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Author: Mark Morrison Publisher: Chaosium ISBN: 9781568820224 Category : Languages : en Pages : 80
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This book details the ship and seas rules for the Elric! game, providing all the necessary information and rules for survival at sea. It includes a ship disaster table, sea menaces, ship and sea battles in the saga, an analysis of the Dark Ship that sails the multiverse, a scenario aboard a Melnibonean battle barge (with deck plans), and more.
Author: Mark Morrison Publisher: Chaosium ISBN: 9781568820224 Category : Languages : en Pages : 80
Book Description
This book details the ship and seas rules for the Elric! game, providing all the necessary information and rules for survival at sea. It includes a ship disaster table, sea menaces, ship and sea battles in the saga, an analysis of the Dark Ship that sails the multiverse, a scenario aboard a Melnibonean battle barge (with deck plans), and more.
Author: Michael Moorcock Publisher: ISBN: 9780583130998 Category : Engelse fiksie Languages : en Pages : 190
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Book two in Michael Moorcock's celebrated sword and sorcery series set in the stagnating island civilization of Melnibone. A remarkable epic of conflict and adventure at the dawn of human history.
Author: William Benedetto Publisher: Citadel Press ISBN: 9780806526461 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 286
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Using eyewitness accounts, official documents, and rarely seen photos, Sailing Into the Abyss takes a fascinating look at the human drama behind the deadliest sea disaster of the Vietnam War. 8-page photo insert.
Author: Michael M. Lewis Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company ISBN: 0393048136 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 272
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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: Jonathan Raban Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0307797260 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 446
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The bestselling, award-winning author of Bad Land takes us along the Inside Passage, 1,000 miles of often treacherous water, which he navigates solo in a 35-foot sailboat, offering captivating discourses on art, philosophy, and navigation and an unsparing narrative of personal loss. "A work of great beauty and inexhaustible fervor." —The Washington Post Book World With the same rigorous observation (natural and social), invigorating stylishness, and encyclopedic learning that he brought to his National Book Award-winning Bad Land, Jonathan Raban conducts readers along the Inside Passage from Seattle to Juneau. But Passage to Juneau also traverses a gulf of centuries and cultures: the immeasurable divide between the Northwest's Indians and its first European explorers—between its embattled fishermen and loggers and its pampered new class.
Author: Nicholas Tomalin Publisher: Quercus ISBN: 1681441810 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 383
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In early 1968, desperate entrepreneur Donald Crowhurst was trying to sell a nautical navigation device he had developed when he saw that the Sunday Times would be sponsoring the Golden Globe Race, the first ever solo, round-the-world sailing competition. An avid amateur sailor, Crowhurst sensed a marketing opportunity and shocked the world by entering the competition using an untested trimaran of his own design. Shock soon turned to amazement when he quickly took the lead, checking in by radio message from locations far ahead of his seasoned competitors. But on July 10, 1969, roughly eight months after he had sailed from England--and less than two weeks from his expected triumphant return--his wife was informed that his boat, the Teignmouth Electron, had been discovered drifting quietly, abandoned in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Crowhurst was missing, assumed drowned. How did he come to such an end when his race had begun with such incredible promise? In this masterpiece of investigative journalism, Nicholas Tomalin and Ron Hall reconstruct one of the greatest modern stories of one man's descent into self-delusion, public deception, and madness. Based on in-depth interviews with Crowhurst's family and friends, combined with gripping excerpts from his logbooks that revealed (among other things) he had been falsifying his locations all along, Tomalin and Hall paint an unforgettable, haunting portrait of a complex, deeply troubled man and his final fateful journey.
Author: James W. Graham Publisher: ForeEdge ISBN: 1611684110 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 293
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To truly understand the dynamics and magic of the Kennedy family, one must understand their passion for sailing and the sea. Many families sail together, but the Kennedys' relationship with Victura, the 25-foot sloop purchased in 1932, stands apart. Throughout their brief lives, Joe Jr., Jack, and Bobby spent many hours racing Victura. Lack of effort in a race by one of his sons could infuriate Joseph P. Kennedy, and Joe Jr. and Jack ranked among the best collegiate sailors in New England. Likewise, Eunice emerged as a gifted sailor and fierce competitor, the equal of any of her brothers. The Kennedys believed that Jack's experience sailing Victura helped him survive the sinking of his PT boat during World War II. In the 1950s, glossy Life magazine photos of Jack and Jackie on Victura's bow helped define the winning Kennedy brand. Jack doodled sketches of Victura during Oval Office meetings, and it's probable that his love of seafaring played a role in his 1961 decision to put a man on the moon, an enterprise he referred to as "spacefaring." Ted loved Victura as much as any of his siblings did and, with his own children and the children of his lost brothers as crew, he sailed into his old age: past the shoals of an ebbing career, and into his eventual role as the "Lion of the Senate." In Victura, James W. Graham charts the progress of America's signature twentieth-century family dynasty in a narrative both stunningly original and deeply gripping. This true tale of one small sailboat is an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the great story of the Kennedys.
Author: Michael Cosgrove Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1620873516 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 373
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Michael Cosgrove had a beautiful family, a successful career, and a lovely Southern California home overlooking the Pacific Ocean. At the age sixty, he decided to leave that all behind to sail around the world. In spite of his romanticized vision of rugged individualism and salty tales to share with his grandchildren, Cosgrove quickly realizes that sailing around the world isn’t going to be as easy as he’d imagined. From a psychotic crewmate, sleep deprivation, and mental breakdowns, to stormy weather and hallucinations, Cosgrove rides the waves, holding on as best he can to his dream of “doing something grand.” Alone, and thousands of miles away from everyone and everything he loves, he is forced to ask himself one question: what in God’s name am I doing here? In his attempt to avoid the inevitable (growing old, weak, frail), Cosgrove runs amok. He breaks his budget to outfit the boat and then refuses to read the manuals. He enters unfamiliar harbors in the dead of night, hires a violent first mate, and sails headlong into ferocious storms. In the midst of his adventures, he longs for the simpler days when his four daughters were still children, when his first marriage was still intact, and when his future still seemed bright and expansive. Though driven by scenes of sheer terror, absurd folly, and deep inner searching, Cosgrove keeps his sense of humor throughout his harrowing journey. Imperfect Passage is the story of one man’s perseverance against Father Time and Mother Nature, proving that with enough will, one can, in his or her own way, conquer the unconquerable. Michael Cosgrove will be donating a portion of his profits to the Navy Special Warfare Family Foundation.
Author: John A. Butler Publisher: Potomac Books ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 312
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This book recounts the colorful history of the U.S. merchant fleet in times of war and peace, from 1776 to the present. Twice in U.S. history, the American maritime fleet grew to become one of the most powerful in the world, only to decline thereafter. The author includes accounts of little-noted innovations that had long-lasting effects, daring ocean rescues, sea battles, and financial gambles that won or lost fortunes.
Author: Mark Morrison
Author: Mark Morrison
Author: Michael Moorcock
Author: William Benedetto
Author: Michael M. Lewis
Author: James Baldwin
Author: Jonathan Raban
Author: Nicholas Tomalin
Author: James W. Graham
Author: Michael Cosgrove
Author: John A. Butler