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Author | : Richard Henry Dana (Jr.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 1860 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
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Offers a guide to changing current thinking to avoid the corporate media hype, shaped by brand-names, celebrities, and empty gloss, that defines our modern culture.
Author | : Charles Erskine |
Publisher | : Smithsonian Books (DC) |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Seafaring life |
ISBN | : |
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In 1838, seaman Charles Erskine joined the exploring expedition of Charles Wilkes who was setting out on a voyage of discovery around the world. Here he shares his adventures as a sailor as he traveled to unexplored regions of the world.
Author | : Kevin Starr |
Publisher | : Modern Library |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 2007-03-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 081297753X |
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Author | : Ben Van Etten |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2018-06-08 |
Genre | : Air pilots |
ISBN | : 9781535612487 |
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This book is a memoir of 50 years flying helicopters in a variety of situations. Included are rescues, combat operations, mountain and off-shore flying, medical evacuations, flight instruction and numerous flight missions that require pushing the flight envelope to the maximum. Highlighted are Ben Van Etten's five years as a flight captain with Air America, Inc. in Thailand and the unpublicized war in Laos. During that period the author describes in detail his interaction with other pilots and his "customers," primarily the CIA. The book also includes geographical and historical observations from a first person prospective. And a vivid description from inside the cockpit during many lifesaving missions. This book should tweak the interest of aviators and non-aviators alike.
Author | : Michael M. Lewis |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0393048136 |
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Tells the unlikely story of Silicon Valley through the life of one of its great achievers--Jim Clark, who founded Silicon Graphics and Netscape and may be on the verge of another trillion-dollar company.
Author | : John McPhee |
Publisher | : Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2011-04-01 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1429958111 |
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This is an extraordinary tale of life on the high seas aboard one of the last American merchant ships, the S.S. Stella Lykes, on a forty-two-day journey from Charleston down the Pacific coast of South America. As the crew of the Stella Lykes makes their ocean voyage, they tell stories of other runs and other ships, tales of disaster, stupidity, greed, generosity, and courage.
Author | : John Kerr |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-10-10 |
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Author | : Jacob A. Hazen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 387 |
Release | : 1876 |
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Author | : Jacob A. Hazen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 476 |
Release | : 1856 |
Genre | : Seafaring life |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Jacob A. Hazen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 470 |
Release | : 1854 |
Genre | : Sailors |
ISBN | : |
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