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The Seasick Admiral

Author : Kevin Brown
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1848324189
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (483 download)

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Download or read book The Seasick Admiral written by Kevin Brown and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2015-10-30 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horatio Nelson did not enjoy robust good health. From his childhood he was prone to many of the ailments so common in the eighteenth century, and after he joined the Navy he contracted fevers that further undermined his strength: he was even seasick whenever he first put to sea. Nevertheless, he saw more action than most officers, and was often wounded the loss of the sight in one eye and a shattered arm were the most public, but by no means his only injuries. This personal experience of sickness made him uniquely aware of the importance of health and fitness to the efficient running of a fleet, and this new book investigates Nelson's personal contribution to improving the welfare of the men he commanded.It ranges from issues of diet, through hygiene to improved medical practices. Believing prevention was better than cure, Nelson went to great lengths to obtain fresh provisions, insisted on cleanliness in his ships, and even understood the relationship between mental and physical health, working tirelessly to keep up the morale of his men. Many other people contributed to what became a revolution in naval health but because of his heroic status Nelson's influence was hugely significant, a role which this book reveals in detail for the first time.

The Admiral

Author : Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book The Admiral written by Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Douglas Brooke in this book "The Admiral" describes the story of an admiral, Viscount Nelson. It talks about the life of this great man considered as the greatest sea-commander to have ever lived. It describes his challenges, personal difficulties, and victories in service. A powerful historical book for everyone who wants to learn about their past heroes.

Letters and Papers of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thos. Byam Martin, G.C.B.

Author : Sir Thomas Byam Martin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Letters and Papers of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thos. Byam Martin, G.C.B. written by Sir Thomas Byam Martin and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

An Admiral's Yarns

Author : Sir Charles Hope Dundas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book An Admiral's Yarns written by Sir Charles Hope Dundas and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A House in Memory

Author : David Helwig
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0228002621
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book A House in Memory written by David Helwig and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2020-07-23 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "the language of the waterway / the name / the train's route through bliss / to" When the poet and novelist David Helwig - a recipient of the Matt Cohen Prize for lifetime achievement and a member of the Order of Canada - died in October 2018, he left behind a substantial catalogue of unpublished work. A House in Memory, a selection of Helwig's last poems, was assembled by his daughter, Maggie. It shows an author still at the height of his powers, creating work in complex formal structures, contemplating mortality, memory, and the landscape of his adopted home of Prince Edward Island, and paying tribute to his literary predecessors. The collection also includes unpublished poems from earlier in Helwig's career. Ranging widely through time, space, and literary tradition, A House in Memory features some deeply personal poems. As Maggie Helwig says of her father, "he could not cease to be a poet as long as he had breath in this world.

My Father, Frank

Author : Tony Smythe
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
ISBN 13 : 1594859159
Total Pages : 543 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (948 download)

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Download or read book My Father, Frank written by Tony Smythe and published by Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2015-02-05 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • Biography of a seminal, but often unheralded, figure in high-altitude climbing • Written by his son, Tony, Frank Smythe was himself a prolific author • Important addition to Mountaineer Books’ Legends and Lore series Frank Smythe, like Eric Shipton, is associated with early Everest explorations and was a member of three expeditions to the mountain. At a time when it was ungentlemanly to make a living by climbing, Smythe wrote more than a dozen popular books based upon his travels to high places -- one of them being the first ascent of Kamet (25,447 feet) in 1931, which was the first time any climber had gone beyond 25,000 feet. Two years later, he reached the highest point climbed on Everest (28,200 feet). He also climbed in Britain, the Alps, Canada, and Alaska. He and Graham Brown established two new routes on the Brevna face of Mont Blanc. In short, he has serious climbing credentials. As the title hints, this is a biography by Frank’s son Tony, but it isn’t based solely on personal memories; Frank was away from home for long periods and died when Tony was only fourteen. Instead, this book is based on thirteen years of research: Frank’s parents’ meeting and marriage, Frank’s early school years, his first climbs, his training for various jobs, his gradual rise to fame and fortune, his friendships, his war years, and his sudden death are all covered. Like his father, Tony has a strong understanding of how to tell a story that appeals to both climbers and general lovers of nonfiction adventures.

Stress-Free Motorboating

Author : Duncan Wells
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472947304
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)

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Download or read book Stress-Free Motorboating written by Duncan Wells and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-23 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stress-free Motorboating is the answer to all single- or short-handed crews' prayers. Highly illustrated with step by step photographs, this unique handbook tackles the most common motorboating situations anyone cruising along the coast or river will have to manage - whether cruising along a river or the coast. It covers tricky procedures for getting off (and then back on) a marina berth, anchoring, mooring to a buoy or jetty, motoring in big seas, entering locks, and even picking up a man overboard, with QR codes linking to helpful instructional action videos. Essential advice is given about fuel monitoring, engine care and maintenance, looking after batteries, and many more issues specific to motorboats. Stress-free Motorboating will be a godsend to all crews, whether aboard a 35-footer, a sports runabout or a 60-foot displacement cruiser, whether crossing the Channel or just pottering along the coast or a river.

The Curious Passage of Richard Blanshard

Author : Barry Gough
Publisher : Harbour Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1990776396
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book The Curious Passage of Richard Blanshard written by Barry Gough and published by Harbour Publishing. This book was released on 2023-11-25 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrated historian Barry Gough brings a defining era of Pacific Northwest history into focus in this biography of Richard Blanshard, the first governor of Vancouver Island—illuminating with intriguing detail the genesis and early days of Canada's westernmost province. Early one wintry day in March 1850, after seven weary weeks out of sight of land, a well-dressed Londoner, a bachelor aged thirty-two, stood at the ship’s rail taking in the immensity of the unfolding scene. From Her Britannic Majesty’s paddlewheel sloop-of-war Driver, steadily thumping forth on Imperial purpose, all that Richard Blanshard could make out to port, in reflected purple light upon the northern side, was a forested, rock-clad island rising to considerable height. Vancouver’s Island they called it in those far-off days. This was his destination. Richard Blanshard was only governor of the young colony for three short, unhappy years—only one and a half of which were spent in the colony itself. From the very beginning he was at odds with the vastly influential Hudson’s Bay Company, run by its Chief Factor James Douglas, who succeeded Blanshard as governor of the colony of Vancouver Island and later became the first governor of the colony of British Columbia. While James Douglas is remembered, for better or worse, as a founding father of British Columbia, Richard Blanshard’s name is now largely forgotten, despite his vitally important role in warning London of American cross-border aggressions, including a planned takeover of Haida Gwaii. However, his failures highlight the fascinating struggles of the time—the supreme influence of commerce, the disparity between expectations and reality, and the bewildering collision of European and Pacific Northwest culture.

Zumwalt

Author : Larry Berman
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062198963
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (621 download)

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Download or read book Zumwalt written by Larry Berman and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-10-09 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Admiral Elmo Russell Zumwalt, Jr., the charismatic chief of naval operations (CNO) and "the navy's most popular leader since WWII" (Time), was a man who embodied honor, courage, and commitment. In a career spanning forty years, he rose to the top echelon of the U.S. Navy as a commander of all navy forces in Vietnam and then as CNO from 1970 to 1974. His tenure came at a time of scandal and tumult, from the Soviets' challenge to the U.S. for naval supremacy and a duplicitous endgame in Vietnam to Watergate and an admirals' spy ring. Unlike many other senior naval officers, Zumwalt successfully enacted radical change, including the integration of the most racist branch of the military—an achievement that made him the target of bitter personal recriminations. His fight to modernize a technologically obsolete fleet pitted him against such formidable adversaries as Henry Kissinger and Hyman Rickover. Ultimately, Zumwalt created a more egalitarian navy as well as a smaller modernized fleet better prepared to cope with a changing world. But Zumwalt's professional success was marred by personal loss, including the unwitting role he played in his son's death from Agent Orange. Retiring from the service in 1974, Zumwalt spearheaded a citizen education and mobilization effort that helped thousands of Vietnam veterans secure reparations. That activism earned him the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Today Zumwalt's tombstone at the U.S. Naval Academy is inscribed with one word: "Reformer." Admiring yet evenhanded, Larry Berman's moving biography reminds us what leadership is and pays tribute to a man whose life reflected the best of America itself.

Proceedings of the Marine Safety Council

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Proceedings of the Marine Safety Council written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Triage

Author : Martin King
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1642939773
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (429 download)

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Download or read book Triage written by Martin King and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An articulate, compelling history of American battlefield medics. “I have walked the battlefields with Martin King, who has traversed them countless times with veterans. No one knows these stories like Martin, and no one can tell them quite the way he does.” —Rick Beyer, New York Times bestselling author of The Ghost Army of World War II “Few things bring history to life like the words of those who lived through it. Martin King offers us a glimpse into those experiences, documenting a young nation in the most formative periods of its history. Insightful, moving, and important, this book is a valuable tool for anyone wanting to better understand America’s role in the most brutal of conflicts.” —Dan Snow, BBC TV Presenter and historian, History Hit TV “I have never known better stories in my life. Thoughtful and touching beyond belief. The context Martin King provides to help tell the story is beyond reproach. This is 11 on a scale of 10.” —Commander Jeffrey Barta, Deputy Museum Systems Operations Office, Naval History and Heritage Command, Washington, DC “Our soldiers and their missions have greatly benefited from the compassion, commitment, and selfless service of all frontline medics. Thank you for all that you’ve done for our nation, its soldiers, and their families.” —General David H. Petraeus, United States Army (Retired) “Martin King has a keen eye for the human side of conflict. In His attention to the experience of medical personnel and his excellent prose provides interesting additions It’s a wonderfully unique book that offers the reader a great insight into everything about the frontline medics.” —Professor Jerome Sheridan, Author, Military Historian, American University

The Seasick Whale

Author : Ephraim Kishon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book The Seasick Whale written by Ephraim Kishon and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Admiral's Steward

Author : Howard George
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1728384176
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (283 download)

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Download or read book The Admiral's Steward written by Howard George and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2019-05-21 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reflections of an old man late in the Victorian era lead back to before he was born. Thomas Spencer, Admiral’s Steward, has first sight of Mary Hever, his future wife, on the Bay of Naples in December 1798, just as Lord Nelson is about to evacuate the Neapolitan royal family to Palermo. The dire sea voyage is followed not just by a developing relationship between Thomas and Mary, but also between Nelson and Emma, Lady Hamilton, while elderly Sir William Hamilton is ill. Over the ensuing year, Thomas’s devotion to his duty with Nelson results in Mary and himself becoming dupes of Emma and Nelson in a deception so scandalous it would have brought ruin on Nelson and the Hamiltons had it been discovered. When those famous three quit the Mediterranean in 1800, Thomas and Mary have to take the infant Horatio William Spencer back to England as their own. The growing child is deceived even as to the year of his birth and the death in battle of Nelson means plans for his future must change.

Nelson

Author : John Sugden
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 080507807X
Total Pages : 946 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Nelson written by John Sugden and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-06-11 with total page 946 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A portrait of the celebrated naval commander draws on overlooked primary documents to explore the private lives of Lord Nelson's family, the commander's military strategy, and the injuries and debt that dominated his existence.

Order in Chaos

Author : Jack Whyte
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101108975
Total Pages : 928 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Order in Chaos written by Jack Whyte and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-08-06 with total page 928 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new Templar novel from the USA Today bestselling author On the morning of October 13, 1307, every Templar knight in France is arrested by the order of King Philip IV, who then seizes all the Order's assets and set the Inquisition against them. Warned of the plot, Sir William St. Clair flees from France with the Temple's treasure, several hundred knights, and the widow Lady Jessica Randolph to seek sanctuary in Scotland. There, with his men deprived of everything they valued and held dear at home, he will lead them into battle as Templar Knights one last time in defiant support of a king who is not their own, but who has earned their trust.

From Reefer to Rear-admiral

Author : Benjamin Franklin Sands
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book From Reefer to Rear-admiral written by Benjamin Franklin Sands and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Freckles

Author : Eric G. Waggoner
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1598588893
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Freckles written by Eric G. Waggoner and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Western Washington State - Two cantankerous characters, fifty somethings fall in love - a lady state trooper and a software mogul. She is widowed, he is a confirmed bachelor. Sparks fly, but a relationship is born or should we say reborn - they do not remember their first meeting as children who shared many interests. She was seven and he was nine when they met on that Whidbey Island beach long ago. Little did the lovers know of the coming storm - it would put their very lives on the line. They were troubled with premonitions. Fate would put them together at the wrong place at the wrong time - or so it seems, in the path of dangerous fanatics. Thrust into the fire, these defenders of the homeland and a handful of others faced the fight of their life on that icy wet November night against a determined terrorist cell with big plans. Would the couple survive to their wedding day? Would they even survive the night? Divine intervention from another character of supernatural persuasion, which had followed them from their very births, might help their odds. This 'secret' friend could have been responsible for incidents and accidents in their past that led up to this stormy November night. "That hillbilly angel is meddlin' agin' " The author, Eric G. Waggoner was born May 24, 1956 in Everett, Washington and has lived in western Washington most of his life. He is a production worker at the Boeing Company in Everett and a freelance writer. This is his first novel offering, a dark somewhat romantic comedy with a good helping of dangerous adventure and explosive action involving a couple of cantankerous hillbillies. He cites various influences - Hunter S. Thompson, Tom Robbins, Ken Kesey, James Michener and others too numerous to mention. A teller of tall tales, he hopes this is tall enough for you. Eric now lives in Marysville with his wife and his 16 year old daughter.