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Icy Graves

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Author : Stephen Haddelsey
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750988800
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Icy Graves written by Stephen Haddelsey and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2018-06-18 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since Captain Cook first sailed into the Great Southern Ocean in 1773, mankind has sought to push back the boundaries of Antarctic exploration. The first expeditions tried simply to chart Antarctica's coastline, but then the Sixth International Geographical Congress of 1895 posed a greater challenge: the conquest of the continent itself. Though the loss of Captain Scott's Polar Party remains the most famous, many of the resulting expeditions suffered fatalities. Some men drowned; others fell into bottomless crevasses; many died in catastrophic fires; a few went mad; and yet more froze to death. Modern technology increased the pace of exploration, but aircraft and motor vehicles introduced entirely new dangers. For the first time, Icy Graves uses the tragic tales not only of famous explorers like Robert Falcon Scott and Aeneas Mackintosh but also of many lesser-known figures, both British and international, to plot the forward progress of Antarctic exploration. It tells, often in their own words, the compelling stories of the brave men and women who have fallen in what Sir Ernest Shackleton called the 'White Warfare of the South'.

Graves of Ice

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Author : John Wilson
Publisher : Scholastic Canada
ISBN 13 : 1443107948
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Graves of Ice written by John Wilson and published by Scholastic Canada. This book was released on 2014-01-30 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dramatic Arctic adventure set during Sir John Franklin's doomed search for the Northwest Passage George Chambers is a fourteen-year-old aboard HMS Erebus, one of two ships under the command of Sir John Franklin on his quest to discover the Northwest Passage. But when the Erebus and Terror are trapped in crushing ice, 129 men of the crew die from cold, scurvy, and starvation. Only two remain alive when George begins to recount his story: himself and Commander James Fitzjames. As his strength dwindles and starvation weakens him, George recalls the events that led him to Canada's desolate North, and the expedition's failure -- including gravediggers, a close call with a polar bear, standing up against sailors threatening mutiny, and his own impending death. George does not know whether the story he tells will be all that survives of Franklin's doomed Arctic expedition.

Titans of the Forests

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Author : Gregory V. Short
Publisher : Vernon Press
ISBN 13 : 1648890059
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book Titans of the Forests written by Gregory V. Short and published by Vernon Press. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Instead of dwelling on the biological, physiological, or even the genetic aspects of our evolution, “Titans of the Forests” takes a completely different approach, which could be referred to as the unchartered and neglected field of macroevolution. Uniquely captivating, controversial, and very readable, it is the author’s contention that we as a species were continuously forced to change our way of obtaining nourishment, or rather our various economies, in order to adapt to the ever-changing world. And as a result of this economic adaptation, our species would then and only then begin to slowly change into the modern humans of today. For much too long, the world’s scientific community has directed the discussion of our incredible evolution. As a matter of fact, our species’ biological, physiological, psychological, and cultural evolution has been instigated, propelled, and shaped by our economic adaptation to a fluctuating environment. In a very real sense, the scientists are so far into the trees that they have actually ignored the forest. Consequently, we teach human evolution as a hodgepodge of different theories within the realm of microevolution, thus failing to understand or even to recognize the economic thread that binds them altogether. By integrating the timeline of our prehistoric past with that of our earliest known economies (food gathering, scavenging, and nomadism), the author was able to synthesize a sequence of events that illustrates the economic basis of our remarkable ascension and the beginnings of our present day institutions. He not only reveals the genesis behind the cultural forces that exist within every human society, but for the first time, he has created a systematic and holistic approach in explaining the “how” and the “why” we have economically, physiologically, and then culturally evolved. For unlike the rest of the animal kingdom, we have possessed the extraordinary ability to change our economy, which has made us an extremely adaptable species.

Taking Things Hard

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Author : Robert Garnett
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807180211
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Taking Things Hard written by Robert Garnett and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2023-06-14 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: F. Scott Fitzgerald published America’s favorite novel, The Great Gatsby, at the young age of twenty-eight. Despite this extraordinary early achievement, Fitzgerald finished just one novel in the next (and last) fifteen years of his life, ending as a mostly unemployed Hollywood screenwriter. Taking Things Hard reveals the story behind the now-iconic Gatsby, along with Fitzgerald’s struggle to write anything that matched its brilliance. Robert R. Garnett’s new biographical study of Fitzgerald’s life and work begins by constructing a portrait of the young man who would wholly and uniquely pour himself into writing Gatsby. In the years following its publication, Fitzgerald continued penning stories, some of them among his finest, yet it took him nine years to complete another novel. The downward trajectory of his career had interweaving causes, among them arrogance, irresponsibility, his troubled marriage to Zelda Sayre, financial improvidence, and a destructive alcoholism. At the root of it all, though, lingered the simple fact that Fitzgerald’s most intense and profound experiences had come early, during his truncated undergraduate years at Princeton and the months following his February 1919 discharge from the army. Taking Things Hard provides a fresh look at the imaginative sources of Fitzgerald’s fiction and considers the elements, drawn from the keen impressions and salient emotions of its author’s youth, that make Gatsby a book that still speaks powerfully to readers.

Review of Reviews for Australasia

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Author : William Henry Fitchett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1066 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book Review of Reviews for Australasia written by William Henry Fitchett and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1066 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

THE BATTLE OF JETTENA JUNCTION

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Author : A.W. Bennett
Publisher : Balboa Press
ISBN 13 : 1982299193
Total Pages : 958 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (822 download)

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Download or read book THE BATTLE OF JETTENA JUNCTION written by A.W. Bennett and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2024-02-28 with total page 958 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Jettena Junction is a remarkable work. This intriguing combination of fiction work and history textbook subverts and reverses the expectations of historical fiction, using plot as the backdrop of history rather than history as the backdrop for the plot - a history book with a dash of fiction rather than a fiction book with a dash of history. ***** The Confederate States of America had suffered recent devastating defeats at the hands of the Union in recent months. Their capital, Richmond was now a smoldering ruin. Though their spirits were still high, the Confederacy was on the verge of collapse. One more devastating battle, one more dramatic defeat would see the end of the newly formed nation before the eyes of the world. So when the opportunity arose to conclude the most devastating war in America's history, to end in their favor, what better way to end it but by capturing the Federal's leader, President Abraham Lincoln, a she traveled from Washington D.C., to Gettysburg to honor the fallen. The question was? Where was the best location to conduct their hit and run attack? Why, a small siding in Pennsylvania, named Jettena Junction. But what was to be a simple in and out raid turned into a total rout the Confederacy. Deceit, disobeyed orders and commands, betrayal, glory hunting, poor intelligence All played their part as the cream of their military faced a determined foe.

Artésque

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Author : T. D. Cannon
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1984588478
Total Pages : 741 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (845 download)

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Download or read book Artésque written by T. D. Cannon and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2020-07-16 with total page 741 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terror and torment, an undead evil restored, and an unforgiving cruse renewed! the Crystoreeñ has risen, and with it a new dawn for the land of Artésque. Clover & friends face their most trying tasks yet, a race against time and death itself.

Electricland

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Author : J. M. Abrahams
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1524687138
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (246 download)

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Download or read book Electricland written by J. M. Abrahams and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2017-06-14 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a town held hostage by corruption, ace pool player Jack Banks must navigate through the chaos set loose by Victor Salazar, a drug dealing pimp whose lust for power destroys anyone in his path. No one within Salazars reach is safe, not even charismatic nursing student Tessa Dori, whose natural charm serves as a beacon of light in Jacks world of disillusion. As Jack seeks Tessas affections, his lifelong friend Mickey OLeary must battle his own demons as he struggles to take down Salazar at all costs. And all the while, deranged lunatic, Sticks Favors, conspires. Consumed by a profound, misdirected resentment, his unbridled hostility plots, stalks and waits for just the right moment

Early Aspen

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Author : Douglas N. Beck
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439652198
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Early Aspen written by Douglas N. Beck and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until 1879, the Roaring Fork Valley was home to a band of Colorado Ute Indians. All of that changed in the summer and fall of that year, when two prospecting teams came to the valley to stake their claims, some of which went on to produce millions of dollars of silver. Within five years, Aspen was home to over 20,000 individuals including miners, lawyers, families, businessmen, and even prostitutes. Aspen's fortune was tied to silver. More importantly, its fate was ultimately tied to the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890, which required the US government to buy 4.5 million ounces of silver per month. From 1890 to 1893, the Sherman Act kept Aspen alive and growing. With the repeal of the act, Aspen began a slow, painful decline. This book covers the years of Aspen's discovery, through the years of decline, and into what is known as the "Quiet Years."

The Complete Poems

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Author : Walt Whitman
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141919833
Total Pages : 1255 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Poems written by Walt Whitman and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2004-08-26 with total page 1255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1855 Walt Whitman published Leaves of Grass, the work which defined him as one of America's most influential voices, and which he added to throughout his life. A collection of astonishing originality and intensity, it spoke of politics, sexual emancipation and what it meant to be an American. From the joyful 'Song of Myself' and 'I Sing the Body Electric' to the elegiac 'When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd', Whitman's art fuses oratory, journalism and song in a vivid celebration of humanity.

A Fire in the North

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Author : David Bilsborough
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1429951613
Total Pages : 695 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book A Fire in the North written by David Bilsborough and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-06-24 with total page 695 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five hundred years ago a huge force defeated an evil, supernaturally powerful tyrant who terrorized and ravaged those who cowered under his lash. Now, terrible news from the north suggests that someone or some thing is once again preying upon the northern lands, threatening to once again darken the lives of those whose forebears still remember the horrific past. Now, a small, motley band faces a daunting challenge. Led by a brave warrior and a visionary priest, they have finally reached the land to the north. They have seen wonders and endured terrifying experiences, barely escaping from a dizzying series of perils, magical and otherwise. But the direst perils lie before them as they approach the evil that has risen again, its dread power terrorizing and enslaving all who oppose it. Finally, the Wanderer, fated to face the ultimate test, will confront his destiny. A world and its trembling masses await the outcome. Fresh and powerfully told, this epic will satisfy fantasy readers as few others have done. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Don't Read This Book Before Bed

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Author : Anna Claybourne
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1426328419
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Don't Read This Book Before Bed written by Anna Claybourne and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2017 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents true stories about real-life monsters, doomed domains, and strange disappearances, many attributed to ghosts and other supernatural encounters.

Backpacker

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Backpacker written by and published by . This book was released on 1987-07 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Backpacker brings the outdoors straight to the reader's doorstep, inspiring and enabling them to go more places and enjoy nature more often. The authority on active adventure, Backpacker is the world's first GPS-enabled magazine, and the only magazine whose editors personally test the hiking trails, camping gear, and survival tips they publish. Backpacker's Editors' Choice Awards, an industry honor recognizing design, feature and product innovation, has become the gold standard against which all other outdoor-industry awards are measured.

Energy Security for the 21st Century

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Author : Anco S. Blazev
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 877022322X
Total Pages : 788 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Energy Security for the 21st Century written by Anco S. Blazev and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-01-14 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes a very close look at energy and energy security from a hands-on, technical point of view with an ultimate goal of sorting out and explaining the deep meaning of energy as well as the key factors and variables of our energy security. The book reviews the major energy sources—coal, crude oil, natural gas, the renewables, and other alternative fuels and technologies—according to the way they affect our energy security now and what consequences might be expected in the future. Topics include the different technical, logistics, regulatory, social, political, and financial aspects of modern energy products and technologies. The advantages and disadvantages of the different fuels, technologies, energy strategies, regulations, and policies are reviewed in detail, sorted, and clearly laid out as well as their effects on our present and future energy security in a way that is easy to understand by high school students, engineers, and professors alike. This book is a must-read for energy executives, environmental specialists, investors, bankers, lawyers, regulators, politicians, and anyone involved, or interested, in today’s energy production and use and their effects on our energy security.

The Voice of Pity for South America

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Author : Anonymous
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 337506408X
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book The Voice of Pity for South America written by Anonymous and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-06-25 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1861.

Locust

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Author : Jeffrey A. Lockwood
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0786738871
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book Locust written by Jeffrey A. Lockwood and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2009-04-28 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the nineteenth century, swarms of locusts regularly swept across the continent, turning noon into dusk, demolishing farm communities, and bringing trains to a halt as the crushed bodies of insects greased the rails. In 1876, the U.S. Congress declared the locust "the single greatest impediment to the settlement of the country." From the Dakotas to Texas, from California to Iowa, the swarms pushed thousands of settlers to the brink of starvation, prompting the federal government to enlist some of the greatest scientific minds of the day and thereby jumpstarting the fledgling science of entomology. Over the next few decades, the Rocky Mountain locust suddenly -- and mysteriously -- vanished. A century later, Jeffrey Lockwood set out to discover why. Unconvinced by the reigning theories, he searched for new evidence in musty books, crumbling maps, and crevassed glaciers, eventually piecing together the elusive answer: A group of early settlers unwittingly destroyed the locust's sanctuaries just as the insect was experiencing a natural population crash. Drawing on historical accounts and modern science, Locust brings to life the cultural, economic, and political forces at work in America in the late-nineteenth century, even as it solves one of the greatest ecological mysteries of our time.

The Voice of pity for South America [afterw.] A Voice for South America

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Author : South American missionary society
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Voice of pity for South America [afterw.] A Voice for South America written by South American missionary society and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: