Download or read book Fighting the Whales written by Robert Michael Ballantyne and published by Litres. This book was released on 2019-05-08 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fighting the Whales written by R.M Ballantyne and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-07-29 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Fighting the Whales by R.M Ballantyne
Download or read book War of the Whales written by Joshua Horwitz and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2015 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award: “Horwitz’s dogged reporting…combined with crisp, cinematic writing, produces a powerful narrative…. He has written a book that is instructive and passionate and deserving a wide audience” (PEN Award Citation). Six years in the making, War of the Whales is the “gripping detective tale” (Publishers Weekly) of a crusading attorney, Joel Reynolds, who stumbles on one of the US Navy’s best-kept secrets: a submarine detection system that floods entire ocean basins with high-intensity sound—and drives whales onto beaches. As Joel Reynolds launches a legal fight to expose and challenge the Navy program, marine biologist Ken Balcomb witnesses a mysterious mass stranding of whales near his research station in the Bahamas. Investigating this calamity, Balcomb is forced to choose between his conscience and an oath of secrecy he swore to the Navy in his youth. “War of the Whales reads like the best investigative journalism, with cinematic scenes of strandings and dramatic David-and-Goliath courtroom dramas as activists diligently hold the Navy accountable” (The Huffington Post). When Balcomb and Reynolds team up to expose the truth behind an epidemic of mass strandings, the stage is set for an epic battle that pits admirals against activists, rogue submarines against weaponized dolphins, and national security against the need to safeguard the ocean environment. “Strong and valuable” (The Washington Post), “brilliantly told” (Bob Woodward), author Joshua Horwitz combines the best of legal drama, natural history, and military intrigue to “raise serious questions about the unchecked use of secrecy by the military to advance its institutional power” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).
Download or read book Fighting the Whales written by Robert Michael Ballantyne and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are few things in this world that have filled me with so much astonishment as the fact that man can kill a whale! That a fish, more than sixty feet long, and thirty feet round the body; with the bulk of three hundred fat oxen rolled into one; with the strength of many hundreds of horses; able to swim at a rate that would carry it right round the world in twenty-three days; that can smash a boat to atoms with one slap of its tail, and stave in the planks of a ship with one blow of its thick skull;-that such a monster can be caught and killed by man, is most wonderful to hear of, but I can tell from experience that it is much more wonderful to see.There is a wise saying which I have often thought much upon. It is this: "Knowledge is power". Man is but a feeble creature, and if he had to depend on his own bodily strength alone he could make no head against even the ordinary brutes in this world. But the knowledge which has been given to him by his Maker has clothed man with great power, so that he is more than a match for the fiercest beast in the forest, or the largest fish in the sea. Yet, with all his knowledge, with all his experience, and all his power, the killing of a great old sperm whale costs man a long, tough battle, sometimes it even costs him his life.It is a long time now since I took to fighting the whales. I have been at it, man and boy, for nigh forty years, and many a wonderful sight have I seen; many a desperate battle have I fought in the fisheries of the North and South Seas.
Download or read book Fighting the Whales written by M. R. Ballantyne and published by . This book was released on 2007-09-01 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fighting the Whales written by R. M. Ballantyne and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-04-14 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are few things in this world that have filled me with so much astonishment as the fact that man can kill a whale! That a fish, more than sixty feet long, and thirty feet round the body; with the bulk of three hundred fat oxen rolled into one; with the strength of many hundreds of horses; able to swim at a rate that would carry it right round the world in twenty-three days; that can smash a boat to atoms with one slap of its tail, and stave in the planks of a ship with one blow of its thick skull;—that such a monster can be caught and killed by man, is most wonderful to hear of, but I can tell from experience that it is much more wonderful to see.
Download or read book Fighting the Whales Or Doings and Dangers on a Fishing Cruise written by Robert Michael Ballantyne and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015-02-19 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This antiquarian book contains a fictional account of the narrator's experiences hunting whales. This delightful tale of nautical derring-do and bravery was designed as an exciting story for children. It makes for a great bedtime story full of imaginative and adventurous episodes for your little ones, and will also prove to be an amusing and fun-to-read text for parents. The chapters of this text include: 'In trouble', 'To Begin With'; 'At Sea'; 'Our First Battle'; '''Cutting In'' The Blubber and ''Trying Out'' The Oil'; 'A Storm, A Man Overboard, and a Rescue'; 'The Whale - Fighting Bulls, Etc.'; 'Tom's Wisdom - Another Great Battle'; 'Death on the Sea'; 'News From Home - A Gam, and Return Home'. This book was written by Richard Michael Ballantyne, and was first published in 1886.
Download or read book Fighting The Whales written by R.M. Ballantyne and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-11-01 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fighting the Whales" by R. M. Ballantyne is a captivating maritime adventure novel that immerses readers in the dangerous and also in the thrilling world of whaling in the 19th century. This story follows the experiences of a young seaman named William, who embarks on a daring voyage aboard a whaling ship. Set against the backdrop of the vast and other one treacherous oceans, the narrative paints a vivid picture of the whaling industry and the daring exploits of those who hunted the massive creatures. William becomes deeply involved in the harrowing process of hunting whales, facing perilous encounters with these majestic yet formidable creatures. The novel unfolds, readers are taken on a riveting journey, witnessing the intricacies of whale hunting and the camaraderie among the ship's crew. Ballantyne's descriptive prowess brings the maritime world to life, from the excitement of spotting a whale to the adrenaline-pumping battles that ensue. Throughout the novel, William grapples with ethical dilemmas, questioning the impact of whaling on these magnificent creatures and the natural balance of the sea. This story delves into themes of conservation and humanity's and also other one relationship with nature, and the moral complexities of the whaling industry during the era.
Download or read book Fighting the Whales Or Doings and Dangers on a Fishing Cruise written by Robert Michael Ballantyne and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fighting the Whales Or Doings and Dangers of a Fihsing Cruise written by Robert Michael Ballantyne and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fighting the Whales Or Doings and Dangers of a Fihsing Cruise written by Robert Michael Ballantyne and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fighting with Whales written by Michael J. McHugh and published by . This book was released on 2002-08 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a fascinating account of two young men, from very different backgrounds, who experience the adventure of whaling during the mid-nineteenth century.
Download or read book Doings and dangers on a fishing cruise written by Robert Michael Ballantyne and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Whale Warriors written by Peter Heller and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-09-18 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now with a new afterword by the author, the tenth-anniversary edition of Peter Heller’s “swashbuckling adventure” (Publishers Weekly) takes us on a hair-raising journey aboard a whale saving pirate ship with a vigilante crew whose mission is to stop illegal Japanese whaling in the stormy seas of Antarctica. The Whale Warriors is an adventure story set in the far reaches of the globe. For two months in 2005, journalist Peter Heller was aboard the Farley Mowat as it stalked its prey—a Japanese whaling fleet—through the storms and ice of Antarctica. The little ship is black, flies under a jolly roger, and carries members of the Sea Shepherd Society, a radical environmental group who are willing to die to stop illegal whale hunting. Heller recreates a nail-biting showdown when Captain Watson and his crew attempt to deliberately ram an enormous Japanese whaling ship, trying to tear open its hull with a steel blade called a “Can Opener.” In thirty-five-foot seas, a deadly game of Antarctic chicken begins. But while the ships are far from rescue, the world is watching. Japan threatens to send down defense aircraft and warships, Australia appeals for calm, New Zealand dispatches military surveillance aircraft, the US Office of Naval Intelligence issues a piracy warning, and international media begin to track the developing whale war. As Heller describes the slow, rusting, old Norwegian trawler Farley Mowat and the fast, new six ship whaling fleet of the Japanese, we also learn about the crisis of our oceans, which are on the verge of total ecosystem collapse. The exploitation of endangered whales is emblematic of an over-exploitation of the seas that is now entering its desperate denouement with our own survival in the balance. “A swift kick to any remaining complacency about the plight of our oceans” (National Geographic Adventure), The Whale Warriors is “two parts high seas swashbuckle and one part inconvenient truth” (Surfer).
Download or read book The Fighting Whales As Whalers Knew Them written by John R. Spears and published by . This book was released on 1981-05-01 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Whales on Stilts written by M.T. Anderson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first intallment of National Book Award winner M.T. Anderson’s Pals in Peril series, a madman has unleashed an army of stilt-walking, laser-beaming, thoroughly angry whales upon the world! Luckily, Jasper Dash and his friends Katie Mulligan and Lily Gefelty are around to save the day. Sure, Lily Gefelty is just an average twelve-year-old girl. But her dad—a normal-enough-seeming guy—just so happens to work for an evil genius who plans to unleash an army of extremely cranky, stilt-walking, laser-beam-eyed whales upon the world. Lucky for Lily, her two best friends are anything but average. Both of them are famous for their adventures. Jasper Dash, Boy Technonaut, invents gadgets; Katie Mulligan spends her spare time fighting off zombies and were-goats. Surely they’ll know what to do. And if they don’t? Then it will be up to Lily—average, everyday Lily—to come up with a plan.
Download or read book Fighting the Whales written by R. M. Ballantyne and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-12 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Fighting the Whales: Or Doings and Dangers on a Fishing Cruise It is a long time now since I took to fighting the whales. I have been at it, man and boy, for nigh forty years, and many a wonderful sight have I seen many a desperate battle have I fought in the fisheries of the North and South Seas. 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.
