Alaska's two term Governor. He was a great encouragement to me in writing this novel before his passing. I Pledge is a wholesome, touching reading set in a serious era of America's history – the Vietnam War. It is carefully detailed, fast moving and even humorous. It also conveys values that will see people through both national and personal crises. Many will appreciate and benefit from I Pledge. Franklin Graham, President of the Billy Graham Evangelical Association and Samaritan's Purse Kathie Lee's book is a mind stimulating adventure of the time she spent in the military and the events she noted during the Vietnam War. I Pledge made me reflect on my time in the U.S. Marine Corps boot camp during 1964 and my combat tours of duty in Vietnam during 1967, 68, 69 and 70. It reminded me of the good times I spent with my comrades-in-arms and our everlasting friendships, and the bad times of having to experience the tragedy of a war-torn country, Vietnam. Butch Meriwether, U.S.M.C. Gunnery Sergeant, Retired In more than 20 years of friendship we have heard many stories from Kathie Lee about her experiences in the military, specifically the Vietnam era. We were in the first generation who sat around the dinner table and watched the daily televised unfolding of a war we didn't understand. Hearing about the war from the perspective of veterans who have a passion for their country and for our military has truly been an eye-opening privilege. Perhaps no other era of veterans has dealt with so much controversy and so little honor. As educators, we feel I Pledge is a ‘must read' for teachers and students to get an a accurate understanding of the Vietnam War period, and the sacrifices made by so many. Gary and Jill Leiter, Educator
Download or read book Let s Read written by Leonard Bloomfield and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1961 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let's Read is a simple and systematic way to teach basic reading. Developed by noted linguist Leonard Bloomfield, the book is based on the alphabetic spelling patterns of English. Bloomfield offered an antidote to the idea that English is a difficult language to learn to read by teaching the learner to decode the phonemic sound-letter correlations of the language in a sequential, logical progression of lessons based on its spelling patterns. The learner is first introduced to the most consistent (alphabetic) vocabulary and then to increasingly less alphabetic and less frequent spelling patterns within a vocabulary of about 5,000 words.
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Download or read book Grammaire des pr dicats complexes les constructions nom verbe Collection langues et syntaxe written by SAMVELIAN Pollet and published by Lavoisier. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La prédication complexe est un phénomène attesté sous diverses formes dans des langues très variées. Elle consiste à former des séquences syntaxiques fonctionnant comme un prédicat, c'est-à-dire un verbe simple. Les données examinées dans cet ouvrage sont les constructions nom-verbe en persan. Ce dernier ne dispose que d'environ 250 verbes simples et son lexique verbal comprend essentiellement des prédicats complexes formés d'un verbe et d'un élément préverbal. Cela mène à une réflexion sur des phénomènes présents dans de nombreuses langues. Grammaire des prédicats complexes expose notamment : - la relation entre la compositionnalité et la productivité, - la compatibilité entre le stockage des expressions linguistiques complexes par les locuteurs et l'existence de schémas abstraits réguliers permettant d'analyser ou de produire ces mêmes expressions, - le parallélisme entre les procédés morphologiques et syntaxiques de la construction des lexèmes ainsi que la notion même du verbe lexical par opposition au verbe support.
Download or read book The Emerald Series Volume II written by Kelly Savage and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EMERALD MISTS - "Kara is back. She finishes college and goes forth to claim her beloved ranch in Aspen, Colorado. She takes part in a wild mustang Gather and goes on an action-filled Amazon river adventure with two men, both related through to her through her grandparents, Bart and Karensa. One holds the secret of the lost Cherokee "Karensa Emerald." In Veneszuela, John Jean's adult twins lock horns as one struggles to overcome his addiction to opiods. Kara finds another diary from her grandmother and learns the true meaning of love."
Download or read book Hot Tub Spaceship written by Brian A. Pankratz and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a guy trying to find his way through some tough years, one page at a time. These are the irradiated thoughts of a doubter trying to find some humour and meaning in the midst of a health crisis, a spiritual crisis, and an employment crisis. And this is the gift from a dad trying to find the words to leave behind for his children. Something to remember him by when he's gone.
Download or read book The Consultancy in Suriname for Diseases in Oil Palms and Coconuts written by and published by IICA Biblioteca Venezuela. This book was released on with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Speech Practice Material written by Thomas, Jack E. and published by Plural Publishing. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book features materials that are not based on or related to any particular treatment program. They are intended to be versatile, flexible, and used in many ways for many populations. Some of the stimuli are tried-and-true with some new variations. Decisions about whom to use it with, how, and why, are in the hands, judgment, and creativity of the clinician. This book invites therapists to think critically and study and apply the best evidence and practice guidelines from the current professional literature.
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