Cloudbursts

Author : Thomas McGuane
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385350228

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Cloudbursts by Thomas McGuane Pdf

From the acclaimed author of Ninety-two in the Shade: Set in the seedy corners of Key West, the remote shore towns of the Bahamas, and the unforgiving landscape of Big Sky Country, a “uniformly brilliant” collection (The New York Times Book Review) of familial dysfunction, emotional failure, and American loneliness that celebrates the human ability to persist through life's absurdities For more than four decades, Thomas McGuane has been heralded as an unrivaled master of the short story. Now the arc of that achievement appears in one definitive volume—forty-five stories, including two new and six previously uncollected pieces. These are stories of people on the fringes of society, whose twisted pasts meddle with their chances for companionship, moving from the hilarious to the tragic and back again. “A master of the short story... Cloudbursts is clearly the product of a life's worth of thought and feeling and experience; it ought to be savored.” —The New York Times Book Review

Author : Thomas McGuane
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385350211

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Cloudbursts by Thomas McGuane Pdf

ONE OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR For more than four decades, Thomas McGuane has been heralded as an unrivaled master of the short story. Now the arc of that achievement appears in one definitive volume--forty-five stories, including two new and six previously uncollected pieces. Set in the seedy corners of Key West, the remote shore towns of the Bahamas, and McGuane's hallmark Big Sky country with its vast and unforgiving landscape, these are stories of people on the fringes of society, whose twisted pasts meddle with their chances for companionship. Moving from the hilarious to the tragic and back again, McGuane writes about familial dysfunction, emotional failure, and American loneliness, celebrating the human ability to persist through life's absurdities.

Author : Amita Singh
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 2538 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811983887

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International Handbook of Disaster Research by Amita Singh Pdf

​This handbook is a comprehensive source of information, analysis and directions in disaster studies. It goes beyond the oft-explored issues of management and science related to the topic and explores policies, governance, law and decision-making combined with the processes of implementation and enforcement, all the while integrating the latest science and technology updates related to the topic, such as artificial intelligence and early warning systems. It brings together studies which relate to sociology, politics and institutional economics, which work under the impact of resource availability, issues of leadership and international laws. Disasters are trans-boundary and disaster studies are trans-disciplinary. It is this aspect which would form the fulcrum of contributions and present a new, refreshing and innovative design for the handbook. The transformatory pedagogy which started with the Hyogo Framework for action 2005-2015 and The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 outlines seven clear targets and four priorities for action to prevent new and reduce existing disaster risks. The four priority areas around which the book would revolve are (i) Understanding disaster risk; (ii) Strengthening disaster risk governance to manage disaster risk; (iii) Investing in disaster reduction for resilience and; (iv) Enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response, and to "Build Back Better" in recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1937
Category : Irrigation
ISBN : UCR:31210018581544

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Water Levels and Artesian Pressure in Observation Wells in the United States by Anonim Pdf

Author : Nathan Clifford Grover
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1932 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : Hydrogeology
ISBN : IND:30000139065506

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Contributions to the Hydrology of the United States, 1923-1924 by Nathan Clifford Grover Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : Irrigation
ISBN : MINN:31951T000827348

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Water-supply Paper by Anonim Pdf

Author : Amibh Ranjan,Sujit Kumar,Yshwant Singh Rana,Dr. Priya Goel
Publisher : Arihant Publications India limited
Page : 713 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789324199447

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IAS Mains Paper 3 Technology Economic Development Bio Diversity Environment, Security & Disaster Management 2021 by Amibh Ranjan,Sujit Kumar,Yshwant Singh Rana,Dr. Priya Goel Pdf

Author : S. Anand Babu
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 631 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000827477

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5th World Congress on Disaster Management: Volume II by S. Anand Babu Pdf

World Congress on Disaster Management (WCDM) brings researchers, policy makers and practitioners from around the world in the same platform to discuss various challenging issues of disaster risk management, enhance understanding of risks and advance actions for reducing risks and building resilience to disasters. The fifth WCDM deliberates on three critical issues that pose the most serious challenges as well as hold the best possible promise of building resilience to disasters. These are Technology, Finance, and Capacity. WCDM has emerged as the largest global conference on disaster management outside the UN system. The fifth WCDM was attended by more than 2500 scientists, professionals, policy makers and practitioners all around the world despite the prevalence of pandemic.

Author : V.C. Andrews
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781439181164

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Cloudburst by V.C. Andrews Pdf

The followup to Family Storms, this book follows Sasha Porter, now a senior in high school, as new troubles unfold with her foster family. Since being taken in by wealthy Mrs. Jordan March and living in her exquisite home like a daughter, Sasha Porter’s traumatic past—destitute on the streets, and the shattering accident that killed her mother—seems like a fading nightmare. Beautiful and sophisticated, as bold and daring as her “sister,” Kiera March, Sasha still keeps her mother’s wise words close to her heart: never fully trust anyone. Inside her privileged new world, it’s advice that will prove more precious than gold. Against the wishes of Jordan’s husband, Donald, Sasha attracts the attention of Duane Banks, a shy, handsome athlete, and maneuvers her way into his heart. But Duane’s hidden torment soon explodes in a horrific tragedy that pulls Sasha into a flood of guilt and despair. And when someone she thought she could trust targets her vulnerability, Sasha recalls her mother’s warnings—and a violent storm of dark deceptions and shocking family secrets is unleashed. Will she sink or swim?

Author : Vijay P. Singh,Pratap Singh,Umesh K. Haritashya
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1301 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789048126415

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Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers by Vijay P. Singh,Pratap Singh,Umesh K. Haritashya Pdf

The earth’s cryosphere, which includes snow, glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets, ice shelves, sea ice, river and lake ice, and permafrost, contains about 75% of the earth’s fresh water. It exists at almost all latitudes, from the tropics to the poles, and plays a vital role in controlling the global climate system. It also provides direct visible evidence of the effect of climate change, and, therefore, requires proper understanding of its complex dynamics. This encyclopedia mainly focuses on the various aspects of snow, ice and glaciers, but also covers other cryospheric branches, and provides up-to-date information and basic concepts on relevant topics. It includes alphabetically arranged and professionally written, comprehensive and authoritative academic articles by well-known international experts in individual fields. The encyclopedia contains a broad spectrum of topics, ranging from the atmospheric processes responsible for snow formation; transformation of snow to ice and changes in their properties; classification of ice and glaciers and their worldwide distribution; glaciation and ice ages; glacier dynamics; glacier surface and subsurface characteristics; geomorphic processes and landscape formation; hydrology and sedimentary systems; permafrost degradation; hazards caused by cryospheric changes; and trends of glacier retreat on the global scale along with the impact of climate change. This book can serve as a source of reference at the undergraduate and graduate level and help to better understand snow, ice and glaciers. It will also be an indispensable tool containing specialized literature for geologists, geographers, climatologists, hydrologists, and water resources engineers; as well as for those who are engaged in the practice of agricultural and civil engineering, earth sciences, environmental sciences and engineering, ecosystem management, and other relevant subjects.

Author : Kottilingam Kottursamy,Ali Kashif Bashir,Utku Kose,Annie Uthra
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-18
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783031276224

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Deep Sciences for Computing and Communications by Kottilingam Kottursamy,Ali Kashif Bashir,Utku Kose,Annie Uthra Pdf

This book constitutes selected papers presented during the First International Conference on Deep Sciences for Computing and Communications, IconDeepCom 2022, held in Chennai, India, in March 2022. The 27 papers presented were thoroughly reviewed and selected from 97 submissions. They are organized in topical sections as follows: ​classification and regression problems for communication paradigms; deep learning and vision computing; deep- recurrent neural network (RNN) for industrial informatics; extended AI for heterogeneous edge.

Author : Exam Xtracts
Publisher : by Mocktime Publication
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-01
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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UPSC Mains Solved Previous Papers – General Studies Paper 3 (2013 Onwards) by Exam Xtracts Pdf

UPSC Mains Solved Previous Papers – General Studies Paper 3 (2013 Onwards)

Author : Wilbur Smith,Chris Wakling
Publisher : Piccadilly Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-17
Category : Adventure stories
ISBN : 1848128533

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Cloudburst by Wilbur Smith,Chris Wakling Pdf

Brand new Wilbur Smith series for readers of 11+ - starring fourteen-year-old Jack Courtney. Jack Courtney has lived in London his whole life. But this summer his parents are travelling to the Democratic Republic of the Congo for a gorilla conference, and they've promised to take Jack and his friends with them. When his parents go missing in the rainforest, abducted by mercenaries, nobody seems to have any answers. Jack is pretty sure that it's got something to do with the nearby tantalum mines, but he needs to prove it. Along with Amelia and Xander, Jack must brave the jungle to save his parents. Standing in his way is a member of his own family - Caleb Courtney. There are western gorillas, forest elephants and hippos. But there are also bandits, mercenaries and hostile tribes. The three friends will need their wits about them if they are not only to save Jack's parents, but their own lives too.

Author : Chaitanya B. Pande,Kanak N. Moharir,Abdelazim Negm
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031420566

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Climate Change Impacts in India by Chaitanya B. Pande,Kanak N. Moharir,Abdelazim Negm Pdf

This book focuses on the impact of climate change on India, addressing environmental problems and conducting an analysis of the climate change impact on mitigation processes. It examines crucial factors such as soil capability, soil erosion, soil salinity, and watershed planning, as well as the influence of climate change on water resources, including groundwater. The book explores the interconnections between climate change, soil erosion, natural resources, and agricultural practices, emphasizing their direct or indirect effects on water, vegetation, irrigation planning, and the environment. Furthermore, it delves into various aspects of soil erosion, soil compaction, soil nutrients, aquifers, and the impact of climate change on vegetation, crops, pests, moisture, and sustainable yield. These factors contribute to the development of climate change-related factors within the agricultural sector, ultimately fostering sustainable development and management practices for the future. The book also highlights the significance of parameters such as land use change analysis, rainfall, water resources, crop yield, sustainable agricultural development, pest management, and disease control in accurately assessing the impact of climate change. The insights gained from these analyses can inform future development and planning strategies. Therefore, this book serves as a valuable resource for researchers, scientists, NGOs, and academics interested in understanding the impact of climate change on natural resources and ecological systems.

Author : Exam Xtracts
Publisher : by Mocktime Publication
Page : 827 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-01
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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UPSC Mains Solved Previous Papers – General Studies Paper 1, 2, 3, 4 (2013 Onwards) by Exam Xtracts Pdf

UPSC Mains Solved Previous Papers – General Studies Paper 1, 2, 3, 4 (2013 Onwards)