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Sailing the Water's Edge

Author : Helen V. Milner
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691165475
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Sailing the Water's Edge written by Helen V. Milner and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How U.S. domestic politics shapes the nation's foreign policy When engaging with other countries, the U.S. government has a number of different policy instruments at its disposal, including foreign aid, international trade, and the use of military force. But what determines which policies are chosen? Does the United States rely too much on the use of military power and coercion in its foreign policies? Sailing the Water's Edge focuses on how domestic U.S. politics—in particular the interactions between the president, Congress, interest groups, bureaucratic institutions, and the public—have influenced foreign policy choices since World War II and shows why presidents have more control over some policy instruments than others. Presidential power matters and it varies systematically across policy instruments. Helen Milner and Dustin Tingley consider how Congress and interest groups have substantial material interests in and ideological divisions around certain issues and that these factors constrain presidents from applying specific tools. As a result, presidents select instruments that they have more control over, such as use of the military. This militarization of U.S. foreign policy raises concerns about the nature of American engagement, substitution among policy tools, and the future of U.S. foreign policy. Milner and Tingley explore whether American foreign policy will remain guided by a grand strategy of liberal internationalism, what affects American foreign policy successes and failures, and the role of U.S. intelligence collection in shaping foreign policy. The authors support their arguments with rigorous theorizing, quantitative analysis, and focused case studies, such as U.S. foreign policy in Sub-Saharan Africa across two presidential administrations. Sailing the Water’s Edge examines the importance of domestic political coalitions and institutions on the formation of American foreign policy.

Sailing on the Edge

Author : Bob Fisher
Publisher : Insight Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781608872060
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Sailing on the Edge written by Bob Fisher and published by Insight Editions. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sailing on the Edge is a comprehensive, behind-the-scenes look at the race that has inspired sports enthusiasts and nations alike for more than 150 years. This ultimate treasury of the America’s Cup explores the sport’s rich history, tracing its evolution to becoming the most riveting race on the water with the most coveted prize. Recent advancements in technology and design have revolutionized the sport like never before, making the 2013 34th America’s Cup the most thrilling race to date. The 34th America’s Cup brings the international competition back to the United States for the first time in eighteen years, and the stunning San Francisco Bay provides the backdrop the two final stages. Two new classes of boats will debut—the AC45 catamarans and the AC72s, both more powerful and more demanding, resulting in an evermore-spectacular competition. Sailing on the Edge covers it all, from the science behind the shipbuilding to the artistry and strength of the skippers and their teams.

Sailing to the Edge of Time

Author : John Kretschmer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472951638
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)

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Download or read book Sailing to the Edge of Time written by John Kretschmer and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Kretschmer is sailing's practical philosopher – as much a doer as a thinker. And that is the overarching theme of this chronicle of a sailing life. Often amusing, sometimes poignant, occasionally terrifying but always inspiring, his deeply personal account is a welcome reminder of the good life waiting at sea. With hundreds of thousands of nautical miles under his keel, John's adventures have taken him several times around the world, with challenging crossings of the Atlantic and the Pacific, a narrow escape from a coup in Yemen, an unlikely deliverance from a coral reef off Belize as well as more serene, introspective passages where trade winds are blowing and stories are flowing. His crew has included CEOs, actors, writers, teachers, kids – in essence, everyone. John's narrative is interwoven with practical tips and advice in seamanship, but also, and just as importantly, his hard-won insights about making the most of our lives. He truly believes we find out who we really are, and what we are capable of, far from the shackles of land, when we find a place where time changes shape – days may merge into one another, but minutes are memorable. To live adventurously is to live more fully, and that is the life John Kretschmer continues to live. In this book he shares his simple profundities that will inspire those who live to sail, and those seeking something more rewarding from life.

Beyond the Edge of the Sea

Author : Mauricio Obregon
Publisher : Modern Library
ISBN 13 : 067978344X
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (797 download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Edge of the Sea written by Mauricio Obregon and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2002 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Jason and the Argonauts and Homer’s tales of Ulysses are among the greatest ancient epics, but are they merely nautical legends or true stories? Mauricio Obregón has combed through classical texts, focusing on the smallest details, and with his intimate knowledge of historical navigation, brilliantly reenacts the voyages the ancient heroes actually traveled. Using the clues embedded in these epic tales, Obregón deftly argues that many of the legends are not merely fiction, but are, quite possibly, true adventures.

At Sea in the City

Author : William Kornblum
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 1565122658
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (651 download)

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Download or read book At Sea in the City written by William Kornblum and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at New York City's waterfront and maritime culture through essays about the author's travels around the city.

Sailing a Serious Ocean

Author : John Kretschmer
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071718125
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (717 download)

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Download or read book Sailing a Serious Ocean written by John Kretschmer and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I know you'll want to read more after you finish Sailing a Serious Ocean. And be warned, you'll very likely want to sail with John, perhaps across an ocean." -- DALLAS MURPHY, AUTHOR OF ROUNDING THE HORN After sailing 300,000 miles and weathering dozens of storms in all the world's oceans, John Kretschmer has plenty of stories and advice to share. John's offshore training passages sell out a year in advance and his entertaining presentations are popular at boat shows and yacht clubs all over the English speaking world. John's talent for storytelling enchants his audience as it soaks up the lessons he learned during his oftenchallenging voyages. Now you can take a seat next to John--at a lesser cost--and get the knowledge you need to fulfill your own dream of blue-water adventure. In Sailing a Serious Ocean, John tells you what to expect when sailing the oceans and shows how to sail safely across them. His tales of storm encounters and other examples of extreme seamanship will help you prepare for your journey and give you confidence to handle any situation—even heavy weather. Through his personal stories, John will guide you through the whole process of choosing the right boat, outfitting with the right gear, planning your route, navigating the ocean, and understanding the nuances of life at sea. Our oceans are beautiful yet unpredictable—water that is at one moment a natural mirror for the glowing sun can turn into a foamy, raging wall of fury. John knows our oceans, and he is one of the best teachers of taming and enjoying them. Before you set off across the big blue, turn to John for his inspirational stories and hard-learned advice and discover the serious sailor in you.

At Sea in the City

Author : William Kornblum
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 1565127056
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (651 download)

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Download or read book At Sea in the City written by William Kornblum and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2013-05-29 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York is a city of few boundaries, a city of well-known streets and blocks that ramble on and on, into our literature, dreams, and nightmares. We know the city by the byways that split it, streets like Broadway and Madison and Flatbush and Delancey. From those streets, peering down the blocks and up at the top floors, the city seems immense and endless. And though the land itself may end at the water, the city does not. Long before Broadway was a muddy cart track, the water was the city's most distinguishing feature, the rivers the only byways of importance. Some people, like William Kornblum, still see the city as an urban archipelago, shaped by the water and the people who have sailed it for goods, money, pirate's loot, and freedom. For them, the City will always be an island. William Kornblum--New York City native, longtime sailor, urban sociologist, and first-time author--has spent decades plying the waterways of the city in his ancient catboat, Tradition. In At Sea in the City, he takes the reader along as he sails through his hometown, lovingly retelling the history of the city's waterfront and maritime culture and the stories of the men and women who made the water their own. In At Sea in the City and in Kornblum's own humility, humor, and sense of wonder, one detects echoes of E. B. White, John McPhee, and Joseph Mitchell.

How to Sail Around the World

Author : Hal Roth
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 9780071778725
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (787 download)

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Download or read book How to Sail Around the World written by Hal Roth and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2003-10-20 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new classic from one of the world's most respected sailing authors More than 35 years ago, Hal Roth quit his job as a journalist and went sailing. Since then, he's logged more than 200,000 sea miles. Along the way, Roth also has authored eight voyaging classics, including the 1978 bestseller After 50,000 Miles. Taking that book as its starting point, this handsome new volume incorporates the new technologies and discoveries of the last quarter century along with another 150,000 miles of experience. A compendium of mature, time-tested sea wisdom from one of the world's most respected sailing writers, How to Sail Around the World will tell the reader: How to choose and equip a sailboat for long-distance cruising, with an emphasis on simplicity and a modest budget How to plan and conduct a voyage anywhere in the world How to master the arts of navigation, anchoring, and daily life aboard in exotic places How to cope with storms at sea--the most complete and authoritative treatise on this critical topic ever published

The Coast of Summer

Author : Anthony Bailey
Publisher : Sheridan House, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781574090741
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book The Coast of Summer written by Anthony Bailey and published by Sheridan House, Inc.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthony Bailey was a staff writer for The New Yorker for 35 years and is the author of 18 books, including The Inside Passage.

Sailing to Sarantium

Author : Guy Gavriel Kay
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101462310
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Sailing to Sarantium written by Guy Gavriel Kay and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-09-07 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guy Gavriel Kay, the international bestselling and multiple award-winning author of The Fionavar Tapestry, brings his unique storytelling imagination to an alternate Byzantine world… Sarantium is the golden city: holy to the faithful, exalted by the poets, jewel of the world and heart of an empire. Caius Crispus, known as Crispin, is a master mosaicist, creating beautiful art with colored stones and glass. Still grieving the loss of his family, he lives only for his craft—until an imperial summons draws him east to the fabled city. Bearing with him a Queen’s secret mission and seductive promise, and a talisman from an alchemist, Crispin crosses a land of pagan ritual and mortal danger, confronting legends and dark magic. Once in Sarantium, with its taverns and gilded sanctuaries, chariot races and palaces, intrigues and violence, Crispin must find his own source of power in order to survive. He finds it, unexpectedly, high on the scaffolding of his own greatest creation.

Deep-water Sail

Author : Harold A. Underhill
Publisher : Hyperion Books
ISBN 13 : 9780851741727
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (417 download)

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Download or read book Deep-water Sail written by Harold A. Underhill and published by Hyperion Books. This book was released on 1976 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book for all students of sail and lovers of the windjammer, dealing with the sailing ship of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The types covered range from the small craft of Tasmania to the Bluenose ships of Canada, from the Onker barques and barquentines of the Baltic to the schooners of the Pacific Islands.

Coastlines

Author : Emily Nathan
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
ISBN 13 : 1984858351
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book Coastlines written by Emily Nathan and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2022-05-24 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wanderlust-inspiring photography collection of the world’s most stunning waterways and coastlines from the premier online curator of travel photography, Tiny Atlas Quarterly. From tropical beaches in Hawai’i and icy fjords in Greenland to lush mangrove swamps in the Cuban Cayos and forested islands in Vietnam, coastlines and waterways are some of the world’s most beloved places and most precious habitats. With hundreds of awe-inspiring photos from locations far and wide, Coastlines is a visual tour of these magical watery places and a treasure trove of curated travel information. Water lovers, beach bums, and armchair travelers will enjoy this tranquil exploration of the world’s many vast and varied shores.

Blue Water, Green Skipper

Author : Stuart Woods
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101599286
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Blue Water, Green Skipper written by Stuart Woods and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-08-02 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stone Barrington series tells the true story of his journey sailing alone across the Atlantic Ocean. Stuart Woods had never owned more than a dinghy before setting out on one of the world’s most demanding sea voyages, navigating single-handedly across the Atlantic. How, at the age of thirty-seven, did this self-proclaimed novice go from small ponds to the big sea? Now with a new afterword that looks back at how one transatlantic race changed his life, Woods takes readers on a spectacular journey—not just of traveling across the world, but of being tried in fire, learning by accepting challenges, appreciating the beauty of the open water, and living to tell about it.

Sailing Fundamentals

Author : Gary Jobson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439136785
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Sailing Fundamentals written by Gary Jobson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-09-08 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The official learn-to-sail manual of the American Sailing Association and the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, with over 150 line drawings and photographs. Written by America’s foremost instructional authority, the new edition of Sailing Fundamentals combines the training programs of the American Sailing Association and the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary. The official learn-to-sail manual of the American Sailing Association, it is also used in the programs of many yacht clubs, colleges, and sailing groups. Unlike most introductory sailing books, which reflect the biases and idiosyncrasies of their authors, Sailing Fundamentals has been extensively pretested by ASA professional instructors to ensure that it offers the fastest, easiest, most systematic way to learn basic sailing and basic coastal cruising. This book covers every aspect of beginning sailing—from hoisting sail to docking and anchoring—and specifically prepares the learner to qualify for sailing certification according to international standards. Widely acclaimed author Gary Jobson has won several major races, including the 1977 America’s Cup victory as tactician aboard Courageous. He was head sailing coach at the US Naval Academy, and has conducted sailing clinics across the country.

Sailing to Freedom

Author : Timothy D. Walker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781625345936
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (459 download)

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Download or read book Sailing to Freedom written by Timothy D. Walker and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1858, Mary Millburn successfully made her escape from Norfolk, Virginia, to Philadelphia aboard an express steamship. Millburn's maritime route to freedom was far from uncommon. By the mid-nineteenth century an increasing number of enslaved people had fled northward along the Atlantic seaboard. While scholarship on the Underground Railroad has focused almost exclusively on overland escape routes from the antebellum South, this groundbreaking volume expands our understanding of how freedom was achieved by sea and what the journey looked like for many African Americans. With innovative scholarship and thorough research, Sailing to Freedom highlights little-known stories and describes the less-understood maritime side of the Underground Railroad, including the impact of African Americans' paid and unpaid waterfront labor. These ten essays reconsider and contextualize how escapes were managed along the East Coast, moving from the Carolinas, Virginia, and Maryland to safe harbor in northern cities such as Philadelphia, New York, New Bedford, and Boston. In addition to the volume editor, contributors include David S. Cecelski, Elysa Engelman, Kathryn Grover, Megan Jeffreys, Cheryl Janifer LaRoche, Mirelle Luecke, Cassandra Newby-Alexander, Michael D. Thompson, and Len Travers.

Sailing on the Edge: Alone Across the Atlantic

Author : Peter Keating
Publisher : Book Reality Experience
ISBN 13 : 9780645153231
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (532 download)

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Download or read book Sailing on the Edge: Alone Across the Atlantic written by Peter Keating and published by Book Reality Experience. This book was released on 2021-06-17 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the age of 57, Australian Peter Keating set out to sail, single-handed, across the Atlantic. This is his account, yet it is also the journey of each one of us, should we decide to peer over the horizon and strike out from safe harbours.

The Tree That Went Sailing

Author : Dennis Johnson
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1664161619
Total Pages : 39 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (641 download)

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Download or read book The Tree That Went Sailing written by Dennis Johnson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-02-28 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There was once a tree on an island – tall, majestic, and proud. But he was lonely. No children played around him. Then one day, he was transferred to another estate – across the waterway – and he had to go sailing! His journey was an adventure and he got to see many things. Finally, they arrived and he was replanted. This estate had kids who played around him, and there were friendly squirrels running around his branches. He was not lonely anymore – and was finally home. Based on a true story, this whimsical picture book The Tree That Went Sailing is perfect for your kids!