The Last Winter

The Last Winter
Title The Last Winter PDF eBook
Author Porter Fox
Publisher Hachette UK
Total Pages 302
Release 2021-11-02
Genre Science
ISBN 0316460931

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One man’s “curiously thrilling joyride” of travelogue, history, and climatology, across a planet on the brink of cataclysmic transformation (Donovan Hohn). As the planet warms, winter is shrinking. In the last fifty years, the Northern Hemisphere lost a million square miles of spring snowpack and in the US alone, snow cover has been reduced by 15-30%. On average, winter has shrunk by a month in most northern latitudes. In this deeply researched, beautifully written, and adventure-filled book, journalist Porter Fox travels along the edge of the Northern Hemisphere's snow line to track the scope of this drastic change, and how it will literally change everything—from rapid sea level rise, to fresh water scarcity for two billion people, to massive greenhouse gas emissions from thawing permafrost, and a half dozen climate tipping points that could very well spell the end of our world. This original research is animated by four harrowing and illuminating journeys—each grounded by interviews with idiosyncratic, charismatic experts in their respective fields and Fox's own narrative of growing up on a remote island in Northern Maine. Timely, atmospheric, and expertly investigated, The Last Winter will showcase a shocking and unexpected casualty of climate change—that may well set off its own unstoppable warming cycle.

The Gravediggers

The Gravediggers
Title The Gravediggers PDF eBook
Author Hauke Friederichs
Publisher Profile Books
Total Pages
Release 2019-11-07
Genre History
ISBN 1782834591

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November 1932. With the German economy in ruins and street battles raging between political factions, the Weimar Republic is in its death throes. Its elderly president Paul von Hindenburg floats above the fray, inscrutably haunting the halls of the Reichstag. In the shadows, would-be saviours of the nation vie for control. The great rivals are the chancellors Franz von Papen and Kurt von Schleicher. Both are tarnished by the republic's all-too-evident failures. Each man believes he can steal a march on the other by harnessing the increasingly popular National Socialists - while reining in their most alarming elements, naturally. Adolf Hitler has ideas of his own. But if he can't impose discipline on his own rebellious foot-soldiers, what chance does he have of seizing power?

The Last Winter

The Last Winter
Title The Last Winter PDF eBook
Author Larry Fessenden
Publisher
Total Pages 0
Release 2008
Genre Alaska
ISBN 9781582409368

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An unknown evil is stalking a group of oil scouts in northern Alaska, and they soon find that not everything under the ice and snow is buried for good.

The Way Past Winter

The Way Past Winter
Title The Way Past Winter PDF eBook
Author Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Publisher Chronicle Books
Total Pages 293
Release 2020-10-06
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 1452181616

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The Way Past Winter is a riveting adventure about magic, an eternal winter, and one girl's unbreakable determination to reunite her family. Mila, her sisters, and her brother, Oskar, live in a small forest cabin, surviving in a world gripped by frost and snow. When a mysterious man shows up on her doorstep, Mila and her family grant him shelter for the night. But in the morning, the man is gone—and he's taken Oskar with them. • Written by award-winning and internationally recognized author Kiran Millwood Hargrave • Inspired by European folklore • Middle grade novel that explores deeper topics—grief, inner strength, and the unbreakable bonds of family Determined to save their brother, Mila and her sisters set out on a mission to rescue him. But challenges await them at every turn: wolves with the speed of demons, tempestuous gold, an untrustworthy mage—and always the relentless, stinging freeze of winter. The Way Past Winter is a classic adventure story in the vein of Phillip Pullman, Anne Ursu, and Kelly Barnhill that evokes the best of the middle grade fantasy genre. • A beautifully written, smartly paced tale of riveting adventure with a focus on family • Perfect for children ages 10 and up who love fantasy and magic • You'll love this book if you love books like Greenglass House by Kate Milford, Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend, and The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill.

Last Winter We Parted

Last Winter We Parted
Title Last Winter We Parted PDF eBook
Author Fuminori Nakamura
Publisher Soho Press
Total Pages 224
Release 2014-10-21
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1616954566

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Instantly reminiscent of the work of Osamu Dazai and Patricia Highsmith, Fuminori Nakamura’s latest novel is a dark and twisting house of mirrors that philosophically explores the violence of aesthetics and the horrors of identity. A young writer arrives at a prison to interview a convict. The writer has been commissioned to write a full account of the case, from the bizarre and grisly details of the crime to the nature of the man behind it. The suspect, a world-renowned photographer named Kiharazaka, has a deeply unsettling portfolio—lurking beneath the surface of each photograph is an acutely obsessive fascination with his subject. He stands accused of murdering two women—both burned alive—and will likely face the death penalty. But something isn’t quite right. As the young writer probes further, his doubts about this man as a killer intensify, and he struggles to maintain his sense of reason and justice. Is Kiharazaka truly guilty, or will he die to protect someone else? Evoking Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood and Ryūnosuke Akutagawa’s “Hell Screen,” Last Winter, We Parted is a twisted tale that asks a deceptively sinister question: Is it possible to truly capture the essence of another human being? From the Hardcover edition.

The Last Year of the War

The Last Year of the War
Title The Last Year of the War PDF eBook
Author Susan Meissner
Publisher Penguin
Total Pages 418
Release 2020-04-07
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0451492161

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From the acclaimed author of Secrets of a Charmed Life and As Bright as Heaven comes a novel about a German American teenager whose life changes forever when her immigrant family is sent to an internment camp during World War II. In 1943, Elise Sontag is a typical American teenager from Iowa—aware of the war but distanced from its reach. Then her father, a legal U.S. resident for nearly two decades, is suddenly arrested on suspicion of being a Nazi sympathizer. The family is sent to an internment camp in Texas, where, behind the armed guards and barbed wire, Elise feels stripped of everything beloved and familiar, including her own identity. The only thing that makes the camp bearable is meeting fellow internee Mariko Inoue, a Japanese-American teen from Los Angeles, whose friendship empowers Elise to believe the life she knew before the war will again be hers. Together in the desert wilderness, Elise and Mariko hold tight the dream of being young American women with a future beyond the fences. But when the Sontag family is exchanged for American prisoners behind enemy lines in Germany, Elise will face head-on the person the war desires to make of her. In that devastating crucible she must discover if she has the will to rise above prejudice and hatred and re-claim her own destiny, or disappear into the image others have cast upon her. The Last Year of the War tells a little-known story of World War II with great resonance for our own times and challenges the very notion of who we are when who we’ve always been is called into question.

Final Winter

Final Winter
Title Final Winter PDF eBook
Author Iain Rob Wright
Publisher Iain Rob Wright
Total Pages 0
Release 2024-04-30
Genre Fiction
ISBN

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Critically acclaimed #1 Bestseller in Horror Fiction and Apocalyptic Fiction. It's snowing over every inch of the Earth; something that should not be possible. Grieving alcoholic Harry Jobson expected to end his night facedown in vomit like most nights down the pub, but the impossible blizzards have made old routines impossible, and he instead finds himself trapped with an odd group of strangers. Everyone is worried by the recent climatic events, but all Harry wants to do is drink alone. But when the body of a mangled teenager crashes through the pub's front window, Harry is forced to sober up and be the man he used to be. Something sinister lurks outside in the snow, and someone inside knows more than they're letting on; someone who is keeping a terrible secret. Iain Rob Wright's debut novel is a masterclass of fear and suspense, sure to please horror fans everywhere. Grab your copy of FINAL WINTER today and read the story that launched a career. SPECIAL EDITION BONUS CONTENT Seven additional short stories set during the events of The Final Winter, plus one additional stand-alone tale: THE PEELING OF SAMUEL LLOYD COLLINS WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ★★★★★ "One of Britain's brightest talents." ★★★★★ "There's no good point to put the book down so you can get some sleep." ★★★★★ "Stephen King fans would enjoy this." ★★★★★ "I loved every minute of it." ★★★★★ "I read it in 2 days, unheard of for me!" ★★★★★ "There is a surprising twist to the end of the book." ★★★★★ "A cosy, ripping yarn." ★★★★★ "Brilliant storyline with the right amount of horror." ★★★★★ "I could not put it down, had to read through the night." ★★★★★ "I loved the story!" ★★★★★ "Everything I've come to expect from Iain Rob Wright."