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The Precipice


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Author : Hugh MacLennan
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 2013-09-01

The Precipice written by Hugh MacLennan and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-01 with Fiction categories.


The Precipice is the sweeping story of Lucy Cameron, a young woman who seems destined to live and die in small-town Ontario. Into this place of monotony and petty incidents, of spiteful gossip and rigid moralism, appears Stephen Lassiter. Stephen is a Princeton-educated engineer from a wealthy New York family and Lucy's antithesis. Despite the chasm of their differences, they fall in love, marry, and begin life together in New York during the distressing years of the Second World War. It is a life that will nearly break Lucy in heart and spirit, however, as her husband faces disillusionment in his job and boredom in the serenity of his home life. While Stephen looks for excitement and approval elsewhere, Lucy must fight to retain her poise and dignity in order to survive. With its sustained contrast between the crushing deadness of small-town life and the glittering artificiality of New York City, MacLennan's third novel revealed a new level of maturity when it first appeared in 1948. A classic now back in print, with an introduction by renowned scholar and MacLennan biographer Elspeth Cameron, this timeless story portrays characters with a realism and fascination that is as rare as it is effective.



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Author : Toby Ord
language : en
Publisher: Hachette Books
Release Date : 2020-03-24

The Precipice written by Toby Ord and has been published by Hachette Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-24 with Philosophy categories.


This urgent and eye-opening book makes the case that protecting humanity's future is the central challenge of our time. If all goes well, human history is just beginning. Our species could survive for billions of years - enough time to end disease, poverty, and injustice, and to flourish in ways unimaginable today. But this vast future is at risk. With the advent of nuclear weapons, humanity entered a new age, where we face existential catastrophes - those from which we could never come back. Since then, these dangers have only multiplied, from climate change to engineered pathogens and artificial intelligence. If we do not act fast to reach a place of safety, it will soon be too late. Drawing on over a decade of research, The Precipice explores the cutting-edge science behind the risks we face. It puts them in the context of the greater story of humanity: showing how ending these risks is among the most pressing moral issues of our time. And it points the way forward, to the actions and strategies that can safeguard humanity. An Oxford philosopher committed to putting ideas into action, Toby Ord has advised the US National Intelligence Council, the UK Prime Minister's Office, and the World Bank on the biggest questions facing humanity. In The Precipice, he offers a startling reassessment of human history, the future we are failing to protect, and the steps we must take to ensure that our generation is not the last. "A book that seems made for the present moment." —New Yorker



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Author : Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-09-04

The Precipice written by Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-04 with Fiction categories.


DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Precipice" by Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.



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Author : Elia Wilkinson Peattie
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2019-12-05

The Precipice written by Elia Wilkinson Peattie and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-05 with Fiction categories.


"The Precipice" by Elia Wilkinson Peattie. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.



Precipice


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Author : Daniel Pollock
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2001-02-07

Precipice written by Daniel Pollock and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-02-07 with Fiction categories.


Logistics expert Jane Malcolm got her training under fire literallyin the Gulf War, where movement of supplies and equipment meant the difference between life and death. Eight years later, she’s running her own logistics consulting firm. But as shestands on the brink of her greatest victory, she will be swept into a new, high-stakesgame with an opponent she may not even recognize–until it’s too late.Poised to close a multi-national deal, Jane learns that a plane crash has claimed the life of her father, Royal Akers, head of a faltering superstore chain. Determined to restoreher father’s legacy, she races against time to find ways around the Akers dynasty’swoes and undercover their source. For it rapidly becomes clear that these are not random mishaps, but corporate sabotage. International trading partners suffer the fallout, ratcheting the stakes even higher. Economic disaster threatens to topple a fragile govern-ment. If Jane makes one false move, it could be her last. Tense, taut, Precipice is an edge-of-the-seat thriller, creating an all-too-plausible nightmare scenario.



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Author : Virginia Duigan
language : en
Publisher: Random House Australia
Release Date : 2011-06-01

The Precipice written by Virginia Duigan and has been published by Random House Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-01 with Fiction categories.


What happens when an obsession takes over and there is no one to hold you back? Longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award. Thea Farmer, a reclusive and difficult retired school principal, lives in isolation with her dog in the Blue Mountains. Her distinguished career ended under a cloud over a decade earlier, following a scandal involving a much younger male teacher. After losing her savings in the financial crash, she is forced to sell the dream house she had built for her old age and live on in her dilapidated cottage opposite. Initially resentful and hostile towards Frank and Ellice, the young couple who buy the new house, Thea develops a flirtatious friendship with Frank, and then a grudging affinity with his twelve-year-old niece, Kim, who lives with them. Although she has never much liked children, Thea discovers a gradual and wholly unexpected bond with the half-Vietnamese Kim, a solitary, bookish child from a troubled background. Her growing sympathy with Kim propels Thea into a psychological minefield. Finding Frank's behaviour increasingly irresponsible, she becomes convinced that all is not well in the house. Unsettling suspicions, which may or may not be irrational, begin to dominate her life, and build towards a catastrophic climax.



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Author : Elia W. Peattie
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-05-21

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"The Precipice" from Elia W. Peattie. American author, journalist and critic (1862-1935).



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Author : Ivan Goncharov
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-04-09

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Life At The Precipice


Life At The Precipice
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Author : R.F. Vincent
language : en
Publisher: FriesenPress
Release Date : 2023-07-14

Life At The Precipice written by R.F. Vincent and has been published by FriesenPress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-14 with Fiction categories.


In 1959 an earthquake in central Vancouver Island devastated the lakeside community of Pyrite Ridge. The seismic event triggered landslides that isolated the town and killed sixteen people, while a geological phenomenon known as a segue caused the lake to drop an astonishing 150 metres. Perched on the precipice of a yawning abyss and cut off from the world by tons of rubble, Pyrite Ridge became a place of myth and lore. After finding a newspaper attached to a red balloon that supposedly came from the town, Travis Sivart, an Air Force officer struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder, sets out to investigate the legend of Pyrite Ridge. After an arduous journey he stumbles upon the community, now known as The Segway, which is inhabited by an eclectic group of thirty people. Travis spends a week in the town, learning of its remarkable history and interacting with the unforgettable residents. Everyone has their own compelling tale of how they came to The Segway, creating an extraordinary tapestry that causes Travis to question his own sanity. Is there a connection between his personal demons and the tragic events of 1959? Life at the Precipice seamlessly blends fact, fiction, and popular science in a unique combination of drama and humor that will have readers wondering if the mysterious town of The Segway actually exists.



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Author : Wilkinson Elia Peattie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007-04-01

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