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Don’t Stop CO2 Emissions! Keep Burning Coal, Oil & Gas : Juan Mirre
Don’t Stop CO2 Emissions! Keep Burning Coal, Oil & Gas
The increase of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere is considered a threat to the planet’s future, but in fact it should be considered the opposite: the abundance of CO2 is preventing a looming catastrophe.
This idea might be considered like heresy or blasphemy to the present scientific (and almost universal) belief that CO2 is rather a wicked gas that is unavoidably debasing our atmosphere year after year, leading to what is known as “global warming” or “climate change”: a fearful threat to our life, health, and economy.
But if we look beyond the short-term and give pause for thought, we have to admit that CO2 is not such harm: in fact, it is the GAS OF LIFE.
THE BOOK IN A NUTSHELL: IF YOU UNDERSTAND AND BELIEVE THESE FOLLOWING TEN ISSUES YOU DON’T NEED TO READ THIS BOOK
1. There is only 0.04% CO2 in our atmosphere, quite a meager content
2. All life forms in our planet depend on plants and algae
3. Plants will not survive if the atmospheric CO2 falls to less than 0.02%
4. The Earth’s atmosphere held 40% CO2 (1,000 times the current) when life started in the planet 3.5 billon years ago
5. At the dawn of the Cambrian, 550 million years ago, algae and bacteria had already gobbled most of the atmospheric CO2 which by then dropped to only 0.7% (almost 18 times the current)
6. In the last 550 million years marine and continental life gulped another 33,000 billion tons of CO2 from the atmosphere, dropping the air CO2 content to the present 0.04% (or if you like “pre-industrial level” 0.03%)
7. In the last 800,000 years we have been at the edge of a disaster: atmospheric CO2 dropped in several occasions to about 0.02%, very close to plants’ minimum requirements for survival
8. It is quite possible that the disaster was avoided by the fire and burning activities of the early humans
9. There is no option but to keep burning the coal and fuel reserves buried in the Earth’s crust sediments to avoid the next glacial cycles
10. If the vegetable biomass keeps gobbling the atmospheric CO2 at the same rate as for the last 550 million years, dragging down the atmospheric CO2 content below 0.02% (without human intervention), all life in the planet will be in jeopardy
Was all this done on purpose? Is there a planned design in the Universe that set part of the life ingredients in a piggy bank for the future? Are we human beings the managers of the carbon thrift that would be used to keep a comfortable 400 ppm of atmospheric CO2 and save the Planet from annihilation and freeze?
Is coal and oil burning by humans’ part of an intelligent scheme?
In the old days the sacred fire was kept in temples, maintained and cared by elite priests. In Imperial Rome the Vestal Virgins were entrusted to keep the Eternal Flame alight.
TODAY, WE HUMANS ARE THE TRUSTEES, THE GUARDIANS OF THE EARTH’S FUTURE. OUR TASK ON THE PLANET IS TO KEEP THE FIRE BURNING, THE ONLY WAY TO AVOID THE FREEZING DISASTER THAT COULD WIPE ALL LIFE FROM EARTH.
Arrive by Dusk : Gabrielle F. Culmer
Arrive by Dusk
Mindy Croixe is a widow at thirty-four and a highly respected artist whose landscape and aquatic scenes depict imagery from New York to France where she has lived with her late husband, Lamont, an aristocrat from Europe, and cherishes fond memories.
She is participating in a new art show in Saint-Tropez when she becomes reacquainted with her friend Blaine, who is also on business in the area. He is, like her, a long way from the tiny village of Crystal Shores where they first met.
Blaine is opening a luxury hotel overlooking the sea which is the latest of his international resorts and yet he yearns for stability in his personal life.
Mindy is conflicted and still reflects on her previous life. It is a story about ambition and emotions as their journey continues across two continents.
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The Fangirl Files : Amy H. Johnson
The Fangirl Files : True Tales and Tips from the Fandom Frontlines
Are you a fan or a Fangirl?:
• A Fangirl waits outside a venue all night to meet her favorite rock star
• A fan goes home after the concert ends
• A Fangirl crafts gifts for her celebrity crush
• A fan does not
• A Fangirl decorates a cake with the face of her TV Boyfriend on it
• A fan has no TV Boyfriend
Did you know being a Fangirl takes imagination, dedication, passion, and adoration for whatever makes your heart sing—an adoration so strong, you can go to some wild extremes to celebrate the objects of your affection? Professional Fangirl Amy H. Johnson travels the world to see rock concerts, obsesses over cute broody boys on television, chases Boy Bands around the country and plans imaginary weddings to handsome pop stars.
In this entertaining pop culture confessional she shares how Fangirling has provided a wealth of experience for navigating life’s challenges and details the important relationships and incredible adventures that have sprung from her pursuits while celebrating the joy of letting her Fangirl flag fly high and fly proud. This lighthearted memoir encourages ladies of all ages to embrace their inner Fangirl along with numerous creative tips gained from years on the fandom frontlines to inspire you to celebrate your own passions and achieve your very own Fangirl dreams.
Grab your copy of The Fangirl Files today and journey into this vibrant fandom world and be on your way to not just being a fan, but a Fangirl!
When Reality Bites : Dr. Holly Parker
When Reality Bites : How Denial Helps and What to Do When It Hurts
Denial is often seen as an inability or unwillingness to face unpleasant or difficult realities–from financial losses, to illnesses like alcoholism, to larger social issues like climate change. In some instances, denial can be detrimental because it can keep you stuck in a cycle of destructive behaviors. However, denial can also be very useful for helping you get through hard times, allowing you to tap into your resiliency for emotional survival.
With great insight and originality, author Holly Parker shows you how to use denial as a buffer in the face of tragedy and how to know when your use of denial has become counterproductive or detrimental. Through a fresh, comforting, and clinically-based perspective, Parker takes the shame out of denial with practical and relatable solutions to uncovering, reframing, and harnessing this very normal coping technique. Hands-on exercises and compelling personal stories help you apply this information to your situation and come to accept your need for denial when it helps, and break through it to face life’s challenges with courage when it hurts.
Heaven On Earth : Lucas J Kelly
Heaven On Earth
The book Heaven on Earth is a sheer illustration that we can acquire a new lease of life here on earth and can reap eternal life in Heaven above if we are faithful and believe.
You’ve got to look for a brighter day and let the memories fade away; you can’t take life anymore so in Jesus Christ you move on. In the midst of darkness God becomes your light. Heaven on Earth is a conceptual ideology that which many muse upon. It is very controversial indeed. The niceties on Earth have primarily come from Heaven; so we must acknowledge that not every aspect of the world is purely evil as Earth is in a sense the world or in a factual manner of speaking; our world.
However in saying that, we must understand that Earth is only temporary and it can’t last forever. Now I hope and pray that my book will encourage and propel you forward into a fruitful and obedient lifestyle whilst taking the plunge into reading God’s Word in the Holy Bible.
This book is a revised version of the now available Heaven on Earth online by Mr. Lucas Kelly.
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Saving Phoebe Murrow : Herta Feely
Saving Phoebe Murrow
HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO BE THE PERFECT MOTHER?
A story about the timeless struggle between mothers and their teen daughters with a razor-sharp 21st century twist. This harrowing debut novel will make you question what’s needed to keep your children from harm.
Phoebe’s mother, Isabel, is precariously balancing her career and her family. Hardworking and caring, worried but supportive, all Isabel wants, in a world of bullies and temptations, is to keep her daughter safe.
But a cyber-bullying episode aimed at Phoebe pushes her to the edge with horrific consequences. Searching for justice and revenge, Isabel sets out to find the culprit behind this cruel incident.
Saving Phoebe Murrow, set amidst the complicated web of adolescent relationships, tells a story of miscommunication and malice, drugs and Facebook, prejudice and revenge.
Closer Together : Juliet Aharoni
Closer Together
In this remarkable sequel to Together They Overcame, Eyal and Rosalind piece their lives together as a married couple after the tragic accident that left Rosalind fighting for her life.
Struggling to find herself as she slowly recovers, Rosalind returns home with a deeper awareness of what has been troubling her for so long.
While Eyal does his best to nurse his wife back to health amid the tension still present from a mother who disapproves of Rosalind’s German Catholic heritage, his transfer to a base in the Israeli desert comes into play.
Rosalind quickly falls in love with her new surroundings and develops several deep-rooted friendships, but a series of tragic events and devastating betrayals leaves her questioning who she is—and what’s really important.
For fans of Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl, Closer Together is a passionate tale of a young married couple struggling to find their way and regain their confidence in themselves and the life they are building together.
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Stranger In The Elevator : J.J. Poland
Stranger In The Elevator
Daniel would never think librarians are interesting. Boring people, who always read books. But his neighbor Jane was totally different story.
She was not his type, but something in her caught his attention.
Jane didn’t pay any attention to Daniel. She simply despised him. He was that type of a guy she could never be with.
But life has its own plans.
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The Cygnus Virus : T.J. Zakreski
The Cygnus Virus
“In a story that’s part William Gibson-style cyberthriller, part wacky comedy, the pendulum swings between an investigation of the human soul and off-color remarks …” – Kirkus Reviews
“A seriocomic novel that explores the possibilities of futuristic technology and the classic tropes of a mismatched duo.” – Kirkus Reviews
“T.J. Zakreski’s THE CYGNUS VIRUS is at times a very consciously literate and literary book, drawing its inspiration from such sources as Carl Jung, the rise of Nazism, and even the Tarot deck to string together its elaborate metaphorical schema.” – IndieReader
“THE CYGNUS VIRUS is at times an exciting, very smart, and even sometimes very funny book, never talking down to the reader and moving at a breakneck pace.” – IndieReader
Andron’s life goes into full wtf mode when he accidentally downloads a space virus, after enrolling his old computer in a SETI-like program.
A virus that crashes the entire Internet. A virus that has a name. It’s Cygnus, a foulmouthed digital pest, who was expelled from a dystopian planet Earth.
And it only gets worse.
Cygnus strong arms Andron into doing his dirty work. But, goes too far when someone winds up dead. That’s when Andron discovers Cygnus’ shocking plan.
A plan to hijack a human cloning trial using blood from a burial cloth, so that he can come back as Terra’s Jesus.
Andron comes to the only conclusion he can. That he has to stop this psychopath.
But, how does he stop a digital god who’s holding all the cards?
What if the only person who can help him, can’t decide if she hates him, or just thinks he’s nuts?
The birth’s about to go down in Bathsheba and Andron’s bringing a gun.
This is the story of rum, tarot cards, eternal recurrence and a Second Coming that you won’t see coming.
Murder Across the Street : Alisa Schindler
Murder Across the Street
Could a murderer be living across the street from Molly Davis? Could her neighbor, the same civilized, middle-aged man wearing peach Izods and waving amiably while getting his mail have actually killed his wife? Or could, as her husband and friends seem to think, she be dreaming up the whole sordid affair? Could she once again be creating some drama in her tedious, suburban mom life?
But she wasn’t imagining the sketchy phone call she overheard and she wasn’t imagining the blood she saw staining the sidewalk. So maybe she shouldn’t have taken her baby and followed him, and maybe she shouldn’t be snooping around his house, but once Molly’s nose gets a scent it goes straight to her head. And her nose smelled murder.
With her three kids in tow, a mean batch of cookies in her arsenal and her husband pulling out the last hairs on his head, Molly embarks on a fact-finding adventure to find out there’s a crazy man loose in the suburbs or if she’s just the crazy one.