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Author: Edward H. Schafer Publisher: ISBN: 9781891640520 Category : Chinese literature Languages : en Pages : 0
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Tells of the early history of the island annexed in 111 BC by China, a source of pearls, incense, and precious metals for the court, today strategically important as China's southernmost point.
Author: Edward H. Schafer Publisher: ISBN: 9781891640520 Category : Chinese literature Languages : en Pages : 0
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Tells of the early history of the island annexed in 111 BC by China, a source of pearls, incense, and precious metals for the court, today strategically important as China's southernmost point.
Author: Tori Murden McClure Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0061718866 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 308
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"In the end," writes Tori McClure, "I know I rowed across the Atlantic to find my heart, but in the beginning, I wasn't aware that it was missing." During June 1998, Tori McClure set out to row across the Atlantic Ocean by herself in a twenty-three-foot plywood boat with no motor or sail. Within days she lost all communication with shore, but nevertheless she decided to keep going. Not only did she lose the sound of a friendly voice, she lost updates on the location of the Gulf Stream and on the weather. Unfortunately for Tori, 1998 is still on record as the worst hurricane season in the North Atlantic. In deep solitude and perilous conditions, she was nonetheless determined to prove what one person with a mission can do. When she was finally brought to her knees by a series of violent storms that nearly killed her, she had to signal for help and go home in what felt like complete disgrace. Back in Kentucky, however, Tori's life began to change in unexpected ways. She fell in love. At the age of thirty-five, she embarked on a serious relationship for the first time, making her feel even more vulnerable than sitting alone in a tiny boat in the middle of the Atlantic. She went to work for Muhammad Ali, who told her that she did not want to be known as the woman who "almost" rowed across the Atlantic Ocean. And she knew that he was right. In this thrilling story of high adventure and romantic quest, Tori McClure discovers through her favorite way—the hard way—that the most important thing in life is not to prove you are superhuman but to fully to embrace your own humanity. With a wry sense of humor and a strong voice, she gives us a true memoir of an explorer who maps her world with rare emotional honesty.
Author: Mike Blakely Publisher: Forge Books ISBN: 1466820047 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 229
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Ben Crowell remembers the Great Caddo Lake Pearl Rush of 1874. He was fourteen that year, and his home, the riverboat community of Port Caddo, was dying. By the end of the summer, the pearl boom was over, Port Caddo was doomed, and the mystery over who killed Judd Kelso began. It took Ben forty years to solve the mystery, and once he did, the proof came only for him to witness. He is the only living soul who will know what happened that September night in 1874. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author: Edward H. Schafer
Author: Edward H. Schafer
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Author: Mike Blakely