Lighthouses Short and Tall
Author : Mary Louise Clifford
Publisher :
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 43,55 MB
Release : 2008-03-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780963641298
Author : Mary Louise Clifford
Publisher :
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 43,55 MB
Release : 2008-03-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780963641298
Author : William Monahan
Publisher : Odyssey Editions
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 50,35 MB
Release : 2013-02-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1623730104
A hilarious farce, in which a coastal New England hotel, the reader’s expectations, and possibly The Novel itself, are turned inside out by an outrageous cast of characters, a mutinous Author, and the onset of a disastrous storm.
Author : John Cook
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 42,84 MB
Release : 2020-07-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1760874612
John Cook's ripping life story exposes Tasmania's old kero-fuelled lighthouses: relentless physically and emotionally demanding labour, done under the often cruel vagaries of nature. Noble work that can ultimately redeem a lost soul. Or break them.' MATTHEW EVANS I loved the life of the island, because I knew my body was more alive than it was on the mainland. People asked how we stood the isolation and boredom, but in some ways, it was more stimulating to have your senses turned up. In Tasmania, John Cook is known as 'The Keeper of the Flame'. As one of Australia's longest-serving lighthouse keepers, John spent 26 years tending Tasmania's well-known kerosene 'lights' at Tasman Island, Maatsuyker Island and Bruny Island. From sleepless nights keeping the lights alive, battling the wind and sea as they ripped at gutters and flooded stores, raising a joey, tending sheep and keeping ducks and chickens, the life of a keeper was one of unexpected joy and heartbreak. But for John, nothing was more heartbreaking than the introduction of electric lights, and the lighthouses that were left empty forever. Evocatively told, The Last Lighthouse Keeper is a love story between a man and a dying way of life, as well as a celebration of wilderness and solitude.
Author : Bruce Roberts
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 30,56 MB
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0762768339
A stunning, full-color celebration of some of the world’s most famous lighthouses, the shoreline they stand on, and the people who have worked to protect them The lore and history of North Carolina’s seafaring past comes to life in the text by Cheryl Shelton-Roberts and photographs by Bruce Roberts.
Author :
Publisher : U.S. Government Printing Office
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 27,65 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
Author : David L. Cipra
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,51 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Lighthouses
ISBN : 9780963641212
ISBN 0963641212 LCCN 96072414.
Author : Roman Belyaev
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,92 MB
Release : 2018-03
Category : Lighthouses
ISBN : 9781911509240
How can we tell one lighthouse from another? What does a lighthouse keeper do? Where are the most unusual lighthouses in the world? Depart on an enchanting voyage with the school children in this book to discover the answers to these questions along with other fascinating facts about lighthouses and how they work. A charming journey through the science and history of lighthouses around the world.
Author : Eric Jay Dolin
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 41,88 MB
Release : 2016-04-18
Category : History
ISBN : 1631491539
"What Moby-Dick is to whales, Brilliant Beacons is to lighthouses—a transformative account of a familiar yet mystical subject." —Laurence Bergreen, author of Columbus: The Four Voyages In this "magnificent compendium" (New Republic), best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin presents the definitive history of American lighthouses, and in so doing "illuminate[s] the history of America itself" (Entertainment Weekly). Treating readers to a memorable cast of characters and "fascinating anecdotes" (New York Review of Books), Dolin shows how the story of the nation, from a regional backwater colony to global industrial power, can be illustrated through its lighthouses—from New England to the Gulf of Mexico, the Great Lakes, the Pacific Coast, and all the way to Alaska and Hawaii. A Captain and Classic Boat Best Nautical Book of 2016
Author : Terrance Zepke
Publisher : Pineapple Press Inc
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 22,4 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1561644293
The history of and facts about lighthouses along the Carolina coasts. Includes color photos and illustrations, ghost stories, and a quiz.
Author : Alison Moore
Publisher : Biblioasis
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 48,49 MB
Release : 2017-07-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1771961465
Futh, a middle-aged, recently separated man heads to Germany for a restorative walking holiday. During his circular walk along the Rhine, he contemplates the formative moments of his childhood. At the end of the week, Futh returns to what he sees as the sanctuary of the Hellhaus hotel, unaware of the events which have been unfolding there in his absence.