Author : Moopedi Monyela
Publisher : Moopedi Monyela
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 37,30 MB
Release : 2023-03-19
Category : Art
ISBN :
A collection of poems dealing with mental health, heartbreak and finding love of a once toxic man who experienced lack of a father figure.
Author : Julia Cook
Publisher : National Center for Youth Issues
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 42,11 MB
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1937870820
Teaching children how to manage their thoughts and words without interrupting. Louis always interrupts! All of his thoughts are very important to him, and when he has something to say, his words rumble and grumble in his tummy, they wiggle and jiggle on his tongue and then they push on his teeth, right before he ERUPTS (or interrupts). His mouth is a volcano! But when others begin to interrupt Louis, he learns how to respectfully wait for his turn to talk. My Mouth Is A Volcano takes an empathetic approach to the habit of interrupting and teaches children a witty technique to help them manage their rambunctious thoughts and words. Told from Louis' perspective, this story provides parents, teachers, and counselors with an entertaining way to teach children the value of respecting others by listening and waiting for their turn to speak.
Author : Haraldur Sigurdsson
Publisher :
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 26,8 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Mathematics
ISBN :
From prehistoric times to the fiery destruction of Pompeii in 79 A.D. and the more recent pyrotechnics of Mt. St. Helens, volcanic eruptions have aroused fear, inspired myths and religious worship, and prompted heated philosophical and scientific debate. Melting the Earth chronicles humankind's attempt to understand this terrifying phenomenon and provides a fascinating look at how our conception of volcanoes has changed as knowledge of the earth's internal processes has deepened over the centuries. A practicing volcanologist and native of Iceland, where volcanoes are frequently active, Haraldur Sigurdsson considers how philosophers and scientists have attempted to answer the question: Why do volcanoes erupt? He takes us through the ideas of the ancient Greeks--who proposed that volcanoes resulted from the venting of subterranean winds--and the internal combustion theories of Roman times, and notes how thinking about volcanoes took a backward, symbolic turn with the rise of Christian conceptions of Hell, a direction that would not be reversed until the Renaissance. He chronicles the 18th-century conflict between the Neptunists, who believed that volcanic rocks originated from oceanic accretions, and the Plutonists, who argued for the existence of a molten planetary core, and traces how volcanology moved from "divine science" and "armchair geology" to empirical field study with the rise of 19th-century naturalism. Finally, Sigurdsson describes how 19th and 20th-century research in thermodynamics, petrology, geochemistry and plate tectonics contribute to the current understanding of volcanic activity. Drawing liberally from classical sources and firsthand accounts, this chronicle is not only a colorful history of volcanology, but an engrossing chapter in the development of scientific thought.
Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 31,47 MB
Release : 2017-07-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309454158
Volcanic eruptions are common, with more than 50 volcanic eruptions in the United States alone in the past 31 years. These eruptions can have devastating economic and social consequences, even at great distances from the volcano. Fortunately many eruptions are preceded by unrest that can be detected using ground, airborne, and spaceborne instruments. Data from these instruments, combined with basic understanding of how volcanoes work, form the basis for forecasting eruptionsâ€"where, when, how big, how long, and the consequences. Accurate forecasts of the likelihood and magnitude of an eruption in a specified timeframe are rooted in a scientific understanding of the processes that govern the storage, ascent, and eruption of magma. Yet our understanding of volcanic systems is incomplete and biased by the limited number of volcanoes and eruption styles observed with advanced instrumentation. Volcanic Eruptions and Their Repose, Unrest, Precursors, and Timing identifies key science questions, research and observation priorities, and approaches for building a volcano science community capable of tackling them. This report presents goals for making major advances in volcano science.
Author : Michael Crichton
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 48,6 MB
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0316565083
Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! The biggest thriller of the year: A history-making eruption is about to destroy the Big Island of Hawaii. But a secret held for decades by the US military is far more terrifying than any volcano. “The book is a classic summer beach read...Eruption will revive the art of speed-reading...told with a singular voice that is a compelling amalgam of the two writers.”—USA Today “Eruption is an epic thriller…fast-paced and deeply considered…a cinematic story rooted in science and infused with plenty of heart, tackling big themes like love and loss.” –Time The master of the techno-blockbuster joins forces with the master of the modern thriller to create the most anticipated mega bestseller in years. Michael Crichton, creator of Jurassic Park, ER, Twister, and Westworld, had a passion project he’d been pursuing for years, ahead of his untimely passing in 2008. Knowing how special it was, his wife, Sherri Crichton, held back his notes and the partial manuscript until she found the right author to complete it: James Patterson, the world’s most popular storyteller. “Explosive…the summer’s ultimate literary mashup.” —Washington Post "Takes readers on a thrilling journey." —BBC "Beachbag-ready." —Boston Globe “A seismic publishing event…all the elements of a summer blockbuster…it’s a thrill and the pages practically turn themselves.” —Associated Press “Eruption is this summer’s literary version of a blockbuster action movie.” –Los Angeles Times "Breakneck and plausible." —Publishers Weekly
Author : E. J. Skarda
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 27,64 MB
Release : 2011-07-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1462848141
As the great Yellowstone volcanic caldron gets ready to erupt into one of the world’s greatest natural mega disasters, two strangers are thrown together by fate and calamity--then forced to survive. Michael Duncan, a handsome but injured Navy SEAL, rescues Jenna Fellows, a glossy lipped, career TV anchor and journalist. The two have absolutely nothing in common except they both are haunted by demons from their past and hunted by assassins who want to see each of them dead . . . that is—unless nature destroys the pair fi rst as they try to ride out the disaster in a remote, but cozy Montana mountain cabin.
Author : Gare Thompson
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 50,9 MB
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1438065396
This thrilling new series of books has everything middle school readers long for: action, adventure, danger, and young heroes! Great Escapes explores real historical events and shows children how kids just like them learn how to work together in order to change the world for the better. Historical figures are interwoven into the stories, offering readers the chance for further exploration on these people and their places in history. In Mount St. Helen's 1980: Fiery Eruption!, Alex and Wendy love exploring this beautiful volcano. But when the long-dormant volcano erupts, the two best friends must race to save others—and themselves.
Author : James Jefferson
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 37,78 MB
Release : 2011-01-22
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1456840983
Eruption of Emotions: Flipping through My Notebook; Love, Pleasure, and Pain will express every emotion we all have. This collection of poems captures love, pleasure, and pain through many dimensions. If you are looking for a book to help you connect with your soul, your very existence, then look no further. This book will take you back to your first crush and bring you forward to your first love. In addition, this collection of poems will keep you in remembrance of your fallen loved ones and how they influenced your life. James Jefferson’s feelings about love, pleasure, and pain will motivate and recharge your emotions toward life and how you live in it.
Author : Andrew R. DiConti
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 43,53 MB
Release : 2003-02-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781469104591
Today’s Terrorism Against America May Have Beginnings Going Back Over 100 Years. When America drove its modernized fleet into Asian Pacific waters, prior to 1900, that action became a catalyst starting a chain reaction. A legacy of America’s subsequent imperialism may well have been the springboard to terrorist activities in America today. Following the wake of America’s Navy, Christian missionaries flooded into Pacific Rim countries, not unlike the missionaries who accompanied the Spanish conquistadors. The sacrosanct policy of “Manifest Destiny,” may have provided the moral principle for America to impose its will upon its own non-Christian people, as well as the peoples of the Asian Pacific, but it also sent a thinly veiled message, demeaning in nature, that unified the peoples who resisted us. America’s intentions may have been noble and caring, but they were also insulting. Shortly, the consequences of that international policy resulted in America’s involvement in the Boxer Rebellion in China and the Moro Insurrection in the Philippines. The term “benevolent assimilation” was the euphemistic label given by President William McKinley to America’s rationale for the mission of transforming the Pacific Rim peoples of Asia into Christians. In spite of strong opposition to America’s imperialistic Asian Pacific policy, headed by none other than Mark Twain, the movement had little restraint upon America’s quest to “civilize the heathen peoples,” a phrase frequently used by America’s press to describe its foreign mission. Andrew DiConti, in two of a trilogy of sequential novels, reveals that world through the eyes of a young sailor aboard the Boston, a modern man of war. The novels tell a succession of unique tales in each of the Boston’s ports of call, which demonstrate how America’s social order impacted its own non-white peoples, as well as the peoples of the Asian Pacific Rim. Due to a taboo romance with an American of Chinese ancestry by the protagonist, the reader is exposed to the prejudice in America in 1900 and the resultant consequences in a society that was both temperamentally and legally biased against non-white people. Could a society that would not treat its own citizens equally be expected to deal with people in its imperialistic adventures more benevolently? The author’s background as a teacher, an historian, a student of Asian culture and a former sailor gives authority to a novel that depicts how peoples throughout the Asian Pacific Rim were impacted by the influences of America’s leadership, as well as its military establishment. Web Page. www.geocities.com/wsb3499/YankeeTsunami2.html
Author : Dr. Kevin H. Abdur-Rahman
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 48,81 MB
Release : 2023-05-24
Category : Education
ISBN :
Dr. Kevin H. Abdur-Rahman's life journey took on an unusual evolutionary process from delinquency to adult court, long-term incarceration, rehabilitation, and progressive and productive life. From Pop Warner quarterback to one of the most recognized drug dealers in Philadelphia and one of the most influential people on the campus of one of America's most historic universities. In his first book, Solving the Riddle, Dr. Abdur-Rahman presented an individual case study of at-risk youth, a convicted felon, and a reformed ex-felon that demonstrated the example that if given healthy information, an individual can transcend negative environmental influences and transform his life into positive and successful outcomes. In this book, The Eruption of Possible, Dr. Abdur-Rahman transitions from the focus on an individual's transformation to the community of ex-offenders who have to remain hidden because once their past is discovered they are judged by what they did and not who they have become. He vividly suggests that not only is there a correlation between being a former practitioner of crime and the knowledge of how to end the cycle of criminal thought, but successfully transitioned ex-felons also have to become a major part of the equation when it comes to developing strategies and methodologies to reduce crime and gun violence. Dr. Abdur-Rahman indicates that society must let ex-felons write their own narratives and not keep them buried in the dungeons of their own past. "There comes a point when you have to let a butterfly be a butterfly and not keep reminding him that he was once a caterpillar." Successfully transitioned ex-felons exist in our communities but remain mostly invisible, which makes their presence and their leadership a nonfactor in the war against crime and gun violence. The journeys of these people who have divorced themselves from the criminal justice system and remain free not only from crime but also from criminal thinking must be a part of the intervention narrative. Include them in our conferences and symposiums and let them share their ideas on crime and violence. Let's study the mental framework it took for them to break the cycle and return to their own humanity as well as what inspires them to continue on this path of self-reform. The Eruption of Possible examines the successfully transitioned ex-felons who are leading exemplary lives after resurrecting themselves from a life of crime. The author puts forth the idea that ending or reducing the epidemic of crime and gun violence among our youth should be put into the hands of former practitioners of crime who have successfully transitioned into positive and productive lives. Creating a National Coalition of Former Inmates (COFI) as a think tank and problem-solving body can lead to a collection of answered questions and solved mysteries.
