John Knowles
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Set at a boys' boarding school in New England during the early years of World War II, A Separate Peace is a harrowing and luminous parable of the dark side of adolescence. Gene is a lonely, introverted intellectual. Phineas is a handsome, taunting, daredevil athlete. What happens between the two friends one summer, like the war itself, banishes the innocence of these boys and their world. A bestseller for more than thirty years, A Separate Peace is...
3) The influence of forest fire induced albedo differences on the generation of mesoscale circulations
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Atmospheric science paper volume no. 527
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1993.
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The development of a mesoscale circulation by the thermal contrast between a fire burned area surrounded by untouched vegetation was simulated by the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS) in order to show the circulation's ability to generate clouds and precipitation.
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[c2005]
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World War II rages overseas, the prestigious Devon prep school holds a summer session for boys trying to graduate before they are drafted. Among the students are two unlikely new roomates - Gene, a quiet, introspective bookworm; and Finny, a carefree and wildly popular athlete. Charmed by Finny, Gene joins him for a series of exciting escapades. But when Gene's grades decline, he suspects that Finny secretly wants him to fail. Fueled by anger and...
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2003.
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Set at a boys' boarding school in New England during the early years of World War II, A Separate Peace is a harrowing and luminous parable of the dark side of adolescence. Gene is a lonely, introverted intellectual. Phineas is a handsome, taunting, daredevil athlete. What happens between the two friends one summer, like the war itself, banishes the innocence of these boys and their world. A bestseller for more than thirty years, A Separate Peace is...
8) One Night
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c2010
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A group of New Yorkers venture into Friday night unaware that their lives are about to change. Larry, an executive, has been sublimating his deep fear of commitment by carrying on an affair with his young assistant, unbeknownst to his stunning model girlfriend. College student Abby worships her older boyfriend while thinking her devoted friend Clarice is only a child. Michelle is looking forward to meeting Jack, with whom she's flirted online but...
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