Download or read book Just Seconds from the Ocean written by William Sargent and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2007 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible analysis of the dangers of living close to the ocean in an era of global warming and megahurricanes
Download or read book The New Ocean Book written by Frank Sherwin and published by New Leaf Publishing Group. This book was released on 2017-02-20 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The oceans may well be Earth’s final frontier. These dark and sometimes mysterious waters cover 71 percent of the surface area of the globe and have yet to be fully explored. Under the waves, a watery world of frail splendor, foreboding creatures, vast mountains, and sights beyond imagination awaits. Now this powerful resource has been developed for three educational levels! Grasp a deeper understanding of the ocean tides, waves, and currents Explore the vast world of giant squids and other sea “monsters” Discover the impact of weather systems and the Great Flood on Earth’s land and seas Learning about the oceans and their hidden worlds can be exciting and rewarding — the abundance and diversity of life, the wealth of resources, the latest discoveries, and the simple mysteries that have intrigued explorers and scientists for centuries. A better understanding of our oceans ensures careful stewardship of their grandeur and beauty for future generations, and leads to a deeper respect for the delicate balance of life on that God created on planet Earth.
Download or read book A Curriculum Activities Guide to Water Pollution and Environmental Studies written by Tilton Water Pollution Program and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pearls of Patriotism written by Jay Schofield and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pearls of Patriotism, a book written from personal memoirs through interviews, are true stories bringing American history to life. Clients' actual words, be they foreign-born immigrants or native-born, foster a sense of "being there." Stories range from an escape from the British during the Revolutionary War's "privateering" days to the helicopter pilots involved in Saddam Hussein's hanging. Hearing differing accounts on one subject from several different perspectives helps many learn history. Three different clients report their individual takes on meeting Charles Lindbergh while three others provide different experiences on the bombing of Pearl Harbor. A surviving American POW and a German POW describe their first-hand experiences in captivity. An Auschwitz Holocaust survivor describes confronting Dr. Josef Menegele, the Nazi's "Angel of Death." Best news of all? Each Pearls of Patriotism story is told for the first time in print for public reading.
Download or read book Curse of Atlantis written by Christopher David Petersen and published by christopher david petersen. This book was released on with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curse of Atlantis: There are 5 books in the Atlantis series: Hidden Courage; Tomb of Atlantis; Curse of Atlantis; Tomb of Zeus and Weapons of Atlantis. Please see recommended order of reading below. Hidden Courage: is the back story of the main character in the Atlantis series (Interesting, but not essential) Tomb of Atlantis: is book 1 Curse of Atlantis: is book 2 Tomb of Zeus: is book 3 Weapons of Atlantis: is book 4 Curse of Atlantis: In Tomb of Atlantis, Jack Roberts, an adventurer, discovered an artifact that may have belonged to a pyramid contained within the lost city of Atlantis. In Curse of Atlantis, the search for the pyramids continues. Jack and his archaeologist friends, Serena and Javier Arista, plan to take the artifact to Greece in order to find its connection to the lost pyramids of Atlantis. However, prior to leaving on the trip, Serena and the artifact are taken hostage by unscrupulous thieves who only want the riches contained within the pyramids. For Jack and Javier, it is a race against time to discover where the pyramid is, that contains the key to the lost civilization in order to save Serena and the ancient secrets of Atlantis. 79,000 words
Download or read book On the Water written by Nathaniel Stone and published by Crown. This book was released on 2002-08-13 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I take a stroke and lean back, gazing up into the jet skies, bejeweled by the moon and the galaxies of stars. The hull glides in silence and with such perfect balance as to report no motion. I sit up for another stroke, now looking down as the blades ignite swirling pairs of white constellations of phosphorescent plankton. Two opposing heavens. ‘Remember this,’ I think to myself.” Few people have ever considered the eastern United States to be an island, but when Nat Stone began tracing waterways in his new atlas at the age of ten he discovered that if one had a boat it was possible to use a combination of waterways to travel up the Hudson River, west across the barge canals and the Great Lakes, down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico, and back up the eastern seaboard. Years later, still fascinated by the idea of the island, Stone read a biography of Howard Blackburn, a nineteenth-century Gloucester fisherman who had attempted to sail the same route a century before. Stone decided he would row rather than sail, and in April 1999 he launched a scull beneath the Brooklyn Bridge to see how far he could get. After ten months and some six thousand miles he arrived back at the Brooklyn Bridge, and continued rowing on to Eastport, Maine. Retracing Stone’s extraordinary voyage, On the Water is a marvelous portrait of the vibrant cultures inhabiting American shores and the magic of a traveler’s chance encounters. From Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where a rower at the local boathouse bequeaths him a pair of fabled oars, to Vanceburg, Kentucky, where he spends a day fishing with Ed Taylor—a man whose efficient simplicity recalls The Old Man and the Sea—Stone makes his way, stroke by stroke, chatting with tugboat operators and sleeping in his boat under the stars. He listens to the live strains of Dwight Yoakum on the banks of the Ohio while the world’s largest Superman statue guards the nearby town square, and winds his way through the Louisiana bayous, where he befriends Scoober, an old man who reminds him that the happiest people are those who’ve “got nothin’.” He briefly adopts a rowing companion—a kitten—along the west coast of Florida, and finds himself stuck in the tidal mudflats of Georgia. Along the way, he flavors his narrative with local history and lore and records the evolution of what started out as an adventure but became a lifestyle. An extraordinary literary debut in the lyrical, timeless style of William Least Heat-Moon and Henry David Thoreau, On the Water is a mariner’s tribute to childhood dreams, solitary journeys, and the transformative powers of America’s rivers, lakes, and coastlines.
Download or read book Cascadia s Fault written by Jerry Thompson and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a crack in the earth's crust that runs roughly 31 miles offshore, approximately 683 miles from Northern California up through Vancouver Island off the coast of British Columbia. The Cascadia Subduction Zone has generated massive earthquakes over and over again throughout geologic time—at least thirty–six major events in the last 10,000 years. This fault generates a monster earthquake about every 500 years. And the monster is due to return at any time. It could happen 200 years from now, or it could be tonight. The Cascadia Subduction Zone is virtually identical to the offshore fault that wrecked Sumatra in 2004. It will generate the same earthquake we saw in Sumatra, at magnitude nine or higher, sending crippling shockwaves across a far wider area than any California quake. Slamming into Sacramento, Portland, Seattle, Victoria, and Vancouver, it will send tidal waves to the shores of Australia, New Zealand, and Japan, damaging the economies of the Pacific Rim countries and their trading partners for years to come. In light of recent massive quakes in Haiti, Chile, and Mexico, Cascadia's Fault not only tells the story of this potentially devastating earthquake and the tsunamis it will spawn, it also warns us about an impending crisis almost unprecedented in modern history.
Download or read book Apollo Soyuz Test Project written by Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Science in Seconds at the Beach written by Jean Potter and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1998-05-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do fish close their eyes? Can you hold your breath longer than a whale? How is sand made? Why do we hear the ocean in empty seashells? Surf's up for fantastic science fun with these quick, easy experiments and activities from Jean Potter. You can complete each in just ten minutes or less, and the clear step-by-step instructions and illustrations help you get it right every time. The projects help you learn about everything from how seaweed can forecast the weather to why waves break as they reach the shore. You will find most of the required materials already in your toy chest, home, backyard, or around your neighborhood. The nearly 100 activities in this book investigate the many mysteries of animals, plants, sand, shells, sun, and water. You'll discover why there usually are more clouds over water than over land and why the sand on top of the beach is warm but cool underneath. Use a piece of hard candy to find out why beach and river rocks become smooth or learn how to clean water with sand --all with the help of a leading educator.
Download or read book Wide My Ocean Deep My Grief written by Bev Swanson and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you lost someone so close that the bottom seems to have fallen out of your world? Are you tossing in a very deep and wide ocean of grief? Do you just want some comfort, company and some ways to cope with your grief?
Download or read book Greenings Baches and Holiday Homes to Rent 2009 written by Mark Greening and published by Baches & Holiday Homes. This book was released on 2008-09 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Holiday homes, baches and cribs are scattered throughout New Zealand. Built in all kinds of locations, shapes and sizes, these retreats have always featured prominently in the cherished tradition of New Zealand Holidays. Many of these homes are rented out by their owners when not in use. Baches & Holiday Homes to Rent has listings of hundreds of such homes throughout New Zealand and overseas, each with information on location, facilities, tariff, local attractions and a contact phone number.
Download or read book Mingming the Art of Minimal Ocean Sailing written by Roger D. Taylor and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2010-09-02 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book covers three extraordinary voyages in the tiny yacht Mingming, carrying on from where Voyages of a Simple Sailor left off.
Download or read book Oceans For Dummies written by Ashlan Cousteau and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-01-29 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dive deep to explore the ocean From how most of our oxygen is created by phytoplankton, to how currents control our climate, to the marine food chain and the importance of coral, this is the holy grail of ocean books that’s easy for everyone to digest. It features fun facts about some of the most incredible, bizarre, and fascinating creatures in the ocean, from mantis shrimp that can strike things with the speed of a .22 caliber bullet to fish with clear heads that can see out of the top of their skulls. The ocean is full of wonders and there is still so much left to explore and understand. How our oceans work What creatures live in the ocean Find out how the ocean regulates our climate and weather patterns How growing pollution threatens our ocean and its inhabitants Oceans For Dummies is perfect for anyone with an interest in the ocean, including kids, adults, students, ocean lovers, surfers, fishermen, conservationists, sailors, and everyone in between.
Download or read book Ten Hours Until Dawn written by Michael J. Tougias and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the midst of the Blizzard of 1978, the tanker Global Hope floundered on the shoals in Salem Sound off the Massachusetts coast. The Coast Guard heard the Mayday calls and immediately dispatched a patrol boat. Within an hour, the Coast Guard boat was in as much trouble as the tanker, having lost its radar, depth finder, and engine power in horrendous seas. Pilot boat Captain Frank Quirk was monitoring the Coast Guard's efforts by radio, and when he heard that the patrol boat was in jeopardy, he decided to act. Gathering his crew of four, he readied his forty-nine-foot steel boat, the Can Do, and entered the maelstrom of the blizzard. Using dozens of interview and audiotapes that recorded every word exchanged between Quirk and the Coast Guard, Tougias has written a devastating, true account of bravery and death at sea, in Ten Hours Until Dawn.
Download or read book Mechanic Arts Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Sea of Suspicion written by Carolyn Keene and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A high-stakes treasure hunt plunges Nancy into a sea of danger…and murder. In Key West, Nancy sets sail on the Lady Jane in search of a wrecked Spanish galleon. When the owner of the ship is charged with murder, however, Nancy suspects a setup. Can Nancy find the truth before the captain of the Lady Jane goes down with the ship?
