The Rivers Of Life And Death
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The Rivers Of Life And Death
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Author : William T. Harper
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Release Date : 2013-04-14
The Rivers Of Life And Death written by William T. Harper and has been published by Createspace Independent Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-14 with History categories.
Through the pages of "The Rivers of Life – and Death," nine horrific tragedies on the Nation's inland waterways, stretching back over 41 years (1964-2005) are graphically reported. September 22, 1993 was, without a doubt, the darkest day in the American towboating industry's 200-year history. At 2:45 that morning, the towboat Mauvilla, pushing six barges in dense fog, nudged a railroad bridge, causing the derailment of Amtrak's Sunset Limited passenger train. Forty-seven hapless souls plunged to their deaths in an alligator- and snake-infested murky bayou near Mobile, Alabama. One-hundred-and-three others were injured in the flaming carnage. Other dark days have been: June 16, 1964 – April 6, 1969 – August 1, 1974 – May 28, 1993July 15, 2001 – September 15, 2001 – May 26, 2002 – January 9, 2005Those nine days saw towboats and their barges slam into highway and railroad bridge pilings, collide with another vessel, run over a fishing boat, and wash over a dam. The resulting catastrophes ended the lives of 114 unsuspecting motor vehicle occupants, railroad train passengers and crew, fishermen, and mariners in those nine separate accidents. "The Rivers of Life – and Death" is meant for those who have traveled on and/or marveled at any of this nation's 25,000 miles of inland waterways – the Mississippi, the Missouri, the Arkansas, the Illinois, the Ohio, the Gulf Intracoastal Canal, etc. For those who have navigated the locks or merely putt-putted up and down those waterways – whether commercially or as a pleasure boater – the stories herein (told in reverse chronological order) are for you. It may also be that this book will find its way into the crews' quarters on many of the 3,000-plus towboats and tugs that ply those waterways. To some of them with whom we have traveled the inland waterways, we say “Hello” again. To all of them, we say “God Speed.” And last, but surely not least, "The Rivers of Life – and Death" may ironically bring some small sparks of knowledge to everyone about how that breakfast cereal on your table this morning got there.
The Rivers
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Author : E. Scialom
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-08-26
The Rivers written by E. Scialom and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-26 with categories.
We all live precariously. We all have true experiences which involve only bliss, love, beauty. We never really talk about it. The lives of these stereotypical and exceedingly unusual characters have colour and flavour.
River Of Life River Of Death
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Author : Victor Mallet
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017
River Of Life River Of Death written by Victor Mallet and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with SCIENCE categories.
India is killing the Ganges, and the Ganges in turn is killing India. The waterway that has nourished more people than any on earth for three millennia is now so polluted with sewage and toxic waste that it has become a menace to human and animal health. Victor Mallet traces the holy river from source to mouth, and from ancient times to the present day, to find that the battle to rescue what is arguably the world's most important river is far from lost. As one Hindu sage told the author in Rishikesh on the banks of the upper Ganges (known to Hindus as the goddess Ganga): "If Ganga dies, India dies. If Ganga thrives, India thrives. The lives of 500 million people is no small thing." Drawing on four years of first-hand reporting and detailed historical and scientific research, Mallet delves into the religious, historical, and biological mysteries of the Ganges, and explains how Hindus can simultaneously revere and abuse their national river. Starting at the Himalayan glacier where the Ganges emerges pure and cold from an icy cave known as the "Cow's Mouth" and ending in the tiger-infested mangrove swamps of the Bay of Bengal, Mallet encounters everyone from the naked holy men who worship the river, to the engineers who divert its waters for irrigation, the scientists who study its bacteria, and Narendra Modi, the Hindu nationalist prime minister, who says he wants to save India's mother-river for posterity. Can they succeed in saving the river from catastrophe - or is it too late?
Rivers Of Life
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Author : William Taylor
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Rivers Of Life written by William Taylor and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Chobe National Park (Botswana) categories.
His Joyful Water Life And Death In The Country Of The Two Rivers
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Author : Henry Williamson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964
His Joyful Water Life And Death In The Country Of The Two Rivers written by Henry Williamson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with categories.
His Joyful Water Life And Death In The Country Of The Two Rivers
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Author : Henry Williamson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1932
His Joyful Water Life And Death In The Country Of The Two Rivers written by Henry Williamson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1932 with categories.
To The River
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Author : Olivia Laing
language : en
Publisher: Canons
Release Date : 2017-10-05
To The River written by Olivia Laing and has been published by Canons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-05 with Ouse River Valley (England) categories.
To the River is the story of the Ouse, the Sussex river in which Virginia Woolf drowned in 1941. One idyllic, midsummer week over sixty years later, Olivia Laing walked. Woolf's river from source to sea. The result is a passionate investigation into how history resides in a landscape and how ghosts never quite leave the place they love.
Life Death And After
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Author : Jack M. Hilliard
language : en
Publisher: Xulon Press
Release Date : 2010-06
Life Death And After written by Jack M. Hilliard and has been published by Xulon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06 with Family & Relationships categories.
Life, Death, and After Why a Biblical Perspective? By: Jack M. Hilliard Have you ever wondered why you are here? What life is really about? When and how you will die? What happens after death? All these questions are important. Throughout generations all people have asked these questions. Our life could end at any moment without notice. The end of this world as we know it may be near. If that did happen would you be ready to face death? This book will explain what we should be doing today to prepare for this event. It will also explain what God says happens after death. We will explain why the Bible is without error and how we can trust its truths about life, death, and all other subjects. Life is not a promise it is a gift. Each of us will face death. Are you ready? Jack M. Hilliard received his BS and MBA from California Coast University. He is the Author of "Understanding Revelation" ISBN 978-1-60791-055-8 hardback, and ISBN 978-1-60266-650-4 paperback, published by Xulon Press in 2007 and 2008. Jack has been a student of the Bible since his salvation experience in 1978. He has served God by teaching Sunday school for over twenty years, teaching teachers, serving as Chairman of the Deacons, Finance Committee, Personnel Committee, etc. Jack retired in 2005 after serving 35 years in the utility industry, where he held positions of leadership as he served as General Manager of a Utility, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the: Tennessee Valley Municipal Gas Association, Alabama Natural Gas Association, American Public Gas Association, Electric Cities of Alabama, and APGA Research Foundation, Inc. He also served on the Board of Directors of the Gas Research Institute and Gas Technology Institute.
Gila
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Author : Gregory McNamee
language : en
Publisher: UNM Press
Release Date : 2012-10-15
Gila written by Gregory McNamee and has been published by UNM Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-15 with Science categories.
For sixty million years, the Gila River, longer than the Hudson and the Delaware combined, has shaped the ecology of the Southwest from its source in New Mexico to its confluence with the Colorado River in Arizona. Today, for at least half its length, the Gila is dead, like so many of the West’s great rivers, owing to overgrazing, damming, and other practices. This richly documented cautionary tale narrates the Gila’s natural and human history. Now updated, McNamee’s study traces recent efforts to resuscitate portions of this important riparian corridor.
Rivers Of Power
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Author : Laurence C. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2020-04-21
Rivers Of Power written by Laurence C. Smith and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-21 with Nature categories.
'As fascinating as it is beautifully written' JARED DIAMOND, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs and Steel Rivers, more than any road, technology or political event, have shaped the course of civilization. Rivers have opened frontiers, defined borders, supported trade, generated energy and fed billions. Most of our greatest cities stand on river banks or deltas, and our quest for mastery has spurred staggering advances in engineering, science and law. Rivers and their topographic divides have shaped the territories of nations and the migration of peoples, and yet - as their resources become ever more precious - can foster cooperation even among enemy states. And though they become increasingly domesticated, they remain a formidable global force: these vast arterial powers promote life but are capable of destroying everything in their path. From ancient Egypt to our growing contemporary metropolises, Rivers of Power reveals why rivers matter so profoundly to human civilization, and how they continue to be indispensable to our societies and wellbeing. 'Takes readers on a tour of the world's great rivers - past, present and future. The result is fascinating, eye-opening, sometimes alarming, and ultimately inspiring' Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction 'A tour de force ... From Herodotus musing on the Nile to the dam makers of modern China, this is their story' Fred Pearce, author of When the Rivers Run Dry 'Instructive and entertaining' The Times