Chemistry And Other Stories

Author : Ron Rash
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2007-04-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466828063

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Chemistry and Other Stories by Ron Rash Pdf

Chemistry and Other Stories, A Picador Paperback Original From the pre-eminent chronicler of this forgotten territory, stories that range over one hundred years in the troubled, violent emergence of the New South. In Ron Rash's stories, spanning the entire twentieth century in Appalachia, rural communities struggle with the arrival of a new era. Three old men stalk the shadow of a giant fish no one else believes is there. A man takes up scuba diving in the town reservoir to fight off a killing depression. A grieving mother leads a surveyor into the woods to name once and for all the county where her son was murdered by thieves. In the Appalachia of Ron Rash's stories, the collision of the old and new south, of antique and modern, resonate with the depth and power of ancient myths.

Author : Tim Pears
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Interpersonal relations
ISBN : 9781526623379

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Chemistry and Other Stories by Tim Pears Pdf

'As good as any modern fiction you will read this year' Sunday Times, Best new short story collectionsA wife compulsively digs in her garden. Two brothers, long estranged, reunite for a terse, heady summer. A woman flies to Krakow to see her adult son. At dusk, a teenage girl pushes her dying mother out into the sea. A small boy sits on his own in the cinema, entranced by the cowboys who light up the screen.With these short stories, Tim Pears illuminates a series of blazing moments in quiet lives - the tragic, strange, funny and beautiful fragments that make and unmake us - and shines a light into the gulfs that lie between us and those who should know us best.

Author : Alex Frith
Publisher : Usborne Publishing Ltd
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781409585329

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What's Chemistry All About? by Alex Frith Pdf

An approachable introduction to what chemistry is, how it works and why it is vital to everyday life. Topics include: the periodic table, atom structure, radiation and the scientific method, all illustrated with humorous illustrations and diagrams. Simple experiments are provided to aid learning and internet links to recommended websites are provided so readers can find out more. This is a highly illustrated ebook that can only be read on the Kindle Fire or other tablet.

Author : Steven Farmer
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781119265290

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Strange Chemistry by Steven Farmer Pdf

This book opens the audience’s eyes to the extraordinary scientific secrets hiding in everyday objects. Helping readers increase chemistry knowledge in a fun and entertaining way, the book is perfect as a supplementary textbook or gift to curious professionals and novices. • Appeals to a modern audience of science lovers by discussing multiple examples of chemistry in everyday life • Addresses compounds that affect everyone in one way or another: poisons, pharmaceuticals, foods, and illicit drugs; thereby evoking a powerful emotional response which increases interest in the topic at hand • Focuses on edgy types of stories that chemists generally tend to avoid so as not to paint chemistry in a bad light; however, these are the stories that people find interesting • Provides detailed and sophisticated stories that increase the reader’s fundamental scientific knowledge • Discusses complex topics in an engaging and accessible manner, providing the “how” and “why” that takes readers deeper into the stories

Author : Weike Wang
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781524731755

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Chemistry by Weike Wang Pdf

Winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award A Washington Post Notable Book One of the Best Books of the Year: NPR, Entertainment Weekly, Ann Patchett on PBS NewsHour, Minnesota Public Radio, PopSugar, Maris Kreizman, The Morning News Winner of Ploughshares’ John C. Zacharis Award Winner of a Whiting Award A Belletrist Amuse Book At first glance, the quirky, overworked narrator of Weike Wang’s debut novel seems to be on the cusp of a perfect life: she is studying for a prestigious PhD in chemistry that will make her Chinese parents proud (or at least satisfied), and her successful, supportive boyfriend has just proposed to her. But instead of feeling hopeful, she is wracked with ambivalence: the long, demanding hours at the lab have created an exquisite pressure cooker, and she doesn’t know how to answer the marriage question. When it all becomes too much and her life plan veers off course, she finds herself on a new path of discoveries about everything she thought she knew. Smart, moving, and always funny, this unique coming-of-age story is certain to evoke a winning reaction.

Author : Peter Carey
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780571279999

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The Chemistry of Tears by Peter Carey Pdf

London 2011. Catherine Gehrig, conservator at the Swinburne museum, learns of the unexpected death of her lover of thirteen years - but as the mistress of a married man, she has to grieve in private. Her employer at the museum, aware of Catherine's grief, gives her a special project - to piece together both the mechanics and the story of an extraordinary automaton, commissioned in the nineteenth century by Henry Brandling to amuse his dying son. Linked by the mysterious automaton, Catherine and Henry's stories intertwine across time to explore the mysteries of life and death, the miracle and catastrophe of human invention and the body's astonishing chemistry of love and feeling.

Author : Simone Elkeles
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780857076632

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Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles Pdf

From the New York Times bestselling author Simone Elkeles comes an epic love story like no other . . . First in the gripping PERFECT CHEMISTRY series, this is the next addictive read for fans of Anna Todd's AFTER series, and Caroline Kepnes's YOU. When Brittany Ellis walks into chemistry class on the first day of senior year, she has no clue that her carefully created 'perfect' life is about to unravel before her eyes. Forced to be lab partners with Alex Fuentes, a gang member from the other side of town, Brittany finds herself having to protect everything she's worked so hard for – her flawless reputation, her relationship with her boyfriend and, most importantly, the secret that her home life is anything but perfect. Alex is a bad boy and he knows it. So when he makes a bet with his friends to lure Brittany into his life, he thinks nothing of it. But the closer Alex and Brittany get to each other the more they realise that sometimes appearances can be deceptive and that you have to look beneath the surface to discover the truth. 'Compelling and addictive… I've still got that "wow" feeling you get after reading a great book' Wondrousreads.com 'Perfect Chemistry is a novel to obsess about. It is a book that you should drop everything for...the most romantic love story that I have ever read.' Thebookette.com 'Captures that rush of feelings associated with first love' Thebookbag.com 'Elkeles pens plenty of tasteful, hot scenes…that keep the pages turning. The author definitely knows how to write romance.' Kirkus Review

Author : Lars Öhrström
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780191637063

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Curious Tales from Chemistry by Lars Öhrström Pdf

This is a book about discovery and disaster, exploitation and invention, warfare and science - and the relationship between human beings and the chemical elements that make up our planet. Lars Ohrstrom introduces us to a variety of elements from S to Pb through tales of ordinary and extraordinary people from around the globe. We meet African dictators controlling vital supplies of uranium; eighteenth-century explorers searching out sources of precious metals; industrial spies stealing the secrets of steel-making. We find out why the Hindenburg airship was tragically filled with hydrogen, not helium; why nail-varnish remover played a key part in World War I; and the real story behind the legend of tin buttons and the downfall of Napoleon. In each chapter, we find out about the distinctive properties of each element and the concepts and principles that have enabled scientists to put it to practical use. These are the fascinating (and sometimes terrifying) stories of chemistry in action.

Author : Steven Farmer
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781119265269

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Strange Chemistry by Steven Farmer Pdf

This book opens the audience’s eyes to the extraordinary scientific secrets hiding in everyday objects. Helping readers increase chemistry knowledge in a fun and entertaining way, the book is perfect as a supplementary textbook or gift to curious professionals and novices. • Appeals to a modern audience of science lovers by discussing multiple examples of chemistry in everyday life • Addresses compounds that affect everyone in one way or another: poisons, pharmaceuticals, foods, and illicit drugs; thereby evoking a powerful emotional response which increases interest in the topic at hand • Focuses on edgy types of stories that chemists generally tend to avoid so as not to paint chemistry in a bad light; however, these are the stories that people find interesting • Provides detailed and sophisticated stories that increase the reader’s fundamental scientific knowledge • Discusses complex topics in an engaging and accessible manner, providing the “how” and “why” that takes readers deeper into the stories

Author : Tim Pears
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1526623412

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Chemistry and Other Stories by Tim Pears Pdf

Author : Derek B Lowe
Publisher : Union Square + ORM
Page : 1311 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781454917281

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The Chemistry Book by Derek B Lowe Pdf

An engaging and lushly illustrated guide to the greatest achievements, discoveries, and innovations in the world of chemistry. This authoritative volume traces the history of chemistry from ancient observations to cutting edge experiments, presenting a total of 250 milestones. From iron smelting to the discovery of the atom, and from fluorescent pigments to sulfa drug synthesis and buckyballs, The Chemistry Book explores both world-changing developments and mind-blowing mysteries. As the “central science” that bridges biology and physics, chemistry plays an important role in countless medical and technological advances. Covering entertaining stories and unexpected applications, chemist and journalist Derek B. Lowe introduces readers to this endlessly fascinating branch of science.

Author : Jack London
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Moon-Face & Other Stories by Jack London Pdf

Moon-Face & Other Stories' is a collection of American novelist, journalist and social activist Jack London. He lived form 1876 to 1916. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide fame and a large fortune from his fiction alone.

Author : Jack London
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783387007695

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Moon-Face, and Other Stories by Jack London Pdf

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

Author : Katherine Krieg
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781629686882

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Marie Curie: Physics and Chemistry Pioneer by Katherine Krieg Pdf

Two-time Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie accomplished amazing things in both chemistry and physics. This once Polish girl overcame all odds to be one of the most well-respected women in science. This title includes primary sources, sidebars, prompts and activities, charts and graphs, and much more. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Author : London J.
Publisher : Рипол Классик
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9785521081639

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The Kempton-Wace Letters and Moon-Face and Other Stories by London J. Pdf

Jack London was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. "The Kempton-Wace Letters" is an epistolary novel written by Jack London and Anna Strunsky. It consists of philosophical thoughts on love and relationships, written as a series of letters between two men, young scientist Herbert Wace, and a poet Dane Kempton. "Moon-Face and Other Stories" is a collection that contains many wonderful stories like “The Leopard Man's Story,” “Local Colour,” “Amateur Night,” and others