Download or read book Tamata et l alliance written by Bernard Moitessier and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Tamata et l'Alliance est le récit de l'aventure d'une vie.Sous le regard attentif des dieux de son Asie natale, Bernard Moitessier nous emmène d'abord à travers une jeunesse magique passée en Indochine. Dans son village du Golfe de Siam qui a laissé en lui une empreinte indélébile, il entend pour la première fois l'appel de la mer. Puis vient une guerre fratricide entre Français et Viêtnamiens, le déchirement, le refus du "Travail-Famille-Patrie", le départ du pays de ses racines vers l'immense horizon avec sa jonque Marie-Thérèse.Commence alors une aventure maritime et humaine à multiples facettes, celle d'un pionnier, jalonnée de luttes continuelles pour conquérir et préserver ses choix fondamentaux. Passée la quarantaine, ce sera "La longue route", stupéfiante navigation de dix mois sans escale en solitaire, dont il sortira différent pour toujours. Après ce tournant majeur et durant les vingt-cinq années qui suivront, il s'efforce de transmettre (en Polynésie, en Amérique et en Europe) ce que la vie lui a enseigné d'essentiel : participer à l'évolution du monde par la transformation de nos rêves en actes créateurs.Tamata et l'Alliance se lit comme un conte épique où se côtoient et s'affrontent à chaque carrefour d'une existence aux rebondissements imprévus, l'enfant aimé des dieux et son redoubtable ennemi le Dragon. Tamata et l'Alliance est l'aboutissement d'une foi absolue dans notre libre arbitre : à nous seuls appartient le choix de guider notre destin au lieu du réveil des consciences au niveau planétaire.Tamata et l'Alliance est le regard serein d'un homme feuilletant son album d'images, parcours d'un vagabond qui ose s'attaquer à des objectifs plus grands que sa propre personne. Son dernier objectif concerne tous les humains."
Download or read book Tamata and the Alliance written by Bernard Moitessier and published by Sheridan House, Inc.. This book was released on 1995 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The adventures of Bernard Moitessier--French sailor, explorer and writer, in his own words. This memoir encompasses his childhood in Southeast Asia, his war experience fighting the Viet Minh, and his numerous sea exploits.
Download or read book Tamata y la alianza written by Bernard Moitessier and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tamata y la Alianza es el relato de la aventura de una vida. Bajo la mirada atenta de los dioses de su Asia natal, Bernard Moitessier nos cuenta su mágica juventud en Indochina. En su pueblo del golfo de Siam, que dejó en él una huella indeleble, oye por
Download or read book Sailing to the Reefs written by Bernard Moitessier and published by Sheridan House, Inc.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bernard Moitessier is a writer and one of France's most famous sailors.
Download or read book Cruising World written by and published by . This book was released on 1996-01 with total page 1451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sailing and Social Class written by Alan O'Connor and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-04-23 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the sociology of sailing and yachting. Drawing on original research, and employing a theoretical framework based on the work of Pierre Bourdieu, the book argues that sailing is, still, an upper-middle-class activity that has much to tell us about the wider sociology of leisure and sport. The book examines the historical foundations of blue-water sailing as established by naval and colonial shipping, to trace the roots of contemporary sailing and yachting culture. It also examines archives of sailing narratives and cruising guides, as well as the children’s books of Arthur Ransome, arguing that this archival material offers a social rather than a psychological interpretation of the ‘bodily investment’ in sailing. The book uses Bourdieu’s concepts of ‘illusio’ – an investment of time, emotion and body into a worthwhile activity – and ‘habitus’, or lifeworld, alongside contemporary data sets, to examine the yacht club as a social institution, including why many boats never go out on the water, the relationship between yacht clubs and the state, and social issues as manifested in yacht clubs, such as sexism, racism and homophobia. Offering a vigorous sociological critique of yachting and sailing, this book is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in the sociology of leisure and sport, subcultures, social theory, or social issues in wider society.
Download or read book The Fate of the Mammoth written by Claudine Cohen and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2002-04-02 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals new information about the mammoth elephant, and about the science that grew up around its discovery.
Download or read book Moitessier written by Jean-Michel Barrault and published by Sheridan House, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jean-Michel Barrault is a writer and friend of sailing legend Bernard Moitessier.
Download or read book Diasporas written by Stéphane Dufoix and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Stephane Dufoix has written the most exhaustive, critical, and analytically sophisticated introduction to diasporas. It resists overemphasizing the transformative power of the present era of globalization and puts the formation of diasporas in a perspective of longue duree that includes previous periods of global integration and diasporic dispersion. Similarly, he avoids the 'beyond the nation-state' trend in the transnationalism literature and shows convincingly that diasporas are intimately linked, in various and contradictory ways, to the politics of the contemporary nation-state."--Andreas Wimmer, University of California, Los Angeles "A work of exemplary range, clarity, and erudition, providing both an introduction and a deft critical reformulation. Diaspora, for Dufoix, is both a complex history and a cluster of proliferating discourses and practices whose future is undetermined. A lucid introduction and an original contribution to scholarship." --James Clifford, University of California, Santa Cruz "By carefully tracing its origins and development, Stephane Dufoix has produced an elegant and richly rewarding guide to the concept of 'diaspora.' The word can be used both too narrowly (confining the idea to the Jewish case) and too broadly (allowing virtually all minorities to qualify). We need a sure-footed guide to the complexities and ambiguities of 'diaspora' and we have found one in Stephane Dufoix. I warmly recommend this instructive book."--Robin Cohen, University of Oxford, and author of Global Diasporas "Stephane Dufoix has given us a brilliant exploration of the many meanings and boundaries of the term 'diaspora'. Its far longer and diverse history than is commonly thought will come as a surprise to some. Dufoix's theoretical and analytical engagement with the term, and the erudition he brings to it, are an invitation to a whole new debate."--Saskia Sassen, author of Territory, Authority, Rights: From Medieval to Global Assemblages "In Diasporas Stephane Dufoix gives us an excellent introduction to and overview of a fascinating and very complex topic. Considering this phenomenon from a variety of perspectives, including etymological, historical, and cultural, he shows how different populations and groups of scholars have used the idea of diaspora to conceptualize their own identities, and the strengths and weaknesses of using the concept of diaspora to do so. Dufoix's discussion of space and contemporary virtual communities is particularly fascinating. This is a very welcome addition to an ever-growing literature."--Tyler Stovall, University of California, Berkeley
Download or read book American Book Publishing Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 1044 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cruising World written by and published by . This book was released on 1995-01 with total page 2200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hal Roth Seafaring Trilogy EBOOK written by Hal Roth and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2005-10-05 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Big adventures on the high seas—from one of the greatest seafaring writers of our age Hal Roth’s vivid, authentic tales of the sea have riveted readers around the world for forty years. Here, in one volume, are three of his classic sea stories, each one a white-knuckled, rail-down voyage into the unknown. A hard-working San Francisco husband and wife abandon their jobs, their security, and, some would say, their sanity to sail their 35-foot sloop to Japan and back—the long way! Over the next nineteen months, they discover exotic islands, fascinating people, and a whole new way of life. A few years later these intrepid voyagers decide to try their luck against Cape Horn, but they will need a lot more than luck to survive the vicious storms, violent seas, and perilous shores of the world’s most dangerous stretch of water. Then nine courageous sailors accept a challenge to do what has never been done before: to race alone, in a small sailboat, around the world—nonstop. Only one will complete the race; seven will be forced to withdraw, and one will simply disappear.
Download or read book Ultimate Game written by Christian Lehmann and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 2000 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When three high-school-age video game fanatics purchase a new virtual reality game they have no idea they are about to be transported to the battlefields of Verdun, Guernica, and Bosnia.
Download or read book Catherine Certitude written by Patrick Modiano and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 2001 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Watching her daughter attempt some jazz steps in her ballet school on a snowy afternoon in New York reminds Catherine of her own childhood in Paris, where she and her rather mysterious father lived happily together.
Download or read book The Story of the Little Piggy Who Couldn t Say No written by Sabine Ludwig and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A little pig is ready for a big day of swimming—she's packed a huge bag stuffed with toys, books, towels, hats, food, and more. But friends keep stopping the little pig on the way to the water. A dog borrows her flotation ring, a cat needs her sunhat, and a crocodile demands the little pig's sunglasses. A badger even gobbles up all the cookies—and the little pig just can't say no! But when she falls into mud and all the animals laugh at her, the little pig is fed up. She loses her temper and finally shouts NO. Will the friends she helped now help the little pig? And will she ever get to go swimming? The Story of the Little Pig Who Couldn't Say No is perfect for children who find it difficult to stand up to their own friends. Young readers and their parents will giggle at Sabine Wilharm's bright, energetic illustrations and will love Sabine Ludwig's sweet writing, translated by Connie Stradling Morby. This is the perfect book to share with children during lazy summer days or right before bed.
Download or read book A Sea Vagabond s World written by Bernard Moitessier and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I would like now to write a practical book that will cover three topics: boats, the sea, and the beachcombing life." These were the thought of Bernard Moitessier after he finished writing his last book, Tamata and the Alliance, while in Polynesia. The great master died in 1994 and never completed the book, but here it is, meticulously collected from his many writings, published and unpublished, by his companion, Véronique Lerebours Pigeonnière. Moitessier's notebooks include all the know-how and the 1,001 tips of this legendary sailor, the knowledge he acquired on the water, in meeting with sailors, during long passages, and during his many years living on various islands. The first part of the book details how to prepare for an extensive cruise, what kind of boat to choose, the rigging, the sails, the anchors, on deck, and below deck. The second part describes the passage: the weather, navigation, watch-keeping, and heavy weather. In the third part, Moitessier takes us to the South Sea islands and shows how to adapt to living on an atoll, gardening, fishing, and attaining self-sufficiency.
Download or read book Tara Duncan and the Forbidden Book written by Princess Sophie Audouin-Mamikonian and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-07-12 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the planet OtherWorld, Tara’s friend Cal is convicted of a crime he didn’t commit, and she and her friends set out to prove him innocent. It’s an unlikely crew: Tara, the riddle-loving Fabrice, Robin the half-elf, Sparrow the shape-shifting princess, and Tara’s cultured grandfather—and black Lab—Manitou. Blue gnomes help Cal break out of prison, but at a terrible price. To force him to help liberate their people from an evil wizard, they infect Cal with a time-release poison that Tara and her friends must race to neutralize. Helped by Fafnir the dwarf, they defeat the wizard and travel to Demonic Limbo for evidence of Cal’s innocence. There, Tara has a wrenching encounter with the ghost of her dead father. Back on OtherWorld, the situation is grim. Fafnir accidentally releases the terrible Devourer of Souls, who nearly conquers the planet. In desperation, Tara changes into a dragon and allies herself with her nemesis, Magister. They defeat the Devourer, and Tara hurls Magister into Limbo, hopefully forever. Meanwhile, the Empress of Omois has discovered that Tara is her niece and heir. She insists that Tara come live on OtherWorld for good. If Tara refuses, it will mean war. This is the exciting sequel to Tara Duncan and the Spellbinders and is sure to captivate young readers for hours of excitement and adventure!
