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Coal More Detail
Coal By David von Beck
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Coal starts at the bottom—in the basement of an old Seattle house—where Ken, a 42-year-old bachelor, stumbles across a box of letters that his sister Cole kept over the years. The... More > discovery brings Ken back to the day Cole died eight years ago. Emotions come like a flood, and suddenly Ken—having moved back to the empty family home after years of bouncing through relationships and life in general—has a plan. But Ken is unprepared for Carol, the seemingly upright nurse who turns out to be a little more on the wild side than first appears. And as he learns more about Carol, and himself, and his sister’s past, he pokes determinedly at the smoldering coals of spirit that push us to hope and live and to make hurtful mistakes. It is here, in the lessons learned from the aging of wood and wine and the fragile unpredictability of life that Ken realizes where real beauty resides. And so, despite having spent years stumbling through many relationships, he is intent on finding real love and a peaceful life. Sort of.< Less
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Getting Schooled By Lucas Coal
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"Getting Schooled" is Lucas Coal's sensual tale of Gabriel Nolan flirting with danger, intrigue, murder, and dazzling Adriana Abilio, whose smile can turn a man to putty. Tall, rugged, and... More > hard-nosed, the P.I.’s attention is split between his job (nailing an arrogant crime lord) and his love interest. After all, Adriana is bright, confident, and sexy; all bonuses when she helps him with his investigation. Together they find no one is as he appears. Supposed allies are big question marks. And the more they dig, the more muddled everything gets. Can Gabe slog his way through the felonious quagmire to discover who's really pulling the strings? Murder complicates things, but if he can untwist the tangle of clues, will he find what he expects, or regret what he discovers? Chasing both excitement and a skirt, he'll inevitably find himself on the bad of side of town where murder hides in the shadows, and get schooled. Does a night to remember await him? Or a shallow grave?< Less
Coal and the Environment More Detail
Coal and the Environment By Stephen Greb, Cortland Elbe
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Coal and the Environment covers issues related to coal mining and combustion, as well as the methods, technology, and regulation currently in use, or planned for the future, to meet our nation's... More > energy needs, while caring for the environment around us. Coal is our most important domestic fuel resource. It accounts for nearly 25% of our country's total primary energy production and produces half of our electric power. The objective in writing about coal is to relate the mining and use of this vital energy resource to the environmental concerns that affect our society.< Less
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THE COAL DIGGER By Allan Ishmael Young
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When sixteen-year-old coal digger Andy Stewart decides on his first day at work that there must be better and safer ways of knockin’ the black out (a euphemism for extracting more coal from the... More > earth), he sets about learning and developing technology to do so. But his lifelong friend and neighbor, Nick Rakos, takes a different route, through unionization, and they become bitter enemies. Both make marriages of convenience, but learn to love their wives with great passion. Caught up in the turmoil of the changes in the coalfields in the middle of the twentieth century, Andy reaches a high-level management position, while Nick becomes an efficient union organizer. After more than two decades of personal and professional antagonism, they cement their friendship again when they are hopelessly trapped in a mine cave-in. Based on real-life experiences, this is the story of coal camp people, their lives, their fears, their triumphs, their loves, their hates, and, yes, even their deaths.< Less
Kentucky Coal More Detail
Kentucky Coal By Willard Rouse Jillson
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History of the discovery and development of a coal industry in Kentucky. 10 photographs from the early 1920s. Indexed.
COAL CAMP More Detail
COAL CAMP By Allan Cannon
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COAL CAMP When two young friends are caught up in the turmoil of changes in the coalfields in the middle of the twentieth century, they take extremely different routes to improving means of... More > extracting coal from the earth—one through mechanization and the other through unionization—and become bitter enemies. But after years of conflicts, getting married and raising children, their friendship is rekindled when they are hopelessly trapped in a mine cave-in. This is the story of coal miners—their lives, loves, hopes, dreams and deaths.< Less
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Burning Coals By Ben & Naomi Levell
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Not too long ago nor too far away, a man and his wife wrote a book to their beloved children, entitled "Seven Flames", hoping to teach these little ones everything they had learned about... More > the God of all nations; a simple little book sharing their faith, values and life with their children. And for this, their family was bitterly punished. Like a warm flickering campfire feared by predators of the night, this family was stamped out and scattered. Burning Coals is what remains. Herein are four open letters addressed to the broken children, touching on such intimate things as marriage, sex, heaven, and the resurrection of us all. ("Burning Coals" is a sequel to "Seven Flames")< Less
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Coal County By Shelby Redd
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Interrelated short stories - nostalgia
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Coal County By Shelby Redd
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Interrelated short stories - nostalgia
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Over the Coals By Laurean . Brooks
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At first glance, Jill Landers pegs the gregarious man at the grill as an egotistical ladies’ man. A closer look reveals something else. Why does Rob Canter’s personality shift between two... More > polar opposites? Jill determines to find out. Rob Canter is hiding something. The boisterous, fun-loving Rob is a cover-up. But clowning around comes easier than facing reality. Why can’t he have a bright future with the woman he loves? But Jill must never know. Will Jill’s attempt to dig beneath the surface expose the gentle man who stole her heart? Or will Rob continue to run from his past and relinquish his chance for happiness with Jill?< Less