Cracks

Author : Sheila Kohler
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-02-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504082105

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Cracks by Sheila Kohler Pdf

An “eerie, elliptical masterpiece set in a South African boarding school in the early 1960s. . . . First-rate psychological suspense . . . played out flawlessly” (Kirkus Reviews). The members of an elite girls swim team are the reigning queens at their South African boarding school. And then Italian student Fiamma Coronna joins their ranks. Beautiful, athletic, and suddenly commanding all the coach’s attention, Fiamma is the envy of every girl on the team—until the summer she walks into the rural grasslands surrounding the school and disappears. Forty years later, the former teammates return to the school for a reunion, and the memory of that summer emerges like a long buried secret, the shocking, violent truth of what really happened to Fiamma no longer able to be contained . . . “Riveting . . . while evocative of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and Picnic at Hanging Rock, Kohler’s writing is so smoothly confident and erotic that she has produced a tale resonant with a chilling power all its own.” —Elle “A stunning and singular tale of the passion and tribalism of adolescence, Cracks lays bare the violence that lurks in the heart of even the most innocent. Shocking, reminiscent of Lord of the Flies . . . conjures up the wildness of the veld and the passion and drama of adolescence . . . peculiarly satisfying.” —The Times Literary Supplement “A disturbing, note-perfect novel. Dissection of evil has rarely been so extravagantly executed.” —San Francisco Chronicle “Polished, compact and chilling . . . Powerful.” —Publishers Weekly A Library Journal and Newsday Best Book of the Year, now a major motion picture starring Eva Green

Author : Carolyn Sollman,Barbara Emmons,Judith Paolini
Publisher : Davis
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2008-05-06
Category : Boredom
ISBN : 0871928779

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Through the Cracks by Carolyn Sollman,Barbara Emmons,Judith Paolini Pdf

Stella greets Christopher when he shrinks and falls through the cracks in the school floor due to boredom. The two decide to look around and discover some classrooms where children are actively participating in their education and enjoying learning.

Author : George C. Sih,E.P. Chen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 617 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400983403

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Cracks in composite materials by George C. Sih,E.P. Chen Pdf

Composites offer great promise as light weight and strong materials for high performance structures. One of the major advantages of these materials as compared with metals is the basic way in which heterogeneity resist crack extension. In a fiber/matrix composite system, the fibers tend to cause cracks to form at closer spacing and delay the formation of a large crack. The enhancement of local failure such as fiber breaking, matrix cracking and interface debonding further reduces the energy level which might have otherwise reached the point of catastrophic failure. Even though substantial tests have been made on composite materials, little has been gained in the understanding and development of a predic tive procedure for composite failure. There are fundamental difficulties associated with incorporating the nonhomogeneous and anisotropic prop erties of the composite into the continuum mechanics analysis. Additional uncertainties arise from voids and defects that are introduced in the composite during manufacturing. Even a small quantity of mechanical imperfections can cause a marked influence on the composite strength. Moreover, the interface properties between the fibers and matrix or bonded laminae can also affect the load transmission characteristics significantly. It would be impossible to establish predictive procedures for composite failure unless realistic guidelines could be developed to control the manufacturing quality of composite systems.

Author : Allan J. Lichtman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781538156520

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Thirteen Cracks by Allan J. Lichtman Pdf

America’s founders feared a president like Donald Trump. Through the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, they erected a fortified but constrained government to secure the benchmarks of our democracy and established the guardrails designed to protect it. But Trump pushed almost every one of the Framers’ safeguards to its limit—most held, but some broke under the weight of presidential abuses even the Framers did not foresee. Thirteen Cracks will be the first book to expose the most vulnerable areas in our democracy, explain in historical context how President Trump uniquely and outrageously exploited these weak spots, and propose a fix for each challenge. Historian Allen J. Lichtman argues that Trump has put us at a pivot point in our history, where the survival of American democracy is at stake. But this is also an historic opportunity to shore up the vulnerabilities and to strengthen our democracy.

Author : K. M. Walton
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781442429178

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Cracked by K. M. Walton Pdf

When Bull Mastrick and Victor Konig wind up in the same psychiatric ward at age 16, each recalls and relates in group therapy the bullying relationship they have had since kindergarten as well as facts about themselves and their families that reveal how much they have in common. A first novel.

Author : R. Springenschmid
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1994-10-13
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0419187103

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Thermal Cracking in Concrete at Early Ages by R. Springenschmid Pdf

Restraint and intrinsic stresses in concrete at early ages are vitally important for concrete structures which must remain free of water-permeable cracks, such as water-retaining structures, tunnel linings, locks and dams. The development of hydration heat, stiffness and strength, also the degree of restraint and, especially for high-strength concrete, non-thermal effects, are decisive for sensitivity to cracking. Determining thses stresses in the laboratory and in construction components has led to a clearer understanding of how they develop and how to optimize mix design, temperature and curing conditions. New testing equipment has enabled the effects of all the important parameters to be qualified and more reliable models for predictiong restraint stresses to be developed. Thermal Cracking in Conrete at Early Ages contains 56 contributions by leading international specialists presented at the RILEM Symposium held in October 1994 at the Technical University of Munich. It will be valuable for construction and site engineers, concrete technologists and scientists.

Author : Dick M. Royster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Salt
ISBN : UIUC:30112106778746

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Hot-salt-stress-corrosion Cracking and Its Effect on Tensile and Stress-rupture Properties of Ti-6Al-4V Titanium-alloy Sheet by Dick M. Royster Pdf

Salt stress corrosion cracking effects on tensile and stress rupture properties of titanium alloy sheet.

Author : Stacy DeKeyser
Publisher : North Star Editions, Inc.
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-08
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780738738871

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Jump the Cracks by Stacy DeKeyser Pdf

Fifteen-year old Victoria is fuming when her dad fails once again to be at the train station like he’s promised. When she sees a teen mother stash her bruised little boy in the train’s bathroom and get off the train alone, Victoria makes a split-second decision. She boards the next train out of town—taking the toddler with her.

Author : Mary Downing Hahn
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780547076607

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Stepping on the Cracks by Mary Downing Hahn Pdf

In a small Southern town in 1944, two girls secretly help a seriously ill army deserter, a decision that changes their perceptions of right and wrong. Issues of moral ambiguity and accepting consequences for actions are thoughtfully considered in this deftly crafted story.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : MINN:30000010248643

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Agricultural Research by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ben White
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Apartheid
ISBN : 0745337627

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Cracks in the Wall by Ben White Pdf

A sharp analysis of the widening cracks in Israel's traditional pillars of support.

Author : Carsten Jensen
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780547504674

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We, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen Pdf

Explore the wondrous sea and the oddities of human nature in this international bestselling, thrilling epic novel of a Danish port town. Hailed in Europe as an instant classic, We, the Drowned is the story of the port town of Marstal, Denmark, whose inhabitants sailed the world from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of the Second World War. The novel tells of ships wrecked and blown up in wars, of places of terror and violence that continue to lure each generation; there are cannibals here, shrunken heads, prophetic dreams, and miraculous survivals. The result is a brilliant seafaring novel, a gripping saga encompassing industrial growth, the years of expansion and exploration, the crucible of the first half of the twentieth century, and most of all, the sea. Called “one of the most exciting authors in Nordic literature” by Henning Mankell, Carsten Jensen has worked as a literary critic and a journalist, reporting from China, Cambodia, Latin America, the Pacific Islands, and Afghanistan. He lives in Copenhagen and Marstal. “We, the Drowned sets sail beyond the narrow channels of the seafaring genre and approaches Tolstoy in its evocation of war’s confusion, its power to stun victors and vanquished alike…A gorgeous, unsparing novel.”—Washington Post “A generational saga, a swashbuckling sailor’s tale, and the account of a small town coming into modernity—both Melville and Steinbeck might have been pleased to read it.”—New Republic “Dozens of stories coalesce into an odyssey taut with action and drama and suffused with enough heart to satisfy readers who want more than the breakneck thrills of ships battling the elements.”—Publishers Weekly (starred)

Author : Bernard Garrette,Corey Phelps,Olivier Sibony
Publisher : Springer
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319893754

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Cracked it! by Bernard Garrette,Corey Phelps,Olivier Sibony Pdf

Solving complex problems and selling their solutions is critical for personal and organizational success. For most of us, however, it doesn’t come naturally and we haven’t been taught how to do it well. Research shows a host of pitfalls trips us up when we try: We’re quick to believe we understand a situation and jump to a flawed solution. We seek to confirm our hypotheses and ignore conflicting evidence. We view challenges incompletely through the frameworks we know instead of with a fresh pair of eyes. And when we communicate our recommendations, we forget our reasoning isn’t obvious to our audience. How can we do it better? In Cracked It!, seasoned strategy professors and consultants Bernard Garrette, Corey Phelps and Olivier Sibony present a rigorous and practical four-step approach to overcome these pitfalls. Building on tried-and-tested (but rarely revealed) methods of top strategy consultants, research in cognitive psychology, and the latest advances in design thinking, they provide a step-by-step process and toolkit that will help readers tackle any challenging business problem. Using compelling stories and detailed case examples, the authors guide readers through each step in the process: from how to state, structure and then solve problems to how to sell the solutions. Written in an engaging style by a trio of experts with decades of experience researching, teaching and consulting on complex business problems, this book will be an indispensable manual for anyone interested in creating value by helping their organizations crack the problems that matter most.

Author : F. A. Simonen,M. E. Mayfield,T. P. Forte,D. Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UOM:39015095238443

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Crack Growth Evaluation for Small Cracks in Reactor Coolant Piping by F. A. Simonen,M. E. Mayfield,T. P. Forte,D. Jones Pdf

Author : Prab Bhatt,T.J. MacGinley,Ban Seng Choo
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 874 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781466552524

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Reinforced Concrete Design to Eurocodes by Prab Bhatt,T.J. MacGinley,Ban Seng Choo Pdf

This fourth edition of a bestselling textbook has been extensively rewritten and expanded in line with the current Eurocodes. It presents the principles of the design of concrete elements and of complete structures, with practical illustrations of the theory. It explains the background to the Eurocode rules and goes beyond the core topics to cover the design of foundations, retaining walls, and water retaining structures. The text includes more than sixty worked out design examples and more than six hundred diagrams, plans, and charts. It suitable for civil engineering courses and is a useful reference for practicing engineers.