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Author : Lisa McMann
Release : 2014-07-08
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 461/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Island of Fire by : Lisa McMann
Download or read book Island of Fire written by Lisa McMann. This book was released on 2014-07-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The final book in the Unwanteds dystopian fantasy trilogy, as twins Alex and Aaron's parallel stories come together"--
Author : Lisa McMann
Release : 2012-07-10
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 697/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Unwanteds by : Lisa McMann
Download or read book The Unwanteds written by Lisa McMann. This book was released on 2012-07-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a society that purges thirteen-year-olds who are creative, identical twins Aaron and Alex are separated, one to attend University while the other, supposedly Eliminated, finds himself in a wondrous place where youths hone their abilities and learn magic.
Author : Alexandra Witze
Release : 2017-01-19
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Book Rating : 666/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Island on Fire by : Alexandra Witze
Download or read book Island on Fire written by Alexandra Witze. This book was released on 2017-01-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laki is Iceland's largest volcano. Its eruption in 1783 is one of history's great, untold natural disasters. Spewing out sun-blocking ash and then a poisonous fog for eight long months, the effects of the eruption lingered across the world for years. It caused the deaths of people as far away as the Nile and created catastrophic conditions throughout Europe.Island on Fire is the story not only of a single eruption but the people whose lives it changed, the dawn of modern volcanology, as well as the history and potential of other super-volcanoes like Laki around the world. And perhaps most pertinently, in the wake of the eruption of another Icelandic volcano, Eyjafjallajokull, which closed European air space in 2010, acclaimed science writers Witze and Kanipe look at what might transpire should Laki erupt again in our lifetime.
Author : Jason Mark
Release : 2018-05-01
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 195/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Island of Fire by : Jason Mark
Download or read book Island of Fire written by Jason Mark. This book was released on 2018-05-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stalingrad was one of the largest, bloodiest, and most famous battles in history as well as one of the major turning points of World War II. For four winter months during the battle, German and Soviet forces fought over a single factory inside the city of Stalingrad. Lavishly illustrated with photos and maps, Island of Fire presents a day-by-day—at times hour-by-hour—chronicle of that pitiless struggle as seen by both sides. The book is unparalleled and exhaustive in its research, meticulous in its reconstruction of the action, and vivid in its retelling of the street-by-street, hand-to-hand fighting near the gun factory.
Author : Tom Zoellner
Release : 2020-05-12
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 307/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Island on Fire by : Tom Zoellner
Download or read book Island on Fire written by Tom Zoellner. This book was released on 2020-05-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a New York Times bestselling author, a gripping account of the slave rebellion that led to the abolition of slavery in the British Empire. For five horrific weeks after Christmas in 1831, Jamaica was convulsed by an uprising of its enslaved people. What started as a peaceful labor strike quickly turned into a full-blown revolt, leaving hundreds of plantation houses in smoking ruins. By the time British troops had put down the rebels, more than a thousand Jamaicans lay dead from summary executions and extrajudicial murder. While the rebels lost their military gamble, their sacrifice accelerated the larger struggle for freedom in the British Atlantic. The daring and suffering of the Jamaicans galvanized public opinion throughout the empire, triggering a decisive turn against slavery. For centuries bondage had fed Britain’s appetite for sugar. Within two years of the Christmas rebellion, slavery was formally abolished. Island on Fire is a dramatic day-by-day account of this transformative uprising. A skillful storyteller, Tom Zoellner goes back to the primary sources to tell the intimate story of the men and women who rose up and tasted liberty for a few brief weeks. He provides the first full portrait of the rebellion's enigmatic leader, Samuel Sharpe, and gives us a poignant glimpse of the struggles and dreams of the many Jamaicans who died for liberty.
