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Author: Frank LoProto Publisher: Frank LoProto ISBN: 1705358705 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 460
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In rural Florida in 1940, the members of the Brown family find themselves battling circumstances far beyond those faced by small-town farmers. With war looming overseas, their hometown of Lorimar struggles with the racially-charged discord of the time with its residents drawn into opposing factions that threaten to tear the town apart. Stirred by the strict and uncompromising sermons of the church pastor and the secretive work being undertaken in the Army facility on the shore of the lake that supplies the town's water, the people are quickly overwhelmed by events for which they are unprepared to face. The lake's level begins to drop dramatically and drought threatens their livelihoods, but nothing poses a threat greater than the series of deadly sinkholes that mysteriously open up and devastate the town. Soon Lorimer finds itself gripped by terror unlike anything it has previously known or imagined to be possible. Using the stark language and the customs of the day, Sinkhole Summer takes the reader to the beating heart of the story where tones of hate and mistrust paint the landscape with fear, and the horrors lurking within the earth present a menace the town might not survive.
Author: Frank LoProto Publisher: Frank LoProto ISBN: 1705358705 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 460
Book Description
In rural Florida in 1940, the members of the Brown family find themselves battling circumstances far beyond those faced by small-town farmers. With war looming overseas, their hometown of Lorimar struggles with the racially-charged discord of the time with its residents drawn into opposing factions that threaten to tear the town apart. Stirred by the strict and uncompromising sermons of the church pastor and the secretive work being undertaken in the Army facility on the shore of the lake that supplies the town's water, the people are quickly overwhelmed by events for which they are unprepared to face. The lake's level begins to drop dramatically and drought threatens their livelihoods, but nothing poses a threat greater than the series of deadly sinkholes that mysteriously open up and devastate the town. Soon Lorimer finds itself gripped by terror unlike anything it has previously known or imagined to be possible. Using the stark language and the customs of the day, Sinkhole Summer takes the reader to the beating heart of the story where tones of hate and mistrust paint the landscape with fear, and the horrors lurking within the earth present a menace the town might not survive.
Author: Nadia Higgins Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing ISBN: 1643696610 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 48
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A sinkhole is exactly what it sounds like: a giant, sinking hole in the earth! They happen in almost every state and every country. They have been carving out Earth’s landscape for millions of years. Learn all about the causes, warning signs, and what to do in case you encounter one of these terrifying and sometimes deadly disasters. This title will allow students to refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. • Phonetic Glossary • Diagrams and maps • Experiment • Text based questions
Author: Tony Waltham Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 3540269533 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 405
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"Sinkholes and Subsidence" provides a twenty-first century account of how the various subsidence features in carbonate and evaporite rocks cause problems in development and construction in our living environment. The authors explain the processes by which different types of sinkholes develop and mature in karst terrains. They consider the various methods used in site investigations, both direct and indirect, to locate the features associated with these hazards and risks, highlighting the value of hazard mapping. Various ground improvement techniques and the special types of foundation structures which deal with these problems are covered in the second half of the text. This book is supplemented with a wealth of actual case studies and solutions, written by invited experts.
Author: Roberta Simpson Brown Publisher: University Press of Kentucky ISBN: 0813165695 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 203
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“From ghost dogs to phantom orbs, from dead spirits visiting and avenging wraiths, there is plenty . . . to keep skeptic and believer both enthralled.” —Thomas Freese, coauthor of Haunted Battlefields of the South With its tales of benevolent and malicious specters, terrifying monsters, and unexplained phenomena, Halloween is the holiday most people associate with spooky stories. But do spirits remain hidden the rest of the year? In the rich storytelling customs of the commonwealth, the supernatural world is also connected with holidays such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, and Memorial Day. In Haunted Holidays, celebrated storytellers Roberta Simpson Brown and Lonnie E. Brown have assembled a hair-raising collection of paranormal tales for readers of all ages. The stories present many new and spooky characters, including the deceased great aunt who still rocks in her favorite chair on Mother’s Day, the young boy who made good on his promise to return a silver dollar on the Fourth of July, and even the ghost who hated Labor Day. In addition to tales of haunting, the Browns reveal many Appalachian legends and their importance to the storytelling tradition, such as the phantom bells who guide the dead to the other side, and a “chime child” born when the clock strikes midnight on Christmas Day, who is rumored to be blessed with the gift of second sight. More than a collection of ghost stories or family legends, Haunted Holidays takes readers on a fireside journey that preserves and promotes oral traditions, revealing the importance of sharing beliefs, traditions, and values with a new generation of listeners.
Author: Oliver Franklin-Wallis Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1398505463 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 213
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRITING A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK ONE OF THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023 INCLUDED IN THE GUARDIAN'S BEST IDEAS BOOKS OF 2023 ‘A gripping read that will anger as much as it fascinates’ Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall ‘An incredible journey into the world of rubbish, full of fascinating characters and mind-bending facts’ Oliver Bullough, author of Moneyland ‘Urgent, probing and endlessly interesting’ Cal Flyn, author of Islands of Abandonment 'There are stories in all our discarded things: who made them, what they meant to a person before they were thrown away. In the end, it all ends up in the same place – the endless ingenuity of humanity in one filthy, fascinating mass.' When we throw things ‘away’, what does that actually mean? Where does it go, and who deals with it when it gets there? In Wasteland, award-winning journalist Oliver Franklin-Wallis takes us on an eye-opening journey through the global waste industry. From the mountainous landfills of New Delhi to Britain’s overflowing sewers, from hollowed-out mining towns in the USA to Ghana’s flooded second-hand markets, we meet the people on the frontline of our waste crisis – both those being exploited, and those determined to make a difference. On the way, we discover the corporate greenwashing that started the recycling movement; the dark truth behind our second-hand donations; and come face to face with the 10,000-year legacy of our nuclear waste. Both shocking and hopeful, Wasteland is the timely and ultimately human story at the heart of an urgent global issue.
Author: Mateo Gutierrez Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 0203093313 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 1018
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This book provides a detailed coverage of the landforms of Planet Earth and the processes that shaped them. The study of these morphologies, some of which formed during past geological periods under environmental conditions very different from those of today, makes it possible to reconstruct the evolution of relief and to infer environmental changes that have involved geological media, the climate, or human activity. A major advance of Geomorphology in recent decades is the development of techniques that make it possible to quantify morphogenetic processes and rates at which forms change under different environmental conditions. The development of Geochronology, or absolute dating methods, is helping us correct the limitations of relative dating that have prevailed in Geomorphology for many years. The ability to assign numerical ages to both landforms and deposits opens up multiple possibilities for reconstructing the evolution of relief, making correlations, calculating rates, and estimating recurrence periods. A theme of major concern facing people today is the possible warming of the planet due to the release of greenhouse gases into the environment. Investigations conducted by the scientific community show that this temperature increase is at least partially anthropogenic. Given this more-than-probable cause and effect relationship, the most sensible and prudent path is to design and apply mitigation measures to alleviate this heating that can negatively affect both the natural environment and human society. The information that Geomorphology can provide on the recent past (Historical Geomorphology) may be very useful in making predictions on the activity of these potentially dangerous processes in the future and on the possible effects of environmental changes. The aim of this book is to provide a general vision of the multiple aspects of Geomorphology and to provide a methodological foundation to approach the study of various branches of geomorphology. To this end, the book contains a basic bibliography that can be used for future research. In addition, applied aspects of Geomorphology are covered at the end of each chapter to provide knowledge of the activities of geomorphologists in the professional world.
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