The Search for the Ultimate Sink
Author | : Joel Arthur Tarr |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Joel Arthur Tarr |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Mike Ostlund |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 541 |
Release | : 2011-11-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0762784296 |
Now in paperback, revised and updated, the stirring and authoritative account of one of World War II's most highly decorated submarines Find ’Em, Chase ’Em, Sink ’Em is the first book to recount the tragic and mysterious loss of the World War II submarine USS Gudgeon. In April 1944, the highly decorated submarine USS Gudgeon slipped beneath the waves in one of the most treacherous patrol areas in the most dangerous military service during World War II. Neither the Gudgeon nor the crew was ever seen again. Author Mike Ostlund’s “Uncle Bill,” the operator of a farm implements business, was aboard that ship as a lieutenant junior grade. Through extensive research of patrol reports in U.S. and Japanese naval archives, interviews with veterans who had served aboard the Gudgeon before its final patrol, and the personal effects of the lost men’s relatives, Ostlund has assembled the most accurate account yet of this remarkably successful submarine’s exploits, of the men aboard from steward to captain, and of what we now know about her demise. Find ’Em, Chase ’Em, Sink ’Em details the memories and life lessons of the young men who went to sea aboard Gudgeon before its last patrol knowing hardly anything, and came home having seen too much.
Author | : |
Publisher | : Waxmann Verlag |
Total Pages | : 492 |
Release | : |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 3830973608 |
Author | : Frieda Hughes |
Publisher | : Hodder & Stoughton |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780340865798 |
There's a strange thing lurking in Peter's bathroom! It looks a bit like a frog—but then again, perhaps it's a pig? Maybe even a dragon? It is green and slimy, and frankly it's getting in Peter's way. No one else seems bothered by it—but it's getting on Peter's nerves. He's awlays wanted a pet of his own, but really! The thing will have to go. Trouble is, will it want to?
Author | : Carl A. Zimring |
Publisher | : University of Pittsburgh Press |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2021-03-23 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 0822987988 |
Built on an estuary, New York City is rich in population and economic activity but poor in available land to manage the needs of a modern city. Since consolidation of the five boroughs in 1898, New York has faced innumerable challenges, from complex water and waste management issues, to housing and feeding millions of residents in a concentrated area, to dealing with climate change in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, and everything in between. Any consideration of sustainable urbanism requires understanding how cities have developed the systems that support modern life and the challenges posed by such a concentrated population. As the largest city in the United States, New York City is an excellent site to investigate these concerns. Featuring an array of the most distinguished and innovative urban environmental historians in the field, Coastal Metropolis offers new insight into how the modern city transformed its air, land, and water as it grew.
Author | : Shane Parrish |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-10-15 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0593719972 |
Discover the essential thinking tools you’ve been missing with The Great Mental Models series by Shane Parrish, New York Times bestselling author and the mind behind the acclaimed Farnam Street blog and “The Knowledge Project” podcast. This first book in the series is your guide to learning the crucial thinking tools nobody ever taught you. Time and time again, great thinkers such as Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett have credited their success to mental models–representations of how something works that can scale onto other fields. Mastering a small number of mental models enables you to rapidly grasp new information, identify patterns others miss, and avoid the common mistakes that hold people back. The Great Mental Models: Volume 1, General Thinking Concepts shows you how making a few tiny changes in the way you think can deliver big results. Drawing on examples from history, business, art, and science, this book details nine of the most versatile, all-purpose mental models you can use right away to improve your decision making and productivity. This book will teach you how to: Avoid blind spots when looking at problems. Find non-obvious solutions. Anticipate and achieve desired outcomes. Play to your strengths, avoid your weaknesses, … and more. The Great Mental Models series demystifies once elusive concepts and illuminates rich knowledge that traditional education overlooks. This series is the most comprehensive and accessible guide on using mental models to better understand our world, solve problems, and gain an advantage.
Author | : J. Donald Hughes |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 187 |
Release | : 2015-11-30 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0745688462 |
What is environmental history? It is a kind of history that seeks understanding of human beings as they have lived, worked, and thought in relationship to the rest of nature through the changes brought by time. In this new edition of his seminal student textbook, J. Donald Hughes provides a masterful overview of the thinkers, topics, and perspectives that have come to constitute the exciting discipline that is environmental history. He does so on a global scale, drawing together disparate trends from a rich variety of countries into a unified whole, illuminating trends and key themes in the process. Those already familiar with the discipline will find themselves invited to think about the subject in a new way. This new edition has been updated to reflect recent developments, trends, and new work in environmental history, as well as a brand new note on its possible future. Students and scholars new to environmental history will find the book both an indispensable guide and a rich source of inspiration for future work.
Author | : Ernest Volkman |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 2002-04-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
From cannonballs to smart bombs, science has long played an essential role in warfare, and the victors often have superior technology to thank for their triumph. This book explores the ways in which science has affected military history.
Author | : Theodore Steinberg |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 361 |
Release | : 2002-05-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0195140095 |
From the Pilgrims to Disney World, Steinberg offers a bold and exciting new way to understand American history through the lens of nature. 65 halftones. 5 maps.
Author | : Sarah Newman |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 317 |
Release | : 2023-05-26 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0226826384 |
Explores the concept of waste from fresh historical, cultural, and geographical perspectives. Garbage is often assumed to be an inevitable part and problem of human existence. But when did people actually come to think of things as “trash”—as becoming worthless over time or through use, as having an end? Unmaking Waste tackles these questions through a long-term, cross-cultural approach. Drawing on archaeological finds, historical documents, and ethnographic observations to examine Europe, the United States, and Central America from prehistory to the present, Sarah Newman traces how different ideas about waste took shape in different times and places. Newman examines what people consider to be “waste” and how they interact with it, as well as what happens when different perceptions of trash come into conflict. Conceptions of waste have shaped forms of reuse and renewal in ancient Mesoamerica, early modern ideas of civility and forced religious conversion in New Spain, and even the modern discipline of archaeology. Newman argues that centuries of assumptions imposed on other places, times, and peoples need to be rethought. This book is not only a broad reconsideration of waste; it is also a call for new forms of archaeology that do not take garbage for granted. Unmaking Waste reveals that waste is not—and never has been—an obvious or universal concept.