The Burning Issue
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Release : 1996
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Release : 1996
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Author : Mike Berners-Lee
Publisher : Greystone Books
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 14,47 MB
Release : 2013-09-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 1771640081
The Burning Question reveals climate change to be the most fascinating scientific, political and social puzzle in history. It shows that carbon emissions are still accelerating upwards, following an exponential curve that goes back centuries. One reason is that saving energy is like squeezing a balloon: reductions in one place lead to increases elsewhere. Another reason is that clean energy sources don't in themselves slow the rate of fossil fuel extraction. Tackling global warming will mean persuading the world to abandon oil, coal and gas reserves worth many trillions of dollars — at least until we have the means to put carbon back in the ground. The burning question is whether that can be done. What mix of politics, psychology, economics and technology might be required? Are the energy companies massively overvalued, and how will carbon-cuts affect the global economy? Will we wake up to the threat in time? And who can do what to make it all happen? Published in Partnership with the David Suzuki Institute.
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Page : 22 pages
File Size : 19,96 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Fire ecology
ISBN : 9780646034430
Author : Mark Adams
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 28,79 MB
Release : 2011-06-16
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0643094431
The role of fire in Australia's ecosystems, and how to manage fire both for safety and for diversity.
Author : Tim Madigan
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 14,83 MB
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 1250823064
One of the worst acts of racist violence in American history took place in 1921, when a White mob numbering in the thousands decimated the thriving Black community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Burning recreates Greenwood at the height of its prosperity, explores the currents of hatred, racism, and mistrust between its Black residents and Tulsa's White population, narrates events leading up to and including Greenwood's devastation, and documents the subsequent silence that surrounded this tragedy. Delving into history that's long been pushed aside, this is the true story of Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre, with updates that connect the historical significance of the massacre to the ongoing struggle for racial justice in America.
Author : James Yancy Callahan
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Page : 59 pages
File Size : 28,94 MB
Release : 1908
Category : Agriculture, Cooperative
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Author : Karyn Cooper
Publisher : R&L Education
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 45,31 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781578861446
Intended to situate self-examination and issues-based learning in reality in a professional context in which teachers and students work to shape practices and identities.
Author : David V. Canter
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Page : 35 pages
File Size : 26,54 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Arson
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Author : Megha Majumdar
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 20,26 MB
Release : 2020-06-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 052565870X
A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK! A New York Times Notable Book For readers of Tommy Orange, Yaa Gyasi, and Jhumpa Lahiri, an electrifying debut novel about three unforgettable characters who seek to rise—to the middle class, to political power, to fame in the movies—and find their lives entangled in the wake of a catastrophe in contemporary India. In this National Book Award Longlist honoree and “gripping thriller with compassionate social commentary” (USA Today), Jivan is a Muslim girl from the slums, determined to move up in life, who is accused of executing a terrorist attack on a train because of a careless comment on Facebook. PT Sir is an opportunistic gym teacher who hitches his aspirations to a right-wing political party, and finds that his own ascent becomes linked to Jivan's fall. Lovely—an irresistible outcast whose exuberant voice and dreams of glory fill the novel with warmth and hope and humor—has the alibi that can set Jivan free, but it will cost her everything she holds dear. Taut, symphonic, propulsive, and riveting from its opening lines, A Burning has the force of an epic while being so masterfully compressed it can be read in a single sitting. Majumdar writes with dazzling assurance at a breakneck pace on complex themes that read here as the components of a thriller: class, fate, corruption, justice, and what it feels like to face profound obstacles and yet nurture big dreams in a country spinning toward extremism. An extraordinary debut.
Author : Laura Bates
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 32,9 MB
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 172820674X
"A smart, explosive examination of gender discrimination and its ramifications." — Publishers Weekly From Laura Bates, internationally renowned feminist and founder of the Everyday Sexism Project, comes a realistic novel for the #metoo era. The Burning will prompt all readers to consider the implications of sexism and the role we can each play in ending it What happens when you can't run or hide from a mistake that goes viral? New school. Check. New town. Check. New last name. Check. Social media profiles? Deleted. Anna and her mother have moved hundreds of miles to put the past behind them. Anna hopes to make a fresh start and escape the harassment she's been subjected to. But then rumors and whispers start, and Anna tries to ignore what is happening by immersing herself in learning about Maggie, a local woman accused of witchcraft in the seventeenth century. A woman who was shamed. Silenced. And whose story has unsettling parallels to Anna's own. The Burning is a powerful call to action, perfect for readers looking for: feminist novels for teens young adult realistic fiction books contemporary novels with historical fiction elements books that deal with current events and issues Praise for The Burning: "A haunting rallying cry against sexism and bullying." —Kirkus Reviews "Emotionally charged...powerful." —Booklist "A painfully realistic, spellbinding novel." —Shelf Awareness "Bates's twist on a cautionary tale will take readers on an emotional roller coaster". —School Library Journal