Island S End
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Island S End
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Author : Padma Venkatraman
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2011-08-04
Island S End written by Padma Venkatraman and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-04 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
From the acclaimed author of Climbing the Stairs comes a fascinating story set on a remote island untouched by time. Uido is ecstatic about becoming her tribe's spiritual leader, but her new position brings her older brother's jealousy and her best friend's mistrust. And looming above these troubles are the recent visits of strangers from the mainland who have little regard for nature or the spirits, and tempt the tribe members with gifts, making them curious about modern life. When Uido's little brother falls deathly ill, she must cross the ocean and seek their help. Having now seen so many new things, will Uido have the strength to believe in herself and the old ways? And will her people trust her to lead them to safety when a catastrophic tsunami threatens? Uido must overcome everyone's doubts, including her own, if she is to keep her people safe and preserve the spirituality that has defined them. Drawing on firsthand experience from her travels to the Andaman Islands, Padma Venkatraman was inspired to write this story after meeting natives who survived the 2004 tsunami and have been able to preserve their unique way of life. Uido's transformation from a young girl to tribal leader will touch both your heart and mind.
The Islands At The End Of The World
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Author : Austin Aslan
language : en
Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books
Release Date : 2014-08-05
The Islands At The End Of The World written by Austin Aslan and has been published by Wendy Lamb Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-05 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
In this fast-paced survival story set in Hawaii, electronics fail worldwide, the islands become completely isolated, and a strange starscape fills the sky. Leilani and her father embark on a nightmare odyssey from Oahu to their home on the Big Island. Leilani’s epilepsy holds a clue to the disaster, if only they can survive as the islands revert to earlier ways. A powerful story enriched by fascinating elements of Hawaiian ecology, culture, and warfare, this captivating and dramatic debut from Austin Aslan is the first of two novels. The author has a master’s degree in tropical conservation biology from the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Praise for Islands at the End of the World: “A riveting tale of belonging, family, overcoming perceived limitations, and finding a home.”--School Library Journal, Starred "Aslan’s debut honors Hawaii’s unique cultural strengths--family ties and love of home, amplified by geography and history--while remaining true to a genre that affirms the mysterious grandeur of the universe waiting to be discovered."--Kirkus Reviews, Starred "Aslan’s debut is a riveting tale of belonging, family, overcoming perceived limitations, and finding a home."--School Library Journal, Starred
Eastern Archipelago Including The South East End Of Sumatra Java Islands East Of Java South And East Coasts Of Borneo And C Lebes Island 4th Ed
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Author : Great Britain. Hydrographic Department
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1913
Eastern Archipelago Including The South East End Of Sumatra Java Islands East Of Java South And East Coasts Of Borneo And C Lebes Island 4th Ed written by Great Britain. Hydrographic Department and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1913 with Pilot guides categories.
Energy At The End Of The World
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Author : Laura Watts
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2024-07-02
Energy At The End Of The World written by Laura Watts and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-07-02 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Making local energy futures, from marine energy to hydrogen fuel, at the edge of the world. The islands of Orkney, off the northern coast of Scotland, are closer to the Arctic Circle than to London. Surrounded by fierce seas and shrouded by clouds and mist, the islands seem to mark the edge of the known world. And yet they are a center for energy technology innovation, from marine energy to hydrogen fuel networks, attracting the interest of venture capitalists and local communities. In this book, Laura Watts tells a story of making energy futures at the edge of the world. Orkney, Watts tells us, has been making technology for six thousand years, from arrowheads and stone circles to wave and tide energy prototypes. Artifacts and traces of all the ages—Stone, Bronze, Iron, Viking, Silicon—are visible everywhere. The islanders turned to energy innovation when forced to contend with an energy infrastructure they had outgrown. Today, Orkney is home to the European Marine Energy Centre, established in 2003. There are about forty open-sea marine energy test facilities in the world, many of which draw on Orkney expertise. The islands generate more renewable energy than they use, are growing hydrogen fuel and electric car networks, and have hundreds of locally owned micro wind turbines and a decade-old smart grid. Mixing storytelling and ethnography, empiricism and lyricism, Watts tells an Orkney energy saga—an account of how the islands are creating their own low-carbon future in the face of the seemingly impossible. The Orkney Islands, Watts shows, are playing a long game, making energy futures for another six thousand years.
The Island At The End Of Everything
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Author : Kiran Millwood Hargrave
language : en
Publisher: Chicken House
Release Date : 2017-05-04
The Island At The End Of Everything written by Kiran Millwood Hargrave and has been published by Chicken House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-04 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Ami lives on Culion, an island for people who have leprosy. Her mother is infected. She loves her home - but then islanders untouched by sickness are forced to leave. Ami's desperate to return before her mother's death. She finds a strange and fragile hope in a colony of butterflies. Can they lead her home before it's too late?
Island At The End Of The World
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Author : Steven Roger Fischer
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2006-06-01
Island At The End Of The World written by Steven Roger Fischer and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-06-01 with History categories.
On a long stretch of green coast in the South Pacific, hundreds of enormous, impassive stone heads stand guard against the ravages of time, war, and disease that have attempted over the centuries to conquer Easter Island. Steven Roger Fischer offers the first English-language history of Easter Island in Island at the End of the World, a fascinating chronicle of adversity, triumph, and the enduring monumentality of the island's stone guards. A small canoe with Polynesians brought the first humans to Easter Island in 700 CE, and when boat travel in the South Pacific drastically decreased around 1500, the Easter Islanders were forced to adapt in order to survive their isolation. Adaptation, Fischer asserts, was a continuous thread in the life of Easter Island: the first European visitors, who viewed the awe-inspiring monolithic busts in 1722, set off hundreds of years of violent warfare, trade, and disease—from the smallpox, wars, and Great Death that decimated the island to the late nineteenth-century Catholic missionaries who tried to "save" it to a despotic Frenchman who declared sole claim of the island and was soon killed by the remaining 111 islanders. The rituals, leaders, and religions of the Easter Islanders evolved with all of these events, and Fischer is just as attentive to the island's cultural developments as he is to its foreign invasions. Bringing his history into the modern era, Fischer examines the colonization and annexation of Easter Island by Chile, including the Rapanui people's push for civil rights in 1964 and 1965, by which they gained full citizenship and freedom of movement on the island. As travel to and interest in the island rapidly expand, Island at the End of the World is an essential history of this mysterious site.
Islands Land S End
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Author : Christopher Borrelli
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-12
Islands Land S End written by Christopher Borrelli and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12 with categories.
he islands approach their secret destination. But with the long journey¿s end in sight, war breaks out among the Founders. For Ginny, struggling to protect the new life inside her, it is a battle as unwelcome as it is unavoidable. She will be forced to journey from the depths of the ocean to a fortress in the sky, traveling back over the broken places and broken people left in her wake. And the sea rolls on.
Climbing The Stairs
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Author : Padma Venkatraman
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2010-02-04
Climbing The Stairs written by Padma Venkatraman and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02-04 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
During World War II and the last days of British occupation in India, fifteen-year-old Vidya dreams of attending college. But when her forward-thinking father is beaten senseless by the British police, she is forced to live with her grandfather’s large traditional family, where the women live apart from the men and are meant to be married off as soon as possible. Vidya’s only refuge becomes her grandfather’s upstairs library, which is forbidden to women. There she meets Raman, a young man also living in the house who relishes her intellectual curiosity. But when Vidya’s brother makes a choice the family cannot condone, and when Raman seems to want more than friendship, Vidkya must question all she has believed in. Padma Venkatraman’s debut novel poignantly shows a girl struggling to find her place in a mixedup world. Climbing the Stairs is a powerful story about love and loss set against a fascinating historical backdrop. Read Padma Venkatraman's posts on the Penguin Blog.
List Of Beacons Bouys And Day Marks In The First Light House District Embracing The Seacoasts Bays Harbors And Rivers From The Northeast Boundary Of The United States To Hampton Harbor New Hampshire
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1896
List Of Beacons Bouys And Day Marks In The First Light House District Embracing The Seacoasts Bays Harbors And Rivers From The Northeast Boundary Of The United States To Hampton Harbor New Hampshire written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1896 with categories.
Reinventing Food Banks And Pantries
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Author : Katie S. Martin
language : en
Publisher: Island Press
Release Date : 2021-03-09
Reinventing Food Banks And Pantries written by Katie S. Martin and has been published by Island Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-09 with Social Science categories.
In the US, there is a wide-ranging network of at least 370 food banks, and more than 60,000 hunger-relief organizations such as food pantries and meal programs. These groups provide billions of meals a year to people in need. And yet hunger still affects one in nine Americans. What are we doing wrong? In Reinventing Food Banks and Pantries, Katie Martin argues that if handing out more and more food was the answer, we would have solved the problem of hunger decades ago. Martin instead presents a new model for charitable food, one where success is measured not by pounds of food distributed but by lives changed. The key is to focus on the root causes of hunger. When we shift our attention to strategies that build empathy, equity, and political will, we can implement real solutions. Martin shares those solutions in a warm, engaging style, with simple steps that anyone working or volunteering at a food bank or pantry can take today. Some are short-term strategies to create a more dignified experience for food pantry clients: providing client choice, where individuals select their own food, or redesigning a waiting room with better seating and a designated greeter. Some are longer-term: increasing the supply of healthy food, offering job training programs, or connecting clients to other social services. And some are big picture: joining the fight for living wages and a stronger social safety net. These strategies are illustrated through inspiring success stories and backed up by scientific research. Throughout, readers will find a wealth of proven ideas to make their charitable food organizations more empathetic and more effective. As Martin writes, it takes more than food to end hunger. Picking up this insightful, lively book is a great first step.