The Last Two

Download or read book The Last Two Seconds written by Mary Jo Bang and published by Graywolf Press. This book was released on 2015-03-03 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eagerly awaited new poetry collection by Mary Jo Bang, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award We were told that the cloud cover was a blanket about to settle into the shape of the present which, if we wanted to imagine it as a person, would undoubtedly look startled— as after a verbal berating or in advance of a light pistol whipping. The camera came and went, came and went, like a masked man trying to light a too-damp fuse. The crew was acting like a litter of mimics trying to make a killing. Anything to fill the vacuum of time. —from "The Doomsday Clock" The Last Two Seconds is an astonishing confrontation with time—our experience of it as measured out by our perceptions, our lives, and our machines. In these poems, full of vivid imagery and imaginative logic, Mary Jo Bang captures the difficulties inherent in being human in the twenty-first century, when we set our watches by nuclear disasters, species collapse, pollution, mounting inequalities, warring nations, and our own mortality. This is brilliant and profound work by an essential poet of our time.

Download or read book The Last Two written by Mike Jason and published by Michael Williams. This book was released on 2023-02-01 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE LAST TWO Two world powers are in the midst of an intense struggle for global domination. Tensions are running high due to a hostile threat to unleash a chemical weapon containing a deadly plague capable of killing millions of people around the world. News stories are running day and night about the strong possibility of a poisonous attack, causing many people to panic. Citizens across America are stocking up on emergency supplies and barricading their homes to protect themselves if an attack occurs. Then it happens. The bomb hits the United States, and the plague spreads through a massive mushroom cloud afflicting the entire world. Only two known survivors remain, a wealthy, socialite woman and a poor, hardworking man. They must put their immense differences aside while facing unexpected dangers and twists at every turn to make it out of the ruins and survive.

Download or read book The Last Two written by Bostjan Videmsek and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-08-15 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the last two northern white rhinos, Najin and Fatu, as the species has fallen victim to poaching, wars, climate change, and Asian economic boom to become functionally extinct, as well as the story of the scientists and conservationists around the world fighting to save the species through scientific innovation.

Download or read book The Last Two Million Years written by and published by Reader's Digest Association. This book was released on 1981-07 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A four-part survey of the human adventure.

Download or read book THE LAST TWO BACHELORS written by Linda Randall Wisdom and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delaney's GROOMS "You don't own a tux shop for forty years and not know a little something about romance."—Karl Delaney You've Just Seen Your New Mommy! Ring bearer Patrick O'Connor pulled that note out of his jacket right after he'd gazed out the tux shop window at a pretty lady. Patrick thought girls were icky, but he wanted to find a woman for his dad. Sure, they were best buds—but a kid needed a mom! Jack knew that his son was infatuated with Sandi Galloway—who could blame the kid for having good taste? She'd make a great nanny for Patrcik—heck, Jack wouldn't mind some good-night kisses himself! And when Jack was in danger of losing Patrick, Sandi made for a great "pretend" wife. But Mrs. Jack O'Connor? Sandi didn't look like any mother Jack ever knew. Then again, maybe that's why Patrick asked her to marry them...for real.

Download or read book The Last Two Years written by Arthur Marsicano and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the writer's wife fights advanced ovarian cancer, pancreatitis and possible liver cancer, they turn to friends, family and their very different religious beliefs for strength, support and insight. During a dramatic two-year period their lives intersect with others experiencing tragedy, and they draw strength, inspiration and even joy from all of them-every single one of them. Jean Marsicano's life was threatened by ovarian cancer-known to many as the silent killer-and she was joined by her husband, her "Rock," as they focused on fighting the evil which had invaded her body. They counted their blessings, asked if their lives had meaning, and in the face of great adversity, they enjoyed life. Jean survived The Last Two Years thanks to three physicians-"Pal" and "Mitch" who supplied support and direction when they needed it most, and Dr. Goodman, a brilliant young physician who delivered Jean's medical care with skill, wisdom and compassion. As The Last Two Years end, they find hope in the face of continuing uncertainty and joy in friends, family and the beaches of South Carolina. And they realize "God was There," and will always be there with them.

Download or read book The Last Two Jews of Kabul written by Paul Winick and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2022-08-03 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last two Jews of Kabul returned to their bullet-ridden housing-synagogue complex on Flower Seller Street in Kabul in 2002 after the fall of the Talban. The former friends blamed each other for their imprisonment and the theft of their 800-year-old torah scrolls. They now despised each other. The story continues telling how they renew their friendship, rescue the scrolls, rebuild the complex and join their families in Israel. In Israel, they struggle as Orthodox Sephardic Jews with family who have become secularized.Ttheir traditions must bend. They hit many roadblocks along the way in trying to build a synagogue which encompasses all traditions. Their first synagogue is blown-up, a grandson is beaten. A granddaughter is kidnapped. Along the way we learn alot about chess, the art world, and about rare coins, and how all of these help them achieve their goals. We also see how the younger man, a widower, must bend some of his traditions when he starts to fall in love with a modern Ashkenazi woman. We learn about the differences of the two sects of Judaism and the difficulties the last two Jews of Kabul have in loosening their traditions. To paraphrase a song, they realize their traditions are as shaky as a fiddler on the roof.