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|  | | Eenergy -- Its Mystique, Uses, and Consequences
This book discusses renewable and nonrenewable sources of energy and sescribes the consequences of the use of energy.
There is a mystique to energy. It’s a familiar word but a confusing concept. What is energy and what are the consequences of its use including the emission of green house gases. This book provides that information.
The author explains the concept of energy and illustrates the wrong ideas people have about energy. To overcome these misconceptions he presents a definition of energy and explains the different forms of energy, their sources, uses, and consequences. He clarifies creation, conservation, storage, and nonrenewable and renewable energy.
The book contains discussions about th | |  | | Sea Bag of Memories
This book contains original poems, cartoons, drawings, paintings, crafts, and models generated by small ship sailors of WWII.
When an enlisted man arrived at Boot Camp and received his gear and uniforms, some Navy clerk thrust at him also a canvas hammock, a thin mattress, a pillow, and two cream colored woolen blankets. These sparse items he lugged wherever he went, taking his bed with him, even aboard ship. To store his uniforms, work clothes, and personal items the clerk tossed him a gray, cylindrical, thirty-four inch high, thirteen inch diameter, canvas sack. It had a row of six stitched grommets around the opening at the top through which the sailor inserted a length of rope. With that he drew the neck of the |
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