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Book Synopsis Hunters in the Shallows by : Curtis L. Nelson
Download or read book Hunters in the Shallows written by Curtis L. Nelson and published by Potomac Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hunters in the Shallows is the first book to examine the development and role of the small torpedo boat in U.S. naval history, from William Cushing's heroic attack on the Confederate ram Albemarle in 1864, to PT operations in World War II. Moreover, it offers the first critical analysis of the PT's operational value. Culled from primary sources, this myth-buster covers the inside story of the scandalous 1939 Elco deal, offers new insight into the roles of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Douglas MacArthur in PT development, dares a shocking reappraisal of MacArthur's dramatic escape from Corregidor by PT boat in 1942, and reassesses the sinking of John F. Kennedy's PT-109. It also contains numerous photos and illustrations tracing American small torpedo boat development from the Civil War through World War II. Sure to be controversial, Hunters in the Shallows is a must read for naval professionals, military historians, and PT boat buffs alike.
Book Synopsis Hunters in the Stream by : Terry Mort
Download or read book Hunters in the Stream written by Terry Mort and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Hunters in the Stream, Riley Fitzhugh goes through officer training and is assigned to PC 475, a new anti-U-boat vessel stationed in Key West. The 475 is nicknamed Nameless by her crew because patrol craft vessels were only given numbers. Nameless cruises the Gulf of Mexico in search of U-boats, goes to the rescue of a sinking oil tanker, stops in Havana for meetings with the Cuban Navy, and learns of a possible secret German U-boat fueling station in the wilds of eastern Cuba. Nameless locates the base and destroys it with the ship’s gunfire and a coordinated small-arms attack led by Fitzhugh and his shore party. Later, another U-boat is reported damaged and sinking. The German survivors capture a Bahamian turtle boat, murder the crew, and head for Cuba, thinking that the fuel dump is still in operation. Fitzhugh and the Nameless pursue through the tangle of mangroves and Cuban keys, find the Germans, and finish them off in a shootout. Along the way, Fitzhugh meets Ernest Hemingway and toward the end tells him about the Nameless’s adventures. Hemingway thinks about adapting the story for his own. Fitzhugh and Hemingway’s wife, writer Martha Gellhorn, also meet and feel some mutual stirrings—and give in to them.
Book Synopsis Sharks of the Shallows by : Jeffrey C. Carrier
Download or read book Sharks of the Shallows written by Jeffrey C. Carrier and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2017-08-31 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They will continue to grace our coastlines only if we care enough to understand them.
Book Synopsis The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs by : Sir Samuel White Baker
Download or read book The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs written by Sir Samuel White Baker and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Sharks in the Shallows by : W. Clay Creswell
Download or read book Sharks in the Shallows written by W. Clay Creswell and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2021-06-14 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed account of over one hundred shark-related incidents on the coast of the Carolinas from a shark-bite investigator Powerful and mysterious, sharks inspire both fascination and fear. Worldwide, oceans are home to some five-hundred species, and of those, fifty-six are known to reside in or pass through the waters off the coast of both North and South Carolina. At any given time, waders, swimmers, and surfers enjoying these waters are frequently within just one-hundred feet of a shark. While it's unnerving to know that sharks often swim just below the surface in the shallows, W. Clay Creswell, a shark-bite investigator for the Shark Research Institute's Global Shark Attack File, explains that attacks on humans are extremely rare. In 2019 the International Shark Attack File confirmed sixty-four unprovoked attacks on humans, including three in North Carolina and one in South Carolina. While acknowledging that they pose real dangers to humans, Creswell believes the fear of sharks is greatly exaggerated. During his sixteen-year association with the Shark Research Institute, he has investigated more than one hundred shark-related incidents and has maintained a database of all shark–human encounters along the Carolina coastlines back to 1817. Creswell uses this data to expose the truth and history of this often-sensationalized topic. Beyond the statistics related to attacks in the Carolina waters, Sharks in the Shallows offers a history of shark–human interactions and an introduction to the world of shark attacks. Creswell details the conditions that increase a person's chances of an encounter, profiles the three species most often involved in attacks, and reveals the months and time of day with the highest probability of an encounter. With a better understanding of sharks' responses to their environment, and what motivates them to attack humans, he hopes people will develop a greater appreciation of the invaluable role sharks play in our marine environment.
Book Synopsis The Hunter & The Gatherer by : Catherine Lawson
Download or read book The Hunter & The Gatherer written by Catherine Lawson and published by Exploring Eden Media Pty Ltd. This book was released on 2023-05-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cruising is much more than just sailing. It’s about travel, exploring empty shores and plunging into new cultures. It’s about taking time for your passions and living in harmony with the watery world that buoys, sustains, and changes you. Dave, the hunter; Catherine, the gatherer; and their little fish Maya, have spent the last two decades afloat. They can’t imagine a better way to live and sate their adventurous spirits than visiting faraway places on their catamaran Wild One. This is a guide for new and old sailors striving for better health, greater self-sufficiency and a tiny footprint on the sea. Inside, the authors share extensive provisioning advice and over 160 simple, delicious recipes anyone can make with food hunted from the sea or gathered from shore and local markets. It’s for tiny galleys, long passages, perfect beach sunsets, and those times when stocks might be low, but the fish are biting.
Book Synopsis Second Powerhouse, McNary Lock and Dam, Washington and Oregon by : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Download or read book Second Powerhouse, McNary Lock and Dam, Washington and Oregon written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains by : Nicholas Carr
Download or read book The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains written by Nicholas Carr and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-06-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction: “Nicholas Carr has written a Silent Spring for the literary mind.”—Michael Agger, Slate “Is Google making us stupid?” When Nicholas Carr posed that question, in a celebrated Atlantic Monthly cover story, he tapped into a well of anxiety about how the Internet is changing us. He also crystallized one of the most important debates of our time: As we enjoy the Net’s bounties, are we sacrificing our ability to read and think deeply? Now, Carr expands his argument into the most compelling exploration of the Internet’s intellectual and cultural consequences yet published. As he describes how human thought has been shaped through the centuries by “tools of the mind”—from the alphabet to maps, to the printing press, the clock, and the computer—Carr interweaves a fascinating account of recent discoveries in neuroscience by such pioneers as Michael Merzenich and Eric Kandel. Our brains, the historical and scientific evidence reveals, change in response to our experiences. The technologies we use to find, store, and share information can literally reroute our neural pathways. Building on the insights of thinkers from Plato to McLuhan, Carr makes a convincing case that every information technology carries an intellectual ethic—a set of assumptions about the nature of knowledge and intelligence. He explains how the printed book served to focus our attention, promoting deep and creative thought. In stark contrast, the Internet encourages the rapid, distracted sampling of small bits of information from many sources. Its ethic is that of the industrialist, an ethic of speed and efficiency, of optimized production and consumption—and now the Net is remaking us in its own image. We are becoming ever more adept at scanning and skimming, but what we are losing is our capacity for concentration, contemplation, and reflection. Part intellectual history, part popular science, and part cultural criticism, The Shallows sparkles with memorable vignettes—Friedrich Nietzsche wrestling with a typewriter, Sigmund Freud dissecting the brains of sea creatures, Nathaniel Hawthorne contemplating the thunderous approach of a steam locomotive—even as it plumbs profound questions about the state of our modern psyche. This is a book that will forever alter the way we think about media and our minds.
Book Synopsis Simulation of the Shallow Aquifer in the Vicinity of Silver Lake, Washington County, Wisconsin, Using Analytic Elements by : C. P. Dunning
Download or read book Simulation of the Shallow Aquifer in the Vicinity of Silver Lake, Washington County, Wisconsin, Using Analytic Elements written by C. P. Dunning and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The White Headhunter by : Nigel Randell
Download or read book The White Headhunter written by Nigel Randell and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2013-08-22 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shanghaied in San Francisco in 1868, teenage Scots sailor Jack Renton then found himself on a voyage into the heart of darkness. Escaping from his floating prison in an open whaleboat, Renton drifted for 2000 miles, only to be washed up on the shores of a Pacific island shunned by 19th-century mariners, Malaita in the Solomon Islands. There he was stripped of his clothes by headhunters and forced to 'go native' to survive. Initially a slave to their chief, Kabou, he eventually became the man's most trusted warrior and adviser. Renton's own account of his eight-year exile, published after he was rescued, remains the only authenticated account of a mental and physical ordeal that still haunts the imagination to this day. It caused a sensation at the time, though it is now clear that it airbrushed out most of the key events. Researching the Renton legend, Nigel Randell spent several years talking to the Malaitans and piecing together a very different account from Renton's sanitised version. The ultimate irony is that a man so keen to conceal his 'crimes' should have bequeathed their evidence - a necklace of 60 human teeth - to a collector who donated it to a national museum.
Book Synopsis The Hunt for the Panther #3 by : Rachelle Delaney
Download or read book The Hunt for the Panther #3 written by Rachelle Delaney and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-01-10 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Islands hold secrets for those brave enough to discover them. Scarlet McCray and the Lost Souls are happy as clams at high tide until they learn two very curse-worthy things. One: There is a new pirate captain sailing the seas. And two: Scarlet's family is coming to the tropics, forcing her to trade her pirate's cap for a petticoat. Now Jem Fitzgerald is in charge. And his most important mission--after guarding the treasure from the pirates and keeping peace among the crew--is to find the ferocious black panther that lives on Island X before the panther finds a single Lost Soul.
Book Synopsis The Shallow Fresh-water System of Sanibel Island, Lee County, Florida, with Emphasis on the Sources and Effects of Saline Water by : Alton F. Robertson
Download or read book The Shallow Fresh-water System of Sanibel Island, Lee County, Florida, with Emphasis on the Sources and Effects of Saline Water written by Alton F. Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 1182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia by : Sir Samuel White Baker
Download or read book The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia written by Sir Samuel White Baker and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Death Hunt for the Last Werewolf by : Dragan Vujic
Download or read book Death Hunt for the Last Werewolf written by Dragan Vujic and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-12 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buck and Billy Jo desperately try to leave the valley and start a life together, somewhere else. However, prior to every planned exodus, the local residents beseech them to slay just one more pack of werewolves. Each episode promises to contain the last surviving werewolf. Thereafter, the curse will be lifted and the land shall be set free. Fear prevents the valley people from assisting the shooters. Alone, the deadly duo relentlessly track and hunt the creatures of the night on foot and on horseback. They also travel by boat and by truck. Perseverance drives Buck and Billy Jo beyond the outer limits of human endurance. Heavy losses ensue. Family members, friends and loved ones fall and perish by the wayside. Everything extracts a price, especially victory. The abominations organize and conduct an unexpected night raid on the unsuspecting humans. Tables turn and odds shift dramatically. Cautioned twice, never to fight on holy ground, the werewolf hunters decide to disregard the warning and choose an old abandoned church as their final battleground. Emotions overrule logic. A bloody massacre results from the showdown. The prophecy comes to fruition. Dire consequences flow there from.
Book Synopsis Mabie's Popular History of the United States by : Hamilton Wright Mabie
Download or read book Mabie's Popular History of the United States written by Hamilton Wright Mabie and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 940 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Plant Hunter by : Cassandra Leah Quave
Download or read book The Plant Hunter written by Cassandra Leah Quave and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading medical ethnobotanist tells us the story of her quest to develop new ways to fight illness and disease through the healing powers of plants in this uplifting and adventure-filled memoir. Plants are the basis for an array of lifesaving and health-improving medicines we all now take for granted. Ever taken an aspirin? Thank a willow tree for that. What about life-saving medicines for malaria? Some of those are derived from cinchona and wormwood. In today's world of synthetic pharmaceuticals, scientists and laypeople alike have lost this connection to the natural world. But by ignoring the potential of medicinal plants, we are losing out on the opportunity to discover new life-saving medicines needed in the fight against the greatest medical challenge of this century: the rise of the post-antibiotic era. Antibiotic-resistant microbes plague us all. Each year, 700,000 people die due to these untreatable infections; by 2050, 10 million annual deaths are expected unless we act now. No one understands this better than Dr. Cassandra Quave, whose groundbreaking research as a leading medical ethnobotanist--someone who identifies and studies plants that may be able to treat antimicrobial resistance and other threatening illnesses--is helping to provide clues for the next generation of advanced medicines. In The Plant Hunter, Dr. Quave weaves together science, botany, and memoir to tell us the extraordinary story of her own journey. Traveling by canoe, ATV, mule, airboat, and on foot, she has conducted field research in the flooded forests of the remote Amazon, the murky swamps of southern Florida, the rolling hills of central Italy, isolated mountaintops in Albania and Kosovo, and volcanic isles arising out of the Mediterranean—all in search of natural compounds, long-known to traditional healers, that could help save us all from the looming crisis of untreatable superbugs. And as a person born with multiple congenital defects of her skeletal system, she's done it all with just one leg. Filled with grit, tragedy, triumph, awe, and scientific discovery, her story illuminates how the path forward for medical discovery may be found in nature's oldest remedies.
Book Synopsis Master of the Hunt by : Lisa Blackwood
Download or read book Master of the Hunt written by Lisa Blackwood and published by Lisa Smeaton. This book was released on 2021-10-22 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a land of three warring kingdoms, a centaur huntsman and a warrior priestess might be the only hope for peace. If the two enemies don’t kill each other first, they might even find love. Seira of Blackstone has fought in many border skirmishes against the centaurs of the lowlands, but when she comes upon a massacre, it’s soon apparent the centaur and human dead weren’t fighting each other. They were fighting together against a third, unknown foe. Toryn, a centaur huntsman, is following the trail of a group of soul-mages when he encounters Seira, the most exquisite female he’s ever beheld. She’s majestic, battle-hardened, strong-willed, and her sharp tongue fires his blood more than any other female he’s ever met. While Seira’s natural instinct is to kill the horseman, she’s also swift to see they have a better chance of success if they work together. But there is more danger than just an unknown enemy. As they come to depend on each other, Seira secretly admits she has growing feelings for her centaur partner. That’s a problem. As a warrior-priestess of the Moon Goddess, Seira has sworn vows of obedience, loyalty, and chastity in exchange for her magic. As such, her body, heart, and soul can never be shared with another. Not even a noble centaur with equal parts desire and tender longing in his eyes. But centaurs are renowned for their stubborn natures, and Toryn plans to claim Seira’s heart even if he risks having the warrior-priestess bury one of her blades in his chest for his troubles. A fantasy romance. Author’s Note: The Huntress vs Huntsman world is a fantasy romance series. If romance of the fantasy variety isn’t your thing, avoid like the plague. Huntress vs Huntsman Reading Order: Master of the Hunt Night Huntress Dragon Archer Soul Mage (Coming Soon)
