Author: Gerald W. Johnson
Publisher: Hillcrest Publishing Group
ISBN: 1634137620
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
"Before GPS, celestial navigation was an essential part of polar exploration. It was so critical that it was often the cause of the success or failure of expeditions"--
Beyond the Deepwoods
Author: Paul Stewart
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0552554227
Category : Abandoned children
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Abandoned at birth in the dangerous Deepwoods, young Twig has been brought up by a family of woodtrolls. Now he sets out to discover his true identity.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0552554227
Category : Abandoned children
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Abandoned at birth in the dangerous Deepwoods, young Twig has been brought up by a family of woodtrolls. Now he sets out to discover his true identity.
Beyond the Edge
Author: Raymond Gastil
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN: 9781568983271
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Through an insightful look at projects from around the world and at the current design proposals for New York itself, the author paints a portrait of redevelopment that is both pragmatic and visionary, one that holds the promise of reconnecting New Yorkers to their waterfront as a vital place of work and of public life."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN: 9781568983271
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Through an insightful look at projects from around the world and at the current design proposals for New York itself, the author paints a portrait of redevelopment that is both pragmatic and visionary, one that holds the promise of reconnecting New Yorkers to their waterfront as a vital place of work and of public life."--BOOK JACKET.
Beyond the Edge
Author: Evan Davies
Publisher: CLC Publications
ISBN: 1619581035
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Experience the joy of sharing the gospel with people who are hearing it for the first time. Be amazed at the miraculous move of God in His people’s lives. Weep over the martyrdom of missionaries for the cause of Christ See how God is using WEC international to carry out the vision of founder C.T. Studd to reach all peoples with the gospel.
Publisher: CLC Publications
ISBN: 1619581035
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Experience the joy of sharing the gospel with people who are hearing it for the first time. Be amazed at the miraculous move of God in His people’s lives. Weep over the martyrdom of missionaries for the cause of Christ See how God is using WEC international to carry out the vision of founder C.T. Studd to reach all peoples with the gospel.
The Edge of the Abyss
Author: Emily Skrutskie
Publisher: North Star Editions, Inc.
ISBN: 163583001X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Eighteen-year-old Cas Leung struggles with her morality and her romantic relationship with fellow pirate Swift as she and the Minnow crew work to take down wild sea monsters, dubbed Hellbeasts, who are attacking ships and destroying the ocean ecosystem.
Publisher: North Star Editions, Inc.
ISBN: 163583001X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Eighteen-year-old Cas Leung struggles with her morality and her romantic relationship with fellow pirate Swift as she and the Minnow crew work to take down wild sea monsters, dubbed Hellbeasts, who are attacking ships and destroying the ocean ecosystem.
Marjorie Finnegan, Temporal Criminal #1
Author: Garth Ennis
Publisher: AWA Studios
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
She’s Marjorie Finnegan. She’s a temporal criminal. What more do you need to know? Oh, all right then: all Marj wants to do is race up and down the time-lanes, stealing every shiny-gleamy-pretty-sparkly she can lay her hands on. But her larcenous trail from the Big Bang to the Ninety-fifth Reich has drawn the beady eye of the Temporal PD, whose number one Deputy Marshall is now hard on our heroine’s tail-- and taking things extremely personally. Worse still, Marj’s worthless creep of an ex and his even scummier partner have seen an angle of their own in all this, and now intend to use her time-tech to change history for their own benefit. Marj’s only ally? A guy called Tim. And he’s just a head.
Publisher: AWA Studios
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
She’s Marjorie Finnegan. She’s a temporal criminal. What more do you need to know? Oh, all right then: all Marj wants to do is race up and down the time-lanes, stealing every shiny-gleamy-pretty-sparkly she can lay her hands on. But her larcenous trail from the Big Bang to the Ninety-fifth Reich has drawn the beady eye of the Temporal PD, whose number one Deputy Marshall is now hard on our heroine’s tail-- and taking things extremely personally. Worse still, Marj’s worthless creep of an ex and his even scummier partner have seen an angle of their own in all this, and now intend to use her time-tech to change history for their own benefit. Marj’s only ally? A guy called Tim. And he’s just a head.
Beyond the Edge
Author: Mike Dennison
Publisher: Sagarmatha Press
ISBN: 9780967258218
Category : Backpacking
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
At age forty-four, Mike left his home in Seattle, Washington, and headed for Singapore and a fourteen-month journey around the world. Leaving his friends, family, and employment, he set out to realize the dream of worldwide adventure and to begin a search for "the meaning of life."
Publisher: Sagarmatha Press
ISBN: 9780967258218
Category : Backpacking
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
At age forty-four, Mike left his home in Seattle, Washington, and headed for Singapore and a fourteen-month journey around the world. Leaving his friends, family, and employment, he set out to realize the dream of worldwide adventure and to begin a search for "the meaning of life."
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian
Author: Wallace Stegner
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101075856
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
From the “dean of Western writers” (The New York Times) and the Pulitzer Prize winning–author of Angle of Repose and Crossing to Safety, a fascinating look at the old American West and the man who prophetically warned against the dangers of settling it In Beyond the Hundredth Meridian, Wallace Stegner recounts the sucesses and frustrations of John Wesley Powell, the distinguished ethnologist and geologist who explored the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon, and the homeland of Indian tribes of the American Southwest. A prophet without honor who had a profound understanding of the American West, Powell warned long ago of the dangers economic exploitation would pose to the West and spent a good deal of his life overcoming Washington politics in getting his message across. Only now, we may recognize just how accurate a prophet he was.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101075856
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
From the “dean of Western writers” (The New York Times) and the Pulitzer Prize winning–author of Angle of Repose and Crossing to Safety, a fascinating look at the old American West and the man who prophetically warned against the dangers of settling it In Beyond the Hundredth Meridian, Wallace Stegner recounts the sucesses and frustrations of John Wesley Powell, the distinguished ethnologist and geologist who explored the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon, and the homeland of Indian tribes of the American Southwest. A prophet without honor who had a profound understanding of the American West, Powell warned long ago of the dangers economic exploitation would pose to the West and spent a good deal of his life overcoming Washington politics in getting his message across. Only now, we may recognize just how accurate a prophet he was.
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon
Author: Frederik Pohl
Publisher: Orb Books
ISBN: 1466806354
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Frederik Pohl was on a streak when this Hugo Award–finalist novel was published in 1980. Now back in print after an absence of nearly a decade, this unique science fiction novel is as fresh and entertaining as ever. The story begins when the hero of Gateway finances an expedition to a distant alien spaceship that may end famine forever. On the ship, the explorers find a human boy, and evidence that reveals a powerful alien civilization is thriving on a transport ship headed right for Earth.... At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Publisher: Orb Books
ISBN: 1466806354
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Frederik Pohl was on a streak when this Hugo Award–finalist novel was published in 1980. Now back in print after an absence of nearly a decade, this unique science fiction novel is as fresh and entertaining as ever. The story begins when the hero of Gateway finances an expedition to a distant alien spaceship that may end famine forever. On the ship, the explorers find a human boy, and evidence that reveals a powerful alien civilization is thriving on a transport ship headed right for Earth.... At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The Edge Chronicles 1: The Curse of the Gloamglozer
Author: Paul Stewart
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1407076558
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
Fourteen-year-old Quint Verginix is the only remaining son of famous sky-pirate Wind Jackal. He and his father have journeyed to the city of Sanctaphrax – a great floating rock, bound to the ground below by a chain, its inhabitants living with their heads literally in the clouds. But the city hides a dangerous secret: deep inside the great rock, something horrible lurks. With his father away, Quint may be the only one who can save Sanctaphrax from the dreaded curse of the gloamglozer . . . The Curse of the Gloamglozer is the first book of the Quint Saga – first trilogy in The Edge Chronicles, the internationally best-selling fantasy series, which has featured on the UK and the New York Times best-seller lists and sold more than 3 million copies. There are now 13 titles and four trilogies in the series, but each book is a stand-alone adventure, so you can read The Edge Chronicles in any order you choose.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1407076558
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
Fourteen-year-old Quint Verginix is the only remaining son of famous sky-pirate Wind Jackal. He and his father have journeyed to the city of Sanctaphrax – a great floating rock, bound to the ground below by a chain, its inhabitants living with their heads literally in the clouds. But the city hides a dangerous secret: deep inside the great rock, something horrible lurks. With his father away, Quint may be the only one who can save Sanctaphrax from the dreaded curse of the gloamglozer . . . The Curse of the Gloamglozer is the first book of the Quint Saga – first trilogy in The Edge Chronicles, the internationally best-selling fantasy series, which has featured on the UK and the New York Times best-seller lists and sold more than 3 million copies. There are now 13 titles and four trilogies in the series, but each book is a stand-alone adventure, so you can read The Edge Chronicles in any order you choose.
Beyond the Reflection's Edge
Author: Bryan Davis
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 9780310715542
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
When Nathan Shepherd's parents are murdered, leaving only a mirror and notes from his investigator father's last case, Nathan and his father's friend's daughter struggle to solve the mystery before they, too, become victims. Original.
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 9780310715542
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
When Nathan Shepherd's parents are murdered, leaving only a mirror and notes from his investigator father's last case, Nathan and his father's friend's daughter struggle to solve the mystery before they, too, become victims. Original.