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Book Synopsis Ocean of Storms by : Christopher Mari
Download or read book Ocean of Storms written by Christopher Mari and published by 47North. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the near future, political tensions between the United States and China are at an all-time high. Then a catastrophic explosion on the moon cleaves a vast gash in the lunar surface, and the massive electromagnetic pulse it unleashes obliterates Earth's electrical infrastructure. To plumb the depths of the newly created lunar fissure and excavate the source of the power surge, the feuding nations are forced to cooperate on a high-risk mission to return mankind to the moon. Now, a diverse, highly skilled ensemble of astronauts--and a pair of maverick archaeologists plucked from the Peruvian jungle--will brave conspiracy on Earth and disaster in space to make a shocking discovery. Ocean of Storms is an epic adventure that spans space and time as its heroes race to fulfill an ancient mission that may change the course of humanity's future.
Book Synopsis Apollo 12 - On the Ocean of Storms by : David M. Harland
Download or read book Apollo 12 - On the Ocean of Storms written by David M. Harland and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-02-26 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In July 1969 the ‘amiable strangers’ that made up the crew of the historic Apollo 11 flight successfully achieved the first manned lunar landing. Several months later, three close friends set off on an even more challenging mission. Free of the burden of making history, the Apollo 12 astronauts were determined to really enjoy their experience while taking care of business. This is the story of their mission, told largely in their own words. Their exploits and accomplishments showed how conservative the inaugural mission had been. With its two moonwalks, deployment of the first geophysical station on the Moon, and geological sampling, Apollo 12 did what many had hoped would be achieved by the first men to land on the Moon. The Apollo 12 mission also spectacularly demonstrated the precision landing capability required for success in future lunar surface explorations. In addition to official documents, published prior to and after the mission, APOLLO 12 – ON THE OCEAN OF STORMS draws on the flight transcript and post-mission debriefing to recreate the drama.
Book Synopsis Sea of Storms by : Stuart B. Schwartz
Download or read book Sea of Storms written by Stuart B. Schwartz and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A panoramic social history of hurricanes in the Caribbean The diverse cultures of the Caribbean have been shaped as much by hurricanes as they have by diplomacy, commerce, or the legacy of colonial rule. In this panoramic work of social history, Stuart Schwartz examines how Caribbean societies have responded to the dangers of hurricanes, and how these destructive storms have influenced the region's history, from the rise of plantations, to slavery and its abolition, to migrations, racial conflict, and war. Taking readers from the voyages of Columbus to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, Schwartz looks at the ethical, political, and economic challenges that hurricanes posed to the Caribbean’s indigenous populations and the different European peoples who ventured to the New World to exploit its riches. He describes how the United States provided the model for responding to environmental threats when it emerged as a major power and began to exert its influence over the Caribbean in the nineteenth century, and how the region’s governments came to assume greater responsibilities for prevention and relief, efforts that by the end of the twentieth century were being questioned by free-market neoliberals. Schwartz sheds light on catastrophes like Katrina by framing them within a long and contentious history of human interaction with the natural world. Spanning more than five centuries and drawing on extensive archival research in Europe and the Americas, Sea of Storms emphasizes the continuing role of race, social inequality, and economic ideology in the shaping of our responses to natural disaster.
Download or read book Ocean of Storms written by Sarah Dawson and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Air-Sea Exchange of Heat and Moisture During Storms by : R.S. Bortkovskii
Download or read book Air-Sea Exchange of Heat and Moisture During Storms written by R.S. Bortkovskii and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientists investigating the interaction between the ocean and the atmosphere now believe that the drag coefficient, and the coefficients of heat transfer and moisture transfer at the sea surface, all increase with an intensification of the wind, reaching high values during a storm. This belief is based on the results of gradient and eddy correlation measurements in the air layer over the water, as weIl as on data concerning the effect of storms on the structure of the upper layer of the ocean and on the planetary atmospheric boundary layer. However, until recently it was impossible to explain just how the above coefficients depend on the wind velocity and to extrapolate this dependence into the region of hurricane velocities. Only by studying nonturbulent mechanisms of transfer, which play an important role dose to the surface of a stormy sea, and mechanisms of spray mediated transfer in particular, was it possible to proceed to a solution of this problem. This book presents the results of laboratory and field studies of the spray field in the air layer above the surface of a stormy sea. Since there is a dose correlation between the generation of spray and the breaking of wind waves, considerable attention is given to the analysis of data on the sea state during a storm. Su'ch data are of interest when solving a number of diverse theoretical and applied problems.
Download or read book Mother of Storms written by John Barnes and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1995-05-15 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mid-Pacific, a gigantic hurricane triggered by nuclear explosions spawns dozens more in its wake. A world linked by a virtual-reality network experiences the devastation, witnessing the death of civilization as we know it and the violent birth of an emergent global consciousness.
Book Synopsis Sailing a Serious Ocean by : John Kretschmer
Download or read book Sailing a Serious Ocean written by John Kretschmer and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I know you'll want to read more after you finish Sailing a Serious Ocean. And be warned, you'll very likely want to sail with John, perhaps across an ocean." -- DALLAS MURPHY, AUTHOR OF ROUNDING THE HORN After sailing 300,000 miles and weathering dozens of storms in all the world's oceans, John Kretschmer has plenty of stories and advice to share. John's offshore training passages sell out a year in advance and his entertaining presentations are popular at boat shows and yacht clubs all over the English speaking world. John's talent for storytelling enchants his audience as it soaks up the lessons he learned during his oftenchallenging voyages. Now you can take a seat next to John--at a lesser cost--and get the knowledge you need to fulfill your own dream of blue-water adventure. In Sailing a Serious Ocean, John tells you what to expect when sailing the oceans and shows how to sail safely across them. His tales of storm encounters and other examples of extreme seamanship will help you prepare for your journey and give you confidence to handle any situation—even heavy weather. Through his personal stories, John will guide you through the whole process of choosing the right boat, outfitting with the right gear, planning your route, navigating the ocean, and understanding the nuances of life at sea. Our oceans are beautiful yet unpredictable—water that is at one moment a natural mirror for the glowing sun can turn into a foamy, raging wall of fury. John knows our oceans, and he is one of the best teachers of taming and enjoying them. Before you set off across the big blue, turn to John for his inspirational stories and hard-learned advice and discover the serious sailor in you.
Book Synopsis Beyond the Sea of Storms by : Larry Kollar
Download or read book Beyond the Sea of Storms written by Larry Kollar and published by Green Envy Press. This book was released on 2015-05-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The newly resettled town of Vlis seems an ideal place for Mik to recover from battle-shock—quiet, remote, and on the edge of the Deep Forest. But the Deep Forest has a mind of its own. Soon, Sura’s compulsion to return home takes them farther from home than ever. Befriended by a Lesser Dragon, hailed as a prophet by the locals, Bailar and his apprentices must find their way in an unfamiliar place. When an invasion forces them to choose sides, Mik must come to grips with his deepest fear to save his friends and innocent folk.
Book Synopsis The Six-Inch Lunar Atlas by : Don Spain
Download or read book The Six-Inch Lunar Atlas written by Don Spain and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-10-03 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a lunar atlas designed specifically for use in the field by lunar observers. Its title – The Six-inch Lunar Atlas – refers both to the aperture of the telescope used to make the images in the book, and also to the book’s physical size: so it’s perfect for fitting into an observer’s pocket! The author’s own lunar photographs were taken with a 6-inch (150mm) telescope and CCD camera, and closely match the visual appearance of the Moon when viewed through a modest (3-inch to 8-inch) telescope. (Depending on seeing, of course.) Each picture is shown oriented "as the Moon really is" when viewed from the northern hemisphere, and is supplemented by exquisite computer sketches that list the main features. Two separate computer sketches are provided to go with each photograph, one oriented to appear as seen through an SCT telescope (e.g. the Meade and Celestron ranges), the other oriented for Newtonian and refracting telescopes. It is worth commenting that most observers find it extremely difficult to identify lunar features when using a conventional atlas and SCT telescope – the human brain is very poor at making "mirror-image" visual translations. There is a page of descriptions for the salient features in each photograph.
Book Synopsis The Mammoth Book of Storms, Shipwrecks and Sea Disasters by : Richard Russell Lawrence
Download or read book The Mammoth Book of Storms, Shipwrecks and Sea Disasters written by Richard Russell Lawrence and published by Constable. This book was released on 2004 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 40 first-hand accounts of peril on the high seas, from the wreck of the Medusa to the perfect storm, from Francis Chichester's account of superhuman tenacity battling hostile seas in Gipsy Moth while rounding Cape Horn to the tale of the Marie Celeste.
Book Synopsis Ocean of Storms by : Jason G. Wright
Download or read book Ocean of Storms written by Jason G. Wright and published by . This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 2016 and for the first time in history humanity is united under a one-world government-The New World Technocracy. The Technocracy's rise to power is made possible by its vow to protect the world from an increase in terrorist attacks that have wreaked havoc throughout the globe. Little does society know that the Technocracy itself is responsible for the attacks, as they blame the Islamic terrorists in an effort to offer protection from them, and gain the people's support. Soon the world learns that the price for this protection is their very freedom. Intoxicated with their newly acquired power, the secular government makes it their first order of business to silence Dr. Lachlan Daulton, founder of the infamous and influential Prayer Movement. Lachlan vows to resist the Technocracy and employs the help of his son, Gene Daulton-a young man with mysterious abilities that the new government yearns to mold to their image. Ocean of Storms tells the story of Gene and the lives he touches, as he makes this grueling and epic journey. Little does Gene know that the world is watching, and its fate rests upon his shoulders.
Book Synopsis Historic Storms of the North Sea, British Isles and Northwest Europe by : Hubert Lamb
Download or read book Historic Storms of the North Sea, British Isles and Northwest Europe written by Hubert Lamb and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1991-06-13 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a historical study of great wind storms over the last 500-600 years, with meteorological maps and wind measurements.
Download or read book A New Coast written by Jeffrey Peterson and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More severe storms and rising seas will inexorably push the American coastline inland with profound impact on communities, infrastructure, and natural systems. In A New Coast, Jeffrey Peterson presents the science behind predictions for coastal impacts and explains how current policies fall short of what's needed to prepare for these changes. He outlines a framework of bold, new national policies and funding to support local and state governments. Peterson calls for engagement of citizens, the private sector, as well as local and national leaders in a "campaign for a new coast." This is a forward-looking volume offering new insights for policymakers, planners, business leaders preparing for the changes coming to America's coast.
Book Synopsis Imperiled Ocean by : Laura Trethewey
Download or read book Imperiled Ocean written by Laura Trethewey and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a life raft in the Mediterranean, a teenager from Ghana wonders whether he will reach Europe alive. A young chef disappears from a cruise ship, leaving a mystery for his friends and family to solve. A water-squatting community battles eviction from a harbor in a Pacific Northwest town, raising the question of who owns the water. Imperiled Ocean is a deeply reported work of narrative journalism that follows people as they head out to sea. What they discover holds inspiring and dire implications for the life of the ocean, and for all of us back on land. As Imperiled Ocean unfolds, battles are fought, fortunes made, and lives are lost. Behind this human drama, the ocean is growing ever more unstable, threatening to upend life on land. We meet a biologist tracking sturgeon who is unable to stop the development and pollution destroying the fish’s habitat, he races to learn about the fish before it disappears. Sturgeon has survived more than 300 million years on earth and could hold important truths about how humanity might make itself amenable to a changing ocean. As a fisher and scientist, his ability to listen to the water becomes a parable for today. By eavesdropping on an imperiled world, he shows a way we can move forward to save the oceans we all share.
Download or read book Ocean of Storms written by John B Marek and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-21 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ocean of Storms is a short-story collection featuring a literary triptych of related stories: "The Age of Rockets" tells a mysterious tale of the 4th of July storm of 1969; "Moonnight Laika" offers a different perspective on the first manned lunar mission; and "The Wreck" brings the story full-circle as a fisherman happens upon an alarming discovery. The Expanded Edition includes three new stories: "Day Game" recounts a magical baseball experience at the end of the daylight era; In "Bittersweet Gypsum," an aging man's walk in the woods brings him face-to-face with a past he'd rather forget; and the Anson award-winning "'Esque" is a surreal trip into the anxious mind of a young college student.
Book Synopsis Volcanoes of the Solar System by : Charles Frankel
Download or read book Volcanoes of the Solar System written by Charles Frankel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive and beautifully illustrated tour of recently discovered volcanic features of the Solar System.
Download or read book A Single Wave written by Webb Chiles and published by Sheridan House, Inc.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Webb Chiles has been described as sailing's worst lunatic and its best living writer.
