When the San José mine collapsed outside of Copiapó, Chile, in August 2010, it trapped thirty-three miners beneath thousands of feet of rock for a record-breaking sixty-nine days. The entire world watched what transpired above-ground during the grueling and protracted rescue, but the saga of the miners' experiences below the Earth's surface and the lives that led them there has never been heard until now.
"Cross the TOEIC Bridge" is a complete test preparation guide to the TOEIC Bridge test. It includes two full-length practice tests and over 50 test hints that give powerful test-taking strategies. The step-by-step presentation is easy to follow, serving both classroom users and self-study. This book can also be used by students who score below 400 on the TOEIC test to boost their scores and test-taking skills.
An amazing science fiction story where in 1899 a playwright by the name of Bedford meets a scientist Cavor on the coast of England. The scientist has discovered a metal alloy that blocks gravity waves. The two men then head for the moon where they encounter bug-like creatures who live below the surface of the moon raising and feeding on large “mooncalves.” The men are taken prisoner but somehow manage to escape back to mother Earth.
Are we rising again? No. On the contrary. Are we descending? Worse than that, captain! we are falling! For Heaven's sake heave out the ballast! There! the last sack is empty! Does the balloon rise? No! I hear a noise like the dashing of waves. The sea is below the car! It cannot be more than 500 feet from us! Overboard with every weight! . . . everything!
