The Blue And Gold

Author : Elizabeth Stewart
Publisher : Annick Press
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781554516360

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Blue Gold by Elizabeth Stewart Pdf

Coltan, or “blue gold,” is a rare mineral used in making cell phones and computers. Across continents, the lives of three teen girls are affected by the “blue gold” trade. Sylvie’s family had to lee the Democratic Republic of the Congo after her father was killed by a rogue militia gang in the conlict for control of coltan. The refugee camp where she now lives is deplorable, and Sylvie yearns for a way out—to save not only herself, but her remaining family. Laiping labors in a Chinese factory, soldering components for cell phones. She had left her small village to make her fortune, but the factory conditions are crushing, and the constant pressure to send money home adds to her misery. Yet when Laiping tries to improve her situation, she sees what happens to those who dare question the electronics company’s policies. Fiona is a North American girl who, in one thoughtless moment, takes a picture on her cell phone she comes to regret. In the aftermath, she learns not only about trust and being true to oneself, but the importance of ighting for what is right. All three teens are unexpectedly linked by these events. Elizabeth Stewart conducted extensive research to authentically capture the experiences of all three girls. The result is an intense and powerful story about their struggles to create better lives for themselves in the face of the world’s increasing appetite for coltan.

Author : Maude Barlow,Tony Clarke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781351573429

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Blue Gold by Maude Barlow,Tony Clarke Pdf

International tensions around water are rising in many of the world's most volatile regions. The policy recipe pursued by the West, and imposed on governments elsewhere, is to pass control over water to private interests, which simply accelerates the cycle of inequality and deprivation. California, as well as China, South Africa, Mexico and countries on every continent already face a crisis. This book exposes the enormity of the problem, the dangers of the proposed solution and the alternative, which is to recognize access to water as a fundamental human right, not dependent on ability to pay.

Author : Clive Cussler
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781982189341

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Blue Gold by Clive Cussler Pdf

An investigation into the sudden deaths of gray whales leads NUMA leader Kurt Austin to the Mexican coast, where someone tries to put him and his mini-sub out of commission permanently. Available in a tall Premium Edition. Reissue.

Author : K. J. Parker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Alchemists
ISBN : 1596063270

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Blue and Gold by K. J. Parker Pdf

"Well, let me see," I said, as the innkeeper poured me a beer. "In the morning I discovered the secret of changing base metal into gold. In the afternoon, I murdered my wife." For a man as remarkable as the philosopher Saloninus, just another day. Of course, we only have his word for it, and Saloninus has been known to be creative with the truth. Little white lies are inevitable expedients when you're one jump ahead of the secret police and on the brink of one of the greatest discoveries in the history of alchemy. But why would a scientist with the world's most generous, forgiving patron be so desperate to run away? And what, if anything, has blue got to do with gold?

Author : Dan Jurgens
Publisher : DC Comics
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-20
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : PKEY:T2145900015001

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Blue & Gold (2021-) #1 by Dan Jurgens Pdf

Desperate to regain the spotlight, Booster Gold looks to attract the public’s (and Justice League’s) attention the same way any washed-up, second-rate hero would-social media. The not-so-tech-savvy hero from the 25th century enlists the help of his best friend, Blue Beetle, who possesses both the money and the brains to help his old pal navigate the scary world of internet influencers. Watch out, evildoers, our heroes are live and online! Don’t miss Dan Jurgens’s triumphant return to Booster Gold with the help of all-star artist Ryan Sook (Legion of Super-Heroes), telling a tale filled with heart and maybe even redemption for DC’s two favorite underdogs!Desperate to regain the spotlight, Booster Gold looks to attract the public’s (and Justice League’s) attention the same way any washed-up, second-rate hero would-social media. The not-so-tech-savvy hero from the 25th century enlists the help of his best friend, Blue Beetle, who possesses both the money and the brains to help his old pal navigate the scary world of internet influencers. Watch out, evildoers, our heroes are live and online! Don’t miss Dan Jurgens’s triumphant return to Booster Gold with the help of all-star artist Ryan Sook (Legion of Super-Heroes), telling a tale filled with heart and maybe even redemption for DC’s two favorite underdogs!

Author : Gary Kinder
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-20
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781555847968

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Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea by Gary Kinder Pdf

“Titanic meets Tom Clancy technology” in this national-bestselling account of the SS Central America’s wreckage and discovery (People). September 1875. With nearly six hundred passengers returning from the California Gold Rush, the side-wheel steamer SS Central America encountered a violent storm and sank two hundred miles off the Carolina coast. More than four hundred lives and twenty-one tons of gold were lost. It was a tragedy lost in legend for more than a century—until a brilliant young engineer named Tommy Thompson set out to find the wreck. Driven by scientific curiosity and resentful of the term “treasure hunt,” Thompson searched the deep-ocean floor using historical accounts, cutting-edge sonar technology, and an underwater robot of his own design. Navigating greedy investors, impatient crewmembers, and a competing salvage team, Thompson finally located the wreck in 1989 and sailed into Norfolk with her recovered treasure: gold coins, bars, nuggets, and dust, plus steamer trunks filled with period clothes, newspapers, books, and journals. A great American adventure story, Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea is also a fascinating account of the science, technology, and engineering that opened Earth’s final frontier, providing “white-knuckle reading, as exciting as anything . . . in The Perfect Storm” (Los Angeles Times Book Review). “A complex, bittersweet history of two centuries of American entrepreneurship, linked by the mad quest for gold.” —Entertainment Weekly “A ripping true tale of danger and discovery at sea.” —The Washington Post “What a yarn! . . . If you sign on for the cruise, go in knowing that you’re going to miss meals and a lot of sleep.” —Newsweek

Author : Mark Stoner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1733181806

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Blue-Collar Gold by Mark Stoner Pdf

Problem: Most Americans don't realize the potential gold mine in blue-collar business. By "blue-collar business" I mean a business providing a specialized service requiring a trained employee and manual labor. In my case it is chimney sweeping, but it can range from construction to gardening to plumbing and junk removal. There are literally thousands and thousands of opportunities, but many people don't consider blue-collar work as an option and are missing out as a result... Over 3 million blue-collar and skilled labor jobs went unfilled in America last year! The service industry is wide open in America and this book will open your eyes to a growing opportunity that you probably never thought about. By reading this book you will learn how to: Think bigger - Don't be scared of starting or growing your existing business. Make a decision and then make the decision right. Be a leader - You have to learn to be a leader if you want to have a great business. Leadership is a learned skill and this book can help get you started. Start with a plan and an exit strategy so you can live the life you want without being stuck in your business. So come on America, let's get to work doing the "dirty" jobs and make a whole lot of money while you're at it

Author : Elizabeth Stewart
Publisher : Annick Press
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781554514946

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The Lynching of Louie Sam by Elizabeth Stewart Pdf

Between 1882 and 1968 there were 4,742 lynchings in the United States. In Canada during the same period there was one—the hanging of American Indian Louie Sam. The year is 1884, and 15-year-old George Gillies lives in the Washington Territory, near the border with British Columbia. In this newly settled land, white immigrants have an uneasy relationship with the Native Indians. When George and his siblings discover the murdered body of a local white man, suspicion immediately falls on a young Indian named Louie Sam. George and his best friend, Pete, follow a lynch mob north into Canada, where the terrified boy is seized and hung. But even before the deed is done, George begins to have doubts. Louie Sam was a boy, only 14—could he really be a vicious murderer? Were the mob leaders motivated by justice, or were they hiding their own guilt? As George uncovers the truth—implicating Pete’s father and other prominent locals—tensions in the town rise, and he must face his own part in the tragedy. But standing up for justice has devastating consequences for George and his family. Inspired by the true story of the lynching, recently acknowledged as a historical injustice by Washington State, this powerful novel offers a stark depiction of historical racism and the harshness of settler life. The story will provoke readers to reflect on the dangers of mob mentality and the importance of speaking up for what’s right.

Author : Deborah Lawrenson
Publisher : Random House
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2008-09-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781407007304

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Songs of Blue and Gold by Deborah Lawrenson Pdf

Sometimes the key to the future lies in the past . . . In the horseshoe bay of Kalami in Corfu, a tumultuous love affair begins between a renowned novelist and a woman escaping scandal. Years later, her daughter Melissa, running from her own past, returns to the island ... Melissa's life in England is in disarray. There are cracks in her perfect marriage, and her elderly mother, Elizabeth, is losing her memory and slowly drifting away. In the last glimmers of lucidity, Elizabeth presents her daughter with a gift that suggests a very secret history - one that leads Melissa to Kalami, where Julian Adie, poet, traveller and novelist, once lived. But what is the connection between Adie - an alluring hedonist who discarded four wives - and Melissa's mother Elizabeth? As Melissa chases Adie's shadow across the golden places he loved, she finds her mother may not have been the person she thought. Forced to question morality, loyalty and her own unwillingness to let love in, Melissa is gradually led to a dramatic re-evaluation of her own life.

Author : Dan Jurgens
Publisher : DC Comics
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : PKEY:T2145900025001

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Blue & Gold (2021-) #2 by Dan Jurgens Pdf

Who needs the Justice League anyway? Our heroes certainly don’t! After a painful rejection from the DC Universe’s team of a-list heroes, Booster Gold and Blue Beetle strike out on their own. Thanks to the Kord Industries fortune, anything is possible for this dynamic duo…right? Little do they know, an alien assassin seeking revenge places Blue and Gold in her crosshairs, and The Omnizon never misses!

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:B2961866

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The Blue and Gold by Anonim Pdf

Author : Dan Jurgens
Publisher : DC Comics
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-18
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : PKEY:T2145900055001

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Blue & Gold (2021-) #5 by Dan Jurgens Pdf

Blue and Gold Restoration is open for business! Only issue is, our duo is falling apart while their waiting room is packed to the brim with mostly illegitimate problems. Now Omnizon, self-appointed ruler of Earth, is here to sentence Booster and Beetle to death for disobeying her royal rule of the land. It’ll take a friend from the future to save their present and prevent a PR nightmare that could close their operation for good!

Author : Clark Kerr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:906894991

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The Gold and the Blue by Clark Kerr Pdf

Author : Michael S Steinhardt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798690020132

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Blue, Green and Gold by Michael S Steinhardt Pdf

The world of investing, planning and retirement accumulation is a bit of a maze often leaving consumers lost and going in the wrong direction. Blue Green and Gold offers comprehensive, yet simple concepts, told in short stories, vignettes and examples to help the reader better grasp concepts and ideas. An easy read for all, creative ideas, real life concepts and direction. For many people, we waste our most precious commodity, time. After reading this book, you will want to act quickly getting started on your path.

Author : Robert John Schneller
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9781603444170

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Blue & Gold and Black by Robert John Schneller Pdf

During the twentieth century, the U.S. Naval Academy evolved from a racist institution to one that ranked equal opportunity among its fundamental tenets. This transformation was not without its social cost, however, and black midshipmen bore the brunt of it. Blue & Gold and Black is the history of integration of African Americans into the Naval Academy. The book examines how civil rights advocates? demands for equal opportunity shaped the Naval Academy?s evolution. Author Robert J. Schneller Jr. analyzes how changes in the Academy?s policies and culture affected the lives of black midshipmen, as well as how black midshipmen effected change in the Academy?s policies and culture. Most institutional history is written from the top down, while most social history is written from the bottom up. Based on the documentary record as well as on the memories of hundreds of midshipmen and naval officers, Blue & Gold and Black includes both perspectives. By examining both the institution and the individual, a much more accurate picture emerges of how racial integration occurred at the Naval Academy. Schneller takes a biographical approach to social history. Through written correspondence, responses to questionnaires, memoirs, and oral histories, African American midshipmen recount their experiences in their own words. Rather than setting adrift their humanity and individuality in oceans of statistics, Schneller uses their first-hand recollections to provide insights into the Academy?s culture that cannot be gained from official records. Covering the Jim Crow era, the civil rights movement, and the empowerment of African Americans from the late 1960s through the end of the twentieth century, Blue & Gold and Black traces the transformation of an institution that produces men and women who lead not only the Navy, but also the nation.