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Author : Mark S. Whorton
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830857346
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)
Download or read book Peril in Paradise written by Mark S. Whorton and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2005-10-25 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A charge to people who believe that you must believe in a young earth to be a Christian.
Author : Sarah Stodola
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062951637
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (629 download)
Download or read book The Last Resort written by Sarah Stodola and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-06-28 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A captivating exploration of beach resort culture—from its roots in fashionable society to its undervalued role in today’s world economy—as the travel industry approaches a climate reckoning With its promise of escape from the strains of everyday life, the beach has a hold on the popular imagination as the ultimate paradise. In The Last Resort, Sarah Stodola dives into the psyche of the beachgoer and gets to the heart of what drives humans to seek out the sand. At the same time, she grapples with the darker realities of resort culture: strangleholds on local economies, reckless construction, erosion of beaches, weighty carbon footprints, and the inevitable overdevelopment and decline that comes with a soaring demand for popular shorelines. The Last Resort weaves Stodola’s firsthand travel notes with her exacting journalism in an enthralling report on the past, present, and future of coastal travel. She takes us from Monte Carlo, where the pursuit of pleasure first became part of the beach resort experience, to a village in Fiji that was changed irrevocably by the opening of a single resort; from the overdevelopment that stripped Acapulco of its reputation for exclusivity to Miami Beach, where extreme measures are underway to prevent the barrier island from vanishing into the ocean. In the twenty-first century, beach travel has become central to our globalized world—its culture, economy, and interconnectedness. But with sea levels likely to rise at least 1.5 to 3 feet by the end of this century, beaches will become increasingly difficult to preserve, and many will disappear altogether. What will our last resort be when water begins to fill the lobbies?
Author : Amanda D. Concha-Holmes
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0739177389
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)
Download or read book Disasters in Paradise written by Amanda D. Concha-Holmes and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-10-11 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long considered ground zero for global climate change in the United States, Florida presents the perfect case study for disaster risk and prevention. Building on the idea that disasters are produced by historical and contemporary social processes as well as natural phenomena, Amanda D. Concha-Holmes and Anthony Oliver-Smith present a collection of ethnographic case studies that examine the social and environmental effects of Florida’s public and private sector development policies. Contributors to Disasters in Paradise explore how these practices have increased the vulnerability of Floridians to hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, droughts, frosts, and forest fires.
Author : Judith Cairncross Helgen
Publisher : Univ of Massachusetts Press
ISBN 13 : 1558499466
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (584 download)
Download or read book Peril in the Ponds written by Judith Cairncross Helgen and published by Univ of Massachusetts Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When deformed frogs-many with missing legs or eyes, footless stumps, or misshapen jaws-began to emerge from Minnesota wetlands, alarm bells went off. What caused such deformities? Pollution? Ultraviolet rays? Biological agents? And could the mysterious cause also pose a threat to humans? Former government biologist Judy Helgen provides an inside view of a highly charged environmental issue that continues to spark controversy among scientists, politicians, and government agencies. Book jacket.
Author : Gary Griggs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781732709300
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Between Paradise and Peril written by Gary Griggs and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-12 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Monterey Bay Region seems to have it all - beaches, sunshine, the redwoods and rivers. This scenic landscape owes its origins to the underlying geology and climate, both of which are unpredictable. This book recounts the many earthquakes and landslides, floods and droughts, that have impacted the area through the lens of a geologist.
Author : Farzin Fardanesh
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030625508
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (36 download)
Download or read book Persian Paradises at Peril written by Farzin Fardanesh and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a resourceful collection of essays examining recent efforts to respond to the challenges of planning, management and conserving landscapes in contemporary Iran, the home of Persian gardens. Drawing on selected recent studies, the chapters discuss the following topics: The sphere of knowledge and theoretical bases, including a survey of recent and ongoing research; Persian gardens remaining from the 6th century BC to the 19th century AD, which have influenced garden design in a vast geographic domain extending from India to Spain; Management and conservation of cultural landscapes, historic urban landscapes (HUL), road landscapes, and natural landscapes in the face of changes in climatic conditions and livelihood practices affecting their delicate dynamic balance and functions essential to their distinctive character; and Historic Territorial Landscapes (HTL) formed and evolved along the Silk and Spice Roads as compositions of tangible and intangible elements resulting from movement, exchanges and dialogue in space and over time. The book is a useful resource for a range of academics and professionals, such as landscape architects and managers, landscape historians and conservationists, and urban planners and managers.
Author : Kristiana Kahakauwila
Publisher : Hogarth
ISBN 13 : 0770436250
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (74 download)
Download or read book This Is Paradise written by Kristiana Kahakauwila and published by Hogarth. This book was released on 2013-07-09 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elegant, brutal, and profound—this magnificent debut captures the grit and glory of modern Hawai'i with breathtaking force and accuracy. In a stunning collection that announces the arrival of an incredible talent, Kristiana Kahakauwila travels the islands of Hawai'i, making the fabled place her own. Exploring the deep tensions between local and tourist, tradition and expectation, façade and authentic self, This Is Paradise provides an unforgettable portrait of life as it’s truly being lived on Maui, Oahu, Kaua'i and the Big Island. In the gut-punch of “Wanle,” a beautiful and tough young woman wants nothing more than to follow in her father’s footsteps as a legendary cockfighter. With striking versatility, the title story employs a chorus of voices—the women of Waikiki—to tell the tale of a young tourist drawn to the darker side of the city’s nightlife. “The Old Paniolo Way” limns the difficult nature of legacy and inheritance when a patriarch tries to settle the affairs of his farm before his death. Exquisitely written and bursting with sharply observed detail, Kahakauwila’s stories remind us of the powerful desire to belong, to put down roots, and to have a place to call home.
Author : Paul Pringle
Publisher : Celadon Books
ISBN 13 : 1250824095
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (58 download)
Download or read book Bad City written by Paul Pringle and published by Celadon Books. This book was released on 2022-07-19 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Pringle’s fast-paced book is a master class in investigative journalism... when institutions collude to protect one another, reporting may be our last best hope for accountability." —The New York Times For fans of Spotlight and Catch and Kill comes a nonfiction thriller about corruption and betrayal radiating across Los Angeles from one of the region's most powerful institutions, a riveting tale from a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist who investigated the shocking events and helped bring justice in the face of formidable odds. On a cool, overcast afternoon in April 2016, a salacious tip arrived at the L.A. Times that reporter Paul Pringle thought should have taken, at most, a few weeks to check out: a drug overdose at a fancy hotel involving one of the University of Southern California’s shiniest stars—Dr. Carmen Puliafito, the head of the prestigious medical school. Pringle, who’d long done battle with USC and its almost impenetrable culture of silence, knew reporting the story wouldn’t be a walk in the park. USC is one of the biggest employers in L.A., and it casts a long shadow. But what he couldn’t have foreseen was that this tip would lead to the unveiling of not one major scandal at USC but two, wrapped in a web of crimes and cover-ups. The rot rooted out by Pringle and his colleagues at The Times would creep closer to home than they could have imagined—spilling into their own newsroom. Packed with details never before disclosed, Pringle goes behind the scenes to reveal how he and his fellow reporters triumphed over the city’s debased institutions, in a narrative that reads like L.A. noir. This is L.A. at its darkest and investigative journalism at its brightest.
Author : Gary B. Griggs
Publisher : Monterey Bay Press
ISBN 13 : 9781732709317
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Our Ocean Backyard: Collected Essays 2 written by Gary B. Griggs and published by Monterey Bay Press. This book was released on 2019-11 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our Ocean Backyard: Collected Essays 2 brings together 106 previously published articles from Gary Griggs's popular column for the Santa Cruz Sentinel. Written for anyone with an interest in the oceans, the essays draw upon our rich history of ocean exploration and discovery, shedding light on what we can expect in the years and decades to come.
Author : John Milton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Paradise Lost, Book 3 written by John Milton and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lucia Berlin
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 0374718318
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)
Download or read book Evening in Paradise written by Lucia Berlin and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Berlin probably deserved a Pulitzer Prize." —Dwight Garner, The New York Times New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. Named one of the Best Books of 2018 by The Boston Globe, Kirkus, and Lit Hub. Named a Fall Read by Buzzfeed, ELLE, TIME, Nylon, The Boston Globe, Vulture, Newsday, HuffPost, Bustle,The A.V. Club, The Millions, BUST, Reinfery29, Fast Company and MyDomaine. A collection of previously uncompiled stories from the short-story master and literary sensation Lucia Berlin In 2015, Farrar, Straus and Giroux published A Manual for Cleaning Women, a posthumous story collection by a relatively unknown writer, to wild, widespread acclaim. It was a New York Times bestseller; the paper’s Book Review named it one of the Ten Best Books of 2015; and NPR, Time, Entertainment Weekly, The Guardian, The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, and other outlets gave the book rave reviews. The book’s author, Lucia Berlin, earned comparisons to Raymond Carver, Grace Paley, Alice Munro, and Anton Chekhov. Evening in Paradise is a careful selection from Berlin’s remaining stories—twenty-two gems that showcase the gritty glamour that made readers fall in love with her. From Texas to Chile, Mexico to New York City, Berlin finds beauty in the darkest places and darkness in the seemingly pristine. Evening in Paradise is an essential piece of Berlin’s oeuvre, a jewel-box follow-up for new and old fans.
Author : Catherine Jinks
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1459624793
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (596 download)
Download or read book The Paradise Trap written by Catherine Jinks and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011-08-02 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exuberant, roller - coaster family adventure with a mad - cap cast of all - too - believable characters experiencing their dream holidays and worst nightmares.
Author : Lucia Berlin
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 0374718326
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)
Download or read book Welcome Home written by Lucia Berlin and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As the case with her fiction, Berlin's pieces here are as faceted as the brightest diamond." --Kristin Iversen, NYLON NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE. Named a Fall Read by Buzzfeed, Vulture, Newsday and HuffPost A compilation of sketches, photographs, and letters, Welcome Home is an essential nonfiction companion to the stories by Lucia Berlin Before Lucia Berlin died, she was working on a book of previously unpublished autobiographical sketches called Welcome Home. The work consisted of more than twenty chapters that started in 1936 in Alaska and ended (prematurely) in 1966 in southern Mexico. In our publication of Welcome Home, her son Jeff Berlin is filling in the gaps with photos and letters from her eventful, romantic, and tragic life. From Alaska to Argentina, Kentucky to Mexico, New York City to Chile, Berlin’s world was wide. And the writing here is, as we’ve come to expect, dazzling. She describes the places she lived and the people she knew with all the style and wit and heart and humor that readers fell in love with in her stories. Combined with letters from and photos of friends and lovers, Welcome Home is an essential nonfiction companion to A Manual for Cleaning Women and Evening in Paradise.
Author : Michael Carrier
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781936092277
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (922 download)
Download or read book Superior Peril written by Michael Carrier and published by . This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mystery set in the eastern part of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Author : David C. Downing
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Planets in Peril written by David C. Downing and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Literary scholar, novelist, and Christian apologist, C. S. Lewis was a remarkable and enigmatic man. He is perhaps best known today for his popular series of children's books, the Chronicles of Narnia, which continue to sell more than a million copies a year. He also wrote science fiction in the form of interplanetary fantasies - a series of three novels known as the Ransom Trilogy. This book offers the first full-length critical assessment of that trilogy, placing the three volumes in the context of Lewis's life and work. David C. Downing reveals the autobiographical and theological subtexts of Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength, showing as well how much Lewis the classical and medieval scholar influenced the work of Lewis the creator of interplanetary fantasies. Downing also examines the chief imaginative and intellectual sources of the trilogy and addresses persistent issues raised by reviewers and critics: Was Lewis's lifelong devotion to fantasy a mark of intellectual independence or a case of "arrested emotional development"? Were his views on women sexist, even misogynist? How much of his critique of modern science and technology was well informed and how much the result of prejudice or habitual suspicion of all things modern? A brief appendix on "The Dark Tower" fragment provides what background is known about this mysterious document, summarizes the story as far as Lewis developed it, and comments on how this unfinished work fits in with the Ransom books published during Lewis's lifetime.
Author : G A Henty
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 9359393096
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (593 download)
Download or read book In Times Of Peril A Tale Of India written by G A Henty and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-07 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: G. A. Henty is a huge name in the writing of historical adventurous stories hence, he did the same thing in In Times of Peril: A Tale of India. The Times of Peril is a complete package of adventurous and thriller stories with well-structured plotting. The action-packed historical fiction tale is set in India during the Sepoy uprising. The main characters are two brothers. They go on a lot of adventures, and there is also some romance in this tale. During the 1857 Indian Mutiny, an English lad named Dick Holland finds himself in India. Dick's journeys through perilous situations and his interactions with numerous historical individuals and events are chronicled in the book. Readers should indulge themselves in the Sepoy rebellion of India and live the life of Dick Holland through the ideas of G. A. Henty.
Author : Gary Griggs
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520293622
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Coasts in Crisis written by Gary Griggs and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human settlement of the coastal zone -- Coastal tectonics and hazards -- Tropical cyclones, hurricanes and typhoons -- Storms, waves, coastal erosion and shoreline retreat -- Climate change and sea-level rise
