The Lake On Fire

Author : Rosellen Brown
Publisher : Sarabande Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781946448248

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The Lake on Fire by Rosellen Brown Pdf

The Lake on Fire is an epic narrative that begins among 19th century Jewish immigrants on a failing Wisconsin farm. Dazzled by lore of the American dream, Chaya and her strange, brilliant, young brother Asher stowaway to Chicago; what they discover there, however, is a Gilded Age as empty a façade as the beautiful Columbian Exposition luring thousands to Lake Michigan’s shore. The pair scrapes together a meager living—Chaya in a cigar factory; Asher, roaming the city and stealing books and jewelry to share with the poor, until they find different paths of escape. An examination of family, love, and revolution, this profound tale resonates eerily with today’s current events and tumultuous social landscape. The Lake on Fire is robust, gleaming, and grimy all at once, proving that celebrated author Rosellen Brown is back with a story as luminous as ever.

Author : Frances FitzGerald
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780316074643

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Fire in the Lake by Frances FitzGerald Pdf

Frances FitzGerald's landmark history of Vietnam and the Vietnam War, "a compassionate and penetrating account of the collision of two societies that remain untranslatable to one another." (New York Times Book Review) This magisterial work, based on Frances FitzGerald's many years of research and travels, takes us inside the history of Vietnam -- the traditional, ancestor-worshiping villages, the conflicts between Communists and anti-Communists, Catholics and Buddhists, generals and monks, the disruption created by French colonialism, and America's ill-fated intervention -- and reveals the country as seen through Vietnamese eyes. Originally published in 1972, Fire in the Lake was the first history of Vietnam written by an American and won the Pulitzer Prize, the Bancroft Prize, and the National Book Award. With a clarity and insight unrivaled by any author before it or since, Frances FitzGerald illustrates how America utterly and tragically misinterpreted the realities of Vietnam.

Author : Nathan Fairbairn
Publisher : Image Comics
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-22
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781534303041

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Lake Of Fire by Nathan Fairbairn Pdf

It is 1220 AD, and the gears of the Albigensian Crusade grind on. When an alien spacecraft infested with a horde of bloodthirsty predators crash-lands in the remote wilderness of the French Pyrenees, a small band of crusaders and a Cathar heretic are all that stand between God's Kingdom and Hell on Earth. Collects LAKE OF FIRE #1-5.

Author : Donald Willerton
Publisher : SCB Distributors
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781948749213

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The Lake of Fire by Donald Willerton Pdf

Mogi Franklin and his sister Jennifer are delighted to be attending a high school science conference in New Mexico amidst a hundred thousand acres of meadows, mountains, rivers, and volcanoes far older than recorded time. But their focus quickly changes when they learn of the disappearance fifty years ago of a plane with two hundred pounds of plutonium–and of the terrorist nations vying today to find it in those same mountains. Soon, they are engulfed in a complex web of Russian spies, government lies and deceit, an old box full of clues, and the real possibility that the shipment bound decades ago for nearby Los Alamos national laboratory is indeed hidden tantalizingly close to their conference center. Puzzling over the mystery, Mogi sets out with some friends on a backpacking trip to a remote lake. Too late they realize their mistake, as a minor forest fire suddenly explodes into the most dangerous blaze in the state's history, trapping Mogi and the others right in its path. They're fighting for their lives in this fifth book of the Mogi Franklin Mysteries, and if he's going to come up with a way out, he'd better do it fast!

Author : Mikel J. Wilson
Publisher : Mourning Dove Mysteries
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1947392077

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Murder on the Lake of Fire by Mikel J. Wilson Pdf

At twenty-three and with a notorious case under his belt, Emory Rome has already garnered fame as a talented special agent for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. His career is leapfrogging over his colleagues, but the jumping stops when he¿s assigned a case he fought to avoid - to investigate an eerie murder in the Smoky Mountain hometown he had abandoned.¿ This mysterious case of a dead teen ice-skater once destined for the pros is just the beginning. In a small town bursting with envious friends and foes, Rome¿s own secrets lie just below the surface.¿The rush to find the murderer before he strikes again pits Rome against artful private investigator, Jeff Woodard. The PI is handsome and smart, seducing Rome and forcing him to confront childhood demons, but Woodard has secrets of his own.He might just be the killer Rome is seeking.

Author : Trina Moyles
Publisher : Random House Canada
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780735279919

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Lookout by Trina Moyles Pdf

A page-turning memoir about a young woman's grueling, revelatory summers working alone in a remote lookout tower and her eyewitness account of the increasingly unpredictable nature of wildfire in the Canadian north. While growing up in Peace River, Alberta, Trina Moyles heard many stories of Lookout Observers--strange, eccentric types who spent five-month summers alone, climbing 100-foot high towers and watching for signs of fire in the surrounding boreal forest. How could you isolate yourself for that long? she wondered. "I could never do it," she told herself. Craving a deeper sense of purpose, she left northern Alberta to pursue a decade-long career in global humanitarian work. After three years in East Africa, and newly engaged, Trina returned to Peace River with a plan to sponsor her fiance, Akello's, immigration to Canada. Despite her fear of being alone in the woods, she applied for a seasonal lookout position and got the job. Thus begins Trina's first summer as one of a handful of lookouts scattered throughout Alberta, with only a farm dog, Holly--labeled "a domesticated wolf" by her former owners--to keep her company. While searching for smoke, Trina unravels under the pressure of a long-distance relationship--and a dawning awareness of the environmental crisis that climate change is producing in the boreal. Through megafires, lightning storms, and stunning encounters with wildlife, she learns to survive at the fire tower by forging deep connections with nature and with an extraordinary community of people dedicated to wildfire detection and combat. In isolation, she discovers a kind of self-awareness--and freedom--that only solitude can deliver. Lookout is a riveting story of loss, transformation, and belonging to oneself, layered with an eyewitness account of the destructive and regenerative power of wildfire in our northern forests.

Author : Robin W. Bailey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0553281852

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The Lake of Fire by Robin W. Bailey Pdf

Author : Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games of 2002
Publisher : Sloc
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Athletes
ISBN : 0971796106

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The Fire Within by Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games of 2002 Pdf

Captures the magic and beauty of the Olympic Games.

Author : Paul Vanderwood
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2003-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780817350390

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Night Riders of Reelfoot Lake by Paul Vanderwood Pdf

A notable and tragic case of the struggle between legal and social justice Reelfoot Lake has been a hunting and fishing paradise from the time of its creation in 1812, when the New Madrid earthquake caused the Mississippi River to flow backward into low-lying lands. Situated in the northwestern corner of the state of Tennessee, it attracted westward-moving pioneers, enticing some to settle permanently on its shores. Threatened in 1908 with the loss of their homes and livelihoods to aggressive, outsider capitalists, rural folk whose families had lived for generations on the bountiful lake donned hoods and gowns and engaged in “night riding,” spreading mayhem and death throughout the region as they sought vigilante justice. They had come to regard the lake as their own, by “squatters’ rights,” but now a group of entrepreneurs from St. Louis had bought the titles to the land beneath the shallow lake and were laying legal claim to Reelfoot in its entirety. People were hanged, beaten, and threatened and property destroyed before the state militia finally quelled the uprising. A compromise that made the lake public property did not entirely heal the wounds which continue to this day. Paul Vanderwood reconstructs these harrowing events from newspapers and other accounts of the time. He also obtained personal interviews with participants and family members who earlier had remained mum, still fearing prosecution. The Journal of American History declares his book “the complete and authentic treatment” of the horrific dispute and its troubled aftermath.

Author : Aparna Verma
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1636764576

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The Boy with Fire by Aparna Verma Pdf

Dune meets The Poppy War in Aparna Verma's The Boy with Fire, a glorious yet brutal tour-de-force debut that grapples with the power and manipulation of myth in an Indian-inspired epic fantasy. Yassen Knight was the Arohassin's most notorious assassin until a horrible accident. Now, he's on the run from the authorities and his former employer. But when Yassen seeks refuge with an old friend, he's offered an irresistible deal: defend the heir of Ravence from the Arohassin, and earn his freedom. Elena Ravence prepares to ascend the throne. Trained since birth in statecraft, warfare, and the desert ways, Elena knows she is ready. She only lacks one thing: the ability to hold Fire. With the coronation only weeks away, she must learn quickly or lose her kingdom. Leo Ravence is not ready to give up the crown. There's still too much work to be done, too many battles to be won. But when an ancient prophecy threatens to undo his lifetime of work, Leo wages war on the heavens themselves to protect his legacy. The first of The Ravence Trilogy, The Boy with Fire is the tale of a world teetering on the edge of war and prophecy, of fate and betrayal, of man's irrevocable greed for power - and the sacrifices that must come with it.

Author : Nathan Fairbairn
Publisher : Image Comics
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-26
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : PKEY:AUG160642

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Lake Of Fire #3 by Nathan Fairbairn Pdf

The small band of surviving crusaders and heretics struggles to come to grips with the alien menace that has cursed the land. A decision must be madeÑ do they try to run, or are they compelled by their faith to track the devils and take the fight to them, even if that means marching through the very gates of Hell itself?

Author : Edward Struzik
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 53,9 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 : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1848
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026690769

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Before and After by Anonim Pdf

Author : Francis M. Carroll,Franklin Roy Raiter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : MINN:31951D003399120

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The Fires of Autumn by Francis M. Carroll,Franklin Roy Raiter Pdf

In the fall of 1918, devastating forest fires swept across a major portion of northeastern Minnesota. Drawing on both published survivors' accounts and on trial testimony never publicized, the authors bring to light this saga of destruction, resurrection, and resilience in the face of adversity.

Author : Judson Shepherd Lake
Publisher : Pacific Press Publishing Association
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Seventh-Day Adventists
ISBN : 0816324085

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Ellen White Under Fire by Judson Shepherd Lake Pdf

During her lifetime, Ellen White withstood wave upon wave of personal criticisms. Yet the historical records confirm her as a person of integrity, and her writings confirm her loyalty to the Bible. In Ellen White Under Fire, Dr. Jud Lake provides a comprehensive assessment of Ellen White critics, past and present, as well as her defenders - all the while building confidence in her prophetic gift.