EBookClubs

Read Books & Download eBooks Full Online

EBookClubs

Read Books & Download eBooks Full Online

Book The Ghost Map

    Book Details:
  • Author : Steven Johnson
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2006
  • ISBN : 9781594489259
  • Pages : 332 pages

Download or read book The Ghost Map written by Steven Johnson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It is the summer of 1854. Cholera has seized London with unprecedented intensity. A metropolis of more than 2 million people, London is just emerging as one of the first modern cities in the world. But lacking the infrastructure necessary to support its dense population - garbage removal, clean water, sewers - the city has become the perfect breeding ground for a terrifying disease that no one knows how to cure." "As their neighbors begin dying, two men are spurred to action: the Reverend Henry Whitehead, whose faith in a benevolent God is shaken by the seemingly random nature of the victims, and Dr. John Snow, whose ideas about contagion have been dismissed by the scientific community, but who is convinced that he knows how the disease is being transmitted. The Ghost Map chronicles the outbreak's spread and the desperate efforts to put an end to the epidemic - and solve the most pressing medical riddle of the age."--BOOK JACKET.

Book What s the Matter with Kansas

Download or read book What s the Matter with Kansas written by Thomas Frank and published by Picador. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of "our most insightful social observers"* cracks the great political mystery of our time: how conservatism, once a marker of class privilege, became the creed of millions of ordinary Americans With his acclaimed wit and acuity, Thomas Frank turns his eye on what he calls the "thirty-year backlash"—the populist revolt against a supposedly liberal establishment. The high point of that backlash is the Republican Party's success in building the most unnatural of alliances: between blue-collar Midwesterners and Wall Street business interests, workers and bosses, populists and right-wingers. In asking "what 's the matter with Kansas?"—how a place famous for its radicalism became one of the most conservative states in the union—Frank, a native Kansan and onetime Republican, seeks to answer some broader American riddles: Why do so many of us vote against our economic interests? Where's the outrage at corporate manipulators? And whatever happened to middle-American progressivism? The questions are urgent as well as provocative. Frank answers them by examining pop conservatism—the bestsellers, the radio talk shows, the vicious political combat—and showing how our long culture wars have left us with an electorate far more concerned with their leaders' "values" and down-home qualities than with their stands on hard questions of policy. A brilliant analysis—and funny to boot—What's the Matter with Kansas? presents a critical assessment of who we are, while telling a remarkable story of how a group of frat boys, lawyers, and CEOs came to convince a nation that they spoke on behalf of the People. *Los Angeles Times

Book Next Year Country

Download or read book Next Year Country written by H. Craig Miner and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A richly textured history of the resilience and adaptability of western Kansans to survive two major depressions and the epic Dust Bowl years--separated only by a brief "golden age" of war-related prosperity. Miner, known as the "dean of Kansas history," vividly relates the people's negotiation with the high plains environment, which happens to teach harsh lessons of mutability and perseverance better than most places.

Book The Kansas Guidebook 2

Download or read book The Kansas Guidebook 2 written by Marci Penner and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marci Penner and WenDee Rowe hit the road for parts of four years to look in every one of the 626 incorporated towns and cities and in hundreds of other dots on the map and countryside locations. They drove dusty back roads and navigated big-city highways. They looked for architecture, art, commerce, cuisine, customs, geography, history, and people wherever they went. In their trusty Explorer Research Vehicle (lovingly known as ERV), the duo took tens of thousands of photos, traveled tens of thousands of miles, and visited with thousands of people. Five hundred Kansas towns are included in this guide containing entries on the best places to eat (672 restaurants are listed), beautiful scenery, history, customs, architecture, art, and people.

Book No Saints in Kansas

Download or read book No Saints in Kansas written by Amy Brashear and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young adult, fictional reimagining of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood and the brutal murders that inspired it. Gripping and fast-paced, this meticulously researched historical fiction will reinvigorate a new generation to Capote. November is usually quiet in Holcomb, Kansas, but in 1959, the town is shattered by the quadruple murder of the Clutter family. Suspicion falls on Nancy Clutter’s boyfriend, Bobby Rupp, the last one to see them alive. New Yorker Carly Fleming, new to the small Midwestern town, is an outsider. She tutored Nancy, and (in private, at least) they were close. Carly and Bobby were the only ones who saw that Nancy was always performing, and that she was cracking under the pressure of being Holcomb’s golden girl. This secret connected Carly and Bobby. Now that Bobby is an outsider, too, they’re bound closer than ever. Determined to clear Bobby’s name, Carly dives into the murder investigation and ends up in trouble with the local authorities. But that’s nothing compared to the wrath she faces from Holcomb once the real perpetrators are caught. When her father is appointed to defend the killers of the Clutter family, the entire town labels the Flemings as traitors. Now Carly must fight for what she knows is right.

Book The Statesman s Year Book

Download or read book The Statesman s Year Book written by M. Epstein and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-27 with total page 1507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

Book The Enchanted Years of the Stage

Download or read book The Enchanted Years of the Stage written by Felicia Hardison Londré and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Drawing on the recollections of renowned theater critic David Austin Latchaw and on newspaper archives of the era, Londre chronicles the "first golden age" of Kansas City theater, from the opening of the Coates Opera House in 1870 through the gradual decline of touring productions after World War I"--Provided by publisher.

Book The University of Kansas Basketball Vault

Download or read book The University of Kansas Basketball Vault written by Ken Davis and published by Whitman Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Statesman s Year book

Download or read book The Statesman s Year book written by Frederick Martin and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 1654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Great Whale of Kansas

Download or read book The Great Whale of Kansas written by Richard Walker Jennings and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While digging a hole in his back yard, an eleven-year-old Kansas boy finds the fossilized remains of a gigantic prehistoric animal, a discovery that brings both fame and controversy.

Book Blue Ribbon College Football Yearbook

Download or read book Blue Ribbon College Football Yearbook written by Christopher M. Dortch and published by Potomac Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A one-stop source for the media, coaches, players, NFL scouts, and serious fans

Book The Statesman s Year Book

Download or read book The Statesman s Year Book written by J. Scott-Keltie and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-28 with total page 1519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

Book Yearbook

    Book Details:
  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1904
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 632 pages

Download or read book Yearbook written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Words of a Feather

    Book Details:
  • Author : Megan Kaminski
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2021-04
  • ISBN : 9780578860336
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Words of a Feather written by Megan Kaminski and published by . This book was released on 2021-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Words of a Feather is a poetry and bird chapbook designed to uplift pandemic-era Kansans in the environmental humanities. In these complicated times, the chapbook keeps it simple: connecting Douglas County residents with the beauty of local birds and engaging them with deep humanities questions guided by poetry. As we continue to socially distance, we can consider and enjoy a renewed focus on communion with the outdoors and the common good of environmental stewardship.

Book Minerals Yearbook

Download or read book Minerals Yearbook written by Geological Survey and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-31 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: State chapters from this publication are designed to provide statistical data and information for mineral commodities on a State-by-State basis. Additional chapters include a statistical summary and survey methods for nonfuel minerals. Audience: Geologists, trade persons working with, and buying, metals and minerals, economists, and members of the general public with an interest in the most accurate information about metals and minerals statistics in different states will want to get this official government publication from the Minerals Yearbook series. Related products: Other printed volumes in the Minerals Yearbook series can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/science-technology/minerals-metals/minerals-yearbook Mineral Yearbook series printed volumes are available on a Standing Order basis. To learn more about our Standing Order program, please refer to the information contained within this link under Standing Orders: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/standing-orders-0 Minerals and Metals resources collection is available here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/science-technology/minerals-metals Mining & Drilling collection is available here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/science-technology/mining-drilling

Book The Statesman s Year Book

Download or read book The Statesman s Year Book written by S. Steinberg and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-27 with total page 1639 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

Book Kansas City Zoo Tales

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ruth Seeliger
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2009-11-01
  • ISBN : 9781933466927
  • Pages : 154 pages

Download or read book Kansas City Zoo Tales written by Ruth Seeliger and published by . This book was released on 2009-11-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of the first one hundred years of the Kansas City Zoo in Swope Park, with many stories of colorful zoo animals in this wild ride through zookeeping history.