The Big Truck That Went By

Author : Jonathan M. Katz
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1137323957
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Big Truck That Went By written by Jonathan M. Katz and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On January 12, 2010, the deadliest earthquake in the history of the Western Hemisphere struck the nation least prepared to handle it. Jonathan M. Katz, the only full-time American news correspondent in Haiti, was inside his house when it buckled along with hundreds of thousands of others. In this visceral, authoritative first-hand account, Katz chronicles the terror of that day, the devastation visited on ordinary Haitians, and how the world reacted to a nation in need. More than half of American adults gave money for Haiti, part of a monumental response totaling $16.3 billion in pledges. But three years later the relief effort has foundered. It's most basic promises—to build safer housing for the homeless, alleviate severe poverty, and strengthen Haiti to face future disasters—remain unfulfilled. The Big Truck That Went By presents a sharp critique of international aid that defies today's conventional wisdom; that the way wealthy countries give aid makes poor countries seem irredeemably hopeless, while trapping millions in cycles of privation and catastrophe. Katz follows the money to uncover startling truths about how good intentions go wrong, and what can be done to make aid "smarter." With coverage of Bill Clinton, who came to help lead the reconstruction; movie-star aid worker Sean Penn; Wyclef Jean; Haiti's leaders and people alike, Katz weaves a complex, darkly funny, and unexpected portrait of one of the world's most fascinating countries. The Big Truck That Went By is not only a definitive account of Haiti's earthquake, but of the world we live in today.

Author : Roger Priddy
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 031251106X
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Big Truck Book written by Roger Priddy and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-05-10 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helps young children learn about trucks with vocabulary, pictures, and questions. On board pages.

Author : Margery Cuyler
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0805099905
Total Pages : 13 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Little Dump Truck written by Margery Cuyler and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A happy little dump truck, driven by Hard Hat Pete, hauls stones, rocks, and debris from a construction site to a landfill.

Author : Jez Alborough
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0001983466
Total Pages : 5 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Duck in the Truck written by Jez Alborough and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 1999 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A humorous story in rhyme about a duck, who gets his truck stuck in some yucky brown muck. Suggested level: junior.

Author : Roger Priddy
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312495619
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 3 in 1: My Big Truck, Train, Rescue written by Roger Priddy and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-09-17 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents labeled photographs of rescue vehicles, including fire trucks, police, coast guard and other emergency vehicles, and various types of rescue workers. Each page features a quesion about the illustrations.

Author : Alice Schertle
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547248288
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Little Blue Truck written by Alice Schertle and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2009 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A small blue truck finds his way out of a jam, with a little help from his friends.

Author : Neil Swidey
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307886735
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trapped Under the Sea written by Neil Swidey and published by Crown. This book was released on 2015-02-17 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The harrowing story of five men who were sent into a dark, airless, miles-long tunnel, hundreds of feet below the ocean, to do a nearly impossible job—with deadly results A quarter-century ago, Boston had the dirtiest harbor in America. The city had been dumping sewage into it for generations, coating the seafloor with a layer of “black mayonnaise.” Fisheries collapsed, wildlife fled, and locals referred to floating tampon applicators as “beach whistles.” In the 1990s, work began on a state-of-the-art treatment plant and a 10-mile-long tunnel—its endpoint stretching farther from civilization than the earth’s deepest ocean trench—to carry waste out of the harbor. With this impressive feat of engineering, Boston was poised to show the country how to rebound from environmental ruin. But when bad decisions and clashing corporations endangered the project, a team of commercial divers was sent on a perilous mission to rescue the stymied cleanup effort. Five divers went in; not all of them came out alive. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and thousands of documents collected over five years of reporting, award-winning writer Neil Swidey takes us deep into the lives of the divers, engineers, politicians, lawyers, and investigators involved in the tragedy and its aftermath, creating a taut, action-packed narrative. The climax comes just after the hard-partying DJ Gillis and his friend Billy Juse trade assignments as they head into the tunnel, sentencing one of them to death. An intimate portrait of the wreckage left in the wake of lives lost, the book—which Dennis Lehane calls "extraordinary" and compares with The Perfect Storm—is also a morality tale. What is the true cost of these large-scale construction projects, as designers and builders, emboldened by new technology and pressured to address a growing population’s rapacious needs, push the limits of the possible? This is a story about human risk—how it is calculated, discounted, and transferred—and the institutional failures that can lead to catastrophe. Suspenseful yet humane, Trapped Under the Sea reminds us that behind every bridge, tower, and tunnel—behind the infrastructure that makes modern life possible—lies unsung bravery and extraordinary sacrifice.

Author : Bruce Van Natta
Publisher : Destiny Image Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0768498805
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Saved by Angels written by Bruce Van Natta and published by Destiny Image Publishers. This book was released on 2008-06-28 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people believe in and practice praying to the Lord, but the Bible is very clear that the Lord also speaks back to us in various ways! This book goes into detail about the 7 different ways that God speaks to us as found in the Bible, and how that applies to our lives today. It reveals to us that these 7 areas are not just the different ways that God still speaks to us, but that when looked at as a whole they are a picture of what a healthy relationship with God involves. It further shows that this kind of intimate relationship is available to all believers and that this is exactly the kind of relationship that God desires to have with each of us. Throughout the book several Biblical and personal examples are used to validate each section. The reader is also given opportunities to see how God has already been talking to them in his/her own life, and then record these examples at the end of every chapter. Each person who reads this book is challenged to grow in his/her relationship with the Lord and is given many tools to help accomplish that. This is important because when a believer has an intimate relationship with the Lord they hear His voice more clearly. The Holy Spirit is then better able to guide and empower the believer to become victorious in their daily walk.

Author : John McPhee
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780865477391
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uncommon Carriers written by John McPhee and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-04-03 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: McPhee, in prose distinguished by its warm humor, keen insight, and rich sense of human character, looks at the people who drive trucks, captain ships, pilot towboats, drive coal trains, and carry lobsters through the air: people who work in freight transportation.

Author : Monica Wellington
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0399538712
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Truck Driver Tom written by Monica Wellington and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-10-04 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tom drives a big rig. He gets an order and picks it up. As he drives across the country, past construction sites and on roads being repaired, he joins other vehicles, big and small. Wherever he goes?through towns and cities, on busy highways, over bridges and mountains?he sees all kinds of trucks that are also carrying important goods to people. In scenes both panoramic and detailed, Monica Wellington has painted over sixty different vehicles in her signature bright colors. In this addition to her nonfiction series for the very youngest about people and jobs, she invites readers?especially boys?for a ride on the open road.