Invisible Storm

Author : Jason Kander
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780358658672

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Invisible Storm by Jason Kander Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A truly special book. This combination of honesty, thoughtfulness, urgency, and vulnerability is not common in leaders, and Jason demonstrates boundless occupancy of all of these traits.” – Wes Moore, New York Times bestselling author of The Other Wes Moore From political wunderkind and former army intelligence officer Jason Kander comes a haunting, powerful memoir about impossible choices—and how sometimes walking away from the chance of a lifetime can be the greatest decision of all. In 2017, President Obama, in his final Oval Office interview, was asked who gave him hope for the future of the country, and Jason Kander was the first name he mentioned. Suddenly, Jason was a national figure. As observers assumed he was preparing a run for the presidency, Jason announced a bid for mayor of Kansas City instead and was headed for a landslide victory. But after eleven years battling PTSD from his service in Afghanistan, Jason was seized by depression and suicidal thoughts. He dropped out of the mayor’s race and out of public life. And finally, he sought help. In this brutally honest second memoir, following his New York Times best-selling debut Outside the Wire, Jason Kander has written the book he himself needed in the most painful moments of his PTSD. In candid, in-the-moment detail, we see him struggle with undiagnosed illness during a presidential bid; witness his family buoy him through challenging treatment; and, giving hope to so many of us, see him heal.

Author : Ian Roulstone,John Norbury
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-24
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780691152721

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Invisible in the Storm by Ian Roulstone,John Norbury Pdf

They explore how weather forecasters today formulate their ideas through state-of-the-art mathematics, taking into account limitations to predictability.

Author : Ian Roulstone,John Norbury
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781400846221

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Invisible in the Storm by Ian Roulstone,John Norbury Pdf

An accessible book that examines the mathematics of weather prediction Invisible in the Storm is the first book to recount the history, personalities, and ideas behind one of the greatest scientific successes of modern times—the use of mathematics in weather prediction. Although humans have tried to forecast weather for millennia, mathematical principles were used in meteorology only after the turn of the twentieth century. From the first proposal for using mathematics to predict weather, to the supercomputers that now process meteorological information gathered from satellites and weather stations, Ian Roulstone and John Norbury narrate the groundbreaking evolution of modern forecasting. The authors begin with Vilhelm Bjerknes, a Norwegian physicist and meteorologist who in 1904 came up with a method now known as numerical weather prediction. Although his proposed calculations could not be implemented without computers, his early attempts, along with those of Lewis Fry Richardson, marked a turning point in atmospheric science. Roulstone and Norbury describe the discovery of chaos theory's butterfly effect, in which tiny variations in initial conditions produce large variations in the long-term behavior of a system—dashing the hopes of perfect predictability for weather patterns. They explore how weather forecasters today formulate their ideas through state-of-the-art mathematics, taking into account limitations to predictability. Millions of variables—known, unknown, and approximate—as well as billions of calculations, are involved in every forecast, producing informative and fascinating modern computer simulations of the Earth system. Accessible and timely, Invisible in the Storm explains the crucial role of mathematics in understanding the ever-changing weather. Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions.

Author : Juanima Hiatt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0988364204

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The Invisible Storm by Juanima Hiatt Pdf

Author : George Michelsen Foy
Publisher : Scribner
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501184901

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Run the Storm by George Michelsen Foy Pdf

In the bestselling tradition of The Perfect Storm and The Finest Hours, “an exquisitely written and dramatic book…a literary page-turner” (Doug Stanton, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Horse Soldiers)—the 2015 mysterious disappearance of the SS El Faro, a gigantic American cargo ship that sank in the Bermuda Triangle, taking with it thirty-three lives. On October 1, 2015, the SS El Faro, a massive American cargo ship disappeared in Hurricane Joaquin, a category 4 storm. The ship, its hundreds of shipping containers, and its entire crew plummeted to the bottom of the ocean, three miles down. It was the greatest seagoing US merchant marine shipping disaster since World War II. The massive ship had a seasoned crew, state-of-the-art navigation equipment, and advance warning of the storm. It seemed incomprehensible that such a ship could sink so suddenly. How, in this day and age, could something like this happen? Relying on Coast Guard inquest hearings, as well as on numerous interviews, George Michelsen Foy brings us “the most insightful exploration of this unthinkable disaster” (Outside), a story that lasts only a few days, but which grows almost intolerably suspenseful as deep-rooted flaws leading to the disaster inexorably link together and worsen. We see captain, engineers, and crew fight for their lives, and hear their actual words (as recorded on the ship’s black box) while the hurricane relentlessly tightens its noose around the ship. We watch, minute by minute, all that is happening on board—the ship’s mysterious tilt to one side, worried calls to the engine room, ship-to-shore reports, the courage of the men and women as they fight to survive, and the berserk ocean’s savage consumption of the massive hull. And through it all, the pain and ultimate resilience of the families of El Faro’s crew. Now with a new afterword, this “tour de force of nautical expertise” (Ocean Navigator) is a masterwork of stunning power.

Author : C. L. Polk
Publisher : Tordotcom
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780765398987

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Stormsong by C. L. Polk Pdf

“Fantastical, thoughtful, and un-put-downable, I flew through Stormsong and want the third in the series NOW.” —Elizabeth Hoyt After spinning an enthralling world in Witchmark, the winner of the World Fantasy Award for best novel that was praised as a “can't-miss debut” by Booklist, and as “thoroughly charming and deftly paced” by the New York Times, C. L. Polk continues the Kingston Cycle in Stormsong. Magical cabals, otherworldly avengers, and impossible love affairs conspire to create a book that refuses to be put down. Dame Grace Hensley helped her brother Miles undo the atrocity that stained her nation, but now she has to deal with the consequences. With the power out in the dead of winter and an uncontrollable sequence of winter storms on the horizon, Aeland faces disaster. Grace has the vision to guide her parents to safety, but a hostile queen and a ring of rogue mages stand in the way of her plans. There's revolution in the air, and any spark could light the powder. What's worse, upstart photojournalist Avia Jessup draws ever closer to secrets that could topple the nation, and closer to Grace's heart. Can Aeland be saved without bloodshed? Or will Kingston die in flames, and Grace along with it? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : James Egan
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781326619749

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1000 Facts about Superheroes Vol. 3 by James Egan Pdf

Author : Mark Waid
Publisher : Marvel Entertainment
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-22
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781302518325

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Invisible Woman by Mark Waid Pdf

Collects Invisible Woman (2019) #1-5. Shocking secrets from the Invisible Woman's past are revealed! Years ago, Susan Storm Richards undertook an espionage mission for S.H.I.E.L.D. -- and now it's up to her to save her former partner from death at the hands of international terrorists! The Invisible Woman must form an unlikely -- and uneasy -- alliance with another heroine who knows a thing or two about staying hidden: the Black Widow! Together the two will comb the lush palaces and back alleys of the seedy island nation of Madripoor -- but what they discover will shake the Invisible Woman to the core and turn her mission upside down!

Author : Rick Perlstein
Publisher : Bold Type Books
Page : 705 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-03-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786744152

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Before the Storm by Rick Perlstein Pdf

Acclaimed historian Rick Perlstein chronicles the rise of the conservative movement in the liberal 1960s. At the heart of the story is Barry Goldwater, the renegade Republican from Arizona who loathed federal government, despised liberals, and mocked "peaceful coexistence" with the USSR. Perlstein's narrative shines a light on a whole world of conservatives and their antagonists, including William F. Buckley, Nelson Rockefeller, and Bill Moyers. Vividly written, Before the Storm is an essential book about the 1960s.

Author : LeVar Burton,Susan Schaefer Bernardo,Courtenay Fletcher
Publisher : Reading Rainbow
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780990539513

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Rhino Who Swallowed a Storm by LeVar Burton,Susan Schaefer Bernardo,Courtenay Fletcher Pdf

Actor and longtime educational advocate LeVar Burton has had more than 30 years' experience speaking directly to children about grown-up situations, and The Rhino Who Swallowed a Storm is a story that helps ease the fears and worries of a young childMica Mouse lost her house in a terrible storm, and now she trembles when the weather turns rough. She's not so different from other children who've experienced something very disturbing in their life or heard about tragic or frightening events in the news. Mica's father tells her the story of a brave blue rhinoceros who learns how to get through rough times with friendship, helpers, love, and by "feeling your feelings." LeVar Burton has poured a lifetime of experience storytelling to children into The Rhino Who Swallowed a Storm, and the result is more than a book—it's a manual for finding the light in the midst of dark times.

Author : John Martin Russell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Bible
ISBN : HARVARD:HW2QQX

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The Seven Ages of Creation by John Martin Russell Pdf

Author : William Makepeace Thackeray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : English literature
ISBN : PRNC:32101076403946

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The Cornhill Magazine by William Makepeace Thackeray Pdf

Author : Jean Paul
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UVA:X000414291

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Titan by Jean Paul Pdf

Author : Lee Sandlin
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307473585

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Storm Kings by Lee Sandlin Pdf

With 16 pages of black-and-white illustrations In Storm Kings, Lee Sandlin retraces America's fascination and unique relationship to tornadoes and the weather. From Ben Franklin's early experiments, to "the great storm debates" of the nineteenth century, to heartland life in the early twentieth century, Sandlin shows how tornado chasing helped foster the birth of meteorology, recreating with vivid descriptions some of the most devastating storms in America's history. Drawing on memoirs, letters, eyewitness testimonies, and numerous archives, Sandlin brings to life the forgotten characters and scientists that changed a nation and how successive generations came to understand and finally coexist with the spiraling menace that could erase lives and whole towns in an instant.

Author : Smithsonian Institution
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Science
ISBN : CHI:22352423

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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution by Smithsonian Institution Pdf