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Download or read book Lifeboat 12 written by Susan Hood and published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This page-turning true-life adventure is filled with rich and riveting details and a timeless understanding of the things that matter most.”—Dashka Slater, author of The 57 Bus “Brilliantly told in verse, readers will love Ken Sparks.” —Patricia Reilly Giff, two-time Newbery Honor winner “Lyrical, terrifying, and even at times funny. A richly detailed account of a little-known event in World War II.” —Kirkus Reviews “Middle grade Titanic fans, here’s your next read.” —BCCB “An edge-of-your seat survival tale.” —School Library Journal (starred review) A Junior Library Guild Selection The 2019 Golden Kite Middle Grade Fiction Award Winner A 2019 ALSC Notable Children’s Book The 2019–2020 Lectio Book Award Winner The 2020–2021 Florida Sunshine State Young Readers Award List The 2020 Oklahoma Library Association’s Children’s Sequoyah Book Award Winner The Connecticut Book Award Winner In the tradition of The War That Saved My Life and Stella By Starlight, this poignant novel in verse based on true events tells the story of a boy’s harrowing experience on a lifeboat after surviving a torpedo attack during World War II. With Nazis bombing London every night, it’s time for thirteen-year-old Ken to escape. He suspects his stepmother is glad to see him go, but his dad says he’s one of the lucky ones—one of ninety boys and girls to ship out aboard the SS City of Benares to safety in Canada. Life aboard the luxury ship is grand—nine-course meals, new friends, and a life far from the bombs, rations, and his stepmum’s glare. And after five days at sea, the ship’s officers announce that they’re out of danger. They’re wrong. Late that night, an explosion hurls Ken from his bunk. They’ve been hit. Torpedoed! The Benares is sinking fast. Terrified, Ken scrambles aboard Lifeboat 12 with five other boys. Will they get away? Will they survive? Award-winning author Susan Hood brings this little-known World War II story to life in a riveting novel of courage, hope, and compassion. Based on true events and real people, Lifeboat 12 is about believing in one another, knowing that only by banding together will we have any chance to survive.
Book Synopsis Lifeboat Cities by : Brendan Gleeson
Download or read book Lifeboat Cities written by Brendan Gleeson and published by UNSW Press. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today we find ourselves exhausted and depleted by natural and economic disruption. Worse, we face more of the same but on a greater, even more frightening scale. Hopeful and provocative, this book considers the principal social and ecological threats facing Australia, and outlines ways in which these crises need to be confronted and addressed. Brendan Gleeson wants to rouse us and his book makes a big statement about our collective future.
Download or read book Great Lakes written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Great Lakes; General Rules and Regulations Prescribed by the Board of Supervising Inspectors, as Amended at Board Meeting by : United States. Steamboat-Inspection Service
Download or read book Great Lakes; General Rules and Regulations Prescribed by the Board of Supervising Inspectors, as Amended at Board Meeting written by United States. Steamboat-Inspection Service and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Bays, Sounds, and Lakes Other Than the Great Lakes; General Rules and Regulations Prescribed by the Board of Supervising Inspectors, as Amended at Board Meeting by : United States. Steamboat-Inspection Service
Download or read book Bays, Sounds, and Lakes Other Than the Great Lakes; General Rules and Regulations Prescribed by the Board of Supervising Inspectors, as Amended at Board Meeting written by United States. Steamboat-Inspection Service and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Readings in Planning Theory by : Susan S. Fainstein
Download or read book Readings in Planning Theory written by Susan S. Fainstein and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-10-19 with total page 623 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring updates and revisions to reflect rapid changes in an increasingly globalized world, Readings in Planning Theory remains the definitive resource for the latest theoretical and practical debates within the field of planning theory. Represents the newest edition of the leading text in planning theory that brings together the essential classic and cutting-edge readings Features 20 completely new readings (out of 28 total) for the fourth edition Introduces and defines key debates in planning theory with editorial materials and readings selected both for their accessibility and importance Systematically captures the breadth and diversity of planning theory and puts issues into wider social and political contexts without assuming prior knowledge of the field
Book Synopsis Hearings by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 1490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Urban Sustainability Transitions by : Trivess Moore
Download or read book Urban Sustainability Transitions written by Trivess Moore and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contributes to current debates regarding purposive transitions to sustainable cities, providing an accessible but critical exploration of sustainability transitions in urban settings. We have now entered the urban century, which is not without its own challenges, as discussed in the preceding book of this series. Urbanization is accompanied by a myriad of complex and overlapping environmental, social and governance challenges – which increasingly call into question conventional, market-based responses and simple top-down government interventions. Faced with these challenges, urban practitioners and scholars alike are interested in promoting purposive transitions to sustainable cities. The chapters in this volume contribute to the growing body of literature on city-scale transformative change, which seeks to address a lack of consideration for spatial and urban governance dimensions in sustainability transitions studies, and expand on the basis established in the preceding book. Drawing on a range of perspectives and written by leading Australian and international urban researchers, the chapters explore contemporary cases from Australia and locate them within the international context. Australia is on the one hand representative of many OECD countries, while on the other possessing a number of unique attributes that may serve to highlight issues and potentials internationally. Australia is a highly urbanized country and because of the federal political structure and the large distances, the five largest state-capital cities have a relatively high degree of autonomy in governance – even dominating the rest of their respective states and rural hinterlands to a certain extent. This context suggests that Australian cases can provide interesting “test-tube” perspectives on processes relevant to urban sustainability transitions worldwide. This volume presents an extensive overview of theories, concepts, approaches and practical examples informed by sustainability transitions thinking, offering a unique resource for all urban practitioners and scholars who want to understand and transition to sustainable urban futures.
Book Synopsis Lakes Other Than the Great Lakes, Bays, and Sounds by :
Download or read book Lakes Other Than the Great Lakes, Bays, and Sounds written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Rivers by : United States. Steamboat-Inspection Service
Download or read book Rivers written by United States. Steamboat-Inspection Service and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis General Rules and Regulations Prescribed by the Board of Supervising Inspectors by : United States. Steamboat-Inspection Service
Download or read book General Rules and Regulations Prescribed by the Board of Supervising Inspectors written by United States. Steamboat-Inspection Service and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 826 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Songs of the City by : William Booth (poet.)
Download or read book Songs of the City written by William Booth (poet.) and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Lifeboat written by Charlotte Rogan and published by Reagan Arthur Books. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sinking of an ocean liner leaves a newly married woman battling for survival in this powerful debut novel. Grace Winter, 22, is both a newlywed and a widow. She is also on trial for her life. In the summer of 1914, the elegant ocean liner carrying her and her husband Henry across the Atlantic suffers a mysterious explosion. Setting aside his own safety, Henry secures Grace a place in a lifeboat, which the survivors quickly realize is over capacity. For any to live, some must die. As the castaways battle the elements, and each other, Grace recollects the unorthodox way she and Henry met, and the new life of privilege she thought she'd found. Will she pay any price to keep it? The Lifeboat is a page-turning novel of hard choices and survival, narrated by a woman as unforgettable and complex as the events she describes.
Book Synopsis Ocean and Coastwise; General Rules and Regulations Prescribed by the Board of Supervising Inspectors, as Amended at Board Meeting by : United States. Steamboat-Inspection Service
Download or read book Ocean and Coastwise; General Rules and Regulations Prescribed by the Board of Supervising Inspectors, as Amended at Board Meeting written by United States. Steamboat-Inspection Service and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Resilient Cities 2 by : Konrad Otto-Zimmermann
Download or read book Resilient Cities 2 written by Konrad Otto-Zimmermann and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-05-04 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assembling papers originally presented at the Resilient Cities 2011 Congress in Bonn, Germany (June 2011), the second global forum on cities and adaptation to climate change, this volume is the second in a series resulting from this annual event. These cutting-edge papers represent the latest research on the topic and reflect the intensification of the debate on the meaning of and interaction between climate adaptation, risk reduction and broader resilience. Thus, contributors offer more material related to resilience, such as water, energy and food security; green infrastructure; the role of renewables and ecosystem services; vulnerable communities and urban poor; and responsive financing for adaptation and multi-level governance. Overall, the book brings a number of different perspectives to bear on the most pressing issues and controversies surrounding climate change adaptation in cities. These papers will prove invaluable to anyone interested in deepening their understanding of urban resilience and contributing to tackling climate change at the local level.
Book Synopsis Global Culture: Consciousness and Connectivity by : Roland Robertson
Download or read book Global Culture: Consciousness and Connectivity written by Roland Robertson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The current discourse of globalization is overwhelmingly centred upon the interconnectedness, or connectivity, of the contemporary world; to the great neglect of the issues of global culture and global consciousness. With contemporary worldwide culture increasingly characterized by such themes as astronomy, cosmology, space travel and exploration, there is an increasing disjuncture between academic concern with connectivity, on the one hand, and culture and consciousness of the place of planet earth in the cosmos as a whole, on the other. This book addresses this deficiency from a variety of closely related perspectives, presenting studies of religion, science, sport, international organizations, global resistance movements and migrations and developments in East Asia. It brings together the latest theoretical empirical work from scholars in the US, UK, Australia, Japan, China and Israel on the significance of culture and global consciousness. As such, Global Culture: Consciousness and Connectivity will be of great interest to scholars across and beyond the social sciences working in the areas of global studies, cultural studies, social theory, the sociology of religion and related issues.
Download or read book Death in the City written by JRL Anderson and published by Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.. This book was released on 2015-11-12 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a man's body is found on the banks of the Thames with no means of identification, the police enquiry quickly stalls. But Peter Blair has never been one for leaving a case unsolved. And when the wealthy chairman of a London shipping company mysteriously goes missing - along with an enormous unauthorised loan - Peter realises that there's more to this death than meets the eye. All the clues point towards some deeply suspect shipping activity, sending Peter running to the Essex coast - but can he solve the mystery before it's too late? With the brilliant Peter Blair at the heart of a richly-woven story, J.R.L. Anderson's Death in the City is a must-read for lovers of classic English crime.
