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La fragata Surprise

Author : Patrick O'Brian
Publisher : EDHASA
ISBN 13 : 8435049418
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book La fragata Surprise written by Patrick O'Brian and published by EDHASA. This book was released on 2024-01-17 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decidido a disfrutar de una vida desahogada junto a su amada Sophie, el capitán Jack Aubrey deja su puesto en la Armada para instalarse cómodamente en Inglaterra. La fortuna, sin embargo, le tiene reservada una desagradable sorpresa..., y Aubrey se verá obligado a desistir de sus alegres aspiraciones. No le queda más que aceptar la nueva misión en la flota del almirante Nelson. Al mando de la fragata Surprise, y con la compañía a bordo del inigualable Stephen Maturin, abandona las costas inglesas para conducir a un recién nombrado embajador británico hasta su destino en las Indias orientales. Un viaje en el que descubrirán los mil paisajes y aromas de la India, y en el que navegarán por la ruta de las islas de las especias, controladas por los navíos franceses enviados por Napoleón para aniquilar la flota inglesa que, hasta el momento, operaba en China. Y, ahí, una vez más, la aventura comenzará a ser realmente peligrosa... Nadie como Patrick O'Brian es capaz de aunar en una novela los comportamientos y las reflexiones humanas, observaciones sobre temas tan variados como el dinero, el sexo o el amor y una acción trepidante, llena de aventuras y exotismo. Y esta La fragata "Surprise", tecera entrega de la serie sobre la Armada inglesa, tiene todos eso y mucho más.

A fragata surprise

Author : Patrick O'Brian
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789724130279
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book A fragata surprise written by Patrick O'Brian and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

La fragata Surprise

Author : Patrick O'Brian
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788434545113
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (451 download)

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Download or read book La fragata Surprise written by Patrick O'Brian and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

La fragata Surprise (III) (bolsillo)

Author : Patrick O'Brian
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788435018920
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (189 download)

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Download or read book La fragata Surprise (III) (bolsillo) written by Patrick O'Brian and published by . This book was released on 2011-01-30 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patrick O ́Brian (1914-2000) pertenece a esa categoría de autores capaces de revitalizar un género literario. Considerado como uno de los más célebres y prestigiosos cultivadores de novela histórica, y más específicamente de literatura naval, sus espléndidas reproducciones de época, su atención al detalle, su sensibilidad para crear personajes complejos y profundos y su perspicacia para comprender el comportamiento humano le han permitido llegar a todo tipo de lectores, y han justificado que a menudo se le comparara con Marcel Proust.

Spanish Alta California

Author : Alberta Johnston Denis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spanish Alta California written by Alberta Johnston Denis and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

L.U.C.I in The Sky

Author : Chris Fox
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 144815135X
Total Pages : 493 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book L.U.C.I in The Sky written by Chris Fox and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-09-30 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maria Haymeyer has an I. Q. of 250, once posed for a Playboy 'Girls of Mensa' feature, and has invented a radical new design for a warplane computer game she calls 'L. U. C. I.' -- short for Light Ultra Chip Intelligence. But someone has stolen her idea, and converted it to bid for a multi-million Joint Strike Fighter contract with the Pentagon. An unwilling but crucial ally in Maria's search to recover L. U. C. I. is a man called Terry Weston, who, up until now, has pursued an ultra-secret career as a corporate spy. But he is not aware of a critical fact - that L. U. C. I. is a warplane with a built-in Doomsday mechanism.

H.M.S. Surprise

Author : Patrick O'Brian
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book H.M.S. Surprise written by Patrick O'Brian and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

H. M. S. Surprise (Vol. Book 3) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)

Author : Patrick O'Brian
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393037036
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book H. M. S. Surprise (Vol. Book 3) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels) written by Patrick O'Brian and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1994-11-17 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capt. Aubrey and his friend Maturin sail to the Indian Ocean to save the British merchant fleet from the French.

Ice Maiden

Author : Johan Reinhard
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1426201761
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book Ice Maiden written by Johan Reinhard and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2006-11-21 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Johan Reinhard's discovery of the 500-year-old frozen body of an Inca girl made international headlines in 1995, reaching more than a billion people worldwide. One of the best-preserved mummies ever found, it was a stunning and significant time capsule, the spectacular climax to an Andean quest that yielded no fewer than ten ancient human sacrifices as well as the richest collection of Inca artifacts in archaeological history. Here is the paperback edition of his first-person account, which The Washington Post called "incredible…compelling and often astonishing" and The Wall Street Journal described as "… part adventure story, part detective story, and part memoir—an engaging look at a rarefied world." It's a riveting combination of mountaineering adventure, archaeological triumph, academic intrigue, and scientific breakthrough which has produced important results ranging from the best-preserved DNA of its age to the first complete set of an Inca noblewoman's clothing. At once a vivid personal story, a treasure trove of new insights on the lives and culture of the Inca, and a fascinating glimpse of cutting-edge research in fields as varied as biology, botany, pathology, ornithology and history, The Ice Maiden is as spellbinding and unforgettable as the long-dead but still vital young woman at its heart.

"Go Find Him and Bring Me Back His Hat"

Author : Mariano Sciaroni
Publisher : Helion and Company
ISBN 13 : 1915113423
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (151 download)

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Download or read book "Go Find Him and Bring Me Back His Hat" written by Mariano Sciaroni and published by Helion and Company. This book was released on 2020-11-23 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Task Force of the Royal Navy started its southbound voyage, as the second major act during the Falklands/Malvinas War of 1982, its commanders assessed the Argentine submarines as the biggest threat. Even if limited in total size and scope, this threat was so conditioning that the conclusion was that it had to be neutralized at the earliest possible moment in time, otherwise no victory would have been possible. The British believed that the Argentines would wait for them in the waters of the war zone with two modern and dangerous German-made Type-209 submarines, and a modified US-made submarine from the times of the Second World War. To their good luck, this threat was quickly reduced to two, because during the first naval combat of the conflict, the old ARA Santa Fe was knocked out and captured by the Royal Navy at South Georgia. Further anti-submarine operations followed on 1 May 1982, when ARA San Luis attacked Royal Navy warships, and, in turn, was counterattacked, resulting in scenes reminiscent of those from the movie Das Boot. Avoiding its pursuers, the boat distanced before re-attacking a few days later – when multiple factors conspired to prevent it from becoming successful. Despite systematic pursuit by warships and helicopters of the Royal Navy, the submarine eventually returned to its home port in one piece. Because the other Argentinean Type-209, ARA Salta, was non-operational, the withdrawal of the ARA San Luis also prompted the withdrawal of all the major units of the Argentine Navy into shallow waters off the coast of South America. Although the undersea battlefield was thus actually empty of Argentine submarines, elements of the Royal Navy’s task force continued detecting and tracking multiple sonar contacts over the following days and weeks. Indeed, they ultimately fired no fewer than 31 torpedoes, 49 depth-charges and 21 mortar salvoes at these. "Go Find Him and Bring Me Back His Hat" is the story of the crews of 22 warships, submarines, anti-submarine-warfare helicopters, and Nimrod submarine-hunter aircraft, their intensive and advanced training, and combat experiences – a richly illustrated story that has never been told before.

Woman of the Ashes

Author : Mia Couto
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374715661
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book Woman of the Ashes written by Mia Couto and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first in a trilogy about the last emperor of southern Mozambique by one of Africa’s most important writers Southern Mozambique, 1894. Sergeant Germano de Melo is posted to the village of Nkokolani to oversee the Portuguese conquest of territory claimed by Ngungunyane, the last of the leaders of the state of Gaza, the second-largest empire led by an African. Ngungunyane has raised an army to resist colonial rule and with his warriors is slowly approaching the border village. Desperate for help, Germano enlists Imani, a fifteen-year-old girl, to act as his interpreter. She belongs to the VaChopi tribe, one of the few who dared side with the Portuguese. But while one of her brothers fights for the Crown of Portugal, the other has chosen the African emperor. Standing astride two kingdoms, Imani is drawn to Germano, just as he is drawn to her. But she knows that in a country haunted by violence, the only way out for a woman is to go unnoticed, as if made of shadows or ashes. Alternating between the voices of Imani and Germano, Mia Couto’s Woman of the Ashes combines vivid folkloric prose with extensive historical research to give a spellbinding and unsettling account of war-torn Mozambique at the end of the nineteenth century.

The Sea Rover's Practice

Author : Benerson Little
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1574889117
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book The Sea Rover's Practice written by Benerson Little and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2007-02-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes in detail how privateers, buccaneers, and pirates plied their trade during the piracy's "golden age."

Recuerdos

Author : Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806192542
Total Pages : 1475 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Recuerdos written by Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2023-03-02 with total page 1475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A generation after the U.S. conquest of California, Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo set out to write the story of the land he knew so well—a history to dispel the romantic vision quickly overtaking the state’s recent past. The five-volume history he produced, published here for the first time in English translation, is the most complete account of California before the gold rush by someone who resided in California at the time. Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo (1807–90) grew up in Spanish California, became a leading military and political figure in Mexican California, and participated in some of the founding events of U.S. California, such as the Monterey Constitutional Convention and the first legislature. With his project, undertaken for historian and publisher Hubert Howe Bancroft, Vallejo sought to correct misrepresentations of California’s past, which dismissed as insignificant the pre–gold rush Spanish and Mexican periods—conflated into one “Mission era.” Instead, Vallejo’s history emphasized the role of the military in the Spanish colonization of California and argued that the missionaries after Junípero Serra, with their medieval ideas, had actually retarded the development of California until secularization in the early 1830s. Culture, he contended, was of intense interest to the Californio people, as was the education of children. His accounts of Indigenous peoples, while often sympathetic, were also characteristic of his time: he and other California military leaders, Vallejo maintained, had successfully subdued “hostile” Indians and established mutually beneficial relationships with others. Out of keeping with Bancroft’s American triumphalism, Vallejo’s monumental project was consigned to the archives. With their deft translation and commentary, Rose Marie Beebe and Robert M. Senkewicz—authors of a companion volume on Vallejo’s work—have brought to light a remarkable perspective, often firsthand, on important events in early California history. Their efforts restore a critical chapter to the story of California and the American West.

Maryland Magazine

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Maryland Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Malaspina Expedition 1789-1794 / ... / Volume II / Panama to the Philippines

Author : Andrew David
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351814168
Total Pages : 623 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book The Malaspina Expedition 1789-1794 / ... / Volume II / Panama to the Philippines written by Andrew David and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 623 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the voyages of exploration and surveying in the late 18th century, that of Alejandro Malaspina best represents the high ideals and scientific interests of the Enlightenment. Italian-born, Malaspina entered the Spanish navy in 1774. In September 1788 he and fellow-officer José Bustamante submitted a plan to the Ministry of Marine for a voyage of survey and inspection to Spanish territories in the Americas and Philippines. The expedition was to produce hydrographic charts for the use of Spanish merchantmen and warships and to report on the political, economic and defensive state of Spain's overseas possessions. The plan was approved and in July 1789 Malaspina and Bustamante sailed from Cádiz in the purpose-built corvettes, Descubierta and Atrevida. On board the vessels were scientists and artists and an array of the latest surveying and astronomical instruments. The voyage lasted more than five years. On his return Malaspina was promoted Brigadier de la Real Armada, and began work on an account of the voyage in seven volumes to dwarf the narratives of his predecessors in the Pacific such as Cook and Bougainville. Among much else, it would contain sweeping recommendations for reform in the governance of Spain's overseas empire. But Malaspina became involved in political intrigue. In November 1795 he was arrested, stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment. Although released in 1803, Malaspina spent the last seven years of his life in obscure retirement in Italy. He never resumed work on the great edition, and his journal was not published in Spain until 1885. Only in recent years has a multi-volume edition appeared under the auspices of the Museo Naval, Madrid, that does justice to the achievements of what for long was a forgotten voyage. This second volume in a series of three contains Malaspina's diario or journal, for the first time in English translation and with commentary. It covers the period from 15 December 1790 to 15 November 1792, when he visited the Pacific coasts of Central and North America, as far north as Alaska, before crossing the ocean to the Philippines. Other texts include the apocryphal voyage of Ferrer Maldonaldo through the Strait of Anian, which led to a major diversion of the Malaspina expedition in 1791.

All Ahead Full

Author : Wayne Stinnett
Publisher : Down Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1956026029
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book All Ahead Full written by Wayne Stinnett and published by Down Island Press . This book was released on 2021-12-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesse McDermitt discovers an environmental nightmare of deception and greed taking place in Central America. A cartel is branching into smuggling things other than drugs. And they’re doing it quite effectively. The Honduran rain forests and its inhabitants are at peril. The cartel needs hidden places to grow coca, used in the manufacture of cocaine. The exotic and endangered hardwood trees are cut and sold on the black market, along with any creature found dwelling deep in the humid jungle. Environmental activists in the area who try to intercede are swiftly dealt with in the manner the cartel deals with anyone who stands between them and the almighty dollar—with a sharp machete. Having so many moving parts and numerous smuggling routes, can Jesse and the crew of Ambrosia, on a dive vacation in the Bay Islands of Honduras, be able to make a difference? Or will the beautiful reef surrounding the island of Utila be Ambrosia’s grave?

Reply of the Portuguese Government to the Case in Support of the Claim of Great Britain to the Island of Bolama on the Western Coast of Africa

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Author : Portugal
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Reply of the Portuguese Government to the Case in Support of the Claim of Great Britain to the Island of Bolama on the Western Coast of Africa written by Portugal and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States had been asked to adjudicate between Britain and Portugal in the dispute between these two countries over the ownership of the island of Bolama, now part of Guinea-Bissau. This is the Portuguese government's statement of its case. In 1870 the United States commission of adjudication, chaired by Ulysses S. Grant, awarded Bolama to Portugal.