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Captain Bligh's Portable Nightmare

Author : John Toohey
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1510729208
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Captain Bligh's Portable Nightmare written by John Toohey and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At dawn on April 28, 1789, Captain William Bligh and eighteen men from HMS Bounty were herded onto a twenty-three-foot launch and abandoned in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Thus began their extraordinary journey to Java. Covering 4,162 miles, the small boat was battered by continuous storms, and the men on board suffered crippling illness, near starvation, and attacks by islanders. The journey was one of the greatest achievements in the history of European seafaring and a personal triumph for a man who has been misjudged by history. Captain Bligh's Portable Nightmare reveals Bligh's great mapmaking skills, used to particular effect while he was exploring with Captain Cook. We discover his guilt over Cook's death at Kealakekua Bay. We learn of the failure of the Bounty expedition and the myths that surround the mutiny led by Lieutenant Fletcher Christian, the trials and retributions that followed Bligh's return to England, his successes as a navigator and as a vice admiral fighting next to Nelson at the Battle of Copenhagen. Combining extensive research with dazzling storytelling, John Toohey tells a gripping tale of seafaring, exploration, and mutiny on the high seas, while also dismissing the black legend of the cruel and foulmouthed Captain William Bligh and reinstating him not just as a man of his times but as a true hero.

Captain Bligh's Portable Nightmare

Author : John Toohey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781841150772
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Captain Bligh's Portable Nightmare written by John Toohey and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tale of Captain Bligh and the crew of the R.M.S. Bounty following the infamous 1789 mutiny is presented. Bligh and 18 men were set adrift in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and faced illness, starvation, and attacks by islanders. Toohey reveals Bligh's mapmaking skills and discusses the failure of the Bounty expedition. Drawings & maps.

The Pretender of Pitcairn Island

Author : Tillman W. Nechtman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108424686
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Book Synopsis The Pretender of Pitcairn Island by : Tillman W. Nechtman

Download or read book The Pretender of Pitcairn Island written by Tillman W. Nechtman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-13 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of one imposter and his influential vision for British control over the nineteenth-century Pacific Ocean.

Captain Bligh's Portable Nightmare

Author : John Toohey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780756753153
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (531 download)

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Download or read book Captain Bligh's Portable Nightmare written by John Toohey and published by . This book was released on 1999-11 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On April 28, 1789, British Capt. William Bligh & 18 men from HMS Bounty were herded onto a 23-foot launch & abandoned in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Covering 4,162 miles to Java, the boat was battered by storms, & the men on board suffered crippling illness, & near starvation. This journey was one of the greatest achievements in the history of European seafaring & a personal triumph for a man who has been misjudged by history. Toohey reveals Bligh's great mapmaking skills; his guilt over the death of Capt. Cook, with whom he had sailed; the failure of the Bounty expedition & the myths that surround it; & the trials & retributions that followed Bligh's return to England. Illustrations.

In Bligh's Hand

Author : Jennifer Gall
Publisher : National Library Australia
ISBN 13 : 0642277052
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book In Bligh's Hand written by Jennifer Gall and published by National Library Australia. This book was released on 2010 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the mutiny on the Bounty on 28 April 1789, led by Fletcher Christian, Captain William Bligh and 18 others were forced onto a 7-metre-long open boat and cast adrift. It was the beginning of a 47-day, 6700-kilometre journey from Tofua (a volcanic island in the Tonga group) to Timor. On this amazing voyage of survival, Bligh wrote daily entries in a small water-stained notebook and a selection of facsimile pages from this notebook is the foundation of In Bligh's Hand: Surviving the Mutiny on the Bounty. All but one of the men survived to reach Timor. In Bligh's Hand gives readers an insight into the character of William Bligh, the man who saved his men's lives through his iron will and stubborn adherence to a relentless regime of rationing and navigational calculations that kept the launch on course.

The Seaforth Bibliography

Author : Eugene Rasor
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473812399
Total Pages : 951 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book The Seaforth Bibliography written by Eugene Rasor and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2009-04-17 with total page 951 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This remarkable work is a comprehensive historiographical and bibliographical survey of the most important scholarly and printed materials about the naval and maritime history of England and Great Britain from the earliest times to 1815. More than 4,000 popular, standard and official histories, important articles in journals and periodicals, anthologies, conference, symposium and seminar papers, guides, documents and doctoral theses are covered so that the emphasis is the broadest possible. But the work is far, far more than a listing. The works are all evaluated, assessed and analysed and then integrated into an historical narrative that makes the book a hugely useful reference work for student, scholar, and enthusiast alike. It is divided into twenty-one chapters which cover resource centres, significant naval writers, pre-eminent and general histories, the chronological periods from Julius Caesar through the Vikings, Tudors and Stuarts to Nelson and Bligh, major naval personalities, warships, piracy, strategy and tactics, exploration, discovery and navigation, archaeology and even naval fiction. Quite simply, no-one with an interest and enthusiasm for naval history can afford to be without this book at their side.

English/British Naval History to 1815

Author : Eugene L. Rasor
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313073112
Total Pages : 900 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book English/British Naval History to 1815 written by Eugene L. Rasor and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-10-30 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The English/British have always been known as the sailor race with hearts of oak: the Royal Navy as the Senior Service and First Line of Defense. It facilitated the motto: The sun never set on the British Empire. The Royal Navy has exerted a powerful influence on Great Britain, its Empire, Europe, and, ultimately, the world. This superior annotated bibliography supplies entries that explore the influence of the English/British Navy through its history. This survey will provide a major reference guide for students and scholars at all levels. It incorporates evaluative, qualitative, and critical analysis processes, the essence of historical scholarship. Each one of the 4,124 annotated entries is evaluated, assessed, analyzed, integrated, and incorporated into the historiographical scholarship.

Mutiny

Author : John Boyne
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1429965584
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Mutiny written by John Boyne and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-02-17 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Enthralling . . . Boyne’s novel can stand comparison with William Golding’s Rites of Passage . . . Mutiny is storytelling at its most accomplished.” —The Independent (UK) Internationally bestselling author John Boyne has been praised as “one of the best and original of the new generation of Irish writers” by the Irish Examiner. With Mutiny, he’s created an eye-opening story of life—and death—at sea. Fourteen-year-old pickpocket John Jacob Turnstile has just been caught red-handed and is on his way to prison when an offer is put to him—a ship has been refitted over the last few months and is about to set sail with an important mission. The boy who was expected to serve as the captain’s personal valet has been injured and a replacement must be found immediately. Given the choice of prison or a life at sea, John soon finds himself on board, meeting the captain, just as the ship sets sail. The ship is the Bounty, the captain is William Bligh, and their destination is Tahiti. Their journey, however, will become one of the most infamous in naval history. Mutiny is the first novel to explore all the events relating to the Bounty’s voyage, from the long passage across the ocean to their adventures on the island of Tahiti and the subsequent forty-eight-day expedition toward Timor. This vivid retelling of the notorious mutiny is packed with humor, violence, and historical detail, while presenting an intriguingly different portrait of Captain Bligh and Mr. Christian than has ever been presented before. “The writing grows into a mesmerizing tour-de-force . . . this is a remarkable and compelling piece of storytelling.” —The Irish Times

The Art of Fairness

Author : David Bodanis
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1647003865
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Fairness written by David Bodanis and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a New York Times bestselling author, a fresh and detail-rich argument that the best way to lead is to be fair Can you succeed without being a terrible person? We often think not: recognizing that, as the old saying has it, “nice guys finish last.” But does that mean you have to go to the other extreme and be a bully or Machiavellian to get anything done? In The Art of Fairness, bestselling author David Bodanis uses thrilling case studies to show there's a better path, leading neatly in between. He reveals how it was fairness, applied with skill, that led the Empire State Building to be constructed in barely a year––and how the same techniques brought a quiet English debutante to become an acclaimed jungle guerrilla fighter. In ten vivid profiles featuring pilots, presidents, and even the producer of Game of Thrones, we see that the path to greatness doesn't require crushing displays of power or tyrannical ego. Simple fair decency can prevail. With surprising insights from across history––including the downfall of the very man who popularized the phrase “nice guys finish last”––The Art of Fairness charts a refreshing and sustainable new approach to cultivating integrity and influence.

COOK'S LEGACY - FURS, DISCOVERY AND CONFLICT

Author : Winifred Dixon
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1789017904
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book COOK'S LEGACY - FURS, DISCOVERY AND CONFLICT written by Winifred Dixon and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2019 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain James Cook was an outstanding example of navigation and seamanship, and together with the officers and men under his command, circumnavigated the globe three times. One of these became Captain George Dixon. In this unique biography, the author - who hopes the Captain to be an ancestor of her late husband - traces Dixon’s journey to discover the Northwest Passage as he followed Cook, continuing to when he was sent on a trading voyage to deal in furs on the Northwest Coast. Well-researched, the story is told in multiple viewpoints with detailed historical observations woven throughout. Marrying with this is the author’s own experience of visiting the places that James Cook and George Dixon would have seen, as she and her daughter travelled to Canada and by ship to Vancouver Island, the Queen Charlotte Islands and the Northwest Coast and on to Juneaux Alaska. As for George, the author hasn’t proven a link yet, but there’s always tomorrow! The book will be enjoyed by maritime history enthusiasts as well as readers who enjoy sailing adventures.

Managing Behaviour in Further and Adult Education

Author : Susan Wallace
Publisher : Learning Matters
ISBN 13 : 1446296954
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (462 download)

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Download or read book Managing Behaviour in Further and Adult Education written by Susan Wallace and published by Learning Matters. This book was released on 2013-11-28 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical guide to managing behaviour in Further and Adult Education is for all those training to teach in the sector. The third edition includes new chapters on 14-19 learners and behaviour theory and continues to offer practical ideas on how to manage and motivate students. It takes account of the variety of contexts in the sector and makes reference to important research findings and studies of learner behaviour. Based firmly on what teachers and students have to say about their experiences, it uses case studies, dialogue and journal extracts to explore key issues, and help teachers develop their practice.

Adventuring with Boldness

Author : Bruce C. Paton
Publisher : Fulcrum Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781555915179
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (151 download)

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Download or read book Adventuring with Boldness written by Bruce C. Paton and published by Fulcrum Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is split into two sections, the first telling the stories of the expeditions of Alexander Mackenzie, Zebulon Pike, Lewis and Clark, John Wesley Powell, and more. The second part tells how they dealt with travel issues.

Mysteries in History

Author : Paul D. Aron
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 185109900X
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Mysteries in History written by Paul D. Aron and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-11-07 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is an engaging exploration of the process of historical research, following historians as they search for solutions to the greatest mysteries of all time. Award-winning author Paul Aron takes readers on a journey through great historical mysteries through the ages. Entertaining in themselves, the stories also show that history is not merely living, but lively. The reader who comes to the book thinking history is boring will leave with a changed outlook with regard to both the subject matter and the process of writing history. Each chapter is a carefully and thoroughly researched presentation not of popularized accounts but of valid historical scholarship. Chronologically arranged, the essays show the historical process in action. For each disputed historical point, theories arise, become standard wisdom, and then are revised as additional information becomes available. This book reveals the mechanics of that process, including spirited debate, swashbuckling archaeology, and the application of modern science to ancient questions.

Managing Behaviour in the Lifelong Learning Sector

Author : Susan Wallace
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 0857252224
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (572 download)

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Download or read book Managing Behaviour in the Lifelong Learning Sector written by Susan Wallace and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2007-07-12 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This latest edition provides clear advice and practical ideas on how to manage and motivate students, a key part of achieving QTLS. Fully updated to include the LLUK Standards, it takes account of the variety of contexts within the Lifelong Learning Sector and links to recent and current learning theory, drawing on the findings of research projects into student behaviour within the sector. Based firmly on what teachers and students have to say about their experiences, it uses case studies, dialogue and journal extracts to explore key issues and to help trainees and teachers develop professional expertise.

Mutiny On The Bounty & Pandora's Box

Author : David G Williams
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1291869190
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (918 download)

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Download or read book Mutiny On The Bounty & Pandora's Box written by David G Williams and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-04-28 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deluxe A4 Edition of this new version of the whole story of the Bounty, covers everything, from its disastrous crew selection, the Mutiny, incitement of Polynesian wars, trials, executions, pardons, kidnaps, rapes, enslavement to the brutal island murders. Make no mistake; it may have been the beginning of the Romantic Age but there was nothing romantic about the mutiny on the Bounty, why did Fletcher Christian choose oblivion over common sense on that hot sunny morning so long ago? Was it because far from freeing the crew from oppression he was actually mentally unstable? Where exactly was Peter Heywood and why did half the crew choose certain death in an open boat rather than sail away with the mutineers? Just some of the questions answered in this book, for the first time the whole story, the complete story, including the Pandora's hunt for the mutineers and the Admiralty's revenge, and the true price of Peter Heywood's freedom.

The Readers' Advisory Guide to Nonfiction

Author : Neal Wyatt
Publisher : American Library Association
ISBN 13 : 9780838909362
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book The Readers' Advisory Guide to Nonfiction written by Neal Wyatt and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2007-05-14 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Navigating what at she calls the " extravagantly rich world of nonfiction," renowned readers' advisor (RA) Wyatt builds readers' advisory bridges from fiction to compelling and increasingly popular nonfiction to encompass the library's entire collection. She focuses on eight popular categories: history, true crime, true adventure, science, memoir, food/cooking, travel, and sports. Within each, she explains the scope, popularity, style, major authors and works, and the subject's position in readers' advisory interviews. Wyatt addresses who is reading nonfiction and why, while providing RAs with the tools and language to incorporate nonfiction into discussions that point readers to what to read next. In easy-to-follow steps, Wyatt Explains the hows and whys of offering fiction and nonfiction suggestions together Illustrates ways to get up to speed fast in nonfiction Shows how to lead readers to a variety of books using her "read-around" and "reading map" strategies Provides tools to build nonfiction subject guides for the collection This hands-on guide includes nonfiction bibliography, key authors, benchmark books with annotations, and core collections. It is destined to become the nonfiction 'bible' for readers' advisory and collection development, helping librarians, library workers, and patrons select great reading from the entire library collection!

Batavia's Graveyard

Author : Mike Dash
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0609807161
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Batavia's Graveyard written by Mike Dash and published by Crown. This book was released on 2003-05-27 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1628 the Dutch East India Company loaded the Batavia, the flagship of its fleet, with a king’s ransom in gold, silver, and gems for her maiden voyage to Java; the ship itself was a tangible symbol of the world’s richest and most powerful monopoly. The company also sent along a new employee to guard its treasure. He was Jeronimus Corneliszoon, a disgraced and bankrupt man with great charisma and dangerously heretical ideas. With the help of a few disgruntled sailors, he hatched a plot to seize the ship and her riches. The mutiny might have succeeded, but in the dark morning hours of June 3, 1629, the Batavia smashed through a coral reef and ran aground on a small chain of islands near Australia. The captain and skipper escaped the wreck, and in a tiny lifeboat they set sail for Java—some 1,500 miles north—to summon help. More than 250 frightened survivors waded ashore, thankful to be alive. Unfortunately, Jeronimus and the mutineers had survived too, and the nightmare was only beginning.