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The definitive guide to petroleum hydrocarbon fuel spill and leak causes, prevention, response, and cost recovery

Oil Spills and Gas Leaks highlights the complex nature of petroleum hydrocarbon fuel extraction methods, the unintended consequences when disasters occur, spill behavior, and environmental impact mitigation. This practical resource discusses engineering techniques; long-term biological and environmental effects; dealing with insurance claims, litigation, and legislation in overlapping jurisdictions; and much more. Featuring global case studies and best practices, this timely volumeprovides an in-depth understanding of how oil spills and gas leaks occur and describes the most effective environmental assessment, remediation, and restoration options available to respond to these industrial accidents.

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The role of petroleum hydrocarbon fuels in societyGeology and geochemistry of oil and gas depositsOil and gas well drilling and production issuesBehavior of oil spills in various environmentsBehavior of gas leaks in various environmentsAssessment of spills and leaksToxicity issues and exposure pathwaysSubsurface investigationsSampling strategies and remedial approachesSampling methods on land and offshorePrevention, oversight, and mitigationRemediation of oil spillsCase histories and cost recoveryOil spills and wildlifeOil spills and safety issuesConclusions and recommendations

A concise, engaging, practical overview of children’s literature that keeps the focus on the books children read.

 

This brief introduction to children’s literature genres leaves time to actually read children’s books. Written on the assumption that the focus of a children’s literature course should be on the actual books that children read, the authors first wrote this book in 1996 as a “textbook for people who don’t like children’s literature textbooks.” Today it serves as an overview to shed light on the essentials of children’s literature and how to use it effectively with young readers, from PreK to 8th grade. The authors use an enjoyable, conversational style to achieve their goal of providing a practical overview of children’s books that offers a framework and background information, while keeping the spotlight on the books themselves.

The most comprehensive support available for success in Analysing VCE History. Power and Resistance: 1788 to 1998 investigates how power was wielded in the emerging Australian society. It explores how ideas of freedom and democracy played (and continue to play) out in Australia, and the implications for an imperfect society as groups struggled against that power for justice and to be recognised as equal parts of the nation.

When the mysterious Gauntlight, an eerie landlocked lighthouse, glows with baleful light, the people of Otari know something terrible is beginning. The town's newest heroes must venture into the ruins around the lighthouse and delve the dungeon levels far beneath it to discover the evil the Gauntlight heralds. Hideous monsters, deadly traps, and mysterious ghosts all await the heroes who dare to enter the sprawling megadungeon called the Abomination Vaults! Pathfinder Second Edition's most popular campaign yet bursts from the pages of this massive hardcover compilation, containing all three adventures in the fan-favorite Abomination Vaults Adventure Path, a dungeon-delving campaign like no other, along with support articles, rules, monsters, and more!

When the mysterious Gauntlight, an eerie landlocked lighthouse, glows with baleful light, the people of Otari know something terrible is beginning. The town's newest heroes must venture into the ruins around the lighthouse and delve the dungeon levels far beneath it to discover the evil the Gauntlight heralds. Hideous monsters, deadly traps, and mysterious ghosts all await the heroes who dare to enter the sprawling megadungeon called the Abomination Vaults! Pathfinder Second Edition's most popular campaign yet bursts from the pages of this massive hardcover compilation, containing all three adventures in the fan-favorite Abomination Vaults Adventure Path, a dungeon-delving campaign like no other, along with support articles, rules, monsters, and more!This deluxe special edition is bound in faux leather with metallic deboss cover elements and a bound-in ribbon bookmark.

Back where it all began!This special, double sized volume presents a full Adventure Path in a single massive 200-page book to celebrate the 200th volume of the Pathfinder Adventure Path!The town of Sandpoint has seen more than its fair share of danger and trouble over the years, including harrowing fires, prolific serial killers, goblin raids, and attacks by giants and dragons, but what faces the so-called Light of the Lost Coast now is its greatest threat yet! Something sinister has been manipulating events all along, and now a new band of heroes must step in to save this legendary small town from seven deadly dooms!Return to the town where it all began with the Seven Dooms for Sandpoint Adventure Path—a full campaign for 4th- to 11th-level characters that is presented in its entirety in this super-sized volume! Seven Dooms for Sandpoint also includes an updated snapshot of Sandpoint as it stands today, complete with ways to interact with and influence the townsfolk. More Thassilonian secrets, exciting new treasures, and a bestiary of dangerous new monsters round out this milestone Adventure Path volume.Each full-color softcover Pathfinder Adventure Path volume contains an in-depth adventure scenario, stats for several new monsters, and support articles meant to give Game Masters additional material to expand their campaign. Pathfinder Adventure Path volumes use the Open Game License and work with both Pathfinder Second Edition and the world's oldest fantasy RPG.

The demon army of Tanglebriar is on the march, bringing death and terror to the elven nation of Kyonin. Can a group of heroes complete a desperate mission deep behind enemy lines to stop sinister forces from completing a secret weapon before the demon Treerazer can use it to win the war?The Secret of Deathstalk Tower is a Pathfinder Second Edition adventure for four 14th-level characters. This adventure continues the Spore War Adventure Path, a three-part campaign in which a group of adventurers aid the elves in a war against an army of demons. This adventure also includes an article about the demon lord Treerazer (the primary antagonist of this campaign), an exploration of the sinister ooze monsters known as blights, powerful new magic items to aid heroes against their foes, and several sinister new monsters. Each full-color softcover Pathfinder Adventure Path volume contains an in-depth adventure scenario, stats for several new monsters, and support articles meant to give Game Masters additional material to expand their campaign. Pathfinder Adventure Path volumes use the Open RPG Creative License and work with the remastered Pathfinder Second Edition and compatible roleplaying games.

What lies beyond the gate? On the night of the Missing Moment, thousands stepped through portals across Golarion, seemingly against their will. When they returned, these so-called gatewalkers possessed strange, paranormal powers but no memory of where they had gone. Can the heroes unravel the mystery of the Missing Moment before the source of their new-found power consumes them? This 288-page hardcover compilation includes a complete Pathfinder campaign for characters level 1-10. This updated and remastered edition of the campaign has been adjusted to work perfectly with the latest edition of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, and includes updates and improvements based on player feedback. It also presents a meaty rules appendix that offers feats, monsters, and magic items designed to support this world-spanning, mindbending campaign!This deluxe special edition is bound in faux leather with metallic deboss cover elements and a bound-in ribbon bookmark.

With one imminent apocalypse prevented, the heroes can finally focus on directly opposing the machinations of Runelord Xanderghul, whose pursuit of revenge continues to threaten the Saga Lands—and Golarion as a whole! But to reach him and force that confrontation, the heroes must risk it all in conjuring a personification of doomsday known as the Oliphant, for this titanic legend is their only pathway into the deadly realm where Xanderghul awaits: the Apocalypse Archive of Jandelay!Into the Apocalypse Archive is a Pathfinder Second Edition adventure for four 18th-level mythic characters. This adventure concludes the Revenge of the Runelords Adventure Path, a three-part campaign in which a group of adventurers fight against the evil plans of Runelord Xanderghul—the most powerful of all runelords. This adventure also includes rules for large-scale apocalyptic disasters and presents a range of legendary artifacts and monsters to reward and challenge high-level characters.Each full-color softcover Pathfinder Adventure Path volume contains an in-depth adventure scenario, stats for several new monsters, and support articles meant to give Game Masters additional material to expand their campaign. Pathfinder Adventure Path volumes use the Open RPG Creative License and work with the remastered Pathfinder Second Edition and compatible roleplaying games.

Florin Kindler lost her parents to one of Ustalav’s most notorious hauntings—they perished, as so many have, after a visit from the Black Coach of Bastardhall. Arguably the most notorious of all the haunted castles of the Inner Sea region, Bastardhall’s mysteries have brought Florin and her adventuring companions in search of answers to the centuries-long curse that blights the ruins, but the castle has other plans than simply giving up what it hides, as those who dare to enter its haunted halls are doomed to vanish forever. Will your PCs be able to break the curse of Bastardhall and escape, or are they fated to become the latest in a long line of vanishings into one of Golarion’s most infamous ruins?The Bastion of Blasphemies Adventure Path is a complete Pathfinder campaign by Pathfinder co-creator James Jacobs, with adventures ranging from level 5 to 13, making it the perfect follow-up for players who have finished the Troubles in Grayce adventure anthology.

Florin Kindler lost her parents to one of Ustalav’s most notorious hauntings—they perished, as so many have, after a visit from the Black Coach of Bastardhall. Arguably the most notorious of all the haunted castles of the Inner Sea region, Bastardhall’s mysteries have brought Florin and her adventuring companions in search of answers to the centuries-long curse that blights the ruins, but the castle has other plans than simply giving up what it hides, as those who dare to enter its haunted halls are doomed to vanish forever. Will your PCs be able to break the curse of Bastardhall and escape, or are they fated to become the latest in a long line of vanishings into one of Golarion’s most infamous ruins?The Bastion of Blasphemies Adventure Path is a complete Pathfinder campaign by Pathfinder co-creator James Jacobs, with adventures ranging from level 5 to 13, making it the perfect follow-up for players who have finished the Troubles in Grayce adventure anthology.This deluxe special edition is bound in faux leather with metallic deboss cover elements and a bound-in ribbon bookmark.

The British Army's considerable contribution to The Korean War 1950 - 1953 was largely composed of 'conscripts' or national servicemen. Plucked from civilian life on a 'lottery' basis and given a short basic training, some like Jim Jacobs volunteered for overseas duty and suddenly found themselves in the thick of a war as intensive and dangerous as anything the Second World War had had to offer. As a member of 170 Independent Mortar Battery RA from March 1951 to June 1952 Jim was in the frontline at the famous Battle of the Imjin River. By great luck he evaded capture - and death - unlike so many. He returned to the UK only to volunteer again for a second tour with 120 Light Battery from March 1953 to March 1954. During this period he was in the thick of the action at the Third Battle of the Hook during May 1953. In this gripping memoir Jim calmly and geographically recounts his experiences and emotions from joining the Army through training, the journeys by troopship and, most importantly, on active service in the atrocious and terrifying war fighting that went on in a very foreign place.

What makes this book distinctive is the unique perspective of its author. James Jacobs spent fifty years at Macomb Community College, starting as a part-time instructor in 1967 and retiring in 2017 as president. After being temporarily fired by the college in 1970 for activist activities, Jacobs not only won his job back but began a transformation that led to a national role in developing community college workforce strategies used by many institutions today.His evolution, from student radical to community college leader, happened in parallel with the evolution of community colleges, from local educational afterthoughts to national engines of personal and economic development. Since the context for the book is the Detroit region, issues such as racism, city-suburban relations, and changes in the auto industry are also examined.Moving A Community College Forward has relevance for several audiences, including educators, policy experts, community college professionals, citizens of the Detroit region, and anyone who seeks guidance and inspiration from how things have evolved in the past as a way to prepare for and lead change into the future

What makes this book distinctive is the unique perspective of its author. James Jacobs spent fifty years at Macomb Community College, starting as a part-time instructor in 1967 and retiring in 2017 as president. After being temporarily fired by the college in 1970 for activist activities, Jacobs not only won his job back but began a transformation that led to a national role in developing community college workforce strategies used by many institutions today.His evolution, from student radical to community college leader, happened in parallel with the evolution of community colleges, from local educational afterthoughts to national engines of personal and economic development. Since the context for the book is the Detroit region, issues such as racism, city-suburban relations, and changes in the auto industry are also examined.Moving A Community College Forward has relevance for several audiences, including educators, policy experts, community college professionals, citizens of the Detroit region, and anyone who seeks guidance and inspiration from how things have evolved in the past as a way to prepare for and lead change into the future

Grab your katana, ready your best kung fu, and prepare to discover a wholenew world of exciting adventure! The mysteries and wonders of the Dragon Empiresare finally revealed! The continent of Tian Xia stretches from the polar ice inthe north to well south of the equator — a realm where honorable samurai,devious ninja, martial artistry, strange spirits, and imperial dragons rule.The Dragon Empires Gazetteer also presents five new player characterraces — the birdlike tengus, reptilian nagaji, shapechanging foxlikekitsune, reincarnted spiritualists known as samsarans, and the shadowy mastersof trickery called the wayang. An overview of life in the Dragon Empires offersa look at a new core pantheon (including more than a dozen brand-new deities),several new factions, and the challenges faced by a land recovering from therecent fall of a continental empire.

Key monsters and NPCs from the demon-fighting Wrath of the RighteousAdventure Path come alive on your tabletop with this collection of more than100 creature pawns for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game or anytabletop fantasy RPG! Printed on sturdy cardstock, each pawn contains abeautiful full-color image of a monster or NPC from the Wrath of theRighteous campaign, including dozens of demons, holy warriors, and uniqueNPCs that are also suitable to represent player characters.“Price Includes VAT”

Bow down inFear!Monsters have long stalked us in thedarkness. Within this book, you'll find a host of these creatures for use in thePathfinder Roleplaying Game. Face off against archdevils and the Horsemen of theApocalypse, planar dragons and the legendary wild hunt, proteans andpsychopomps, and hundreds more! Some creatures, such as the capricious taniwha,the mysterious green man, or the powerful empyreal lords, might even be willingto provide your heroes aid-if they deserve it!Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 6 is the sixth must-havevolume of monsters for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and serves as acompanion to the Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook and Pathfinder RPG Bestiary. Thisimaginative tabletop game builds upon more than 10 years of system developmentand an open playtest featuring more than 50,000 gamers to create a cutting-edgeRPG experience that brings the all-time best-selling set of fantasy rules into anew era. Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 6includes:►More than 200 different monsters.►New player-friendly races, like the crazedmonkey goblins, the telepathic albino munavris, the river-dwelling fey naiads,the wolflike rougarou, and the yaddithians of the Elder Mythos.►Numerous powerful demigods, from archdevilsand Great Old Ones to empyreal lords and qlippothlords.►New animal companions and otherallies, such as fierce devil monkeys and loyal clockworkhounds.►New templates, including theentothrope and the mongrel giant, to help you get more life out of classicmonsters.►Appendices to help you find theright monster, including lists by Challenge Rating, monster type, andhabitat.►Expanded universal monster rules tosimplify combat.►Challenges for everyadventure and every level of play.►AND MUCH,MUCH MORE!

Six Lethal Adventures, One Legendary Campaign In the sleepy coastal town of Sandpoint, evil is brewing. An attack by crazed goblins reveals the shadows of a forgotten past returning to threaten the town—and perhaps all of Varisia. The Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path begins with this goblin raid and takes players on an epic journey through the land of Varisia as they track a cult of serial killers, fight backwoods ogres, stop an advancing army of stone giants, delve into ancient dungeons, and finally face off against a wizard-king in his ancient mountaintop city. This compilation updates the fan-favorite campaign to the Pathfinder First Edition rules with revised and new content in more than 400 pages packed with mayhem, excitement, and adventure! Celebrating both the fifth anniversary of the Pathfinder Adventure Path and the tenth anniversary of Paizo Publishing, this new edition expands the original campaign with new options and refined encounters throughout, incorporating 5 years of community feedback.

With Friends Like These…The heroes of the Stolen Lands can use all the help they can get! The Pathfinder Kingmaker Companion Guide presents seven fully detailed NPC companions inspired by the Kingmaker video game, ready to provide all sorts of assistance, each accompanied by a fully detailed personalized adventure to expand and explore their story. Notes on how an additional six companions can aid your adventures, extensive rules for camping and cooking strange and even magical meals to bolster your characters' abilities, and a fully detailed system to incorporate weather and hazards like blizzards, flash floods, tornadoes, supernatural storms, and more into your campaign make the Pathfinder Kingmaker Companion Guide an indispensable addition to your Kingmaker campaign or indeed any Pathfinder campaign!Each companion character introduces a plethora of new character options to further enhance and bolster player characters' abilities and options, including over a dozen feats, nearly a dozen spells, ten new alchemical and magical items, three dozen new exploration and downtime activities, and much, much more!This deluxe special edition is bound in faux leather with metallic deboss cover elements and a bound-in ribbon bookmark.Written by: Alex Augunas, Russ Brown, Jeremy Corff, Steven T. Helt, Eric Hindley, James Jacobs, Victoria Jaczko, Jeff Lee, Tom McQueen, Jason Nelson, Chris Perrin, Richard Pett, David N. Ross, and Mike Welham

The Bloody Burden of Aristocracy! Formally inducted to the Blood Lords as recognition for their past victories, the player characters soon find that the dangers hidden in this prestigious role are as great as the rewards. The new aristocrats of Geb must fend off intrigues of their power-hungry peers, escort the priest-king of a subterranean ghoul nation, and quell a cannibalistic cult—all while investigating the plot to poison living residents across Geb and beyond. The mysterious mastermind behind this plot stalks the halls of power, where the characters now tread, and he knows that his enemies are closing in!The Ghouls Hunger is a Pathfinder Second Edition adventure for four less-than-good-hearted 11th-level characters. This adventure continues the Blood Lords Adventure Path, a six-part campaign in which the characters rise from skilled troubleshooters to join the Blood Lords who rule a land of the dead. The adventure also details the worship of Kabriri, the demon lord of ghouls, and presents numerous downtime activities for the newest Blood Lords to expand their authority. New items, feats, monsters, and more abound when The Ghouls Hunger.Each monthly full-color softcover Pathfinder Adventure Path volume contains an in-depth adventure scenario, stats for several new monsters, and support articles meant to give Game Masters additional material to expand their campaign. Pathfinder Adventure Path volumes use the Open Game License and work with both the Pathfinder RPG and the world's oldest fantasy RPG.

One of Pathfinder's most popular and exciting campaigns comes to 5e at last in this beautiful limited-edition deluxe presentation format!When the mysterious Gauntlight, an eerie landlocked lighthouse, glows with baleful light, the people of Otari know something terrible is beginning. Evil stirs in the depths of the Abomination Vaults, a sprawling dungeon where a wicked sorcerer attempted to raise an army of monsters hundreds of years ago. The town's newest heroes must venture into a sprawling dungeon filled with beasts and traps to prevent a spiteful spellcaster from rising again! This complete compilation of the original Adventure Path campaign has been adapted to the newest version of the world's oldest RPG. You've heard about the quality and depth of Pathfinder campaigns for years—now explore the Abomination Vaults yourself without having to learn a new game system!This deluxe special edition is bound in faux leather with metallic deboss cover elements and a bound-in ribbon bookmark.