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Book Synopsis Island Landfalls by : Robert Louis Stevenson
Download or read book Island Landfalls written by Robert Louis Stevenson and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected and introduced by Jenni Calder. Ill health drove Robert Louis Stevenson from Scotland; the urge for new and adventurous places drew him to the Pacific. There were those at home who would have been happier to see him purely as a spinner of the picturesque, but Stevenson could not close his eyes to the impact of colonialism, the ‘stir-about of epochs and races, barbarisms and civilizations, virtues and crimes’. This collection sets three of his imaginative works —The Bottle Imp, The Isle of Voices, and The Beach of Falesa — within the social and political contexts of Stevenson’s letters and essays from the South Seas. Island ambience, the clash of cultures, moral ambiguities, all are there, and so too is Stevenson’s swift narrative control, giving a true modernity to his prose.
Book Synopsis Landfalls of Paradise by : Earl R. Hinz
Download or read book Landfalls of Paradise written by Earl R. Hinz and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2006-04-30 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The only complete cruising guide to the islands of the Pacific . . . a must." —Islands "A trove of information for the cruiser planning to set sail for the Pacific. . . A very readable, easy-to-follow guide." —Santana The fifth edition of this sailing standard includes updated charts and text reflecting changes in regulations and facilities for most countries and specific ports of entry. New appendices include procedures for entry to Australia, which are more exacting than most Pacific landfalls, and an extensive list of information sources: cruising guidebooks, important general tourist guides, chart suppliers, and key web sites for the countries covered by Landfalls of Paradise.
Download or read book Landfalls written by Naomi J. Williams and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gripping story of a dramatic eighteenth-century voyage of discovery from Naomi J. Williams In her wildly inventive debut novel, Naomi J. Williams reimagines the historical La Pérouse expedition, a voyage of exploration that left Brest in 1785 with two frigates, two hundred men, and overblown Enlightenment ideals and expectations, in a brave attempt to circumnavigate the globe for science and the glory of France. Deeply grounded in historical fact but refracted through a powerful imagination, Landfalls follows the exploits and heartbreaks not only of the men on the ships but also of the people affected by the voyage-natives and other Europeans the explorers encountered, loved ones left waiting at home, and those who survived and remembered the expedition later. Each chapter is told from a different point of view and is set in a different part of the world-ranging from London to Tenerife, Alaska to remote South Pacific islands and Siberia, and eventually back to France. The result is a beautifully written and absorbing tale of the high seas, scientific exploration, human tragedy, and the world on the cusp of the modern era. By turns elegiac, profound, and comic, Landfalls reinvents the maritime adventure novel for the twenty-first century.
Book Synopsis Tales of the South Seas by : Robert Louis Stevenson
Download or read book Tales of the South Seas written by Robert Louis Stevenson and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 771 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales from the South Seas comprises The Beach at Falesá, The Bottle Imp, The Wrecker, The Ebb Tide, The Isle of Voices, and Letters, and is introduced by Jenni Calder.
Book Synopsis Destiny's Landfall by : Robert F. Rogers
Download or read book Destiny's Landfall written by Robert F. Rogers and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2011-06-30 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised edition of the standard history of Guam is intended for general readers and students of the history, politics, and government of the Pacific region. Its narrative spans more than 450 years, beginning with the initial written records of Guam by members of Magellan 1521 expedition and concluding with the impact of the recent global recession on Guam’s fragile economy.
Book Synopsis Turks Islands Landfall by : H. E. Sadler
Download or read book Turks Islands Landfall written by H. E. Sadler and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fish written by Harlan Walker and published by Oxford Symposium. This book was released on 1998 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The subject of the discussions was not just fish but the diet of fishermen, and any foodstuff from the sea.
Book Synopsis The Landfall of Columbus on his first Voyage to America by : Alexander Bridport Becher
Download or read book The Landfall of Columbus on his first Voyage to America written by Alexander Bridport Becher and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-11-22 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1856.
Book Synopsis The Landfall of Columbus by : John Gardiner (of -?)
Download or read book The Landfall of Columbus written by John Gardiner (of -?) and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Pacific Crossing Guide 3rd edition by : Kitty van Hagen
Download or read book The Pacific Crossing Guide 3rd edition written by Kitty van Hagen and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-20 with total page 535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pacific Crossing Guide is a complete reference for anyone contemplating sailing the Pacific in their own boat. From ideal timing, suitable boats, routes, methods of communication, health and provisioning to seasonal weather, departure and arrival ports, facilities, likely costs and dangers, the comprehensiveness of this new edition will both inspire dreamers and instil confidence in those about to depart. This new edition has been completely restructured with Part 1 covering thorough preparation for a Pacific crossing and Part 2 covering Pacific weather patterns, major routes and landfall ports, with useful website links throughout. There are completely new sections on rallies, coral atolls and atoll navigation, the cyclone season and laying up, use of electronic charts, satellite phones versus HF radio, ongoing maintenance, and Pacific festivals. Completely updated, expanded and refreshed for the new generation of Pacific cruisers, this is the definitive reference, relied upon by many thousands of cruisers.
Download or read book Monthly Weather Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 934 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944 (Vol. 2) (The Pacific War Trilogy) by : Ian W. Toll
Download or read book The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944 (Vol. 2) (The Pacific War Trilogy) written by Ian W. Toll and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2015-09-21 with total page 635 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Bestseller "A beautiful blend of history and prose and proves again Mr. Toll’s mastery of the naval-war narrative." —Wall Street Journal This masterful history encompasses the heart of the Pacific War—the period between mid-1942 and mid-1944—when parallel Allied counteroffensives north and south of the equator washed over Japan's far-flung island empire like a "conquering tide," concluding with Japan's irreversible strategic defeat in the Marianas. It was the largest, bloodiest, most costly, most technically innovative and logistically complicated amphibious war in history, and it fostered bitter interservice rivalries, leaving wounds that even victory could not heal. Often overlooked, these are the years and fights that decided the Pacific War. Ian W. Toll's battle scenes—in the air, at sea, and in the jungles—are simply riveting. He also takes the reader into the wartime councils in Washington and Tokyo where politics and strategy often collided, and into the struggle to mobilize wartime production, which was the secret of Allied victory. Brilliantly researched, the narrative is propelled and colored by firsthand accounts—letters, diaries, debriefings, and memoirs—that are the raw material of the telling details, shrewd judgment, and penetrating insight of this magisterial history. This volume—continuing the "marvelously readable dramatic narrative" (San Francisco Chronicle) of Pacific Crucible—marks the second installment of the Pacific War Trilogy, which will stand as the first history of the entire Pacific War to be published in at least twenty-five years.
Book Synopsis Publication by : United States. Hydrographic Office
Download or read book Publication written by United States. Hydrographic Office and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Tracks and Landfalls of Bering and Chirikof on the Northwest Coast of America by : George Davidson
Download or read book The Tracks and Landfalls of Bering and Chirikof on the Northwest Coast of America written by George Davidson and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Unlocking the World by : John Darwin
Download or read book Unlocking the World written by John Darwin and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the acclaimed historian of global empire, the dramatic story of how steam power reshaped our cities and our seas, and forged a new world order Steam power transformed our world, initiating the complex, resource-devouring industrial system the consequences of which we live with today. It revolutionized work and production, but also the ease and cost of movement over land and water. The result was to throw open vast areas of the world to the rampaging expansion of Europeans and Americans on a scale previously unimaginable. Unlocking the World is the captivating history of the great port cities which emerged as the bridgeheads of this new steam-driven economy, reshaping not just the trade and industry of the regions around them but their culture and politics as well. They were the agents of what we now call 'globalization', but their impact and influence, and the reactions they provoked, were far from predictable. Nor were they immune to the great upheavals in world politics across the 'steam century'. This book is global history at its very best. Packed with fascinating case histories (from New Orleans to Montreal, Bombay to Singapore, Calcutta to Shanghai), individual stories and original ideas, Darwin's book allows us, for better or worse, to see the modern age taking shape.
Book Synopsis Comparative Criticism: Volume 20, Philosophical Dialogues by : E. S. Shaffer
Download or read book Comparative Criticism: Volume 20, Philosophical Dialogues written by E. S. Shaffer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-11-19 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comparative Criticism is an annual journal of comparative literature and cultural studies that has gained an international reputation since its inception in 1979. It contains major articles on literary theory and criticism; on a wide range of comparative topics; and on interdisciplinary debates. It includes translations of literary, scholarly and critical works; substantial reviews of important books in the field; and bibliographies on specialist themes for the year, on individual writers, and on comparative literary studies in Britain and Ireland.
Book Synopsis America's Most Vulnerable Coastal Communities by : Joseph T. Kelley
Download or read book America's Most Vulnerable Coastal Communities written by Joseph T. Kelley and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sea level is rising, and yet Americans continue to develop beaches with little regard. In this volume, a group of coastal geologists discusses the startling saga of ten U.S. East and Gulf Coast shoreline communities (plus Puerto Rico and some western Europe strands) and the problems created by their inevitable interaction with natural processes in this highly dynamic geologic environment. The authors discuss the geologic context of the hazards of each site as the history of societal responses and their environmental impacts. Response to the natural coastal processes that threaten lives and buildings is carried out in a context of local, state and national politics with fixed short-term engineering solutions (beach replenishment, seawalls) generally favored over longer-term approaches (moving back, prohibition of seawalls). This essential GSA Special Paper foreshadows the impending rise of sea level and the myriad of shoreline responses and political controversies it will provoke."--Publisher's description.
