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Book Breaking the Shell

    Book Details:
  • Author : Joseph H. Genz
  • Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
  • Release : 2018-02-28
  • ISBN : 0824873416
  • Pages : 258 pages

Download or read book Breaking the Shell written by Joseph H. Genz and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2018-02-28 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the atoll of Rongelap in the northern seas of the Marshall Islands, apprentice navigators once learned to find their way across the ocean by remotely sensing how islands transform the patterning of swell and currents. Renowned for their instructional stick charts that model and map the interplay of islands and waves, these students of wave piloting techniques embarked on trial voyages to ruprup jo̧kur, a Marshallese expression roughly translated as “breaking the shell” of the turtle, which would confer their status as navigators. These traditional practices, already in decline with imposing colonial occupations, came to an abrupt halt with the Cold War–era nuclear weapons testing program conducted by the United States. The residents and their descendants are still trying to recover from the myriad environmental, biological, social, and psychological impacts of the nuclear tests. Breaking the Shell presents the journey of Captain Korent Joel, who, having been forced into exile from the near-apocalyptic thermonuclear Bravo test of 1954, has reconnected to his ancestral maritime heritage and forged an unprecedented path toward becoming a navigator. Paralleling the Hawaiian renaissance that centered on Nainoa Thompson learning from Satawalese navigator Mau Piailug, the beginnings of the Marshallese voyaging revitalization—a collaborative, community-based project spanning the fields of anthropology, history, and oceanography—involved blending scientific knowledge systems, resolving ambivalence in nearly forgotten navigational techniques, and deftly negotiating cultural protocols of knowledge use and transmission. Through Captain Korent’s own voyaging trial, he and a group of surviving mariners from Rongelap are, against one of the darkest hours in human history, “breaking the shell” of their prime identity as nuclear refugees to begin recovering their most intimate of connections to the sea. Ultimately these efforts would inaugurate the return of the traditional outrigger voyaging canoe for the greater Marshallese nation, an achievement that may work toward easing ethnic tensions abroad and ensure cultural survival in their battle against the looming climate change–induced rising ocean. Drawing attention to cultural rediscovery, revitalization, and resilience in Oceania, the Marshallese are once again celebrating their existence as a people born to the rhythms of the sea.

Book Breaking the Shell

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  • Author : Joseph Norwood
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1923
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 176 pages

Download or read book Breaking the Shell written by Joseph Norwood and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Fall of the Shell

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  • Author : Paul O. Williams
  • Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
  • Release : 2005-08-24
  • ISBN : 9780803298484
  • Pages : 228 pages

Download or read book The Fall of the Shell written by Paul O. Williams and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2005-08-24 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleven hundred years after the apocalyptic destruction of the United States of America, peace between the remaining warring tribes has finally been achieved. Despite this peace, the Pelbar stronghold Threerivers retains its secretive and reclusive ways, keeping its distance from the other remaining tribes and guarding against change. A strict matriarchy, Threerivers remains the most conservative Pelbar community under the unquestioned and unyielding rule of its leader, Udge. Life in Threerivers continues without change until two young twin brothers, Brudoer and Gamwyn, accidentally initiate events that threaten the established order. The resulting chain of consequences sends Gamwyn on a quest to the far reaches of this postapocalyptic world. Within Threerivers, Brudoer?s imprisonment threatens the long-established matriarchal rule of the Pelbar stronghold. The Fall of the Shell is the fourth book in the classic series of postapocalyptic novels about the people of Pelbar.

Book Overcoming Shyness

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  • Author : Erik Myers
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2017-03-23
  • ISBN : 9781545490907
  • Pages : 80 pages

Download or read book Overcoming Shyness written by Erik Myers and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-03-23 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overcoming Shyness is an easy-to-read, practical guide for breaking out of your shell and really living a life free of social anxiety. It's divided into two sections. The first section on mindset explores lifestyle changes, new ways of thinking, and using imagination for you instead of against you to expand your identity and know your true self. Journaling and psychological counseling are recommended as well as finding mentors and an online community, such as the author's. The second section on back pocket tips provides several tools and techniques, such as smiling, the ABCs of body language, the 3-foot rule, the 4 magic words to initiate a conversation and the key to maintaining it, active listening, and the secret sauce, that are guaranteed to get you out of your cramped shell and into the exciting world of social Interaction. The author writes from experience with compassion, wit, and insight so that you feel like you're having a heart-to-heart conversation with an understanding friend.

Book A Bacteriological Study of Shell  Frozen  and Desiccated Eggs

Download or read book A Bacteriological Study of Shell Frozen and Desiccated Eggs written by George Whitfield Stiles and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Circular

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1940
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 896 pages

Download or read book Circular written by and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 896 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Breaking Rockefeller

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  • Author : Peter B. Doran
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2016-05-24
  • ISBN : 0698170776
  • Pages : 354 pages

Download or read book Breaking Rockefeller written by Peter B. Doran and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-05-24 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The incredible tale of how ambitious oil rivals Marcus Samuel, Jr., and Henri Deterding joined forces to topple the Standard Oil empire Marcus Samuel, Jr., is an unorthodox Jewish merchant trader. Henri Deterding is a take-no-prisoners oilman. In 1889, John D. Rockefeller is at the peak of his power. Having annihilated all competition and possessing near-total domination of the market, even the U.S. government is wary of challenging the great “anaconda” of Standard Oil. The Standard never loses—that is until Samuel and Deterding team up to form Royal Dutch Shell. A riveting account of ambition, oil, and greed, Breaking Rockefeller traces Samuel’s rise from outsider to the heights of the British aristocracy, Deterding’s conquest of America, and the collapse of Rockefeller’s monopoly. The beginning of the twentieth century is a time when vast fortunes were made and lost. Taking readers through the rough and tumble of East London’s streets, the twilight turmoil of czarist Russia, to the halls of the British Parliament, and right down Broadway in New York City, Peter Doran offers a richly detailed, fresh perspective on how Samuel and Deterding beat the world’s richest man at his own game.

Book Sammy  the Little Broken Shell

Download or read book Sammy the Little Broken Shell written by Carol Hamblet Adams and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carol Hamblet Adams, creator of the popular My Beautiful Broken Shell (more than 170,000 copies sold), now shares with children ages 3-8 a story about finding beauty and value in the way God created us. Sammy Scallop is popular with everyone at Reef Shellemenatary School...and he just scored the winning run in the big game! Life at sea is smooth sailing until Sammy breaks his shell while rescuing his sister from harm. Now that he's different, even his friends Ollie Octopus, Sally Starfish, and Kelly Cod make fun of him. But when their beloved teacher Miss Lucy Lobster is stuck in a fisherman's trap, Sammy's smarts and his broken shell are her only chance for freedom. Everyone soon discovers a big lesson--sometimes our imperfections make us perfectly able to do great things! This heartwarming tale will encourage kids to appreciate others and to view their different abilities as opportunities and gifts from God.

Book Breaking Rockefeller

Download or read book Breaking Rockefeller written by Peter B. Doran and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marcus Samuel Jr. is an unorthodox Jewish merchant trader. Henri Deterding is a take-no-prisoners oilman. In 1889, John D. Rockefeller is at the peak of his power. Having annihilated all competition and dominating the oil market, even the US government is wary of challenging Standard Oil. The Standard never loses - that is until Samuel and Deterding team up to form Royal Dutch Shell. A riveting account of ambition, oil and greed, Breaking Rockefeller traces Samuel and Deterding's rise to the top of the oil industry, and the collapse of Rockefeller's monopoly.

Book Code of Federal Regulations

Download or read book Code of Federal Regulations written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Special edition of the Federal Register, containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect ... with ancillaries.

Book Report

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  • Author : Massachusetts. Commissioners on Fisheries and Game
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1916
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 560 pages

Download or read book Report written by Massachusetts. Commissioners on Fisheries and Game and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Prophet

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  • Author : Kahlil Gibran
  • Publisher : Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd
  • Release : 2020-08-20
  • ISBN : 9390287820
  • Pages : 128 pages

Download or read book The Prophet written by Kahlil Gibran and published by Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2020-08-20 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book of poetic essays written in English, Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet is full of religious inspirations. With the twelve illustrations drawn by the author himself, the book took more than eleven years to be formulated and perfected and is Gibran's best-known work. It represents the height of his literary career as he came to be noted as ‘the Bard of Washington Street.’ Captivating and vivified with feeling, The Prophet has been translated into forty languages throughout the world, and is considered the most widely read book of the twentieth century. Its first edition of 1300 copies sold out within a month.

Book Breaking the Shell  Classic Reprint

Download or read book Breaking the Shell Classic Reprint written by Joseph Norwood and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-05-17 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Breaking the Shell He then thought of calling the police, but they would think he had done that merely to disarm suspicion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book The Breaking of the Shell

Download or read book The Breaking of the Shell written by Barry Durdant-Hollamby and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Breaking of the Shell weaves the teaching of ancient wisdoms into a modern context in classic story-telling style. Like the works of Paulo Coelho which deliver timeless truths, this book brings together the subtle energies of the awakening consciousness of the 21st Century through the sometimes dramatic, sometimes seemingly ordinary life experiences of a middle class Englishman, Alexander Baker. When a tragedy strikes during an innocent childhood game, 6 year old Alexander's life is changed forever. It will be many years before the outcome of that day is finally discovered, an outcome only made possible by the destruction of Alexander's personal world and the humbling experience of opening his heart to the women closest to him. With consequences that will not only help Alexander to heal his deepest wounds, but also engage him in a process that could lead to global transformation, The Breaking of the Shell is a powerful story of our times, filled with hope and inspiration. REVIEWS "Spiritual fiction at its best. Full of wit and charm and a style similar to JD Salinger's classic 'The Catcher in the Rye, this novel captivates from the very beginning." Spirit & Destiny Magazine Reminiscent of international bestseller Paulo Coelho's works, Barry Durdant-Hollamby has managed to capture the beauty of the process whereby facing our deepest and darkest wounds, we are often able to undergo profound and inspirational change. A real page-turner." Prediction Magazine "For anyone struggling with difficult circumstances in their own life, this book will illustrate how everything happens to us for a reason. In Alexander s life, we see the jigsaw come together. Every significant event in his life has a part to play in shaping his future. This is a book which convincingly deals with the fabric of the universe and the great mystery of coincidence and consequence." Feel Good Magazine "Hard to put down..." Kindred Spirit Magazine

Book Wisdom  Soul  Startup

Download or read book Wisdom Soul Startup written by Janice Taylor and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Release Your Ego. Manifesting a vision may seem an impossible dream, but this story explains how releasing your ego and following your soul path is the key to manifesting your dreams. In this inspiring book, Janice Taylor shares her story of the lessons growing up through tough times in Canada, and how she searched for, and found, the wisdom to turn her life around. Her commitment to finding solutions to healing early trauma points led to the 25 year study of healing and development of Ahava. From appearing as a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show, to working across Professional Sports, Music and Entertainment industries. Over a decade in the technology industry, becoming a venture backed founder to returning home to her healing roots with Ahava. Transforming her pain into purpose was the only path forward for Taylor. Surrender to Your Soul. When she walked away from everything she knew, Taylor did not know where her journey would take her. With no more than an idea in her head, she jumped onto a roller-coaster ride that made her look deep within to overcome obstacles, discover miracles, and begin living a life of abundance and Great Love. Each chapter includes stories of soul and ego that we can all relate to, showing us how we, too, can release the behaviours that hold us back, and start living life with purpose, joy, and love. Start Up Your Life. When you have reached the point where you are ready to turn your life around, this book will guide and inspire as you navigate the paths of soul and ego. Throughout these pages, you will find journalling exercises to help you recognize the ego at work and discover the soul purpose in your life. This collection of life-lessons and age-old wisdom is every person's journey. Each story is designed to help shed light and understanding on the obstacles we face, and, ultimately, to help each of us begin our own startup journey. Contributors: Henrietta Poirier, Editor Harvey Bremner, Photographer

Book Shell Structures  Theory and Applications Volume 4

Download or read book Shell Structures Theory and Applications Volume 4 written by Wojciech Pietraszkiewicz and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 942 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shells are basic structural elements of modern technology and everyday life. Examples of shell structures in technology include automobile bodies, water and oil tanks, pipelines, silos, wind turbine towers, and nanotubes. Nature is full of living shells such as leaves of trees, blooming flowers, seashells, cell membranes or wings of insects. In the human body arteries, the eye shell, the diaphragm, the skin and the pericardium are all shells as well. Shell Structures: Theory and Applications, Volume 4 contains 132 contributions presented at the 11th Conference on Shell Structures: Theory and Applications (Gdansk, Poland, 11-13 October 2017). The papers reflect a wide spectrum of scientific and engineering problems from theoretical modelling through strength, stability and dynamic behaviour, numerical analyses, biomechanic applications up to engineering design of shell structures. Shell Structures: Theory and Applications, Volume 4 will be of interest to academics, researchers, designers and engineers dealing with modelling and analyses of shell structures. It may also provide supplementary reading to graduate students in Civil, Mechanical, Naval and Aerospace Engineering.