Download or read book Wolfe Island written by Barbara Wall La Rocque and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2009-08-13 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wolfe Island begins with the emergence of islands at the end of the last ice age and moves through the many centuries of First Nations habitation to the era of French exploration and the fur trading, the arrival of the earliest British settlers and the United Empire Loyalists, up to current time. The development and decline of industry, the evolution of facilities, land title frustrations, and the emergence of a strong sense of identity among the inhabitants are featured, along with a wealth of anecdotes based on colourful and eccentric personalities. This extensively researched history of Wolfe Island is a treasure trove for history buffs.
Download or read book Island Lifeline written by Connery Chappell and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Islands written by Steven Roger Fischer and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Lost’s Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 crashed, the survivors found themselves on a seemingly deserted island. In Defoe’s novel, Robinson Crusoe spends twenty-eight years on a remote tropical island near Trinidad, while in the movie Castaway Tom Hanks survives over four years on a South Pacific island. And Jurassic Park kept its dinosaur population confined to an island off the coast of Central America. Islands often find themselves at the center of imagined worlds, secluded and sometimes mystical locales filled with strange creatures and savage populations. The cannibals, raptors, and smoke monsters that exist on the islands of popular culture aside, the more than one million islands and islets on the planet are indeed small , geological, biological, and cultural laboratories. From Britain to Japan, from the Galapagos to Manhattan, this book roams the planet to provide the first global introduction to these waterlocked landforms. Longtime island dweller Steven Roger Fischer shows that, since time began, islands have been one of the primary birthplaces for plants, animals, and proto-humans. These eyots of stone and sand—whether in ocean, lake, or river—fostered the human race, and Fischer recounts how humanity then exploited these remarkable habitats as stepping stones to global dominion. He explores island economics, warfare, and politics, and he examines the role they have played in literature, art and psychology. At the same time, he sparks our imagination with visions of islands—from Atlantis to Tahiti, Treasure Island to Hawaii. Ultimately, he reveals, these isolated mini-worlds are a measure of humankind itself. An engaging account of the islets that have enriched, lured, terrified, and inspired us, Islands shines new light on these cradles of earth—and human—history.
Download or read book Wonders of Palmistry written by Dr. Bhojraj Dwivedi and published by Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.. This book was released on 2002 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ferry to Cooperation Island written by Carol Newman Cronin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-06-16 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Loner James Malloy is a ferry captain—or used to be, until he was unceremoniously fired and replaced by a girl named Courtney Farris. Now, instead of piloting Brenton Island’s daily lifeline to the glitzy docks of Newport, Rhode Island, James spends his days beached, bitter, and bored. When he discovers a private golf course staked out across wilderness sacred to his dying best friend, a Narragansett Indian, James is determined to stop such “improvements.” But despite Brenton’s nickname as “Cooperation Island,” he’s used to working solo. To keep rocky bluffs, historic trees, and ocean shoreline open to all, he’ll have to learn to cooperate with other islanders—including Captain Courtney, who might just morph from irritant to irresistible once James learns a secret that’s been kept from him for years. This salt-sprayed fourth novel by 2004 Olympic Sailor Carol Newman Cronin celebrates wilderness and water, open space and open-mindedness, and the redemptive power of neighborly cooperation.
Download or read book Migration written by Terrence Pershall and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2022-05-10 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Migration is book 3 in the Feet of the Nevis trilogy. This is where the story begins and sets the stage for the future of the inhabitants of Orus. If some of the problems faced on Orus sound familiar, they are. I have always believed that a good story is better than a good lecture. That being said, it is my hope that my fiction does not become a reality. Our politicians need to become leaders, not the other way around. We as adults and children need to pay attention to what is happening to our world and be conscious of squandering the resources we have been blessed with. I hope that you find this work entertaining and that the message resonates. Sager is the central character that ties the three books together. If you’ve read Feet of the Nevis and A Son’s Journey, Migration will answer all those lingering questions. Follow Sager and his fellow travelers as they take a journey driven by desperation and hope for a new and better life. Ever since stories have been told and handed down from generation to generation, there have been tales of beings of higher intelligence or otherworldly powers. The Bible talks of the Nephilim, the Greeks and Romans spoke of the Titans, and the Aztecs, Mayans, and Incas carved glyphs of otherworldly figures. Perhaps they came from Orus or somewhere similar.
Download or read book The Book of Palmistry written by Nathaniel Altman and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2004-04-02 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the author’s 30 years of research on the ancient art of palmistry, this is a truly encyclopedic introduction to the tradition. More than 400 diagrams and handprints present a thorough “show of hands,” even including information on how one can change the lines on the palms. Five major topics are covered: Western hand analysis; modern psychological aspects; the basics of Indian palmistry; Chinese hand reading; and practical guidance on interpretation.
Download or read book Island of Barbed Wire written by Connery Chappell and published by Robert Hale Ltd. This book was released on 2017-05-31 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the start of the Second World War there were estimated to be 75,000 'enemy aliens' living in Britain, each a potential security risk. To screen these, Enemy Alien Tribunals were set up, with the first tribunal judging only 569 cases serious enough to warrant internment. The Isle of man was chosen as somewhere secure enough to hold them. But when Italy entered the war in 1940, the tribunals' workload grew and, by the end of the year, the number of enemy aliens on the island had risen to 14,000. Who were these internees? How did they cope with being interned? Did any try to escape? What was daily life like inside the camps? How great a risk did they really pose? With the use of diaries, newspapers and personal testimonies, Island of Barbed Wire looks at the selection, arrival, living conditions and, ultimately, repatriation, of the internees. Their lives and the live of the Manx people they came into contact with would never be the same when this popular holiday isle was transformed into an internment camp for the duration of the war. And even now the question remains - was the policy of internment ever justified? Island of Barbed Wire was the first thorough examination into one of the more controversial happenings of World War Two.
Download or read book Palmistry written by Nathaniel Altman and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The key to your future—and your present and past—is in the palm of your hand! Nathaniel Altman, best-selling author of The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Palmistry, gathers the wisdom he has obtained from decades of practice to produce this comprehensive volume. He answers such questions as: How can the features of the hand tell palm readers as much as the lines on its surface? In what ways can you use a palm reading to change the course of your own future? There’s information on using palmistry to explore relationships and sexuality, spiritual fulfillment, and even health. Plus, there are solid technical details on the art and practice of reading palms for others. For experienced and beginning palm readers alike, this is an authoritative collection of thoughts from a master.
Download or read book Overseas Territories written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2008 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overseas Territories : Seventh report of session 2007-08, Vol. 2: Oral and written Evidence
Download or read book Straitsman written by Neil Pollard and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Navy Lifeline written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Far Land written by Brandon Presser and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2022-03-08 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of The Wager and Mutiny on the Bounty comes a thrilling true tale of power, obsession, and betrayal at the edge of the world. In 1808, an American merchant ship happened upon an uncharted island in the South Pacific and unwittingly solved the biggest nautical mystery of the era: the whereabouts of a band of fugitives who, after seizing their vessel, had disappeared into the night with their Tahitian companions. Pitcairn Island was the perfect hideaway from British authorities, but after nearly two decades of isolation its secret society had devolved into a tribalistic hellscape; a real-life Lord of the Flies, rife with depravity and deception. Seven generations later, the island’s diabolical past still looms over its 48 residents; descendants of the original mutineers, marooned like modern castaways. Only a rusty cargo ship connects Pitcairn with the rest of the world, just four times a year. In 2018, Brandon Presser rode the freighter to live among its present-day families; two clans bound by circumstance and secrets. While on the island, he pieced together Pitcairn’s full story: an operatic saga that holds all who have visited in its mortal clutch—even the author. Told through vivid historical and personal narrative, The Far Land goes beyond the infamous Mutiny on the Bounty, offering an unprecedented glimpse at life on the fringes of civilization, and how, perhaps, it’s not so different from our own.
Download or read book Glossary of U S Naval Code Words written by United States. Office of Naval History and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tourism in Peripheral Areas written by Frances Brown and published by Channel View Publications. This book was released on 2000-08-31 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has been little research on tourism in those European countries or regions which lie outside the continent’s main centres of production and population, even though tourism may be one of the few economic options open to them. This volume aims to fill a gap by presenting a range of case studies – including northern Sweden, the Orkneys, the tip of Norway and northern Cyprus – on tourism in the peripheral areas of Europe. Taking as a leitmotiv the paradoxes inherent in developing places whose very attraction may lie in their lack of development, the case studies investigate and illustrate both the opportunities and the threats that tourism presents to peripheral areas. Although they share certain similarities, the cases also demonstrate differing approaches to tourism development and varying outcomes over time. They suggest solutions for dealing with, for example, community participation as well as providing practical insights into visitor perceptions of peripheral areas and into ways of marketing such areas in a sensitive manner. Together they provide a picture of the needs of peripheral areas and of how far and how best tourism can fulfil those needs.
Download or read book Synergy written by Barb Rentenbach and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lifeline written by James B. Stenson and published by Scepter Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Lifeline, James B. Stenson summarizes the proven methods and techniques of effective Christian parents today. It is an excellent tool for parents of small children, parents who have no time to spare. The book tells how: to develop confident parental leadership, setting rules and standards to structure and guide the family, rules that lead to the practice of faith and basic Christian virtues.
