Download or read book Beachy Head written by Francis William Bourdillon and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Beachy Head written by Charlotte Smith and published by . This book was released on 1807 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Consolidated Tables of Duties for Lights Buoys and Beacons in Great Britain and Ireland Chargeable on Coasting Vessels written by Trinity House (London, England) and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Seaman s New Guide and Coaster s Companion written by John Chandler (of Orford, Pilot.) and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Cliffs of Despair written by Tom Hunt and published by Random House. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beachy Head is a bit of quintessential England–a seaside promontory where green pastures roll to the edge of chalk cliffs, a place of sheep and wind and ineffable beauty. But it is also a major landmark on the map of self-inflicted death. Since 1965, some five hundred people have ended their lives by jumping or driving or simply walking off the 535-foot cliffs, making Beachy Head one of the most popular suicide spots in the world. And still they come, every week another one or two–the young and the old, the terminally ill and the vigorously healthy, the bereft, the insane, the despairing. Why here? Why so many? One chilly English spring, American writer and teacher Tom Hunt left his home and family and journeyed to this bucolic landscape to find out. In a narrative that seamlessly weaves together personal memoir, history, travelogue, and investigative journalism, Hunt recounts a season of disturbing revelations (including that Princess Diana allegedly came here intending to jump). Still reeling from a suicide in his own family, Hunt arrives in England obsessed with Beachy Head’s grisly mystique, yet utterly unsure of what he would discover. Gradually, with typical English reserve, the people who haunt this extraordinary place release their secrets. Servers in the local tavern–known among residents as the Last Stop Pub–whisper about their encounters with hollow-eyed men and women in their final hours. The celebrated local witch asserts his belief that the place was once used for human sacrifice. The kindly coroner provides access to suicide notes, photographs, and the Sudden Death file. “It’s a very cold solution,” confides a wheelchair-bound ex-hippie who miraculously survived his own jump. In the course of wrenching interviews with bereft family members, watchful taxi drivers, and brave rescue workers, it dawns on Hunt that in each of us is a will to die every bit as tenacious and unyielding as the desire to live–and that Beachy Head stiffens and heightens this death wish. It’s a stage that all but begs to be leapt from. A work of terrible sadness and harrowing revelations, Cliffs of Despair is the account of an unforgettable journey to a place where beauty and death collide.

Download or read book H O Pub written by United States. Hydrographic Office and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Light Keeper written by Cole Morton and published by SPCK. This book was released on 2019-08-15 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘I loved this’ Matt Haig ‘Fabulous’ Jane Fallon ‘Mesmerizing’ Peter James ‘Wonderfully written’ Anthony Horowitz Sarah stands on the brink, arms open wide as if to let the wind carry her away. She’s come to the high cliffs to be alone, to face the truth about her life, to work out what to do. Her lover Jack is searching, desperate to find her before it is too late. But Sarah doesn’t want to be found. Not yet. Not by him. And someone else is seeking answers up here where the seabirds soar – a man known only as the Keeper, living in an old lighthouse right on the cusp of a four-hundred-foot drop. He is all too aware that sometimes love takes you to the edge . . . ‘Cole writes with human warmth and bittersweet emotion. I loved this.’ Matt Haig ‘Wonderfully written. This is a book that will stay with you.’ Anthony Horowitz ‘An absolute thing of beauty. Not like anything else I’ve read. Fabulous.’ Jane Fallon ‘Mesmerizing and lyrical, Cole creates atmosphere you can breathe and emotion that can shred your heart.’ Peter James ‘Evocative, spiritual and deeply immersive.’ Rev Kate Bottley ‘Tremendous speed and pace. The ending took me completely by surprise.’ Jeffrey Archer ‘Compelling, ambitious and deeply moving.’ Peter Stanford ‘Beautifully tense and atmospheric.’ Marianne Power

Download or read book The Channel pilot Pt 1 2nd ed With Suppl and Admiralty notices to mariners written by Admiralty hydrogr. dept and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sailing Directions for the South Coast of England written by United States. Hydrographic Office and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The India Directory Or Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies China Australia and the Interjacent Ports of Africa and South America written by James Horsburgh and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Coastal Headlands of Mainland Britain written by Griff Fellows and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2014-06-27 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many books claim to be unique. In this instance the claim is justified. There are walking guides to coastal footpaths, books devoted to beaches, local guides and general books about the coast. No other book concentrates on the headlands of mainland Britain. The author has visited all the headlands in this book and has included descriptions of well over 200. Every part of the coastline of mainland Britain is covered. Sufficient information is given for walkers to find their way without difficulty. No fewer than 93 have full access for wheelchair users. A symbol in the heading to each headland indicates wheelchair accessibility.The book will appeal to nature lovers and walkers. Recreational walking has always been popular and never more so than today. Much of the coast is open to walkers. The author only found a handful of headlands that had no public access and these have not been included. What is more most headlands are strikingly beautiful. Their variety is infinite. Many are equipped with car parks making access easy. Even in the remoter parts of Scotland the headlands can be explored easily within a day from a town or village with accommodation.An introduction outlines the attractions of headlands. This is followed by descriptions of individual headlands beginning in north Kent at the mouth of the Thames estuary and proceeding clockwise right round Britain. A heading to each headland gives its name and the county where it can be found, followed by its grid reference and the relevant Ordnance Survey Landranger and Explorer maps. All headlands are illustrated with colour photographs. Many of these are aerial. This book is packed full of interesting information. This is presented in nontechnical language easily understood by the general reader. There is a wealth of facts on subjects such as flora, local history (civil and military), geology, shipwrecks and lighthouses, mining and quarrying and many other subjects. Of particular interest are features unique to the headland in question. These may be local literary associations, someone buried on the headland, a rare flower found hardly anywhere else, and so forth. The list is endless. There is a comprehensive general index leading the reader direct to the relevant headlands. Wheelchair users can find an index of headlands that are wheelchair friendly.Published as an e-book means that the reader can take his/her smart phone or tablet computer on a walk and read about the headland while on the spot. Many are the guidebooks that have remained unread because events have moved on once the walk is over. An e-book adds immediacy to the experience.The author wishes to share his enthusiasm for headlands with all his readers. Headlands are a priceless heritage to be preserved for the enjoyment of this and future generations.

Download or read book A Directory for the North Atlantic Ocean Comprising Instructions General and Particular for Its Navigation written by Alexander George Findlay and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 1126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sailing directions for the Eng Channel written by and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sailing Directions for the English Channel written by Hydrographic Office. Bureau of Navigation and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The English channel pilot compiled from the latest surveys written by Imray, Laurie, Norie and Wilson, ltd and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Catalogue of Specimens in the Ontario Arch ological Museum Toronto written by Ontario Archaeological Museum (Toronto) and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Reminiscences of June written by Stanton Berg and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-06-04 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography has thirty-one chapters, over eighty thousand words, and over two hundred illustrations, photos, or diagrams. Billy Graham, the world-famous evangelist, once described his wife, Ruth Bell Graham, as the world's greatest Christian. Stan Berg, the author of June's biography, is convinced that June is the greatest Christian that he has ever known. June portrays the Christian love, the cornerstone of the Christian religion, always smiling, friendly, and dedicated to the Lutheran Church. One entire chapter of this book (the longest) is so dedicated in chapter 8, "June and the Lutheran Church." It was June's influence that changed the author Stan from a declared agnostic to a devoted and dedicated Christian. One chapter (chapter 30) tells the story of June's Christian love in the chapter on "June and a Little Girl from Africa." The book traces June's life through her early (Great Depression), middle, and elderly years, including her Alzheimer's years. Her many worldwide forensic-science travels are detailed. June and Stan traveled the world attending about 170 forensic-science conferences in Russia, Hungary, Austria, London, Edinburgh, Rome, the Vatican, Zurich, Canada, Mexico, and Dusseldorf, Germany. London was June's favorite city where she visited nine times and made personal friends of the Bruce's, south of London in Bexley, Kent. June also had an interest in Sherlock Holmes and visited his London haunts and twice stayed at the Sherlock Holmes Hotel. Stan often described June as his Dr. Watson for a lifetime!