Download or read book Wind over Tide written by Alycia Ripley and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Known for her novels Traveling With An Eggplant, The Final Alice, and Alices Army, Alycia Ripley brings her sensitivity and eye for detail to this unique memoir. Written in the form of letters, one each week over the course of a year, it captures her grief following the sudden death of her mothers thirty year companion, the man who raised Ripley since childhood. Theletters shed light on the special relationship between author and stepfather and translate the pain and loss that brought on fugue states and panic attacks following his death. They examine the powerful impact of childhood upon our identities and the valuable lessons loved ones teach us. Framed within four nautically titled chapters, each representing a stage of the year, the books title signifies the rocky sailing conditions which well reflect the authors life and circumstances. Gripping and raw, yet peppered with humor, Wind Over Tide illustrates theunusual way a creative mind interacts with grief. It serves as a fascinating look into a poignant, personal conversation, one which can help readers examine their own coping strategies to find peace after loss. Wind Over Tide is a heart wrenching book that takes the reader through the emotional waves of mourning a loved one. The authors penned letters are a tribute to Joe, her stepfather, keeping his spirit, significance and lessons alive.Ripleys words are both validating and healing. We learn, as she did, how to continue living even when faced with darkness and layers of loss. A must read that is hard to put down. -Michelle Pawkett, MA, LMHC

Download or read book Wind Over Tide written by Alycia Ripley and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Known for her novels Traveling With An Eggplant, The Final Alice, and Alice's Army, Alycia Ripley brings her sensitivity and eye for detail to this unique memoir. Written in the form of letters, one each week over the course of a year, it captures her grief following the sudden death of her mother's thirty year companion, the man who raised Ripley since childhood. The letters shed light on the special relationship between author and stepfather and translate the pain and loss that brought on fugue states and panic attacks following his death. They examine the powerful impact of childhood upon our identities and the valuable lessons loved ones teach us. Framed within four nautically titled chapters, each representing a stage of the year, the book's title signifies the rocky sailing conditions which well reflect the author's life and circumstances. Gripping and raw, yet peppered with humor, Wind Over Tide illustrates the unusual way a creative mind interacts with grief. It serves as a fascinating look into a poignant, personal conversation, one which can help readers examine their own coping strategies to find peace after loss. Wind Over Tide is a heart wrenching book that takes the reader through the emotional waves of mourning a loved one. The author's penned letters are a tribute to Joe, her stepfather, keeping his spirit, significance and lessons alive.Ripley's words are both validating and healing. We learn, as she did, how to continue living even when faced with darkness and layers of loss. A must read that is hard to put down." -Michelle Pawkett, MA, LMHC

Download or read book Wind and Tide written by Jerome Fitzgerald and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002-02 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wind and Tide is a book about sailing. It is perhaps the only book published in recent years that has dealt with sailing—and pure, engineless sailing craft—in such a effective manner. Not an acedemic exercise or a mere exhibition of traditionalism—Wind and Tide describes in practical, useful detail the techniques and attitude involved in sailing without engine assist.

Download or read book Against Wind and Tide written by Ousmane K. Power-Greene and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Against Wind and Tide tells the story of African American's battle against the American Colonization Society (ACS), founded in 1816 with the intention to return free blacks to its colony Liberia. Although ACS members considered free black colonization in Africa a benevolent enterprise, most black leaders rejected the ACS, fearing that the organization sought forced removal. As Ousmane K. Power-Greene's story shows, these African American anticolonizationists did not believe Liberia would ever be a true "black American homeland." In this study of anticolonization agitation, Power-Greene draws on newspapers, meeting minutes, and letters to explore the concerted effort on the part of nineteenth century black activists, community leaders, and spokespersons to challenge the American Colonization Society's attempt to make colonization of free blacks federal policy. The ACS insisted the plan embodied empowerment. The United States, they argued, would never accept free blacks as citizens, and the only solution to the status of free blacks was to create an autonomous nation that would fundamentally reject racism at its core. But the activists and reformers on the opposite side believed that the colonization movement was itself deeply racist and in fact one of the greatest obstacles for African Americans to gain citizenship in the United States. Power-Greene synthesizes debates about colonization and emigration, situating this complex and enduring issue into an ever broader conversation about nation building and identity formation in the Atlantic world.

Download or read book Wind Over Tide written by Heather M. Bradshaw and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-05-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1945 and World War II is just over. The port city of Kingston Upon Hull has been heavily bombed. Within Hull lies the deep-sea trawling community of Hessle Road where many families are being reunited after years of service and evacuation. No one has escaped the bloody mark of war. As her own family comes together, widowed Muriel Goodwell makes a last heroic effort to free her three eldest children from the haunting tragedies of the past. Her son, Mac, handsome and broody, has just returned to his job as First Mate on the trawler, Ichthus. Mac is plagued with guilt and anger over the loss of his father at sea, emotions he attempts to assuage by playing saviour to Dolores Alford, an old love trapped hopelessly in an abusive marriage to a drunk. Prudence, who dutifully remained by her mother's side to take care of her younger siblings and her sister's illegitimate baby, Ted, is pitied for the loss of her fianc� at the beginning of the war. However, she has not revealed that she broke off the engagement by letter shortly before he was killed. Feeling trapped by circumstance and obligation, Prudence strongly resents her younger sister, the seemingly carefree Vivian, who returns from London a war bride. Vivian is planning only a brief visit to Hull to introduce her husband, Jake, and say her goodbyes before sailing on the Queen Mary to America - but without her son, Ted. Yet, things are not quite what they seem, and soon circumstances force the newlyweds to remain in Hull indefinitely. As the story unfolds, Mac, Prudence and Vivian learn that the greatest battle is within themselves. They each struggle to forgive and find forgiveness as they rebuild their lives in the aftermath of war.

Download or read book Against Wind and Tide written by Harriet Parr and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-02-25 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book The Natural Navigator written by Tristan Gooley and published by The Experiment. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Secret World of Weather and The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs, learn to tap into nature and notice the hidden clues all around you Before GPS, before the compass, and even before cartography, humankind was navigating. Now this singular guide helps us rediscover what our ancestors long understood—that a windswept tree, the depth of a puddle, or a trill of birdsong can help us find our way, if we know what to look and listen for. Adventurer and navigation expert Tristan Gooley unlocks the directional clues hidden in the sun, moon, stars, clouds, weather patterns, lengthening shadows, changing tides, plant growth, and the habits of wildlife. Rich with navigational anecdotes collected across ages, continents, and cultures, The Natural Navigator will help keep you on course and open your eyes to the wonders, large and small, of the natural world.

Download or read book On Wind Tides and Longshore Currents Over the Continental Shelf Due to Winds Blowing at an Angle to the Coast written by Charles L. Bretschneider and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper begins with the usual equations of hydrodynamical motion in two dimensions. Certain assumptions are then made which lead to a direct analytical solution. One of the assumptions made is that the net transport shoreward is insignificant compared with the longshore transport, and in effect the net transport shoreward becomes zero under steady state conditions. Other assumptions made are that the rate of precipitation impact is negligible, the water surface slope parallel to the coastline is negligible, and that the higher order differentials along the coastline are much smaller than the corresponding counterparts directed perpendicular to the coastline. Finally, it is assumed that the bottom friction factor to be used with the longshore current can be approximated by use of n in Manning's equation. The special case of a continental shelf, bottom of constant slope, is treated in detail, although it is shown that the same principles can be applied to composite bottom profile, representing a bottom of variable slope.

Download or read book Coastal Turmoil written by Ken Endean and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While many of the recommended techniques used in offshore voyaging are impractical close to land, this book explains the phenomena of rough water and shows how a good understanding of coastal sea conditions and careful passage planning enables boaters to avoid the roughest areas, seek shelter and reduce passage times.

Download or read book Wind and Tide written by C Elliott Perryman and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Against Wind and Tide written by Anne Morrow Lindbergh and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this final collection of Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s letters and journals, we mark Mrs. Lindbergh’s progress as she navigated a remarkable life and a remarkable century with enthusiasm and delight, humor and wit, sorrow and bewilderment, but above all devoted to finding the essential truth in life’s experiences through a hard-won spirituality and a passion for literature. Between the inevitable squalls of life with her beloved but elusive husband, the aviator Charles A. Lindbergh, she shepherded their five children through whooping cough, horned toads, fiancés, the Vietnam War, and their own personal tragedies. She researched and wrote books and articles on issues ranging from the condition of Europe after World War II to the meaning of marriage to the launch of Apollo 8. She published one of the most beloved books of inspiration of all time, Gift from the Sea. She left penetrating accounts of meetings with such luminaries as John and Jacqueline Kennedy, Thornton Wilder, Enrico Fermi, Leland and Slim Hayward, and the Frank Lloyd Wrights. And she found time to compose extraordinarily insightful and moving letters of consolation to friends and to others whose losses touched her deeply. Against Wind and Tide makes us privy to the demons that plagued this fairy-tale bride, and introduces us to some of the people—men as well as women—who provided solace as she braved the tides of time and aging, war and politics, birth and death. Here is an eloquent and often startling collection of writings from one of the most admired women of our time. (With 8 pages of black-and-white photographs.)

Download or read book Storm Tide written by Elisabeth Ogilvie and published by Down East Books. This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At long last Joanna Bennett is returning to her family’s island, the childhood home that her heart has yearned for ever since she was forced to the mainland by catastrophe. At her side stands Nils Sorensen, her oldest friend, stalwart admirer, and new husband. Together they will restore Bennett’s Island to its former glory: enticing former residents and other hardworking mainlanders to join their small community, repairing damaged buildings pummeled by the elements during five years of abandonment, and reclaiming the lobstering territory that was once the sole province of islanders but has been overrun by the nearby Brigporters. All the while, Joanna and Nils are setting the foundation of their future, one that will surely be stormy if Joanna tries to apply the rules of her previous marriage to her relationship with Nils. Joanna Bennett will always be a strong and fiercely independent woman, but without learning to trust and be vulnerable in her marriage, she will find herself proud and alone. This story, the second book in Elisabeth Ogilvie’s beloved Tide Trilogy, transports readers to the beautiful and rugged Maine coast, where families must eke their livelihoods from the tempestuous ocean but in return they’re afforded the daily splendor and simple pleasures of island life.

Download or read book On the Tides of the Wind written by Blanche M. Garrett and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Beyond The Moon A Conversational Common Sense Guide To Understanding The Tides written by James Greig Mccully and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2006-01-13 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally, someone has written a comprehensive, easily readable explanation of the tides on earth that is both simple enough for students and solid enough for their professors. Step by step, by analogy and illustration, Beyond the Moon describes how the cyclical motion of the near solar system is impressed upon the earth's oceans, and how the hydraulics over the continental shelf and the geography of the coastline orchestrate this rhythm into the bewildering variety of tide patterns seen around the globe. This volume demystifies the complexity of the tides by systematically examining its many constituents and demonstrates that: “Nature is, at once, awesome in complexity and beautiful in simplicity.”

Download or read book Against Wind and Tide written by Louise Chandler Moulton and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-09-18 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book The Sea Inside written by Philip Hoare and published by Melville House. This book was released on 2014 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: London: Fourth Estate, 2013.

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