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Book White Out

Download or read book White Out written by Michael W. Clune and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-03-21 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic of addiction and recovery. How do you describe an addiction in which your drug of choice creates a hole in your memory, a “white out,” so that every time you use it is the first time—new, fascinating, vivid? Michael W. Clune’s story takes us straight inside such an addiction—what he calls “the memory disease.” With dark humor, and in crystalline prose, Clune’s account of life inside the heroin underground reads like no other. Whisking us between the halves of his precarious double life—between the streets of Baltimore and the college classroom, where Clune is a graduate student teaching literature—we spiral along with him as he approaches rock bottom: from nodding off in a row house with a one-armed junkie and a murderous religious freak to having his life threatened in a Chicago jail while facing a felony possession charge. After his descent into addiction, we follow Clune through detox, treatment, and finally into recovery as he returns to his childhood home, where the memory disease and his heroin-induced white out begin to fade. White Out is more than a memoir. It is a rigorous investigation that offers clarity, hope, and even beauty to anyone who wants to understand the disease or its cure. This tenth anniversary edition includes a new preface by the author.

Book Whiteout

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  • Author : Ken Follett
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2008-12-02
  • ISBN : 0451225147
  • Pages : 418 pages

Download or read book Whiteout written by Ken Follett and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-12-02 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Everyone likes a page-turner, and Follett is the best." —The Philadelphia Inquirer "A hell of a storyteller" (Entertainment Weekly), #1 New York Times bestselling author Ken Follett reinvents the thriller with each new novel. But nothing matches the intricate knife-edge drama of Whiteout. . . . A missing canister of a deadly virus. A lab technician bleeding from the eyes. Toni Gallo, the security director of a Scottish medical research firm, knows she has problems, but she has no idea of the nightmare to come. As a Christmas Eve blizzard whips out of the north, several people, Toni among them, converge on a remote family house. All have something to gain or lose from the drug developed to fight the virus. As the storm worsens, the emotional sparks—jealousies, distrust, sexual attraction, rivalries—crackle; desperate secrets are revealed; hidden traitors and unexpected heroes emerge. Filled with startling twists at every turn, Whiteout rockets Follett into a class by himself.

Book White Out

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  • Author : Christopher S. Collins
  • Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
  • Release : 2017
  • ISBN : 9781433135415
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book White Out written by Christopher S. Collins and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: White Out: Understanding White Privilege and Dominance in the Modern Age is about the role of Whiteness and a defense of White dominance in an increasingly diverse society.

Book Whiteout

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  • Author : W. C. Mack
  • Publisher : Scholastic Canada
  • Release : 2017-12-26
  • ISBN : 1443148687
  • Pages : 202 pages

Download or read book Whiteout written by W. C. Mack and published by Scholastic Canada. This book was released on 2017-12-26 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steven White is a perennial new-kid-in-town, avid snowboarder and occasional "white" liar. But at his new school, when his plan for instant popularity backfires, a humbled pro-snowboarder gives him a crash course in being himself. Seventh-grader Steven White's family has just moved - again - this time to Oregon. The upside is that there is lots of great snowboarding. But Steven dreads having to start over in yet another new school. So he devises a scheme to instantly boost his popularity: he tells his classmates that he's champion snowboarder Cody White's cousin and the friends will come to him. Of course it's only a matter of time before the White lie unravels, the kids shun him, and Steven finds himself facing the worst, loneliest Winter Break ever. Then he meets pro-snowboarder D-Day Davis on the slopes. D-Day is hiding out after a disastrous X-Games appearance. While Steven yearns to be a pro snowboarder, D-Day just wants to be a normal teenager again. But Steven doesn't respect Danny's request to stay under the radar, and soon their friendship is in jeopardy. Can D-Day show Steven that all he needs to do is be himself? And can Steven help his hero get his mojo back?

Book White Out

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  • Author : Ashley W. Doane
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2013-01-11
  • ISBN : 1136064664
  • Pages : 325 pages

Download or read book White Out written by Ashley W. Doane and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to be white? This remains the question at large in the continued effort to examine how white racial identity is constructed and how systems of white privilege operate in everyday life. White Out brings together the original work of leading scholars across the disciplines of sociology, philosophy, history, and anthropology to give readers an important and cutting-edge study of "whiteness".

Book White Out

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  • Author : Robert Marcum
  • Publisher : Shadow Mountain
  • Release : 2000
  • ISBN : 9781573456524
  • Pages : 386 pages

Download or read book White Out written by Robert Marcum and published by Shadow Mountain. This book was released on 2000 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Raif and Terri make a grisly discovery in the mountains near Jackson, Wyoming, they are hurled into a harrowing run for their lives when the investigation leads them into the middle of a sinister international plot.

Book Whiteout

Download or read book Whiteout written by Greg Rucka and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following a murder in Antarctica, the U.S. Marshal responsible for the area and a British intelligence agent work to discover who did it and why.

Book Whiteout Conditions

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  • Author : Tariq Shah
  • Publisher : Two Dollar Radio
  • Release : 2020-03-17
  • ISBN : 1937512924
  • Pages : 101 pages

Download or read book Whiteout Conditions written by Tariq Shah and published by Two Dollar Radio. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ant is borderline obsessed with funerals, likening the events to weddings as gatherings he looks forward to. Yet, when a childhood friend passes, Ant’s veneer starts to crumble. Weirdly funny, Whiteout Conditions tracks Ant and his friend Vince as they make their way through Chicogoland’s suburbs, which, in Shah’s telling, are as harrowing as any arctic climate." —Wendy J. Fox, BuzzFeed '15 Small Press Books To Kick Off Your 2020 Reading Season' Ant is back in Chicago for a funeral, and he typically enjoys funerals. Since most of his family has passed away, he finds himself attracted to their endearing qualities: the hyperbolic language, the stoner altar boy, seeing friends in suits for the first time. That is, until the tragic death of Ray — Ant’s childhood friend, Vince's teenage cousin. Ray was the younger third-wheel that Ant and Vince were stuck babysitting while in high school, and his sudden death makes national news. In the depths of a brutal Midwest winter, Ant rides with Vince through the falling snow to Ray’s funeral, an event that has been accruing a sense of consequence. With a poet’s sensibility, Shah navigates the murky responsibilities of adulthood, grief, toxic masculinity, and the tragedy of revenge in this haunting Midwestern noir.

Book Whiteout

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  • Author : Alexander Cockburn
  • Publisher : Verso Books
  • Release : 2014-12-16
  • ISBN : 1784782610
  • Pages : 438 pages

Download or read book Whiteout written by Alexander Cockburn and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2014-12-16 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On March 16, 1998, the CIA's Inspector General, Fred Hitz, finally let?the cat out of the bag in an aside at a Congressional Hearing. Hitz told?the US Reps that the CIA had maintained relationships with companies and?individuals the Agency knew to be involved in the drug business. Even more?astonishingly, Hitz revealed that back in 1982 the CIA had requested and?received from Reagan's Justice Department clearance not to report any knowledge?it might have of drug-dealing by CIA assets. With these two admisstions, Hitz definitively sank decades of CIA denials,?many of them under oath to Congress. Hitz's admissions also made fools of?some of the most prominent names in US journalism, and vindicated investigators?and critics of the Agency, ranging from Al McCoy to Senator John Kerry. The involvement of the CIA with drug traffickers is a story that has?slouched into the limelight every decade or so since the creation of the?Agency. Most recently, in 1996, the San Jose Mercury News published a sensational?series on the topic, "Dark Alliance", and then helped destroy?its own reporter, Gary Webb. In Whiteout, Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair?finally put the whole story together from the earliest days, when the CIA's?institutional ancestors, the OSS and the Office of Naval Intelligence, cut?a deal with America's premier gangster and drug trafficker, Lucky Luciano. They show that many of even the most seemingly outlandish charges leveled?against the Agency have basis in truth. After the San Jose Mercury News?series, for example, outraged black communities charged that the CIA had?undertaken a program, stretching across many years, of experiments on minorities.?Cockburn and St. Clair show how the CIA imported Nazi scientists straight?from their labs at Dachau and Buchenwald and set them to work developing?chemical and biological weapons, tested on black Americans, some of them?in mental hospitals. Cockburn and St. Clair show how the CIA's complicity with drug-dealing?criminal gangs was part and parcel of its attacks on labor organizers, whether?on the docks of New York, or of Marseilles and Shanghai. They trace how?the Cold War and counterinsurgency led to an alliance between the Agency?and the vilest of war criminals such as Klaus Barbie, or fanatic heroin?traders like the mujahedin in Afghanistan. Whiteout is a thrilling history that stretches from Sicily in 1944 to?the killing fields of South-East Asia, to CIA safe houses in Greenwich Village?and San Francisco where CIA men watched Agency-paid prostitutes feed LSD?to unsuspecting clients. We meet Oliver North as he plotted with Manuel?Noriega and Central American gangsters. We travel to little-known airports?in Costa Rica and Arkansas. We hear from drug pilots and accountants from?the Medillin Cocaine Cartel. We learn of DEA agents whose careers were ruined?because they tried to tell the truth. The CIA, drugs. and the press. Cockburn and St. Clair dissect the shameful?way many American journalists have not only turned a blind eye on the Agency's?misdeeds, but helped plunge the knife into those who told the real story. Here at last is the full saga. Fact-packed and fast-paced, Whiteout is? a richly detailed excavation of the CIA's dirtiest secrets. For all who ?want to know the truth about the Agency this is the book to start with.

Book Whiteout

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  • Author : Adriana Anders
  • Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
  • Release : 2020-01-28
  • ISBN : 1492698717
  • Pages : 349 pages

Download or read book Whiteout written by Adriana Anders and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brace yourself for this fast-paced romantic suspense full of fan-favorite tropes: Forced proximity (forget only one bed—there's only one sleeping bag!) Survival romance Locked box suspense Grumpy/Sunshine goodness And scorching, brain-melting heat despite the freezing Antarctic setting With a storm coming and a killer on the loose, every step could be their last... Angel Smith is finally ready to leave Antarctica for a second chance at life. But on what was meant to be her last day, the remote research station she's been calling home is attacked. Hunted and scared, she and irritatingly gorgeous glaciologist Ford Cooper barely make it out with their lives...only to realize that in a place this remote, there's nowhere left to run. Isolated with no power, no way to contact the outside world, and a madman on their heels, Angel and Ford must trust their instincts and fight to survive in the most inhospitable—and beautiful—place on earth. But what starts as a partnership born of necessity quickly turns into an urgent connection that burns bright and hot. They both know there's little chance of making it out alive, and yet they are determined to weather the coming storm—no matter the cost. Praise for Whiteout: "Scorching hot and beautifully emotional."—LORI FOSTER, New York Times Bestselling Author "Adriana Anders brings twisted intrigue and sizzling passion hot enough to melt the ice in Whiteout! Sexy, smart, and tough characters in a beautifully ice-cold landscape will grab you from the first line and keep you along for a wild ride to the very end."—REBECCA ZANETTI, New York Times Bestselling Author "Strong heroines, sizzling tension. Heart and heat abound!"—MOLLY O'KEEFE, USA Today Bestselling Author "The gripping characters, fresh writing, unique setting, and a villain as cold as the Antarctic itself, make this a fiercely enjoyable story."—TONI ANDERSON, New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author "Whiteout is an exhilarating story of survival and love against all the odds. I couldn't put it down!"—KATEE ROBERT, New York Times Bestselling Author "What a thrill ride! The action is nonstop—I don't think I took a breath until I finished."—KATIE RUGGLE "A thrilling chase across the desolate and changeable beauty of Antarctica. Adriana Anders is a master."—MARIA VALE

Book Whiteout

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  • Author : Gabriel Dylan
  • Publisher : Red Eye
  • Release : 2019-01-10
  • ISBN : 9781788950725
  • Pages : 384 pages

Download or read book Whiteout written by Gabriel Dylan and published by Red Eye. This book was released on 2019-01-10 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlie hopes that the school ski trip is the escape from his unhappy home life he so desperately needs. But there is something wrong with the remote ski village of Kaldgellan. Something is out there, something ancient and evil, among the pines and the deep untracked drifts, watching and waiting. And then the storms blow in... Cut off from the rest of the world far below, as night falls the few left alive on the snowbound mountain will wish they were somewhere, anywhere else. Only ski guide Hanna seems to know some of Kaldgellan's long-buried secrets, but whether Charlie can trust her is another question...

Book White Out

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  • Author : Claire Watts
  • Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
  • Release : 2006
  • ISBN : 9781410917393
  • Pages : 52 pages

Download or read book White Out written by Claire Watts and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2006 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains what happens when a blizzard strikes. Find out why blizzards happen and how to survive if you find yourself trapped by a blizzard. There are loads of photos and facts to help you fully understand the topic and find answers quickly.

Book White Out

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  • Author : Susan Kiernan-Lewis
  • Publisher : Susan Kiernan-Lewis
  • Release : 2018-09-12
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 295 pages

Download or read book White Out written by Susan Kiernan-Lewis and published by Susan Kiernan-Lewis. This book was released on 2018-09-12 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Book 10 of the Irish End Games Sarah faces the world her children will inherit but one no mother should ever live to see. As life in post-apocalyptic Ireland teeters on the brink of the abyss, she’s forced to rise up to do what needs doing—alone and against all odds. In spite of Mike’s resistance and David’s deadly ultimatum, Sarah will need to do the unthinkable one last time. Once and for all.

Book A to Z Mysteries Super Edition 3  White House White Out

Download or read book A to Z Mysteries Super Edition 3 White House White Out written by Ron Roy and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2010-03-24 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Z was just the beginning! With A to Z Mysteries® Super Editions, chapter book readers keep on collecting clues and solving mysteries with Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose. Now with over 8 million copies in print, this classic kid-favorite series is back with a bright new look! It’s winter in Washington, D.C.! Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are visiting the White House in snowy December, when they meet the president's stepdaughter, KC, and her friend Marshall. But in the confusion caused by all the people decorating the White House for Christmas, the president's dog goes missing! All five kids set out to find her, but it's not going to be easy. It's getting dark, and a monster snowstorm is on the way. Will they find the presidential pooch in time? Look for hidden messages inside A to Z Mysteries® Super Editions!

Book White out

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  • Author : Alexander Lowe
  • Publisher : Triangle Interactive, Inc.
  • Release : 2021-01-01
  • ISBN : 1684521378
  • Pages : 36 pages

Download or read book White out written by Alexander Lowe and published by Triangle Interactive, Inc. . This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blizzards can create unsafe conditions for people and animals. What happens during a blizzard? Follow a family as they run into a blizzard during a trip to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. An adventure-filled graphic novel that provides young readers information about snow and blizzard conditions. Learn from these weather warriors how blizzards impact travel, as well as important safety tips. Includes contemporary full-color graphic artwork, fun facts, additional information, and a glossary.

Book Operation White Out

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  • Author : Robert G. Williscroft
  • Publisher : Fresh Ink Group
  • Release : 2023-01-20
  • ISBN : 1947893718
  • Pages : 426 pages

Download or read book Operation White Out written by Robert G. Williscroft and published by Fresh Ink Group. This book was released on 2023-01-20 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recovering from his Operation Arctic Sting injuries, USS Teuthis Executive Officer Mac McDowell is tasked with laying SOSUS arrays in the southern Atlantic and off Thurston Island, Western Antarctica. Teuthis tangles with Argentine subs in the south Atlantic, then confronts a ChiCom sub off Thurston Island. Mac and his team experience serious setbacks at the hands of the ChiComs while installing a relay transmitter on a nearby mountain peak. Teuthis discovers an underwater oil operation off Thurston Island and is tasked with escorting a Taiwanese sub and underwater tanker under the cover of the largest military marine exercise since World War II: PacEx89. Teuthis is attacked by a Chinese Han-class sub and a previously unknown North Korean AIP sub despite the protection provided by three U.S. fast-attack subs. Will Mac and Teuthis complete their mission, or will they finally meet their watery graves on the Pacific Ocean abyssal plain?

Book Short Story Press Presents White Out Man

Download or read book Short Story Press Presents White Out Man written by Short Story Press and published by Short Story Press. This book was released on 2012-08-25 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short Story Press Presents White-Out Man by Janet Marie Lewis Everyone it seems wonders, at some point in their lives, what will happen when they eventually stand before the “Pearly Gates”? One man seems stuck somewhere between, in a groundhog effect, approaching and re-approaching the Gates in a repeatedly futile attempt to attain a bottle of white-out. In order to follow standard protocol, the clerk must annotate on the requisition form what exactly the white-out is being used for. Peter is his name, and he has seen the White-Out Man many times over the past months and his patience is running thin. As he inquires of the reasoning behind the request, White-Out Man becomes irate and difficult, overheard by Peter’s Boss who intervenes on the intercom. White-Out Man is haggard, and doesn’t seem to realize that the same old mistakes can’t be covered up over, and over again. The file-purging time approaches yet again, and he has discovered that before he can purge, his form needs to be clean, hence the necessity of the white-out. He also doesn’t recognize that he is in impeding danger of being hauled down the seemingly endless stairs to the “Sub-levels”. Poor White-Out Man, he knows what lies down in the Sub-levels; but is unsure if there is any way to avoid them other than to white-out his mistakes time and again. This rare metaphorical work, White-Out Man, broaches age-old questions of humanity in a purely science fiction manner that most people today can relate to. In a world that is all but overcome by technology and requisite red tape, where not even a simple pen can be accessed without filling out a form, it seems all but impossible to maintain any semblance of composure. The question is… will we be faced with these same or similar endless circles of frustration and bureaucracy even after our time on Earth is complete? Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.