Books with author S C Cunningham

Renewable energy is one of the fastest-growing sectors in the global economy as climate scientists and environmentalists give voice to the detrimental effects of fossil fuels. But how far have we gotten in developing efficient and sustainable energy, including solar, wind, and geothermal power, and what are the benefits of these renewable energy sources compared to fossil fuels? This text examines the issue from diverse viewpoints, allowing students to analyze key ideas in energy production through primary source evidence.

A True Book-The Thirteen Colonies Are you thrilled by true adventure stories? do you wonder how our founding fathers conquered the wilds of North America to create the United States? You'll experience it all in these books that tell the story of the brave men and women who escaped tyranny from across the ocean to forge a new world in 13 colonies that led to the birth of the United States of America.

"Will machines take over the world one day? Will they have human emotions? Will they be our friends or foes? Will they make our lives easier or will they wipe out the human labor force? Readers will come to their own conclusions after reading articles from leading experts forecasting how robots and machines will be integrated into our world, as well as their warnings about how it could all go horribly wrong."--Publisher.

Nineteen-year-old Billie Eshleman loves the TV show Slayer for Hire, and has a major fangirl crush on its hunky star, Dylan Garber. When the show comes to her home town to film a movie version, it’s her greatest dream come true. Unfortunately, she’s not the only fan trying to crash the set. A real vampire has fixated on the fictitious “slayer,” and is determined to make Dylan her mate—like, for the rest of eternity.With help from Dylan’s co-star, Matt—an actor with vampire-related secrets of his own—it’s up to Billie to keep her idol from joining the ranks of the undead long enough to finish the movie. And, incidentally, keep herself alive in the process.

Flints water supply tainted with lead. Chicagos toxic donut. Louisianas cancer alley. Corporate waste poisoning developing nations. These are all examples of environmental racism. Readers of this compelling anthology will be awakened to many examples of poor and minority communities that suffer physically, emotionally, and financially from living in a toxic environment. With no political clout and few available resources, these victims find themselves abandoned by the environmental movement and bullied by environmental policies. The burgeoning environmental justice movement argues that environmental protection is a basic right. After reading the informative viewpoints in this volume, students will come to their own conclusions.

Seventeen-year-old Brin has spent the last ten years protecting her thirteen-year-old sister, Tess. They were just children when a mysterious plague killed their parents, along with the majority of human life on Earth. The world they knew was gone, and Brin and Tess were on their own. When they found The Republic, a settlement of over 3,000 people living in what was once Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Brin knew it wouldn’t be forever. She agreed to go along with the settlement’s unusual rules . . . it was a sacrifice she was willing to make for Tess. But she always knew the day would come when Tess would be expected to make that same sacrifice. And that’s something Brin can never allow. It would be too horrible, too terrible, too wrong. Now, with Tess’s fourteenth birthday just a few months away, Brin learns that powerful people in The Republic may not let them leave. The world is very different now, with very different rules, and Brin and Tess are valuable assets. When sixteen-year-old Megan is locked up for refusing to join the colony, Brin realizes that time is running out. She enlists the help of nineteen-year-old Cole, a colony newcomer who has his own concerns about the way things are being done in The Republic. Cole and his friend Al are willing to risk their own lives and safety to help Brin, Tess, and Megan escape. But can they make it on their own? And is the world they find beyond The Republic a better place, or just another trap from which they’ll have to escape? Is self-sacrifice the greatest proof of love, or does love demand an even more difficult commitment? And is the preservation of the human race worth the sacrifice of personal freedom and choice? Or is our very humanity defined by our sense of self and our need for autonomy?

Netara Blue is a short story about the birth of a blue eyed, spirit maiden, hybrid child that is considered an abomination to the spirits and something that they fear. Blue is bound to inherited the withered land of mercy, a plane of existence between the spirit realm and the lands of the wonderers. Her birth could unite the two worlds and free the wonderers. In order for this to happen, Saurus, a disimalin spirit beast, is assign to protect the birth of this hybrid from the wrath of the spirits.