If Hurricane Ike had made landfall just fifty miles down the Texas coast, the devastation and death caused by what was already one of the most destructive hurricanes in US history would have quadrupled. Ike made everyone realize just how exposed and vulnerable the Houston-Galveston area is in the face of a major storm. What is done to address this vulnerability will shape the economic, social, and environmental landscape of the region for decades to come.In Lessons from Hurrica...

JOHN HENRY (J.H.) JOWETT WAS A LEADING PASTOR IN THE U.S. AND ENGLAND IN THE EARLY 2OTH CENTURY. HIS PREACHING WAS ELOQUENT, RICH, AND SIMPLE, SPEAKING DEEPLY TO THE HEARTS OF ALL WHO HEARD HIM. NOT ONLY WAS HIS PREACHING MINISTRY WIDELY INFLUENTIAL, BUT THE PRACTICAL MINISTRY OF HIS CHURCHES WAS EQUALLY IMPRESSIVE.IN 1912, JOWETT WAS HONORED TO PREACH THE LYMAN BEECHER LECTURES AT YALE UNIVERSITY ON THE SUBJECT OF "THE PREACHER: HIS LIFE AND WORK," THE TRA...

Dive into the captivating story of Enzo Ferrari, the man who transformed the car world. From his humble beginnings, we explore the early days that sparked his love for cars. Feel the rush of the racetrack as you ride alongside Enzo, experiencing the highs, lows, and smart moves that defined his racing career.This book goes beyond the checkered flag, revealing the challenges that shaped Enzo before he founded Scuderia Ferrari. Witness the birth of a racing legend and the beginning o...

When you love your dog, cat, or other pet, you want it to live, be healthy, and enjoy a life that fulfills its natural personality, but also for it to be in tune with you, your lifestyle, and the relationship which you will enjoy and treasure with the pet. For many of these things in your pet’s life, you feel that you have little in the way of power to bring them into reality, but that’s a mistake. You can assert power over many elements of your pet’s life and in its relationship with you....

The NASA Kepler and K2 missions have made fundamental, paradigm-changing advances in essentially every area of astrophysics and planetary science. While known for their breakthrough discoveries in exoplanets – especially small rocky worlds orbiting in the habitable zone of their host suns – these missions have also continued to make numerous scientific advances in solar system science, stellar astrophysics and extragalactic astronomy. This book is devoted to the Kepler and K2 missions and ...