When the World Runs Dry

When the World Runs Dry
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Publisher : Algonquin Young Readers
Total Pages : 272
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ISBN-10 : 9781643752273
ISBN-13 : 1643752278
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis When the World Runs Dry by : Nancy F. Castaldo

What would you do if you turned on the faucet one day and nothing happened? What if you learned the water in your home was harmful to drink? Water is essential for life on this planet, but not every community has the safe, clean water it needs. In When the World Runs Dry, award-winning science writer Nancy Castaldo takes readers from Flint, Michigan, and Newark, New Jersey, to Iran and Cape Town, South Africa, to explore the various ways in which water around the world is in danger, why we must act now, and why you’re never too young to make a difference. Topics include: Lead and water infrastructure problems, pollution, fracking contamination, harmful algal blooms, water supply issues, rising sea levels, and potential solutions.

When the Rivers Run Dry

When the Rivers Run Dry
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Publisher : Beacon Press
Total Pages : 340
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ISBN-10 : 0807085731
ISBN-13 : 9780807085738
Rating : 4/5 (31 Downloads)

Synopsis When the Rivers Run Dry by : Fred Pearce

In this groundbreaking book, veteran science correspondent Fred Pearce travels to more than thirty countries to examine the current state of crucial water sources. Deftly weaving together the complicated scientific, economic, and historic dimensions of the world water crisis, he provides our most complete portrait yet of this growing danger and its ramifications for us all. "A strong-and scary-case that a worldwide water shortage is the most fearful looming environmental crisis. With a drumbeat of facts both horrific (thousands of wells in India and Bangladesh are poisoned by fluoride and arsenic) and fascinating (it takes 20 tons of water to make one pound of coffee), the former New Scientist news editor documents a "kind of cataclysm" already affecting many of the world"s great rivers." -Publishers Weekly, starred review "Oil we can replace. Water we can"t-which is why this book is both so ominous and so important." -Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature

'Til the Well Runs Dry

'Til the Well Runs Dry
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 400
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ISBN-10 : 9780805098037
ISBN-13 : 0805098038
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis 'Til the Well Runs Dry by : Lauren Francis-Sharma

"An epic saga about a Trinidadian family spanning WWII to the early Sixties. Told in alternating voices, the author recounts the story of Marcia, our fierce heroine, who leaves her island home in order to protect the man she's loved for years, and finds herself isolated in a strange land but with the determination to survive and rebuild" --

When the Well Runs Dry

When the Well Runs Dry
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1594711372
ISBN-13 : 9781594711374
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis When the Well Runs Dry by : Thomas H. Green

This new edition by popular Jesuit spiritual director Thomas Green, S.J., synthesizes the spiritual counsel of classic Christian writers for a new generation thirsty for God. With almost 200,000 copies in print in twelve languages, When the Well Runs Dry builds on Green's classic and best-selling primer on prayer, Opening to God. In this proven and popular roadmap for those digging deeper into the mystery of prayer, he skillfully coaxes readers to re-examine their perspectives on prayer. Prayer, he teaches, has less to do with what they do or know, and more to do with what God does in them.

Running Dry

Running Dry
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Publisher : National Geographic Books
Total Pages : 324
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ISBN-10 : 9781426205057
ISBN-13 : 1426205058
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis Running Dry by : Jonathan Waterman

An eye-witness account of the many demands on the Colorado, from irrigating 3.5 million acres of farmland to watering the lawns of Los Angeles.

Unquenchable

Unquenchable
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Publisher : Island Press
Total Pages : 428
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ISBN-10 : 9781597266390
ISBN-13 : 1597266396
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis Unquenchable by : Robert Jerome Glennon

In the middle of the Mojave Desert, Las Vegas casinos use billions of gallons of water for fountains, pirate lagoons, wave machines, and indoor canals. Meanwhile, the town of Orme, Tennessee, must truck in water from Alabama because it has literally run out. Robert Glennon captures the irony—and tragedy—of America’s water crisis in a book that is both frightening and wickedly comical. From manufactured snow for tourists in Atlanta to trillions of gallons of water flushed down the toilet each year, Unquenchable reveals the heady extravagances and everyday inefficiencies that are sucking the nation dry. The looming catastrophe remains hidden as government diverts supplies from one area to another to keep water flowing from the tap. But sooner rather than later, the shell game has to end. And when it does, shortages will threaten not only the environment, but every aspect of American life: we face shuttered power plants and jobless workers, decimated fi sheries and contaminated drinking water. We can’t engineer our way out of the problem, either with traditional fixes or zany schemes to tow icebergs from Alaska. In fact, new demands for water, particularly the enormous supply needed for ethanol and energy production, will only worsen the crisis. America must make hard choices—and Glennon’s answers are fittingly provocative. He proposes market-based solutions that value water as both a commodity and a fundamental human right. One truth runs throughout Unquenchable: only when we recognize water’s worth will we begin to conserve it.

Dry

Dry
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Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Total Pages : 416
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781481481977
ISBN-13 : 1481481975
Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

Synopsis Dry by : Neal Shusterman

“The authors do not hold back.” —Booklist (starred review) “The palpable desperation that pervades the plot…feels true, giving it a chilling air of inevitability.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “The Shustermans challenge readers.” —School Library Journal (starred review) “No one does doom like Neal Shusterman.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) When the California drought escalates to catastrophic proportions, one teen is forced to make life and death decisions for her family in this harrowing story of survival from New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman. The drought—or the Tap-Out, as everyone calls it—has been going on for a while now. Everyone’s lives have become an endless list of don’ts: don’t water the lawn, don’t fill up your pool, don’t take long showers. Until the taps run dry. Suddenly, Alyssa’s quiet suburban street spirals into a warzone of desperation; neighbors and families turned against each other on the hunt for water. And when her parents don’t return and her life—and the life of her brother—is threatened, Alyssa has to make impossible choices if she’s going to survive.

Running Dry

Running Dry
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Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Total Pages : 68
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ISBN-10 : 9781467763080
ISBN-13 : 146776308X
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis Running Dry by : Stuart A. Kallen

As the planet's human population explodes, so does the demand for water. About one out of every nine people in the world does not have access to safe drinking water, while one out of every five—almost 1.5 billion humans—lives in a region where water demand is outstripping supply. But as demand grows, supplies do not. Climate change has led to severe drought, flooding, and massive storms in key agricultural areas of the world. Industrial and agricultural water pollution threatens public health around the world. Environmental protection measures are not keeping up with energy-production technologies such as fracking and the corn-for-fuel market, all of which affect water usage rates and safety. Both developed and undeveloped areas of the world face challenges with water-delivery infrastructure. For example, undeveloped nations lack even the most basic water-delivery systems. Millions of global citizens are without sanitation altogether, polluting waterways with raw sewage. In the developed world, water-delivery infrastructures are aging and wasteful. Domestic and industrial overconsumption of water resources draws down supply capacity, depleting Earth's freshwater resources at an alarming rate. And, in the last few decades, private corporations have begun to take over municipal water delivery, buying the rights to freshwater supplies and selling bottled water, all for large profits. As the cost of clean water rises, many people can't afford the water they need for everyday use. Competition for clean water is increasing, and the stakes couldn't be higher. Running Dry investigates some tough questions. In a crowded world with limited water supplies, will we be able to deliver safe, clean water to an increasingly thirsty world? Can governments, businesses, and individuals work together to clean up and protect Earth's water resources? Are water conservation strategies enough to ensure a water-rich future? Or will we run dry?

The Tongue's Blood Does Not Run Dry

The Tongue's Blood Does Not Run Dry
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Publisher : Seven Stories Press
Total Pages : 226
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781583229699
ISBN-13 : 1583229698
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis The Tongue's Blood Does Not Run Dry by : Assia Djebar

What happens when catastrophe becomes an everyday occurrence? Each of the seven stories in Assia Djebar’s The Tongue’s Blood Does Not Run Dry reaches into the void where normal and impossible realities coexist. All the stories were written in 1995 and 1996—a time when, by official accounts, some two hundred thousand Algerians were killed in Islamist assassinations and government army reprisals. Each story grew from a real conversation on the streets of Paris between the author and fellow Algerians about what was happening in their native land. Contemporary events are joined on the page by classical themes in Arab literature, whether in the form of Berber texts sung by the women of the Mzab or the tales from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights. The Tongue’s Blood Does Not Run Dry beautifully explores the conflicting realities of the role of women in the Arab world. With renowned and unparalleled skill, Assia Djebar gives voice to her longing for a world she has put behind her.

When the World Runs Dry

When the World Runs Dry
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Publisher : Algonquin Books
Total Pages : 209
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781616209711
ISBN-13 : 1616209712
Rating : 4/5 (11 Downloads)

Synopsis When the World Runs Dry by : Nancy F. Castaldo

Award-winning science writer Nancy F. Castaldo gives a riveting narrative nonfiction account of the worldwide water crisis, explaining what’s happening to the world’s water supply, from industrial pollution to harmful algal blooms, and what kids can do about it.