The Adventures of Christopher Hawkins (Eyewitness Accounts of the American Revolution)

Hawkins, Christopher

Biographies & Memoirs

Arno Press

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The Adventures of Christopher Hawkins

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The adventures of Christopher Hawkins

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Nabu Press

Excerpt from The Adventures of Christopher Hawkins: Containing Details of His Captivity, a First and Second Time on the High Seas, in the Revolutionary War, by the British, and His Consequent Sufferings, and Escape From the Jersey Prison Ship, Then Lying in the Harbour of New York, by Swimming In consequence of these qualities, as well as for his practical business turn, he was frequently appointed by the local and state authorities to lay out wards, partition fences, and settle contested claims. He was at one time a Commissioner of Roads, and was the first Supervisor of Newport, having been chosen such in 1807 at the first meeting of the town after its erection. He held the office for fourteen years, when, after a short interregnum, he was again elected to the same situation, and served for six years longer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Adventures of Christopher Hawkins: Containing Details of His Captivity, a First and Second Time on the High Seas, in the Revolutionary War, by the British, and His Consequent Sufferings, and Es...

Literature & Fiction

Action & Adventure

Forgotten Books

Implementing City Sustainability: Overcoming Administrative Silos to Achieve Functional Collective Action

Implementing City Sustainability examines the structures and processes that city governments employ to pursue environmental, social, and economic well-being within their communities. As American cities adopt sustainability objectives, they are faced with the need to overcome fuzzy-boundary, coordination, and collective action challenges to achieve successful implementation. 
Sustainability goals often do not fit neatly into traditional city government structures, which tend to be organized around specific functional responsibilities, such as planning, public works, parks and recreation, and community development. The authors advance a theory of Functional Collective Action and apply it to local sustainability to explain how cities can—and in some cases do—organize to successfully administer changes to achieve complex objectives that transcend these organizational separations. Implementing City Sustainability uses a mixed-method research design and original data to provide a national overview of cities’ sustainability arrangements, as well as eight city case studies highlighting different means of organizing to achieve functional collective action. 
By focusing not just on what cities are doing to further sustainability, but also on how they are doing it, the authors show how administrative structure enables—or inhibits—cities to overcome functional divides and achieve successful outcomes.

Business & Money

Krause, Rachel M.

Economics

Temple University Press

Implementing City Sustainability examines the structures and processes that city governments employ to pursue environmental, social, and economic well-being within their communities. As American cities adopt&nbsp;sustainability&nbsp;objectives, they are faced with the need to overcome fuzzy-boundary, coordination, and collective action challenges to achieve successful implementation.Sustainability goals often do not fit neatly into traditional city government structures, which tend to be organized around specific functional responsibilities, such as planning, public works, parks and recreation, and community development. The authors advance a theory of Functional Collective Action and apply it to local sustainability to explain how cities can--and in some cases do--organize to successfully administer changes to achieve complex objectives that transcend these organizational separations. Implementing City Sustainability uses a mixed-method research design and original data to provide a national overview of cities' sustainability arrangements, as well as eight city case studies highlighting different means of organizing to achieve functional collective action.By focusing not just on what cities are doing to further sustainability, but also on how they are doing it, the authors show how administrative structure enables--or inhibits--cities to overcome functional divides and achieve successful outcomes.

The story of a young man who fulfills a lifelong dream by dropping out of mainstream society. He discovers a tropical paradise in a remote corner of Pacific Mexico, only to find it threatened.

The Water's End

Genre Fiction

Trafford Publishing

London and South Western Engines

Engineering & Transportation

Transportation

Irwell Press

“An assortment of jolts, abominations, and shaken nerves that readers won’t soon forget.” 
Kirkus Reviews\nThe house at the end of the block with the overgrown lawn. The darkened store window in a forgotten corner of the shopping mall. The colorful characters of a children's TV show. What dark secrets do they hide? 
From award-winning author Christopher Hawkins come thirteen tales of the horrors lurking right next door. A shut-in sets out to make a new life for himself by losing weight at the point of a scalpel. A store clerk with a mannequin obsession hides a macabre and tragic secret. A master thief tries for one last score in a house that doesn't want him to leave. Two friends learn the hard way that having superpowers doesn't always make you a hero. It might just make you a monster. A lonely painter finds freedom with the help of something lurking beneath the ocean waves.\nAt turns whimsical and somber but always unsettling, this debut collection of short horror stories is essential reading from a rising voice in dark literary fiction. 
“A masterfully written collection of dark and uniquely disquieting tales. Some tales collected here are bizarre and whimsical. Others are distressing and uncomfortable. Regardless, each tale is brilliantly tethered by an absolute truth: there is darkness lurking inside each person you pass on the street. Peel back the gristle and behold the exquisite void waiting for you beneath the skin…” 
Eric LaRocca, author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes\n“Each of the stories in SUBURBAN MONSTERS is a masterful exercise in building tension and creating a sense of unease, as author Christopher Hawkins delves into the dark, twisted inner lives of characters who may not be all they seem.” 
IndieReader (Starred Review)\n“Human fiends and supernatural ones collide in Hawkins’ Suburban Monsters. Shows us that beneath any facade of normalcy, strange things lurk, just waiting to sink their teeth in. Christopher Hawkins loves turning over rocks and showing us the grotesque, squirming things underneath, and you’ll have a hard time looking away.” 
Brian Asman, author of Man, F*ck This House\n“Hawkins’s bold premises and deft followthrough create gut-wrenching tension sure to thrill horror enthusiasts... Throughout, visceral imagery brings the terror to life: readers will hear the “wet gurgle” and see the “blossom of brownish red” liquid spreading out. Killer opening lines such as “It was the blood that changed everything” make the twisted and ominous worlds inviting.” 
Booklife\n“Harrowing and irresistible. A terrific collection of short stories that unmasks the horror lurking in everyday humanity. You’ll never look at your neighbors in the same way again.” 
Brian Pinkerton, author of The Nirvana Effect\n“These are more than horror stories; these are little word grenades that roll quietly into the closet of your mind… only to explode later! I may never forget the last lines of “A Candle For The Birthday Boy,” perhaps the perfect closer to this incendiary collection. Read at your own risk.” 
John Everson, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Five Deaths for Seven Songbirds and NightWhere\n“Reading Christopher Hawkins’ Suburban Monsters is like walking down a street in a dark neighborhood at night with the windows lit and curtains, some of them, parted. Terrible things go on inside, but out here you’re safe, except then there’s a soft sound behind you, and then another. The faces in all those windows turn, and you are seen.” 
Christi Nogle, author of Beulah

Suburban Monsters

Coronis Publishing

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