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Author | : Agustín Yáñez |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 343 |
Release | : 2011-05-18 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 029278550X |
This tale of a repressive priest and his small Mexican village during the eighteen months preceding the Revolution of 1910 is a great novel, one that exposes the struggle between human desire and paralyzing fear—fear of humanity, fear of nature, fear of the wrath of God. Agustín Yáñez probes the actions of people caught in life’s currents, enthralling his readers with mounting dramatic tension as he shows that no power can forge saints from the human masses, that any attempt to do so, in fact, often has exactly the opposite result. Yáñez brings to his work a deep understanding of people—his people—and he illuminates a great truth—that no one, anywhere, seems very strange when we understand the environment that has produced him or her.
Author | : Margaret Roberts |
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Total Pages | : 367 |
Release | : 1882 |
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Author | : Margaret Roberts |
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Total Pages | : 426 |
Release | : 1869 |
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Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 2020-04-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780461725551 |
Author | : Ronna M. Bacon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 2019-07-31 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781989000939 |
Sent to find Aideen Fletcher, Reilly Stuart rescues her from her brother, but finds them in danger from the men after her brother, leading them to an adventure they never expected.
Author | : Adam Sobel |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2014-10-14 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 006230478X |
Was Sandy a freak of nature, or the new normal? On October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy reached the shores of the northeastern United States to become one of the most destructive storms in history. But was Sandy a freak event, or should we have been better prepared for it? Was it a harbinger of things to come as the climate warms? In this fascinating and accessible work of popular science, atmospheric scientist and Columbia University professor Adam Sobel addresses these questions, combining his deep knowledge of the climate with his firsthand experience of the event itself. Sobel explains the remarkable atmospheric conditions that gave birth to Sandy and determined its path. He gives us insight into the science that led to the accurate forecasts of the storm from genesis to landfall, as well as an understanding of why our meteorological vocabulary failed our leaders in warning us about this unprecedented weather system—part hurricane, part winter-type nor'easter, fully deserving of the title "Superstorm." Storm Surge brings together the melting glaciers, the warming oceans, and a broad historical perspective to explain how our changing climate and developing coastlines are making New York and other cities more vulnerable. Engaging, informative, and timely, Sobel's book provokes us to think differently about how we can better prepare for the storms in our future.
Author | : A. Roberts |
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Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 1869 |
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Author | : Spike Walker |
Publisher | : St. Martin's Press |
Total Pages | : 157 |
Release | : 2010-09-28 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1429989033 |
From the acclaimed author whose beloved books inspired the hit television show, The Deadliest Catch, comes a thrilling true adventure tale in the Alaskan seas A Malaysian cargo ship on its way from Seattle, Washington to China ran aground off the coast of western Alaska's Aleutian Islands on December 8, 2004 during a brutal storm, leading to one of the most incredible Coast Guard rescue missions of all time. Two Coast Guard Jayhawk helicopters lifted off immediately from Air Station Kodiak during the driving storm in an effort to rescue the ship's eighteen crew members before it broke apart and sank in the freezing waters. Nine of the crew were lifted from the ship and dropped aboard a nearby Coast Guard cutter. But during attempts to save the last eight crew members, one of the Jayhawks was engulfed by a rogue wave that broke over the bow of the ship. When its engines flamed out from ingesting water, the Jayhawk crashed into the sea. The seven crew members from the ship who had been hoisted into the aircraft, along with the chopper's three-man crew, plunged into the bitterly cold ocean where hypothermia began to set in immediately. Interviewing all the surviving participants of the disaster and given access to documents and photos, acclaimed author Spike Walker has once again crafted a white-knuckle read of survival and death in the unforgiving Alaskan waters.
Author | : Shepherd Knapp |
Publisher | : Рипол Классик |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 1921 |
Genre | : History |
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Author | : Margaret Roberts |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2018-01-14 |
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ISBN | : 9780483122482 |
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