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Wolves Eat Dogs

Author : Martin Cruz Smith
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743275330
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book Wolves Eat Dogs written by Martin Cruz Smith and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-11-16 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Moscow detective is sent to Chernobyl for a frightening case in the most spectacular entry yet in Martin Cruz Smith’s Arkady Renko series. In his groundbreaking Gorky Park, Martin Cruz Smith created an iconic detective of contemporary fiction. Quietly subversive, brilliantly analytical, and haunted by melancholy, Arkady Renko survived, barely, the journey from the Soviet Union to the New Russia, only to find his transformed nation just as obsessed with corruption and brutality as was the old Communist dictatorship. In Wolves Eat Dogs, Renko returns for his most enigmatic and baffling case yet: the death of one of Russia’s new billionaires, which leads him to Chernobyl and the Zone of Exclusion—closed to the world since 1986’s nuclear disaster. It is still aglow with radioactivity, now inhabited only by the militia, shady scavengers, a few reckless scientists, and some elderly peasants who refuse to relocate. Renko’s journey to this ghostly netherworld, the crimes he uncovers there, and the secrets they reveal about the New Russia make for an unforgettable adventure.

Chernobyl Wolves

Author : Christoffer Petersen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788793957565
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (575 download)

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Download or read book Chernobyl Wolves written by Christoffer Petersen and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-25 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a wolf biologist goes missing in Ukraine, Jon agrees to finish his colleague's research before the wolves leave the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. But as the research project implodes, Jon discovers that there is more than one kind of wolf in Chernobyl. When Jon goes missing, and the authorities refuse to search for him, Emma Østergård defies the Danish government and enters the Exclusion Zone to find her father. Chernobyl Wolves is the third book in Christoffer Petersen's series of eco-crime thrillers following Paint the Devil and Lost in the Woods. If you like books that twist fact into fiction then you'll love Christoffer Petersen's radioactive thriller. Pick up Chernobyl Wolves to begin your journey through the Exclusion Zone today!

Chernobyl's Wild Kingdom

Author : Rebecca L. Johnson
Publisher : Lerner Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 1467711543
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (677 download)

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Download or read book Chernobyl's Wild Kingdom written by Rebecca L. Johnson and published by Lerner Publishing Group. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear explosion in Ukraine, scientists believed radiation had created a vast and barren wasteland in which life could never resurface. But the Dead Zone, as the contaminated area is known, doesn't look dead at all. In fact, wildlife seems to be thriving there. The Zone is home to beetles, swallows, catfish, mice, voles, otters, beavers, wild boar, foxes, lynx, deer, moose?even brown bears and wolves. Yet the animals in the Zone are not quite what you'd expect. Every single one of them is radioactive. In Chernobyl's Wild Kingdom, you'll meet the international scientists investigating the Zone's wildlife and trying to answer difficult questions: Have some animals adapted to living with radiation? Or is the radioactive environment harming them in ways we can't see or that will only show up in future generations? Learn more about the fascinating ongoing research?and the debates that surround the findings?in one of the most dangerous places on Earth.

Environmental Consequences of the Chernobyl Accident and Their Remediation

Author : International Atomic Energy Agency
Publisher : IAEA
ISBN 13 : 9789201147059
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Environmental Consequences of the Chernobyl Accident and Their Remediation written by International Atomic Energy Agency and published by IAEA. This book was released on 2006 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The explosion on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the consequent reactor fire resulted in an unprecedented release of radioactive material from a nuclear reactor and adverse consequences for the public and the environment. Although the accident occurred nearly two decades ago, controversy still surrounds the real impact of the disaster. Therefore the IAEA, in cooperation with other UN bodies, the World Bank, as well as the competent authorities of Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine, established the Chernobyl Forum in 2003. The mission of the Forum was to generate 'authoritative consensual statements' on the environmental consequences and health effects attributable to radiation exposure arising from the accident as well as to provide advice on environmental remediation and special health care programmes, and to suggest areas in which further research is required. This report presents the findings and recommendations of the Chernobyl Forum concerning the environmental effects of the Chernobyl accident.

The Lost Child of Chernobyl

Author : Helen Bate
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781913074715
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book The Lost Child of Chernobyl written by Helen Bate and published by . This book was released on 2021-04 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One April night, people living near Chernobyl see a bright light in the sky...Everyone is told to move out of the forbidden zone around the destroyed nuclear reactor, but two stubborn old ladies, Anna and Klara, refuse to leave. Nine years later, the forest wolves bring a ragged child to their door - a child who has been living with wolves in the forbidden zone. Who is the lost child of Chernobyl and will Anna and Klara be able to find the child's family after all this time? Inspired by the real events of the global environmental disaster at Chernobyl in 1986, this haunting and deeply relevant graphic novel is about the place of humans in the natural world, about healing, survival and the meaning of home. From the award-winning author of Peter in Peril, USBBY Outstanding International Book, and Me and Mrs. Moon.

The Wisdom of Wolves

Author : Jim Dutcher
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1426218877
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book The Wisdom of Wolves written by Jim Dutcher and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-04-05 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the world-famous couple who lived alongside a three-generation wolf pack, this book of inspiration, drawn from the wild, will fascinate animal and nature lovers alike. For six years Jim and Jamie Dutcher lived intimately with a pack of wolves, gaining their trust as no one has before. In this book the Dutchers reflect on the virtues they observed in wolf society and behavior. Each chapter exemplifies a principle, such as kindness, teamwork, playfulness, respect, curiosity, and compassion. Their heartfelt stories combine into a thought-provoking meditation on the values shared between the human and the animal world. Occasional photographs bring the wolves and their behaviors into absorbing focus.

Midnight in Chernobyl

Author : Adam Higginbotham
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501134639
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Midnight in Chernobyl written by Adam Higginbotham and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Best Book of the Year A Time Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence Winner From journalist Adam Higginbotham, the New York Times bestselling “account that reads almost like the script for a movie” (The Wall Street Journal)—a powerful investigation into Chernobyl and how propaganda, secrecy, and myth have obscured the true story of one of the history’s worst nuclear disasters. Early in the morning of April 26, 1986, Reactor Number Four of the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station exploded, triggering one of the twentieth century’s greatest disasters. In the thirty years since then, Chernobyl has become lodged in the collective nightmares of the world: shorthand for the spectral horrors of radiation poisoning, for a dangerous technology slipping its leash, for ecological fragility, and for what can happen when a dishonest and careless state endangers its citizens and the entire world. But the real story of the accident, clouded from the beginning by secrecy, propaganda, and misinformation, has long remained in dispute. Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews conducted over the course of more than ten years, as well as letters, unpublished memoirs, and documents from recently-declassified archives, Adam Higginbotham brings the disaster to life through the eyes of the men and women who witnessed it firsthand. The result is a “riveting, deeply reported reconstruction” (Los Angeles Times) and a definitive account of an event that changed history: a story that is more complex, more human, and more terrifying than the Soviet myth. “The most complete and compelling history yet” (The Christian Science Monitor), Higginbotham’s “superb, enthralling, and necessarily terrifying...extraordinary” (The New York Times) book is an indelible portrait of the lessons learned when mankind seeks to bend the natural world to his will—lessons which, in the face of climate change and other threats, remain not just vital but necessary.

Chernobyl's Wild Kingdom

Author : Rebecca L. Johnson
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN 13 : 1467747912
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (677 download)

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Download or read book Chernobyl's Wild Kingdom written by Rebecca L. Johnson and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear explosion in Ukraine, scientists believed radiation had created a vast and barren wasteland in which life could never resurface. But the Dead Zone, as the contaminated area is known, doesn't look dead at all. In fact, wildlife seems to be thriving there. The Zone is home to beetles, swallows, catfish, mice, voles, otters, beavers, wild boar, foxes, lynx, deer, moose—even brown bears and wolves. Yet the animals in the Zone are not quite what you'd expect. Every single one of them is radioactive. In Chernobyl's Wild Kingdom, you'll meet the international scientists investigating the Zone's wildlife and trying to answer difficult questions: Have some animals adapted to living with radiation? Or is the radioactive environment harming them in ways we can't see or that will only show up in future generations? Learn more about the fascinating ongoing research—and the debates that surround the findings—in one of the most dangerous places on Earth.

Infinite Worlds

Author : Kate Sheeran Swed
Publisher : Spells & Spaceships Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1924 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Infinite Worlds written by Kate Sheeran Swed and published by Spells & Spaceships Press. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 1924 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the wonders and perils of the cosmos in a thrilling new collection of series-starting science fiction novels! Packed full of interstellar heists, dangerous salvage operations, and unlikely heroes who take the fate of the galaxy into their own hands, each full-length novel promises to immerse you in captivating new worlds. Dive into a brand new adventure – download the Infinite Worlds collection today! About the Books: Chaos Zone by Kate Sheeran Swed Stranded in the most dangerous system in the galaxy, Sloane sets her sights on a bounty with a reward that could solve all her problems. When the Commander of the Galactic Fleet becomes her unexpected rival, Sloane must navigate an increasingly dangerous web of galactic politics in order to secure her prize – all while questioning her own chances of making it out alive. Starship Waking by C. Gockel In a galaxy plagued by terror, a starship's ominous dreams foretell impending doom, while a wolf-human hybrid with a haunting secret seeks answers to her nightmares and a pleasure 'bot discovers a message from an enigmatic sender. As their paths converge, the galaxy braces for a seismic upheaval, for the starship itself is awakening. Dakiti by E.J. Fisch In the formidable world of Haphez, Lieutenant Aroska Tarbic finds himself partnered with skilled operative Ziva Payvan – and the assassin who killed his brother. When they begin unraveling the threads of a dangerous conspiracy, they must overcome their animosity and work together to protect their race from peril. Amidst blurred alliances, their mission becomes a race against time, where trust becomes a fragile commodity and their own lives may be at stake. The Concordia Deception by J.J. Green Humanity's deep space colony expedition finally reaches its long-awaited destination – but the newfound world proves far from idyllic. With alien predators threatening the settlers and hidden saboteurs endangering their survival from within, Ethan, a descendant of generations aboard the ship, becomes the beacon of hope in a rapidly escalating crisis. As tensions mount, he must confront the perils lurking both within and beyond the colony's boundaries to safeguard the future of humankind. Ghost Pirate Gambit by Jessie Kwak Lasadi doesn't like strangers on her ship – but she'll need a bigger crew if she's going to steal a mysterious artifact from a dead pirate's long-lost space station. She takes a reluctant chance on a charming grifter named Raj, along with a skilled hacker and her genius little brother. But the station holds more than long-dead ghosts, and the crew's secrets threaten to undermine the job. If they can't learn to trust each other, none of them will make it out alive… Starship Renegades: Uprising by S.J. Bryant Seeking vengeance after the defeat of her beloved rebel cause, Kari leads her crew on a salvage mission of an abandoned Imperium ship. But when Kari and her crew arrive, they find more questions than loot. Where are the crew? What happened to the other looters? And what is the ship’s AI hiding in the restricted zones? The truth promises to change everything – but with the Imperium in pursuit, time is running out, and the price of answers may be their very lives. The Adventures of Wil Calder by John Wilker Desperate for a crew, Wil Calder assembles a team of misfits from across the Galactic Commonwealth. Their mission seems simple: break into a space station used by criminals to store their loot. However, they soon find themselves entangled in a galactic conspiracy that threatens the entire Commonwealth. Now, this unlikely group must rise to the occasion and prevent civil war, even though they're just a bunch of misfits and the sole human to have ventured beyond our solar system. The fate of the galaxy rests in their hands, and the pressure is on.

Man Is Wolf to Man

Author : Janusz Bardach
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520221529
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (215 download)

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Download or read book Man Is Wolf to Man written by Janusz Bardach and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1999-09-21 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in hardcover in 1998.

Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet

Author : Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452954496
Total Pages : 734 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (529 download)

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Download or read book Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet written by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living on a damaged planet challenges who we are and where we live. This timely anthology calls on twenty eminent humanists and scientists to revitalize curiosity, observation, and transdisciplinary conversation about life on earth. As human-induced environmental change threatens multispecies livability, Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet puts forward a bold proposal: entangled histories, situated narratives, and thick descriptions offer urgent “arts of living.” Included are essays by scholars in anthropology, ecology, science studies, art, literature, and bioinformatics who posit critical and creative tools for collaborative survival in a more-than-human Anthropocene. The essays are organized around two key figures that also serve as the publication’s two openings: Ghosts, or landscapes haunted by the violences of modernity; and Monsters, or interspecies and intraspecies sociality. Ghosts and Monsters are tentacular, windy, and arboreal arts that invite readers to encounter ants, lichen, rocks, electrons, flying foxes, salmon, chestnut trees, mud volcanoes, border zones, graves, radioactive waste—in short, the wonders and terrors of an unintended epoch. Contributors: Karen Barad, U of California, Santa Cruz; Kate Brown, U of Maryland, Baltimore; Carla Freccero, U of California, Santa Cruz; Peter Funch, Aarhus U; Scott F. Gilbert, Swarthmore College; Deborah M. Gordon, Stanford U; Donna J. Haraway, U of California, Santa Cruz; Andreas Hejnol, U of Bergen, Norway; Ursula K. Le Guin; Marianne Elisabeth Lien, U of Oslo; Andrew Mathews, U of California, Santa Cruz; Margaret McFall-Ngai, U of Hawaii, Manoa; Ingrid M. Parker, U of California, Santa Cruz; Mary Louise Pratt, NYU; Anne Pringle, U of Wisconsin, Madison; Deborah Bird Rose, U of New South Wales, Sydney; Dorion Sagan; Lesley Stern, U of California, San Diego; Jens-Christian Svenning, Aarhus U.

Nuclear Bodies

Author : Robert A. Jacobs
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 030026528X
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Nuclear Bodies written by Robert A. Jacobs and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cold War reconsidered as a limited nuclear war “Inexorable clarity and care for his fellow humans mark Robert Jacobs's guide to the Cold War as a limited nuclear war, whose harms disfigure any possible future.”—Norma Field, author of In the Realm of a Dying Emperor: Japan at Century’s End In the fall of 1961, President Kennedy somberly warned Americans about deadly radioactive fallout clouds extending hundreds of miles from H‑bomb detonations, yet he approved ninety‑six US nuclear weapon tests for 1962. Cold War nuclear testing, production, and disasters like Chernobyl and Fukushima have exposed millions to dangerous radioactive particles; these millions are the global hibakusha. Many communities continue to be plagued with dire legacies and ongoing risks: sickness and early mortality, forced displacement, uncertainty and anxiety, dislocation from ancestors and traditional lifestyles, and contamination of food sources and ecosystems. Robert A. Jacobs re‑envisions the history of the Cold War as a slow nuclear war, fought on remote battlegrounds against populations powerless to prevent the contamination of their lands and bodies. His comprehensive account necessitates a profound rethinking of the meaning, costs, and legacies of our embrace of nuclear weapons and technologies.

A Woman Among Wolves

Author : Diane K. Boyd
Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1778401147
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (784 download)

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Download or read book A Woman Among Wolves written by Diane K. Boyd and published by Greystone Books Ltd. This book was released on 2024-09-10 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A debut memoir from one of the first women in the United States to study wild wolves in their natural habitat—a story of passion, resilience, and determination. "This is a book about a courageous woman. Often alone in wild country, she endures hardships and faces danger in many forms …. It is a book I highly recommend: informative, fascinating, and beautifully written." —DR. JANE GOODALL “A gripping and vital portrait of wolf repopulation. It is impossible not to root for Diane, or for the wolves.” —ERICA BERRY, AUTHOR OF WOLFISH Called the Jane Goodall of wolves, world-renowned wildlife biologist Diane Boyd has spent four decades studying and advocating for wolves in the wilds of Montana near Glacier National Park. When she started in the 1970s, she was the only female biologist in the United States researching and radio-collaring wild wolves. With her two dogs for company, she faced the rigors of the Montana winter in an isolated cabin without running water or electricity. Boyd fearlessly forded icy rivers, strapped on skis to navigate thick stands of lodgepole pine, and monitored packs from the air in a tiny bush plane that skimmed the treetops so she could count wolves and see what they were feeding on. She faced down grizzly bears, mountain lions, wolverines—and the occasional trapper—as she stalked her quarry: a handful of wolves that were making their way south from Canada into Montana. Resilient and resourceful, she devised her own trapping methods and negotiated with locals as wolf populations grew from the first natural colonizer to more than 3,000 wolves in the West today. In this captivating book, Boyd takes the reader on a wild ride from the early days of wolf research to the present-day challenges of wolf management across the globe, highlighting her interactions with an apex predator that captured her heart and her undying admiration. Her writing resonates with her indomitable spirit as she explores the intricate balance of human and wolf coexistence.

Savage Stars

Author : C. Gockel
Publisher : C. Gockel
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2015 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Savage Stars written by C. Gockel and published by C. Gockel. This book was released on 2020-01-16 with total page 2015 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The universe can be savage, but these heroes won’t go down without a fight. Six full-length novels by bestselling authors that explore the far reaches of the universe, the limits of the human mind, and the divide between man and machine. Aliens, AI, and post-apocalyptic adventure—you’ll find them all among the Savage Stars. Download this collection of series starters today! About the Books: Starship Waking by C. Gockel On an icy, barren world, a starship dreams of doom…Her nightmares will force an alien race to make contact with the most unlikely of heroes—6T9, a pleasure 'bot struggling to find purpose, and Volka, a lonely mutant on a repressive homeworld. The galaxy will be shaken to its core. The starship is waking. Exin Ex Machina by G. S. Jennsen When man and machine are one and the same, death is no longer an inevitability. Though Nika Tescarav has lived many lives, she no longer remembers them. But if whoever erased her past did so to silence her, they’ve failed. Enter a world of technological wonders, exotic alien life, captivating worlds—and a dark secret that will shatter it all. Star Nomad by Lindsay Buroker The Alliance has toppled the tyrannical empire. It should be a time for celebration, but not for fighter pilot Captain Alisa Marchenko. After barely surviving a crash in the final battle for freedom, she's stranded on a dustball of a planet, billions of miles from her young daughter. She has no money or resources, and there are no transports heading to Perun, her former home and the last imperial stronghold. The Legacy Human by Susan Kaye Quinn What would you give to live forever? Elijah wants to become an ascender, a human/machine hybrid, but it’s forbidden for legacy humans like him. When he’s sponsored for the creative Olympics, he could win everything, including ascendance… or lose it all playing the ascenders’ Games. Bypass Gemini by Joseph Lallo Lex was the next great hoversled pilot until a fixed race got him banned. Now a freelance delivery boy, life couldn’t get any worse. Then a mysterious suitcase got him mixed up with mobsters, a megacorp, and a mad scientist. Now he must solve the mystery or die trying. The Concordia Deception by J. J. Green After spending 184 years in suspended animation, scientist Cariad begins a new life in a remote space colony. On a planet rife with intrigue, betrayal, and alien threats, can she fight to preserve humanity’s future in the stars?

Chernobyl

Author : Alexey V. Yablokov
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1573317578
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (733 download)

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Download or read book Chernobyl written by Alexey V. Yablokov and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-01-26 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, written by leading authorities from Eastern Europe, outlines the history of the health and environmental consequences of the Chernobyl disaster. Although there has been much discussion concerning the impacts of nuclear accidents, and Chernobyl in particular, never before has there been a comprehensive presentation of all the available information concerning the health and environmental effects of the low dose radioactive contaminants that were emitted from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The official discussions emanating from the IAEA and associated UN agencies (e.g. the Chernobyl Forum reports) have largely downplayed or ignored many of the findings reported in the Eastern European scientific literature and as a consequence these reports have erred on the side of negative findings simply because much of what was known was not included in their assessments. This new book provides a complete and extensive summary of all known research, including that published in Russian and Ukrainian, and provides new insights to the likely long term health and environmental consequences of nuclear accidents. NOTE: Annals volumes are available for sale as individual books or as a journal. For information on institutional journal subscriptions, please visit www.blackwellpublishing.com/nyas. ACADEMY MEMBERS: Please contact the New York Academy of Sciences directly to place your order (www.nyas.org). Members of the New York Academy of Science receive full-text access to the Annals online and discounts on print volumes. Please visit http://www.nyas.org/MemberCenter/Join.aspx for more information about becoming a member.

The Great Offshore Grounds

Author : Vanessa Veselka
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1984899570
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book The Great Offshore Grounds written by Vanessa Veselka and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BOOK AWARD NOMINEE • A wildly original, cross-country novel that subverts a long tradition of family narratives and casts new light on the mythologies—national, individual, and collective—that drive and define us. On the day of their estranged father’s wedding, half sisters Cheyenne and Livy set off to claim their inheritance. It’s been years since the two have seen each other. Cheyenne is newly back in Seattle, crashing with Livy after a failed marriage and a series of personal and professional dead ends. Livy works refinishing boats, her resentment against her freeloading sister growing as she tamps down dreams of fishing off the coast of Alaska. But the promise of a shot at financial security brings the two together to claim what’s theirs. Except, instead of money, what their father gives them is information—a name—which forces them to come to grips with a long-held family secret. In the face of their new reality, the sisters and their adopted brother each set out on journeys that will test their faith in one another, as well as their definitions of freedom. Moving from Seattle’s underground to the docks of the Far North, from the hideaways of the southern swamps to the storied reaches of the Great Offshore Grounds, Vanessa Veselka spins a tale with boundless verve, linguistic vitality, and undeniable tenderness.

Fallout

Author : Fred Pearce
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807092509
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Fallout written by Fred Pearce and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2018-05-22 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An investigation into our complicated 8-decade-long relationship with nuclear technology, from the bomb to nuclear accidents to nuclear waste. From Hiroshima to Chernobyl, Fukushima to the growing legacy of lethal radioactive waste, humanity’s struggle to conquer atomic energy is rife with secrecy, deceit, human error, blatant disregard for life, short-sighted politics, and fear. Fallout is an eye-opening odyssey through the first eight decades of this struggle and the radioactive landscapes it has left behind. We are, he finds, forever torn between technological hubris and all-too-human terror about what we have created. At first, Pearce reminds us, America loved the bomb. Las Vegas, only seventy miles from the Nevada site of some hundred atmospheric tests, crowned four Miss Atomic Bombs in 1950s. Later, communities downwind of these tests suffered high cancer rates. The fate of a group of Japanese fishermen, who suffered high radiation doses from the first hydrogen bomb test in Bikini atoll, was worse. The United States Atomic Energy Commission accused them of being Red spies and ignored requests from the doctors desperately trying to treat them. Pearce moves on to explore the closed cities of the Soviet Union, where plutonium was refined and nuclear bombs tested throughout the ’50s and ’60s, and where the full extent of environmental and human damage is only now coming to light. Exploring the radioactive badlands created by nuclear accidents—not only the well-known examples of Chernobyl and Fukushima, but also the little known area around Satlykovo in the Russian Ural Mountains and the Windscale fire in the UK—Pearce describes the compulsive secrecy, deviousness, and lack of accountability that have persisted even as the technology has morphed from military to civilian uses. Finally, Pearce turns to the toxic legacies of nuclear technology: the emerging dilemmas over handling its waste and decommissioning of the great radioactive structures of the nuclear age, and the fearful doublethink over the world’s growing stockpiles of plutonium, the most lethal and ubiquitous product of nuclear technologies. For any reader who craves a clear-headed examination of the tangled relationship between a powerful technology and human politics, foibles, fears, and arrogance, Fallout is the definitive look at humanity’s nuclear adventure.