Download or read book Grey Funnel Lines written by Cyril Tawney and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-22 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1987. In this book we find songs reflecting every aspect of life in the twentieth-century Royal Navy, both upper and lower deck: war, ship’s routine, aviation, submarines, the antics of dockyard personnel, not to mention the matelot’s shore-going adventures, both amorous and bibulous. The compiler was well-known as a folk-singer, though he began his career in the Royal Navy. Based on his personal collection of Navy songs, this book proves that the sailor’s muse did not desert him with the passing of the sailing ship. It also dispels the notion that the modern Jack Tar, when he produces any songs at all, confines himself to the pornographic. With the songs, Cyril Tawney interweaves a commentary on the Royal Navy setting, providing a backdrop to the sailor’s own words. This book is of enduring appeal to all who have served as well as to students of twentieth-century oral tradition.
Download or read book Grey Funnel Lines written by Cyril Tawney and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-22 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1987. In this book we find songs reflecting every aspect of life in the twentieth-century Royal Navy, both upper and lower deck: war, ship’s routine, aviation, submarines, the antics of dockyard personnel, not to mention the matelot’s shore-going adventures, both amorous and bibulous. The compiler was well-known as a folk-singer, though he began his career in the Royal Navy. Based on his personal collection of Navy songs, this book proves that the sailor’s muse did not desert him with the passing of the sailing ship. It also dispels the notion that the modern Jack Tar, when he produces any songs at all, confines himself to the pornographic. With the songs, Cyril Tawney interweaves a commentary on the Royal Navy setting, providing a backdrop to the sailor’s own words. This book is of enduring appeal to all who have served as well as to students of twentieth-century oral tradition.
Download or read book Micky written by Kevin Byrne and published by Novum Pro. This book was released on 2024-05-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Micky's leaving school at fifteen led him to the Royal Navy, and a journey filled with exotic locations, diverse companions, and many adventures. Amid fleeting romances, Catherine lingered in his thoughts. Despite life's twists, their connection endured.
Download or read book Salt On Your Tongue written by Charlotte Runcie and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'An ode to the ocean, and the generations of women drawn to the waves or left waiting on the shore' Guardian In Salt On Your Tongue, Charlotte Runcie explores what the sea means to us, and particularly what it has meant to women through the ages. In mesmerising prose, she explores how the sea has inspired, fascinated and terrified us, and how she herself fell in love with the deep blue. This book is a walk on the beach with Turner, with Shakespeare, with the Romantic Poets and shanty-singers. It’s an ode to our oceans – to the sailors who brave their treacherous waters, to the women who lost their loved ones to the waves, to the creatures that dwell in their depths, to beachcombers, swimmers, seabirds and mermaids. Navigating through ancient Greek myths, poetry, shipwrecks and Scottish folktales, Salt On Your Tongue is about how the wild untameable waves can help us understand what it means to be human.
Download or read book Jackspeak of the Royal Canadian Navy written by Mark Nelson and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2018-10-06 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From aback to ZizEX, the second edition of Jackspeak of the Royal Canadian Navy gives readers a chance to fill their boots with the colourful language of Canada’s senior service.
Download or read book Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2005 2008 written by Lawrence Goldman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 1253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, drawn from the award-winning online Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, tells the story of our recent past through the lives of those who shaped national life.
Download or read book Imagine Living Life Well with Perspective Perseverance written by Maureen Whitaker and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-03-28 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine Living Life Well with Perspective & Perseverance Book Three of Book Series Volume V: From Great Times to Facing 'Dragons' & Persevering Anna has a dream which they hope is not a prophecy. It is Walk on the Wild Side. It reveals something to them and they meet with their doctor friends. They begin seminars through organizations. One event has an incident which lands Liam, Anna, Mike and Dave in an extreme Life Challenge. They use The Seal's for Healing and Protection. They hold their moral and social Code of Honor in the highest esteem. They faced double-edged situations and proceed to Choose Wisely in Speaking their Truths. They live life how they believe and Walk Their Talk. 'One of the Single Most Important and vital aspects of the human condition living on this Earth is our Ability to Effectively Communicate with all other human beings without prejudice and with tolerance to foster a rapport with others and share knowledge, history, information and truths. Liam said emphatically, "If ever I felt there were others who I likened to The Four Musketeers, 'One for All and All for One,' it is the four of us. We each battle for each other to the benefit of the whole. Not many friends can do this as well as we four. It is totally awesome." Mike retires from the military and it is quite an event with a formal dinner and a dance. A Code of Honor is provided. The idea of listening to one's Inner Whisperings is discussed. In a wooded forest, something is found and this is quite an important event. The four plan and set dates to go on a road trip in our lovely motorcoach a week after school began. Now, on to Book Four, the first half of Volume VI.
Download or read book Nine Battles to Stanley written by Nicholas van der Bijl and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-12-17 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nine Battles to Stanley is a soldiers account of the ground fighting on South Georgia and the Falklands.What makes this book unique is the fascinating and objective way the author describes the experiences, view points and comparative qualities of both sides to the conflict. Fresh light is shed on the whole campaign even the best known battles at Goose Green (where Col. H. Jones won his VC) and the night attack on Mount Tumbledown.
Download or read book Gunboats Empire and the China Station written by Matthew Heaslip and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining Britain's imperial outposts in 1920s East Asia, this book explores the changes and challenges affecting the Royal Navy's third largest fleet, the China Station, as its crews fought to hold back the changing tides of fortune. Bridging the gap between high level naval strategy and everyday imperial culture, Heaslip highlights the importance of the China Station to the British imperial system, foreign policy and East Asian geopolitics, while also revealing the lived experiences of these imperial outposts. Following their immersion into a new world and the challenges they encountered along the way, it considers how its naval officers were perceived by the Chinese populations of the ports they visited, how the two communities interacted and what this meant at a time of 'peace'. Against the changing nature of Britain's informal empire in the 1920s, Gunboats, Empire and the China Station highlights the complex nature of naval operations in-between major conflicts, and calls into question how peaceful this peacetime truly was.
Download or read book A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English written by Eric Partridge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-05-02 with total page 1426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive work on the subject, this Dictionary - available again in its eighth edition - gives a full account of slang and unconventional English over four centuries and will entertain and inform all language-lovers.
Download or read book Micky written by Kevin Byrne and published by novum publishing. This book was released on 2024-06-14 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Micky's leaving school at fifteen led him to a whirlwind of experiences as he joined the Royal Navy, with life becoming one wild ride. He travelled to exotic places, met all sorts of people, and honed the life skills obtained during basic training, preparing him for the challenges ahead. On his travels, Micky encountered a tapestry of women, each leaving a fleeting imprint on his heart. However, Catherine was the one he couldn't shake from his mind. Their paths crossed now and then, but life had a funny way of keeping them apart, even though they longed to be together. As Micky sailed through the highs and lows of life at sea, Catherine remained on his mind, she was the one woman who resonated within the depths of his soul. Would they ever find solace in each other's arms?
Download or read book Centaur from the Triangle A Boyhood in Derby written by Edward Garner and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book One Wave Short of a Storm written by Slipknot Muggins and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with typical Aussie humour, this unique look at life on the lower decks of the Australian Navy is a politically incorrect account of 'Slipknot' Muggins's rich experiences as they sailed the high seas of the Pacific Ocean.
Download or read book Folk Song in England written by Steve Roud and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Victorian times, England was famously dubbed the land without music - but one of the great musical discoveries of the early twentieth century was that England had a vital heritage of folk song and music which was easily good enough to stand comparison with those of other parts of Britain and overseas. Cecil Sharp, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Percy Grainger, and a number of other enthusiasts gathered a huge harvest of songs and tunes which we can study and enjoy at our leisure. But after over a century of collection and discussion, publication and performance, there are still many things we don't know about traditional song - Where did the songs come from? Who sang them, where, when and why? What part did singing play in the lives of the communities in which the songs thrived? More importantly, have the pioneer collectors' restricted definitions and narrow focus hindered or helped our understanding? This is the first book for many years to investigate the wider social history of traditional song in England, and draws on a wide range of sources to answer these questions and many more.
Download or read book Exploring Experiences of Advocacy by People with Learning Disabilities written by Duncan Mitchell and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book charts the course through which people with learning disabilities have become increasingly able to direct their own lives as fully active members of their communities. Many of the personal accounts, photographs and songs included in this book will be accessible and encouraging to people with learning disabilities.
Download or read book Nought to Sixty written by and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Creative Methods in Military Studies written by Alice Cree and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-08-02 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What can creative methods offer our understanding of military power and militarised cultures? What constitutes ‘creative research’ in military studies? And, what are some of the challenges of this type of work? This edited volume brings together authors working at the cutting edge of creative research in military studies, to explore how creativity and creative practice can shed new light on often taken for granted concepts in critical military research. In twelve empirically and conceptually rich chapters, authors from a diverse range of disciplinary fields draw on theatre, model-making, songwriting, dance, spoken word, paper making, and more, to question what military research can and should look like. As a collection, the book explores topics of central concern in military studies such as militarism, military experience, and militarised cultures, as well as more practical questions around ethics, positionality, and research relationships. This path-breaking new volume considers what exactly constitutes creativity in critical military research, while offering the tools for researchers to think anew about big questions in the field.
