Download or read book An Adventure in the Upper Sea written by Jack London and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Adventure in the Upper Sea A 15 Minute Tale of Terror written by Jack London and published by Learning Island. This book was released on with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I am a retired captain of the upper sea. That is to say, when I was a younger man I was a balloonist. Naturally it is a hazardous profession, and naturally I have had many thrilling experiences. The most thrilling, or at least the most nerve-racking, is the one I am about to tell you. Before you can understand what happened, I must first explain a bit about the nature of the hot air balloon that is used for parachute jumping. If you have ever witnessed such a jump, you will remember that as soon as the parachute was cut loose the balloon turned upside down. It emptied itself of its smoke and heated air, flattened out and fell straight down, beating the parachute to the ground. Thus there is no chasing a big deserted bag for miles and miles across the country, saving much time, as well as trouble. This maneuver is accomplished by attaching a weight, at the end of a long rope, to the top of the balloon. The aeronaut, with his parachute and trapeze, hangs from the bottom of the balloon. His weight keeps it right side down. When he jumps, the weight attached to the top immediately drags the top down. The bottom, which is the open mouth, goes up, and the heated air pours out. The weight used for this purpose on the “Little Nassau” was a bag of sand. Imagine my horror, when I discovered a child hanging from the bag at 100 feet above the ground! Find out what happens to the child in this 15-minute adventure! Ages 8 and up. Educational Versions Include exercises designed to meet Common Core Standards. LearningIsland.com believes in the value of children practicing reading for 15 minutes every day. Our 15-Minute Books give children lots of fun, exciting choices to read, from classic stories, to mysteries, to books of knowledge. Many books also work well as hi-lo readers. Open the world of reading to a child by having them read for 15 minutes a day.

Download or read book The Greatest Adventure Books of Jack London Sea Novels Gold Rush Thrillers Animal Stories written by Jack London and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-11-26 with total page 3956 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This particular Jack London collection mirrors the incredible adventurous life of the author, it shows all the things he witnessed and experienced on his travels. Besides being a novelist, journalist and social activist – Jack London was also a railroad hobo, gold prospector, sailor, an oyster pirate, rancher, war correspondent... Novels The Cruise of the Dazzler A Daughter of the Snows The Call of the Wild The Sea-Wolf White Fang Burning Daylight Adventure The Scarlet Plague A Son of the Sun The Abysmal Brute The Mutiny of the Elsinore Jerry of the Islands Michael, Brother of Jerry Hearts of Three Short Stories Son of the Wolf The White Silence The Son of the Wolf The Men of Forty Mile In a Far Country To the Man on the Trail The Priestly Prerogative The Wisdom of the Trail The Wife of a King An Odyssey of the North The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondike The God of His Fathers The Great Interrogation Which Make Men Remember Siwash The Man with the Gash Jan, the Unrepentant Grit of Women Where the Trail Forks A Daughter of the Aurora At the Rainbow's End The Scorn of Women Children of the Frost In the Forests of the North The Law of Life Nam-Bok the Unveracious The Master of Mystery The Sunlanders The Sickness of Lone Chief Keesh, the Son of Keesh The Death of Ligoun Li Wan, the Fair The League of the Old Men The Faith of Men & Other Stories A Relic of the Pliocene A Hyperborean Brew The Faith of Men Too Much Gold The One Thousand Dozen The Marriage of Lit-lit Bâtard The Story of Jees Uck Tales of the Fish Patrol White and Yellow The King of the Greeks A Raid on the Oyster Pirates The Siege of the "Lancashire Queen" Charley's Coup Demetrios Contos Yellow Handkerchief Lost Face South Sea Tales The House of Pride & Other Tales of Hawaii Smoke Bellew The Red One On the Makaloa Mat Dutch Courage & Other Stories Memoirs The Road The Cruise of the Snark Through The Rapids on the Way to the Klondike From Dawson to the Sea Our Adventures in Tampico

Download or read book The Greatest Adventure Books of Jack London Sea Novels Gold Rush Thrillers Tales of the South Seas and the Wild North Animal Stories written by Jack London and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-10-06 with total page 4502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This particular Jack London collection mirrors the incredible adventurous life of the author, it shows all the things he witnessed and experienced on his travels. Besides being a novelist, journalist and social activist – Jack London was also a railroad hobo, gold prospector, sailor, an oyster pirate, rancher, war correspondent... Novels The Cruise of the Dazzler A Daughter of the Snows The Call of the Wild The Sea-Wolf White Fang Burning Daylight Adventure The Scarlet Plague A Son of the Sun The Abysmal Brute The Mutiny of the Elsinore Jerry of the Islands Michael, Brother of Jerry Hearts of Three Short Stories Son of the Wolf The White Silence The Son of the Wolf The Men of Forty Mile In a Far Country To the Man on the Trail The Priestly Prerogative The Wisdom of the Trail The Wife of a King An Odyssey of the North The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondike The God of His Fathers The Great Interrogation Which Make Men Remember Siwash The Man with the Gash Jan, the Unrepentant Grit of Women Where the Trail Forks A Daughter of the Aurora At the Rainbow's End The Scorn of Women Children of the Frost In the Forests of the North The Law of Life Nam-Bok the Unveracious The Master of Mystery The Sunlanders The Sickness of Lone Chief Keesh, the Son of Keesh The Death of Ligoun Li Wan, the Fair The League of the Old Men The Faith of Men & Other Stories A Relic of the Pliocene A Hyperborean Brew The Faith of Men Too Much Gold The One Thousand Dozen The Marriage of Lit-lit Bâtard The Story of Jees Uck Tales of the Fish Patrol White and Yellow The King of the Greeks A Raid on the Oyster Pirates The Siege of the "Lancashire Queen" Charley's Coup Demetrios Contos Yellow Handkerchief Lost Face South Sea Tales The House of Pride & Other Tales of Hawaii Smoke Bellew The Red One On the Makaloa Mat Dutch Courage & Other Stories Memoirs The Road The Cruise of the Snark Through The Rapids on the Way to the Klondike From Dawson to the Sea Our Adventures in Tampico

Download or read book Adventure to the Top of the Sea written by Donald McMaster and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-07-12 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adventure to the Top of the Sea explores the science of the water cycle through the journey of two water droplets. Unknown to their parents, two water droplets - Jess and Joe, decide to go on an exciting, but dangerous, adventure to the top of the sea. Follow them as they explore the sea and discover why their parents told them not to go to the top of the sea.

Download or read book 7 best short stories Sea Stories written by Stephen Crane and published by Tacet Books. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sea fiction a genre of literature with a setting on or near the sea, that focuses on the human relationship to the sea and sea voyages and highlights nautical culture in these environments. Nautical fiction usually includes distinctive themes, such as a focus on masculinity and heroism, investigations of social hierarchies, and the psychological struggles of the individual in the hostile environment of the sea. For this book, the critic August Nemo selected seven great examples of these stories of salt water and adventure. Enjoy! - The Open Boat by Stephen Crane. - The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson. - The Sea Raiders by H. G. Wells. - Soaked in Seaweed: or Upset in the Ocean by Stephen Leacock. - A Descent into the Maelström by Edgar Allan Poe. - An Adventure in the Upper Sea by Jack London. - The Old Man of the Sea by W. W. Jacobs. For more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!

Download or read book Jack London s Adventure Collection written by Jack London and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 3947 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This particular Jack London collection mirrors the incredible adventurous life of the author, it shows all the things he witnessed and experienced on his travels. Besides being a novelist, journalist and social activist – Jack London was also a railroad hobo, gold prospector, sailor, an oyster pirate, rancher, war correspondent..._x000D_ Novels_x000D_ The Cruise of the Dazzler_x000D_ A Daughter of the Snows_x000D_ The Call of the Wild_x000D_ The Sea-Wolf_x000D_ White Fang_x000D_ Burning Daylight_x000D_ Adventure_x000D_ The Scarlet Plague_x000D_ A Son of the Sun_x000D_ The Abysmal Brute_x000D_ The Mutiny of the Elsinore_x000D_ Jerry of the Islands_x000D_ Michael, Brother of Jerry_x000D_ Hearts of Three_x000D_ Short Stories_x000D_ Son of the Wolf_x000D_ The White Silence_x000D_ The Son of the Wolf_x000D_ The Men of Forty Mile_x000D_ In a Far Country_x000D_ To the Man on the Trail_x000D_ The Priestly Prerogative_x000D_ The Wisdom of the Trail_x000D_ The Wife of a King_x000D_ An Odyssey of the North_x000D_ The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondike_x000D_ The God of His Fathers_x000D_ The Great Interrogation_x000D_ Which Make Men Remember_x000D_ Siwash_x000D_ The Man with the Gash_x000D_ Jan, the Unrepentant_x000D_ Grit of Women_x000D_ Where the Trail Forks_x000D_ A Daughter of the Aurora_x000D_ At the Rainbow's End_x000D_ The Scorn of Women_x000D_ Children of the Frost_x000D_ In the Forests of the North_x000D_ The Law of Life_x000D_ Nam-Bok the Unveracious_x000D_ The Master of Mystery_x000D_ The Sunlanders_x000D_ The Sickness of Lone Chief_x000D_ Keesh, the Son of Keesh_x000D_ The Death of Ligoun_x000D_ Li Wan, the Fair_x000D_ The League of the Old Men_x000D_ The Faith of Men & Other Stories_x000D_ A Relic of the Pliocene_x000D_ A Hyperborean Brew_x000D_ The Faith of Men_x000D_ Too Much Gold_x000D_ The One Thousand Dozen_x000D_ The Marriage of Lit-lit_x000D_ Bâtard_x000D_ The Story of Jees Uck_x000D_ Tales of the Fish Patrol_x000D_ White and Yellow_x000D_ The King of the Greeks_x000D_ A Raid on the Oyster Pirates_x000D_ The Siege of the "Lancashire Queen"_x000D_ Charley's Coup_x000D_ Demetrios Contos_x000D_ Yellow Handkerchief_x000D_ Lost Face_x000D_ South Sea Tales_x000D_ The House of Pride & Other Tales of Hawaii_x000D_ Smoke Bellew_x000D_ The Red One_x000D_ On the Makaloa Mat_x000D_ Dutch Courage & Other Stories_x000D_ Memoirs_x000D_ The Road_x000D_ The Cruise of the Snark_x000D_ Through The Rapids on the Way to the Klondike_x000D_ From Dawson to the Sea_x000D_ Our Adventures in Tampico

Download or read book The House Under the Sea written by Max Pemberton and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2021-01-10 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The House Under the Sea is an adventure tale set in the Pacific ocean and told by Jasper Begg, veteran sailor who has spent some fifteen years on the ocean. Jasper tells the story of the infamous Ken's Island, the most fearsome place he came across during his marine life._x000D_ Excerpt:_x000D_ "He indicated the distant reef, which seemed, as I bear witness, ablaze with lights. And not only the reef, mark you, but the sea about it, a cable's length, it may be, to the north and the south, shone like a pool of fire, yellow and golden, and sometimes with a rare and beautiful green light when the darkness deepened. Such a spectacle I shall never see again if I sail a thousand ships! That luscious green of the rolling seas, the spindrift tossed in crystals of light, foam running on the rocks, but foam like the water of jewels, a dazzling radiance—aye, a very carpet of quivering gold. Of this had they made the northern channel. How it was done, what cleverness worked it, it needed greater brains than mine to say. I was for all the world like a man struck dumb with the beauty of something which pleases and awes him in the same breath. We were just a little frightened group that stared open-mouthed upon a seeming miracle. If we regarded the things we saw with a seaman's reverence, let no one make complaint of that. The spectacle was one to awe any man; nor might we forget that those who appeared to live below the sea lived there, as Ruth Bellenden had told us, because the island was a death-trap. We were in the trap and none to show us the road out."

Download or read book The Sea written by Frederick Whymper and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Stories of Ships and the Sea written by Jack London and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-12-07 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories of Ships and the Sea by Jack London - Standard Print Edition - SHORT STORY COLLECTION: CHRIS FARRINGTON: ABLE SEAMAN - THE HOUSE OF MAPUHI - THE WHALE TOOTH - MAUKI - "YAH! YAH! YAH!" - THE HEATHEN - THE TERRIBLE SOLOMONS -THE INEVITABLE WHITE MAN - THE SEED OF MCCOY - WHITE AND YELLOW - THE KING OF THE GREEKS - A RAID ON THE OYSTER PIRATES - THE SIEGE OF THE "LANCASHIRE QUEEN" - CHARLEY'S COUP - DEMETRIOS CONTOS - YELLOW HANDKERCHIEF - MAKE WESTING - TYPHOON OFF THE COAST OF JAPAN - THE LOST POACHER - THE BANKS OF THE SACRAMENTO - TO REPEL BOARDERS - AN ADVENTURE IN THE UPPER SEA - IN YEDDO BAY - THE WATER BABY - THE "FRANCIS SPAIGHT"

Download or read book THE SEA Its Stirring Story of Adventure Peril Heroism written by Frederick Whymper and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 1706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book "The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism" is an exciting review of the history of sea travels from the earliest times to the XIX century. It includes the first mentions of sea travel, the history of shipbuilding, mentions the greatest men who pursued geographical discoveries like Columbus and his contemporaries, and the deeds of pirates like Sir Francis Drake. The author revises the history of the most significant shipwrecks and concludes with poetry dedicated to sea and ship travel. The author spent his life traveling on a steamship and collected numerous stories and illustrations of interesting distant places. The book is the culmination of his lifetime interest in sea, travel, history, and art.

Download or read book The Sea written by Frederick Whymper and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Dutch Courage and Other Stories written by Jack London and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Jack Thayer and the Wreck of the Titanic written by Jack Thayer and published by Learning Island. This book was released on 2015-01-28 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Seventeen-Year-Old Son of a Pennsylvania Railroad Official Tells the Moving Story of His Rescue ONE of the calmest of the passengers was young Jack Thayer, the seventeen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Thayer. When his mother was put into the lifeboat he kissed her and told her to be brave, saying that he and his father would be all right. He and Mr. Thayer stood on the deck as the small boat in which Mrs. Thayer was a passenger made off from the side of the Titanic over the smooth sea. The boy's own account of his experience as told to one of his rescuers is one of the most remarkable of all the wonderful ones that have come from the tremendous catastrophe. Here, in his own words, is his story. Jack Thayer was the son of a Pennsylvania Railroad official. He was 17 years old when he and his parents decided to sail from England to America on board the Titanic. This is his story of his rescue. Ages 8 and up. LearningIsland.com believes in the value of children practicing reading for 15 minutes every day. Our 15-Minute Books give children lots of fun, exciting choices to read, from classic stories, to mysteries, to books of knowledge. Many books also work well as hi-lo readers. Open the world of reading to a child by having them read for 15 minutes a day.

Download or read book Jack Thayer and the Wreck of the Titanic A 15 Minute Book written by Jack Thayer and published by Learning Island. This book was released on with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Seventeen-Year-Old Son of a Pennsylvania Railroad Official Tells the Moving Story of His Rescue ONE of the calmest of the passengers was young Jack Thayer, the seventeen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Thayer. When his mother was put into the lifeboat he kissed her and told her to be brave, saying that he and his father would be all right. He and Mr. Thayer stood on the deck as the small boat in which Mrs. Thayer was a passenger made off from the side of the Titanic over the smooth sea. The boy's own account of his experience as told to one of his rescuers is one of the most remarkable of all the wonderful ones that have come from the tremendous catastrophe. Here, in his own words, is his story. Jack Thayer was the son of a Pennsylvania Railroad official. He was 17 years old when he and his parents decided to sail from England to America on board the Titanic. This is his story of his rescue. Ages 8 and up. LearningIsland.com believes in the value of children practicing reading for 15 minutes every day. Our 15-Minute Books give children lots of fun, exciting choices to read, from classic stories, to mysteries, to books of knowledge. Many books also work well as hi-lo readers. Open the world of reading to a child by having them read for 15 minutes a day.

Download or read book The Sea Its Stirring Story of Adventure Peril and Heroism written by Frederick Whymper and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book 7 Short Stories that Sagittarius Will Love written by thomas Bulfinch and published by Tacet Books. This book was released on 2019-08-26 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curious and energetic, the optimistic Sagittarius is open-minded and philosophical by nature. On the negative side, they may be crude and unrealistic in their projections. In this book you will find seven short stories specially selected to illustrate the different aspects of the Sagittarius personality. For a more complete experience, be sure to also read the anthologies of your rising sign and moon! This book contains: - The Centaurs. - Soaked in Seaweed: or, Upset in the Ocean (An Old-fashioned Sea Story) by Stephen Leacock. - The Story of An Hour by Kate Chopin. - The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde. - The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe. - The Luck of Roaring Camp by Bret Harte. - An Adventure in the Upper Sea by Jack London.