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    The Night Land (Unabridged)

    Unabridged

    18 hours 51 min

    The Sun has gone out and the Earth is lit only by the glow of residual vulcanism. The last few millions of the human race are gathered together in a gigantic metal pyramid, nearly eight miles high – the Last Redoubt, under siege from unknown forces and Powers outside in the dark. These are held back by a Circle of Energy, known as the "air clog", powered from a subterranean energy source called ... Read more

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  • Semiotic Analysis and Public Policy

    Connecting Theory and Practice

    Series series Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy
    Semiotic Analysis and Public Policy evaluates several key areas of public policy that are dependent on narrative, naming, sign, and branding to create meaning. Semiotic analysis, drawing on the work of Saussure, Peirce, and others, allows for creation of a case-oriented model of brand versus product, and of medium compared with message.Using a critical Habermasian lens, Atkinson convincingly ... Read more

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  • Toward Resilient Communities

    Examining the Impacts of Local Governments in Disasters

    Series series Routledge Research in Public Administration and Public Policy
    In June 2011, the city of Minot, North Dakota sustained the greatest flood in its history. Rather than buckling under the immense weight of the flood on a personal and community level, government, civic groups, and citizens began to immediately assess and address the event’s impacts. Why did the disaster in Minot lead to government and community resilience, whereas during Hurricane Katrina, the ... Read more

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  • Battlefield Surgeon

    Life and Death on the Front Lines of World War II

    Series series American Warriors Series
    In November 1942, Paul Andrew Kennedy (1912–1993) boarded the St. Elena in New York Harbor and sailed for Casablanca as part of Operation Torch, the massive Allied invasion of North Africa. As a member of the US Army's 2nd Auxiliary Surgical Group, he spent the next thirty-four months working in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany, in close proximity to the front lines and often under air or ... Read more

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  • Patient H.M.

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  • The Water Wizard – The Extraordinary Properties of Natural Water

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    More energy is encapsulated in every drop of good spring water than an average-sized power station is presently able to produce. Viktor Schauberger (1885–1958) Water – all life depends on it. Yet how often do we stop to consider its true significance, its essential nature? The Water Wizard, the first volume of the Eco-Technology series which presents the original, passionate and convincing ... Read more

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  • The Energy Evolution – Harnessing Free Energy from Nature

    Volume 4 of Renowned Environmentalist Viktor Schauberger's Eco-Technology Series

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