Download or read book Seek the Frozen Lands written by Frank Nugent and published by Gill & Macmillan Ltd. This book was released on 2013-09-15 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High on any list of Polar explorers would be the names Crozier, McClintock, McClure and Shackleton. But how many know they were all Irish? Seek the Frozen Lands unveils an array of Irish heroes largely unknown in modern Ireland. The sage begins with Edward Bransfield, who made one of the first sightings of the Antarctic in 1820. The story ends with the heroic age of Antarctic exploration and the burial of Shackleton in 1922 in South Georgia. Truly a story of heroism, drama and tragedy. * Similar to: Tom Crean – An Unsung Hero, Captain Francis Crozier – Last Man Standing?, Everest Calling, Ger McDonnell: His Life and His Death on K2.
Download or read book Frozen written by Melissa de la Cruz and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “As fearless as a futuristic Game of Thrones.”— MARGARET STOHL, New York Times bestselling co-author of the Beautiful Creatures trilogy From Melissa de la Cruz and Michael Johnston, the New York Times bestselling authors of the Blue Bloods and Witches of East End series. Welcome to New Vegas, a city once covered in bling, now blanketed in ice. Like much of the destroyed planet, the place knows only one temperature—freezing. But some things never change. The diamond in the ice desert is still a 24-hour hedonistic playground and nothing keeps the crowds away from the casino floors, never mind the rumors about sinister sorcery in its shadows. At the heart of this city is Natasha Kestal, a young blackjack dealer looking for a way out. Like many, she's heard of a mythical land simply called “the Blue.” They say it’s a paradise, where the sun still shines and the waters are turquoise. More importantly, it’s a place where Nat won’t be persecuted, even if her darkest secret comes to light. But passage to the Blue is treacherous, if not impossible, and her only shot is to bet on a ragtag crew of mercenaries led by a cocky runner named Ryan Wesson there. Danger and deceit await on every corner, even as Nat and Wes find themselves inexorably drawn to each other. But can true love survive the lies? Fiery hearts collide in this fantastic tale of the evil men do and the awesome power within us all. This is a remarkable first book in a spellbinding new series about the dawn of a new kind of magic.
Download or read book Papers Relative to the Recent Arctic Expeditions in Search of Sir John Franklin and the Crews of H M S Erebus and Terror written by Great Britain. Admiralty and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Arctic Adventure by Sea and Land written by Epes Sargent and published by Boston : Phillips, Sampson ; London : S. Low. This book was released on 1857 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Narrative of a Second Voyage in search of a North West Passage and of a residence in the Arctic Regions during the years 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 Including the reports of Commander J C Ross and the discovery of the Northern Magnetic Pole written by Sir John Ross and published by . This book was released on 1834 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Seeking Common Ground written by Andrew D Anderson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-26 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On January 1, 1989 the Canadian government began to implement the free trade deal that it had completed with the Government of the United States on October 4, 1987. Before signing the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) the Canadian government had sought exemption from the use by the United States of its ‘unfair’ trade law system of anti-dumping (AD) and countervailing duties (CVDs). While the U.S. ‘unfair’ trade law system is presumed to be based on principles agreed to in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), economists, and other scholars, have contended that the system is not being applied properly; by reducing the harm caused by the margin of the foreigners' subsidy or dumping practices. Instead, it is being used to provide shelter to U.S. based corporations and industries seeking import relief, where shelter represents a type of administered trade protection, since the actions are undertaken and paid for by the U.S. government. This abuse came to represent a serious problem for Canadian producers in the1980s, who are extremely reliant on exports to the United States. To an increasing degree they believed they had become the target of U.S. trade law actions by their U.S. competitors. The United States was, however, not prepared to eliminate its ‘unfair’ trade law system for Canada, but instead, agreed to the setting up of two dispute settlement mechanisms (DSMs) where Canadian and American citizens could sit on binational panels to hear the final review of complaints lodged against the administrative agencies actions in either country on AD and CVD cases under Chapter Nineteen of the FTA or on general trade disputes under Chapter Eighteen of the FTA. This book critically examines the development and implementation of these two DSMs over the January 1, 1989 to August 15, 1994 period. It also provides a broader analysis of the issues surrounding the problems of the application of the ‘unfair’ trade laws, by examining the Canada-U.S. FTA's DSM systems against the present use by Canada and the United States of the procedures available under the 1979 GATT Subsidies Code. It also examines the changes that have been made in the 1994 GATT Subsidies Code and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) which has incorporated, with revisions, Chapter Eighteen and Nineteen as Chapter Twenty and Nineteen of the NAFTA, respectively, and extended access to these mechanisms to Mexico. This book primarily focuses on the application of CVDs and the adverse international affects of governments subsidies practices, though many of the issues raised are also applicable to the application of AD duties and the private subsidization activities of firms. The book finds that, first; the Chapter Nineteen DSM may provide some short-term benefits to Canadian producers, but for ensuring the long-run 313stability of Canadian producers access to their U.S. markets, including the eradication of harassment by U.S. based producers using the ‘unfair’ trade laws, Canada still needs to push for major changes to the CVD and AD processes in the NAFTA mandated Working Groups. Second, if Chapter Eighteen, or now Twenty of the NAFTA, is going to best serve the interests of Canadian, American and Mexican citizens, then it is going to have to be seriously revised to take into account some type of consumer welfare criterion. As NAFTA is presently written it has a strong bias, carried over from the Canada-U.S. FTA, toward producer interests which may detract from the long run interests of consumers in the NAFTA area. The ability of groups who seek redress for the closing of markets in the NAFTA area by the three Parties to the Agreement is very weak at the present time.
Download or read book A Wretched and Precarious Situation In Search of the Last Arctic Frontier written by David Welky and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Booklist Best Literary Travel Book (2017) and Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book (2016) “A penetrating study of human character in a challenging environment. . . . [David Welky’s] seamless narrative, chilling at times and always thought-provoking, transports the reader to a time when the Arctic was virtually as harsh and inaccessible a place as the Moon or Mars.” —Natural History From a snow-swept hill in the ice fields northwest of Greenland, famed Arctic explorer Robert E. Peary spots a line of mysterious peaks dotting the horizon. In 1906, he names that distant, uncharted territory “Crocker Land.” Years later, two of Peary’s disciples, George Borup and Donald MacMillan, take the brave steps Peary never did: with a team of amateur adventurers and intrepid native guides, they endeavor to reach this unknown land and fill in the last blank space on the globe. What follows is hardship and mishap the likes of which none of the explorers could possibly have imagined. From howling blizzards and desperate food shortages to crime and tragedy, the explorers experience a remarkable journey of endurance, courage, and hope. Set in one of the world’s most inhospitable places, A Wretched and Precarious Situation is an Arctic tale unlike any other.
Download or read book Arctic Explorations the Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir J Franklin 1853 54 55 Illustrated by Engravings from Sketches by the Author Etc written by Elisha Kent KANE (Arctic Explorer.) and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Schwatka s Search written by William H. Gilder and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Schwatka's Search by William H. Gilder
Download or read book Godfrey s Narrative of the Last Grinnell Arctic Exploring Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin 1853 4 5 written by William C. Godfrey and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Godfrey s Narrative of the Last Grinnell Arctic Exploring Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin 1853 4 5 written by Wm.C. Godfrey and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-10-19 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1857.
Download or read book Liath Luachra The Seeking written by Brian O'Sullivan and published by Irish Imbas Books. This book was released on 2021-06-30 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you kill a ghost? In the bleak Luachair valley, Liath Luachra’s winter seclusion is disrupted by a desperate plea for help. Raising a fian (battle group) to rescue a comrade’s abducted sister however, she quickly discovers this simple ‘Seeking’ is far more perilous than anything she could have imagined. Traversing the wilderness of ancient Ireland in pursuit of an enigmatic raiding party, the woman warrior encounters old enemies who seek to undermine her and new allies who cannot be trusted. Meanwhile, within her own war band, secrets have surfaced that threaten her leadership and her trust in her warriors. Faced with horrors she’d thought long forgotten and confronted by a chilling spectre from her past, Liath Luachra must revert to the very worst part of herself to survive. But you cannot chase – or kill – a ghost.
Download or read book Seeking St Louis written by Lee Ann Sandweiss and published by Missouri History Museum. This book was released on 2000 with total page 1098 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complementing the new permanent exhibition at the Missouri Historical Society, this anthology gathers over three centuries of writings on St. Louis by 100 individuals who have been inspired to describe the physical and cultural essence of this region. The volume contains excerpted selections from all genres--travel diaries, poetry, fiction, journalism, drama, and rare out-of-print and previously unpublished archival material--including poems by Angus Umphraville, from the first volume of verse published west of the Mississippi, and newspaper articles by Theodore Dreiser when he was a beat reporter for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Other compelling excerpts were authored by such notables as Auguste Chouteau, Charles Dickens, William Wells Brown, William T. Sherman, Sara Teasdale, T. S. Eliot, Tennessee Williams, Fanny Hurst, William S. Burroughs, Miles Davis, Nzotake Shange, John Lutz, Carl Phillips, and Quincy Troupe. A biographical introduction precedes each entry to place the author and the excerpt in the proper historical context. The content of Seeking St. Louis was enriched by the involvement of several of the St. Louis area's foremost literary experts--Robert Boyd, Jan Garden Castro, Gerald Early, Wayne Fields, and Karen Goering--who served as contributing editors.
Download or read book Peeps at Men of the Old Stone Age written by James Baikie and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Frozen River Seeking Silence in the Himalaya written by James Crowden and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2020-01-23 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘A tour de force of luminous writing.’ Mark Cocker, Spectator
Download or read book Introductory Geography in Readings and Recitations written by William Swinton and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Seeking the Bubble written by Albert Arvay and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2007-10 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
