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Author : Farlinger, Shirley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780886221911
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (219 download)
Download or read book Explorers for Peace written by Farlinger, Shirley and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Linda Parker
Publisher : Helion and Company
ISBN 13 : 1909982458
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (99 download)
Download or read book Ice Steel and Fire written by Linda Parker and published by Helion and Company. This book was released on 2013-07-19 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The generation that reached maturity in the inter war years had grown up in the shadow of the heroic age of Polar exploration and the sacrifices of a generation in the Great War. Their own adventures were to prove as astonishing and heroic as those of a previous generation. The members of the British Arctic air route expedition to Greenland, including Martin Lindsay, Quintin Riley and Freddie Spencer Chapman, were to pioneer the weather research methods necessary for Trans-Atlantic Flight. The university expeditions to Spitsbergen led by George Binney in the 1920s and Sandy Glen in the 1930s traversed and surveyed unexplored ground and contributed to developments in polar flight and radar. Glen's expeditions added to the knowledge of Arctic conditions by over-wintering. Other pre-war exploits of these adventurers included a voyage around the world the wrong way, and participation in the British Graham Land Antarctic expedition. Peter Fleming, brother to the creator of James Bond - Ian Fleming - spent the 1930s exploring Brazil, China and Tartary. Fleming's exploits are recounted in detail in this book. The character, skills and endurance obtained in these years set these adventurers and explorers apart as men who were to play a distinguished and heroic role in the Second World War. Their expertise in Arctic conditions, small boat handling, and exploring in all climatic conditions resulted in their participation in all aspects of warfare and arenas of battle, particularly as exponents of 'special operations', and as key members of Britain's first special forces. Their war service took them from the fjords of Norway and Spitsbergen to the jungles of Burma and Malaya and the beaches of Normandy and Italy. They were involved in blockade running, covert operations in Yugoslavia, Corsica and France and took part in major initiatives such as Ian Fleming's Intelligence gathering force, No 30 Assault unit, and the raid on St Nazaire. Most of these men had known each other before war came in 1939. In some cases they ended up serving alongside one another in wartime. The intertwined stories of these characters in peace and war are examples of how the spirit of adventure shown by men in the inter war years contributed to Britain's outstanding role in the Second World War. Linda Parker has written an important study that is equally relevant to both the history of British exploration and the genesis and early days of Britain's special forces 1939-45 - a quite unique and hitherto unexamined relationship. Linda Parker combines teaching History on a part time basis with her writing, and is currently completing a PhD at Birmingham University. Her main areas of interest are 20th Century Military History, Church History and the History of Polar exploration. She is a member of the Western Front Association. She was born and educated in Wales, but now lives in Oxfordshire with her husband and their dog. She enjoys walking and travelling, ideally together, and her ambition is to visit Antarctica. Her first book published by Helion was The Whole Armour of God: Anglican Army Chaplains in the Great War (2009).
Author : Shirley Jordan
Publisher : Cover-To-Cover Books
ISBN 13 : 9780780792692
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (926 download)
Download or read book Explorers to the New World written by Shirley Jordan and published by Cover-To-Cover Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What motivated men to risk their lives sailing to and exploring unknown lands in the New World? Was it the quest for fame, wealth, or new trade routes? Explorers to the New World: Moments in History explains why many men came, what they accomplished, and why we remember them. Book jacket.
Author : Michael J. Neufeld
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
ISBN 13 : 1935623257
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (356 download)
Download or read book Spacefarers written by Michael J. Neufeld and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2013-11-06 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recent 50th anniversaries of the first human spaceflights by the Soviet Union and the United States, and the 30th anniversary of the launching of the first U.S. Space Shuttle mission, have again brought to mind the pioneering accomplishments of the first quarter century of humans in space. Historians, political scientists and others have extensively examined the technical, programmatic and political history of human spaceflight from the 1960s to the 1980s, but work is only beginning on the social and cultural history of the pioneering era. One rapidly developing area of recent scholarship is the examination of the images of spacefarers in the media, government propaganda and popular culture. How was space travel imagined in the visual media on the cusp of human spaceflights? How were astronauts and cosmonauts represented in official and quasi-official media portraits? And how were those images reproduced and transformed by in the imagination of film-makers, movie producers, popular writers, and novelists? Spacefarers addresses these questions with nine contributions from scholars in the field of aerospace history, Russian and American history, and English literature. These essays are preceded by an introduction by the editor, who discusses their place in the historiography of spaceflight and social and cultural history. The book will have potential appeal to a wide variety of scholars in history, literature and the social sciences and will include a number of striking visual images.
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Publisher : Asiapac Books Pte Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9789812294104
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (941 download)
Download or read book The Great Explorer Cheng Ho written by and published by Asiapac Books Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2005 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Keri Smith
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780399534607
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (346 download)
Download or read book How to Be an Explorer of the World written by Keri Smith and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-10-07 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the internationally bestselling creator of Wreck This Journal, an interactive guide for exploring and documenting the art and science of everyday life. Artists and scientists analyze the world around them in surprisingly similar ways, by observing, collecting, documenting, analyzing, and comparing. In this captivating guided journal, readers are encouraged to explore their world as both artists and scientists. The mission Smith proposes? To document and observe the world around you as if you’ve never seen it before. Take notes. Collect things you find on your travels. Document findings. Notice patterns. Copy. Trace. Focus on one thing at a time. Record what you are drawn to. Through this series of beautifully hand-illustrated interactive prompts, readers will enjoy exploring and discovering the world in ways they never even imagined.
Author : Tim Jeal
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300178271
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Explorers of the Nile written by Tim Jeal and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “highly enjoyable” account of six men, and one woman, who journeyed into uncharted and treacherous African terrain to find the source of the White Nile (The Washington Post). Nothing obsessed explorers of the mid-nineteenth century more than the quest to discover the source of the White Nile. It was the planet’s most elusive secret, the prize coveted above all others. Between 1856 and 1876, six larger-than-life men and one extraordinary woman accepted the challenge. Showing extreme courage and resilience, Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, James Augustus Grant, Samuel Baker, Florence von Sass, David Livingstone, and Henry Morton Stanley risked their lives and reputations in the fierce competition. National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author Tim Jeal deploys fascinating new research to provide a vivid tableau of the unmapped “Dark Continent,” its jungle deprivations, and the courage—as well as malicious tactics—of the explorers. On multiple forays launched into east and central Africa, the travelers passed through almost impenetrable terrain and suffered the ravages of flesh-eating ulcers, paralysis, malaria, deep spear wounds, and even death. They discovered Lakes Tanganyika and Victoria and became the first white people to encounter the kingdoms of Buganda and Bunyoro. Jeal weaves the story with authentic new detail—and examines the tragic unintended legacy of the Nile search that still casts a long shadow over the people of Uganda and Sudan. “A fabulous story…old-fashioned epic adventure.”—The Sunday Times "Superb narrative…a must-read for anyone hoping to understand the internal dynamics of modern state-building in central Africa.”—Booklist
Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0756675111
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (566 download)
Download or read book Explorers written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-09-20 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the first people to leave Africa to the first to leave the planet, the urge to explore the unknown has driven human progress. Explorers tells the story of humanity's explorations, taking the reader into the lives of some of the most intrepid people ever known. Throughout history, exploration has arisen from a wide range of impulses, from trade and the search for lands to colonize, to scientific curiosity and missionary zeal. This book tells the story of explorers of every type, from those chasing glory to those seeking enlightenment. In its pages, readers will meet some of history's most famous trail blazers-people whose courage opened frontiers, turned voids into maps, forged nations, connected cultures, and added to humankind's knowledge of the world by leaps and bounds. Each life is captured in context, by considering the knowledge of the world in which the explorers lived, the factors that gave rise to their expeditions, and the technology available to them at the time. Their discoveries, and the consequences, are also considered in depth, and highlighted with beautiful maps, photographs, and illustrations. The tales of the explorers' assistants and companions are woven into the overall story, along with an examination of the qualities that made the them drop everything in pursuit of discovery.
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Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1496433602
Total Pages : 1825 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (964 download)
Download or read book Every Man's Bible NLT, Deluxe Explorer Edition written by and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 1825 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bible for every battle every man faces This is a man's type of Bible--straight talk about the challenges of life. Every Man's Bible has thousands of notes on topics from work, sex, and competition to integrity and more and trusted advice from the pros, just for men. Every Man's Bible is written by the best-selling author of the Every Man's series, Steve Arterburn. Features: New Living Translation text Book introductions and 44 charts Study Notes Help you gain a better perspective on a particular verse or passage Men, Women, and God--This feature focuses on two of the most important relationships in every man's life: his relationship with God and his relationships with women Someone You Should Know--Profiles of men in the Bible and what their lives can teach us about the importance of faith in our own lives What the Bible Says About--Gives insight into the Bible's vital message on all kinds of topics for daily living Perspectives--Glean bits of information from great men who have lived through many of the same issues and struggles that you face Personal Gold--Sound advice from the pros: Henry Blackaby, Stuart Briscoe, Tony Evans, David Jeremiah, Gordon MacDonald, Bill McCartney, J. I. Packer, Joseph Stowell, and Chuck Swindoll
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Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1496447913
Total Pages : 1825 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (964 download)
Download or read book Every Man’s Bible NLT, Large Print, Deluxe Explorer Edition written by and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 1825 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now available in an easy-to-read Large Print edition, the popular NLT Every Man's Bible is designed to help every man develop a fuller, richer relationship with Jesus as he understands what the Scriptures have to say about the challenges he faces. The Every Man's Bible has thousands of notes on topics just for men--work, sex, competition, integrity, and more. This Bible also includes trusted advice from the pros: Stephen Arterburn, Tony Evans, David Jeremiah, Tony Dungy, Chuck Smith, Jr., Dallas Willard, Michael Youssef, Gordon MacDonald, Bill McCartney, J. I. Packer, Joe Stowell, Chuck Swindoll, Henry Blackaby, Stuart Briscoe, Stephen Broyles, Don Everts, John Fischer, Leighton Ford, Ken Gire, Greg Laurie, Josh McDowell, James Robison, and Gary Rosberg. All of the features and notes were written specifically for men. The New Living Translation is an authoritative Bible translation rendered faithfully into today's English from the ancient texts by 90 leading Bible scholars. The NLT's scholarship and clarity breathe life into even the most difficult-to-understand Bible passages--but even more powerful are stories of how people's lives are changing as the words speak directly to their hearts.
Author : B. A. Rothwell
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1462051995
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (62 download)
Download or read book The Peaceful Queen written by B. A. Rothwell and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the small, lopsided planet Courtimie, there has not been a war for two hundred years. Above all else, the planets diverse inhabitants value peace. They appreciate the worlds rulers for maintaining peace. But this warless calm does not mean everything that happens on Courtimie is honorable. Orno Tremsmel is a modest, elderly man who lives with his young life friend, Shemsmell, in a country where everyone believes that no girls have been born for decades. When Orno is invited to accompany his nations king to the nation of Thro and visit Princess Zeringe on her wedding day, he is immersed in an influential environment hes never been invited into before. Suddenly this world reveals to him a dark secret and a conniving aristocracy, which bend their own rules to ensure their existence. On a planet that values the preservation of peace above all else, the deception that Orno witnesses unveils new responsibilities to him. He takes on the challenge to combat the manipulation that exists where Courtimies inhabitants believe there is only serenity.
Author : Lisle A. Rose
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
ISBN 13 : 0826266436
Total Pages : 567 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (262 download)
Download or read book Explorer written by Lisle A. Rose and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Danger was all that thrilled him,” Dick Byrd’s mother once remarked, and from his first pioneering aviation adventures in Greenland in 1925, through his daring flights to the top and bottom of the world and across the Atlantic, Richard E. Byrd dominated the American consciousness during the tumultuous decades between the world wars. He was revered more than Charles Lindbergh, deliberately exploiting the public’s hunger for vicarious adventure. Yet some suspected him of being a poseur, and a handful reviled him as a charlatan who claimed great deeds he never really accomplished. Then he overreached himself, foolishly choosing to endure a blizzard-lashed six-month polar night alone at an advance weather observation post more than one hundred long miles down a massive Antarctic ice shelf. His ordeal proved soul-shattering, his rescue one of the great epics of polar history. As his star began to wane, enemies grew bolder, and he struggled to maintain his popularity and political influence, while polar exploration became progressively bureaucratized and militarized. Yet he chose to return again and again to the beautiful, hateful, haunted secret land at the bottom of the earth, claiming, not without justification, that he was “Mayor of this place.” Lisle A. Rose has delved into Byrd’s recently available papers together with those of his supporters and detractors to present the first complete, balanced biography of one of recent history’s most dynamic figures. Explorer covers the breadth of Byrd’s astonishing life, from the early days of naval aviation through his years of political activism to his final efforts to dominate Washington’s growing interest in Antarctica. Rose recounts with particular care Byrd’s two privately mounted South Polar expeditions, bringing to bear new research that adds considerable depth to what we already know. He offers views of Byrd’s adventures that challenge earlier criticism of him—including the controversy over his claim to being the first to have flown over the North Pole in 1926—and shows that the critics’ arguments do not always mesh with historical evidence. Throughout this compelling narrative, Rose offers a balanced view of an ambitious individual who was willing to exaggerate but always adhered to his principles—a man with a vision of himself and the world that inspired others, who cultivated the rich and famous, and who used his notoriety to espouse causes such as world peace. Explorer paints a vivid picture of a brilliant but flawed egoist, offering the definitive biography of the man and armchair adventure of the highest order.
Author : Jamie Dickey Ungerleider
Publisher : Balboa Press
ISBN 13 : 1982243279
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (822 download)
Download or read book Discovering Your Mindful Heart: an Explorer’s Guide written by Jamie Dickey Ungerleider and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2020-12-11 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The demands of contemporary life can often be overwhelming. Even so, if you are willing to do the work, you can learn healthier patterns of thought and behavior that can enhance your ability to feel safe and more securely connected to your most deeply held values, hopes, and beliefs. Discovering Your Mindful Heart: An Explorer’s Guide is an invitation that can take you on a journey toward discovering who you are from the inside out. Written by authors with compassion, knowledge, experience, and understanding of the challenges of personal growth and professional life, it offers information rich with story and example to help you develop or reunite with resources that allow you to cultivate present moment awareness, authenticity, joy and resilience.
Author : Alan Wexler
Publisher : Infobase Holdings, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1438182155
Total Pages : 910 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Biographical Dictionary of Explorers written by Alan Wexler and published by Infobase Holdings, Inc. This book was released on 2019-06-01 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An informative, fascinating resource suitable for students, researchers, and general readers, this biographical dictionary is a "who was who" of world and space explorers, giving readers a sense of the human drama—the achievements and the challenges—that those who go where few or none have gone before must face. The explorers covered include Jacques Cousteau, Sir Vivian Fuchs, John Glenn Jr., Aleksei Leonov, Annie Peck, Valentina Tereshkova, and many more.
Author : Saniyasnain Khan
Publisher : Goodword Books
ISBN 13 : 8178989077
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (789 download)
Download or read book The Quran Explorer for Kids (Goodword) written by Saniyasnain Khan and published by Goodword Books. This book was released on 2014-02-06 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Time will fly by with this amazing story cum activity book. The Quran Explorer for Kids is an exciting new way to learn about the Quran. Along with stories, prayers and teachings, this book is also packed with crosswords, jigsaw puzzles, mazes, colouring activities, spot the differences and much more. * Quran reference for each story and prayer * Bright and colourful illustrations * More than eighty stories * Exciting activities
Author : David Head
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1643131788
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (431 download)
Download or read book A Crisis of Peace written by David Head and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic story of George Washington's first crisis of the fledgling republic. In the war’s waning days, the American Revolution neared collapsed when Washington’s senior officers were rumored to be on the edge of mutiny. After the British surrender at Yorktown, the American Revolution blazed on—and as peace was negotiated in Europe, grave problems surfaced at home. The government was broke and paid its debts with loans from France. Political rivalry among the states paralyzed Congress. The army’s officers, encamped near Newburgh, New York, and restless without an enemy to fight, brooded over a civilian population indifferent to their sacrifices. The result was the so-called Newburgh Conspiracy, a mysterious event in which Continental Army officers, disgruntled by a lack of pay and pensions, may have collaborated with nationalist-minded politicians such as Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and Robert Morris to pressure Congress and the states to approve new taxes and strengthen the central government. A Crisis of Peace tells the story of a pivotal episode of George Washington's leadership and reveals how the American Revolution really ended: with fiscal turmoil, out-of-control conspiracy thinking, and suspicions between soldiers and civilians so strong that peace almost failed to bring true independence.
Author : Samuel Prescott Fay
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1926855159
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (268 download)
Download or read book The Forgotten Explorer written by Samuel Prescott Fay and published by Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: North of Jasper, in the Canadian Rockies, is a large, roadless and spectacular wilderness of alpine flower meadows, glaciated peaks, canyons, waterfalls and abundant wildlife. Compared to the millions each year who visit Banff and Jasper national parks immediately to the south, this northern area sees few visitors. Fewer still have ever attempted to travel through this wilderness in one continuous trip. The first to do so was Samuel Prescott Fay in 1914. To this day, his exact route has never been duplicated. Fay and his party set out from Jasper on June 26, 1914, with five saddle horses and 16 pack horses. After a treacherous, slogging journey of 1,200 kilometres through wild, uncharted country they reached their destination on October 15, 1914, with the outfit completely intact. During his expedition, Fay kept a detailed journal (currently held at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC), which he provided to the US Biological Survey (now known as the US Fish & Wildlife Service) and to various Canadian government authorities. He also published several magazine articles about his discoveries. However, the journal in its entirety, with all his day-to-day observations, struggles and concerns, has never been published. Similarly, his maps, photographs and wildlife records have been preserved in various Canadian and US archives but never exhibited to a wider audience. Brought together for the first time in book form, they provide an early and dynamic record of an area that remains little known to this day. Complete with a large selection of never-before published photos and maps, The Forgotten Explorer is destined to become a classic of North American exploration history.
