Books On Fire

Author : Lucien X. Polastron
Publisher : Lucien X. POLASTRON
ISBN 13 : 9781594771675
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Books on Fire written by Lucien X. Polastron and published by Lucien X. POLASTRON. This book was released on 2007-08-13 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost as old as the idea of the library is the urge to destroy it. Author Lucien X. Polastron traces the history of this destruction, examining the causes for these disasters, the treasures that have been lost, and where the surviving books, if any, have ended up. Books on Fire received the 2004 Societe des Gens de Lettres Prize for Nonfiction/History in Paris.

Author : Norman MacLean
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022645049X
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Young Men and Fire written by Norman MacLean and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-05-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National Book Critics Circle Award Winner: “The terrifying story of the worst disaster in the history of the US Forest Service’s elite Smokejumpers.” —Kirkus Reviews A devastating and lyrical work of nonfiction, Young Men and Fire describes the events of August 5, 1949, when a crew of fifteen of the US Forest Service’s elite airborne firefighters, the Smokejumpers, stepped into the sky above a remote forest fire in the Montana wilderness. Two hours after their jump, all but three of the men were dead or mortally burned. Haunted by these deaths for forty years, Norman Maclean puts together the scattered pieces of the Mann Gulch tragedy in this extraordinary book. Alongside Maclean’s now-canonical A River Runs Through It and Other Stories, Young Men and Fire is recognized today as a classic of the American West. This edition of Maclean’s later triumph—the last book he would write—includes a powerful new foreword by Timothy Egan, author of The Big Burn and The Worst Hard Time. As moving and profound as when it was first published, Young Men and Fire honors the literary legacy of a man who gave voice to an essential corner of the American soul. “A moving account of humanity, nature, and the perseverance of the human spirit.” —Library Journal “Haunting.” —The Wall Street Journal “Engrossing.” —Publishers Weekly

Author : Dan Ward
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062301918
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book FIRE written by Dan Ward and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noted military technology expert Dan Ward's manifesto for creating great products and projects using the methods of rapid innovation. Why do some programs deliver their product under cost, while others bust their budget? Why do some deliver ahead of schedule, while others experience endless delays? Which products work better—the quick and thrifty or the slow and expensive? Which situation leads to superior equipment? With nearly two decades as an engineering officer in the U. S. Air Force, Dan Ward explored these questions during tours of duty at military research laboratories, the Air Force Institute of Technology, an intelligence agency, the Pentagon and Afghanistan. The pattern he noticed revealed that the most successful project leaders in both the public and private sectors delivered top-shelf products with a skeleton crew, a shoestring budget, and a cannonball schedule. Excessive investment of time, money, or complexity actually reduced innovation. He concluded the secret to innovation is to be fast, inexpensive, simple, and small. FIRE presents an entertaining and practical framework for pursuing rapid, frugal innovation. A story-filled blend of pop culture and engineering insight, FIRE has something for everyone: strategic concepts leaders can use as they cast a vision, actionable principles for managers as they make business decisions, and practical tools for workers as they design, build, assess and test new products.

Author : Bruce Holsinger
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 006235647X
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Invention of Fire written by Bruce Holsinger and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2015-04-21 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of the acclaimed medieval mystery A Burnable Book once again brings fourteenth-century London alive in all its color and detail in this riveting thriller featuring medieval poet and fixer John Gower—a twisty tale rife with intrigue, danger mystery, and murder. Though he is one of England’s most acclaimed intellectuals, John Gower is no stranger to London’s wretched slums and dark corners, and he knows how to trade on the secrets of the kingdom’s most powerful men. When the bodies of sixteen unknown men are found in a privy, the Sheriff of London seeks Gower’s help. The men’s wounds—ragged holes created by an unknown object—are unlike anything the sheriff’s men have ever seen. Tossed into the sewer, the bodies were meant to be found. Gower believes the men may have been used in an experiment—a test for a fearsome new war weapon his informants call the “handgonne,” claiming it will be the “future of death” if its design can be perfected. Propelled by questions of his own, Gower turns to courtier and civil servant Geoffrey Chaucer, who is working on some poems about pilgrims that Gower finds rather vulgar. Chaucer thinks he just may know who commissioned this new weapon, an extremely valuable piece of information that some will pay a high price for—and others will kill to conceal. . .

Author : William H. Cottrell
Publisher : Mountain Press
ISBN 13 : 9780878424917
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Fire written by William H. Cottrell and published by Mountain Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To help readers understand the science of fire, Cottrell illustrates combustion events that most people are familiar with, such as a flickering candle. He uses these illustrations to introduce readers to wildland fire behavior, fire types, and fuel levels.

Author : Maria V. Snyder
Publisher : MIRA
ISBN 13 : 0369701372
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fire Study written by Maria V. Snyder and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2020-09-14 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times Bestselling Author Maria V. Snyder The apprenticeship is over—now the real test has begun. When word that Yelena is a Soulfinder—able to capture and release souls—spreads like wildfire, she faces mistrust and fear in Sitia. What’s more, she keeps discovering new, unusual sides of her abilities. As the Council debates Yelena’s fate, she receives a disturbing message: a plot is rising against her homeland, led by a murderous sorcerer she has defeated before… The road to Ixia is fraught with peril, and sets Yelena on a path that will test the limits of her skills. But the hope of reuniting with her beloved spurs her onward. Along the way, she’ll encounter allies, enemies, lovers and would-be assassins, each of questionable loyalty, and be forced to confront an impossible choice as whispers of war emerge. Yelena will have but one chance to prove herself—and save the lands she holds dear. Previously published. The Chronicles of Ixia Series by Maria V Snyder Book One: Poison Study Book Two: Magic Study Book Three: Fire Study Book Four: Storm Glass Book Five: Sea Glass Book Six: Spy Glass Book Seven: Shadow Study Book Eight: Night Study Book Nine: Dawn Study

Author : Thomas P. Lewis
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0064440400
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hill of Fire written by Thomas P. Lewis and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1983-09-07 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "El Monstruo!" Every day is the same for Pablo's father. Then one afternoon the ground growls, hisses smoke, and swallows up his plow. A volcano is erupting in the middle of his cornfield!

Author : Prix Pictet
Publisher : Te Neues Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9783961713660
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fire written by Prix Pictet and published by Te Neues Publishing Company. This book was released on 2022-01-10 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - For the ninth time, the Prix Pictet honors the most impressive photographs of our society and environment - A powerful collection of photographic art, compelling for anyone interested in sustainability, climate change, and biodiversity - Following the award ceremony and exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, in December 2021, further exhibitions follow in New York and other cities around the globe Fire is the fourth element. It destroys and creates something new. In its heat, colors, and magnitude, it provides a terrifying spectacle as much as an existential threat. Today, it speaks as much to the fragility of human structures as to the damage wrought on nature: the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, forest fires from the Amazon to Australia, and infernos in California so colossal that the sky turned red. Reason enough for the Prix Pictet, the world's leading award for photography and sustainability, to dedicate this year's photo book to the many facets of fire. Selected by photography experts from around the world, this impressive publication features over 100 images from the Prix Pictet shortlist and beyond. As compelling in its visuals as it is in its messaging, this is an unforgettable document of an elemental force, and of the increasing extremes of climate change.

Author : Lucien X. Polastron
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780500513842
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Books on Fire written by Lucien X. Polastron and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journeying from ancient Mesopotamia to modern times, this book shows how the urge to write, read and collect books has always gone hand in hand with the impulse to destroy them. This investigation also the reveals a new danger facing libraries today: the threat of the digitalization of books.

Author : Gail Gibbons
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0064460584
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fire! Fire! written by Gail Gibbons and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1987-03-01 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The alarm sounds. Fire! Fire! Big trucks roll out of the firehouse and race to the scene. Out come the soft hoses and aerial ladders. Whether the fire is in the city or in the country, on the waterfront or in a deep forest, firefighters are on the scene in moments, ready to attack the blaze.