The Voyaging Stars
Author : David Lewis
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 28,93 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Micronesians
ISBN :
Author : David Lewis
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 28,93 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Micronesians
ISBN :
Author : A. R. Lewis
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,77 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Navigation
ISBN :
Author : George R. R. Martin
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 14,45 MB
Release : 2013-01-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0345538641
Long before A Game of Thrones became an international phenomenon, #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin had taken his loyal readers across the cosmos. Now back in print after almost ten years, Tuf Voyaging is the story of quirky and endearing Haviland Tuf, an unlikely hero just trying to do right by the galaxy, one planet at a time. Haviland Tuf is an honest space-trader who likes cats. So how is it that, in competition with the worst villains the universe has to offer, he’s become the proud owner of a seedship, the last remnant of Earth’s legendary Ecological Engineering Corps? Never mind; just be thankful that the most powerful weapon in human space is in good hands—hands which now have the godlike ability to control the genetic material of thousands of outlandish creatures. Armed with this unique equipment, Tuf is set to tackle the problems that human settlers have created in colonizing far-flung worlds: hosts of hostile monsters, a population hooked on procreation, a dictator who unleashes plagues to get his own way . . . and in every case, the only thing that stands between the colonists and disaster is Tuf’s ingenuity—and his reputation as a man of integrity in a universe of rogues. “A rich blend of adventure, humor, compassion and all the other things that make being human worthwhile.”—Analog “A new facet of Martin’s manysided talent.”—Asimov’s
Author : David Lewis
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 34,31 MB
Release : 1994-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780824815820
This new edition includes a discussion of theories about traditional methods of navigation developed during recent decades, the story of the renaissance of star navigation throughout the Pacific, and material about navigation systems in Indonesia, Siberia, and the Indian Ocean.
Author : Ben R. Finney
Publisher :
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 23,55 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN :
Author : Rockwell Kent
Publisher :
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 48,19 MB
Release : 1924
Category : Limited editions
ISBN :
This work by Kent is an absorbing account of a trip that he made in a small sail boat along the bleak coasts of Tierra del Fuego to Cape Horn in the 1920s. Kent called Tierra del Fuego "the worst frontier in the world" and the characters that inhabited this land "the very dregs of humankind".
Author : David Lewis
Publisher :
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 18,82 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Astronomy, Micronesian
ISBN :
Author : Eric C. Hiscock
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 24,21 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Science
ISBN :
Long regarded as a leading authority in the sailing world, Eric Hiscock provides here a helpful reference for ocean voyaging. Illustrated with numerous photographs and maps, it ranges from tying knots to global weather patterns--the essential resource for any open water sailor.
Author : Edwin Horace Bryan
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 23,96 MB
Release : 2001-10
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : 9780912180588
The stars in the night sky over the Hawaiian Islands overwhelm us with feelings of wonder and amazement. They provoke images of Hawaii's first people, finding their way by use of the stars in the heavens. Their knowledge of the skies, from the Hokupaa (North Star) to the Hanaiakamalama (Southern Cross) helped them navigate the vast Pacific in double-hulled canoes without use of compasses or maps. In contrast, today's astronomers have explored the heavens with the use of advanced technology, traveling to our moon and planets beyond. This book presents an overview of current knowledge about the night sky above us and the vast universe beyond. Twelve monthly star charts, plus two which label star names in Hawaiian, with help guide you. Hawaiian astronomy is explored through legend and what oral knowledge has survived to the present time. This book marries the knowledge of the masterful navigators of ancient Hawaii with today's astronomy experts to bring you an all-encompassing view of Hawaii's skies, past and present.
Author : Dylan Holmes
Publisher : Dylan Holmes
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 32,59 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1480005754
...Traces the evolution of interactive video games by examining 13 landmark titles that challenged convention and captured players' imaginations worldwide...the focus on those that tell stories...-cover.