Waiting For Rescue

Author : Lucy Honig
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2009-07-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781582436586

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Waiting for Rescue by Lucy Honig Pdf

Jarring yet slyly comic, Waiting for Rescue evokes a world turned upside down after the events of 9/11 as seen through the eyes of a wry and observant American woman who, though far from the path of the hijacked planes, is thrown into turmoil nevertheless. As a teacher in Boston working with health professionals from around the world, her sudden grief and sense of impending violence gradually pervade every facet of her life and change forever her understanding of the "good works" her colleagues and her students believe they do. In Honig's global landscape, the paths of vastly different people crisscross with the narrator's: a Muslim family in America dealing with cancer, then ethnic profiling; an aging researcher hoping to make his mark in bio–terror's next big thing; a feisty girl in Kenya whose parents have AIDS; a nerdy high school teacher who commits a terrible crime that returns to haunt, decades later. Everywhere the author takes us — the classroom and the bedroom, in hallways of hospitals and the offices of ambitious researchers, in the slums of Nairobi and the streets of Boston, at office parties and bedside vigils — events intersect in a unique commentary on the imbalances of our times.

Author : Susan May Warren
Publisher : Revell
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781493415212

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Wait for Me (Montana Rescue Book #6) by Susan May Warren Pdf

Pete Brooks can't believe he's waited an entire year for Jess Tagg to return to Montana, only to have her break his heart by getting engaged to her ex-fiancé. Worse, a series of mistakes on the job have cost lives, and Pete isn't sure he wants to continue to work in Search and Rescue. Maybe if he can just get over Jess, he can figure out how to move forward. EMT Jess Tagg has returned to Montana to finally give her heart to Pete, but it seems he's no longer interested. When a terrible fight between them sparks an impulsive decision, she finds herself crashed on the side of a highway along with Esme Shaw. And just when she thinks things couldn't get any worse, she and Esme are taken captive and into the untamed Montana wilderness--with murderous intent. Now Pete and the other PEAK Rescue Team members are in a race against time, the elements, and the actions of a vengeful man. Pete will have to use everything he's learned to find Jess and Esme--and pray that his past mistakes don't cost him the life of the woman he can't stop loving.

Author : Allen Billy
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-22
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781525580635

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North Shore Rescue by Allen Billy Pdf

The North Shore Rescue Team has existed since 1965 and has performed thousands of search and rescue operations on the North Shore Mountains and other locations throughout British Columbia and Washington State. Team activities have assisted at least 4,500 lost or injured individuals in mountain and wilderness settings. While these operations have been featured in numerous media reports throughout Canada and other countries, there is an additional element to these operations to which few people have been exposed. This book presents the oral history of the North Shore Rescue team. Team members, their spouses, and subjects provide unique insights, recollections and perspectives on search and rescue operations. Some stories reflect life and death struggles, others are humorous, some generate disturbing thoughts and some are politically incorrect. Nevertheless, these are the memories and stories from people involved with the most experienced, best trained, best equipped volunteer search and rescue team in Canada. This is a book about selfless volunteers performing complex rescue operations, camaraderie under stressful conditions, lives saved, lives lost, as told by people who were involved. These stories will be of interest to those who climb, snowshoe, ski, hike, kayak, explore or engage in any other form of outdoor recreational activity. None of these stories have ever been revealed to the general public. Each operational story contains a lesson associated with personal safety and provides insights into what to do, or not do, when lost or injured in the wilds.

Author : Jennifer A. Nielsen
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781338621020

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Rescue by Jennifer A. Nielsen Pdf

From New York Times bestselling author Jennifer A. Nielsen comes a thrilling World War II story of espionage and intrigue, as one girl races to crack a coded message to save her father and the French resistance. Six hundred and fifty-seven days ago, Meg Kenyon's father left their home in France to fight for the Allies in World War II, and that was the last time Meg saw him. Recently, she heard he was being held prisoner by the Nazis, a terrible sentence from which Meg fears he'll never return. All she has left of him are the codes he placed in a jar for her to decipher, an affectionate game the two of them shared. But the codes are running low, and soon there'll be nothing left of Papa for Meg to hold on to at all. Suddenly, an impossible chance to save her father falls into Meg's lap. After following a trail of blood in the snow, Meggie finds an injured British spy hiding in her grandmother's barn. Captain Stewart tells her that a family of German refugees must be guided across Nazi-occupied France to neutral Spain, whereupon one of them has promised to free Meg's father. Captain Stewart was meant to take that family on their journey, but too injured to complete the task himself, he offers it to Meg, along with a final code from Papa to help complete the mission -- perhaps the most important, and most difficult, riddle she's received yet. As the Nazis flood Meg's village in fierce pursuit, she accepts the duty and begins the trek across France. Leading strangers through treacherous territory, Meg faces danger and uncertainty at every turn, all the while struggling to crack her father's code. The message, as she unravels it, reveals secrets costly enough to risk the mission and even her own life. Can Meg solve the puzzle, rescue the family, and save her father?

Author : Maria Gianferrari
Publisher : little bee books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1499806671

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Operation Rescue Dog by Maria Gianferrari Pdf

This sweet story about a girl named Alma and a stray dog named Lulu shows how a girl and a dog can rescue each other. Lulu’s ears flap in the wind as the rescue truck rolls into the lot. Lulu’s tail thumps— Everything smells . . . new. Lulu sleeps under the moon, drinking from mud puddles and is covered in ticks until she is rescued. She waits for the Operation Rescue Dog truck, scared and uncertain. Alma misses her Mami, who is far away in Iraq. Alma wears Mami's scarf around her like a hug. She wonders: Can a dog feel like a hug? In this heartwarming and moving picture book, a lonely child and a lonely dog come together and find warmth, companionship, and love in each other.

Author : Tyndale
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 2409 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-03
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9781496445445

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NLT Study Bible Large Print by Tyndale Pdf

Make Your Study Personal and Your Devotions Serious. You study the Bible to connect with God's heart. The NLT Study Bible gives you the tools you need to enter the world of the Bible so you can do just that. Including over 25,000 study notes plus profiles, charts, maps, timelines, book and section introductions, and approximately 300 theme notes, the NLT Study Bible will make your study personal and your devotions serious. This new large print edition features a generous 10-point font. The New Living Translation breathes life into even the most difficult-to-understand Bible passages, changing lives as the words speak directly to their hearts.

Author : Sarah Hines-Stephens,Jane B. Mason
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781338362046

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Ember (Rescue Dogs #1) by Sarah Hines-Stephens,Jane B. Mason Pdf

Action and adventure with high stakes and a happy ending -- and dogs! After Ember is rescued from a devastating house fire, she longs for a forever home. But every family that adopts the yellow Lab puppy brings her back, saying she is untrainable, has too much energy, or is just plain destructive. After three failed placements, young Ember is out of options.The Sterling family runs a ranch that turns rescued dogs into rescue dogs. They're willing to take a chance on the young Lab, not knowing that Ember's first rescue will test her skills and strength beyond imagination...

Author : Curt Benjamin
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2004-09-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101157527

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The Gates of Heaven by Curt Benjamin Pdf

The evil sorcerer Markko has sworn to capture the last of Prince Llesho's brothers. If Markko succeeds, Llesho will not be able to save Thebin, or reopen the Gates of Heaven. As murder and dark magic threaten Llesho's alliances, he realizes his only chance lies in finding his brothers first. So begins a desperate hunt that will lead the prince from the slave market to a sea voyage fraught with perils, and an incredible discovery about the sorcerer who seems bent on his destruction.

Author : Olivia Tuffin
Publisher : Nosy Crow
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781788005913

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A Pony Called Secret: A True Champion by Olivia Tuffin Pdf

The sixth in a fantastic series of perfect pony stories about Alice and her spirited young pony, Secret, from Olivia Tuffin, author of the much-loved The Palomino Pony series. Alice and her beloved pony are off to train at Devon's world-class yard - following in the footsteps of the British show jumping team! Alice and Secret have gone further than anyone thought possible ... but on the day of the show jumping trials for the British team, Alice has to make an almost impossible choice. Just how far is she prepared to go to reach the very top? What does the future hold for Alice and her spirited red pony? Check out Alice and Secret's other adventures: A New Beginning, A Friend In Need, A Ride To Freedom and more!

Author : Barry Jean Ancelet,Marcia Gaudet,Carl Lindahl
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781617037962

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Second Line Rescue by Barry Jean Ancelet,Marcia Gaudet,Carl Lindahl Pdf

How beleaguered citizens created their own salvation when their institutions failed

Author : Christopher Van Tilburg
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007-11-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781429929318

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Mountain Rescue Doctor by Christopher Van Tilburg Pdf

A memoir from a doctor who rescues hikers, bikers, rafters, and skiers from the wilderness, as part of the Hood River Crag Rats, the oldest mountain rescue team in the country. Christopher Van Tilburg, MD is an emergency room physician, ski patrol doctor, emergency wilderness physician, and member of the Hood River Crag Rats, the oldest mountain rescue team in the country. When Dr. Van Tilburg's beeper goes off, the call may take him racing up a mountain peak to rescue an injured hiker, into a blizzard to search for missing skiers, or to a mountain airplane crash scene for body recovery. Dr. Van Tilburg's work requires a unique combination of emergency medicine, survival skills, agility, and extreme sports. In Mountain Rescue Doctor, Van Tilburg shares personal stories of harrowing and suspenseful rescues and recoveries, including the recent Mount Hood disaster, which claimed the lives of three climbers. Mountain Rescue Doctor is an exhilarating tour through the perils of nature and medicine.

Author : Tom McCarthy
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781493039661

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The Greatest Search and Rescue Stories Ever Told by Tom McCarthy Pdf

From the early years of Western Expansion to the present day, our history is marked by the heroic exploits of the rescuer and the rescued in some of the most daunting geographic, meteorological, and otherwise life-threatening challenges. "First responders" have variously been members of law enforcement to ordinary good samaritans who couldn't look the other way in the face of their brethren in peril. This book collects the most compelling search-and-rescue accounts of the last two hundred years, from William Lewis Manly bringing relief to '49ers lost in Death Valley, to modern-day SAR teams working with the National Park and Forest Services to locate missing hikers or carry out the injured from a wilderness mishap. Of course, many search-and-rescues turn into a body recovery effort, or even a criminal investigation if foul play is suspected. Regardless of the outcome, this book honors those who put others' lives before their own in the face of peril.

Author : Franco Ferrero
Publisher : Pesda Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 0954706153

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White Water Safety and Rescue by Franco Ferrero Pdf

White water safety and rescue for canoeists, kayakers and rafters. A completely revised new edition now in full colour throughout. You can find presentation resources of the photos and illustrations below. The writing of this book started when I tried to put some notes together as course notes for the safety and rescue courses I was running at Plas y Brenin. It soon became clear what a huge topic it is and in sheer frustration I explained to a friend that I would have to write a book to cover it properly. His answer was, "Why don't you?" This is the result. I hope you find it enjoyable and informative. What's new in the 2nd Edition? Full colour and new photos throughout. The text has been completely revised and numerous small but significant improvements have been made. The principles of safety and rescue have been unified and the mneumonic CLAP adopted. This is to make it easier to remember them and fall in line with current practice in the teaching of white water safety. The rescue section has been reorganized to fit in more closely with the TRTTG 'low to high risk' model. The rafting sections have been completely rewritten by Geraint Rowlands. The chapter 'Planning a Descent' has been extended to cover factors to be considered when travelling abroad. One-handed signals as used by Paul O'Sullivan in his chapter in the BCU Canoe and Kayak Handbook have been adopted.

Author : Melissa Cristina Márquez
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781338635072

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Crocodile Rescue! (Wild Survival #1) by Melissa Cristina Márquez Pdf

For fans of The Trail, Out of My Shell, and The Honest Truth, Wild Survival is the story of a girl finding her voice . . . and fightingfor survival. Twelve-year-old Adrianna Villalobos and her older brother Feye travel the globe with their parents, the hosts of a suspenseful nature show called "Wild Survival!" The show features daring animal rescues and the work the family does at their animal sanctuary. They've recently gotten an offer to take the show from YouTube to a TV network, and Adrianna is thrilled. So far, she's always been behind the scenes, but now she gets to join the rest of her family onscreen. She can't wait to bring her passion for animals to a wide audience.Their first stop is the lush mangrove forests of Cuba, where they're going to help rescue an injured crocodile. But things get off to a rocky start when Feye is injured in an accident partially caused by Adrianna. The status of the show is in jeopardy, and Adrianna's parents want her back behind the scenes, or maybe even back at home.Adrianna is determined to prove herself, and save the show-whatever it takes. Even if that means confronting the legendary Mega Croc of Cuba that's rumored to inhabit the murky waters around their base camp.Based on the author's real-life wildlife encounters, this middle-grade series will include real animal facts, light illustration of the creatures mentioned in each book, and an Author's Note from Melissa.

Author : United States. Department of the Air Force
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Airplane crash survival
ISBN : IND:30000090001938

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Survival: Search and Rescue by United States. Department of the Air Force Pdf