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When the Earth Roars

Author : Gregory Smits
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442220104
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book When the Earth Roars written by Gregory Smits and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-03-21 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japan, which is among the most earthquake-prone regions in the world, has a long history of responding to seismic disasters. However, despite advances in earthquake-related safety technologies, the destructiveness of the magnitude 9 class earthquake and tsunami that struck the country on 3/11 raised profound questions about how societies can deal effectively with seismic hazards. This important book places the devastating earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown disaster in historical perspective, examining conceptions of earthquakes since the seventeenth century, the diverse ways actual earthquakes and their aftermath played out, and their enduring social and scientific significance. By looking backward, Gregory Smits identifies future pitfalls to avoid and assesses the allocation of resources for dealing with future earthquake and tsunami disasters. He criticizes Japan’s postwar quest for earthquake prediction and the concept of “characteristic” earthquakes. Smits argues that earthquakes are so chaotic as to be unpredictable, not only geologically but also in their social and cultural effects. Therefore, he contends, the best hope for future disaster mitigation is antiseismic engineering and flexible disaster-relief capabilities. As the first sustained historical analysis of destructive earthquakes and tsunamis, this book is an essential resource for anyone interested in Japan, natural disasters, seismology, and environmental history.

Geysers

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geysers written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Earth-Shattering Events: Earthquakes, Nations, and Civilization

Author : Andrew Robinson
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 050077370X
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Earth-Shattering Events: Earthquakes, Nations, and Civilization written by Andrew Robinson and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A truly welcome and refreshing study that puts earthquake impact on history into a proper perspective." --Amos Nur, Emeritus Professor of Geophysics, Stanford University, California, and author of Apocalypse: Earthquakes, Archaeology, and the Wrath of God Since antiquity, on every continent, human beings in search of attractive landscapes and economic prosperity have made a Faustian bargain with the risk of devastation by an earthquake. Today, around half of the world’s largest cities – as many as sixty – lie in areas of major seismic activity. Many, such as Lisbon, Naples, San Francisco, Teheran, and Tokyo, have been severely damaged or destroyed by earthquakes in the past. But throughout history, starting with ancient Jericho, Rome, and Sparta, cities have proved to be extraordinarily resilient: only one, Port Royal in the Caribbean, was abandoned after an earthquake. Earth-Shattering Events seeks to understand exactly how humans and earthquakes have interacted, not only in the short term but also in the long perspective of history. In some cases, physical devastation has been followed by decline. But in others, the political and economic reverberations of earthquake disasters have presented opportunities for renewal. After its wholesale destruction in 1906, San Francisco went on to flourish, eventually giving birth to the high-tech industrial area on the San Andreas fault known as Silicon Valley. An earthquake in Caracas in 1812 triggered the creation of new nations in the liberation of South America from Spanish rule. Another in Tangshan in 1976 catalysed the transformation of China into the world’s second largest economy. The growth of the scientific study of earthquakes is woven into this far-reaching history. It began with a series of earthquakes in England in 1750. Today, seismologists can monitor the vibration of the planet second by second and the movement of tectonic plates millimeter by millimeter. Yet, even in the 21st century, great earthquakes are still essentially "acts of God," striking with much less warning than volcanoes, floods, hurricanes, and even tornadoes and tsunamis.

Author : Robin M. Ambrozic
Publisher : Robin Ambrozic
ISBN 13 : 1432702971
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book written by Robin M. Ambrozic and published by Robin Ambrozic. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Still want to go to school?" Theramar asks. Piccolo dreams of become an elite dragon mage. However, the Dragon School only takes the most gifted boys and all girls are sent to the Temple to become Priestesses. After being rejected by the school for her gender, Piccolo has a chance encounter with one of the school's Dragon Masters and Piccolo is granted permission to enter the Dragon Mage School, Cor'inthor. Upon entering Cor'inthor, Piccolo is constantly faced with gender prejudices and stinging ridicule from teachers and students, who do not want their traditions to change. Piccolo must continuously decide between allowing her own prejudices to dictate her action or push herself to achieve the higher ground and help those that are mean to her and her friends. Filled with dragons, monsters, and evil foes, this novel pits Piccolo against her deepest fears and her desire for self preservation. She must also, continually, decide between what is the right thing to do for herself and what is the morally right thing to do for others.

Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 6: Road to Ruin

Author : Peter J. Tomasi
Publisher : DC Comics
ISBN 13 : 1779515901
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (795 download)

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Download or read book Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 6: Road to Ruin written by Peter J. Tomasi and published by DC Comics. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the aftermath of The Joker War, Bruce Wayne has lost his fortune, has lost his home, and has begun losing the battle for the hearts and minds of Gotham City’s citizens. A groundswell of anti-vigilante protests pops up throughout Gotham, stoked by the mayoral candidacy of Christopher Nakano, a former police officer wounded in The Joker’s war zone. Plus, mysterious new villain the Mirror rallies others to the anti-vigilante cause, taking to the streets and leading to violent encounters that show no true victor. This final volume of writer Peter J. Tomasi’s run culminates in a battle with Robin, a hostage crisis with Hush, and the dawn of a new era for Gotham City. Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 6: Road to Ruin collects Detective Comics #1028-1033.

Famous Composers and Their Works

Author : John Knowles Paine
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Famous Composers and Their Works written by John Knowles Paine and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

New Perspectives on the Earth's Magnetotail

Author : A. Nishida
Publisher : American Geophysical Union
ISBN 13 : 0875900887
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (759 download)

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Book Synopsis New Perspectives on the Earth's Magnetotail by : A. Nishida

Download or read book New Perspectives on the Earth's Magnetotail written by A. Nishida and published by American Geophysical Union. This book was released on 1998-02-04 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the nightside of the Earth, a long magnetic tail is formed by the tangential stress that is exerted by the solar wind as it flows by the planet. The magnetotail is the nightside extension of the Earth's magnetosphere in which the geomagnetic field is confined by the solar wind, and its framework is formed by the field lines e.

Roar from Zion

Author : Paul Wilbur
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1684510902
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (845 download)

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Download or read book Roar from Zion written by Paul Wilbur and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The son of a Jewish father and Baptist mother, Paul Wilbur grew up attending synagogue. In college he was transformed by a Baptist minister's teaching about a rabbi, Jesus, who fulfilled the promise of the Torah. As he grew in his relationship with Jesus, Wilbur was reintroduced to the God of the Old Testament and began exploring his Jewish heritage. Along the way, he discovered the power of Jewish worship traditions-the weekly Shabbat, with the power of Holy Communion and dedication to family, along with other high holy traditions and feast days. Observing those ancient rituals, now infused with the power of the Holy Spirit, Wilbur heard a sound that he describes as a "roar from Zion." As evangelicals came to understand and incorporate ancient Jewish worship practices in their home and church lives, miracles broke out, fathers assumed their roles as the head of their families, prodigal children returned home, and marriages were restored. What began with one man is now becoming a movement, with tens of thousands taking part"--

A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 910 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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The Works of the British Poets

Author : Robert Anderson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 908 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Works of the British Poets written by Robert Anderson and published by . This book was released on 1795 with total page 908 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

When the Last Lion Roars

Author : Sara Evans
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472916115
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)

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Download or read book When the Last Lion Roars written by Sara Evans and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-06-14 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The illegal killing of Cecil – a famous and magnificent black-maned Zimbabwean lion – by an American big-game hunter in 2015 sparked international outrage. More significantly, it drew the world's attention to the devastating plight of Africa's lions. A century ago, there were more than 200,000 wild lions living in Africa. Today, with that population reduced by more than 90 per cent, many experts believe that without effective conservation plans, Africa's remaining wild lions could be completely wiped out by the mid-half of this century. When the Last Lion Roars explores the historic rise and fall of the lion as a global species, and examines the reasons behind its catastrophic decline. Interwoven with vivid personal encounters of Africa's last lions, Sara Evans questions what is being done to reverse (or at least stem) this population collapse, and she considers the importance of human responsibility in this decline and, more crucially, in their conservation. From the Lion Guardians in Kenya to the Living Walls of Tanzania, and the Hwange Lion Research Project in Zimbabwe, Sara meets both lions and their champions, people who are fighting to bring this iconic species back from the brink of extinction.

Reflections of The Divine

Author : Bediuzzaman Said Nursi
Publisher : Tughra Books
ISBN 13 : 1597846201
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (978 download)

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Download or read book Reflections of The Divine written by Bediuzzaman Said Nursi and published by Tughra Books. This book was released on 2008-02-01 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book includes selections from the Risale-i Nur on the unity and existence of God as evidenced by the universe. Selected treatises show Bediuzzaman's effective use of the Book of Universe to provide evidences pointing to one and imnipresent God.

The Works of the British Poets with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, by Robert Anderson

Author : Robert Anderson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 912 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Works of the British Poets with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, by Robert Anderson written by Robert Anderson and published by . This book was released on 1795 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Samson

Author : George Frideric Handel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Samson written by George Frideric Handel and published by . This book was released on 1763 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sounds from The Great Animal Orchestra (Enhanced)

Author : Bernie Krause
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316222313
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book Sounds from The Great Animal Orchestra (Enhanced) written by Bernie Krause and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2012-03-19 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Musician and naturalist Bernie Krause is one of the world's leading experts in natural sound, and he's spent his life discovering and recording nature's rich chorus. Searching far beyond our modern world's honking horns and buzzing machinery, he has sought out the truly wild places that remain, where natural soundscapes exist virtually unchanged from when the earliest humans first inhabited the earth. Krause shares fascinating insight into how deeply animals rely on their aural habitat to survive and the damaging effects of extraneous noise on the delicate balance between predator and prey. But natural soundscapes aren't vital only to the animal kingdom; Krause explores how the myriad voices and rhythms of the natural world formed a basis from which our own musical expression emerged. From snapping shrimp, popping viruses, and the songs of humpback whales-whose voices, if unimpeded, could circle the earth in hours-to cracking glaciers, bubbling streams, and the roar of intense storms; from melody-singing birds to the organlike drone of wind blowing over reeds, the sounds Krause has experienced and describes are like no others. And from recording jaguars at night in the Amazon rain forest to encountering mountain gorillas in Africa's Virunga Mountains, Krause offers an intense and intensely personal narrative of the planet's deep and connected natural sounds and rhythm. The Great Animal Orchestra is the story of one man's pursuit of natural music in its purest form, and an impassioned case for the conservation of one of our most overlooked natural resources-the music of the wild.

A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Pope. Gay. Pattison. Hammond. Savage. Hill. Tickell. Somervile. Broome. Pitt. Blair

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 918 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Pope. Gay. Pattison. Hammond. Savage. Hill. Tickell. Somervile. Broome. Pitt. Blair written by and published by . This book was released on 1794 with total page 918 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Atlantis God

Author : David Gibbins
Publisher : Dell
ISBN 13 : 0440338700
Total Pages : 533 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Atlantis God written by David Gibbins and published by Dell. This book was released on 2012-04-24 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Atlantis. The world’s mightiest empire. Its secrets have been lost to the ocean’s depths, but in this high-action race against the clock, marine archaeologist Jack Howard is about to find out that the gods of Atlantis live on—through a terrifying new evil. A lost Nazi bunker in a forest in Germany contains a dreadful secret. But is there a horrifying new dimension to the Nazis’ rule of terror? When Jack Howard, head of the International Maritime University, and his team of adventurers return to the lost island of Atlantis in the Black Sea, they realize they’re not just on the trail of the most sought-after treasures in history but are about to uncover a surprising link between Atlantis and the 1930s expeditions of Himmler’s Ahnenerbe, the Nazis’ Department of Cultural Heritage. But unbeknownst to Jack, shadowy figures from his past are joining forces—and they have their own ghastly vision for a new Atlantis. Can he stop them before it’s too late?