Afloat Again, Adrift
Author : Andrew Keith
Publisher : Aliform Publishing
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 23,93 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Canoeists
ISBN : 9780970765284
Adrift
Author : Steven Callahan
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 36,19 MB
Release : 2002-10-17
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0547526563
Book Description
Before The Perfect Storm, before In the Heart of the Sea, Steven Callahan’s dramatic tale of survival at sea was on the New York Times bestseller list for more than thirty-six weeks. In some ways the model for the new wave of adventure books, Adrift is an undeniable seafaring classic, a riveting firsthand account by the only man known to have survived more than a month alone at sea, fighting for his life in an inflatable raft after his small sloop capsized only six days out. “Utterly absorbing” (Newsweek), Adrift is a must-have for any adventure library.
Feathers Floating Through Ember
Author : Trinity Dunn
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,18 MB
Release : 2021-12-19
Category : Aircraft accidents
ISBN : 9781737053941
Book Description
Finding himself stranded in the water after a devastating plane crash, Chris Grace helplessly watches the raft which holds is wife float out of his reach. Clinging to a stewardess's life-jacket to remain afloat, his life will be forever changed. When rescue comes in the form of an old wooden ship, he is forced to question the world around him, realizing over time that the storm that struck their airplane was no ordinary storm at all. Under the protection of the name she shares with a well-known duchess, Chris and Maria navigate their presence on the ship carefully while forming a plan to find his wife and return home. Adventure, mystery, and tragedy unfold as he sails the Pacific alongside an infamous world traveler. Along the way, he will have to face his inner demons and choose between the love he is bound to and the love he cannot control. Can he get them home? And if so, what will home mean after all they'd been through?
Adrift and Anchored
Author : William James Lee
Publisher :
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 31,30 MB
Release : 1875
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic
Author : Malcolm Ross
Publisher : ANU E Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 33,7 MB
Release : 2007-03-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1921313196
Book Description
This is the second in a series of five volumes on the lexicon of Proto Oceanic, the ancestor of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family. Each volume deals with a particular domain of culture and/or environment and consists of a collection of essays each of which presents and comments on lexical reconstructions of a particular semantic field within that domain. Volume 2 examines how Proto Oceanic speakers described their geophysical environment. An introductory chapter discusses linguistic and archaeological evidence that locates the Proto Oceanic language community in the Bismarck Archipelago in the late 2nd millennium BC. The next three chapters investigate terms used to denote inland, coastal, reef and open sea environments, and meteorological phenomena. A further chapter examines the lexicon for features of the heavens and navigational techniques associated with the stars. How Proto Oceanic speakers talked about their environment is also described in three further chapters which treat property terms for describing inanimate objects, locational and directional terms, and terms related to the expression of time.
Firms Afloat and Firms Adrift
Author : Joseph C. Brada
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 27,68 MB
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1315484234
Book Description
Designed for various types of college courses, this book discusses the interpretation of statistical data in such fields as the economy, business, demography, housing, health, education and crime.
438 Days
Author : Jonathan Franklin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 12,89 MB
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1501116290
Book Description
The miraculous account of the man who survived alone and adrift at sea longer than anyone in recorded history. For fourteen months, Alvarenga survived constant shark attacks. He learned to catch fish with his bare hands. He built a fish net from a pair of empty plastic bottles. Taking apart the outboard motor, he fashioned a huge fishhook. Using fish vertebrae as needles, he stitched together his own clothes. Based on dozens of hours of interviews with Alvarenga and interviews with his colleagues, search and rescue officials, the medical team that saved his life and the remote islanders who nursed him back to health, this is an epic tale of survival. Print run 75,000.
Floating Islands
Author : Richard J. Heggen
Publisher : Richard Heggen
Page : 1227 pages
File Size : 42,35 MB
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN :
Book Description
Floating Islands in science, history, the arts and any number of sightings elsewhere
117 Days Adrift
Author : Maurice Bailey
Publisher : Sheridan House, Inc.
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 27,85 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780924486319
Book Description
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.
Cut Adrift
Author : Marianne Cooper
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 19,67 MB
Release : 2014-07-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0520958454
Book Description
Cut Adrift makes an important and original contribution to the national conversation about inequality and risk in American society. Set against the backdrop of rising economic insecurity and rolled-up safety nets, Marianne Cooper’s probing analysis explores what keeps Americans up at night. Through poignant case studies, she reveals what families are concerned about, how they manage their anxiety, whose job it is to worry, and how social class shapes all of these dynamics, including what is even worth worrying about in the first place. This powerful study is packed with intriguing discoveries ranging from the surprising anxieties of the rich to the critical role of women in keeping struggling families afloat. Through tales of stalwart stoicism, heart-wrenching worry, marital angst, and religious conviction, Cut Adrift deepens our understanding of how families are coping in a go-it-alone age—and how the different strategies on which affluent, middle-class, and poor families rely upon not only reflect inequality, but fuel it.
