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Book Synopsis The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books by : Edward Wilson-Lee
Download or read book The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books written by Edward Wilson-Lee and published by Scribner. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This impeccably researched and “adventure-packed” (The Washington Post) account of the obsessive quest by Christopher Columbus’s son to create the greatest library in the world is “the stuff of Hollywood blockbusters” (NPR) and offers a vivid picture of Europe on the verge of becoming modern. At the peak of the Age of Exploration, Hernando Colón sailed with his father Christopher Columbus on his final voyage to the New World, a journey that ended in disaster, bloody mutiny, and shipwreck. After Columbus’s death in 1506, eighteen-year-old Hernando sought to continue—and surpass—his father’s campaign to explore the boundaries of the known world by building a library that would collect everything ever printed: a vast holding organized by summaries and catalogues; really, the first ever database for the exploding diversity of written matter as the printing press proliferated across Europe. Hernando traveled extensively and obsessively amassed his collection based on the groundbreaking conviction that a library of universal knowledge should include “all books, in all languages and on all subjects,” even material often dismissed: ballads, erotica, news pamphlets, almanacs, popular images, romances, fables. The loss of part of his collection to another maritime disaster in 1522, set off the final scramble to complete this sublime project, a race against time to realize a vision of near-impossible perfection. “Magnificent…a thrill on almost every page” (The New York Times Book Review), The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books is a window into sixteenth-century Europe’s information revolution, and a reflection of the passion and intrigues that lie beneath our own insatiable desires to bring order to the world today.
Book Synopsis The Shipwrecked Mind by : Mark Lilla
Download or read book The Shipwrecked Mind written by Mark Lilla and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We don’t understand the reactionary mind. As a result, argues Mark Lilla in this timely book, the ideas and passions that shape today’s political dramas are unintelligible to us. The reactionary is anything but a conservative. He is as radical and modern a figure as the revolutionary, someone shipwrecked in the rapidly changing present, and suffering from nostalgia for an idealized past and an apocalyptic fear that history is rushing toward catastrophe. And like the revolutionary his political engagements are motivated by highly developed ideas. Lilla begins with three twentieth-century philosophers—Franz Rosenzweig, Eric Voegelin, and Leo Strauss—who attributed the problems of modern society to a break in the history of ideas and promoted a return to earlier modes of thought. He then examines the enduring power of grand historical narratives of betrayal to shape political outlooks since the French Revolution, and shows how these narratives are employed in the writings of Europe’s right-wing cultural pessimists and Maoist neocommunists, American theoconservatives fantasizing about the harmony of medieval Catholic society and radical Islamists seeking to restore a vanished Muslim caliphate. The revolutionary spirit that inspired political movements across the world for two centuries may have died out. But the spirit of reaction that rose to meet it has survived and is proving just as formidable a historical force. We live in an age when the tragicomic nostalgia of Don Quixote for a lost golden age has been transformed into a potent and sometimes deadly weapon. Mark Lilla helps us to understand why.
Book Synopsis Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor by : Gabriel García Márquez
Download or read book Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor written by Gabriel García Márquez and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN eBOOK! In 1955, Garcia Marquez was working for El Espectador, a newspaper in Bogota, when in February of that year eight crew members of the Caldas, a Colombian destroyer, were washed overboard and disappeared. Ten days later one of them turned up, barely alive, on a deserted beach in northern Colombia. This book, which originally appeared as a series of newspaper articles, is Garcia Marquez's account of that sailor's ordeal. Translated by Randolf Hogan.
Download or read book The Shipwrecked mariner written by and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Shipwrecked Sailor: A Tale from Egypt by : Suzanne I. Barchers
Download or read book The Shipwrecked Sailor: A Tale from Egypt written by Suzanne I. Barchers and published by Red Chair Press. This book was released on 2022-08-21 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sadiki fears the worst when he is tossed from his ship in a storm. But a chance encounter with a serpent changes his life and that of the Pharoah.
Download or read book Shipwrecked written by Regina Krahl and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2011-03-08 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part adventure story, part maritime archaeological expedition, part historical look into ninth-century Chinese economy, culture, and trade, Shipwrecked is a fascinating journey back in time. Twelve centuries ago, a merchant ship—an Arab dhow—foundered on a reef just off the coast of Belitung, a small island in the Java Sea. The cargo was a remarkable assemblage of lead ingots, bronze mirrors, spice-filled jars, intricately worked vessels of silver and gold, and more than 60,000 glazed bowls, ewers, and other ceramics. The ship remained buried at sea for more than a millennium, its contents protected from erosion by their packing and the conditions of the silty sea floor. Shipwrecked explores this precious cargo and the story of the men who sailed it, with more than 250 gorgeous photographs and essays by international experts in Arab ship-building methods, pan-Asian maritime trade, ceramics, precious metalwork, and more.
Book Synopsis The Shipwrecked Mariner by : Anonymous
Download or read book The Shipwrecked Mariner written by Anonymous and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-01-31 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Book Synopsis Beachcombing for a Shipwrecked God by : Joe Coomer
Download or read book Beachcombing for a Shipwrecked God written by Joe Coomer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1997-05-07 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nine weeks after losing her husband, Charlotte escapes to a wooden motor yacht in New Hampshire, where her shipmates are an aging blue-haired widow, an emotional seventeen-year-old, and the ugliest dog in literature. A genuine bond develops among the three women, as their distinct personalities and paths cross and converge against the backdrop of emotional secrets, abuse, and the wages of old age. Off the boat, Charlotte, an archaeologist, joins a local excavation to uncover an ancient graveyard. Here she can indulge her passion for reconstructing the past, even as she tries to bury her own recent history. She comes to realize, however, that the currents of time are as fluid and persistent as the water that drifts beneath her comforting new home.
Book Synopsis The Shipwrecked Lovers by : StoryBuddiesPlay
Download or read book The Shipwrecked Lovers written by StoryBuddiesPlay and published by StoryBuddiesPlay. This book was released on 2024-08-25 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "The Shipwrecked Lovers," a violent storm leaves two strangers—a noblewoman and a common sailor—adrift on a deserted island, forcing them to rely on each other for survival. As they navigate the challenges of their new reality, they discover a deep emotional connection that transcends their stark social differences. With the threat of rescue looming, Eleanor and Jack must confront their feelings and the societal expectations that seek to keep them apart. Will their love endure the trials of the outside world, or will they be torn apart by the very society that once defined them? Join Eleanor and Jack on a journey of love, resilience, and self-discovery in this captivating historical romance. shipwreck romance, historical romance novel, love across social classes, survival love story, forbidden love, adventure romance, deserted island love, emotional connection, overcoming societal norms, Eleanor and Jack
Book Synopsis The Shipwrecked Orphans by : John Ireland
Download or read book The Shipwrecked Orphans written by John Ireland and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-04 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Shipwrecked Orphans" (A true narrative of the shipwreck and sufferings of John Ireland and William Doyley, who were wrecked in the ship Charles Eaton, on an island in the South Seas) by John Ireland. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Book Synopsis The Riddle of the Shipwrecked Spinster by : Patricia Veryan
Download or read book The Riddle of the Shipwrecked Spinster written by Patricia Veryan and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mrs. Regina Stansbury, a woman of high fashion and dwindling fortunes, has just trapped London's most courted bachelor into agreeing to marry her daughter Cordelia. Though young Miss Cordelia Stansbury has admired the handsome and dashing Gervaise Valerian for years, she is mortified by the circumstances of their engagement. Duty bound to obtain her father's consent for this match, Miss Stansbury becomes lost at sea while traveling to meet him in Egypt. But Valerian's hopes for a long and carefree bachelorhood are dashed once again when Miss Stansbury reappears after a year spent shipwrecked on a desert island. Ignoring the Code of Honour, Valerian rescinds his offer of matrimony. To restore the family name, Piers Cranford, a distant cousin of Valerian's, is bullied into proposing to the disgraced young lady. His offer is rudely rejected, but under pressure from his great-uncle General Lord Nugent Cranford, Piers is forced to pursue Miss Stansbury or risk losing his family manor. Piers is reluctant to marry a haughty girl he barely knows, especially now that he has just met a delightfully intriguing young lady named Mary Westerman... His worries are compounded when his estate is plagued with a series of disasters. Are these troubles linked to old foes from the Jacobite Rebellion, or could they be the work of a mysterious bidder, intent on bringing down the value of Muse Manor and buying Piers Cranford's beloved family estate?
Book Synopsis The young Crusoe, or, The shipwrecked boy by : Barbara Hofland
Download or read book The young Crusoe, or, The shipwrecked boy written by Barbara Hofland and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Young Crusoe, or The Shipwrecked Boy by : Hofl
Download or read book The Young Crusoe, or The Shipwrecked Boy written by Hofl and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-10 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work follows the adventures of a young English boy Charles Crusoe, the son of an English merchant in Bombay who is an admirer of Robinson Crusoe. This story follows the adventures of Charles when he is shipwrecked on his voyage home from Bombay and must learn to survive on his own until he is rescued.
Download or read book Shipwrecked written by James Morrison and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2014-04-22 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four thousand years of shipwrecks in literature and film
Download or read book Shipwrecked written by B. B. Hiller and published by Scholastic Paperbacks. This book was released on 1991 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When 14 year old Haakon Haakonsen became ship's boy on the Flora, he wanted to earn money to save his family's farm in Norway. He never dreamed of the adventure that was in waiting for him, which included pirates, hijackings, stowaways, and shipwrecks.
Download or read book Shipwrecked written by Dennis Hale and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book War at Sea written by James P. Delgado and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an author who has spent four decades in the quest for lost ships, this lavishly illustrated history of naval warfare presents the latest archaeology of sunken warships. It provides a unique perspective on the evolution of naval conflicts, strategies, and technologies, while vividly conjuring up the dangerous life of war at sea.
