Storm Maker

Storm Maker
Author: Mark Loeffelholz
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2020-04-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1977221467

Jade’s prisoner laughed. “My name is John Smith,” he said. “I am visiting Miami Beach from Indianapolis, where I work in a factory that manufactures tools for the automotive industry. I am married to a woman named Frances, and I have three children. I go to church every Sunday, and listen to Chicago White Sox games on the radio.”

Jade took a step closer, his Smith and Wesson extended. “Are you sure?” he asked coolly. “That’s your story? That’s what you’re going to stick with?”

“My name is John Smith,” he repeated, with a smile that could not be tolerated.

“All right,” Oscar Jade readily agreed, and put a bullet through the top of his right foot.

Oscar Jade, a private detective in Miami Beach in 1942, is investigating the suicide of a friend…and he doesn’t believe it’s a suicide. As he investigates, the stakes soon escalate to life and death – for a great many people – and it soon becomes clear that the war is about to be fought right here – at home.


“Prepare to be taken on a journey to 1942 Miami Beach where the drinks are straight…and the anti-hero – the club-footed, hard-drinking, harder punching Oscar Jade – is the last man you’d want on your tail. Storm Maker is a nostalgic blast where monochrome images of Bogart and Bergman are conjured in the mind and the soundtrack crackles under the scratchy needle on an uneven gramophone.” - A P Bateman, Amazon #1 Best-Selling Author

The Storm Makers

The Storm Makers
Author: Jennifer E. Smith
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2012-04-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0316202916

Enter the world of The Storm Makers, where there's magic behind every forecast. What starts as an ordinary summer turns exciting and perilous for twins Ruby and Simon when strange occurrences begin happening on their farm -- sudden gusts of wind, rainstorms, and even tornado warnings -- that seem eerily timed to Simon's emotions. Then a stranger arrives and tells the twins that Simon is a Storm Maker -- part of a clandestine group of people entrusted with controlling and taming the weather -- and that he is in great danger. Soon Simon and Ruby must race against the clock as they try to master Simon's powers in time to stop a rogue Storm Maker's treacherous -- and potentially deadly -- plans. In this thrilling new adventure, loyalties can shift as quickly as the wind . . . and the ordinary can turn extraordinary in the blink of an eye.

Storm Maker [The Dawn of Ireland 1]

Storm Maker [The Dawn of Ireland 1]
Author: Erin O'Quinn
Publisher: Siren-BookStrand
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2012-04-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1619266008

[BookStrand Historical Fantasy Romance, HEA] The impetuous Caylith meets her match. Liam O'Neill, strongly attracted by the sultry promise in her green eyes and by her bold mouth, calls her his “Storm Maker,” and yet she learns that he, too, has ways to stir up a whirlwind. The more she tries to stay chaste, the more her passions increase. The sexual tension builds as she faces the clash of her desires and her promise to Patrick—to remain a virgin until marriage. When an old enemy seizes Liam as hostage for all her lands, she first confronts the scheming druid brothers Loch and Lucet, pagan priests of the high king himself, and then she faces the malevolence of her old nemesis Owen Sweeney. Finally, on the verge of marriage, Caylith is confronted by the other man who loves her. Now she must choose between the lover who has waited for her and the untamed, mysterious Liam. ** A BookStrand Mainstream Romance

The Weather Makers

The Weather Makers
Author: Tim Flannery
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Total Pages: 445
Release: 2007-12-01
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1555846335

The #1 international bestseller on climate change that’s been endorsed by policy makers, scientists, writers, and energy executives around the world. Tim Flannery’s The Weather Makers contributed in bringing the topic of global warming to worldwide prominence. For the first time, a scientist provided an accessible and comprehensive account of the history, current status, and future impact of climate change, writing what has been acclaimed by reviewers everywhere as the definitive book on global warming. With one out of every five living things on this planet committed to extinction by the levels of greenhouse gases that will accumulate in the next few decades, we are reaching a global climatic tipping point. The Weather Makers is both an urgent warning and a call to arms, outlining the history of climate change, how it will unfold over the next century, and what we can do to prevent a cataclysmic future. Originally somewhat of a global warming skeptic, Tim Flannery spent several years researching the topic and offers a connect-the-dots approach for a reading public who has received patchy or misleading information on the subject. Pulling on his expertise as a scientist to discuss climate change from a historical perspective, Flannery also explains how climate change is interconnected across the planet. This edition includes a new afterword by the author. “An authoritative, scientifically accurate book on global warming that sparkles with life, clarity, and intelligence.” —The Washington Post

The Storm Makers

The Storm Makers
Author: Jennifer E. Smith
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2012-04-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0316202916

Enter the world of The Storm Makers, where there's magic behind every forecast. What starts as an ordinary summer turns exciting and perilous for twins Ruby and Simon when strange occurrences begin happening on their farm -- sudden gusts of wind, rainstorms, and even tornado warnings -- that seem eerily timed to Simon's emotions. Then a stranger arrives and tells the twins that Simon is a Storm Maker -- part of a clandestine group of people entrusted with controlling and taming the weather -- and that he is in great danger. Soon Simon and Ruby must race against the clock as they try to master Simon's powers in time to stop a rogue Storm Maker's treacherous -- and potentially deadly -- plans. In this thrilling new adventure, loyalties can shift as quickly as the wind . . . and the ordinary can turn extraordinary in the blink of an eye.

Howell's Storm

Howell's Storm
Author: Jim Leeke
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2019-04-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 0912777974

More than half a century ago, New York City suffered from a drought that lasted through 1949 and into 1950. By February, the desperate city had to try something different. Mayor William O'Dwyer hired a municipal rainmaker. Dr. Wallace E. Howell was an inspired choice. The handsome, thirty-five-year-old Harvard-educated meteorologist was the ideal scientist—soft spoken, modest, and articulate. No fast-talking prairie huckster, he took credit for nothing he couldn't prove with sound empirical data. Howell's meticulous nature often baffled jaded New Yorkers. Over the next year, his leadership of a small ground and air armada, and his unprecedented scientific campaign to replenish the city's upstate reservoirs in the Catskills, captured the imagination of the world. New York's cloud seeding and rainmaking efforts would remain the stuff of legend—and controversy—for decades. Howell's Storm is the first in-depth look at New York City's only official rainmaker—an unintentional celebrity, dedicated scientist, and climate entrepreneur, whose activities stirred controversy among government officials, meteorologists, theologians, farmers, and resort owners alike.

Machine Learning for Decision Makers

Machine Learning for Decision Makers
Author: Patanjali Kashyap
Publisher: Apress
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2018-01-04
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1484229886

Take a deep dive into the concepts of machine learning as they apply to contemporary business and management. You will learn how machine learning techniques are used to solve fundamental and complex problems in society and industry. Machine Learning for Decision Makers serves as an excellent resource for establishing the relationship of machine learning with IoT, big data, and cognitive and cloud computing to give you an overview of how these modern areas of computing relate to each other. This book introduces a collection of the most important concepts of machine learning and sets them in context with other vital technologies that decision makers need to know about. These concepts span the process from envisioning the problem to applying machine-learning techniques to your particular situation. This discussion also provides an insight to help deploy the results to improve decision-making. The book uses case studies and jargon busting to help you grasp the theory of machine learning quickly. You'll soon gain the big picture of machine learning and how it fits with other cutting-edge IT services. This knowledge will give you confidence in your decisions for the future of your business. What You Will Learn Discover the machine learning, big data, and cloud and cognitive computing technology stack Gain insights into machine learning concepts and practices Understand business and enterprise decision-making using machine learning Absorb machine-learning best practices Who This Book Is For Managers tasked with making key decisions who want to learn how and when machine learning and related technologies can help them.

Queen of Assassins

Queen of Assassins
Author: Adrian English
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2010-07-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1453507353

Malia was the best assassin in the world—an orphan raised by gypsies and trained by the Assassins’ Guild. The only link to her past was a medallion. Lord Randall was the knight commander of Anysia. Common-born, he aspired to rule the land, but there were a few people in his way. A simple assassination leads to an upheaval of the world and Malia’s life. She will discover herself, lose loved ones, and learn the meaning of vengeance. She will be an assassin, love slave, princess, and then finally, Queen of the Assassins. Will she be able to thwart Lord Randall’s schemes? When his plots harm her dearest ones, Will she be able to resolve to stop him and find peace within herself?

In Search of the I

In Search of the I
Author: Ramón Lugo
Publisher: Balboa Press
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2016-07-25
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1452522057

This unbelievable - yet true - story reminds one of biblical struggles: it echoes the story of Jacob wrestling with the Angel of God. Throughout a long, dark night in the middle of the Atlantic, a lone man in a kayak braves ruthless tropical storm Franklin. Nothing is there to help him: no media, no helicopters, no rescue teams - and yet, his life is spared. The book describes much more than this capturing imagination and awe-inspiring ordeal. In 2005, the author, Ramon Lugo, set off to kayak alone across the Atlantic Ocean from the Chesapeake Bay to Spain. He considered this crossing a means of finding his inner self. He sought to experience times, "when pure courage is needed to let spirit take over." The narrative conveys the raw sense of a seemingly impossible attempt to cross the ocean in a kayak in hurricane season. As we join Ramon David Lugo on his breathtaking odyssey, we get a taste of his unimaginable courage, which is a sister to faith.

We are the Weather Makers

We are the Weather Makers
Author: Tim Flannery
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2009
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0763636568

Based on the author's best seller The Weather Makers, this accessible new edition speaks directly to young adults, offering a clear look at the history of climate change, how it will unfold over the next century, and what we can do to prevent a cataclysmic future.