Download or read book The Handbook written by Jane Rawson and published by Transit Lounge . This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change has arrived, and it's not going away. In the absence of effective world action, global warming is certain to continue. The Handbook is not another book about climate change science or politics. Rather it is an intelligent guide, and a potential ground breaker, for all of us who feel helpless in the face of government disagreement, and want to know in a practical way what we can do now. Not only will The Handbook help you prepare for increased droughts, floods, fires and heatwaves, it will provide you with stories and advice from individuals who are already quietly doing amazing things. Jane Rawson and James Whitmore, previously Environment editors for The Conversation, look at how to establish your risk and face your fears; where to live and with whom; and how to survive heat, fire and flood. They investigate ways to provide your own food, power and water, make sure you can still get around, and get rid of your waste and sewage. They talk about new ways to think about home and possessions, the sadness of living through climate change, and how, for both individual and common good, we might positively change the way we live. The Handbook is both practical and philosophical. It can be read cover-to-cover, or dipped into when you need specific advice. It can help you plan and execute a strategy to deal with the effects of climate change. It might change your life. But it should also make you ask, does it really have to be this way?

Download or read book A History of the Colony of Victoria written by Henry Gyles Turner and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: V.1. Survey party from the Cumberland encountered Aborigines without hostility (at present Melbourne site); survey party from the Calcutta meet hostile natives area of Port Phillip Bay; Hume & Hovells overland journey through Victoria; Captain Sturts voyage on the Murray, meeting with natives; Tasmanian Black War, part played by Batman; reason for fear & cruelty of Tasmanian settlers towards natives; Batmans treaty with Port Phillip Aborigines over land ownership; attitude of settlers of the Yarra district; assessment of Aborigines before European invasion, vitality, health etc.; intertribal warfare & revenge killings; effect of colonization on tribes.

Download or read book Sunset Under The Poet s Tree written by George S. J. Anderson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 815 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When I see and hear the ubiquitous hype and media coverage for celebrities receiving acclaim after facing their ordeals with breast cancer, I hear words like "bravery," "stamina," "devastating disease," how well they are handling the diagnosis, and how "heroically" they are getting on with their lives." Most of these same celebrities are alive and well after their diagnosis because of the work done by women like my late wife, Lois A. Anderson. Yet most people have never heard of her. If you want to read a book about real bravery, real stamina, and the power to make real changes that matter to the breast cancer story, you need to take the time to read this book. Lois came from a poor family, coming from conditions most of us would never ascend from, and made her mark upon the world. "I do not want to be forgotten," she told me after being diagnosed with stage III breast cancer at the age of thirty-nine. She lived eighteen years after that diagnosis and, in many ways, changed the world with her knowledge, support, and political advocacy. Many throw money at research in an effort to move breast cancer out of the ranks of an incurable cancer into one where most will survive it. Lois didn't have money. She didn't have the media to tell of her many battles. What she did have was a spirit of hope, which she used to battle breast cancer on all fronts. This is the story of a remarkable woman who, in spite of the odds, not only survived but also turned an ordeal that would have devastated most of us into a shining example of what one person can do even when they are facing death. "Sometimes you get the chance to change things," she often told me. In her short lifetime, even with cancer raging through her body, she took the chance and did that very thing. She not only fought her own personal battle with breast cancer but also fought the war against it. Lois pursued such an astonishing life from the moment she came into the world, overcoming many obstacles in her quest to rise above the ordinary, many conquered before breast cancer entered her life. I felt her story had to be told. She lived her short life, coming from very humble beginnings, rising from all of it, making changes she hoped would better everyone, when it ended on January 17, 2011. At the time of her death, she was considered a great breast cancer advocate known at the national level. She was diagnosed with stage III breast cancer at the age of thirty-nine, six days before her fortieth birthday, in 1992. Signs that could have cautioned her remained muted by an unsuspicious bruise she sustained from an injury several months before her fortieth birthday. In time, she was treated for the initial breast cancer and remained cancer-free for almost ten years, until cancer returned in 2001. Then when the odds seemed stacked against her, she fought the disease as a stage IV breast cancer survivor (metastatic breast cancer) from the time of that dire discovery until she died in January 2011. She lived eighteen years from the time she was diagnosed, against all prognostications allowing her only five years of survival. Over the last six months of her life, I began writing a story where I escaped the realities of losing my wife to something I had no control over. In a way, it transitioned into a metaphoric fable, a parallel story of her life. Between the lines, I allowed myself the chance to create an alternate world where the real trials Lois and I experienced on our "last road" together eventually made some sense to me in our unpredictable world. After she died, I began the long process of chronicling her amazing biography and believed I could finish the fictional one. Both stories represent a process of coming to terms with her death and a promise I made to "not let her be forgotten." I began writing her real life story in late February 2011. After I started, I found stories and journals Lois had written about herself tucked away in boxes and old folders throughout the house. Some o

Download or read book Wildfire and Power written by Peter Fairbrother and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together perspectives from sociology, political science, gender studies, and history to produce new ways of analysing wildfire preparedness and policy in Australia. Drawing on data from hundreds of interviews with residents, volunteers and emergency services professionals living and working in wildfire-prone areas, the authors focus on issues of power and inequality, the contested nature of community and the relationship between citizens and the state. The book questions not only existing policy approaches, but also the central concepts on which they are founded. In doing so, the aim is to create a more conceptually robust and academically contextualised discussion about the limitations of current wildfire policy approaches in Australia and to provide further evidence of the need for disaster studies to engage with a variety of social science approaches. Wildfire and Power: Policy and Practice will be of most interest to higher degree by research students, other academics and policy makers examining the evolving patterns and politics of work, employment, management and industrial relations as well as those involved in emergency and disaster management service delivery. It would be most suited to academic and public libraries as well as organisations in the field of emergency and disaster management.

Download or read book Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria written by Royal Society of Victoria (Melbourne, Vic.) and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List of members in each volume (except v. 6, new ser., v. 27).

Download or read book Transactions of the Royal Society of Victoria written by Royal Society of Victoria (Melbourne, Vic.) and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List of members in each volume (except v. 6, new ser., v. 27)

Download or read book Fire and Water Engineering written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Pangerath written by Warren Clyde and published by W.K.Clyde. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pangerath, a magically hidden continent in the oceans of modern-day man. The Prophecy A land quenched by blood and tears, Begets a child of dark and light A seed nurtured, by witch’s white. Four by four does time progress The seed now grown, Then torn from loving breast. Through loving friends and family The lands fate, as does his rest. His soul divided by dark and light. Upon this boy’s burdened plight. THE PROPHECY TWO Born of two sides A boy arrives. Unknown his father, His fate; survive. For evils, grip shall be undone By a boy wizard born A witch’s son. I've always had this fire inside me—a burning passion for writing and storytelling that's been with me through thick and thin. Now, here's the thing. I've dreamt of being a writer for as long as I can remember, but I carried doubts with me like baggage. I didn't follow the conventional path, and let's be honest, there were times when I wondered if I had what it takes. I've walked a road less traveled, faced my share of struggles, and come from places that weren't exactly sunshine and rainbows. Life led me through different twists and turns. I've had my fair share of jobs, but nothing quite clicked. It wasn't that I didn't try—I just couldn't find that spark, that thing that made me jump out of bed each morning. I kept thinking, "Is this it? Is this what life's all about?" And then, there was a moment of clarity. I decided to say goodbye to the uninspiring and embrace the enchanting. I found solace in writing, in crafting worlds and characters that danced in my imagination. Pangerath came alive, a place of magic, adventure, and limitless possibilities. But that wasn't all—I was also jotting down "Valentine: Memoirs of a Vampire" and playing with ideas that floated around in the recesses of my mind. Writing isn't just something I do; it's a part of who I am. Every day, I pour my thoughts onto the page. Fantasy is my go-to—it's a realm of escapism, of magic and wonder where I can explore different dimensions and be whoever I want to be. Vampires, mystical realms, all of it—I embrace it with open arms, and my imagination runs wild. Now, here's the thing about being a writer: it's a rollercoaster. Doubts and fears can sneak in, making you wonder if anyone will resonate with your words. I've been there, staring at the blank page, my heart racing. But I've realized something crucial—writing is my purpose. Each word, each story is a piece of my soul that I'm sharing with you. So, as you dive into my stories, whether it's the magical lands of Pangerath or the secrets of vampires, know that you're not just reading words on a page. You're stepping into my world, a world crafted with determination and love. My journey isn't conventional, but it's uniquely mine. And as you read, I hope you feel that spark, that connection, and find a piece of yourself within the pages. Here's to us, to adventure, and to the power of imagination. Let's embark on this journey together, shall we? Warmly, Warren K Clyde

Download or read book Safer Gardens written by Lesley Corbett and published by Australian Scholarly Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-02 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Destructive bushfires are increasing in frequency and intensity around the world. For people living in fire prone areas there are no reliable guides about which plants have low flammability and which are frighteningly flammable. Safer Gardens is that guide, with over 500 plants assessed, based on fire research from around the world. Readers can look up a plant in the Plant Flammability Table to get an idea of its flammability then turn to the A–Z for more detailed information. The book contains advice about ways to create a more firesafe garden, including the need to carefully manage the use of mulch and hedges. This is citizen science, written by a gardener for other gardeners. Complex and potentially confusing science is made comprehensible and usable, to help you make your garden and hence your house safer.

Download or read book Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia written by Royal Society of South Australia and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Complete Concordance to Shakespere Being a Verbal Index to All the Passages in the Dramatic Works of the Poet written by Mary Victoria Cowden CLARKE and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book She Returns From War written by Lee Collins and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2013-01-29 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four years after the horrific events in Leadville, a young woman from England, Victoria Dawes, sets into motion a series of events that will lead Cora and herself out into the New Mexico desert in pursuit of Anaba, a Navajo witch bent on taking revenge for the atrocities committed against her people. File Under: Dark Fantasy [ The Wilder West | Unseen Forces | A Conspiracy | Fight For Life ]

Download or read book Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Philosophical Society of Adelaide South Australia written by Royal Society of South Australia and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Victoria s Scottish Lion written by Adrian Greenwood and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From humble Glasgow beginnings, Colin Campbell rose to become Scotland's finest general and a favourite of Queen Victoria. In his fifty-year career he fought through the Peninsula, the Crimea, China and India, and still found time to contain a slave revolt, a Chartist revolution and Ireland's Tithe War. Through a combination of personal courage, compassionate leadership and genius for military strategy he became an idol for the men who served under him. This undisputed hero, whose memory has grown faint beside celebrated warriors of the Victorian age, was a soldier ahead of his time – the first working-class field marshal, with strong humanitarian leanings and an instinct for harnessing the power of the press. In the first major biography of Campbell since 1880 his career is radically reinterpreted and the life of this very private man is revealed. Victoria's Scottish Lion was shortlisted for The Society for Army Historical Research's 2015 Templar Prize.

Download or read book A Socialite in Backwoods Wyoming written by Missi Moline and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2016-06-08 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Denver banker Stephen Hamilton believes his pretty stepdaughter, Victoria Albrecht, can bring him to a higher financial and societal level through a good marriage. Rancher Victor Albrecht believes his niece, Victoria, can be the heir that he needs if she can fulfill the requirements of his will. Rancher Clint Dougherty is attracted to Victoria when she comes to Wyoming for the reading of her uncles will, but hes had a bad experience with a pretty socialite. Can Victoria please all three and God too? And what is the mysterious undercurrent she senses?

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