Download or read book The Quick Boat Men written by John Harris and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2012-09-30 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edward Bourdillon’s parents perished on the waves and, brought up by his uncle who owns a boatyard, Edward leads a life in love with the sea - until he sinks his uncle’s yacht. Soon he is bound for Cape Town on an old tramp steamer. From earthquakes to shipwreck, his fortune turns sour until forgiveness and World War One loom on the horizon.
Download or read book Men of Kent written by Rick Rinehart and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Men of Kent is, first and foremost, an archetypical sports tale—a story of the improbable happening to the unlikely, unfolding against the backdrop of a turbulent era. Both an homage and a unique inside look at the fast-growing sport of rowing, it embraces the sport’s history, traditions, and culture as it tells the story of ten ordinary boys and their coach from Kent, Connecticut, who found themselves in extraordinary circumstances during the spring and summer of 1972. The KentSchool’s 1972 crew, of which the author was a part, had a 46-0 winning streak, broke three course records, and claimed a national championship. In its final race, at the fabled Henley Royal Regatta in England—a race broadcast on television worldwide—it barely edged the Canadian National Champions. Kent’s achievement merited a banner headline in the New York Times sports section, and is regarded as one of the most breathtaking finishes in Henley’s long history.
Download or read book The Quick Boat Men written by John HARRIS and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Four Guys in a Boat written by Kjell Christophersen and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-25 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When does a man quit the sea?" asked E.B. White. "Does he quit while he's ahead, or wait till he makes some major mistake?" Skipper and the crew seem to thrive pushing for the latter. Sailing alongside killer whales. Flying the Canadian flag upside down while coasting blithely into Victoria. Debating who gets left behind the day they have to squeeze into the three-man lifeboat. Interrogated by the US Coast Guard. Running aground. Losing themselves in blinding sea fog. Standing rapt beneath Taps' benediction as the American flag retires in Roche Harbor. For Kjell, John, Ed, and Skipper, sailing is about far more than simply passing time on the water. It's about the love of familiar faces and the thirst for new horizons-on land or sea. It's about the bond created by the sheer accumulation of memories, just a few of which are in this book. What else could explain why four grandpas (all north of sixty) spend four days navigating the San Juan islands every summer for fifteen years, when only one of them grew up sailing and he (given the opportunity) might cheerfully capsize the boat?
Download or read book The Boys in the Boat Movie Tie In written by Daniel James Brown and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-12-05 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiration for the Major Motion Picture Directed by George Clooney—exclusively in theaters December 25, 2023! The #1 New York Times bestselling true story about the American rowing triumph of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin—from the author of Facing the Mountain For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times—the improbable, intimate account of how nine working-class boys from the American West showed the world at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin what true grit really meant. It was an unlikely quest from the start. With a team composed of the sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the University of Washington’s eight-oar crew team was never expected to defeat the elite teams of the East Coast and Great Britain, yet they did, going on to shock the world by defeating the German team rowing for Adolf Hitler. The emotional heart of the tale lies with Joe Rantz, a teenager without family or prospects, who rows not only to regain his shattered self-regard but also to find a real place for himself in the world. Drawing on the boys’ own journals and vivid memories of a once-in-a-lifetime shared dream, Brown has created an unforgettable portrait of an era, a celebration of a remarkable achievement, and a chronicle of one extraordinary young man’s personal quest.
Download or read book China Seas written by John Harris and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2011-03-22 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this action-packed adventure, Willie Sarth becomes a survivor. Forced to fight pirates on the East China Seas, wrestle for his life on the South China Seas and cross the Sea of Japan ravaged by typhus, Sarth is determined to come out alive. Dealing with human tragedy, war and revolution, Harris presents a novel which packs an awesome punch.
Download or read book The Sea Shall Not Have Them written by John Harris and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2011-03-22 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harris’ classic war novel of espionage in an extreme situation. Four men cling to a dinghy, praying for rescue before dying, or the enemy finding them. One man is injured; another is carrying a briefcase stuffed with vital secrets. This story charts the daring and courage of these men, their rescuers and a mission with awesome of consequences.
Download or read book The Sleeping Mountain written by John Harris and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2012-09-30 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sleepy red-roofed Italian island of Anapoli. Here, Tom Patch, an easy-going British artist discards his mistress for new love Cecilia. The Mayor basks in the sun, listening to goat bells and the rasp of mandolins. But high above hangs a malevolent volcano; a terrible destructive power seething below its crust. And it is about to blow.
Download or read book Corporal Cotton s Little War written by John Harris and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2012-09-30 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Storming through Europe, the Nazis are sure to conquer Greece but for one man, Michael Anthony Cotton, a heroic marine who smuggles weapons of war and money to the Greek Resistance. Cotton gets mixed up in a lethal mission involving guns and high-speed chases.
Download or read book The Old Trade of Killing written by John Harris and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2012-09-30 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting adventure is set against the backdrop of the Western Desert, scene of the Eighth Army battles. Men who fought there return twenty years later in search of treasure. But time can change a man. Young ideals are replaced by greed. Comradeship has vanished along with innocence. And treachery and murder make for a breathtaking read.
Download or read book Getaway written by John Harris and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2011-10-31 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Italian fisherman and his wife, Rosa, live in Sydney. Hard times are ahead. Their mortgaged boat may be lost and with it, their livelihood. But Rosa has a plan to reach the coast of America sailing on a beleaguered little houseboat. The plan seems almost perfect, especially when Willie appears and has his own reasons for embarking.
Download or read book Picture of Defeat written by John Harris and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2012-09-30 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1943 and Naples has been looted by Allies and Axis powers alike. But under the orders of Field Security, Tom Pugh must save the paintings of Detto Banti, no matter what the cost. In this tantalising read, one man stands against a tide of wilful destruction and greed, trying to save a past for the people of Naples’ future.
Download or read book The Fox from His Lair written by John Harris and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2011-10-31 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A German agent lies in wait for the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France. The Allies prepare a vast armed camp, but there is an enemy within. There is a deadly E-boat attack and the Fox strikes, stealing secret invasion plans in the ensuing panic. A deadly pursuit follows, with two British officers having orders to stop him at all costs.
Download or read book Flawed Banner written by John Harris and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2012-09-30 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Nazi hordes of Germany overrun France, devouring the free world with fascist fervour, a young intelligence officer, James Woodyatt, is shipped across the Channel to find a First World War hero...an old man who may have been a spy...who may be in possession of Nazi secrets.
Download or read book Smiling Willie And The Tiger written by John Harris and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2012-09-30 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Boer War is ending and for three thieves there is the unexpected bonus of stealing an army payroll. But the army chooses an officer to track them down. While the thieves wait to return to the stolen bounty, the officer chases them, giving rise to a riotous set of events. Based on a true story, John Harris’ adventure entertains and delights.
Download or read book The Claws of Mercy written by John Harris and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2011-10-31 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Sierra Leone, a remote community crackles with racial tensions. Few white people live amongst the natives of Freetown, where life revolves around an iron mine with a man in charge who dictates peace and prosperity for everyone. But his leadership is a matter of life or death where every decision is like being snatched by the claws of mercy.
Download or read book The Thirty Days War written by John Harris and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2011-10-31 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kubaiyah, a RAF airstrip squeezed between a razor-like ridge and a harsh desert plain, must be defended. But with the Nazis poised to conquer the Middle East and Britain stripped of her allies, Kubaiyah could be lost. Only the eccentric and gifted flying officer, Anthony Boumphrey, can save them.
