Download or read book Bombing the Rainbow Warrior written by Michael King and published by Bridget Williams Books. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They seemed like a nice enough French couple, touring New Zealand in a campervan in 1985. But Auckland police suspected they were in fact experienced French agents Alain Mafart and Dominique Prieur, part of a dozen-strong team behind the bombing of the Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior. This fascinating BWB Text presents in startling detail the careful interrogation of the couple by detectives, leading to their arrest and conviction.
Download or read book Eyes of Fire written by David Robie and published by . This book was released on 1986-08-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rainbow Warriors written by Maite Mompo and published by New Internationalist. This book was released on 2014-10-20 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the lives of the three ships with the name Rainbow Warrior, this book, written by a long-serving Greenpeace activist, tells the inside stories of life on board and recounts some of the ship's most exciting adventures and actions. It is at once a narrative of real life on board, a history of some of the most famous vessels in the world, and also a history of Greenpeace itself, which goes beyond the oceans and touches on many aspects of the organization's work. In the end though it aims to bring out the personal stories and firsthand accounts of the ships' adventures—tales from the high seas, full of action and daring but also of humanity and great compassion. Starting with the early life of Greenpeace and the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior I by the French secret service through to the imprisonment of the Arctic 30 by the Russians, the stories are brought to life with photos from the Greenpeace archives, maps, and nautical charts. The most symbolic items belonging to the ship's historical inventory are be also included. Maite Mompo has been a Greenpeace activist for over ten years. With the sea in her blood she started on a small boat, the Zorba, and then moved on to crew for the Arctic Sunrise, Esperanza, and Rainbow Warrior. Spending half her year at sea, she has sailed from pole to pole, taken part in numerous actions, and has put herself "between the harpoon and the whale."
Download or read book Bombing the Rainbow Warrior written by Michael King and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rainbow Warrior written by Gilbert Baker and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1978, Harvey Milk asked Gilbert Baker to create a unifying symbol for the growing gay rights movement, and on June 25 of that year, Baker's Rainbow Flag debuted at San Francisco's Gay Liberation Day parade. Baker had no idea his creation would become an international emblem of freedom, forever cementing his place and importance in helping to define the modern LGBTQ+ movement. Rainbow Warrior is Baker's passionate personal chronicle, from a repressive childhood in 1950s Kansas to a harrowing stint in the US Army, and finally his arrival in San Francisco, where he bloomed as both a visual artist and social justice activist. His fascinating story weaves through the early years of the struggle for LGBTQ+ rights, where he worked closely with Milk, Cleve Jones, and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Baker continued his flag-making, street theater and activism through the Reagan years and the AIDS crisis. And in 1994, Baker spearheaded the effort to fabricate a mile-long Rainbow Flag—at the time, the world's longest—to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising in New York City. Gilbert and parade organizers battled with the newly elected Mayor Giuliani for the right to carry it up Fifth Avenue, past St. Patrick's Cathedral. Today, the Rainbow Flag has become a worldwide symbol of LGBTQ+ diversity and inclusiveness, and its rainbow hues have illuminated landmarks from the White House to the Eiffel Tower to the Sydney Opera House. Gilbert Baker often called himself the "Gay Betsy Ross," and readers of his colorful, irreverent and deeply personal memoir will find it difficult to disagree.
Download or read book Death of the Rainbow Warrior written by Michael King and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior in July 1985 led to the biggest police operation in New Zealand history and the jailing of two French agents.
Download or read book Rainbow Warrior written by Sunday Times of London Insight Team and published by London : Hutchinson. This book was released on 1986 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Death of the Rainbow Warrior written by Michael King and published by Auckland, N.Z. : Penguin Books. This book was released on 1986 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The sensational bombing of the Rainbow Warroor in July 1985 led to the biggest police investigation in New Zealand and the jailing of two French agents [Alain Mafart and Dominique Prieur]. ... This book contians new information about the French age nts who were caught and the ones who got away. It tells ... the story of the 'third team' - the men who actually sabotaged the Rainbow Warrior. This is, at last, the full account of the New Zealand end of the Rainbow Warrior affair. ..."--Back cover.
Download or read book Eyes of Fire written by David Robie and published by . This book was released on 2016-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 10 July 1985, French secret agents bombed the Greenpeace campaign flagship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland Harbour, New Zealand. Portuguese-born photographer Fernando Pereira died in the sabotage outrage that shook the world. The bombed ship was scuttled off a New Zealand bay in 1987 to form a living reef and Rainbow Warrior II was commissioned. Eyes Of Fire tells this story, but it also tells the story of nuclear testing in the Pacific. In 1954 the United States government tested a nuclear weapon in the Marshall Islands that poisoned Rongelap Atoll. Thirty years later the people of Rongelap, who were still suffering from radiation poisoning, asked the crew of the Rainbow Warrior to move them to Mejato, 180 kilometres away. This was the Warrior's last and most dramatic mission, before it sailed to Auckland to meet its fate. The 30th anniversary edition has a Little Island microsite with plenty of Rainbow Warrior resources. We have created this site in the lead-up to the 30th anniversary of the bombing to provide context and capture interviews with the Warrior's crew members. We think that it's a fantastic resource, made with the help of AUT University and Greenpeace.
Download or read book A Bonfire in My Mouth written by Susi Newborn and published by Harpercollins Australia. This book was released on 2003 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A passionate and revealing autobiography of a strong and resourceful woman who has lived on the edge and put her body on the line for her beliefs. Susi Newborn is a committed environmental activist and one of the founding directors of Greenpeace UK. As the daughter of an Argentinean diplomat she was born to an exotic life of privilege. However, this came to an abrupt end when her father died in London in mysterious circumstances. Susi then chose a life of environmental activism, unafraid to speak out and take direct action. fishing trawler she later renamed the 'Rainbow Warrior'.
Download or read book Greenpeace Captain written by Peter Willcox and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2016-04-18 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Action-packed and full of danger, Peter Willcox's memoir reads like a real-life thriller. Peter Willcox would never call himself a hero, but as the senior captain for Greenpeace International he has been at the epicentre of almost every dramatic ecological conflict in the past thirty years. From the globally televised imprisonment of his crew, the 'Arctic 30', by Russian commandos to international conspiracies involving diamond smuggling, gun-trading and al-Qaeda, Willcox has braved the unimaginable and triumphed. This is his story - which begins when he was a young man sailing with activist Pete Seeger and continues right up to his becoming the iconic environmentalist he is today. His daring adventures and courageous determination will inspire readers everywhere.
Download or read book Rainbow Warrior written by Sharon Holt and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book In Ambers Wake written by Christine Leunens and published by . This book was released on 2022-02-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Set in New Zealand during the fast-changing, tumultuous 1980s era of the anti-nuclear movement, Springbok rugby tour protests, and the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior, this romantic drama is as unpredictable as it is powerful and heartfelt. Ethan Grieg, a film student, is in love with his close friend Amber Deering, an environmental activist, who lives at her family's seemingly picture-perfect stud farm. Amber loves Ethan dearly, but not in the way that Ethan longs for. Instead, the man Amber chooses is widower Stuart Reeds, a charming, refined British investor almost two generations older than her. As a Korean war veteran, Stuart is mentally prepared for the long, subtle war that begins between his young rival and himself for Amber's heart. When secrets become exposed and nothing is as it seems, each will be cornered into committing acts they could have never predicted. This powerful, gripping story leaves in its wake lingering themes on the complex nature of love, social fabric, international politics, and fundamental notions of right and wrong."--Publisher's description.
Download or read book Pemulwuy written by Eric Willmot and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wake of the Rainbow Warrior written by Trooper and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002-11-18 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nyles Hawkspurr, former SAS officer living in New Zealand. In July, 1989, he learns that Major Alain Mafart, convicted for the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior, is serving in the French Military Academy. Hawkspurr decides to kidnap Mafart and return him to justice in New Zealand. To gather his old companions, Hawkspurr travels to Hong Kong. He journeys on to Borneo, and spends a hilarious evening in the Iban tribal Longhouse. In Kenya, he and his former sergeant ambush French agents. Cyprus is the home of Hawkspurr's oldest friends who operate a tourist cruiser. He moves through Italy to the Island of Jersey, and discovers that the real leader of the bombing is an old antagonist, Von Harzburg. After a successful kidnap from Paris, the team and their prisoner escape by glider to the cruiser, which transports them to Egypt, after a sneak attack by sea-borne commandos.
Download or read book The Rainbow Warrior Affair written by Isobelle Gidley and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Legend of the Rainbow Warriors written by Steven McFadden and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-07-13 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legend of the Rainbow Warriors is a journalist's account of one of the core myths of America, and an electrifying exploration of how that myth is playing out in real time. One dominant myth is formed by advertising images of vast, luxurious wealth-the myth of materialism. Another myth is conjured in the bloody, sorrowful images that pervade movies, music and computer games-the myth that the world is hate-filled and chaotic beyond redemption. The Legend of the Rainbow Warriors offers a spiritual alternative of hope and real possibility based upon respect, freedom and responsibility. As drawn from dozens of historical accounts, the Legend of the Rainbow Warriors relates that "when the Earth becomes desperately sick, people of all colors and faiths will unite, and rise to face the overwhelming challenges with insight, honesty, caring, sharing, and respect." Veteran writer Steven McFadden weaves the myths and the headlines together seamlessly in a rich work of literary journalism that is adroitly crafted, eye-opening, and soul-inspiring.
