A high-tech thriller that pits the powerful men of Project-Z, a secret underground military complex, against an ordinary college professor whose student inadvertently uncovers a clue to a 10-year-old secret. The secret: The Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy was no accident. But after the gods underground remove the student, they find the professor is no ordinary target.

The Gods Underground

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Lee, Tom

Thrillers & Suspense

Inner Books

In 1900, the Appalachian region of northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia began to change. The inhabitants were dependent on the resources of the rural land, but the arrival of railroads spawned industrialization. Over the next several decades, families moved down from the mountains into the valley of East Tennessee as workers took jobs in the developing urban centers. Country stores, two-lane roads, and cornfields would eventually give way to cities, multi-lane highways, and new housing. The Tri-Cities—Kingsport, Johnson City, and Bristol—were starting to form. In this carefully documented book, Tom Lee uses archival material, newspapers, memoirs, and current scholarship in Appalachian studies to examine the economic changes that took place in the Tri-Cities region from 1900 to 1950. With modernization and urbanization, an urban-industrial strategy of economic development evolved. The entry of extractive industry into the mountains established the power of the urban elite to shape rural life. Local businessmen saw the route to financial strength in the recruitment of low-wage industry. Workers left struggling farms for factory jobs. This urban-rural relationship supported the Tri-Cities’ manufacturing economy and gave power to the area’s elite. The New Deal and the Second World War broadened this relationship as federal funding sustained the economy. The advantages of urban centers after decades of development left rural communities on the verge of disappearance and dependent on the jobs, opportunities, and economic vision of the cities. By 1950, the power of Appalachia’s elite over the people of the region had extended beyond urban boundaries and brought about the conditions necessary for the creation of the metropolitan Tri-Cities area of today. Readers will gain a better understanding of the complexity of modernization in Appalachia and the rural South from this engaging book. Tom Lee earned a PhD in history from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and is assistant professor of history at Hiwassee College in Madisonville, Tennessee.

The Tennessee-Virginia Tri-Cities: Urbanization in Appalachia, 1900-1950

History

Americas

Univ Tennessee Press

Step-by-step techniques for creating digitally enhanced images, album design, expert presentation, and printing-industry-standard prints are among the topics discussed in this image-processing guidebook for professional photographers. Chapters, covering a myriad of issues for career photographers, include image control, working with JPEGs, processing raw files, workstation ergonomics, and client presentation. Tips on creating cherished albums by learning resizing, drop shadow, and composition procedures, are also provided.

Digital Capture and Workflow for Professional Photographers

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Amherst Media

A Kafkaesque and darkly humorous “suburban gothic” that tracks the unraveling of man’s body, mind, and life. James Orr—husband, father, reliable employee and all-around model citizen—awakes one morning to find half his face paralyzed. Waiting for the affliction to pass, he stops going to work and wanders his idyllic estate, with its woodland, uniform streets and perfectly manicured lawns. But there are cracks in the veneer. And as his orderly existence begins to unravel, it appears that James may not be the man he thought he was. A deeply unsettling story of creeping horror that consistently confounds expectations, The Alarming Palsy of James Orr introduces a writer of extraordinary and disturbing talents.

The Alarming Palsy of James Orr

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Soho Press

A Kafkaesque and darkly humorous “suburban gothic” that tracks the unraveling of man’s body, mind, and life.\nJames Orr—husband, father, reliable employee and all-around model citizen—awakes one morning to find half his face paralyzed.\nWaiting for the affliction to pass, he stops going to work and wanders his idyllic estate, with its woodland, uniform streets and perfectly manicured lawns. But there are cracks in the veneer. And as his orderly existence begins to unravel, it appears that James may not be the man he thought he was.\nA deeply unsettling story of creeping horror that consistently confounds expectations, The Alarming Palsy of James Orr introduces a writer of extraordinary and disturbing talents.

The Alarming Palsy of James Orr [Hardcover] [Nov 02, 2017] Tom Lee

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Granta Publications

Alarming Palsy of James Orr

Contemporary

Granta Books

A powerful and deeply personal exploration of mental health, and an indelible account of the legacy of familial illness and living with a fracturing mind.

The Bullet

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Mental Health

Greenfly

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

HARVILL/SECKER

Backyard Chickens for Beginners: A practical handbook to raising chickens in a happy Backyard Flock, Choosing the Right Breed, Feeding and health Care.

Charlie Lab

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