Fire Summer

Author : Thuy Da Lam
Publisher : Red Hen Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781597098380

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Fire Summer by Thuy Da Lam Pdf

“Paints a vibrant portrait of post-war Vietnam, illuminating both the dangers and the great beauty of a country in the process of healing itself.” —Booklist You can go home again. When twenty-three-year-old Maia Trieu, a curator’s assistant at the Museum of Folklore & Rocks in Little Saigon, Orange County, is offered a research grant to Vietnam for the summer of 1991, she cannot refuse. The grant’s sponsor has one stipulation: Maia is to contact her great-aunt to pass on plans to overthrow the current government. The expatriates did not anticipate that Maia would become involved with excursions in search of her mother or attract an entourage: an American traveler, a government agent, an Amerasian singer, and a cat. Maia carries out what she believes is her role as a filial daughter to her late father, a former ARVN soldier, by returning to their homeland to continue the fight for an independent Vietnam. Along the way, however, she meets a cast of characters—historical and fictional, living and dead—who propel her on a journey of self-discovery, through which she begins to understand what it means to love. “Delivers a war-ravaged Vietnam rich in history, folklore, the tragedy of families torn asunder, and the beauty of Buddhist wisdom that connects the living and dead . . . an impressive debut.” —Charles Johnson, National Book Award-winning author of Middle Passage “Lam deftly explores the slippery interplay between heritage and identity, history and duty, ultimately proving that each of us is so much more than the places we come from. An important debut.” —Quan Barry, author of We Ride Upon Sticks

Author : Cookie Cruise McFarland
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781365735820

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Baptized By Fire: Ethan and Vincent -Summer Madness by Cookie Cruise McFarland Pdf

On a Greyhound ride from Cleveland Ohio to Alabama in the start of Summer, Vincent, accompanied by his younger cousin Ethan, rediscover each other, and farm life. Having spent much time here, Ethan is much more familiar with this life that Vincent has no desire to be a part of.Finding himself amidst his Grandfather's strange obsession with clocks, and statues he desires to know why, but his attention is being spliced in many directions, . Quickly, he learns that he and Ethan share more than just blood, they share girls, good food, friends, and the desire to numb their minds with alcohol to keep at rest, and hidden, memories of something so dark, and sinister it threatens to rip them apart at the seams. In their quest to forget the past, they will soon be standing face to face with it: ..............

Author : Linda Jacobs
Publisher : Medallion Press, Inc.
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1932815295

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Summer of Fire by Linda Jacobs Pdf

Texas firefighter and single mother Clare Chance flees to Yellowstone Park to try and put the memory of her best friend's death behind her. She's not the only one fighting personal demons, as wildfires threaten to consume the park. Original.

Author : Peter Werbe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-16
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 1948501112

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Summer on Fire by Peter Werbe Pdf

A mix of history and inventive remembrances, Summer on Fire recreates six weeks in the intense summer of 1967. Riots, rock and roll, shootings, marches, and bomb plots shake Detroit, reminding us that today's turmoil is a mirror of that era.

Author : Sally Wentworth
Publisher : Harlequin Books
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Cotswold Hills (England)
ISBN : 0373104561

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Summer Fire by Sally Wentworth Pdf

Author : Linda
Publisher : Medallion Media Group
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2005-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781934755921

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Summer of Fire by Linda Pdf

Kadar San, a human-Zentadon crossbreed distrusted by both humans and Zentadon, is dispatched with a Deep Reconnaissance Team (DRT) to the Dark Planet of Aldenia. His mission: use his telepathic powers to sniff out a Blob assault base preparing to attack the Galaxia Republic. Dominated by both amazing insect and reptile life forms, and by an evil and mysterious Presence, Aldenia was once a base for the warlike Indowy who used their superior technology to enslave the Zentadon and turn them into super warriors to deploy against humans. The DRT comes under attack not only from savage denizens of the Dark Planet, but also from the mysterious Presence, which turns team member against team member and all against Kadar San. The Presence promises untold wealth and power to any member of the team unscrupulous enough to unleash the contents of a Pandora's box-like remnant of Indowy technology. The box's possessor poses a greater threat than the entire Blob nation, for he is capable of releasing untold horrors upon the galaxy. Kadar San finds himself pitted against a human killer, an expert sniper, in a desperate struggle to save both the Republic and the human female he has come to love. Like all Zentadon, however, Kadar San cannot kill without facing destruction himself in the process, and he has no choice but to kill. In order to save the galaxy, Kadar San must face the truth . . . no one will leave the Dark Planet .

Author : Karen Bass
Publisher : Coteau Books
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781550504156

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Summer of Fire by Karen Bass Pdf

A troubled Alberta teen spending a summer in Germany discovers the story of a teen with real problems--pregnant and alone in the maelstrom of Nazi WWII.

Author : Patricia Lauber
Publisher : Scholastic
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Ecology
ISBN : UOM:39015022275815

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Summer of Fire by Patricia Lauber Pdf

Describes the season of fire that struck Yellowstone in 1988, and examines the complex ecology that returns plant and animal life to a seemingly barren, ash-covered expanse.

Author : J.M. Joseph
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781444954692

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Fire Boy by J.M. Joseph Pdf

Fire Boy is a laugh-out-loud story about friendship, unexpected superpowers, magical sweets, Inca legends and a cat named Lemon - perfect for fans of My Brother is A Superhero and The Parent Agency. When 11-year-old Aidan receives a mysterious package of sweets from South America in the post, he and his two best friends Sadie and Hussein eat one sweet each - and suddenly develop amazing superpowers. Sadie can move objects with her mind. Hussein can control any electronic device. And Aidan can ignite his body at will...though he can't always control the resulting flames. When they discover that the sweets were sent by a dangerous criminal who is trying to hunt them down to get them back, they have to use all their new powers to outwit him ... before everything goes up in a fiery blaze. But can three ordinary kids keep their powers a secret? Will Aidan learn to control his fiery capabilities? Or will the ultimate bad guy spoil the whole adventure?

Author : Michael Thoele
Publisher : Fulcrum Group
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Nature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019494439

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Fire Line by Michael Thoele Pdf

Fire Line looks at the entire world of Western wildfire, with a strong, human-interest focus on the self-described adventurers and adrenaline junkies who go to battle in the West's annual summer war. Although its viewpoint is contemporary, it also deals with the historical backdrop of forest fire. Both rural and urban in scope, it covers wilderness fires that rage in such places as Alaska and Yellowstone National Park to the "urban interface" fires that sweep out of the mountains and into neighborhoods in such places as Los Angeles and Oakland, California. For generations, fighting fire in the forest has been a Western rite of passage. Almost everyone who lives in the West knows someone who has done it - a neighbor, a friend, a co-worker, a college roommate, a son, or these days, a daughter. The region is home to tens of thousands of adults who have had this experience. Those who go to battle against wildfire range from college students to Native American crews to perennial fire bums. Seasonal combatants led by full-time professionals, they work in a little-understood, paramilitary world that is America's version of the French Foreign Legion. In their annual campaigns, daring pilots dive into flaming canyons with retardant tanker planes. Smokejumpers leap into rugged wilderness regions. "Hotshots", the shock troops of wildland fire, take on giant conflagrations.

Author : Emma C. Underwood,Hugh D. Safford,Nicole A. Molinari,Jon E. Keeley
Publisher : Springer
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319683034

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Valuing Chaparral by Emma C. Underwood,Hugh D. Safford,Nicole A. Molinari,Jon E. Keeley Pdf

Chaparral shrubland ecosystems are an iconic feature of the California landscape, and a highly biodiverse yet highly flammable backdrop to some of the fastest growing urban areas in the United States. Chaparral-type ecosystems are a common element of all of the world’s Mediterranean-type climate regions – of which California is one – yet there is little public appreciation of the intrinsic value and the ecosystem services that these landscapes provide. Valuing Chaparral is a compendium of contributions from experts in chaparral ecology and management, with a focus on the human relationship with chaparral ecosystems. Chapters cover a wide variety of subjects, ranging from biodiversity to ecosystem services like water provision, erosion control, carbon sequestration and recreation; from the history of human interactions with chaparral to current education and conservation efforts; and from chaparral restoration and management to scenarios of the future under changing climate, land use, and human population. Valuing Chaparral will be of interest to resource managers, the research community, policy makers, and the public who live and work in the chaparral dominated landscapes of California and other Mediterranean-type climate regions.

Author : Edward Struzik
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781610918183

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Firestorm by Edward Struzik Pdf

"Frightening...Firestorm comes alive when Struzik discusses the work of offbeat scientists." --New York Times Book Review "Comprehensive and compelling." --Booklist "A powerful message." --Kirkus "Should be required reading." --Library Journal In the spring of 2016, the world watched as wildfire ravaged the Canadian town of Fort McMurray. Firefighters named the fire "the Beast." It seemed to be alive with destructive energy, and they hoped never to see anything like it again. Yet it's not a stretch to imagine we will all soon live in a world in which fires like the Beast are commonplace. In Firestorm, Edward Struzik confronts this new reality, offering a deftly woven tale of science, economics, politics, and human determination. It's possible for us to flourish in the coming age of megafires--but it will take a radical new approach that requires acknowledging that fires are no longer avoidable. Living with fire also means, Struzik reveals, that we must better understand how the surprising, far-reaching impacts of these massive fires will linger long after the smoke eventually clears.

Author : Ben Stokes
Publisher : Headline
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781472271266

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On Fire by Ben Stokes Pdf

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR SPORTS AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR AT THE 2020 TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS. BEN STOKES: WINNER OF THE 2019 BBC SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR AWARD 'He is the Special One, and I intend to call him that for the rest of his career' Sir Ian Botham, Daily Telegraph 'There are not enough superlatives to describe Ben Stokes' Nasser Hussain, Daily Mail 'The undisputed hero of English cricket' The Times Early evening on Sunday 14th July 2019. Lord's Cricket Ground in London. Something unprecedented had just happened: England had won the Cricket World Cup for the very first time since the tournament's inception in 1975. At the epicentre of England's historic triumph was Ben Stokes, the talismanic all-rounder with an insatiable appetite for The Big Occasion. He contributed a critical 84 runs off 98 balls when England batted, a seemingly nerveless innings of discipline and maturity. Thrillingly, it was enough to tie the scores at 241 runs each, so the match reverted to a Super Over - just six balls for each side to bat in the ultimate in sporting sudden-death. Stokes and Jos Buttler saw England to 15 runs off their over. When it was finally confirmed that Martin Guptill had been run out off the very last ball of New Zealand's Super Over with the scores level once again, England had astonishingly won on the boundary count-back, and the nation could finally breathe again. Early evening on Sunday 25th August 2019. A sun-drenched Headingley in Leeds. Having been bowled out for just 67 earlier in the Third Test, England were facing the prospect of failing to regain the Ashes. In their second innings England were still 73 runs short of victory with a solitary wicket remaining. Australia were near certainties to retain the Ashes there and then. Cue one of the most amazing innings ever witnessed as Ben Stokes thrashed the Australian bowlers to all corners of the ground, in the process scoring 135 not out, driving England to a barely-believable one-wicket victory, and keeping the series very much alive. The nation took another breath. On Fire is Ben Stokes' brand new book, and in it he tells the story of England's electrifying first ever Cricket World Cup triumph, as well as this summer's momentous Ashes Test series. It is the ultimate insider's account of the most nerve-shredding but riveting three-and-a-half months in English cricket history.

Author : Bronwyn Adcock
Publisher : Black Inc.
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-20
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781743821947

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Currowan by Bronwyn Adcock Pdf

A moving insider’s account of surviving one of Australia’s worst bushfires – and how we live with fire in a climate-changed world The gripping, deeply moving account of a terrifying fire – among the most ferocious Australia has ever seen The Currowan fire – ignited by a lightning strike in a remote forest and growing to engulf the New South Wales South Coast – was one of the most terrifying episodes of Australia’s Black Summer. It burnt for seventy-four days, consuming nearly 5000 square kilometres of land, destroying well over 500 homes and leaving many people shattered. Bronwyn Adcock fled the inferno with her children. Her husband, fighting at the front, rang with a plea for help before his phone went dead, leaving her to fear: will he make it out alive? In Currowan, Bronwyn tells her story and those of many others – what they saw, thought and felt as they battled a blaze of never-before-seen intensity. In the aftermath, there were questions: why were resources so few that many faced the flames alone? Why was there back-burning on a day of extreme fire danger? Why weren’t we better prepared? Currowan is a portrait of tragedy, survival and the power of community. Set against the backdrop of a nation in the grip of an intensifying crisis, this immersive account of a region facing disaster is a powerful glimpse into a new, more dangerous world – and how we build resilience. Bronwyn Adcock is an award-winning Australian journalist and writer. She has worked as a radio current-affairs reporter and documentary maker for the ABC, as a video journalist for SBS’s Dateline and as a freelance writer, including for Griffith Review and The Monthly. ‘A searing account of surviving Australia’s Black Summer, laced with grim warnings about how exposed the country still is to more catastrophic bushfires.’ —Michael Rowland, editor of Black Summer ‘A vivid and terrifying glimpse of not just our future but our present. Every Australian should read this book.‘ —Sophie Cunningham, author of Warning: The Story of Cyclone Tracy ‘Bronwyn Adcock offers a powerful, devastating account of Australia’s worst bushfire disaster from ground zero. This is a story of heartbreaking loss, as well as humble acts of care and bravery that helped save lives and property and find ways forward. Adcock offers us a window into the human story of the climate crisis, beyond the science and politics, to why action now matters so very much.’ —Amanda McKenzie, CEO, Climate Council ‘A brilliant piece of reportage from the inside of the Black Summer maelstrom – and a frightening glimpse of the future that awaits us all as we ignore the causes of climate change.’ —Adrian Hyland, author of Kinglake-350

Author : Thomas F Aylward
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781780283319

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The Imperial Guide to Feng-Shui & Chinese Astrology by Thomas F Aylward Pdf

Translated from classical Chinese texts for the first time comes this authoritative guide to two of China's most enduring ancient arts.