Download or read book The Great Water written by Matthew R Thick and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michigan’s location among the Great Lakes has positioned it at the crossroads of many worlds. Its first hunters arrived ten thousand years ago, its first farmers arrived about six thousand years after that, and three hundred years ago the French expanded into the territory. This book is a small sample of the words of Michigan’s people—a collection of stories, letters, diary entries, news reports, and other documents—that give personal insights into important aspects of Michigan’s history. Designed to provoke thought and discussion about Michigan’s past, the documents in this reader are expressions of past ideas, markers of change, and windows into the lives of the people who lived during well-known events in Michigan history.
Download or read book Thick as Water written by Ava Page and published by La Jolla Press, LLC. This book was released on 2021-07-18 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thick as Water: A contemporary fiction novel that will grab hold of the reader from start to finish. In the first week, the novel was ranked as an Amazon Hot New Release in several categories for all formats (eBook, hardcover and paperback). I would like you both to come in. For Agnes and Liam, life is never the same after these words. In one afternoon, every vow in their marriage is a challenge: For worse. For poorer. In sickness. Agnes and Liam must confront unexpected challenges and decide: Will they choose each other? Is their marriage worth everything they've worked for in this life? How private is information on the internet? Is technology stripping away life's mysteries a blessing or a curse? The story grapples with the ever-blurring line between privacy and the media. It tackles the big questions of the rising popularity of medical and DNA testing coupled with ongoing cybersecurity threats. If light is cast on their dark past, will it take away its power, or destroy their lives? ************** Editorial review: An intriguing observation of the dangers of advanced technology compromising privacy told through the lens of family, love and loss. - Reedsy Discovery Select reader feedback: One word... incredible! - It's hard to leave a review because I find myself speechless. I am a slow reader, slow slow slow, but I love it. This book took me two days. Unheard of for me. It was so riveting I found that when I finally made myself put it down I looked for reasons to pick it back up. An incredible page turner from Ava Page... Excellent prose and story line - Ava Page's first novel is a page turner for sure! It interweaves politics, medical ethics, family dynamics, and character development efortlessly. What specifically stood out to me was her descriptors and prose - it did not feel trite, but rather original and interesting to my readers' eye. Bravo - can't wait to see more from this author! (Note: I recieved an ARC for this objective review.) A must read! - An incredible read! Ava Page addressed so many current issues with multi-faceted insights about intrusion into privacy, the consequences of breached security, DNA testing, and familial bonds in times of unspeakable dispair. Both my brain and my heart were fully engaged. I have two copies of the book now, one on Kindle and the other paperback since I am definitiely getting the author to sign this book! Great story line - Liked the story idea. Kept me guessing right up until the end. I look forward to reading more by Ava Page. A good read that will tug on your emotions. This book had good character development and a good story. The story was gripping and kept me wanting to read more. I enjoyed every minute. For the latest from Ava Page please visit www.avapage.com or on Instagram at @AvaPageAuthor
Download or read book Blood is Thicker written by Paul Langan and published by Townsend Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hakeem and Savon are cousins who do not get along at first but work things out.
Download or read book The Blood of the Covenant is Thicker Than the Water of the Womb written by Shema B and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-08 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Blood of the Covenant is Thicker than the Water of the Womb is the original saying of the idiom Blood is Thicker than Water. It means that people who have shed blood together in the battlefield (blood of the covenant) have a stronger bond than familial ties (water of the womb) which is quite the opposite of the latter - more popular saying.
Download or read book Bartholomew and the Oobleck written by Dr. Seuss and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1949-10-12 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Bartholomew Cubbins in Dr. Seuss’s Caldecott Honor–winning picture book about a king’s magical mishap! Bored with rain, sunshine, fog, and snow, King Derwin of Didd summons his royal magicians to create something new and exciting to fall from the sky. What he gets is a storm of sticky green goo called Oobleck—which soon wreaks havock all over his kingdom! But with the assistance of the wise page boy Bartholomew, the king (along with young readers) learns that the simplest words can sometimes solve the stickiest problems.
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Download or read book The Sweetness of Water Oprah s Book Club written by Nathan Harris and published by Back Bay Books. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER / AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK ONE OF PRESIDENT OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2021 Winner of the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize Longlisted for the 2022 Carnegie Medal for Excellence Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize In the spirit of The Known World and The Underground Railroad, "a miraculous debut" (Washington Post) and "a towering achievement of imagination" (CBS This Morning)about the unlikely bond between two freedmen who are brothers and the Georgia farmer whose alliance will alter their lives, and his, forever--from "a storyteller with bountiful insight and assurance" (Kirkus) A Best Book of the Year: Oprah Daily, NPR, Washington Post, Time, Boston Globe, Smithsonian, Chicago Public Library, BookBrowse, and the Oregonian A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A July Indie Next Pick In the waning days of the Civil War, brothers Prentiss and Landry--freed by the Emancipation Proclamation--seek refuge on the homestead of George Walker and his wife, Isabelle. The Walkers, wracked by the loss of their only son to the war, hire the brothers to work their farm, hoping through an unexpected friendship to stanch their grief. Prentiss and Landry, meanwhile, plan to save money for the journey north and a chance to reunite with their mother, who was sold away when they were boys. Parallel to their story runs a forbidden romance between two Confederate soldiers. The young men, recently returned from the war to the town of Old Ox, hold their trysts in the woods. But when their secret is discovered, the resulting chaos, including a murder, unleashes convulsive repercussions on the entire community. In the aftermath of so much turmoil, it is Isabelle who emerges as an unlikely leader, proffering a healing vision for the land and for the newly free citizens of Old Ox. With candor and sympathy, debut novelist Nathan Harris creates an unforgettable cast of characters, depicting Georgia in the violent crucible of Reconstruction. Equal parts beauty and terror, as gripping as it is moving, The Sweetness of Water is an epic whose grandeur locates humanity and love amid the most harrowing circumstances.
Download or read book Water Follies written by Robert Jerome Glennon and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2012-09-26 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Santa Cruz River that once flowed through Tucson, Arizona is today a sad mirage of a river. Except for brief periods following heavy rainfall, it is bone dry. The cottonwood and willow trees that once lined its banks have died, and the profusion of birds and wildlife recorded by early settlers are nowhere to be seen. The river is dead. What happened? Where did the water go. As Robert Glennon explains in Water Follies, what killed the Santa Cruz River -- and could devastate other surface waters across the United States -- was groundwater pumping. From 1940 to 2000, the volume of water drawn annually from underground aquifers in Tucson jumped more than six-fold, from 50,000 to 330,000 acre-feet per year. And Tucson is hardly an exception -- similar increases in groundwater pumping have occurred across the country and around the world. In a striking collection of stories that bring to life the human and natural consequences of our growing national thirst, Robert Glennon provides an occasionally wry and always fascinating account of groundwater pumping and the environmental problems it causes. Robert Glennon sketches the culture of water use in the United States, explaining how and why we are growing increasingly reliant on groundwater. He uses the examples of the Santa Cruz and San Pedro rivers in Arizona to illustrate the science of hydrology and the legal aspects of water use and conflicts. Following that, he offers a dozen stories -- ranging from Down East Maine to San Antonio's River Walk to Atlanta's burgeoning suburbs -- that clearly illustrate the array of problems caused by groundwater pumping. Each episode poses a conflict of values that reveals the complexity of how and why we use water. These poignant and sometimes perverse tales tell of human foibles including greed, stubbornness, and, especially, the unlimited human capacity to ignore reality. As Robert Glennon explores the folly of our actions and the laws governing them, he suggests common-sense legal and policy reforms that could help avert potentially catastrophic future effects. Water Follies, the first book to focus on the impact of groundwater pumping on the environment, brings this widespread but underappreciated problem to the attention of citizens and communities across America.
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Download or read book Thick as Water written by Ava Page and published by La Jolla Press, LLC. This book was released on 2021-07-18 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thick as Water: A contemporary fiction novel that will grab hold of the reader from start to finish. In the first week, the novel was ranked as an Amazon Hot New Release in several categories for all formats (eBook, hardcover and paperback). I would like you both to come in. For Agnes and Liam, life is never the same after these words. In one afternoon, every vow in their marriage is a challenge: For worse. For poorer. In sickness. Agnes and Liam must confront unexpected challenges and decide: Will they choose each other? Is their marriage worth everything they've worked for in this life? How private is information on the internet? Is technology stripping away life's mysteries a blessing or a curse? The story grapples with the ever-blurring line between privacy and the media. It tackles the big questions of the rising popularity of medical and DNA testing coupled with ongoing cybersecurity threats. If light is cast on their dark past, will it take away its power, or destroy their lives? ************** Editorial review: An intriguing observation of the dangers of advanced technology compromising privacy told through the lens of family, love and loss. - Reedsy Discovery Select reader feedback: One word... incredible! - It's hard to leave a review because I find myself speechless. I am a slow reader, slow slow slow, but I love it. This book took me two days. Unheard of for me. It was so riveting I found that when I finally made myself put it down I looked for reasons to pick it back up. An incredible page turner from Ava Page... Excellent prose and story line - Ava Page's first novel is a page turner for sure! It interweaves politics, medical ethics, family dynamics, and character development efortlessly. What specifically stood out to me was her descriptors and prose - it did not feel trite, but rather original and interesting to my readers' eye. Bravo - can't wait to see more from this author! (Note: I recieved an ARC for this objective review.) A must read! - An incredible read! Ava Page addressed so many current issues with multi-faceted insights about intrusion into privacy, the consequences of breached security, DNA testing, and familial bonds in times of unspeakable dispair. Both my brain and my heart were fully engaged. I have two copies of the book now, one on Kindle and the other paperback since I am definitiely getting the author to sign this book! Great story line - Liked the story idea. Kept me guessing right up until the end. I look forward to reading more by Ava Page. A good read that will tug on your emotions. This book had good character development and a good story. The story was gripping and kept me wanting to read more. I enjoyed every minute. For the latest from Ava Page please visit www.avapage.com or on Instagram at @AvaPageAuthor
Download or read book Into Thick Air written by Jim Malusa and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Delightful debut travelogue by botanist Malusa, who cycled to the lowest point on each of six continents.” —Kirkus Reviews With plenty of sunscreen and a cold beer swaddled in his sleeping bag, writer and botanist Jim Malusa bicycled alone to the lowest point on each of six continents, a six–year series of “anti–expeditions” to “anti–summits.” His journeys took him to Lake Eyre in the arid heart of Australia, along Moses’ route to the Dead Sea, and from Moscow to the Caspian Sea. He pedaled across the Andes to Patagonia, around tiny Djibouti in the Horn of Africa, and from Tucson to Death Valley. With a scientist’s eye, Malusa vividly observes local landscapes and creatures. As a lone man, he is overfed by grandmothers, courted by ladies of the night in Volgograd, invited into a mosque by Africa’s most feared tribe, chased by sandstorms and hurricanes—yet Malusa keeps riding. His reward: the deep silence of the world’s great depressions. A large–hearted narrative of what happens when a friendly, perceptive American puts himself at the mercy of strange landscapes and their denizens, Into Thick Air presents one of the most talented new voices in contemporary travel writing. “I’ve followed all of Jim’s amazing and hilarious journeys, and I am happy to claim him as one of my favorite writers.” —Barbara Kingsolver, New York Times bestselling author “His descriptions of desert landscapes can be extraordinary . . . You can almost feel the dry gusts turning Malusa’s lips into cracked leather.” —The New York Times Book Review
Download or read book Introduction to Water in California written by David Carle and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thoroughly engaging, concise book tells the story of California's most precious resource, tracing the journey of water in the state from the atmosphere to the snowpack to our faucets and foods. Along the way, we learn much about California itself as the book describes its rivers, lakes, wetlands, dams, and aqueducts and discusses the role of water in agriculture, the environment, and politics. Essential reading in a state facing the future with an overextended water supply, this fascinating book shows that, for all Californians, every drop counts. New to this updated edition: * Additional maps, figures, and photos * Expanded coverage of potential impacts to precipitation, snowpack, and water supply from climate change * Updated information about the struggle for water management and potential solutions * New content about sustainable groundwater use and regulation, desalination, water recycling, stormwater capture, and current proposals for water storage and diversion *Additional table summarizing water sources for 360 California cities and towns
Download or read book Thick seam Mining in the Western United States geological Considerations written by Donna L. Boreck and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Empirical Equations for Estimating Drying Times of Thick Rotary cut Veneer in Press and Jet Dryers written by John L. Tschernitz and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thicker Than Water written by Oscar Williams and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thick as Blood written by Beatrice B. Morgan and published by Authors 4 Authors Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-16 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the stolen centrum recovered, Raven’s adventure with Zander is over. Or is it? Raven’s lingering fever worries the Dwellers, and Zander is set on returning her to Silver Glen, pushing her out of their plans to rescue Princess Rosaria. But even when the Hammel Forest seems quiet, a dangerous automaton is always around the next tree. After Raven finds herself in the midst of another rebel caravan, she has a choice to make. Will she return to life underground, find her way back to Zander and the mission, or get swept away on an exciting new journey?
Download or read book Hey Water written by Antoinette Portis and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Splash! A spunky little girl plays a spirited game of hide-and-seek with water, in this gorgeously illustrated nonfiction picture book. A Robert F. Sibert Honor Book An ALA Notable Children's Book Hey, water! I know you! You're all around. Join a young girl as she explores her surroundings and sees that water is everywhere. But water doesn't always look the same, it doesn't always feel the same, and it shows up in lots of different shapes. Water can be a lake, it can be steam, it can be a tear, or it can even be a snowman. As the girl discovers water in nature, in weather, in her home, and even inside her own body, water comes to life, and kids will find excitement and joy in water and its many forms. This latest work from award-winning author/illustrator Antoinette Portis is an engaging, aesthetically pleasing nonfiction picture book, complete with accessible backmatter on the water cycle, water conservation, and more. A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A Bank Street Best Book of the Year Selected for the CBC Champions of Change Showcase
