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Book Synopsis Nefarious: Sailboat Racing in the Salish Sea by : Antonio J. Hopson
Download or read book Nefarious: Sailboat Racing in the Salish Sea written by Antonio J. Hopson and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-06-15 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fictional account of real-life sailboat racing; literary, funny at times, sexy and poetic. A handbook of human drama and competition. Max Rigby falls for the pit-girl from S/V Nefarious, a sailing vessel that lives up to its name. The woman who has awakened his heart is the fleet's most fierce sailor, Robin Mac Bradaigh, aka "Mac," a young, fiery, unapologetic sailor who refuses to be pushed around by a fleet of scoundrels. But Nefarious carries a dark reputation, and Max soon finds himself caught up in a sailing race that is as dangerous as it is thrilling.
Download or read book Nefarious written by Antonio J. Hopson and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-30 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Max Rigby is a middle-aged, aloof writer stuck in the past when he falls in love with the pit-girl from S/V Nefarious, a sailing vessel that lives up to its name. The woman who has awakened his heart is the fleet's most fierce sailor, Robin Mac Bradaigh, aka "Mac," a young, fiery, unapologetic sailor who refuses to be pushed around by a fleet of scoundrels. But Nefarious carries a dark reputation, and Max soon finds himself caught up in a sailing race that is as dangerous as it is thrilling. Unburdened by the necessities of polite society, the sailors aboard Nefarious are forced to defend their title during Race Week, a rowdy and rough competition in the Salish Sea. The devil himself has stakes in the race, and he must keep his skipper, Dan Swardstrom from distractions: the mysterious pregnancy of his fiancée, a hung-over crew that keeps blowing their starts, and a mutiny led by the pit-girl. During the race, the devil has been forced to live the life of a mortal and can only sail for Nefarious. He desires the Race Week trophy, centerpiece to a hedonistic party that requires animal sacrifice.
Download or read book Before the Wind written by Jim Lynch and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following The Highest Tide, Border Songs, and Truth Like the Sun, Jim Lynch now gives us a grand and idiosyncratic family saga that will stand alongside Ken Kesey’s Sometimes a Great Notion. Joshua Johannssen has spent all of his life surrounded by sailboats. His grandfather designed them, his father built and raced them, his Einstein-obsessed mother knows why and how they work (or not). For Josh and his two siblings, their backyard was the Puget Sound and sailing their DNA. But both his sister and brother fled many years ago: Ruby to Africa and elsewhere to do good works on land, and Bernard to god-knows-where at sea, a fugitive and pirate. Suddenly thirty-one, Josh—who repairs boats of all kinds in a Steinbeckian marina south of Seattle—is pained and confused by whatever the hell went wrong with his volatile family. His parents are barely speaking, his mystified grandfather is drinking harder, and he himself—despite an endless and comic flurry of online dates—hasn’t even come close to finding a girlfriend. But when the Johannssens unexpectedly reunite for the most important race in these waters—all of them together on a classic vessel they made decades ago—they will be carried to destinies both individual and collective, and to a heart-shattering revelation. Past and present merge seamlessly and collide surprisingly as Jim Lynch reveals a family unlike any other, with the grace and humor and magic of a master storyteller.
Author :Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Publisher :James Lorimer & Company ISBN 13 :1459410696 Total Pages :673 pages Book Rating :4.4/5 (594 download)
Book Synopsis Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Volume One: Summary by : Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Download or read book Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Volume One: Summary written by Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 2015-07-22 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the Final Report of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission and its six-year investigation of the residential school system for Aboriginal youth and the legacy of these schools. This report, the summary volume, includes the history of residential schools, the legacy of that school system, and the full text of the Commission's 94 recommendations for action to address that legacy. This report lays bare a part of Canada's history that until recently was little-known to most non-Aboriginal Canadians. The Commission discusses the logic of the colonization of Canada's territories, and why and how policy and practice developed to end the existence of distinct societies of Aboriginal peoples. Using brief excerpts from the powerful testimony heard from Survivors, this report documents the residential school system which forced children into institutions where they were forbidden to speak their language, required to discard their clothing in favour of institutional wear, given inadequate food, housed in inferior and fire-prone buildings, required to work when they should have been studying, and subjected to emotional, psychological and often physical abuse. In this setting, cruel punishments were all too common, as was sexual abuse. More than 30,000 Survivors have been compensated financially by the Government of Canada for their experiences in residential schools, but the legacy of this experience is ongoing today. This report explains the links to high rates of Aboriginal children being taken from their families, abuse of drugs and alcohol, and high rates of suicide. The report documents the drastic decline in the presence of Aboriginal languages, even as Survivors and others work to maintain their distinctive cultures, traditions, and governance. The report offers 94 calls to action on the part of governments, churches, public institutions and non-Aboriginal Canadians as a path to meaningful reconciliation of Canada today with Aboriginal citizens. Even though the historical experience of residential schools constituted an act of cultural genocide by Canadian government authorities, the United Nation's declaration of the rights of aboriginal peoples and the specific recommendations of the Commission offer a path to move from apology for these events to true reconciliation that can be embraced by all Canadians.
Book Synopsis Colour-Coded by : Constance Backhouse
Download or read book Colour-Coded written by Constance Backhouse and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1999-11-20 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historically Canadians have considered themselves to be more or less free of racial prejudice. Although this conception has been challenged in recent years, it has not been completely dispelled. In Colour-Coded, Constance Backhouse illustrates the tenacious hold that white supremacy had on our legal system in the first half of this century, and underscores the damaging legacy of inequality that continues today. Backhouse presents detailed narratives of six court cases, each giving evidence of blatant racism created and enforced through law. The cases focus on Aboriginal, Inuit, Chinese-Canadian, and African-Canadian individuals, taking us from the criminal prosecution of traditional Aboriginal dance to the trial of members of the 'Ku Klux Klan of Kanada.' From thousands of possibilities, Backhouse has selected studies that constitute central moments in the legal history of race in Canada. Her selection also considers a wide range of legal forums, including administrative rulings by municipal councils, criminal trials before police magistrates, and criminal and civil cases heard by the highest courts in the provinces and by the Supreme Court of Canada. The extensive and detailed documentation presented here leaves no doubt that the Canadian legal system played a dominant role in creating and preserving racial discrimination. A central message of this book is that racism is deeply embedded in Canadian history despite Canada's reputation as a raceless society. Winner of the Joseph Brant Award, presented by the Ontario Historical Society
Book Synopsis Global Warming by : Antonio J. Hopson
Download or read book Global Warming written by Antonio J. Hopson and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timeless love story, dressed up as a treaty on climate change. A science teacher/aspiring writer, returns to school for professional development and falls head-over-heels for a "lithe and lovely" 20-year-old college student. Both are enrolled in a class that examines the nuances of global warming. They pass notes, flirt, and a relationship slowly evolves. But soon Julian, a hopeless romantic, discovers that Allison is due to marry her high school sweetheart. Julian risks all--including his job--to impress her, seduce her, and steal her away. During a final exam, he reads a treaty on the social economics of climate change. In this scene, between passages of political debate, are woven in a divine poem written centuries ago by Sappho. Allison is moved by his courtship and the real heartache begins. It has bikers, twisted fairytales, and a cynically sarcastic, Kerouac-loving friend who can cite passages with a cigarette hanging from his mouth and a beer in one hand. It has foreplay, after-play, easy to understand and interesting climate schematics, schoolchildren debating the philosophical underpinnings of Alice in Wonderland, rejection, respite, acceptance, and rejection again. This is a subtle metaphor symbolizing the intense relationship between Julian and Allison. A romance, at the surface, but look closer at this hybrid and you'll find a deeply philosophical story addressing the fate of the planet and a workaholic-romantic who can't help but break his own heart. Global Warming: A Love Story is a fast-paced romance that will make women swoon and men laugh. At the very least, it will give women a gritty behind the scene look at their would-be seducers.
Book Synopsis Hand, Reef and Steer by : Tom Cunliffe
Download or read book Hand, Reef and Steer written by Tom Cunliffe and published by Sheridan House, Inc.. This book was released on 2004-10 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A handbook on sailing classic boats by the 'guru of gaff-rig sailors', replete with illustrations and clear descriptions of techniques that are unique to the classic boat world.
Book Synopsis Deadlands Reloaded by : Pinnacle Entertainment
Download or read book Deadlands Reloaded written by Pinnacle Entertainment and published by . This book was released on 2010-10-04 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Marshal's Handbook is the setting book for Deadlands Reloaded." -- From back cover
Book Synopsis Hunt for the Skinwalker by : Colm A. Kelleher
Download or read book Hunt for the Skinwalker written by Colm A. Kelleher and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2005-12-06 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of the controversial bestseller Brain Trust brings his scientific expertise to the chilling true story of unexplained phenomena on Utah's Skinwalker Ranch -- and challenges us with a new vision of reality. For more than fifty years, the bizarre events at a remote Utah ranch have ranged from the perplexing to the wholly terrifying. Vanishing and mutilated cattle. Unidentified Flying Objects. The appearance of huge, otherworldly creatures. Invisible objects emitting magnetic fields with the power to spark a cattle stampede. Flying orbs of light with dazzling maneuverability and lethal consequences. For one family, life on the Skinwalker Ranch had become a life under siege by an unknown enemy or enemies. Nothing else could explain the horrors that surrounded them -- perhaps science could. Leading a first-class team of research scientists on a disturbing odyssey into the unknown, Colm Kelleher spent hundreds of days and nights on the Skinwalker property and experienced firsthand many of its haunting mysteries. With investigative reporter George Knapp -- the only journalist allowed to witness and document the team's work -- Kelleher chronicles in superb detail the spectacular happenings the team observed personally, and the theories of modern physics behind the phenomena. Far from the coldly detached findings one might expect, their conclusions are utterly hair-raising in their implications. Opening a door to the unseen world around us, Hunt for the Skinwalker is a clarion call to expand our vision far beyond what we know.
Book Synopsis Celestial Navigation for Yachtsmen by : Mary Blewitt
Download or read book Celestial Navigation for Yachtsmen written by Mary Blewitt and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-09-21 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 12th edition of this bestselling book is proof of the success of Mary Blewitt's concise and clear style in explaining a particularly difficult skill, and it has been the bible for many generations of ocean navigators. Since this book was first published, the huge advances in electronic navigation have transported most offshore navigators to a world of press-button convenience. However, there is still a vital need for traditional skills when things go wrong: batteries can fail, aerials go overboard, and electronics have been known to get wet. A bestseller for over 50 years, Celestial Navigation for Yachtsmen is a model of simplicity and clarity. The worked examples require only straightforward addition and subtraction, which explains why this book has truly earned its reputation for admirable conciseness and for making a tricky subject easy to understand. 'The "bible" of navigation for generations of yachtsmen... worth its weight in gold' Sailing
Book Synopsis In the Wake of the Komagata Maru: Transpacific Migration, Race and Contemporary Art by : Jordan Strom
Download or read book In the Wake of the Komagata Maru: Transpacific Migration, Race and Contemporary Art written by Jordan Strom and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Garden of Thieves by : Dean Frederick Unger
Download or read book A Garden of Thieves written by Dean Frederick Unger and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eve Walker, Canada's first female journalist, discovers the body of Ernie Tsan, a powerful labour activist washed ashore at high tide. Heidi Tsan, Ernie's surviving Salish wife, warns that Ernie's death was racially motivated, and is merely the harbinger of a darkness that is yet to come. Based, in part, on actual historical events.
Book Synopsis Shadowrun Forbidden Arcana by : Catalyst Game Labs
Download or read book Shadowrun Forbidden Arcana written by Catalyst Game Labs and published by Catalyst Game Labs. This book was released on 2019-04-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magic is wild. Magic is undisciplined. You can try to impose order and understanding on it, but that's just surface. Underneath is chaos, an erratic heart beating to a staggering rhythm. You don't control it, any more than a surfer controls twenty-meter-tall wave; you don't direct the wave, you ride it, capture a piece of its power, and hope to survive. If you do it right, though, you catch a portion of unimaginable power-power those who control the Sixth World don't want you to have. All the more reason to push past their boundaries and grab it. Forbidden Arcana offers dozens of different ways for Awakened characters in Shadowrun to harness that power and make themselves a mana-slinger like no other. From new ways to distinguish spellcasters of different traditions to more chaotic methods for summoning spirits to options for Awakened characters who have mastered their craft, Forbidden Arcana shows players how to break out of conventional molds, use mana in new ways, and become true street legends riding the growing wave of Sixth World mana. Forbidden Arcana is an advanced magic rulebook for use with Shadowrun, Fifth Edition; magic concepts from the book can be used with Shadowrun: Anarchy, though mechanics for that game are not included.
Book Synopsis Free from Civilization by : Enrico Manicardi
Download or read book Free from Civilization written by Enrico Manicardi and published by . This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In clear, impassioned prose, Enrico Manicardi analyzes the evils of our age from their genesis. This or that economic, technological or cultural model is not to blame for our current crisis; the blame lies with economics, technology and culture as such. It is the ideology of fear that makes us afraid. It is the mentality of domination that jeopardizes all of our relationships. In short, the problem is civilization. Through its oppressive classes, values and processes that pervade everyone's life, civilization domesticates us, weakens our perceptiveness and distances us from the living world. We must radically change our way of thinking, feeling and behaving before it's too late-we must dam the flood of devitalization that is washing over us, and return to our wilder natures, both inside and outside ourselves. Manicardi's appeal is crystal clear: if we are to survive we must begin to search inside ourselves, not to celebrate the distant past as if it were a cult, but to return to ourselves, to grip life with our own two hands, and build upon that earlier ecocentric conscience which once held the place of the egocentric conscience now leading us astray. Enrico Manicardi was born in 1966 and is a member of La Scintilla, the Society for Libertarian Culture of Modena. A lawyer and founder of the antiauthoritarian media project "Infection," he has also played guitar and written music for an eponymous band since the 1980s. His lifelong wish has been to live in a free, radically off-kilter, ecologically sound world, one characterized by warm, spontaneous, non-hierarchical relationships rather than those consecrated by the cult of technology. Troubled by the way people have succumbed to a civilization that estranges, domesticates and regulates everything and everyone, he continues to protest against the modern world's project to enslave us. This book augurs the rise of an increasingly harmonious chorus loud enough to put an end to that project.
Book Synopsis The Native Races of the Pacific States of North America: Wild tribes. 1874 by : Hubert Howe Bancroft
Download or read book The Native Races of the Pacific States of North America: Wild tribes. 1874 written by Hubert Howe Bancroft and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Natural-Hy written by Trevor Stickler and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-14 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The voyage of a lifetime. It was the early 1970s and the wild, delirious Sixties were fading into the past. But the craziness lingered, enough to infect three young men with the craving for a real adventure. And the adventure they chose was to build their own sailboat for a voyage to the South Seas. It was an improbable dream inspired by gallons of draft beer gulped down at one of Vancouver's classic beer parlours, the Cecil. But amazingly, they made it happen, sailed there and back, and lived to tell the tale!
Download or read book The Hidden Journals written by Mary Tasi and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-19 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historical work tells the story of Captain Vancouver and his mapmaker, Lt. Baker, an ancestor of the author. It describes in authentic detail the relationships with the First Nations people they met on voyages between Vancouver and Hawaii. The book was presented in the BC Legislature. and bonus material includes questions for educators.
