Storm Island
Title | Storm Island PDF eBook |
Author | Ken Follett |
Publisher | Raven Books |
Pages | 322 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | English fiction |
ISBN | 9780354042789 |
The Storm Keeper’s Island
Title | The Storm Keeper’s Island PDF eBook |
Author | Catherine Doyle |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 341 |
Release | 2019-01-22 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 154760011X |
"Magical in every way." - Eoin Colfer, author of Artemis Fowl “Fans of Harry Potter or Percy Jackson can add Fionn Boyle as a generous and brave hero from the Emerald Isle.” – School Library Connection Fionn Boyle comes from a long line of brave seafarers, people with the ocean behind their eyes. But he can't help but fear the open sea. For years, Fionn's mother has told him stories of Arranmore Island, a strange place that seems to haunt her. Fionn has always wondered about this mysterious island, and from the day he arrives he starts noticing things that can't be explained. He can sense the island all around him, and it feels like the island is watching him, too. Once in a generation, Arranmore Island chooses a new Storm Keeper to wield its power and keep its magic safe from enemies. The time has come for his grandfather, a secretive and eccentric old man, to step down. But as Fionn and the other descendants of Arranmore's most powerful families fight to become the island's next champion, a more sinister magic is waking up, intent on rekindling a long-ago war and changing Fionn's life and the island's future forever.
Isles of Storm and Sorrow: Viper
Title | Isles of Storm and Sorrow: Viper PDF eBook |
Author | Bex Hogan |
Publisher | Orion Children's Books |
Pages | 400 |
Release | 2019-04 |
Genre | Battleships |
ISBN | 9781510105836 |
Marianne has been training to be the Viper for her entire life - to serve and protect the King and the citizens of The Twelve Isles - but to become the Viper and protect the islands she loves she must find the strength to defeat her father. Power, politics and pirates collide in this epic fantasy trilogy for fans of Pirates of the Caribbean. He will make me a killer. Or he will have me killed. That is my destiny. Seventeen-year-old Marianne is fated to one day become the Viper, defender of the Twelve Isles. But the reigning Viper stands in her way. Corrupt and merciless, he prowls the seas in his warship, killing with impunity, leaving only pain and suffering in his wake. He's the most dangerous man on the ocean . . . and he is Marianne's father. She was born to protect the islands. But can she fight for them if it means losing her family, her home, the boy she loves - and perhaps even her life? A brave heroine. An impossible dilemma. An epic new fantasy trilogy set on the high seas., ,
Perilous Place, Powerful Storms
Title | Perilous Place, Powerful Storms PDF eBook |
Author | Craig E. Colten |
Publisher | Univ. Press of Mississippi |
Pages | 206 |
Release | 2010-06-30 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1604733454 |
The hurricane protection systems that failed New Orleans when Katrina roared on shore in 2005 were the product of four decades of engineering hubris, excruciating delays, and social conflict. In Perilous Place, Powerful Storms, Craig E. Colten traces the protracted process of erecting massive structures designed to fend off tropical storms and examines how human actions and inactions left the system incomplete on the eve of its greatest challenge. Hurricane Betsy in 1965 provided the impetus for Congress to approve unprecedented hurricane protection for the New Orleans area. Army Engineers swiftly outlined a monumental barrier network that would not only safeguard the city at the time but also provide for substantial growth. Scheduled for completion in 1978, the project encountered a host of frustrating delays. From newly imposed environmental requirements to complex construction challenges, to funding battles, to disputes over proper structures, the buffer envisioned for southeast Louisiana remained incomplete forty years later as Hurricane Katrina bore down on the city. As Colten reveals, the very remedies intended to shield the city ultimately contributed immensely to the residents' vulnerability by encouraging sprawl into flood-prone territory that was already sinking within the ring of levees. Perilous Place, Powerful Storms illuminates the political, social, and engineering lessons of those who built a hurricane protection system that failed and serves as a warning for those guiding the recovery of post-Katrina New Orleans and Louisiana.
A Deed Without a Name
Title | A Deed Without a Name PDF eBook |
Author | Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth |
Publisher | |
Pages | 360 |
Release | 1886 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Dorothy Harcourt's Secret
Title | Dorothy Harcourt's Secret PDF eBook |
Author | Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth |
Publisher | |
Pages | 360 |
Release | 1886 |
Genre | Women authors, American |
ISBN |
Island in a Storm
Title | Island in a Storm PDF eBook |
Author | Abby Sallenger |
Publisher | ReadHowYouWant.com |
Pages | 422 |
Release | 2010-09-07 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1458759318 |
Presents the story of the 1856 hurricane which decimated Isle Derniere, an island one hundred miles off the coast of New Orleans which served as a summer resort for the wealthy, and the tragic loss of life and environmental devastation which resulted from the disaster.