The Horn of Mortal Danger
Author | : Lawrence Leonard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 1989-01-01 |
Genre | : Railroad stories |
ISBN | : 9780744508475 |
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Author | : Lawrence Leonard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 1989-01-01 |
Genre | : Railroad stories |
ISBN | : 9780744508475 |
Author | : Lawrence Leonard |
Publisher | : Franklin Watts |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 1982-03 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780531043653 |
Author | : Lawrence Leonard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780862030100 |
Author | : Donald B. Freeman |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2013-03-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1136604154 |
In this fascinating and exciting overview, Donald B. Freeman explores the role of the Pacific Ocean in human history. Covering over one third of the globe, the Pacific Ocean plays a vital role in the lives and fortunes of more than two billion people who live on its rim-lands and islands. It has played a crucial part in shaping the histories of the different Pacific cultures, towards which it has appeared in a variety of different guises. Exploring the ocean’s place in human history, this wide ranging book draws together the long and varied physical, economic, cultural and political history of the Pacific, from Prehistory through to the present day. It takes an interdisciplinary approach to show the changing viewpoints of those who explored, exploited and settled the Pacific, including the inhabitants of its Asian and American rim-lands. The book draws on new research in a variety of areas, such as early Pacific migrations, impacts of European colonization, the effects of climate change, and current economic and political developments. It provides a uniquely broad overview that will be of vital interest to students and to all those with an interest in World History.
Author | : Ihab Hassan |
Publisher | : Univ of Wisconsin Press |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780299123703 |
In this era of supersonic jets, ubiquitous McDonalds, and pervasive Panasonics, in our coddled jacuzzi culture, our cybernetic society of acronyms and first names, does the spirit of quest endure? Indeed, from rain forests, across oceans, steppes, savannahs, and saharas to the peaks of the Andes or Himalayas, American writers still test the limits of human existence. They test spirit, flesh, marrow, and imagination in a timeless quest for meaning beyond civilization, at the razor edge of mortality. And they return with sun-cracked skin and gazes honed on horizons to tell us the tale. "Ihab Hassan's new book on quests turns out to be a quest of his own. He takes us through an invigorating range of today's American writers as they test themselves against the far corners of our tattered planet. Hassan shows us how their quests (and, incidentally, his own) entwine risks, commitments, and desperate exercises in belief, how their aspirations are human but uniquely American. This is a book everyone interested in American culture can learn from--and enjoy. Hassan's voice is one of graceful wisdom and passionate elegance, a refreshing landfall in today's turgid sea of criticism." --Norman N. Holland, University of Florida
Author | : Matthew F. Jordan |
Publisher | : University of Virginia Press |
Total Pages | : 325 |
Release | : 2023-02-15 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0813947979 |
Danger Sound Klaxon! reveals the untold story of the Klaxon automobile horn, one of the first great electrical consumer technologies of the twentieth century. Although its metallic shriek at first shocked pedestrians, savvy advertising strategies convinced consumers across the United States and western Europe to adopt the shrill Klaxon horn as the safest signaling technology available in the 1910s. The widespread use of Klaxons in the trenches of World War I, however, transformed how veterans heard this car horn, and its traumatic association with gas attacks ultimately doomed this once ubiquitous consumer technology. By charting the meteoric rise and eventual fall of the Klaxon, Matthew Jordan highlights how perceptions of sound-producing technologies are guided by, manipulated, and transformed through advertising strategies, public debate, consumer reactions, and governmental regulations. Jordan demonstrates in this fascinating history how consumers are led toward technological solutions for problems themselves created by technology.
Author | : Amy McCulloch |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 301 |
Release | : 2015-07-02 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1471143570 |
A SPELLBINDING ADVENTURE FOR TEEN READERS, perfect for fans of Holly Smale, Zoe Sugg and Rainbow Rowell. Look out for Amy McCulloch's THE MAGPIE SOCIETY series, co-written with Zoe Suggs and COMING SOON! (Contains: potions, princesses, peril, a magical quest and a serious crush) When the Princess of Nova accidentally poisons herself with a love potion meant for her crush, she falls crown-over-heels in love with her own reflection. Oops. A nationwide hunt is called to find the cure, with competitors travelling the world for the rarest ingredients, deep in magical forests and frozen tundras, facing death at every turn. Enter Samantha Kemi - an ordinary girl with an extraordinary talent. Sam's family were once the most respected alchemists in the kingdom, but they've fallen on hard times, and winning the hunt would save their reputation. But can Sam really compete with the dazzling powers of the Zoro Aster megapharma company? Just how close is Sam willing to get to Zain Aster, her dashing former classmate and enemy, in the meantime? And just to add to the pressure, this quest is ALL OVER social media. And the world news. No big deal, then. SELECTED FOR THE ZOELLA BOOK CLUB IN 2016 'IT'S SO COOL!' Zoe Sugg 'Inventive, romantic, and downright delightful, The Potion Diaries cast its spell on me from page one, and is the most fun I've had reading in ages!' Sarah J Maas, author of the Throne of Glass series Amy McCulloch is a Chinese-White author, born in the UK, raised in Ottawa, Canada, now based in London, UK. She has written seven novels for children and young adults, and been published in over ten different languages. Also by Amy McCulloch (previously Alward): THE POTION DIARIES THE POTION DIARIES: GOING VIRAL THE POTION DIARIES: THE ROYAL TOUR JINXED UNLEASHED
Author | : Ann Aguirre |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 2014-08-05 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1250024641 |
Edie seeks revenge against those who bullied her.
Author | : Frank Pilipp |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781879751675 |
Critical essays on contemporary German novelist. Martin Walser (born 1927) is one of the most prolific contemporary German novelists, and one with a place in world literature. His work provides an astute critical commentary in novelistic form on postwar Germany. The present volume comprises essays by eleven Walser experts on various aspects of his writings, with concentration on the novels of the last 15 years, books such as Runaway Horse (1978), The Inner Man (1979), The Swan Villa(1980), Letter to Lord Liszt (1982), and In Defense of Childhood (1991). Parallels and influences discussed in these studies include Schiller, Richardson, Hofmannsthal, Kafka, Thomas Mann, Marcel Proust, Updike, Brecht, and Walter Kempowski.
Author | : Albrecht Classen |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 295 |
Release | : 2022-11-15 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1666917877 |
The Secret in Medieval Literature explores the many secret agents, actions, creatures, and other beings influencing human existence. Medieval poets had a clear sense of the alternative dimension (the secret) and allowed it to enter quite frequently into their texts.