Author: Stuart P. Coates
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1532015763
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
Peter Bradshaw hates technology. He knows hes a throwback to a simpler time, and yet, he also knows he needs the technology he hates to follow his passion. Hes spent the last two decades studying ancient artifacts, specifically Stonehenge, the statues of Easter Island, and the Seven Wonders of the Worldbut most importantly, the Great Pyramid in Egypt. Hes just made an amazing discovery. He found a crystal with the capability of moving objects of great weight, which might explain how the pyramids were built. Hes headed back to America to share his findings, but once there, he realizes an eleven-foot-tall woman with ill intent is following him. Then, the entire worlds power grid suddenly fails. An unstoppable force of nature has wiped out all advanced technology in the blink of an eye. The world has simultaneously crashed. Is it possible that whatever Peter discovered in Egypt could reboot civilization? He needs the help of the mysterious woman whos on his tailbut is she willing to help, or will the Earth become a place of darkness and death?
Earth Grid Down
Author: Stuart P. Coates
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1532015763
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
Peter Bradshaw hates technology. He knows hes a throwback to a simpler time, and yet, he also knows he needs the technology he hates to follow his passion. Hes spent the last two decades studying ancient artifacts, specifically Stonehenge, the statues of Easter Island, and the Seven Wonders of the Worldbut most importantly, the Great Pyramid in Egypt. Hes just made an amazing discovery. He found a crystal with the capability of moving objects of great weight, which might explain how the pyramids were built. Hes headed back to America to share his findings, but once there, he realizes an eleven-foot-tall woman with ill intent is following him. Then, the entire worlds power grid suddenly fails. An unstoppable force of nature has wiped out all advanced technology in the blink of an eye. The world has simultaneously crashed. Is it possible that whatever Peter discovered in Egypt could reboot civilization? He needs the help of the mysterious woman whos on his tailbut is she willing to help, or will the Earth become a place of darkness and death?
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1532015763
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
Peter Bradshaw hates technology. He knows hes a throwback to a simpler time, and yet, he also knows he needs the technology he hates to follow his passion. Hes spent the last two decades studying ancient artifacts, specifically Stonehenge, the statues of Easter Island, and the Seven Wonders of the Worldbut most importantly, the Great Pyramid in Egypt. Hes just made an amazing discovery. He found a crystal with the capability of moving objects of great weight, which might explain how the pyramids were built. Hes headed back to America to share his findings, but once there, he realizes an eleven-foot-tall woman with ill intent is following him. Then, the entire worlds power grid suddenly fails. An unstoppable force of nature has wiped out all advanced technology in the blink of an eye. The world has simultaneously crashed. Is it possible that whatever Peter discovered in Egypt could reboot civilization? He needs the help of the mysterious woman whos on his tailbut is she willing to help, or will the Earth become a place of darkness and death?
Grid Down Reality Bites
Author: Bruce Hemming
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781460980385
Category : Electromagnetic pulse
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
"Three small groups of people trying to stay sane and survive in a world controlled by chaos"--Cover, p. [4].
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781460980385
Category : Electromagnetic pulse
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
"Three small groups of people trying to stay sane and survive in a world controlled by chaos"--Cover, p. [4].
Lights Out
Author: Ted Koppel
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 055341996X
Category : Book clubs (Discussion groups)
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
A nation unprepared : surviving the aftermath of a blackout where tens of millions of people over several states are affected.
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 055341996X
Category : Book clubs (Discussion groups)
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
A nation unprepared : surviving the aftermath of a blackout where tens of millions of people over several states are affected.
Enhancing the Resilience of the Nation's Electricity System
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309463076
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
Americans' safety, productivity, comfort, and convenience depend on the reliable supply of electric power. The electric power system is a complex "cyber-physical" system composed of a network of millions of components spread out across the continent. These components are owned, operated, and regulated by thousands of different entities. Power system operators work hard to assure safe and reliable service, but large outages occasionally happen. Given the nature of the system, there is simply no way that outages can be completely avoided, no matter how much time and money is devoted to such an effort. The system's reliability and resilience can be improved but never made perfect. Thus, system owners, operators, and regulators must prioritize their investments based on potential benefits. Enhancing the Resilience of the Nation's Electricity System focuses on identifying, developing, and implementing strategies to increase the power system's resilience in the face of events that can cause large-area, long-duration outages: blackouts that extend over multiple service areas and last several days or longer. Resilience is not just about lessening the likelihood that these outages will occur. It is also about limiting the scope and impact of outages when they do occur, restoring power rapidly afterwards, and learning from these experiences to better deal with events in the future.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309463076
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
Americans' safety, productivity, comfort, and convenience depend on the reliable supply of electric power. The electric power system is a complex "cyber-physical" system composed of a network of millions of components spread out across the continent. These components are owned, operated, and regulated by thousands of different entities. Power system operators work hard to assure safe and reliable service, but large outages occasionally happen. Given the nature of the system, there is simply no way that outages can be completely avoided, no matter how much time and money is devoted to such an effort. The system's reliability and resilience can be improved but never made perfect. Thus, system owners, operators, and regulators must prioritize their investments based on potential benefits. Enhancing the Resilience of the Nation's Electricity System focuses on identifying, developing, and implementing strategies to increase the power system's resilience in the face of events that can cause large-area, long-duration outages: blackouts that extend over multiple service areas and last several days or longer. Resilience is not just about lessening the likelihood that these outages will occur. It is also about limiting the scope and impact of outages when they do occur, restoring power rapidly afterwards, and learning from these experiences to better deal with events in the future.
Dies the Fire
Author: S. M. Stirling
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101043911
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
S. M. Stirling presents his first Novel of the Change, the start of the New York Times bestselling postapocalyptic saga set in a world where all technology has been rendered useless. The Change occurred when an electrical storm centered over the island of Nantucket produced a blinding white flash that rendered all electronic devices and fuels inoperable—and plunged the world into a dark age humanity was unprepared to face... Michael Pound was flying over Idaho en route to the holiday home of his passengers when the plane’s engines inexplicably died, forcing a less than perfect landing in the wilderness. And as Michael leads his charges to safety, he begins to realize that the engine failure was not an isolated incident. Juniper McKenzie was singing and playing guitar in a pub when her small Oregon town was thrust into darkness. Now, taking refuge in her family’s cabin with her daughter and a growing circle of friends, Juniper is determined to create a farming community to benefit the survivors of this crisis. But even as people band together to help one another, others are building armies for conquest...
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101043911
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
S. M. Stirling presents his first Novel of the Change, the start of the New York Times bestselling postapocalyptic saga set in a world where all technology has been rendered useless. The Change occurred when an electrical storm centered over the island of Nantucket produced a blinding white flash that rendered all electronic devices and fuels inoperable—and plunged the world into a dark age humanity was unprepared to face... Michael Pound was flying over Idaho en route to the holiday home of his passengers when the plane’s engines inexplicably died, forcing a less than perfect landing in the wilderness. And as Michael leads his charges to safety, he begins to realize that the engine failure was not an isolated incident. Juniper McKenzie was singing and playing guitar in a pub when her small Oregon town was thrust into darkness. Now, taking refuge in her family’s cabin with her daughter and a growing circle of friends, Juniper is determined to create a farming community to benefit the survivors of this crisis. But even as people band together to help one another, others are building armies for conquest...
Crystals
Author: Rachelle Charman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1921878843
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Dreams is a comprehensive and practical guide to all aspects of dreaming. Discover how you can intuitively interpret your dream symbols and on waking, use practical self-help remedies to recall the dream's message. You can learn to unlock your dreams and bring them to your conscious mind to process. Explore the meanings behind some of the most common dreams, recurring dreams, violent, and sexual dreams, Freud and Jung's psychoanalytical early interpretations, archetypes in dreams, and the magic in mystical dreaming. Learn the practices of recalling dreams, lucid dreaming, dream journaling, and proven dream techniques that include active imagination, meditation, dream group therapy, and ancient dreaming. Covers all aspects of dreaming; common dreams, how to interpret them, how to recall your dreams, and understand them so that your life makes more sense. Includes a mini A-Z guide of dreams that covers universal dreams, including a list of kids' most prevalent dreams, nightmares, and night terrors.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1921878843
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Dreams is a comprehensive and practical guide to all aspects of dreaming. Discover how you can intuitively interpret your dream symbols and on waking, use practical self-help remedies to recall the dream's message. You can learn to unlock your dreams and bring them to your conscious mind to process. Explore the meanings behind some of the most common dreams, recurring dreams, violent, and sexual dreams, Freud and Jung's psychoanalytical early interpretations, archetypes in dreams, and the magic in mystical dreaming. Learn the practices of recalling dreams, lucid dreaming, dream journaling, and proven dream techniques that include active imagination, meditation, dream group therapy, and ancient dreaming. Covers all aspects of dreaming; common dreams, how to interpret them, how to recall your dreams, and understand them so that your life makes more sense. Includes a mini A-Z guide of dreams that covers universal dreams, including a list of kids' most prevalent dreams, nightmares, and night terrors.
When the Grid Goes Down
Author: Tony Nester
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780971381148
Category : Emergency management
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Guides readers in establishing a disaster plan covering the basic human needs in case the unpredictable happens, with information on food, water, and personal safety.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780971381148
Category : Emergency management
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Guides readers in establishing a disaster plan covering the basic human needs in case the unpredictable happens, with information on food, water, and personal safety.
One Second After
Author: William R. Forstchen
Publisher: Forge Books
ISBN: 1429922060
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
A post-apocalyptic thriller of the after effects in the United States after a terrifying terrorist attack using electromagnetic pulse weapons. New York Times best selling author William R. Forstchen now brings us a story which can be all too terrifyingly real...a story in which one man struggles to save his family and his small North Carolina town after America loses a war, in one second, a war that will send America back to the Dark Ages...A war based upon a weapon, an Electro Magnetic Pulse (EMP). A weapon that may already be in the hands of our enemies. Months before publication, One Second After has already been cited on the floor of Congress as a book all Americans should read, a book already being discussed in the corridors of the Pentagon as a truly realistic look at a weapon and its awesome power to destroy the entire United States, literally within one second. It is a weapon that the Wall Street Journal warns could shatter America. In the tradition of On the Beach, Fail Safe and Testament, this book, set in a typical American town, is a dire warning of what might be our future...and our end. The John Matherson Series #1 One Second After #2 One Year After #3 The Final Day Other Books Pillar to the Sky 48 Hours At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Publisher: Forge Books
ISBN: 1429922060
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
A post-apocalyptic thriller of the after effects in the United States after a terrifying terrorist attack using electromagnetic pulse weapons. New York Times best selling author William R. Forstchen now brings us a story which can be all too terrifyingly real...a story in which one man struggles to save his family and his small North Carolina town after America loses a war, in one second, a war that will send America back to the Dark Ages...A war based upon a weapon, an Electro Magnetic Pulse (EMP). A weapon that may already be in the hands of our enemies. Months before publication, One Second After has already been cited on the floor of Congress as a book all Americans should read, a book already being discussed in the corridors of the Pentagon as a truly realistic look at a weapon and its awesome power to destroy the entire United States, literally within one second. It is a weapon that the Wall Street Journal warns could shatter America. In the tradition of On the Beach, Fail Safe and Testament, this book, set in a typical American town, is a dire warning of what might be our future...and our end. The John Matherson Series #1 One Second After #2 One Year After #3 The Final Day Other Books Pillar to the Sky 48 Hours At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It
Author: James Wesley, Rawles
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 110114856X
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Read James Wesley, Rawles's posts on the Penguin Blog In the vein of Sam Sheridan's The Disaster Diaries, a comprehensive guide to preparing for the apocalypse! With the recent economic crisis, formerly unimaginable scenarios have become terrifyingly real possibilities- learn how to prepare for the worst Global financial collapse, a terrorist attack, a natural catastrophe-all it takes is one event to disrupt our way of life. We could find ourselves facing myriad serious problems from massive unemployment to a food shortage to an infrastructure failure that cuts off our power or water supply. If something terrible happens, we won't be able to rely on the government or our communities. We'll have to take care of ourselves. In How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It, James Rawles, founder of SurvivalBlog.com, clearly explains everything you need to know to protect yourself and your family in the event of a disaster-from radical currency devaluation to a nuclear threat to a hurricane. Rawles shares essential tactics and techniques for surviving completely on your own, including how much food is enough, how to filter rainwater, how to protect your money, which seeds to buy for your garden, why goats are a smart choice for livestock, and how to secure your home. It's the ultimate guide to total preparedness and self-reliance in a time of need.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 110114856X
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Read James Wesley, Rawles's posts on the Penguin Blog In the vein of Sam Sheridan's The Disaster Diaries, a comprehensive guide to preparing for the apocalypse! With the recent economic crisis, formerly unimaginable scenarios have become terrifyingly real possibilities- learn how to prepare for the worst Global financial collapse, a terrorist attack, a natural catastrophe-all it takes is one event to disrupt our way of life. We could find ourselves facing myriad serious problems from massive unemployment to a food shortage to an infrastructure failure that cuts off our power or water supply. If something terrible happens, we won't be able to rely on the government or our communities. We'll have to take care of ourselves. In How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It, James Rawles, founder of SurvivalBlog.com, clearly explains everything you need to know to protect yourself and your family in the event of a disaster-from radical currency devaluation to a nuclear threat to a hurricane. Rawles shares essential tactics and techniques for surviving completely on your own, including how much food is enough, how to filter rainwater, how to protect your money, which seeds to buy for your garden, why goats are a smart choice for livestock, and how to secure your home. It's the ultimate guide to total preparedness and self-reliance in a time of need.
The Power Grid
Author: Brian D'Andrade
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0081009526
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
The Power Grid: Smart, Secure, Green and Reliable offers a diverse look at the traditional engineering and physics aspects of power systems, also examining the issues affecting clean power generation, power distribution, and the new security issues that could potentially affect the availability and reliability of the grid. The book looks at growth in new loads that are consuming over 1% of all the electrical power produced, and how combining those load issues of getting power to the regions experiencing growth in energy demand can be addressed. In addition, it considers the policy issues surrounding transmission line approval by regulators. With truly multidisciplinary content, including failure analysis of various systems, photovoltaic, wind power, quality issues with clean power, high-voltage DC transmission, electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic interference, privacy concerns, and data security, this reference is relevant to anyone interested in the broad area of power grid stability. - Discusses state–of-the-art trends and issues in power grid reliability - Offers guidance on purchasing or investing in new technologies - Includes a technical document relevant to public policy that can help all stakeholders understand the technical issues facing a green, secure power grid
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0081009526
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
The Power Grid: Smart, Secure, Green and Reliable offers a diverse look at the traditional engineering and physics aspects of power systems, also examining the issues affecting clean power generation, power distribution, and the new security issues that could potentially affect the availability and reliability of the grid. The book looks at growth in new loads that are consuming over 1% of all the electrical power produced, and how combining those load issues of getting power to the regions experiencing growth in energy demand can be addressed. In addition, it considers the policy issues surrounding transmission line approval by regulators. With truly multidisciplinary content, including failure analysis of various systems, photovoltaic, wind power, quality issues with clean power, high-voltage DC transmission, electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic interference, privacy concerns, and data security, this reference is relevant to anyone interested in the broad area of power grid stability. - Discusses state–of-the-art trends and issues in power grid reliability - Offers guidance on purchasing or investing in new technologies - Includes a technical document relevant to public policy that can help all stakeholders understand the technical issues facing a green, secure power grid