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Author |
: Pete Earley |
Publisher |
: Bantam |
Total Pages |
: 493 |
Release |
: 2011-11-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307808318 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307808319 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Hot House by : Pete Earley
A stunning account of life behind bars at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, where the nation’s hardest criminals do hard time. “A page-turner, as compelling and evocative as the finest novel. The best book on prison I’ve ever read.”—Jonathan Kellerman The most dreaded facility in the prison system because of its fierce population, Leavenworth is governed by ruthless clans competing for dominance. Among the “star” players in these pages: Carl Cletus Bowles, the sexual predator with a talent for murder; Dallas Scott, a gang member who has spent almost thirty of his forty-two years behind bars; indomitable Warden Robert Matthews, who put his shoulder against his prison’s grim reality; Thomas Silverstein, a sociopath confined in “no human contact” status since 1983; “tough cop” guard Eddie Geouge, the only officer in the penitentiary with the authority to sentence an inmate to “the Hole”; and William Post, a bank robber with a criminal record going back to when he was eight years old—and known as the “Catman” for his devoted care of the cats who live inside the prison walls. Pete Earley, celebrated reporter and author of Family of Spies, all but lived for nearly two years inside the primordial world of Leavenworth, where he conducted hundreds of interviews. Out of this unique, extraordinary access comes the riveting story of what life is actually like in the oldest maximum-security prison in the country. Praise for The Hot House “Reporting at its very finest.”—Los Angeles Times “The book is a large act of courage, its subject an important one, and . . . Earley does it justice.”—The Washington Post Book World “[A] riveting, fiercely unsentimental book . . . To [Earley’s] credit, he does not romanticize the keepers or the criminals. His cool and concise prose style serves him well. . . . This is a gutsy book.”—Chicago Tribune “Harrowing . . . an exceptional work of journalism.”—Detroit Free Press “If you’re going to read any book about prison, The Hot House is the one. . . . It is the most realistic, unbuffed account of prison anywhere in print.”—Kansas City Star “A superb piece of reporting.”—Tom Clancy
Author |
: Brian W. Aldiss |
Publisher |
: Open Road Media |
Total Pages |
: 228 |
Release |
: 2015-05-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781504010351 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1504010353 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Synopsis Hothouse by : Brian W. Aldiss
A Hugo Award–winning classic about a far-future Earth dominated by gargantuan plants and the few humans who remain Millions of years beyond our time, our Earth has long since stopped spinning—and giant flora have taken over the sunlit half of the motionless world. Here humans are among the very few animal species that still exist, struggling to survive against enormous odds, but they have become small and weak, and their numbers have dwindled to almost nothing. When the aging leader of Gren’s tribe decrees it is time for the old ones to go “Up,” the younger are left to make their own way below. Although the journey will not be an easy one for young Gren, he sets off on an odyssey across a perilous world populated by carnivorous plants and other evolved vegetation. But any knowledge to be gained at the terminator—the forbidding boundary between the day world and the night—might well prove worthless for the boy and the companions he amasses along the way when the expanding sun goes nova and their Earth is no more. A thrilling parable of courage, discovery, and survival, Hothouse is among Grand Master Brian W. Aldiss’s most beloved and enduring works. Ingeniously inventive, richly detailed, and breathtakingly lush and vibrant, the doomed world and people that Aldiss creates will live forever in the minds of all those who enter this remarkable realm.
Author |
: Harold Pinter |
Publisher |
: Dramatists Play Service, Inc. |
Total Pages |
: 76 |
Release |
: 1980 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0822205351 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780822205357 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Hothouse by : Harold Pinter
THE STORY: The scene is a government institution, possibly mental or medical and presumably penal, where the inmates are kept behind locked gates and are referred to by number rather than name. In charge is Roote, a pompous ex-colonel who is surely
Author |
: Robert SWEET |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 588 |
Release |
: 1826 |
ISBN-10 |
: BL:A0021930899 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Hot-house and Greenhouse Manual, or botanical cultivator ... Second edition by : Robert SWEET
Author |
: Pete Earley |
Publisher |
: Bantam |
Total Pages |
: 418 |
Release |
: 1992 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015024993522 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Hot House by : Pete Earley
The only writer ever to have been given unlimited access to the entier complex, including inmates and staff, Earley virtually lived for two years at Leavenworth--the oldest Federal prison in the U.S., located in Kansas and holding more than 1,400 of the nation's most dangerous criminals. Now he delivers a hard-hitting, shocking account of life inside.
Author |
: John Abercrombie |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 276 |
Release |
: 1789 |
ISBN-10 |
: NLS:V000349772 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Hot-house Gardener on the General Culture of the Pine-apple, and Methods of Forcing Early Grapes, Peaches, Nectarines, and Other Choice Fruits, in Hot-houses, ... with Directions for Raising Melons and Early Strawberries by : John Abercrombie
Author |
: Robert Sweet |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 796 |
Release |
: 1839 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCD:31175000753791 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Hothouse and Greenhouse Manual, Or, Botanical Cultivator by : Robert Sweet
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: |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 246 |
Release |
: 1851 |
ISBN-10 |
: BL:A0022216127 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (27 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Flower, Fruit and Kitchen Garden: Containing Full Directions for the Hothouse, Greenhouse, and Every Branch of Fruit, Flower, and Vegetable Culture. January to July by :
Author |
: David Swartz |
Publisher |
: iUniverse |
Total Pages |
: 333 |
Release |
: 2006-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780595395538 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0595395538 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis AUTUMN in the Hothouse and Other Poems by : David Swartz
The metaphysical outrage and indignation contained within these verses, for the most part formal yet seething with fury, has its only parallel in Wilfred Owen's terrible indictments of the first Great War. There is a significant difference, however. The poet's torment is expressed in the face of God and His Creation and not simply humankind's personal handiwork. The lure of Swartz's "Hothouse" is how dangerously it verges on disintegration and madness. The trial, simply stated, is why, a boundless WHY? hurled into abyss. Only more fearful is the implied silence, the calculated indifference of the answer. The four long poems comprising Part Two are a lull in the rage of the opening section. The poet, while certainly not at ease with his Maker's universe, attempts, even, to entertain, while having his own private jokes with Bard Himself. Part Three includes two representative dramatic poems. The first, "Last Supper," depicts the final moments of Christopher Marlowe, the second, "The Hitler Sonata," those of Adolf Hitler, a disturbing, powerful read. If Plath confronted demons in her brilliant final anguish, the author of THESE skillful, wrenching poems assails the very source of them. One cannot leave this book behind.
Author |
: Melanie Lenart |
Publisher |
: University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages |
: 249 |
Release |
: 2010-05-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780816570003 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0816570000 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Synopsis Life in the Hothouse by : Melanie Lenart
In this insightful, compelling, and highly readable work, Melanie Lenart, an award-winning journalist and science writer who holds a PhD in Natural Resources and Global Change, examines global warming with the trained eye of a professional scientist. And she presents the science in a clear, straightforward manner. Why does the planet’s warming produce stronger hurricanes, rising seas, and larger floods? Simple, says Lenart. The Earth is just doing what comes naturally. Just as humans produce sweat to cool off on a hot day, the planet produces hurricanes, floods, wetlands, and forests to cool itself off. Life in the Hothouse incorporates Lenart’s extensive knowledge of climate science—including the latest research in climate change—and the most current scientific theories, including Gaia theory, which holds that the Earth has some degree of climate control “built in.” As Lenart points out, scientists have been documenting stronger hurricanes and larger floods for many years. There is a good reason for this, she notes. Hurricanes help cool the ocean surface and clear the air of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas responsible for global warming. From the perspective of Gaia theory, these responses are helping to slow the ongoing global warming and Lenart expounds upon this in a clear and understandable fashion. There is hope, Lenart writes. If we help sustain Earth's natural defense systems, including wetlands and forests, perhaps Mother Earth will no longer need to rely as much on the cooling effects of what we call "natural disasters"—many of which carry a human fingerprint. At a minimum, she argues, these systems can help us survive the heat.