Lightning in the Night
Title | Lightning in the Night PDF eBook |
Author | Fred Allhoff |
Publisher | Prentice Hall |
Pages | 220 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | American fiction |
ISBN |
Good Night, Lightning (Disney/Pixar Cars)
Title | Good Night, Lightning (Disney/Pixar Cars) PDF eBook |
Author | RH Disney |
Publisher | RH/Disney |
Pages | 12 |
Release | 2013-01-08 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 073642976X |
A bedtime board book featuring Lightning McQueen and friends from Disney/Pixar Cars! It's bedtime in Radiator Springs, but before Lightning McQueen can go to sleep, he has to say goodnight to all of his friends from Disney/Pixar's Cars! This glow-in-the-dark board book, featuring glow on every page, is the perfect way to get children ages 0-5 ready for bed.
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 |
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.
Lightning
Title | Lightning PDF eBook |
Author | Dean Koontz |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 385 |
Release | 2003-09-02 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1440619883 |
#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
Dark Lightning
Title | Dark Lightning PDF eBook |
Author | John Varley |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 353 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0425274071 |
Known for “superior science fiction” (The Philadelphia Inquirer), author John Varley returns to his Thunder and Lightning series with a novel of how one man’s volatile genius could alter a starship’s epic plunge into a future where human survival is just a theory… On a voyage to New Earth, the starship Rolling Thunder is powered by an energy no one understands, except for its eccentric inventor Jubal Broussard. Like many of the ship’s inhabitants, Jubal rests in a state of suspended animation for years at a time, asleep yet never aging. The moments when Jubal emerges from suspended animation are usually a cause for celebration for his family, including his twin daughters—Cassie and Polly—and their uncle who is captain of the Rolling Thunder. But this time, Jubal makes a shocking announcement… The ship must stop, or everyone will die. These words from the mission’s founder, the man responsible for the very existence of the Rolling Thunder, will send shock waves throughout the starship—and divide its passengers into those who believe and those who doubt. And it will be up to Cassie and Polly to stop a mutiny, discover the truth, and usher the ship into a new age of exploration…
Dragon Tears
Title | Dragon Tears PDF eBook |
Author | Dean Koontz |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 382 |
Release | 2014-05-06 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0425253775 |
Police Detective Harry Lyon is caught in a whirlwind of terror that threatens to sweep away not only him but his partner and everyone he loves.
Storm in the Night
Title | Storm in the Night PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Stolz |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 1990-09-30 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0064432564 |
Storm in the night. Thunder like mountains blowing up. Lightning licking the navy-blue sky. Rain streaming down the windows, babbling in the downspouts. And Grandfather? . . . And Thomas? . . . And Ringo, the cat? They were in the dark. Too early to go to bed, and with only flashes of lightning to see by, Thomas and his grandfather happily find themselves re-discovering the half-forgotten scents and sounds of their world, and having a wonderful time learning important, new things about each other in a spirited conversation sparked by darkness. Mary Stolz and Pat Cummings have each brought their unique talents to this lyrical tale about a magical, stormy night and a special relationship.