Forged In The Fallout

Author : Ben Green
Publisher : Loamseed Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-27
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781734821826

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Forged in the Fallout by Ben Green Pdf

Clayson Spangler navigates the wreckage of a strange underground world threatened by nuclear magic and his family’s secrets. I turned fourteen a couple of days ago—maybe. Dad keeps the exact date under a mountain of secrets. On a tranquil evening in the Appalachians, my solitary life crashes into Dad's impossible past: a kingdom under the Rocky Mountains; his wife enchanted to forget her own son; strange metal objects filled with magic; and Dad's most dangerous secret—mithrium—a metal strong enough to level cities. Now, Dad is on the run, Mom is on trial for treason, and I'm ordered to hide in the last remaining safehold—Tungsten City. To stay out of danger, I'll need help from my new mentor, Rugnus, a master of the elements, and Andalynn, the sister Dad kept hidden from me. After years of secrets, I won’t stand by as a world of enemies—both known and unknown—threatens to eradicate my family and ignite a war between the last two cities deep under the Rockies in the Kingdom of Rimduum. Don't let this shimmering world of neon stay only in your dreams. Order now to enter this immersive world!

Author : Paul N. Edwards
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780262518635

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A Vast Machine by Paul N. Edwards Pdf

The science behind global warming, and its history: how scientists learned to understand the atmosphere, to measure it, to trace its past, and to model its future. Global warming skeptics often fall back on the argument that the scientific case for global warming is all model predictions, nothing but simulation; they warn us that we need to wait for real data, “sound science.” In A Vast Machine Paul Edwards has news for these skeptics: without models, there are no data. Today, no collection of signals or observations—even from satellites, which can “see” the whole planet with a single instrument—becomes global in time and space without passing through a series of data models. Everything we know about the world's climate we know through models. Edwards offers an engaging and innovative history of how scientists learned to understand the atmosphere—to measure it, trace its past, and model its future.

Author : Juliette Cross
Publisher : Juliette Cross
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Forged in Fire by Juliette Cross Pdf

She didn't know the demon world existed. Now she just wants to survive it. Genevieve Drake has never been the helpless kind of girl. Never needed a man to come to her rescue. That is, not until her twentieth birthday when some dude nearly chokes her to death in an alley and a hot stranger splits the guy in half, rips a monster from inside, and incinerates it into ash. The hot guy? Jude Delacroix—Master of Demons. Now her guardian, whether she likes it or not. But she’s seriously beginning to like it. The dude choking her? One of many demons from the underworld trying to abduct or kill her. As the prime target of the demon prince, Danté, who has all kinds of lascivious and sadistic plans, she has no problem accepting Jude’s protection. Why Genevieve? She’s a Vessel, one who is born to serve the Light but can be corrupted and used as a weapon for darkness. Until that fateful night, she had no idea this world even existed. Now, she just wants to survive it.

Author : Richard G. Hewlett,Jack M. Holl
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 742 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520329362

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Atoms for Peace and War, 1953-1961 by Richard G. Hewlett,Jack M. Holl Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1989.

Author : Cynthia Cooper
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470893371

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Extraordinary Circumstances by Cynthia Cooper Pdf

The longer WorldCom Chief Audit Executive Cynthia Cooper stares at the entries in front of her, the more sinister they seem. But the CFO is badgering her to delay her team's audit of the company's books and directing others to block Cooper's efforts. Still, something in the pit of her stomach tells her to keep digging. Cooper takes readers behind the scenes on a riveting, real-time journey as she and her team work at night and behind closed doors to expose the largest fraud in corporate history. Whom can they trust? Could she lose her job? Should she fear for her physical safety? In Extraordinary Circumstances, she recounts for the first time her journey from her close family upbringing in a small Mississippi town, to working motherhood and corporate success, to the pressures of becoming a whistleblower, to being named one of Time's 2002 Persons of the Year. She also provides a rare insider's glimpse into the spectacular rise and fall of WorldCom, a telecom titan, the darling of Wall Street, and a Cinderella story for Mississippi. With remarkable candor, Cooper discusses her struggle to overcome these challenges, and how she has found healing through sharing the lessons learned with the next generation. This book reminds us all that ethical decision-making is not forged at the crossroads of major events but starts in childhood, "decision by decision and brick by brick." At a time when corporate dishonesty is dominating public attention, Extraordinary Circumstances makes it clear that the tone set at the top is critical to fostering an ethical environment in the work-place. Provocative, moving, and intensely personal, Extraordinary Circumstances is a wake-up call to corporate leaders and an intimate glimpse at a scandal that shook the business world.

Author : Tim Gregory
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781541647602

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Meteorite by Tim Gregory Pdf

Explore the universe and immerse yourself in the story of our solar system, planet, and life through meteorites. "Meteorite is a treasure"--Wall Street Journal Meteorites have long been seen as portents of fate and messages from the gods, their fiery remains inspiring worship and giving rise to legends that have persisted for millennia. But beyond the lore, meteorites tell an even greater story: that of our solar system. In Meteorite, geologist Tim Gregory shows that beneath the charred crusts of these celestial stones lies a staggering diversity of rock types. Their unique constituents, vibrant colors, and pungent smells contain thrilling tales of interstellar clouds, condensing stardust, and the fiery collisions of entire worlds. Gregory explores the world of meteorites to uncover new insights into what our solar system was like before our sun became a star, into the forging of our planet, and into the emergence of life on it. Humans have long looked to the skies for answers to big questions. Meteorite reveals how science is finally arriving at those answers.

Author : Bec McMaster
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781402291920

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Forged by Desire by Bec McMaster Pdf

A fear she can't escape and a desire that can't be tempered... Ten years ago, Perry fled her thrall contract to find sanctuary among the Nighthawks. In that time, she's become a respected woman of the Guard, and she's wanted Garrett Reed for as long as she can remember. But when a new case takes a chillingly familiar turn, Perry finds herself once again in the path of a madman...only this time, there's nowhere left to run. Out of their depth and racing against time, Perry and Garrett must learn to trust the desire sparking between them...or risk losing themselves forever to the darkness stalking London's streets. London Steampunk series: Kiss of Steel Heart of Iron My Lady Quicksilver Forged by Desire Of Silk and Steam "Edgy, dark, and shot through with a grim, gritty intensity, McMaster's latest title adds to her mesmerizing steampunk series with another gripping, inventive stunner."—Booklist, starred review for Heart of Iron

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1728 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:31951D02196858T

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Reports and Documents by United States. Congress Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2734 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : United States
ISBN : UOM:35112102252162

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Report by United States. Congress. House Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Defense Production
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 882 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Arms transfers
ISBN : UIUC:30112064265710

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Report of the Activities by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Defense Production Pdf

Author : Nitsana Darshan-Leitner,Samuel M. Katz
Publisher : Hachette Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780316399029

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Harpoon by Nitsana Darshan-Leitner,Samuel M. Katz Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A revelatory account of the cloak-and-dagger Israeli campaign to target the finances fueling terror organizations--an effort that became the blueprint for U.S. efforts to combat threats like ISIS and drug cartels. ISIS boasted $2.4 billion of revenue in 2015, yet for too long the global war on terror overlooked financial warfare as an offensive strategy. "Harpoon," the creation of Mossad legend Meir Dagan, directed spies, soldiers, and attorneys to disrupt and destroy money pipelines and financial institutions that paid for the bloodshed perpetrated by Hamas, Hezbollah, and other groups. Written by an attorney who worked with Harpoon and a bestselling journalist, Harpoon offers a gripping story of the Israeli-led effort, now joined by the Americans, to choke off the terrorists' oxygen supply, money, via unconventional warfare.

Author : United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Defense Production
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 882 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Industrial priorities
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CU04089510

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Annual Report of the Activities of the Joint Committee on Defense Production by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Defense Production Pdf

Author : John Wills
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2006-08-17
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015064753984

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Conservation Fallout by John Wills Pdf

One of the most controversial atomic projects of the US nuclear industry during the 1960s and 1970s was the construction of a nuclear power plant at Diablo Canyon, a relatively unsettled and biologically rich part of the central California coast. Conservation Fallout traces the course of opposition that tore apart local communities, almost destroyed the Sierra Club, and attracted massive demonstrations in San Francisco and at the plant itself. The result is a balanced examination of nuclear politics in California and of the evolution and strategies of little-studied grassroots protest groups determined to resist the spread of nuclear technology.

Author : Thomas J. Brennan USMC (Ret.),Finbarr O'Reilly
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780399562563

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Shooting Ghosts by Thomas J. Brennan USMC (Ret.),Finbarr O'Reilly Pdf

"A majestic book." --Bessel van der Kolk, MD, author of The Body Keeps the Score A unique joint memoir by a U.S. Marine and a conflict photographer whose unlikely friendship helped both heal their war-wounded bodies and souls "The dueling-piano spirit of SHOOTING GHOSTS works because its authors are so committed to transparency, admitting readers into the dark crevices of their isolation." Wall St Journal War tears people apart, but it can also bring them together. Through the unpredictability of war and its aftermath, a decorated Marine sergeant and a world-trotting war photographer became friends, their bond forged as they patrolled together through the dusty alleyways of Helmand province and camped side by side in the desert. It deepened after Sergeant T. J. Brennan was injured during a Taliban ambush, and both returned home. Brennan began to suffer from the effects of his injury and from the fallout of his tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. But war correspondents experience similar rates of posttraumatic stress as combat veterans. The causes can be different, but guilt plays a prominent role in both. For Brennan, it’s the things he’s done, or didn’t do, that haunt him. Finbarr O’Reilly’s conscience is nagged by the task of photographing people at their most vulnerable while being able to do little to help, and his survival guilt as colleagues die on the job. Their friendship offered them both a shot at redemption. As we enter the fifteenth year of continuous war, it is increasingly urgent not just to document the experiences of the battlefield but also to probe the reverberations that last long after combatants and civilians have returned home, and to understand the many faces trauma takes. Shooting Ghosts looks at the horrors of war directly, but then turns to a journey that draws on our growing understanding of what recovery takes. Their story, told in alternating first-person narratives, is about the things they saw and did, the ways they have been affected, and how they have navigated the psychological aftershocks of war and wrestled with reforming their own identities and moral centers. While war never really ends for those who’ve lived through it, this book charts the ways two survivors have found to calm the ghosts and reclaim a measure of peace.

Author : Mitchell Consky
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781459750296

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Home Safe by Mitchell Consky Pdf

During a pandemic lockdown full of pyjama dance parties, life talks, and final goodbyes, a family helps a father die with dignity. In April 2020, journalist Mitchell Consky received bad news: his father was diagnosed with a rare and terminal cancer, with less than two months to live. Suddenly, he and his extended family — many of them healthcare workers — were tasked with reconciling the social distancing required by the Covid-19 pandemic with a family-based approach to end-of-life care. The result was a home hospice during the first lockdown. Suspended within the chaos of medication and treatments were dance parties, episodes of Tiger King, and his father’s many deadpan jokes. Leaning into his journalistic intuitions, Mitchell interviewed his father daily, making audio recordings of final talks, emotional goodbyes, and the unexpected laughter that filled his father’s final days. Serving as a catalyst for fatherly affection, these interviews became an opportunity for emotional confession during the slowed-down time of a shuttered world, and reflect how far a family went in making a dying loved one feel safe at home.