Download or read book A Dictionary of the World s Watercraft written by and published by Bloomsbury Academic. This book was released on 2001 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly all of human history the coasts and oceans, and rivers and lakes have offered paths for exploration, settings for warfare, routes for commerce and colonialism and, of course, sources for food. And for all these activities an incredible variety of indigenous watercraft have been fashioned by sailors and fishermen and shipwrights. Aak to Zumbra surveys them all and contains descriptions of form and function, means of propulsion, crew size, particular design features, as well as notes on construction methods and materials. There are thousands of cross-references, starred for easy reference, with vernacular and specialised terms. Also included are little-known, rare and extinct types, notes on cultural traditions, along with a reading list and a geographical index.
Download or read book Aak to Zumbra written by Mariners' Museum (Newport News, Va.) and published by Mariners' Museum International. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume lists, in alphabetical order, more than 5,600 boat and ship appellations. For each ship it contains descriptions of form and function, means of propulsion, crew size, particular design features, as well as notes on construction methods and materials.
Download or read book The Illustrated Boat Dictionary in 9 Languages written by Bloomsbury Publishing and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-01-02 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Illustrated Boat Dictionary in 9 Languages is a first - annotated illustrations arranged by topic allow quick communication when something goes wrong abroad. Centred around clear, full colour, annotated diagrams in each subject area, the dictionary makes it easy and convenient to translate between nine languages (English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Portuguese and Greek). The diagrams can easily be used to show someone what is meant (or what is broken!) without having to worry about the language barrier. And it also facilitates learning new words in each language with this helpful visual reference. From general terms such as 'port' and 'starboard' to technical words relating to engine and rigging repair and maintenance, The Illustrated Boat Dictionary in 9 Languages is amazingly comprehensive, and even includes supplementary terms for many topics even when they don't feature in the illustrations. Topics include: sailing terms, parts of a boat, boat maintenance and repair, navigation, weather, seamanship, requesting help, medical emergencies, safety equipment, numbers and time.
Download or read book The Illustrated Boat Dictionary in 9 Languages written by Adlard Coles and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-03-27 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An invaluable visual reference when sailing in foreign waters, this highly illustrated boat dictionary in nine languages focuses on all the topics boaters will need to refer to when abroad.
Download or read book English French and French English dictionary of the motor car cycle and boat written by Frederick Lucas and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-07-31 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "English-French and French-English dictionary of the motor car, cycle, and boat" by Frederick Lucas. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Download or read book Sports Exercise and Fitness written by Mary Beth Allen and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-03-30 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For reference librarians and researchers seeking information on sports and fitness, this guide is an important first stop. For collection development specialists, it is an invaluable selection guide. Allen describes and evaluates over 1,000 information sources on the complete spectrum of sports: from basketball, football, and hockey to figure skating, table tennis, and weight training. Focusing on English-language works published between 1990 and the present, the guide thoroughly covers traditional reference sources, such as encyclopedias and bibliographies, along with instructional sources in print formats, online databases, and Web sites. To enable users in search of information on specific sports or fitness activities, chapters are organized thematically, according to broad- type aquatic sports, nautical sports, precision and accuracy, racket sports, ice and snow sports, ball sports, cycling, and so on, with subcategories for such individual sports as soccer, golf, and yoga. Within these categories, works are further organized by type: reference, instructional, and Web sites.
Download or read book The Mariner s Mirror written by Leonard George Carr Laughton and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Records of Traditional Watercraft from South and West Sri Lanka written by Gerhard Kapitän and published by British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited. This book was released on 2009 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NAS (Nautical Archaeology Society) Monograph Series No.2 Series editor Gerald Grainge
Download or read book A Dictionary of the English Language written by Robert Gordon Latham and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Choice written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The World s Progress a Dictionary of Dates With Tabular Views of General History and a Historical Chart Edited by G P Putnam 1850 51 Supplement to the World s Progress Ten Years 1851 60 of the World s Progress written by George Palmer PUTNAM (Publisher.) and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The World s Progress A Dictionary of Dates Being a Chronological and Alphabetical Record of All Essential Facts in the Progress of Society from the Creation of the World to the Present Time written by George Palmer Putnam and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-08-01 with total page 1033 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.
Download or read book A Dictionary Hind st n and English written by John Shakespear and published by . This book was released on 1834 with total page 1204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shallow Water Dictionary written by John Stilgoe and published by Springer Science & Business. This book was released on 2003-12-18 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shallow Water Dictionary is both a celebration of the richness of our vernacular language and a lament on its passing and with it, the passing of the words we need to understand our shallow water regions, once the primary landscape of America and now facing extinction, both physical and linguistic. This small book is an intriguing and valuable addition to our knowledge of a changing landscape. Literary, etymological, historical, and vernacular investigations of such varied terms as guzzle, creek, and chartreuse, Stilgoes definitions are lyric explanations of words whose original meanings have been eroded by time.
Download or read book The World s Chronicle written by Eleanor Atkinson and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Illustrated Dictionary of Boating Terms 2000 Essential Terms for Sailors and Powerboaters Revised Edition written by John Rousmaniere and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1998-02-20 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Written for the sailor, not the scholar. Rousmaniere leaves out the chaff and gives us just the wheat. Astonishingly comprehensive and slender enough to carry aboard.” —Don Casey, author of This Old Boat From "abaft" to "Zulu," including terms as new as "bowrider" and as old as "starboard," here is the language of pleasure boating—clearly defined terms that today's sailors and powerboaters rely on to make their way safely and happily upon America's coastal waters.
Download or read book The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows written by John Koenig and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “It’s undeniably thrilling to find words for our strangest feelings…Koenig casts light into lonely corners of human experience…An enchanting book. “ —The Washington Post A truly original book in every sense of the word, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows poetically defines emotions that we all feel but don’t have the words to express—until now. Have you ever wondered about the lives of each person you pass on the street, realizing that everyone is the main character in their own story, each living a life as vivid and complex as your own? That feeling has a name: “sonder.” Or maybe you’ve watched a thunderstorm roll in and felt a primal hunger for disaster, hoping it would shake up your life. That’s called “lachesism.” Or you were looking through old photos and felt a pang of nostalgia for a time you’ve never actually experienced. That’s “anemoia.” If you’ve never heard of these terms before, that’s because they didn’t exist until John Koenig set out to fill the gaps in our language of emotion. The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows “creates beautiful new words that we need but do not yet have,” says John Green, bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars. By turns poignant, relatable, and mind-bending, the definitions include whimsical etymologies drawn from languages around the world, interspersed with otherworldly collages and lyrical essays that explore forgotten corners of the human condition—from “astrophe,” the longing to explore beyond the planet Earth, to “zenosyne,” the sense that time keeps getting faster. The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows is for anyone who enjoys a shift in perspective, pondering the ineffable feelings that make up our lives. With a gorgeous package and beautiful illustrations throughout, this is the perfect gift for creatives, word nerds, and human beings everywhere.
