Author: Andy Szpuk
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781499740448
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 230
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It is astonishing that anyone lived this story. It is even more astonishing that anyone survived it. Stefan grows up in the grip of a raging famine. Stalin's Five Year Plan brings genocide to Ukraine – millions of people starve to death. To free themselves from the daily terrors of Soviet rule, Stefan and his friends fight imaginary battles in nearby woods to defend their land. The games they play are their only escape. 'Sliding on the Snow Stone' is the true story of Stefan's extraordinary journey across a landscape of hunger, fear and devastating loss. With Europe on the brink of World War Two, Stefan and his family pray they'll survive in their uncertain world. They long to be free.(First published in 2011 by Night Publishing)
Author: Andy Szpuk
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781466305687
Category : Famines
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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It is astonishing that anyone lived this story. It is even more astonishing that anyone survived it. Stefan grows up in the grip of a raging famine. Stalin's Five Year Plan brings genocide to Ukraine - millions of people starve to death. To free themselves from the daily terrors of Soviet rule, Stefan and his friends fight imaginary battles in nearby woods to defend their land. The games they play are their only escape. 'Sliding on the Snow Stone' is the true story of Stefan's extraordinary journey across a landscape of hunger, fear and devastating loss. With Europe on the brink of World War Two, Stefan and his family pray they'll survive in their uncertain world. They long to be free. (In 1932-33, as part of their drive towards industrialisation, the Soviet Union demanded impossibly high requisitions of grain from rural areas in Ukraine. In a deliberate act of genocide, Ukrainian smallholdings were stripped of food, and the population began to perish, with some estimates as high as 10 million deaths, from starvation. In Ukraine, this atrocity became known as the Holodomor (death by hunger). The following years saw Soviet purges and terrors resulting in the elimination of academics and intellectuals, or of anyone who spoke out against Soviet rule. When World War Two arrived on Ukraine's doorstep, many people viewed the Nazis as liberators - a view that was quickly proved wrong. 'Sliding on the Snow Stone' is Stefan's personal account of a historical period drenched in the blood of a nation, and of his yearning for freedom.)
Author: Melissa Dymock
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 142363893X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Grab your gloves and snow boots, it’s time for an adventure in a frozen wonderland—right in your own backyard! Here are fun twists on classic winter pastimes, like sledding and making snowmen. Learn how to design your own backyard winter Olympics. Things to make and do include: • Saving a Snowflake Forever • Wacky Snow Creations • Making Your Own Snowshoes • Making a Snowball Launcher • Sidewalk Curling • Skijoring • And more! MELISSA DYMOCK is a ski instructor for children ages 3 to 12 and has mastered getting six 5-year-olds dressed and on skis before any of them have to go the bathroom again (most days). For more outdoor adventures, find her at weekendwomanwarrior.com. She lives in Utah. FRAN LEE has a MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Printmaking and a freelance graphic designer and illustrator (www.coatimundistudios.com). She has designed and illustrated many children’s activity books and has been the Art Director for Chicago Review Press and Creative Director for Hello Kitty (Sanrio Inc.). She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband.
Author: Melanie Dent
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 129107077X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 201
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WARNING: NOT SUITABLE FOR THOSE UNDER 18 OWING TO ADULT CONTENT Three more novellas to challenge your perception of the Lynchcliffe cuckoo trilogy. Making Amends It is 1899. While Celia Trevelyan keeps vigil at her adopted daughter's bedside she looks back on her life and decides to make amends to her estranged sister Helena, Lady Lynchcliffe, but will it all go to plan? Letting Go It is 1914. Widower Thomas Frazer falls passionately in love with Lady Lynchcliffe's friend, Florence. But are his ardent desires reciprocated and can they hope to move on together? The Visit Dr Hamish George visits his twin sister, Morag, in Aberdeen and comes to terms with his past. Can he find the courage to reveal his passion to the widowed Lady Lynchcliffe?
Author: Sanjay Kumar Shukla
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000519910
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 872
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This book presents mainly the geotechnical details of geomaterials (soils and rocks) found in all the 36 states and union territories of India. There are 37 chapters in this book. Chapter 1 provides an overview of geomaterials, focusing on their engineering properties as determined based on the project site investigations and laboratory/field tests; this will help readers understand the technical details explained throughout the book, with each chapter dealing with geomaterials of one state/union territory only. Each chapter, contributed by a team of authors, follows a common template with the following sections: introduction, major types of soils and rocks, properties of soils and rocks, use of soils and rocks as construction materials, foundation and other geotechnical structures, other geomaterials, natural hazards, case studies and field tests, geoenvironmental impact on soils and rocks, concluding remarks and references. All the chapters cover highly practical information and technical data for application in ground infrastructure projects, including foundations of structures (buildings, towers, tanks, machines and so on), highway, railway and airport pavements, embankments, retaining structures/walls, dams, reservoirs, canals and ponds, and landfills and tunnels. These details are also highly useful for professionals dealing with mining, oil and gas projects and agricultural and aquacultural engineering projects. Although this book covers the Indian ground characteristics, the information provided can be helpful in some suitable forms to the professionals of other countries having similar ground conditions and applications.
Author: Dave Lemay
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1300543795
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 179
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When JACK, a compassionate man, takes in a young street girl, TISPA, his life is about to change. The arrival of two supposed agents, KESS and STRIFE, sets Jack and Tispa on a journey, one that Jack will not forget. Jack is flung from the world he knows to a place Tispa calls VALLIS, all in pursuit of an item Kess and Strife took away. The item they stole was the DRAGON'S EYE, a stone which keeps Tispa from transforming into a terrifying beast.
Author: John Reynolds Gardiner
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062009664
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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John Reynolds Gardiner's classic action-packed adventure story about a thrilling dogsled race has captivated readers for more than thirty years. Based on a Rocky Mountain legend, Stone Fox tells the story of Little Willy, who lives with his grandfather in Wyoming. When Grandfather falls ill, he is no longer able to work the farm, which is in danger of foreclosure. Little Willy is determined to win the National Dogsled Race—the prize money would save the farm and his grandfather. But he isn't the only one who desperately wants to win. Willy and his brave dog Searchlight must face off against experienced racers, including a Native American man named Stone Fox, who has never lost a race. Exciting and heartwarming, this novel has sold millions of copies and was named a New York Times Outstanding Children's Book.
Author: Edward Abbey
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0452265622
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 257
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The Journey Home ranges from the surreal cityscapes of Hoboken and Manhattan to the solitary splendor of the deserts and mountains of the Southwest. It is alive with ranchers, dam builders, kissing bugs, and mountain lions. In a voice edged with chagrin, Edward Abbey offers a portrait of the American West that we’ll not soon forget, offering us the observations of a man who left the urban world behind to think about the natural world and the myths buried therein. Abbey, our foremost “ecological philosopher,” has a voice like no other. He can be wildly funny, ferociously acerbic, and unexpectedly moving as he ardently champions our natural wilderness and castigates those who would ravish it for the perverse pleasure of profit.
Author: Various Authors
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 405
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"Mountain Craft" written by Various and edited by Geoffrey Winthrop Young was a seminal piece of reference material for climbers in the 1900s. Unlike many mountain books at the time, this wasn't meant to be a climbing guide. It was meant to teach you all about mountaineering. It was written and edited with a passion for the activity and it resonates with other such adventurous souls.
Author: Alabama. Dept. of Game and Fisheries
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 182
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