Cosa significa davvero andare in guerra? Chi sono i soldati una volta finito il conflitto? Oggi, dopo settant'anni, conosciamo veramente la Seconda Guerra Mondiale? Lee Sandlin indaga sulla memoria superficiale e racconta da un altro, insolito, punto di vista gli oltre cinquantaquattro milioni di morti. La guerra dalla prospettiva dei soldati, le battaglie descritte non come vorrebbero i vincitori. Una scomoda versione dei fatti, un grilletto premuto nella coscienza di chi ha svilito la paura delle bombe.

With 16 pages of black-and-white illustrations

From the acclaimed author of Wicked River comes Storm Kings, a riveting tale of supercell tornadoes and the quirky, pioneering, weather-obsessed scientists whose discoveries created the science of modern meteorology.

While tornadoes have occasionally been spotted elsewhere, only the central plains of North America have the perfect conditions for their creation. For the early settlers the sight of a funnel cloud was an unearthly event. They called it the “Storm King,” and their descriptions bordered on the supernatural: it glowed green or red, it whistled or moaned or sang. In Storm Kings, Lee Sandlin explores America’s fascination with and unique relationship to tornadoes. From Ben Franklin’s early experiments to the “great storm war” of the nineteenth century to heartland life in the early twentieth century, Sandlin re-creates with vivid descriptions some of the most devastating storms in America’s history, including the Tri-state Tornado of 1925 and the Peshtigo “fire tornado,” whose deadly path of destruction was left encased in glass.

Drawing on memoirs, letters, eyewitness testimonies, and archives, Sandlin brings to life the forgotten characters and scientists who changed a nation—including James Espy, America’s first meteorologist, and Colonel John Park Finley, who helped place a network of weather “spotters” across the country. Along the way, Sandlin details the little-known but fascinating history of the National Weather Service, paints a vivid picture of the early Midwest, and shows how successive generations came to understand, and finally coexist with, the spiraling menace that could erase lives and whole towns in an instant.

In The Distancers, seven generations worth of joy and heartache is artfully forged into a family portrait that is at once universally American yet singularly Lee Sandlin's own. From the nineteenth century German immigrants who settled on a small Midwestern farm, to the proud and upright aunts and uncles with whom Sandlin spent the summers of his youth, a whole history of quiet ambition and stoic pride--of successes, failures, and above all endurance--leaps off the page in a sweeping American family epic. Touching on The Great Depression, WWII, and the American immigrant experience, the uses of proper manners, , The Distancers is a beautiful and stark Midwestern drama, about a time and place long since vanished, where the author learned the value of family and the art of keeping one's distance.

Isaac's Storm meets The Age of Wonder in Lee Sandlin's Storm Kings, a riveting tale of the weather's most vicious monster—the super cell tornado—that recreates the origins of meteorology, and the quirky, pioneering, weather-obsessed scientists who helped change America.

While tornadoes have occasionally been spotted elsewhere, only the central plains of North America have the perfect conditions for their creation. For the settlers the sight of a funnel cloud was an unearthly event. They called it 'the Storm King' and their descriptions bordered on the supernatural: it glowed green or red, it whistled or moaned or sang. In Storm Kings, Lee Sandlin retraces America's fascination and unique relationship to tornadoes. From Ben Franklin's early experiments, to 'the great storm debates' of the nineteenth century, to heartland life in the early twentieth century, Sandlin shows how tornado chasing helped foster the birth of meteorology, recreating with vivid descriptions some of the most devastating storms in America's history, including the 'Tri-State tornado' of 1925 and the Peshtigo 'fire tornado,' whose deadly path of destruction was left encased in glass. Drawing on memoirs, letters, eyewitness testimonies, and numerous archives, Sandlin brings to life the forgotten characters and scientists—like James Espy, America's first meteorologist and Corporal John Park Finley, who helped place a network of weather 'spotters' across the country—that changed a nation, detailing the almost invisible history of The National Weather Service, the settling of the Midwest, and how successive generations came to understand and finally coexist with the spiraling menace that could erase lives and whole towns in an instant.

Chronicles the life of a musician and record executive at Capricorn Records who helped pioneer the southern-rock sound and worked with such artists as the Allman Brothers Band, Bonnie Bramlett, Widespread Panic, Johnny Jenkins and more.

Say 'I Do' to Success

From wedding bells to wedding bills, gain an inside look at the billion dollar wedding industry and learn how to earn your next pay check coordinating the 'big' day of today's brides and grooms.

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The Start Your Own Series from Entrepreneur Press presents the business essentials for starting and running today's hottest businesses and delivers the best practices from successful entrepreneurs. Entrepreneur Press is a leading small to midsized business trade publisher, provides aspiring, emerging, and growing entrepreneurs with actionable solutions to every business challenge--ultimately, leading them from business idea to business success.

A riveting narrative look at one of the most colorful, dangerous, and peculiar places in America's historical landscape: the strange, wonderful, and mysterious Mississippi River of the 19th century.
 
Beginning in the early 1800s and climaxing with the siege of Vicksburg in 1863, Wicked River brings to life a place where river pirates brushed elbows with future presidents and religious visionaries shared passage with thieves. Here is a minute-by-minute account of Natchez being flattened by a tornado; the St. Louis harbor being crushed by a massive ice floe; hidden, nefarious celebrations of Mardi Gras; and the sinking of the Sultana, the worst naval disaster in American history. Here, too, is the Mississippi itself: gorgeous, perilous, and unpredictable. Masterfully told, Wicked River is an exuberant work of Americana that portrays a forgotten society on the edge of revolutionary change.

Sandlin and Helweg present 199 fundraising event ideas that have proven successful for various organizations, including both 'simple' ideas requiring less effort and money to put together and 'complex' ideas requiring more effort, finances, and time. Each event listing is one-to-two pages in length and includes the name of the fundraiser and a description of what it entails. Accompanying charts show the amount of difficulty in six major areas: estimated cost, obtaining sponsors/donations, finding a venue, recruiting volunteers, preparation, and execution. Sandlin is a business communication academic at a major Midwest university and the author of 17 books, including 15 business start-up books. Nebraska-based Helwig has 25 years of experience in the nonprofit sector in various management positions. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Groom Yourself for Success!
Are you a pet lover? Fascinated by all things furred, feathered and finned? Why not turn your passion for pets into a profitable business!

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• Choose from five hot areas of interest-pet sitting/dog walking, dog training, pet grooming, pet food/treats, upscale pet products
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