[PDF] Disaster In The Desert eBook

Author : Axel Lewis
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 22,82 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1434279391

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Jimmy and Maverick much cross the Sahara Desert during this leg of the Robot Races.

Author : Cecil Kuhne
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 23,31 MB
Release : 2009-07-14
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0307279367

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A travel anthology that gathers the best adventure stories from the world's most barren landscapes. Ranging from 19th-century explorers to modern-day journalists, these desert trekkers deal with everything from deserting men, corrupt armed soldiers, and Nigerian bush taxis to suspicious natives, stubborn camels, and debilitating sunburn. These thirteen tales are more than suspenseful; they also show how life can survive in the most punishing climates. “The night was heavy with foreboding. The rain, which had been spitting down on us during the late afternoon, grew heavier. It hurled into our faces, borne by a wind that was now gusting between the dunes at full force. . . . It was the worst storm we had encountered and Ned was out in it alone.” —Justin Marozzi, South from Barbary Also featuring: Robyn Davidson's Desert Places-Robyn Davidson follows the Rubari people across the Thar as she tries to adapt to a difficult-but fascinating-way of life. Michael Asher's Two Against the Sahara-Newlyweds embark upon a nine-month, 4500-mile journey across the world's largest desert, traveling from Morocco to Sudan. Bayle St. John's Adventure in the Libyan Desert-In 1847, a team of four trek deep into Libya in search of an oasis. But what they find is even more astounding…

Author : C. C. Luckey
Publisher :
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 21,16 MB
Release : 2019-10-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781734128109

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An epic tale following the lives of three women as they battle for the future of the universe... An ancient family feud, a mysterious natural disaster, and a mother's descent into madness are all interconnected across time and space in a complex riddle that must be solved before it is too late. Each woman must face her personal trials and emerge stronger than before if the universe is to be saved. The Desert in the Glass is a stirring and unnerving adventure which shows the strength of ordinary people in the face of catastrophe. "C.C. Luckey's writing is vivid, using all the human senses in descriptive details." -C.J. BOWEN, Chick Lit Café "Luckey is a fabulous writer, balancing exposition, dialogue, and action masterfully." -CORY BARCLAY, author of Devil in the Countryside

Author : Ken Delve
Publisher : Greenhill Books
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 50,73 MB
Release : 2019-07-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1784383899

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Summer 1942 and the war in the Middle East is in the balance; Rommel’s Axis forces are poised on the borders of Egypt and all that is needed is one last push. For that to succeed, Rommel needs supplies and for the Allies to be denied supplies. With Malta still active and disrupting the Axis shipping routes across the Mediterranean he is denied those supplies. Meanwhile, the Allied build-up continues, and Montgomery holds at El Alamein and then counter attacks. Rommel is pushed back and then, in a double blow, the Allies land in Tunisia. The collapse of North Africa leads to the invasion of Italy and contributes to the final Axis defeat.But what if Rommel had won?In this alternate history, Ken Delve proposes that with a few strategic changes by the Axis powers and poor decision by Allied Commanders, the outcome of could have been very different. In this scenario, the Allied invasion in Tunisia fails, Rommel defeats Montgomery and seizes Egypt, leaving the Germans well-placed to sweep up through the Middle East, capturing oil installations and joining up with German forces in Russia.

Author : David Sims
Publisher : American University in Cairo Press
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 17,37 MB
Release : 2018-09-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1617978841

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Egypt has placed its hopes on developing its vast and empty deserts as the ultimate solution to the country’s problems. New cities, new farms, new industrial zones, new tourism resorts, and new development corridors, all have been promoted for over half a century to create a modern Egypt and to pull tens of millions of people away from the increasingly crowded Nile Valley into the desert hinterland. The results, in spite of colossal expenditures and ever-grander government pronouncements, have been meager at best, and today Egypt’s desert is littered with stalled schemes, abandoned projects, and forlorn dreams. It also remains stubbornly uninhabited. Egypt’s Desert Dreams is the first attempt of its kind to look at Egypt’s desert development in its entirety. It recounts the failures of governmental schemes, analyzes why they have failed, and exposes the main winners of Egypt’s desert projects, as well as the underlying narratives and political necessities behind it, even in the post-revolutionary era. It also shows that all is not lost, and that there are alternative paths that Egypt could take.

Author : David E. Sims
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 35,21 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 977416668X

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Desert; Egypt; history.

Author : Marc Reisner
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 27,95 MB
Release : 1993-06-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1440672822

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“I’ve been thinking a lot about Cadillac Desert in the past few weeks, as the rain fell and fell and kept falling over California, much of which, despite the pouring heavens, seems likely to remain in the grip of a severe drought. Reisner anticipated this moment. He worried that the West’s success with irrigation could be a mirage — that it took water for granted and didn’t appreciate the precariousness of our capacity to control it.” – Farhad Manjoo, The New York Times, January 20,2023 "The definitive work on the West's water crisis." --Newsweek The story of the American West is the story of a relentless quest for a precious resource: water. It is a tale of rivers diverted and dammed, of political corruption and intrigue, of billion-dollar battles over water rights, of ecological and economic disaster. In his landmark book, Cadillac Desert, Marc Reisner writes of the earliest settlers, lured by the promise of paradise, and of the ruthless tactics employed by Los Angeles politicians and business interests to ensure the city's growth. He documents the bitter rivalry between two government giants, the Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in the competition to transform the West. Based on more than a decade of research, Cadillac Desert is a stunning expose and a dramatic, intriguing history of the creation of an Eden--an Eden that may only be a mirage. This edition includes a new postscript by Lawrie Mott, a former staff scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council, that updates Western water issues over the last two decades, including the long-term impact of climate change and how the region can prepare for the future.