August Gale

Author : Gerald Hallowell
Publisher : Nimbus Publishing (CN)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 1771080469

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The August Gales by Gerald Hallowell Pdf

Three different fishing communities, three different countries, but in their pursuit of fish on the banks they would have much in common, including the terrors of the North Atlantic storms. The August Gales is a richly detailed history of the banks fishery, the perils of the North Atlantic, and more specifically, the three powerful, and ultimately deadly, August storms that devastated not only an industry, but entire communities. The great gale of 1873, which struck near the eastern mainland of Nova Scotia, was only a prelude to the gales of 1926 and 1927, which brought unthinkable grief to the towns of Lunenburg and Gloucester as well as the island of Newfoundland. (On one fateful day, a woman in the village of Blue Rocks, near Lunenburg, lost her husband, two of his brothers, and three of her own brothers.) Impeccably researched and with over 40 black and white images, The August Gales is a fascinating and at times moving account of the schooners that made their living, and met their end, in the famed North Atlantic gales.

Author : Barbara Walsh
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780762777099

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August Gale by Barbara Walsh Pdf

An award-winning journalist’s voyage into her family history and her quest to face the storms she encounters there. In August Gale, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Barbara Walsh—who has interviewed killers, bad cops, and crooked politicians in the course of her career—faces the most challenging story of her lifetime: asking her father about his childhood pain. In the process, she takes us on two heartrending odysseys: one into a deadly Newfoundland hurricane and the lives of schooner fishermen who relied on God and the wind to carry them home; the other, into a squall stirred by a man with many secrets: a grandfather who remained a mystery until long after his death. Sixty-eight years after the hurricane that claimed several of her ancestors, Walsh searches for memories of the August gale and the grandfather who abandoned her dad as a young boy. Together, she and her father journey to Newfoundland to learn about the 1935 storm, and along the way her dad begins to talk about the man he cannot forgive. As she recreates the scenes of the violent hurricane and a small boy's tender past, she holds onto a hidden desire: to heal her father and redeem the grandfather she has never met.

Author : Darrell Duke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1771172754

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Thursday's Storm by Darrell Duke Pdf

When the crew of the fishing schooner Annie Healy left their home port of Fox Harbour, Placentia Bay, on Wednesday, August 17, 1927, no one could have imagined what fate held in store for them. Times were hard in Newfoundland that year. On shore, wives of the crew were often worked to exhaustion, even more so while their men were at sea. Most had lost parents, siblings, or children to tuberculosis. Each family had at least one tragic story. But when a hurricane struck Placentia Bay on August 25 of that year, a tragedy unlike any they had lived through would unite these people in ways untold. Now, eighty-six years later, the full story of the ill-fated vessel and her crew is told for the first time. The closeness of the crew and their families, and how they worked together to ensure their little community survived, is relived through the memories of children of the crew, stories passed down from their mothers, and reports from the last men to see the schooner afloat.

Author : Steven Erikson
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 1284 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2008-03-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429925884

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Reaper's Gale by Steven Erikson Pdf

A brutal, harrowing chapter of the Malazan Book of the Fallen from best selling author Steven Erikson All is not well in the Letherii Empire. Rhulad Sengar, the Emperor of a Thousand Deaths, spirals into madness, surrounded by sycophants and agents of his Machiavellian chancellor. Meanwhile, the Letherii secret police conduct a campaign of terror against their own people. The Errant, once a farseeing god, is suddenly blind to the future. Conspiracies seethe throughout the palace, as the empire - driven by the corrupt and self-interested - edges ever-closer to all-out war with the neighboring kingdoms. The great Edur fleet--its warriors selected from countless numbers of people--draws closer. Amongst the warriors are Karsa Orlong and Icarium Lifestealer--each destined to cross blades with the emperor himself. That yet more blood is to be spilled is inevitable... Against this backdrop, a band of fugitives seek a way out of the empire, but one of them, Fear Sengar, must find the soul of Scabandari Bloodeye. It is his hope that the soul might help halt the Tiste Edur, and so save his brother, the emperor. Yet, traveling with them is Scabandari's most ancient foe: Silchas Ruin, brother of Anomander Rake. And his motives are anything but certain - for the wounds he carries on his back, made by the blades of Scabandari, are still fresh. Fate decrees that there is to be a reckoning, for such bloodshed cannot go unanswered--and it will be a reckoning on an unimaginable scale. This is a brutal, harrowing novel of war, intrigue and dark, uncontrollable magic; this is epic fantasy at its most imaginative, storytelling at its most thrilling. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Patrick Gale
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781472255556

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Kansas in August by Patrick Gale Pdf

Patrick Gale's KANSAS IN AUGUST is a witty, warm novel of childhood and abandonment 'Modern, excellent and sympathetic' Stephen Fry Musical-obsessed Hilary Metcalfe, abandoned by his lover Rufus on his birthday, gets drunk, discovers a baby and brings it home to his flat above a corner shop to provide comfort and company. Rufus, meanwhile, allows himself to be seduced by a frivolous young woman, who is actually Hilary's professional, high-powered sister, romancing under a pseudonym to escape the reality of her own loneliness. In this witty, bawdy slice of sex and lies, the trio will find themselves drawn together ever more tightly by the lures of hedonism, self-delusion and the inescapable desire to be needed.

Author : Rachel Caine
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2008-08-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781440631870

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Gale Force by Rachel Caine Pdf

Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin is on vacation when her Djinn lover, David, asks Joanne to marry him. She's thrilled to say yes, even if some others may be less than happy about it. Unfortunately, Joanne's pre-marital bliss is ended by a devastating earthquake in Florida. And she can't ask David and his kind for assistance. Because the cause of the quake is unlike anything Joanne has ever encountered-and a power even the Djinn cannot perceive.

Author : Alistair MacLeod
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010-12-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781551995465

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Island by Alistair MacLeod Pdf

Alistair MacLeod has been hailed internationally as a master of the short story. Now MacLeod’s collected stories, including two never before published, are gathered together for the first time in Island. These sixteen superbly crafted stories, most of them firmly based in Cape Breton even if its people stray elsewhere, depict men and women living out their lives against the haunting landscape that surrounds them. Focusing on the complexities and abiding mysteries at the heart of human relationships, MacLeod maps the close bonds and impassable chasms that lie between man and woman, parent and child, and invokes memory and myth to celebrate the continuity of the generations, even in the midst of unremitting change. Eloquent, humane, powerful, and told in a voice at once elegiac and life-affirming, the stories in this astonishing collection seize us from the outset and remain with us long after the final page.

Author : Tanya Huff
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780698173880

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The Future Falls by Tanya Huff Pdf

When Auntie Catherine warns the family of an approaching asteroid, the Gales scramble to keep humans from going the way of the dinosaurs. Fortunately for the world, they're wielding a guitar and a dragon. The Gale family can change the world with the charms they cast, which has caused some supernaturally complicated family shenanigans in the past. So when NASA and Doomsday Dan confirm Auntie Catherine's dire prediction, Charlotte "Charlie" Gale turns to the family for help. But Allie is unavailable because the universe seems determined to have her produce the seventh son of a seventh son of a seventh son of a Gale. And the Aunties can't help because they're tied to the earth – although they are happy to provide their delicious, trademark pies. And in the end, all Charlie has is a guitar... ...and Jack. The Dragon Prince, and a Sorcerer. But Charlie might like Jack just a little too much, and Jack might like Charlie a little too much in return. Actually, between Allie's hormones, the Aunties trying to force her and Jack into ritual, the Courts having way too much fun at the end of days, and Jack's sudden desire to sacrifice himself for the good of the many, Charlie's fairly certain that the asteroid is the least of her problems. The Gales are going to need more than pie to save the world from an incoming asteroid. But together there isn't anything they can't deal with – except possibly each other.

Author : Iain Gale
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780007283415

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Rules of War by Iain Gale Pdf

Jack Steel, first met in Man of Honour, is a splendid hero on a new and dangerous mission. Perfect for all fans of Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11522154

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Monthly Weather Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Darrell Duke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1771172762

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Thursday's Storm by Darrell Duke Pdf

When the crew of the fishing schooner Annie Healy left their home port of Fox Harbour, Placentia Bay, on Wednesday, August 17, 1927, no one could have imagined what fate held in store for them. Times were hard in Newfoundland that year. On shore, wives of the crew were often worked to exhaustion, even more so while their men were at sea. Most had lost parents, siblings, or children to tuberculosis. Each family had at least one tragic story. But when a hurricane struck Placentia Bay on August 25 of that year, a tragedy unlike any they had lived through would unite these people in ways untold. Now, eighty-six years later, the full story of the ill-fated vessel and her crew is told for the first time. The closeness of the crew and their families, and how they worked together to ensure their little community survived, is relived through the memories of children of the crew, stories passed down from their mothers, and reports from the last men to see the schooner afloat.

Author : Jerry Gale
Publisher : Beaver's Pond Press
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1643437895

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Swimming in Grandpa's Pool by Jerry Gale Pdf

In this swimming picture book, join Vera and her family for a day of summer fun in Grandpa's pool!

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:24503446690

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Transactions of the Seventh International Congress of Hygiene and Demography, London, August, 10th-17th, 1891 v. 3 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Iain Gale
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780007283477

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Man of Honour by Iain Gale Pdf

The first in a stunning new historical adventure series, perfect for all fans of Sharpe

Author : Emily Gale,Nova Weetman
Publisher : Text Publishing
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781925923988

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Elsewhere Girls by Emily Gale,Nova Weetman Pdf

An exciting collaboration from two of Australia’s favourite middle-grade authors.