Lightning Flowers

Lightning Flowers
Title Lightning Flowers PDF eBook
Author Katherine E. Standefer
Publisher Little, Brown Spark
Pages 281
Release 2020-11-10
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0316450359

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This "utterly spectacular" book weighs the impact modern medical technology has had on the author's life against the social and environmental costs inevitably incurred by the mining that makes such innovation possible (Rachel Louise Snyder, author of No Visible Bruises). What if a lifesaving medical device causes loss of life along its supply chain? That's the question Katherine E. Standefer finds herself asking one night after being suddenly shocked by her implanted cardiac defibrillator. In this gripping, intimate memoir about health, illness, and the invisible reverberating effects of our medical system, Standefer recounts the astonishing true story of the rare diagnosis that upended her rugged life in the mountains of Wyoming and sent her tumbling into a fraught maze of cardiology units, dramatic surgeries, and slow, painful recoveries. As her life increasingly comes to revolve around the internal defibrillator freshly wired into her heart, she becomes consumed with questions about the supply chain that allows such an ostensibly miraculous device to exist. So she sets out to trace its materials back to their roots. From the sterile labs of a medical device manufacturer in southern California to the tantalum and tin mines seized by armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to a nickel and cobalt mine carved out of endemic Madagascar jungle, Lightning Flowers takes us on a global reckoning with the social and environmental costs of a technology that promises to be lifesaving but is, in fact, much more complicated. Deeply personal and sharply reported, Lightning Flowers takes a hard look at technological mythos, healthcare, and our cultural relationship to medical technology, raising important questions about our obligations to one another, and the cost of saving one life.

Heat Lightning

Heat Lightning
Title Heat Lightning PDF eBook
Author John Sandford
Publisher Penguin
Pages 408
Release 2008
Genre Fiction
ISBN 9780399155277

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Summoned by Lucas Davenport to investigate a pair of murders in which the victims are found with lemons in their mouths, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigator Virgil Flowers struggles to find a connection that could prevent additional killings. 500,000 first printing.

Exploring Flowers

Exploring Flowers
Title Exploring Flowers PDF eBook
Author Kristin Sterling
Publisher Lerner Publications ™
Pages 24
Release 2017-08-01
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 1541504607

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Why do plants have flowers? Readers will discover how flowers can develop into fruits, vegetables, or seeds for producing more plants.

Yellow Everywhere

Yellow Everywhere
Title Yellow Everywhere PDF eBook
Author Kristin Sterling
Publisher Lerner Publications ™
Pages 32
Release 2017-08-01
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 1541503740

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Look around you. Do you see tall sunflowers? A bunch of ripe bananas? A yellow traffic light? A puppy’s yellow fur? The color yellow is found in nature, at home, in the community, and in many other places. Read this book and become an expert at spotting yellow everywhere! Learn about the colors you see all around you in the Colors Everywhere series—part of the Lightning Bolt BooksTM collection. With high-energy designs, exciting photos, and fun text, Lightning Bolt BooksTM bring nonfiction topics to life!

Lightning

Lightning
Title Lightning PDF eBook
Author Dean Koontz
Publisher Penguin
Pages 384
Release 2003-09-02
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1440619883

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#1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz’s brilliantly thrilling novel of suspense. In the midst of a raging blizzard, lightning struck on the night Laura Shane was born. And a mysterious blond-haired stranger showed up just in time to save her from dying. Years later, in the wake of another storm, Laura will be saved again. For someone is watching over her. Is he the guardian angel he seems? The devil in disguise? Or the master of a haunting destiny beyond all time and space? “A gripping novel…fast-paced and satisfying.”—People

The Blooming Flowers

The Blooming Flowers
Title The Blooming Flowers PDF eBook
Author Prachi Kothari
Publisher
Pages 109
Release 2020-04-12
Genre
ISBN

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Description This book reflects the expressions of a person when he/she deals with a particular task shaped in form of poems all written by the author. "The blooming flowers" means that the flowers bloom representing my expressions. It is blooming which means it opens with the ideas arriving in my brain. To make a poem we think and express which is why I have kept this title of this poetry book. Some poems are based on importance. Some on fantasy in which the things don't really happen in our day to day life. The poem "Does anyone care" is a very heart touching poem. It describes the misfortunes of a blind, a numb, a poor and a deaf is facing. One poem "Back when" tells us that when television, clock, electricity and the phone was not available and yet to be invented, what would the people do. The poem "Festivals of India" describes the astounding culture, tradition, religion and festivals which the people in India have. I hope when you read this book, you will love it. This book also contains fun activities, puzzles, quizzes and many more.

Red Everywhere

Red Everywhere
Title Red Everywhere PDF eBook
Author Kristin Sterling
Publisher Lerner Digital ™
Pages 32
Release 2017-08-01
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 1512464635

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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Look around you. Do you see a stop sign? Ripe strawberries or tomatoes? A fire engine? Red birds or flowers? The color red is found in nature, in foods, in the community, and many other places. Read this book and become an expert at spotting red everywhere! Learn about the colors you see all around you in the Colors Everywhere series—part of the Lightning Bolt BooksTM collection. With high-energy designs, exciting photos, and fun text, Lightning Bolt BooksTM bring nonfiction topics to life!