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Firestorm at Peshtigo: A Town, Its People, and the Deadliest Fire in American History by Denise Gess, William Lutz Firestorm at Peshtigo: A Town, Its People, and the Deadliest Fire in American History by Denise Gess, William Lutz PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad "Novelist Denise Gess and historian William Lutz brilliantly restore the event to its rightful place in the forefront of American historical imagination." ― Chicago Sun-Times On October 8, 1871―the same night as the Great Chicago Fire―the lumber town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, was struck with a five-mile-wide wall of flames, borne on tornado-force winds of one hundred miles per hour that tore across more than 2,400 square miles of land, obliterating the town in less than one hour and killing more than two thousand people. At the center of the blowout were politically driven newsmen Luther Noyes and Franklin Tilton, money-seeking lumber baron Isaac Stephenson, parish priest Father Peter Pernin, and meteorologist Increase Lapham. ...

The Urban Boys: Discovery of the Five Senses (Volume 1) by K.N. Smith The Urban Boys: Discovery of the Five Senses (Volume 1) by K.N. Smith PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad Welcome or unwelcome. Fate had arrived. The Urban Boys, Chapter 9 "A captivating and poetic tale of mystery, fantasy, and reality tied together by action!" 5-stars, Lars Jackson, Amazon Customer Sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell become hypersensitive gifts that forever change the world of five teenage boys in The Urban Boys: Discovery of the Five Senses, an urban paranormal thriller. The story chronicles the boys' effortless interrelations and they learn how to utilize their sensory super powers, as they embark upon a mission of good vs evil. Upon the boys' mysterious incident with an energy source, they're instinctively called to a neighboring town, Sandry Lake, to root out evil. Their superhero senses guide them each time. However, secrecy about their mission, furious battles with evil thugs, ex...

Skating on Stilts: Why We Aren't Stopping Tomorrow's Terrorism (Hoover Institution Press Publication) by Stewart Baker Skating on Stilts: Why We Aren't Stopping Tomorrow's Terrorism (Hoover Institution Press Publication) by Stewart Baker PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad Stewart A. Baker, a former Homeland Security official, examines the technologies we love—jet travel, computer networks, and biotech—and finds that they are likely to empower new forms of terrorism unless we change our current course a few degrees and overcome resistance to change from business, foreign governments, and privacy advocates. He draws on his Homeland Security experience to show how that was done in the case of jet travel and border security but concludes that heading off disasters in computer networks and biotech will require a hardheaded recognition that privacy must sometimes yield to security, especially as technology changes the risks to both. From reader reviews: Adrienne McGinnis...

Althea & Oliver by Cristina Moracho Althea & Oliver by Cristina Moracho PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad "The bittersweet romance, Oliver’s battle with his illness, and Althea’s coming-of-age struggle should appeal to fans of John Green and Sarah Dessen who are looking for something new." — VOYA Althea Carter and Oliver McKinley have been best friends since they were six. Now, as their junior year of high school comes to a close, Althea has begun to want something more. Oliver simply wants life to go back to normal, but when he wakes up one morning with no memory of the past three weeks, he can’t deny any longer that something is seriously wrong with him. Then Althea makes the worst decision ever, and her relationship with Oliver is shattered. When he leaves town for a clinical study in New York, she drives up the coast after him, determined to make up for what she’s done. Cristina Moracho’s extraordinary debut is an achingly real story about identity, illness, and love—and w...

Shaping a Muslim State: The World of a Mid-Eighth-Century Egyptian Official (Oxford Studies in Byzantium) by Petra M. Sijpesteijn Shaping a Muslim State: The World of a Mid-Eighth-Century Egyptian Official (Oxford Studies in Byzantium) by Petra M. Sijpesteijn PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad Shaping a Muslim State provides a synthetic study of the political, social, and economic processes which formed early Islamic Egypt. Looking at a corpus of previously unknown Arabic papyrus letters, dating from between AD 730 and 750, which were written to a Muslim administrator and merchant in the Fayyum oasis in Egypt, Sijpesteijn examines the reasons for the success of the early Arab conquests and the transition from the pre-Islamic Byzantine system and its Egyptian executors to an Arab/Muslim state. By examining the impact of Islam on the daily lives of those living under its rule, the volume highlights the striking newness of Islamic society while also acknowledging the influence of the ancient socie...

Interpreting the Prophetic Word: An Introduction to the Prophetic Literature of the Old Testament by Willem A. VanGemeren Interpreting the Prophetic Word: An Introduction to the Prophetic Literature of the Old Testament by Willem A. VanGemeren PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad The diversity of prophetic voices in the Bible provides a message that is rich and variegated. But the variety of the testimony can be lost by limiting one's interpretations or application of the prophetic word. Interpreting the Prophetic Word helps readers understand the harmony of the voices that reveal God's purposes in redemptive history. Dr. Willem VanGemeren explains clearly and fully the background of the prophetic tradition. He then interprets the message of the major and minor prophets, using historical context and literary form and structure as tools in his analysis. He concludes with an explanation of the relevance of the prophetic word today. Dr. VanGemeren's extensive research and schol...

Cook's Illustrated 2011 by America's Test Kitchen Editors; Cook's Illustrated Editors Cook's Illustrated 2011 by America's Test Kitchen Editors; Cook's Illustrated Editors PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad book, used cook book From reader reviews: Michael Gibson: Have you spare time for the day? What do you do when you have a lot more or little spare time? Yep, you can choose the suitable activity with regard to spend your time. Any person spent all their spare time to take a walk, shopping, or went to the actual Mall. How about open or perhaps read a book titled Cook's Illustrated 2011? Maybe it is to become best activity for you. You already know beside you can spend your time with the favorite's book, you can smarter than before. Do you agree with it is opinion or you have other opinion? Anthony Youngblood: The book untitled Cook's Illustrated 2011 is the publication that recommended to you to read. You can see the quality of the...

Bucegi Mountains - Romania: Map and Guide by O. Arsene Bucegi Mountains - Romania: Map and Guide by O. Arsene PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad From reader reviews: Mary Barker: Nowadays reading books be than want or need but also get a life style. This reading habit give you lot of advantages. The huge benefits you got of course the knowledge even the information inside the book in which improve your knowledge and information. The data you get based on what kind of guide you read, if you want drive more knowledge just go with knowledge books but if you want feel happy read one using theme for entertaining such as comic or novel. The Bucegi Mountains - Romania: Map and Guide is kind of reserve which is giving the reader erratic experience. Van Gee: The book untitled Bucegi Mountains - Romania: Map and Guide contain a lot of information on the item. The writer explains your ex idea with easy method. The language is very simple to implement all the people, so do not worry, you can easy to read th...

ESV Women's Devotional Bible (TruTone, Brown, Birch Design) by ESV Bibles by Crossway ESV Women's Devotional Bible (TruTone, Brown, Birch Design) by ESV Bibles by Crossway PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad Applicable for women in any stage of life, the  Women’s Devotional Bible  is theologically rich in content while remaining accessible and practical. The  Women’s Devotional Bible  features materials designed especially for women. The book introductions, character sketches of key figures, all-new daily devotions, and all-new articles have been written by both women and men. These contributors include professors, musicians, authors, counselors, homemakers, and conference speakers.  With specially prepared features and thoughtfully written material, the  Women’s Devotional Bible  is designed to help women pursue a deeper, transformational understanding of Scripture. Features: Size: 5.375” x 8.375” 8.5-point Milo Serif OT type 1,664 pages Black letter text Double-column, p...

The First American Constitutions: Republican Ideology and the Making of the State Constitutions in the Revolutionary Era by Willi Paul Adams The First American Constitutions: Republican Ideology and the Making of the State Constitutions in the Revolutionary Era by Willi Paul Adams PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad For the last twenty years this book has been cited by every serious writer on early American constitutional development. Any constitutional history of the independent United States must begin with this comprehensive study. Professor Adams combines a European perspective and a thorough knowledge of the antecedents of 1787 to create an insightful analysis of the replacement by the revolutionary generation of one government by another by—they thought—'constitutional' means. Acting for 'the people' in 11 of the 13 rebelling states, various kinds of self-empowered committees, 'congresses,' or 'conventions' created new constitut...