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The Volcano and After

Author : Alicia Suskin Ostriker

Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press

Page : 320 pages

File Size : 21,77 MB

Release : 2020-09-08

Category : Poetry

ISBN : 0822987813

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Alicia Suskin Ostriker’s passionate voice has long been acknowledged as a vital force in American poetry. From urgent spiritual quest to biting political satire, from elegy to comedy, from celebration of the city street and the world “as a paradise might be / if we had eyes to see,” to the “crack in earth . . . crack in her mind,” from brilliant evocations of art and music to mother-daughter wrestlings, Ostriker’s poetry rings with insistence on beauty and truth. Drawing from six of her previous books, and highlighting a sequence of bold new poems exploring the challenges and absurdities of aging, The Volcano and After is a masterpiece for our time.



After the Blast

Author : Eric Wagner

Publisher : University of Washington Press

Page : 266 pages

File Size : 37,67 MB

Release : 2020-04-20

Category : Nature

ISBN : 0295746947

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A CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE On May 18, 1980, people all over the world watched with awe and horror as Mount St. Helens erupted. Fifty-seven people were killed and hundreds of square miles of what had been lush forests and wild rivers were to all appearances destroyed. Ecologists thought they would have to wait years, or even decades, for life to return to the mountain, but when forest scientist Jerry Franklin helicoptered into the blast area a couple of weeks after the eruption, he found small plants bursting through the ash and animals skittering over the ground. Stunned, he realized he and his colleagues had been thinking of the volcano in completely the wrong way. Rather than being a dead zone, the mountain was very much alive. Mount St. Helens has been surprising ecologists ever since, and in After the Blast Eric Wagner takes readers on a fascinating journey through the blast area and beyond. From fireweed to elk, the plants and animals Franklin saw would not just change how ecologists approached the eruption and its landscape, but also prompt them to think in new ways about how life responds in the face of seemingly total devastation.



Volcano Wakes Up!

Author : Lisa Westberg Peters

Publisher : Macmillan

Page : 44 pages

File Size : 11,80 MB

Release : 2010-03-30

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 0805082875

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"A small volcano gets ready for a BIG EXPLOSION. From the hungry lava crickets to the irrepressible ferns, everyone has something to say about it! Playful poems from five alternating viewpoints tell the story of an exciting day--from sunrise to moonrise--on a young, about-to-shout volcano."--Dust jacket flap.



Surviving the Volcano

Author : Stanley Williams

Publisher : Time Warner Books UK

Page : 270 pages

File Size : 14,53 MB

Release : 2002-04

Category : Galeras Volcano (Colombia)

ISBN : 9780349113678

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In 1993 Stanley Williams, an eminent volcanologist, was standing on top of a Colombian volcano called Galeras when it erupted, incinerating several of his colleagues instantly. As Williams tried to escape the mountain's fury, the volcano pelted him with white-hot projectiles travelling literally faster than speeding bullets. Within minutes he was cut down, his skull fractured, his right leg almost severed, his backpack aflame. Williams lay helpless and near death on Galeras' flank as volcanic bombs continued to rain down on him until two brave women - friends and fellow volcanologists - mounted an astonishing rescue effort to carry him safely off the mountain.The tale of how Williams survived Galeras becomes the framework for this fascinating book about the tiny group of scientists who risk their own lives to save others. It is also an absorbing account of volcanoes, and their physical and cultural impact: Vesuvius' famous explosion in AD 79; the Laki eruptions in Iceland in 1793; and the subsequent 'haze famine' which killed one fifth of the population; and Tamboura, which, in 1815, plunged an area of 300 miles into darkness for two days.



Mount St. Helens

Author : Rob Carson

Publisher : Sasquatch Books

Page : 159 pages

File Size : 48,26 MB

Release : 2000-01-01

Category : Nature

ISBN : 157061248X

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Where were you on May 18, 1980, when Mount St. Helens erupted? Author Rob Carson's essays, accompanied by incredible photos, outline the events leading up to and following the eruption, with a special look at the 20-year process of the mountain's rebirth. As plants, insects, animals, and people have reclaimed Mount St. Helens, the mountain remains a looming reminder of an event that changed the face of the Northwest.



Volcano

Author : Donna Donovan-O'Meara

Publisher :

Page : 64 pages

File Size : 18,52 MB

Release : 2008

Category : Nature

ISBN :

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Describes the features and structure of volcanoes, the factors that determine whether a volcano is active, dormant, or extinct; and what volcanoes reveal about the geological history of Earth.



A God at the Door

Author : Tishani Doshi

Publisher : Copper Canyon Press

Page : 115 pages

File Size : 35,74 MB

Release : 2021-11-09

Category : Poetry

ISBN : 161932248X

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“We are homesick everywhere,” writes Tishani Doshi, “even when we’re home.” With aching empathy, righteous anger, and rebellious humor, A God at the Door calls on the extraordinary minutiae of nature and humanity to redefine belonging and unveil injustice. In an era of pandemic lockdown and brutal politics, these poems make vital space for what must come next—the return of wonder and free movement, and a profound sense of connection to what matters most. From a microscopic cell to flightless birds, to a sumo wrestler and the tree of life, Doshi interrupts the news cycle to pause in grief or delight, to restore power to language. A God at the Doorinvites the reader on a pilgrimage—one that leads us back to the sacred temple of ourselves. This is an exquisite, generous collection from a poet at the peak of her powers.



The Last Volcano

Author : John Dvorak

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 285 pages

File Size : 36,95 MB

Release : 2015-12-15

Category : Science

ISBN : 1605989223

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John Dvorak, the acclaimed author of Earthquake Storms, looks into the early scientific study of volcanoes and the life of the man who pioneered the field, Thomas Jaggar. Educated at Harvard, Jaggar went to the Caribbean after Mount Pelee exploded in 1902, killing more than 26,000 people. Witnessing the destruction and learning about the horrible deaths these people had suffered, Jaggar vowed to dedicate himself to a study of volcanoes. In 1912, he built a small science station at the edge of a lake of molten lava at Kilauea volcano in the Hawaiian Islands. Jaggar found something else at Kilauea: true love. For more than twenty years, Jaggar and Isabel Maydwell ran the science station, living in a small house at the edge of a high cliff that overlooked the lava lake, Maydwell quickly becoming one of the world’s most astute observers of volcanic activity.Mixed with tales of myths and rituals, as well as the author’s own experiences and insight into volcanic activity, The Last Volcano reveals the lure and romance of confronting nature in its most magnificent form—the edge of a volcanic eruption.



Ashfall

Author : Mike Mullin

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 474 pages

File Size : 41,97 MB

Release : 2011-10-14

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 1933718617

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Many visitors to Yellowstone National Park don't realize that the boiling hot springs and spraying geysers are caused by an underlying supervolcano, so large that the caldera can only be seen by plane or satellite. And by some scientific measurements, it could be overdue for an eruption. For Alex, being left alone for the weekend means having the freedom to play computer games and hang out with his friends without hassle from his mother. Then the Yellowstone supervolcano erupts, plunging his hometown into a nightmare of darkness, ash, and violence. Alex begins a harrowing trek to seach for his family and finds help in Darla, a travel partner he meets along the way. Together they must find the strength and skills to survive and outlast an epic disaster.



Io After Galileo

Author : Rosaly M.C. Lopes

Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media

Page : 388 pages

File Size : 44,23 MB

Release : 2007-06-20

Category : Science

ISBN : 3540488413

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This is the only book solely about Jupiter's moon Io, the most volcanically active body in the solar system. Written by experts in the field, many of whom took part in the Galileo mission, the book reviews the basics about Io and its unique space environment. Coverage includes all subjects, where the Galilio mission has shed new light on, with some emphasis on Io's most remarkable characteristics: its active volcanism.