Fires

Download Fires full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online Fires ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

Prairie Fires

Author : Caroline Fraser
Publisher : Metropolitan Books
ISBN 13 : 1627792775
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (277 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Prairie Fires by : Caroline Fraser

Download or read book Prairie Fires written by Caroline Fraser and published by Metropolitan Books. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR The first comprehensive historical biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder, the beloved author of the Little House on the Prairie books Millions of readers of Little House on the Prairie believe they know Laura Ingalls—the pioneer girl who survived blizzards and near-starvation on the Great Plains, and the woman who wrote the famous autobiographical books. But the true saga of her life has never been fully told. Now, drawing on unpublished manuscripts, letters, diaries, and land and financial records, Caroline Fraser—the editor of the Library of America edition of the Little House series—masterfully fills in the gaps in Wilder’s biography. Revealing the grown-up story behind the most influential childhood epic of pioneer life, she also chronicles Wilder's tumultuous relationship with her journalist daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, setting the record straight regarding charges of ghostwriting that have swirled around the books. The Little House books, for all the hardships they describe, are paeans to the pioneer spirit, portraying it as triumphant against all odds. But Wilder’s real life was harder and grittier than that, a story of relentless struggle, rootlessness, and poverty. It was only in her sixties, after losing nearly everything in the Great Depression, that she turned to children’s books, recasting her hardscrabble childhood as a celebratory vision of homesteading—and achieving fame and fortune in the process, in one of the most astonishing rags-to-riches episodes in American letters. Spanning nearly a century of epochal change, from the Indian Wars to the Dust Bowl, Wilder’s dramatic life provides a unique perspective on American history and our national mythology of self-reliance. With fresh insights and new discoveries, Prairie Fires reveals the complex woman whose classic stories grip us to this day.

Fires

Author : Marguerite Yourcenar
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226965287
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (269 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Fires by : Marguerite Yourcenar

Download or read book Fires written by Marguerite Yourcenar and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1994-11-05 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fires consists of nine monologues and narratives based on classical Greek stories. Antigone, Clytemnestra, Phaedo, Sappho are all mythical figures whose stories are mingled with contemporary themes. Interspersed are highly personal narratives, reflecting on a time of profound inner crisis in the author's life. "The unwritten novel among the fantasies and aphorisms of Fires is a classic tale."—Stephen Koch, New York Times Book Review

House Fires

Author : Connor Franta
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 198217773X
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis House Fires by : Connor Franta

Download or read book House Fires written by Connor Franta and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling author of A Work in Progress and Note to Self moves fully into adulthood with his illuminating, soulful, bleeding collection of narrative, poetry, and original film photography. Humanitarian, entrepreneur, and content creator Connor Franta first captivated readers with A Work In Progress, ruminating on his Midwestern roots to his early start as a visionary and online thought-leader. He continued his soul-searching-through-a-broken-heart with Note to Self, challenging readers—and himself—to ponder the spectrum of humanity and their place within it. Now as Franta approaches thirty, life is no less confusing, but he finds this journey endlessly fascinating. Writing about confusion and clarity, loneliness and whirlwind romances, despair and elation—and everything in between—Franta invites readers back into the intimacy of his mind. House Fires magnifies a young man’s emotional warfare with his past, the daze of wandering through modern times in search of purpose, and the electricity flying from tomorrow’s potential.

A Thousand Fires

Author : Shannon Price
Publisher : Tor Teen
ISBN 13 : 125030198X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis A Thousand Fires by : Shannon Price

Download or read book A Thousand Fires written by Shannon Price and published by Tor Teen. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shannon Price's A Thousand Fires is a breakout contemporary debut—think The Outsiders meets The Iliad—that's perfect for fans of Courtney Summers and Veronica Roth. 10 Years. 3 Gangs. 1 Girl’s Epic Quest... Valerie Simons knows the Wars are dangerous—her little brother was killed by the Boars two years ago. But nothing will sway Valerie from joining the elite and beautiful Herons with her boyfriend Matthew to avenge her brother. But when Jax, the volatile and beyond charismatic leader of the Stags, promises her revenge, Valerie is torn between old love and new loyalty. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Night Fires

Author : George E. Stanley
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416912509
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (169 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Night Fires by : George E. Stanley

Download or read book Night Fires written by George E. Stanley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Edward Stanley's powerful Night Fires explores the influence of the Klan in 1920's Oklahoma, and the danger of succumbing to peer pressure.

Bordering Fires

Author : Cristina Garcia
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307482405
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Bordering Fires by : Cristina Garcia

Download or read book Bordering Fires written by Cristina Garcia and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2009-01-21 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the descendants of Mexican immigrants have settled throughout the United States, a great literature has emerged, but its correspondances with the literature of Mexico have gone largely unobserved. In Bordering Fires, the first anthology to combine writing from both sides of the Mexican-U.S. border, Cristina Garc’a presents a richly diverse cross-cultural conversation. Beginning with Mexican masters such as Alfonso Reyes and Juan Rulfo, Garc’a highlights historic voices such as “the godfather of Chicano literature” Rudolfo Anaya, and Gloria Anzaldœa, who made a powerful case for language that reflects bicultural experience. From the fierce evocations of Chicano reality in Jimmy Santiago Baca’s Poem IX to the breathtaking images of identity in Coral Bracho’s poem “Fish of Fleeting Skin,” from the work of Carlos Fuentes to Sandra Cisneros, Ana Castillo to Octavio Paz, this landmark collection of fiction, essays, and poetry offers an exhilarating new vantage point on our continent–and on the best of contemporary literature. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Little Fires Everywhere

Author : Celeste Ng
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735224307
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Little Fires Everywhere by : Celeste Ng

Download or read book Little Fires Everywhere written by Celeste Ng and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The #1 New York Times bestseller! “Witty, wise, and tender. It's a marvel.” —Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train and A Slow Fire Burning “To say I love this book is an understatement. It’s a deep psychological mystery about the power of motherhood, the intensity of teenage love, and the danger of perfection. It moved me to tears.” —Reese Witherspoon From the bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You and Our Missing Hearts comes a riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned—from the layout of the winding roads, to the colors of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the rules. Enter Mia Warren—an enigmatic artist and single mother—who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenaged daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the mother-daughter pair. But Mia carries with her a mysterious past and a disregard for the status quo that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community. When old family friends of the Richardsons attempt to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle erupts that dramatically divides the town—and puts Mia and Elena on opposing sides. Suspicious of Mia and her motives, Elena is determined to uncover the secrets in Mia’s past. But her obsession will come at unexpected and devastating costs. Little Fires Everywhere explores the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, and the ferocious pull of motherhood—and the danger of believing that following the rules can avert disaster. Named a Best Book of the Year by: People, The Washington Post, Bustle, Esquire, Southern Living, The Daily Beast, GQ, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, Audible, Goodreads, Library Reads, Book of the Month, Paste, Kirkus Reviews, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and many more... Perfect for book clubs! Visit celesteng.com for discussion guides and more.

Floods and Fires

Author : Dan Leach
Publisher : University of North Georgia
ISBN 13 : 9781940771359
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (713 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Floods and Fires by : Dan Leach

Download or read book Floods and Fires written by Dan Leach and published by University of North Georgia. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Floods and Fires, the first collection of stories by Dan Leach, tests Marilynne Robinson's assertion that "Families will not be broken." In the title story, a father harbors his fugitive son from the town bully-turned-sheriff and meditates on suffering in small towns. In "Everything Must Go," an estranged husband spots his ex-wife's belongings at a garage sale and grapples with an onset of paranoia. In "Transportation," a young boy attempts, through wild acts of imagination to transcend his bleak existence in a trailer park. Wrestling against limitations that are Southern in aesthetic, but universal in nature, the characters in Floods and Fires seek redemption in the face of hard times. Quirky, outlandish, but in the end emotionally poignant, Dan Leach's stories follow imperfect people struggling against their circumstances, their histories, and, most importantly, themselves.--Page 4 of cover.

Apollo's Fire

Author : Jay Inslee
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1597266493
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (972 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Apollo's Fire by : Jay Inslee

Download or read book Apollo's Fire written by Jay Inslee and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2009-08-13 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book the authors make the case for renewable energy and renewable energy policy. Each chapter begins with an inspiring story by someone working in renewable energy or a related field.

Between Two Fires

Author : Stephen J. Pyne
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816532141
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Between Two Fires by : Stephen J. Pyne

Download or read book Between Two Fires written by Stephen J. Pyne and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2015-10-15 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a fire policy of prevention at all costs to today's restored burning, Between Two Fires is America's history channeled through the story of wildland fire management. Stephen J. Pyne tells of a fire revolution that began in the 1960s as a reaction to simple suppression and single-agency hegemony, and then matured into more enlightened programs of fire management. It describes the counterrevolution of the 1980s that stalled the movement, the revival of reform after 1994, and the fire scene that has evolved since then. Pyne is uniquely qualified to tell America’s fire story. The author of more than a score of books, he has told fire’s history in the United States, Australia, Canada, Europe, and the Earth overall. In his earlier life, he spent fifteen seasons with the North Rim Longshots at Grand Canyon National Park. In Between Two Fires, Pyne recounts how, after the Great Fires of 1910, a policy of fire suppression spread from America’s founding corps of foresters into a national policy that manifested itself as a costly all-out war on fire. After fifty years of attempted fire suppression, a revolution in thinking led to a more pluralistic strategy for fire’s restoration. The revolution succeeded in displacing suppression as a sole strategy, but it has failed to fully integrate fire and land management and has fallen short of its goals. Today, the nation’s backcountry and increasingly its exurban fringe are threatened by larger and more damaging burns, fire agencies are scrambling for funds, firefighters continue to die, and the country seems unable to come to grips with the fundamentals behind a rising tide of megafires. Pyne has once again constructed a history of record that will shape our next century of fire management. Between Two Fires is a story of ideas, institutions, and fires. It’s America’s story told through the nation’s flames.

Fox Fires Volume 1

Author : Emilia Ojala
Publisher : Rocketship Entertainment
ISBN 13 : 9781952126086
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (26 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Fox Fires Volume 1 by : Emilia Ojala

Download or read book Fox Fires Volume 1 written by Emilia Ojala and published by Rocketship Entertainment. This book was released on 2021-11-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FOX FIRES is a fantasy-adventure that is inspired by Finnish folklore. “Fox Fires” refers to the Northern Lights; a literal translation from the Finnish word “revontulet.” (Revontulet = Repo’s fires.) The Fox Fires are a gate between this world and the land of the dead - it allows souls to visit their loved ones. But suddenly, the Fox Fires disappear. Our main character, a young raccoon dog named Raate, heads north to find what’s happened to Repo, the fire fox whose burning fur is said to make the Fox Fires appear in the sky. On her journey, Raate meets all kinds of interesting creatures, and also new friends. FOX FIRES is a fantasy-adventure that is inspired by Finnish folklore. “Fox Fires” refers to the Northern Lights; a literal translation from the Finnish word “revontulet.” (Revontulet = Repo’s fires.) The Fox Fires are a gate between this world and the land of the dead - it allows souls to visit their loved ones. But suddenly, the Fox Fires disappear. Our main character, a young raccoon dog named Raate, heads north to find what’s happened to Repo, the fire fox whose burning fur is said to make the Fox Fires appear in the sky. On her journey, Raate meets all kinds of interesting creatures, and also new friends. The story is told from an animal’s perspective, taking us deep into nature. The graphic novel addresses the relationship between humans and nature, friendships, family, self-growth, and, of course, Finnish folklore.

Fire in America

Author : Stephen J. Pyne
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295805218
Total Pages : 681 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (958 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Fire in America by : Stephen J. Pyne

Download or read book Fire in America written by Stephen J. Pyne and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page 681 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From prehistory to the present-day conservation movement, Pyne explores the efforts of successive American cultures to master wildfire and to use it to shape the landscape.

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Author : William Anderson
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060885521
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (68 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Laura Ingalls Wilder by : William Anderson

Download or read book Laura Ingalls Wilder written by William Anderson and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2007-01-02 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From her pioneer days on the prairie to her golden years with her husband, Almanzo, and their daughter, Rose, Laura Ingalls Wilder has become a friend to all who have read about her adventures. This behind-the-scenes account chronicles the real events in Laura's life that inspired her to write her stories and also describes her life after the last Little House book ends.

Forest Fires

Author : Edward A. Johnson
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080506747
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (85 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Forest Fires by : Edward A. Johnson

Download or read book Forest Fires written by Edward A. Johnson and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2001-03-01 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even before the myth of Prometheus, fire played a crucial ecological role around the world. Numerous plant communities depend on fire to generate species diversity in both time and space. Without fire such ecosystems would become sterile monocultures. Recent efforts to prohibit fire in fire dependent communities have contributed to more intense and more damaging fires. For these reasons, foresters, ecologists, land managers, geographers, and environmental scientists are interested in the behavior and ecological effects of fires. This book will be the first to focus on the chemistry and physics of fire as it relates to the ways in which fire behaves and the impacts it has on ecosystem function. Leading international contributors have been recruited by the editors to prepare a didactic text/reference that will appeal to both advanced students and practicing professionals.

Forgotten Fires

Author : Omer Call Stewart
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806134239
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Forgotten Fires by : Omer Call Stewart

Download or read book Forgotten Fires written by Omer Call Stewart and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A common stereotype about American Indians is that for centuries they lived in static harmony with nature, in a pristine wilderness that remained unchanged until European colonization. Omer C. Stewart was one of the first anthropologists to recognize that Native Americans made significant impact across a wide range of environments. Most important, they regularly used fire to manage plant communities and associated animal species through varied and localized habitat burning. In Forgotten Fires, editors Henry T. Lewis and M. Kat Anderson present Stewart's original research and insights, written in the 1950s yet still provocative today. Significant portions of Stewart's text have not been available until now, and Lewis and Anderson set Stewart's findings in the context of current knowledge about Native hunter-gatherers and their uses of fire.

Home Fires Burning

Author : Belinda J. Davis
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807860611
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Home Fires Burning by : Belinda J. Davis

Download or read book Home Fires Burning written by Belinda J. Davis and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2003-06-19 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenging assumptions about the separation of high politics and everyday life, Belinda Davis uncovers the important influence of the broad civilian populace--particularly poorer women--on German domestic and even military policy during World War I. As Britain's wartime blockade of goods to Central Europe increasingly squeezed the German food supply, public protests led by "women of little means" broke out in the streets of Berlin and other German cities. These "street scenes" riveted public attention and drew urban populations together across class lines to make formidable, apparently unified demands on the German state. Imperial authorities responded in unprecedented fashion in the interests of beleaguered consumers, interceding actively in food distribution and production. But officials' actions were far more effective in legitimating popular demands than in defending the state's right to rule. In the end, says Davis, this dynamic fundamentally reformulated relations between state and society and contributed to the state's downfall in 1918. Shedding new light on the Wilhelmine government, German subjects' role as political actors, and the influence of the war on the home front on the Weimar state and society, Home Fires Burning helps rewrite the political history of World War I Germany.

The Ecological Importance of Mixed-Severity Fires

Author : Dominick A DellaSala
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0128027606
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (28 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Ecological Importance of Mixed-Severity Fires by : Dominick A DellaSala

Download or read book The Ecological Importance of Mixed-Severity Fires written by Dominick A DellaSala and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2015-06-08 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ecological Importance of High-Severity Fires, presents information on the current paradigm shift in the way people think about wildfire and ecosystems. While much of the current forest management in fire-adapted ecosystems, especially forests, is focused on fire prevention and suppression, little has been reported on the ecological role of fire, and nothing has been presented on the importance of high-severity fire with regards to the maintenance of native biodiversity and fire-dependent ecosystems and species. This text fills that void, providing a comprehensive reference for documenting and synthesizing fire's ecological role. Offers the first reference written on mixed- and high-severity fires and their relevance for biodiversity Contains a broad synthesis of the ecology of mixed- and high-severity fires covering such topics as vegetation, birds, mammals, insects, aquatics, and management actions Explores the conservation vs. public controversy issues around megafires in a rapidly warming world