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THE CASTAWAY'S DIARY

Author : Braid Anderson
Publisher : Club Lighthouse Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1772170658
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book THE CASTAWAY'S DIARY written by Braid Anderson and published by Club Lighthouse Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-02 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1996 I took a long lease, with option, on a 2-storey building in Johor Baru, just across the Causeway from Singapore. I then spent most of my remaining money on fixing it up as the Restorant Eurasia, in anticipation of my Eurasian wife’s return from America. She had gone there on a ridiculously cheap ticket, courtesy of a nephew who worked for Singapore Airlines. Unfortunately she had no insurance cover. One day while walking down a street in Florida, she suffered a stroke, and subsequent complete coma, at the age of 38. I tried to run the restaurant as well as I could, but she was the one with restaurant experience, having managed a successful Thai restaurant in Singapore, with her magic touch. When the Gods frown, they do so in earnest. After a couple of months, the owner of the building, having seen what I’d done with it, and heard about my wife, decided he wanted it back. Being a proper Malaysian gentleman, and a Haji (done his trip to Mecca) to boot, he didn’t come and discuss it with me. Instead, he went to see his friends at Immigration, who then started making problems for me, over my lack of a work permit to run the restaurant. I argued – with the help of my friend at Immigration – that, as the Managing Director of the owning company, I was entitled to direct the management of the restaurant. Eventually my Immigration friend was suddenly posted out, and I was informed that my current visa would not be renewed. Fortunately, at the time of taking the lease on the building, I had also pre-paid a two-year lease on a charming brand new 3-bedroom, 2 bathroom terrace house in Taman Johor Jaya. I had to give up the restaurant, then rent out my house, and flee to Thailand on the last day of my visa. This is the story of my subsequent 9 months living in a cheap village house in a Malay kampong not too far from the Thai border.

Castaway

Author : Bill O'Brien
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781869437503
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Castaway written by Bill O'Brien and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life in the orphanage is often brutal and Sam decides to break away and work his passage to Sydney on a ship. From there he plans to go to America to find his brother. Unfortunately he chooses the ill-fated Dundonald to work his passage. Only weeks out from Sydney the Dundonald is wrecked and Sam is one of 15 sailors cast away on Disappointment Island. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.

Castaways

Author : Bill O'Brien
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book Castaways written by Bill O'Brien and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Dutch Castaway on Ascension Island in 1725

Author : Alex Ritsema
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1446189864
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (461 download)

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Download or read book A Dutch Castaway on Ascension Island in 1725 written by Alex Ritsema and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-09-13 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 5 May 1725 a Dutch ship's officer, Leendert Hasenbosch, was set ashore on the desert island of Ascension in the South Atlantic Ocean, as a punishment for sodomy. He tried to survive on turtles and birds but found very little water on the barren island. He wrote a diary. He probably died after about half a year. In January 1726 British mariners found his tent, diary and other things and brought the diary to England. In 1726 a first English version of the diary of the Dutch castaway was published. Other versions followed in 1728, 1730 and 1976. Who was the castaway? The truth was disclosed by the Dutch historian Michiel Koolbergen (1953-2002), in a posthumously published book in Dutch. With the support of Michiel Koolbergen's family and publisher, this new book discloses the truth in English. This book is the second edition, with some improvements compared to the original edition of 2006. This book is illustrated with line drawings, both historic ones and by the Dutch artist Anneke de Vries.

The Castaway's War

Author : Stephen Harding
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 0306823411
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book The Castaway's War written by Stephen Harding and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shipwrecked on a South Pacific island, a young US Navy lieutenant waged a one-man war against the Japanese In the early hours of July 5, 1943, the destroyer USS Strong was hit by a Japanese torpedo. The powerful weapon broke the destroyer's back, killed dozens of sailors, and sparked raging fires. While accompanying ships were able to take off most of Strong's surviving crewmembers, scores went into the ocean as the once-proud warship sank beneath the waves--and a young officer's harrowing story of survival began. Lieutenant Hugh Barr Miller, a pre-war football star at the University of Alabama, went into the water as the vessel sank. Severely injured, Miller and several others survived three days at sea and eventually landed on a Japanese-occupied island. The survivors found fresh water and a few coconuts, but Miller, suffering from internal injuries and believing he was on the verge of death, ordered the others to go on without him. They reluctantly did do, believing, as Miller did, that he would be dead within hours. But Miller didn't die, and his health improved enough for him to begin searching for food. He also found the enemy--Japanese forces patrolling the island. Miller was determined to survive, and so launched a one-man war against the island's occupiers. Based on official American and Japanese histories, personal memoirs, and the author's exclusive interviews with many of the story's key participants, The Castaway's War is a rousing story of naval combat, bravery, and determination.

Castaway

Author : Lucy Irvine
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1446463869
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (464 download)

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Download or read book Castaway written by Lucy Irvine and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-04-30 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE SHOCKING STORY OF A DESERT ISLAND DREAM THAT WENT SOUR 'Writer seeks "wife" for a year on tropical island.' The opportunity to escape from it all was irresistible. Lucy Irvine answered the advertisement - and found herself alone on a remote desert island with a 'husband' she hardly knew. Lucy Irvine fell in love with the seductive, if cruel, beauty of that untouched Eden, whose power to enslave and enchant her never slackened throughout the whole of her amazing adventure. Uncompromisingly candid and sometimes shocking, Castaway is her compulsively readable account of a desert island dream which threatened to turn into a nightmare of illness, thirst and personal antipathy. Now a film by Nicholas Roeg starring Amanda Donohoe and Oliver Reed,

The Zapple Diaries

Author : Barry Miles
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1613123183
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book The Zapple Diaries written by Barry Miles and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revealing history of the Beatles’ experimental record label, as told by the label’s manager. In August 1968, the Beatles launched their greatest business enterprise, Apple Records, to international fanfare. The less well-known story is the introduction of their Zapple label about nine months later. If Apple represented artists with new, commercial opportunities, Zapple offered more cutting-edge freedom; its mission was to distribute experimental music and spoken word recordings from the leading avant-garde figures of the time. The brainchild of Paul McCartney, the label captured the counterculture spirit of the 1960s by collaborating with Yoko Ono alongside John Lennon, Allen Ginsberg, Richard Brautigan, Charles Bukowski, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Charles Olson. The Zapple Diaries is the first full-length look at the enterprise, as well as a true insider account from Barry Miles, the label’s manager who went on to become a leading authority and chronicler of ‘60s culture. He provides insight into the colorful lives and working methods of the artists and discloses the fascinating story of the experimental venture, ultimately offering up a revealing and engaging account of this little-known chapter of Beatles history.

A Nayarita Castaway, The Diary

Author : Guillermo A. Osorio Álvarez
Publisher : Innovación Editorial Lagares de México, S.A, de C.V.
ISBN 13 : 6074102155
Total Pages : 75 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (741 download)

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Download or read book A Nayarita Castaway, The Diary written by Guillermo A. Osorio Álvarez and published by Innovación Editorial Lagares de México, S.A, de C.V.. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel is based on a true story. It is hard to believe it; it is even harder to go through an experience like this. This event shook a fisher town that swung in two extremes. On the one hand, there is sadness and helplessness; on the other, the allegory of a miraculous rescue. Although the curtain of death had been dropped by the villagers in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle after twenty five days in futile and frustrating search of their lost boys, both by air and by sea, they come back from an odyssey that lasted around forty days. This struggle is crystallized by their courage, their hope, and their faith. Be welcomed to this extraordinary adventure in which ideas and experiences are woven to build up the world of a thinker and the world of a doer…

117 Days Adrift

Author : Maurice Bailey
Publisher : Sheridan House, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780924486319
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (863 download)

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Download or read book 117 Days Adrift written by Maurice Bailey and published by Sheridan House, Inc.. This book was released on 1992 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bailey's is a fantastic human story of adaption to totally alien conditions. It is a story of amazing courage, resolution and endurance. Essential reading for all who enjoy a gripping true story, 117 Days Adrift is an inspiring tale that has become one of the classics of the sea.

Castaways

Author : Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520910281
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Castaways written by Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This enthralling story of survival is the first major narrative of the exploration of North America by Europeans (1528-36). The author of Castaways (Naufragios), Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, was a fortune-seeking nobleman and the treasurer of an expedition to claim for Spain a vast area that includes today's Florida, Louisiana, and Texas. A shipwreck forced him and a handful of men to make the long westward journey on foot to meet up with Hernán Cortés. In order to survive, Cabeza de Vaca joined native peoples along the way, learning their languages and practices and serving them as a slave and later as a physician. When after eight years he finally reached the West, he was not recognized by his compatriots. In his writing Cabeza de Vaca displays great interest in the cultures of the native peoples he encountered on his odyssey. As he forged intimate bonds with some of them, sharing their brutal living conditions and curing their sick, he found himself on a voyage of self-discovery that was to make his reunion with his fellow Spaniards less joyful than expected. Cabeza de Vaca's gripping narrative is a trove of ethnographic information, with descriptions and interpretations of native cultures that make it a powerful precursor to modern anthropology. Frances M. López-Morillas's translation beautifully captures the sixteenth-century original. Based as it is on Enrique Pupo-Walker's definitive critical edition, it promises to become the authoritative English translation. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1993. This enthralling story of survival is the first major narrative of the exploration of North America by Europeans (1528-36). The author of Castaways (Naufragios), Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, was a fortune-seeking nobleman and the treasurer of

Castaway on the Auckland Isles

Author : Thomas Musgrave (captain.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Castaway on the Auckland Isles written by Thomas Musgrave (captain.) and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Account of shipwreck and life on the Aucklands for 20 months; journey in a Phoenix boat built from the wreckage, to Port Adventure, Stewart Island, N.Z." ... almost a classic."--Maggs.

Journal

Author : Ingenius Publications
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781089325628
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (256 download)

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Download or read book Journal written by Ingenius Publications and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-09 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If boating and fishing is your life, you know how important it is to properly cast away a net and prep your rod, lure and tackle . Awesome gift for fishermen, anglers and boaters . 120 College Ruled White Pages 6"x9" Glossy Cover Great for writing projects, as a personal diary or a composition book Professional Quality Smooth paper for writingA perfect gift for adults, children, teens & tweens

New Hamel's castaway diary

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book New Hamel's castaway diary written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Polar Castaways

Author : Richard McElrea
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 9780773528253
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (282 download)

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Download or read book Polar Castaways written by Richard McElrea and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2004 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When Sir Ernest Shackleton's dreams of crossing Antarctica foundered with his expedition ship Endurance in the ice of the Weddell Sea in October 1915, he could only wonder what had become of his support party on the other side of the continent." "This book tells that story. The task of the Ross Sea component of the expedition was to lay the all-important depots in support of the traverse party to be led by Shackleton." "The party was dogged from the outset by lack of finance and inadequate preparation, and matters were severely compounded when, in May 1915, their ship Aurora was carried away from its winter moorings." "This left ten men stranded and without proper equipment and supplies. At great personal hardship and cost, they laid the depots across the Ross Ice Shelf to Mt. Hope. Three men were to die during this courageous and perilous endeavour." "Aurora, refitted in New Zealand, eventually sailed south amidst considerable controversy, to rescue the seven survivors. Polar Castaways provides the first in-depth account of the Ross Sea party, the drift of Aurora and the relief expedition under the command of polar veteran Captain J.K. Davis."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Japan and Russia

Author : Yulia Mikhailova
Publisher : Global Oriental
ISBN 13 : 9004213155
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Japan and Russia written by Yulia Mikhailova and published by Global Oriental. This book was released on 2008-08-28 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is growing awareness of the importance of images in international relations. Explore the phenomenon over three centuries relating to Russia and Japan. A general perception of one country by another – the ‘stereotypical collective mentality’ – is historic phenomenon that continues to be a fundamental to international relations at all levels.

Gilligan's Island

Author : Walter Metz
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 0814336477
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book Gilligan's Island written by Walter Metz and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2012-02-15 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of the under-studied sitcom Gilligan’s Island that addresses key questions about American social life in the 1960s. Gilligan’s Island, created by Sherwood Schwartz, aired for three seasons between 1964 and 1967 on the CBS network. While the series was typically dismissed for its episodic inanity, author Walter Metz argues that this characteristic is precisely the source of the show’s innovation as it produces a vibrant critique of dominant American values. In this analysis of Gilligan’s Island, Metz reveals the inner workings of American television and society through an intensive look at the popular sitcom. In twenty-one short sections, Metz investigates many aspects of Gilligan’s Island: the narrative, the characters, the plot, and the performativity. Through multiple episode analyses and character examinations, Metz shows how the castaways’ actions on the island held deeper meaning and illustrated American social customs. The book also looks at several different themes presented in the show and connects them to many literary traditions, including Shakespeare (The Tempest and Hamlet), existential theatre (Waiting for Godot), and classic American literature (Moby-Dick). Through this discussion, Metz examines the literacy of Gilligan’s Island and the way it knowingly returns to certain tropes from high literature, masking their expression in a distinctly populist American idiom. Metz also addresses the legacy of Gilligan’s Island and its profound effect on American television, as evidenced by popular contemporary shows like Survivor and Lost. At one point in time, Gilligan’s Island was the most syndicated show around the world, but few scholarly articles exist about it. Fans of the show and those interested in television history and popular culture will enjoy this playful and informative study that fills a gap in television history.

Desert Island Discs: 70 Years of Castaways

Author : Sean Magee
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448127459
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Desert Island Discs: 70 Years of Castaways written by Sean Magee and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-09-13 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘For seventy years now Desert Island Discs has managed that rare feat – to be both enduring and relevant. By casting away the biggest names of the day in science, business, politics, showbiz, sport and the arts, it presents a cross-sectional snapshot of the times in which we live. As the decades have passed, the programme has kept pace; never frozen in time yet always, somehow, comfortingly the same.’ Kirsty Young BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs celebrates its seventieth birthday in 2012. Since the programme’s deviser Roy Plomley interviewed comedian Vic Oliver in January 1942, nearly 3,000 distinguished people from all walks of life have been stranded on the mythical island, accompanied by only eight records, one book and a luxury. Here the story of one of BBC Radio 4’s favourite programmes is chronicled through a special selection of castaways. Roy Plomley, inventor of the programme as well as its presenter for over forty years, quizzes the young Cliff Richard about ‘these rather frenzied movements’ the 1960s pop sensation makes on the stage. Robert Maxwell tells Plomley’s successor Michael Parkinson that ‘I will have left the world a slightly better place by having lived in it.’ Diana Mosley assures Sue Lawley that Adolf Hitler was ‘extraordinarily fascinating’ and had mesmeric blue eyes. And Johnny Vegas tugs Kirsty Young’s heart-strings with his account of a childhood so impoverished that family pets were fair game: ‘My dad had always claimed that rabbits were livestock, but we’d never eaten one before.’ Desert Island Discs is much more than a radio programme. It is a unique and enduringly popular take on our lives and times – and this extensively illustrated book tells in rich detail the colourful and absorbing story of an extraordinary institution.