Author : Gloria Skurzynski
Publisher : HarperTrophy
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 46,17 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Deserts
ISBN : 9780688045937
Eleven-year-old Kevin finds himself alone and lost in the Utah desert, with only his wits to help him survive.
Author : Sarah Morgan
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 44,39 MB
Release : 2013-08-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0373131771
"Walking into the lion's den unprotected, Princess?" For Layla, princess of Tazkhan, her arranged marriage means one thing—a lifetime of cruelty and captivity. Such an unendurable prospect drives her to throw herself at the mercy of Sheikh Raz Al Zahki—her family's greatest enemy! Raz demands one thing in return for the safe haven Layla is seeking—this brooding desert king wants to make her his queen! Her freedom might be secured, but now her heart is at risk, for soon she's lost to the scorching heat of their marriage bed. However, it will take more than fire to thaw her guarded husband….
Author : Ken Layne
Publisher : MCD
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 32,69 MB
Release : 2020-12-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0374722382
The cult-y pocket-size field guide to the strange and intriguing secrets of the Mojave—its myths and legends, outcasts and oddballs, flora, fauna, and UFOs—becomes the definitive, oracular book of the desert For the past five years, Desert Oracle has existed as a quasi-mythical, quarterly periodical available to the very determined only by subscription or at the odd desert-town gas station or the occasional hipster boutique, its canary-yellow-covered, forty-four-page issues handed from one curious desert zealot to the next, word spreading faster than the printers could keep up with. It became a radio show, a podcast, a live performance. Now, for the first time—and including both classic and new, never-before-seen revelations—Desert Oracle has been bound between two hard covers and is available to you. Straight out of Joshua Tree, California, Desert Oracle is “The Voice of the Desert”: a field guide to the strange tales, singing sand dunes, sagebrush trails, artists and aliens, authors and oddballs, ghost towns and modern legends, musicians and mystics, scorpions and saguaros, out there in the sand. Desert Oracle is your companion at a roadside diner, around a campfire, in your tent or cabin (or high-rise apartment or suburban living room) as the wind and the coyotes howl outside at night. From journal entries of long-deceased adventurers to stray railroad ad copy, and musings on everything from desert flora, rumored cryptid sightings, and other paranormal phenomena, Ken Layne's Desert Oracle collects the weird and the wonderful of the American Southwest into a single, essential volume.
Author : Diane Jones Allen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 28,82 MB
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1317356861
Increased redevelopment, the dismantling of public housing, and increasing housing costs are forcing a shift in migration of lower income and transit dependent populations to the suburbs. These suburbs are often missing basic transportation, and strategies to address this are lacking. This absence of public transit creates barriers to viable employment and accessibility to cultural networks, and plays a role in increasing social inequality. This book investigates how housing and transport policy have played their role in creating these "Transit Deserts," and what impact race has upon those likely to be affected. Diane Jones Allen uses research from New Orleans, Baltimore, and Chicago to explore the forces at work in these situations, as well as proposing potential solutions. Mapping, interviews, photographs, and narratives all come together to highlight the inequities and challenges in Transit Deserts, where a lack of access can make all journeys, such as to jobs, stores, or relatives, much more difficult. Alternatives to public transit abound, from traditional methods such as biking and carpooling to more culturally specific tactics, and are examined comprehensively. This is valuable reading for students and researchers interested in transport planning, urban planning, city infrastructure, and transport geography.
Author : Jana Bommersbach
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 11,88 MB
Release : 2008-09-30
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 1429944277
Loretta Bowersock and her daughter, Terri, ran a multimillion-dollar furniture store based in Tempe, Arizona, where they were well-known and admired by many. Together, these two women seemed to be living the American Dream...until one man decided to take it all away. Over the course of two decades, Taw Benderly worked his way into Loretta's heart, home, and business. Though the couple appeared to be happy, their lives behind closed doors told another story. Terri had always known that the handsome, charming, and usually unemployed Taw was manipulating her mother—but she did not know the extent of the abuse or how far he would go to defraud her. Then, just before Christmas in 2004, Loretta went missing. It would be more than a year before Terri learned the shocking truth: That, before killing himself, Taw murdered the 69-year-old Loretta and left her. Bones in the Desert is the shocking story of a devoted mother and daughter, a successful business, and the man who would do everything to destroy it all ...
Author : Leonard Lowe
Publisher : Denk-Verlag.com
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 37,13 MB
Release : 2024-08-11
Category : True Crime
ISBN :
★★★★★ Exciting and frightening »Just like the previous three books, I couldn't put it down. ... I certainly hope for a further continuation of the series.« ★★★★★ Captivating and frightening »In the 4th part as well, cases are described that simply leave one stunned. The author's evaluations and theories probably come very close to the truth…« ★★★★★ Mega exciting! »A very exciting and also somewhat eerie book. Good structuring of the individual fates. One can hardly believe how many people simply vanish into thin air. Highly recommended!« These people simply disappear. Very profoundly and very decisively. So much so that even tracking dogs can no longer follow the trail they must have left behind. The question here is: Are the dogs unwilling to follow the trail because they are afraid… or is there simply no trail, perhaps because the trail has vanished with the victim from our timeline, from our causality? Or is there no trail because the victim has disappeared into a parallel reality, leaving their trail there, in this parallel reality…? They are simply gone… as if they were never there… some reappear… under highly mysterious circumstances… these are their stories. In numerous cases, search teams report having seen the victim, who supposedly ran away from them… or they find traces of the victim that are so scattered that it is questionable whether the traces belong to the victim, and if so, how the victim could have been in these various, widely separated locations. Conversely, the victims—if they are found alive and can make a statement—report that they were pursued by 'strange people,' that they were chased through the forest. A woman says that they seemed not to see her… the people were right in front of her, yet they appeared to see 'through' her. Are we talking about the same event here? Do the victims see their rescuers, who are searching for them… but due to a strange confusion of their minds, they do not recognize them and perceive them as a threat, as 'strange people' chasing them through the forest? And do the rescuers not see the victim? Even though the victim is right in front of them… like a ghost…
Author : Derek Congram
Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 14,73 MB
Release : 2016-08-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1551309300
The work of finding and identifying missing persons is complex and requires the expertise of many people, such as historians hunting through archives, biological anthropologists reconstructing skeletons, and psychologists preparing investigators to interview families of the disappeared. Uniting the voices of 22 experts from around the world, Derek Congram’s collection of original papers centres its attention on those who are engaged in the location, identification, and repatriation of missing persons. The contributors to this timely volume represent multiple disciplines and various fields, including academia, government, and civil service, but are connected by a shared conviction that accounting for the missing is vital for a just society. The chapters concentrate on victims of physical or structural violence, including armed conflict, repressive regimes, criminal behaviour, and racist and colonial policies towards Indigenous persons and minority populations. Some contexts are familiar—morgues, mass graves, and battlefields—while others are surprising, such as schoolyards and a museum in Canada. Although the circumstances of the disappearances vary greatly, Missing Persons illustrates the connections between these disparate contexts. Multidisciplinary in scope, this edited collection is a valuable comparative resource for students, academics, and practitioners in forensic anthropology, anthropological/archaeological ethics, forensic psychology, criminal justice, and human rights.
Author : Michael W. Bradbury
Publisher : Virtualbookworm.com Publishing
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 16,61 MB
Release : 2010-02
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781602645356
This true and enlightening story takes place in 1984 when Laura Ann Bradbury, a 3 year old toddler, was cruelly kidnapped by a stranger in a remote campground in the Joshua Tree National Monument, in California. This is the actual account, written by her father and grandfather, of their immediate and desperate search for her, the reality, the fear and the horror that a parent feels when they and their child become victims of a kidnapper. The reader is taken on a terrifying journey, of dangerous surveillances, attempted murder, discreet conversations in back rooms, bars and jails, and secret meetings in isolated desert locations where terrifies witnesses relayed their concerns, observations, and information, fearing retribution from both the drug dealers and the sheriffs. This amazing account of the search for Laura is a story which quickly caught the attention of the news media all across America in 1984. These are the actual details of the four year search for a beautiful and innocent little girl kidnapped by an emotionless monster, and the mystery that ensued in the bizarre trail left behind by the kidnappers, and those who covered it up.
Author : Scott C. Hammond PhD
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 27,71 MB
Release : 2016-08-26
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 153200401X
The wilderness can be unforgiving and dangerous, yet fill our souls with awe and wonder. It can overwhelm us with beauty and stun us with fear, lift our spirits to the highest highs and send us crashing to the floor of creation. The wilderness is a classroom where we learn to survive, thrive and sometimes die. At some point in our lives, we have all been lost in a wilderness of some kindwhether literal or metaphoricalwithout any direction on how to find our way back home. Some have faced survival decisions in community disasters or personal trauma. Some have been lost in work, wandered in careers and professions. Some have been lost in relationships, crippling addictions, health challenges, or grief. Scott Hammond, a volunteer search and rescuer, knows that people who have been lostin the wilderness, in the workplace, or in lifecan teach us how to go beyond survival and thrive, regardless of the nature of our personal wildernesses. Through his experience rescuing others and real-life stories, Hammond provides valuable lessons designed to help those who are lost. These narratives communicate that small things matter, that no one is ever lost alone, and that movement creates opportunity. Being lost is not a geographic problem, but a mental and spiritual problem. Lost people may be deprived of the basics of food, water, and shelter, but they are first deprived of meaning. Restoring that meaning is the first step toward hope, and hope is the beacon that leads you home.
Author : Claire Nelson
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 36,45 MB
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0063070197
The gripping first-person account of one woman's survival in Joshua Tree National Park against the odds. "A vibrantly physical book"—The Guardian • "Uplifting and brave"—Stylist • "A riveting account of loneliness, anxiety and survival"—Cosmopolitan In 2018, writer Claire Nelson made international headlines when she fell over 25 feet after wandering off the trail in a deserted corner of Joshua Tree. The fall shattered her pelvis, rendering her completely immobile. There Claire lay for the next four days, surrounded by boulders that muffled her cries for help, but exposed her to the relentless California sun above. Her rescuers had not expected to find her alive. In THINGS I LEARNED FROM FALLING Claire tells not only her story of surviving, but also her story of falling. What led this successful thirty-something to a desert trail on the other side of the globe from her home where no one knew she would be that day? At once the unbelievable story of an impossible event, and the human journey of a young woman wrestling with the agitation of past and anxiety of future.
