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Author: Harry Couper Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1514495104 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 195
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Ambon in Indonesia is the finishing point for the annual Darwin to Ambon International Yacht Race. Magpie was nominated for two consecutive years to participate in the handicap cruising class. The second time Magpie raced to Ambon, it was decided that the return journey would not be back to Darwin but rather down the east coast of Australia to Adelaide, South Australia. This was an adventure that took seven months to complete and included hitting reefs, visiting many of the islands of the Great Barrier Reef, close encounters with wildlife, and many other exciting events. During a stopover at Black Head, the bottom of New South Wales, we heard the mayday call for the yacht Gypsy Moth V, aground on the rocks at Gabo Island. Crossing the notorious Bass Strait turned out to be a not as fearsome as expected as the seas were calm, and we were able to see quite clearly the many offshore oil rigs. Explanations of observed phenomena is explained in detail to give the reader as much information as possible.
Author: Harry Couper Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1514495104 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 195
Book Description
Ambon in Indonesia is the finishing point for the annual Darwin to Ambon International Yacht Race. Magpie was nominated for two consecutive years to participate in the handicap cruising class. The second time Magpie raced to Ambon, it was decided that the return journey would not be back to Darwin but rather down the east coast of Australia to Adelaide, South Australia. This was an adventure that took seven months to complete and included hitting reefs, visiting many of the islands of the Great Barrier Reef, close encounters with wildlife, and many other exciting events. During a stopover at Black Head, the bottom of New South Wales, we heard the mayday call for the yacht Gypsy Moth V, aground on the rocks at Gabo Island. Crossing the notorious Bass Strait turned out to be a not as fearsome as expected as the seas were calm, and we were able to see quite clearly the many offshore oil rigs. Explanations of observed phenomena is explained in detail to give the reader as much information as possible.
Author: Alexander B. Dolitsky Publisher: ISBN: Category : Itelmens Languages : en Pages : 248
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This volume is a translation of ninety-five Kerek, Koryak, and Itelmen tales collected as oral narratives in their original languages and translated into Russian and later into English. These tales along with 111 other tales appeared in the Russian book "Skazki i mify narodov Chukotki i Kamchatki" ("Fairy tales and myths of the people of Chukotka and Kamchatka") compiled by Georgiy Menovshchikov and edited by Eleazar Meletinsky published in 1974. This collection, which includes a glossary, will interest those fond of oral folk creations as well as specialists of comparative-typological research in anthropology.
Author: Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 9004186719 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 495
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The conviction that Nature was God's second revelation played a crucial role in early modern Dutch culture. This book offers a fascinating account on how Dutch intellectuals contemplated, investigated, represented and collected natural objects, and how the notion of the 'Book of Nature' was transformed.
Author: John Bennett Publisher: AGPS ISBN: 9780644352307 Category : World War, 1914-1918 Languages : en Pages : 431
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This history tells of the formation of No 2 Squadron formed in Egypt in 1916 as part of the Australian Flying Corps, its service during WWI as a fighter unit on the Western front, its later disbandment, and reformation in 1937, and its operation in the Pacific during WWII. Also describes its involvement in Malaya and Vietnam before its disbandment in 1982. Copiously illustrated. Includes a bibliography and an index. The author is a former squadron leader, and now serves in Canberra as a staff officer for F-111 operational requirements.
Author: James A. Jobling Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1408133261 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 433
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A comprehensive dictionary of the meaning and derivation of scientific bird names. Many scientific bird names describe a bird's habits, habitat, distribution or a plumage feature, while others are named after their discoverers or in honour of prominent ornithologists. This extraordinary work of reference lists the generic and specific name for almost every species of bird in the world and gives its meaning and derivation. In the case of eponyms brief biographical details are provided for each of the personalities commemorated in the scientific names. This fascinating book is an outstanding source of information which will both educate and inform, and may even help to understand birds better.
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The most enjoyable, glamorous and gripping of all 19th-century autobiographies - a tumultuous account of France hit by wave after wave of revolutions Memoirs from Beyond the Tomb is the greatest and most influential of all French autobiographies - an extraordinary, highly entertaining account of a uniquely adventurous and frenzied life. Chateaubriand gives a superb narrative of the major events of his life - which spanned the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Era and the uneasy period that led up to the Revolution of 1830.
Author: Frazer Publisher: Legare Street Press ISBN: 9781017321944 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 0
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