Book Description
Dividends would be paid annually, in much the same way that residents of Alaska today receive cash benefits from oil companies that drill in their state."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Peter Barnes
Publisher : Shearwater Books
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 13,87 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Air quality management
ISBN :
Dividends would be paid annually, in much the same way that residents of Alaska today receive cash benefits from oil companies that drill in their state."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Stuart Banner
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 23,22 MB
Release : 2008-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674030824
A collection of curious tales questioning the ownership of airspace and a reconstruction of a truly novel moment in the history of American law, Banner’s book reminds us of the powerful and reciprocal relationship between technological innovation and the law.
Author : Reeve Lindbergh
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 11,69 MB
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780763603618
Presents a chronicle in verse of the life of Bessie Coleman, the first African-American aviator, who dreamed of flying as a child in the cotton fields of Texas and persevered until she made that dream come true. Reprint.
Author : Stuart Banner
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 11,55 MB
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 0674020499
A collection of curious tales questioning the ownership of airspace and a reconstruction of a truly novel moment in the history of American law, Banner’s book reminds us of the powerful and reciprocal relationship between technological innovation and the law.
Author : Scott Raab
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 24,10 MB
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1982176148
In late 2014, One World Trade Center-- or the Freedom Tower-- opened for business. It had taken nearly ten years, cost roughly four billion dollars, and had suffered setbacks that would have most likely scuttled any other project. Today it serves as a reminder of what America is capable of when we put aside our differences and pull together for a common cause. Raab's articles appeared in the pages of Esquire between 2005 and 2015, and here are accompanied by many never-before-seen photos. -- adapted from back cover.
Author : Ella Leya
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 10,41 MB
Release : 2015-02-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1402298676
Set at the crossroads of Turkish, Persian and Russian cultures under the red flag of Communism in the late 1970s, The Orphan Sky reveals one woman's struggle to reconcile her ideals with the corrupt world around her, and to decide whether to betray her country or her heart. Leila is a young classical pianist who dreams of winning international competitions and bringing awards to her beloved country Azerbaijan. She is also a proud daughter of the Communist Party. When she receives an assignment from her communist mentor to spy on a music shop suspected of traitorous Western influences, she does it eagerly, determined to prove her worth to the Party. But Leila didn't anticipate the complications of meeting Tahir, the rebellious painter who owns the music shop. His jazz recordings, abstract art, and subversive political opinions crack open the veneer of the world she's been living in. Just when she begins to fall in love with both the West and Tahir, her comrades force her to make an impossible choice.
Author : Phil Earle
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,78 MB
Release : 2022-04-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1547609834
A boy and a gorilla create an unbelievable bond in this powerful WWII tale for young readers, for fans of Alan Gratz and Michael Morpugo. “A wonderful story of hurt, kindness, and what it means to be human in an inhumane world.” -The Times of London, Children's Book of the Year In 1940, with his father off to war, Joseph is sent on a train out of his British town into the care of Mrs. F., a gruff woman with no great fondness for children. But he soon discovers her softer side when she takes him to the rundown city zoo and he learns she is the only one who ever checks in on it. Many of the animals have escaped, been released, or have sadly starved . . . but not Adonis, a huge silverback gorilla. Adonis is strong and ferocious-and a danger to the whole city if a bomb should fall and damage the fence that keeps him in. But as Joseph struggles in his new school and starts to spend more time at the zoo, he finds, unexpectedly, Adonis becoming a loyal new friend. From acclaimed author Phil Earle comes a touching historical fiction story of how a boy and a gorilla find redemption in each other amid the toughest of circumstances.
Author : Robbie Couch
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,34 MB
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1534477853
Sky’s small town turns absolutely claustrophobic when his secret promposal plans get leaked to the entire school in this witty, heartfelt, and ultimately hopeful debut novel for fans of What if it’s Us? and I Wish You All the Best. Sky Baker may be openly gay, but in his small, insular town, making sure he was invisible has always been easier than being himself. Determined not to let anything ruin his senior year, Sky decides to make a splash at his high school’s annual beach bum party by asking his crush, Ali, to prom—and he has thirty days to do it. What better way to start living loud and proud than by pulling off the gayest promposal Rock Ledge, Michigan, has ever seen? Then, Sky’s plans are leaked by an anonymous hacker in a deeply homophobic e-blast that quickly goes viral. He’s fully prepared to drop out and skip town altogether—until his classmates give him a reason to fight back by turning his thirty-day promposal countdown into a school-wide hunt to expose the e-blast perpetrator. But what happens at the end of the thirty days? Will Sky get to keep his hard-won visibility? Or will his small-town blues stop him from being his true self?
Author : Pamela Porter
Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 32,15 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0888996071
When the huge flood of 1964 hits their small community in Georgia and destroys everything her family ever possessed, eleven-year-old Georgia finds the rebuilding process difficult until the arrival of a wounded foal, and its incredible recovery, changes her outlook on what really matters in life. Reprint.
Author : Lauren Gunderson
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 20,36 MB
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0822233800
THE STORY: When Henrietta Leavitt begins work at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s, she isn’t allowed to touch a telescope or express an original idea. Instead, she joins a group of women “computers,” charting the stars for a renowned astronomer who calculates projects in “girl hours” and has no time for the women’s probing theories. As Henrietta, in her free time, attempts to measure the light and distance of stars, she must also take measure of her life on Earth, trying to balance her dedication to science with family obligations and the possibility of love. The true story of 19th-century astronomer Henrietta Leavitt explores a woman’s place in society during a time of immense scientific discoveries, when women’s ideas were dismissed until men claimed credit for them. Social progress, like scientific progress, can be hard to see when one is trapped among earthly complications; Henrietta Leavitt and her female peers believe in both, and their dedication changed the way we understand both the heavens and Earth.