Natural Disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean: Coping with Calamity, Erlick June Carolyn
Автор: Etulain, Richard W. Название: Life and legends of calamity jane ISBN: 0806168773 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780806168777 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 20860.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Everyone knows the name Calamity Jane. Scores of dime novels and movie and TV Westerns have portrayed this original Wild West woman as an adventuresome, gun-toting hellion. Although Calamity Jane has probably been written about more than any other woman of the nineteenth-century American West, fiction and legend have largely obscured the facts of her life. This lively, concise, and exhaustively researched biography traces the real person from the Missouri farm where she was born in 1856 through the development of her notorious persona as a Wild West heroine.Before Calamity Jane became a legend, she was Martha Canary, orphaned when she was only eleven years old. From a young age she traveled fearlessly, worked with men, smoked, chewed tobacco, and drank. By the time she arrived in the boomtown of Deadwood, South Dakota, in 1876, she had become Calamity Jane, and the real Martha Canary had disappeared under a landslide of purple prose.Calamity became a hostess and dancer in Deadwood's saloons and theaters. She imbibed heavily, and she might have been a prostitute, but she had other qualities, as well, including those of an angel of mercy who ministered to the sick and the down-and-out. Journalists and dime novelists couldn't get enough of either version, nor, in the following century, could filmmakers.Sorting through the stories, veteran western historian Richard W. Etulain's account begins with a biography that offers new information on Calamity's several 'husbands' (including one she legally married), her two children, and a woman who claimed to be the daughter of Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity, a story Etulain discredits. In the second half of the book, Etulain traces the stories that have shaped Calamity Jane's reputation. Some Calamity portraits, he says, suggest that she aspired to a quiet life with a husband and family. As the 2004 - 2006 HBO series Deadwood makes clear, well more than a century after her first appearance as a heroine in the Deadwood Dick dime novels, Calamity Jane lives on - raunchy, unabashed, contradictory, and ambiguous as ever.
Автор: Joann Green Byrd Название: Calamity: The Heppner Flood of 1903 ISBN: 0295996749 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780295996745 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 91960.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
June 14, 1903, was a typical, hot Sunday in Heppner, a small farm town in northeastern Oregon. People went to church, ate dinner, and relaxed with family and friends. But late that afternoon, calamity struck when a violent thunderstorm brought heavy rain and hail to the mountains and bare hills south of town. When the fierce downpour reached Heppner, people gathered their children and hurried inside. Most everyone closed their doors and windows against the racket.
The thunder and pounding hail masked the sound of something they likely could not have imagined: a roaring, two-story wall of water raging toward town. Within an hour, one of every five people in the prosperous town of 1,300 would lose their lives as the floodwaters pulled apart and carried away nearly everything in their path. The center of town was devastated. Enormous drifts of debris, tangled around bodies, snaked down the valley. The telegraph was down, the railroads were out, and the mayor was in Portland.
Stunned survivors bent immediately to the dreadful tasks of searching for loved ones and carrying bodies to a makeshift morgue in the bank. By the next afternoon, thousands of individuals and communities had rushed to the town's aid, an outpouring of generosity that enabled the self-reliant citizens of Heppner to undertake the town's recovery.
In Calamity, Joann Green Byrd, a native of eastern Oregon, carefully documents this poignant story, illustrating that even the smallest acts have consequences - good or bad. She draws on a wealth of primary sources, including a moving collection of photographs, to paint a rare picture of how a small town in the West coped with disaster at the turn of the twentieth century.
Автор: Cynthia A. Kierner Название: Inventing Disaster: The Culture of Calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the Johnstown Flood ISBN: 146965251X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781469652511 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 38810.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: When hurricanes, earthquakes, wildfires, and other disasters strike, we count our losses, search for causes, commiserate with victims, and initiate relief efforts. Amply illustrated and expansively researched, Inventing Disaster explains the origins and development of this predictable, even ritualized, culture of calamity over three centuries.
Автор: Bennett Geoffrey E. L. Название: Is God Incompetent?: A Study of Meaning in Natural Calamity, Disaster and Disease ISBN: 1728391903 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781728391908 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 39760.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Is God to blame for natural disasters? Does He cause volcanic action, flooding, earthquakes, plague and genetic disease? Can He Prevent them? Why doesn't He? Geoffrey E L Bennett uncovers deep Biblical insights linking them to twenty-first century cultural and scientific answers. Is God cruel or callous? Is He impotent or incompetent? How can I know if God even exists? Part one explores pain and shows how different cultural groups understand God to be vindictive and cruel, or else limited in power, or believe that suffering does not really exist. Part two examines Old Testament teaching on suffering, challenging the idea of ancient wisdom. Profound teaching is dissected from the minor and major prophets as well as the story of Job. Then the New Testament fulfillment of prophecy is examined, challenging perceived ideas, and finishes with an interpretation of the Apocalypse. The concluding solution to pain and suffering of God. Part three deals with scientific theories and twenty-first century concepts of the universe and the physical world, together with raw nature and biogenetic problems. What place does God have in our modern world? Do natural disasters "Acts of God" show a limited or incompetent Deity?
Автор: Krout Dakota Название: Dungeon Calamity ISBN: 1950914070 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781950914074 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 18380.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Название: Turning Back to Allah: Sulaiman`s Caving Calamity ISBN: 0860378403 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780860378402 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 7990.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Sulaiman finds himself having to face his worst fears, feeling lost and helpless he realises the need to turn to Allah.
Автор: Mohan Pamela Название: Calamity ISBN: 1098352858 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781098352851 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 22870.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: Calamity is a 236-page fictional story based upon accounts of one of the Wild West's most intrepid sharpshooters and colorful characters, known by her nickname Calamity Jane. Pamela Mohan's story fills in the gaps where historical accounts run short, mostly because of a lack of historical data and because of the character's penchant for lying, telling half truths, and embellishment. Piecing the clues together, the author weaves a convincing narrative of what life was like for Jane in Deadwood, living on the edge of town with Wild Bill Hickok. and fighting against an epidemic outbreak of smallpox in Deadwood. Calamity offers a sympathetic view of a fearless woman living unabashedly like a man on the frontier. To enhance the reading (and as a tribute to the old-fashioned books of that period), illustrator/designer Darlene created silhouettes of the story's characters and action. It is the author's intention for the reader to picture their own version of Calamity Jane. The use of silhouettes is designed to encourage the imagination. With 236 pages and 86 illustrations, Calamity is a charming read.
Автор: Clowe Amberly Kristen Название: Teeny Sweeney and the Cousin Calamity ISBN: 1953456022 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781953456021 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 9190.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание:
In the second installment of the Teeny Sweeney series, aspiring graphic novelist Teeny Sweeney is surprised by a visit from her cousin, Winston Waddlesworth, ruining her mega-important four-day weekend before it's even begun.
A vlogging sensation, Winston is Teeny's biggest fan. Too bad the feeling isn't mutual. Winston's endless barrage of useless history facts-not to mention his radioactive breath-threaten to interfere with the biggest, most exciting and important event of the century: a local visit from super-talented graphic novelist (and Teeny's hero) Samuel Williams. The only trouble is that getting there will mean surviving the most annoying person on the planet.
Unfortunately, Winston and Samuel Williams aren't the only ones making a visit. Things take a turn for the worse (how is that even possible? ) when a mysterious creature wreaks havoc through Teeny's neighborhood.
It's going to take all the help Teeny can get to crack the case and save the weekend-and her family.
Автор: Ney Bryan Название: Calamity Jane ISBN: 1715637321 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781715637323 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 13880.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Gold, gunfire and horseplay make for a dangerous and exciting mix for Jane, a newcomer to frontier Montana. The neglect of her parents gets her nicknamed "Calamity," but her fearless nature and skill at the gambling table makes her the toast of the town. At the same time, robbery and murder escalate, resulting in the loss of a friend - and Jane knows who leads the gang. But can she rally the town and bring the killers to justice? FINALIST, 2016 WISHING SHELF BOOK AWARDS FINALIST, 2016 ROSSETTI BOOK AWARDS
Автор: Fishel Danielle Название: Normally, This Would Be Cause for Concern: Tales of Calamity and Unrelenting Awkwardness ISBN: 1476760241 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781476760247 Издательство: Simon & Schuster Цена: 12250.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: A warm and witty memoir by Danielle Fishel--"a talented actor who has always led with her heart" (Ben Savage)--the beloved star of the '90s sitcom Boy Meets World and its hilarious new spin-off, Girl Meets World. Best known for playing Topanga Lawrence on Boy Meets World, Danielle Fishel was the quintessential girl-next-door for seven years as she joined 10 million viewers in their living rooms every Friday from 1993 to 2000. The real Danielle is just as entertaining and down-to-earth as the character she portrayed on her hit show. But life even for a successful actress can be messy, from disastrous auditions to dating mishaps and awkward red carpet moments. Normally, This Would Be Cause for Concern is a fun romp through Danielle's own imperfections. It's a book for anyone who, like Danielle, has ever tripped and fallen down a flight of stairs in a room full of people, had a romantic moment with a significant other ruined by gas, or taken a Halloween photo without realizing there was a huge chunk of strawberry in their teeth. Here is the real, imperfect Danielle, who knows that a good sense of humor and a positive attitude makes life so much more enjoyable. Even when you've just face-planted in front of Ben Affleck.
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