This exciting book provides young readers an inside look at the Detroit Red Wings, from the team's formation up to the present day. The book includes a table of contents, team facts, additional resources links, a glossary, and an index. This Press Box Books title is aligned to a reading level of grade 4 and an interest level of grades 4-7.
Henry Kissinger claimed that, because of the Watergate crisis, he could do nothing to stop the Greek colonels' coup on the island of Cyprus in 1975. This book argues that the coup was, in fact, no failure of American foreign policy, but the realization of a long-term Washington plot. schovat popis
In the 1990s Richard B. Alley and his colleagues made headlines with the discovery that the last ice age came to an abrupt end over a period of only three years. In The Two-Mile Time Machine, Alley tells the fascinating history of global climate changes as revealed by reading the annual rings of ice from cores drilled in Greenland. He explains that humans have experienced an unusually temperate climate compared to the wild fluctuations that characterized most of prehistory. He warns that our comfortable environment could come to an end in a matter of years and tells us what we need to know in order to understand and perhaps overcome climate changes in the future. In a new preface, the author weighs in on whether our understanding of global climate change has altered in the years since the book was first published, what the latest research tells us, and what he is working on next.
Energy supply is foundational to modern society, but damaging to the environment. This book takes a 'systems view', from extraction of primary fuel, through conversion to usable energy, and transportation to point of use. It explores initiatives to generate electricity in an environmentally benign manner, and decarbonise the supply of energy.
A funny, sad and serious memoir, How to Be Happy is David Burton’s story of his turbulent life at high school and beyond. Feeling out of place and convinced that he is not normal, David has a rocky start. He longs to have a girlfriend, but his first ‘date’ is a disaster. There’s the catastrophe of the school swimming carnival—David is not sporty—and friendships that take devastating turns. Then he finds some solace in drama classes with the creation of ‘Crazy Dave’, and he builds a life where everything is fine. But everything is not fine. And, at the centre of it all, trying desperately to work it all out, is the real David. How to Be Happy tackles depression, friendship, sexual identity, suicide, academic pressure, love and adolescent confusion. It’s a brave and honest account of one young man’s search for a happy, true and meaningful life that will resonate with readers young and old.
As they made their mark on their host culture, the formidable memsahib - or English housewife - made sure that much traditional cuisine was rejected in favour of an impossible combination of European customs, and the results were frequently chaotic. Anglo-India cooking was at its best when it achieved a kind of cultural balance;
Exploring the divergent evolutionary paths of two distinct cultures, this book delves into the implications of their differences on the future of mankind. It raises profound questions about destiny and choice, challenging the notion of a singular outcome for humanity's evolution. As the two civilizations navigate their unique journeys, readers are invited to consider the broader themes of cultural development and the potential for varied futures.
Here are the details of maps for Bury (North): Lancashire Sheet 88.05 Bury (North) 1908 - published 1994; intro by Nick Burton. ISBN.978-0-85054-661-3 This detailed map covers the northern part of Bury, with coverage stretching from Bell Lane northward to Little Wood Cross, and from Higher Woodhill eastward to Gorsey Brow. Walmersleys Road runs north-south through the centre of the map, with tramway, with many streets of terraces off it. Other features include the River Irwell, Higher Woodhill, Burrs with bleach works, Fern Hill, Fernhill Chemical Works, Peel Mills, a stretch of the LYR railway, a short stretch of the Tottington Branch with Woodhill Halt, Woodhill Fold (SW corner of map), Free Town, Clarence Recreation Ground, Chesham, Lowes Brick Works, Springfield Mill, Chesham Field Mills, Alexandra Mill, numerous other mills, Gipsy Brook. On the reverse we include extracts from a contemporary trade directory incl lists of Beerhouses & Beersellers (a long list!), Cloggers, Cotton Spinners, Drapers and Pawnbrokers.