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Author : Andrew Browne Cunningham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 715 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (119 download)
Download or read book A Sailor's Odyssey written by Andrew Browne Cunningham and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 715 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : RANGA IYER
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1462835503
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (628 download)
Download or read book Odyssey of a Great Lakes Sailor written by RANGA IYER and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2006-02-02 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This odyssey is about my life experiences as a Chief Engineer on board Canadian Lakers , as they were called. It is also an expose into the inside workings of a Shipping company, namely Canada Steamship Lines inc. where I gave my blood, sweat and tears to make a living as a new immigrant in a so called first world country. This book is written to expose the inside workings of a Shipping company during the years that I toiled to make a living as a man seeking to make a livelihood in supposedly a great country. It is not the country that is to blame but people like Mr. Martin who are so twisted that they lose sight of the common man and use them and abuse them for their personal gain. The book gives a true account as to how one large corporation hounded one individual who spoke the truth and who sought justice and who wanted to make a change and to make the scenery better for future generations of Sea going personnel. The book also gives you page-by-page description of how a corporation self-destructs. Surely there must be a lesson in all this. Experiences included in the book are mind-boggling. They include Shipping accidents, shipboard assaults, battery, Companys BLACKLIST, which includes a list of so called undesirables, pollution, environmental and ecological damage. Mergers and acquisitions, dismissals and corporate lynching, witch hunt, Human Rights issues, illegal constitutional changes, changing pension laws and the Canada Shipping act illegally to suit the ship owner, Corporate Corruption and greed. There is one chapter solely on Shipboard assaults and a list of undesirables that sailed the Lakers. It gives me great satisfaction to know that I could share my experiences with a wide variety of Human Beings and I am sure people who read my book would be flabbergasted when they get to know as to what goes on behind the scenes of a Maritime Industry of a G-8 Country. How soon one forgets that we sailors help to build the wealth of a nation by carrying goods that helps to grow the nations economy and that we sailors have also helped fight the enemy during the first and second world wars and also make a major contribution in feeding an entire nation. It is also a book about vengeance and Revenge-an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.. Just like Edmond Dantes In the Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas. To pray sometimes for a man, who like Satan thought himself for an instant equal to God, but who now acknowledges with Christian humility that God alone possesses supreme power and infinite wisdom. There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must have felt what it is to die, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of living. "Live then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget that until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words, - `Wait and hope. Your friend, "Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo." Above all it is one mans search for truth and justice, and a triumph of adversity--a true Sailors Odyssey.
Author : Andrew Cunningham
Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1399092960
Total Pages : 761 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)
Download or read book A Sailor's Odyssey written by Andrew Cunningham and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2022-04-12 with total page 761 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Admiral Andrew Cunningham, best remembered for his courageous leadership in the Mediterranean in the Second World War, is often rated as our finest naval commander after Nelson, and indeed a bust of the Admiral was unveiled in Trafalgar Square close by his predecessor in 1967 by the Duke of Edinburgh. It was during the dark days of 1940–41, after the surrender of France and Italy’s entry into the War and when Britain was fighting single-handed, that Cunningham held the Eastern Mediterranean with a fleet greatly inferior to the Italian; his lack of ships and aircraft was more than made up for by his bold and vigorous command. Taranto, Matapan, Crete, North Africa – these are the critical battles and regions with which he is so closely associated. A Sailor’s Odyssey is the stirring autobiography of this great fighting seaman from his boyhood in Dublin and his early career in the Navy and his service in the First World War, through his commands in the inter-war years, to the great sea battles in the Mediterranean, and then his elevation to First Sea Lord in 1943 and his subsequent responsibility for the operational policy of the Royal Navy during the later stages of the War. He attended the conferences at Casablanca, Teheran, Quebec and Yalta, and gives revealing glimpses of Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin. His was, truly, a remarkable career. This is a beautifully written and absorbing naval memoir, and it made a significant contribution to the history of the Royal Navy in the Second World War when it was first published in 1951; this new paperback edition, with an introduction by his great nephew Admiral Jock Slater, will fascinate and delight a new generation of readers and bring into focus again a great British fighting admiral.
Author : Andrew Browne Cunningham Cunningham of Hyndhope (Viscount)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (751 download)
Download or read book A Sailor's Odyssey written by Andrew Browne Cunningham Cunningham of Hyndhope (Viscount) and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alvin P. Chester
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (539 download)
Download or read book A Sailor's Odyssey written by Alvin P. Chester and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Andrew Browne Cunningham Cunningham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 715 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (631 download)
Download or read book A sailors Odyssey written by Andrew Browne Cunningham Cunningham and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 715 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Andrew Browne Cunningham Cunningham of Hyndhope (Viscount)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 770 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)
Download or read book A Sailor's Odyssey written by Andrew Browne Cunningham Cunningham of Hyndhope (Viscount) and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the autobiography of Viscount Andrew Browne Cunningham, Admiral of the Fleet in the British Navy during World War II. The island of Newfoundland is mentioned throughout, as is the hospital ship of the same name.
Author : Andrew Browne Cunningham Cunningham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 715 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (165 download)
Download or read book A Sailor's Odyssey written by Andrew Browne Cunningham Cunningham and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 715 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Andrew Browne Cunningham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (882 download)
Download or read book A Sailor's Odyssey written by Andrew Browne Cunningham and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edgar D. Whitcomb
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1456768077
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (567 download)
Download or read book Cilin II written by Edgar D. Whitcomb and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In 1986, seventy-one-year-old Edgar Whitcomb faced a crossroads in his life; he needed a new direction. That venture became an epic journey, as this retired Indiana governor embarked on what would be a solo, 30,000-mile, six-year sailing trip. With virtually no previous sailing experience, he and his thirty-foot sailboat, the CILIN II, traveled around the world. In this travel memoir, a chronicle filled with danger and adventure, Whitcomb narrates the details of his exploits on the seas and in ports from Greece, to the Canary Islands, Antigua, Panama, Australia, and many points in between. He describes what can happen to a sailboat in distress and the consequences when a boat runs aground or is snagged in a fishing net. A story of the joys and frustrations of sailing, Cilin II: A Solo Sailing Odyssey recounts one man's realization of a dream and demonstrates his courage, endurance, and the lessons learned from meeting new people, seeing new places, and experiencing new ideas. It's a story about a thirst for excitement and world exploration that both begins and ends in the hills of southern Indiana"--P. [4] of cover.
Author : Andrew Browne Cunningham Cunningham (1st Viscount)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (15 download)
Download or read book A Sailor's Odyssey written by Andrew Browne Cunningham Cunningham (1st Viscount) and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alvin P. Chester
Publisher : Destroyer Escort Sailors Assoc
ISBN 13 : 9780963123909
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (239 download)
Download or read book A Sailor's Odyssey written by Alvin P. Chester and published by Destroyer Escort Sailors Assoc. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A SAILORS ODYSSEY" is aptly titled for it traces the voyaging of the Author across the oceans & into the parts of the world from 1935 to 1945. Although it brackets a decade, the Author's life has been ships & the sea from 1933 to the present. We share the excitement of wandering the African coasts & rivers & the littoral of the Mediterranean Sea in merchant ships. When war is imminent, we honor the author's call to active duty in the Navy. We feel the personal pride & commitment to his ship & crew as the author refuses an order from Gen. MacArthur's Staff, we confront Hitler's U-boats in THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC. Finally, the author takes us through traumatic battles against Japanese Kamikazes during amphibious operations in the South Pacific. "Sheldon H. Kinney, Rear Admiral, Ret. U.S.N.... A young "Old Man" who learned the art of war well enough to forge us into an integrated fighting team. Lessons instilled by this "Old Man" of 28 molded a fighting crew that fought & survived to win eight battle stars for the ship." Bob Linder, Dir., U.S.S. Cofer Assn. Available from Publisher, Odysseus Books, 305-893-1160 or 305-893-3344.
Author : MR James Layton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578171920
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (719 download)
Download or read book The Satterfield Incidents written by MR James Layton and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-20 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpts from The Satterfield Incidents: He was the worst sort of martinet, with a habit of mocking and harassing sailors while on duty. Now the storm's full fury struck as torrential rain lashed down from the heavens. Twenty foot walls of seawater smashed over the forward gun mount, hitting the bridge as the ship dove into valleys between waves. In silence, they looked toward shore at a mountain range beyond, when suddenly, two camera-like flashes discharged from land. Tom asked. "What the hell's that?" Seconds later, two huge splashes erupted twenty yards away, stunning both. Shortly after 1700, lookouts spotted three rapidly-moving silver objects miles away, rising over a mountain chain and diving over the beach toward the sea. Enemy planes! An excited seaman rushed into the bridge and stood a few feet from Kowalski. "Sir, hostile aircraft are fast approaching." The space was black as a deep cave. Fire shot toward them from burning surface oil. Tom turned on the nozzle, began spraying and thought, "Man, it's so damn dark I can't see my hand in front of my face." Twisted steel and sharp jagged metal gave evidence of horrific destruction as flames scorched the destroyed space. The blade ripped through a dungaree shirt, slicing his upper right arm. He winced in pain as blood trickled on to the deck.
Author : Cunningham Andrew Cunningham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781399092982
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (929 download)
Download or read book Sailor's Odyssey written by Cunningham Andrew Cunningham and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nathaniel Philbrick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780940160774
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (67 download)
Download or read book Second Wind written by Nathaniel Philbrick and published by . This book was released on 1998-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nathaniel Philbrick
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143132091
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)
Download or read book Second Wind written by Nathaniel Philbrick and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A charming memoir of midlife by the bestselling author of Mayflower and In the Hurricane's Eye, recounting his attempt to recapture a national sailing championship he'd won at twenty-two. “There had been something elemental and all consuming about a Sunfish. Nothing could compare to the exhilaration of a close race in a real blow—the wind howling and spray flying as my Sunfish and I punched through the waves to the finish.” In the spring of 1992, Nat Philbrick was in his late thirties, living with his family on Nantucket, feeling stranded and longing for that thrill of victory he once felt after winning a national sailing championship in his youth. Was it a midlife crisis? It was certainly a watershed for the journalist-turned-stay-at-home dad, who impulsively decided to throw his hat into the ring, or water, again. With the bemused approval of his wife and children, Philbrick used the off-season on the island as his solitary training ground, sailing his tiny Sunfish to its remotest corners, experiencing the haunting beauty of its tidal creeks, inlets, and wave-battered sandbars. On ponds, bays, rivers, and finally at the championship on a lake in the heartland of America, he sailed through storms and memories, racing for the prize, but finding something unexpected about himself instead.
Author : Graham Thomas
Publisher : SAGUS
ISBN 13 : 1911489348
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (114 download)
Download or read book A Tokyo Odyssey written by Graham Thomas and published by SAGUS. This book was released on 2023-11-06 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘An easily digestible, vividly illustrated look at Tokyo. I discovered stuff I’d never known despite living here for over thirty years.’ Rupert Miller. ‘Some amazing photographs that really open your eyes to the city’s history and what it is today.’ Lu Passidino. ‘A must read, browse or dip into for anyone visiting Tokyo for the first time or the tenth time.’ Dr. Ginny Butterfield. In this scintillating new book, the author peels away the fog that so easily obscures the world’s biggest, most baffling city. It is a piercing analysis of the place, the people, its history, and yet the picture painted is both beautiful and eloquent. The book covers much ground and yet is bang up-to-date including the fiasco of the Olympic Games. At the same time it avoids all the cliches that so many books about Tokyo fall back on. It is close to 300 pages long but also heavily illustrated with many images, most of which have never been published before. This is a history that also uses the voices of the people who lived and visited here, adding an authenticity that is beguiling. Tokyo is a baffling city but know its history and this facade can be unravelled. This is a thorough but also a personal history that meanders through a place that can confuse all comers. Read it an enjoy the journey.
