Author: Ethan Van Sciver
Publisher: DC Comics
ISBN: 1401240674
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
As a part of the acclaimed DC Comics - The New 52 event of September 2011, two high school students worlds apart, Jason Rusch and Ronnie Raymond, are drawn into a conspiracy of super-science that bonds them forever in a way they can't explain or control. As the two boys become caught in the crosshairs of an international special forces team with orders to capture or kill them, Ronnie and Jason seek to discover the secrets behind what has happened to them. What they find will shed light on the secret history of Firestorm! This major new vision of nuclear terror is brought to you by writers Ethan Van Sciver and Gail Simone with astonishing art by Yildiray Cinar! Do not miss this disturbing look into the future of super powers in the DC Universe! Collects issues #1-6.
The Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men Vol. 1: God Particle
Author: Ethan Van Sciver
Publisher: DC Comics
ISBN: 1401240674
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
As a part of the acclaimed DC Comics - The New 52 event of September 2011, two high school students worlds apart, Jason Rusch and Ronnie Raymond, are drawn into a conspiracy of super-science that bonds them forever in a way they can't explain or control. As the two boys become caught in the crosshairs of an international special forces team with orders to capture or kill them, Ronnie and Jason seek to discover the secrets behind what has happened to them. What they find will shed light on the secret history of Firestorm! This major new vision of nuclear terror is brought to you by writers Ethan Van Sciver and Gail Simone with astonishing art by Yildiray Cinar! Do not miss this disturbing look into the future of super powers in the DC Universe! Collects issues #1-6.
Publisher: DC Comics
ISBN: 1401240674
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
As a part of the acclaimed DC Comics - The New 52 event of September 2011, two high school students worlds apart, Jason Rusch and Ronnie Raymond, are drawn into a conspiracy of super-science that bonds them forever in a way they can't explain or control. As the two boys become caught in the crosshairs of an international special forces team with orders to capture or kill them, Ronnie and Jason seek to discover the secrets behind what has happened to them. What they find will shed light on the secret history of Firestorm! This major new vision of nuclear terror is brought to you by writers Ethan Van Sciver and Gail Simone with astonishing art by Yildiray Cinar! Do not miss this disturbing look into the future of super powers in the DC Universe! Collects issues #1-6.
Firestorm
Author: Edward Struzik
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1610918185
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
"Frightening...Firestorm comes alive when Struzik discusses the work of offbeat scientists." —New York Times Book Review "Comprehensive and compelling." —Booklist "A powerful message." —Kirkus "Should be required reading." —Library Journal For two months in the spring of 2016, the world watched as wildfire ravaged the Canadian town of Fort McMurray. Firefighters named the fire “the Beast.” It acted like a mythical animal, alive with destructive energy, and they hoped never to see anything like it again. Yet it’s not a stretch to imagine we will all soon live in a world in which fires like the Beast are commonplace. A glance at international headlines shows a remarkable increase in higher temperatures, stronger winds, and drier lands– a trifecta for igniting wildfires like we’ve rarely seen before. This change is particularly noticeable in the northern forests of the United States and Canada. These forests require fire to maintain healthy ecosystems, but as the human population grows, and as changes in climate, animal and insect species, and disease cause further destabilization, wildfires have turned into a potentially uncontrollable threat to human lives and livelihoods. Our understanding of the role fire plays in healthy forests has come a long way in the past century. Despite this, we are not prepared to deal with an escalation of fire during periods of intense drought and shorter winters, earlier springs, potentially more lightning strikes and hotter summers. There is too much fuel on the ground, too many people and assets to protect, and no plan in place to deal with these challenges. In Firestorm, journalist Edward Struzik visits scorched earth from Alaska to Maine, and introduces the scientists, firefighters, and resource managers making the case for a radically different approach to managing wildfire in the 21st century. Wildfires can no longer be treated as avoidable events because the risk and dangers are becoming too great and costly. Struzik weaves a heart-pumping narrative of science, economics, politics, and human determination and points to the ways that we, and the wilder inhabitants of the forests around our cities and towns, might yet flourish in an age of growing megafires.
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1610918185
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
"Frightening...Firestorm comes alive when Struzik discusses the work of offbeat scientists." —New York Times Book Review "Comprehensive and compelling." —Booklist "A powerful message." —Kirkus "Should be required reading." —Library Journal For two months in the spring of 2016, the world watched as wildfire ravaged the Canadian town of Fort McMurray. Firefighters named the fire “the Beast.” It acted like a mythical animal, alive with destructive energy, and they hoped never to see anything like it again. Yet it’s not a stretch to imagine we will all soon live in a world in which fires like the Beast are commonplace. A glance at international headlines shows a remarkable increase in higher temperatures, stronger winds, and drier lands– a trifecta for igniting wildfires like we’ve rarely seen before. This change is particularly noticeable in the northern forests of the United States and Canada. These forests require fire to maintain healthy ecosystems, but as the human population grows, and as changes in climate, animal and insect species, and disease cause further destabilization, wildfires have turned into a potentially uncontrollable threat to human lives and livelihoods. Our understanding of the role fire plays in healthy forests has come a long way in the past century. Despite this, we are not prepared to deal with an escalation of fire during periods of intense drought and shorter winters, earlier springs, potentially more lightning strikes and hotter summers. There is too much fuel on the ground, too many people and assets to protect, and no plan in place to deal with these challenges. In Firestorm, journalist Edward Struzik visits scorched earth from Alaska to Maine, and introduces the scientists, firefighters, and resource managers making the case for a radically different approach to managing wildfire in the 21st century. Wildfires can no longer be treated as avoidable events because the risk and dangers are becoming too great and costly. Struzik weaves a heart-pumping narrative of science, economics, politics, and human determination and points to the ways that we, and the wilder inhabitants of the forests around our cities and towns, might yet flourish in an age of growing megafires.
Firestorm at Peshtigo
Author: Denise Gess
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805072938
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
A novelist and historian team up to tell the story of the October 1871 fire in the lumber town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, vividly re-creating the personal and political battles leading to this monumental natural disaster, and delivering it from the lost annals of American history. 16-page insert. 3 maps.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805072938
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
A novelist and historian team up to tell the story of the October 1871 fire in the lumber town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, vividly re-creating the personal and political battles leading to this monumental natural disaster, and delivering it from the lost annals of American history. 16-page insert. 3 maps.
Arizona Firestorm
Author:
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442214163
Category : Arizona
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
Arizona Firestorm brings together well respected experts from across the political spectrum to examine and contextualize the political, economic, historical, and legal issues prompted by this and other anti-Latino and anti-immigrant legislation and state actions. It also addresses the media's role in shaping immigration discourse in Arizona and elsewhere.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442214163
Category : Arizona
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
Arizona Firestorm brings together well respected experts from across the political spectrum to examine and contextualize the political, economic, historical, and legal issues prompted by this and other anti-Latino and anti-immigrant legislation and state actions. It also addresses the media's role in shaping immigration discourse in Arizona and elsewhere.
Firestorm
Author: Radclyffe
Publisher: First Responders Novel
ISBN: 9781602822320
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Firefighter paramedic Mallory 'Ice' James commands a crew of smokejumpers -- twenty women and men who eat together, sleep together, and parachute into the face of raging forest fires together -- and she has thirty days to whip the rookies into shape. Discipline and teamwork mean the difference between life and death on the line, and she's earned her reputation as cool and controlled in the face of danger. Mallory isn't happy when 'Hot Shot' Jac Russo shows up unannounced for boot camp along with a reputation for being trouble. Jac is none too pleased about her cold reception, even if the new boss is drop-dead gorgeous and hotter than the blazes they're supposed to be dousing. Mallory and Jac may not like each other much, but lust isn't something either can control -- and they soon discover ice burns as fiercely as flame"--P. [4] of cover.
Publisher: First Responders Novel
ISBN: 9781602822320
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Firefighter paramedic Mallory 'Ice' James commands a crew of smokejumpers -- twenty women and men who eat together, sleep together, and parachute into the face of raging forest fires together -- and she has thirty days to whip the rookies into shape. Discipline and teamwork mean the difference between life and death on the line, and she's earned her reputation as cool and controlled in the face of danger. Mallory isn't happy when 'Hot Shot' Jac Russo shows up unannounced for boot camp along with a reputation for being trouble. Jac is none too pleased about her cold reception, even if the new boss is drop-dead gorgeous and hotter than the blazes they're supposed to be dousing. Mallory and Jac may not like each other much, but lust isn't something either can control -- and they soon discover ice burns as fiercely as flame"--P. [4] of cover.
Firestorm (2004-) #2
Author: Mike Carey
Publisher: DC
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
All hell's broken loose as 17-year-old Jason Rusch suddenly, mysteriously finds himself with the powers of Firestorm. But Jason doesn't have time to explore his new abilities, as real life comes crashing down on him. 'Eye Contact' part 2.
Publisher: DC
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
All hell's broken loose as 17-year-old Jason Rusch suddenly, mysteriously finds himself with the powers of Firestorm. But Jason doesn't have time to explore his new abilities, as real life comes crashing down on him. 'Eye Contact' part 2.
Firestorm (2004-) #15
Author: Stuart Moore
Publisher: DC
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Firestorm's settling into his new life and job at S.T.A.R. Labs Detroit when a new villain crashes into town seeking revenge: The Pionic Man! What strange link does this new menace have to Firestorm, and can our hero defeat a man made of the primal forces of the universe?
Publisher: DC
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Firestorm's settling into his new life and job at S.T.A.R. Labs Detroit when a new villain crashes into town seeking revenge: The Pionic Man! What strange link does this new menace have to Firestorm, and can our hero defeat a man made of the primal forces of the universe?
Firestorm: the Nuclear Man
Author: Gerry Conway
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781401265786
Category : COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
-The original, 1970s tales that introduced Firestorm, one of the key heroes of BRIGHTEST DAY, are collected for the first time. Originally introduced in 1978, Firestorm is the heroic identity of high school student Ronnie Raymond. After Raymond is nearly tricked into blowing up a nuclear reactor, he encounters Professor Martin Stein, and together, they are caught in a nuclear incident. Their personalities merged, forming the being called Firestorm, with Raymond in command but Stein also present as a guiding force in their adventures---
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781401265786
Category : COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
-The original, 1970s tales that introduced Firestorm, one of the key heroes of BRIGHTEST DAY, are collected for the first time. Originally introduced in 1978, Firestorm is the heroic identity of high school student Ronnie Raymond. After Raymond is nearly tricked into blowing up a nuclear reactor, he encounters Professor Martin Stein, and together, they are caught in a nuclear incident. Their personalities merged, forming the being called Firestorm, with Raymond in command but Stein also present as a guiding force in their adventures---
All New, All Different?
Author: Allan W. Austin
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 1477318992
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Winner, John G. Cawelti Award for the Best Textbook/Primer, Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, 2019 MPCA/ACA Book Award, Midwest Popular Culture Association / Midwest American Culture Association, 2020 Taking a multifaceted approach to attitudes toward race through popular culture and the American superhero, All New, All Different? explores a topic that until now has only received more discrete examination. Considering Marvel, DC, and lesser-known texts and heroes, this illuminating work charts eighty years of evolution in the portrayal of race in comics as well as in film and on television. Beginning with World War II, the authors trace the vexed depictions in early superhero stories, considering both Asian villains and nonwhite sidekicks. While the emergence of Black Panther, Black Lightning, Luke Cage, Storm, and other heroes in the 1960s and 1970s reflected a cultural revolution, the book reveals how nonwhite superheroes nonetheless remained grounded in outdated assumptions. Multiculturalism encouraged further diversity, with 1980s superteams, the minority-run company Milestone’s new characters in the 1990s, and the arrival of Ms. Marvel, a Pakistani-American heroine, and a new Latinx Spider-Man in the 2000s. Concluding with a discussion of contemporary efforts to make both a profit and a positive impact on society, All New, All Different? enriches our understanding of the complex issues of racial representation in American popular culture.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 1477318992
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Winner, John G. Cawelti Award for the Best Textbook/Primer, Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, 2019 MPCA/ACA Book Award, Midwest Popular Culture Association / Midwest American Culture Association, 2020 Taking a multifaceted approach to attitudes toward race through popular culture and the American superhero, All New, All Different? explores a topic that until now has only received more discrete examination. Considering Marvel, DC, and lesser-known texts and heroes, this illuminating work charts eighty years of evolution in the portrayal of race in comics as well as in film and on television. Beginning with World War II, the authors trace the vexed depictions in early superhero stories, considering both Asian villains and nonwhite sidekicks. While the emergence of Black Panther, Black Lightning, Luke Cage, Storm, and other heroes in the 1960s and 1970s reflected a cultural revolution, the book reveals how nonwhite superheroes nonetheless remained grounded in outdated assumptions. Multiculturalism encouraged further diversity, with 1980s superteams, the minority-run company Milestone’s new characters in the 1990s, and the arrival of Ms. Marvel, a Pakistani-American heroine, and a new Latinx Spider-Man in the 2000s. Concluding with a discussion of contemporary efforts to make both a profit and a positive impact on society, All New, All Different? enriches our understanding of the complex issues of racial representation in American popular culture.
Disaster Management Handbook
Author: Jack Pinkowski
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1420058630
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Record breaking hurricane seasons, tornados, tsunamis, earthquakes, and intentional acts of mass-casualty violence, give lie to the delusion that disasters are the anomaly and not the norm. Disaster management is rooted in the fundamental belief that we can protect ourselves. Even if we cannot control all the causes, we can prepare and respond. We
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1420058630
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Record breaking hurricane seasons, tornados, tsunamis, earthquakes, and intentional acts of mass-casualty violence, give lie to the delusion that disasters are the anomaly and not the norm. Disaster management is rooted in the fundamental belief that we can protect ourselves. Even if we cannot control all the causes, we can prepare and respond. We