Book Description
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author : Lawrence Rosenthal
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 13,67 MB
Release : 2012-08-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0520274237
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author : Robert Dugoni
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,1 MB
Release : 2018
Category : FICTION
ISBN : 9781503954182
When a missing woman turns up dead at the bottom of a well, Tracy must find out who killed her and if it had to do with an arranged marriage, while also hiding the secret of her own pregnancy.
Author : Michael J.T. Steep
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,31 MB
Release : 2021-01-30
Category : Artificial intelligence
ISBN : 9781735873121
This hybrid book consists of two parts -- a novel followed by a nonfiction exposition on the real-life technologies that are shaping our world, including artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, cryptocurrencies, and technology-driven transport.
Author : Robert Harling
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 48,64 MB
Release : 2023-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1493076582
First published in 1946, this atmospheric memoir of the Battle of the Atlantic offers one of the most original accounts of war at sea aboard a corvette, escorting convoys in both the North and South Atlantic. The author, an RNVR lieutenant, experienced the terrors of U-boat attacks and the hardships of icy gale-force winds contrasted with the relief of shore runs in ports as far apart as Halifax and Freetown. The narrative begins with Harling’s voyage from the Clyde to New York on the Queen Mary (or QM, as she was known during her martial career), on route to join a newly-built corvette in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was to be her First Lieutenant, and his service at sea started in the spring of 1941, just as the Battle of the Atlantic was entering its most crucial stage. During the first east-bound convoy he was to experience attacks by U-boats, the loss of merchant vessels and a steep learning curve as the ship’s crew struggled to live in the harsh wartime conditions. Later that summer they made return voyages to Iceland where runs ashore offered some solace from dangerous days at sea. Time was also spent in the South Atlantic with voyages to Freetown and Lagos, before a short interlude when he experienced the excitement of fighting with Coastal Forces. The corvette subsequently returned to escorting convoys from Halifax to Europe. Harling’s narrative is both serious and humorous, and his picture of wartime Britain, his descriptions of being buffeted by great storm-tossed seas in the ‘cockleshell corvettes’, and the recounting of grim losses are all too real and authentic. His story ends as he leaves his ship after a violent cold developed into pneumonia, and soon afterwards he hears the shattering news of her loss by torpedo, along with the captain and half the crew. He is left to ponder on the many tombless dead consigned by the war to the Steep Atlantick Stream.
Author : Chic Scott
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 42,79 MB
Release : 2015-09-21
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1771601132
"Introduces the reader to the exciting world of heli-skiing and alpine adventure through the life of renowned adventurer and robust entrepreneur Hans Gmoser. Hans Gmoser (1932-2006) was the most influential mountaineer in Canada of the last fifty years. Through innovation, hard work, perseverance and an appetite for adventure, Gmoser evolved from penniless immigrant to mountain guide for kings, queens and prime ministers. He also played a major role in creating what is now western Canada's dynamic mountain adventure community. Known primarily as the inventor of heli-skiing and the founder of Canadian Mountain Holidays (CMH), Gmoser also garnered recognition as a talented rock climber, tireless expedition leader, successful mountain guide, renowned filmmaker, community organizer and vibrant businessman. Told from all aspects of his fascinating life and including some of Gmoser's own words, Chic Scott weaves together a compelling story based on the diaries, expedition journals, film commentaries and personal correspondence of this charismatic and inspiring figure."--
Author : Dan W. McKenzie
Publisher :
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 24,97 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Forest management
ISBN :
Author : United States. Federal Aviation Agency
Publisher :
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 35,45 MB
Release : 1961
Category : Helicopters
ISBN :
Author : G. den Hoedt
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 38,87 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Geomembranes
ISBN : 9061911206
First published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Dov Leshchinsky
Publisher :
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 39,81 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Geosynthetics
ISBN :
Author : Ben Chie Yen
Publisher :
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 27,59 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Drainage
ISBN :