The collapse of one of the six major rail bridges over the Mississippi stirs suspicions of foul play, but with a military train ferrying deadly, unstable material from Alabama to the West Coast and the collapse of a second bridge, a crisis quickly ensues.
Here’s your own handy pocket guide about the great state of Alabama! It really will fit in a pocket—I tested it. And it really will be useful when you want to know a fact you forgot, to bone up for a test, or when your teacher says, “I wonder . . .” and you have the answer — instantly!
Added by: susan6th | Karma: 3133.45 | Fiction literature | 28 October 2010
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Backseat Saints
I have been a fan of Joshilyn Jackson's since gods in Alabama. She is a wonderful writer. Her descriptive powers amaze me. At one point in the book, she is writing about Rose's trip across the country in search of her mother. The line reads, "Desert air whirled through the car in a constant cyclone, catching up our hair and rifling through it, blowing all the Alabama off our skins." The words actually transport you to that car and that moment with Rose. I love it. In case you couldn't tell, I would highly recommend this book to fans of women's fiction or Southern fiction. It's a great book from a very talented author.
Have you ever been to Yellowstone National Park? If so, you have stood on a catastrophein the making. The central region of the park is inside a collapsed volcanic crater that pulses with the hidden energy of magma deep below that will eventually explode in an eruption surpassing any in recorded history. Or have you ever driven in the rolling hills of the Piedmont region that extends from New Jersey to Alabama? Then you have crossed the core of an ancient mountain range that once rivaled the Himalayas.
Added by: visan | Karma: 894.33 | Other | 4 May 2009
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Songs with subtitles 12
ABBA - Gimme Gimme Gimme Chris Norman & Suzi Quatro - Stumblin' in John Travolta & Olivia Newton - Summer Nights Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald - Stars Fell On Alabama Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson Sting - It's Probably Me