Going Ashore

Author : Mavis Gallant
Publisher : Emblem Editions
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781551993669

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Going Ashore by Mavis Gallant Pdf

One of the world’s great short story writers emerges with a selection of stories from her past, a trove of hidden treasures. Mavis Gallant moved from Montreal to Paris in 1950 to write short stories for a living. Since then she has continued to write, producing a remarkable body of work. In 1993, Robertson Davies said, “She has written many short stories. My calculation suggests that she has written in this form at least the equivalent of twenty novels.” Many of her stories have been anthologized, notably in the 1996 classic Selected Stories, from which hundreds of pages had to be cut for reasons of length. These “embarrassment of riches” are restored in this collection, along with many other neglected treasures from her past. Arranged in the order in which they appeared, they shed light on people living through most of the second half of the twentieth century. More important, they show one of the greatest short story writers of our time at work, delineating a series of worlds with dramatic flair, dazzlingly precise language, a wicked wit, and a vivid understanding of the human condition.

Author : American Sailing,Lisa & Andy Batchelor
Publisher : American Sailing
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781733162845

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Going Ashore Made Easy by American Sailing,Lisa & Andy Batchelor Pdf

Any boater will tell you that sometimes getting ashore on a dinghy can be an adventure. Reading this book will help you stay safe and have fun as you use your dinghy to connect with land and other vessels. Going Ashore Made Easy is also appropriate for anyone entering the market for a new dinghy and outboard as a standalone vessel for recreation or transportation, or as a tender to a larger boat. It is the most comprehensive and up-to-date book on the topic; in fact, it may be the only book to help a prospective buyer negotiate the variety of choices available. This book will help novice and seasoned dinghy operators to safely rig, operate, transport and maintain their investment, and to employ the craft for a wide variety of useful and purely fun activities – perhaps more than you ever imagined. Given the breadth of information on outboard motors, this book is valuable to any mariner who uses an outboard motor to propel their sailboat or powerboat.

Author : Catherine Gildiner
Publisher : ECW Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781770906334

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Coming Ashore by Catherine Gildiner Pdf

The third and final volume in the spirited and witty memoir series. Picking up her story in the late '60s at age 21, Cathy Gildiner whisks the reader through five years and three countries, beginning when she is a poetry student at Oxford. Her education extended beyond the classroom to London's swinging Carnaby Street, the mountains of Wales, and a posh country estate. After Oxford, Cathy returns to Cleveland, Ohio, which was still reeling from the Hough Ghetto Riots. Not one to shy away from a challenge, she teaches at a high school where police escort teachers through the parking lot. There, she tries to engage apathetic students and tussles with the education authorities. In 1970, Cathy moves to Canada. While studying literature at the University of Toronto, she rooms with members of the FLQ (Quebec separatists) and then with one of the biggest drug dealers in Canada. Along the way, she falls in love with the man who eventually became her husband and embarks on a new career in psychology. Coming Ashore brings readers back to a fascinating era populated by lively characters, but most memorable of all is the singular Cathy McClure. The BackLit bonus content includes a reader’s guide, Q&A with the author, and more.

Author : Great Britain. Board of Trade
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1933
Category : Merchant marine
ISBN : MINN:319510015714007

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The 1931 International Code of Signals by Great Britain. Board of Trade Pdf

Author : Kelly Crull
Publisher : Millbrook Press TM
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781728466866

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Washed Ashore by Kelly Crull Pdf

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Every day, we use plastic products. And where do these items go when we are done with them? When artist Angela Haseltine Pozzi found plastic trash polluting the beach near her home, she took action. She formed an organization called Washed Ashore and started gathering trash from beaches and using it to create incredible sculptures of wildlife. These sculptures travel the country to teach people about the importance of these animals—and the problems caused by plastic pollution. Author and photographer Kelly Crull highlights fourteen spectacular sculptures, along with hints to find common objects hidden among the debris. There’s information about each ocean animal as well as tips for how you can reduce your plastic use, hold a beach cleanup and make your own plastic art. Be inspired to get creative in protecting the world’s oceans!

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1486 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11682915

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House documents by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Marine Corps,William Marshall Miller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OSU:32435020270740

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A Chronology of the United States Marine Corps by United States. Marine Corps,William Marshall Miller Pdf

Author : Catherine Gildiner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Lewiston (N.Y.)
ISBN : 1550223968

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Too Close to the Falls by Catherine Gildiner Pdf

The author shares her memories that are by turns hilarious and deeply moving about growing up in the 1950s in Lewiston, New York, a small town near Niagara Falls. As a four-year old, she could read road maps, and made deliveries for her father's pharmacy, including sleeping pills to Marilyn Monroe while she was in town filming "Niagara." Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Author : Arthur Hall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590454236

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'I will', or, The boy that would go to sea by Arthur Hall Pdf

Author : Carl Zimmer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1999-09-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780684856230

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At the Water's Edge by Carl Zimmer Pdf

Everybody Out of the Pond At the Water's Edge will change the way you think about your place in the world. The awesome journey of life's transformation from the first microbes 4 billion years ago to Homo sapiens today is an epic that we are only now beginning to grasp. Magnificent and bizarre, it is the story of how we got here, what we left behind, and what we brought with us. We all know about evolution, but it still seems absurd that our ancestors were fish. Darwin's idea of natural selection was the key to solving generation-to-generation evolution -- microevolution -- but it could only point us toward a complete explanation, still to come, of the engines of macroevolution, the transformation of body shapes across millions of years. Now, drawing on the latest fossil discoveries and breakthrough scientific analysis, Carl Zimmer reveals how macroevolution works. Escorting us along the trail of discovery up to the current dramatic research in paleontology, ecology, genetics, and embryology, Zimmer shows how scientists today are unveiling the secrets of life that biologists struggled with two centuries ago. In this book, you will find a dazzling, brash literary talent and a rigorous scientific sensibility gracefully brought together. Carl Zimmer provides a comprehensive, lucid, and authoritative answer to the mystery of how nature actually made itself.

Author : Mollie Hunter
Publisher : Floris Books
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-20
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781782500865

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A Stranger Came Ashore by Mollie Hunter Pdf

When Finn Learson staggers out of a stormy sea into a village on the Shetland Isles, he brings a secret with him. While the other villagers are enchanted by the stranger, Robbie suspects he's hiding something. Haunted by tales of the Selkie Folk, Robbie sees the clues everywhere -- the strange coin, the missing ship, Finn's love for Robbie's sister and her golden hair. But can Robbie convince the others in time to save his sister?

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1408 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Judges
ISBN : NYPL:33433065602900

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The Federal Cases by Anonim Pdf

Author : Norman Macleod,Donald Macleod,Hartley Aspden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 992 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556000746487

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Good Words and Sunday Magazine by Norman Macleod,Donald Macleod,Hartley Aspden Pdf

Author : Henry Mills Alden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 836 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1867
Category : American literature
ISBN : WISC:89008358046

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Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden Pdf

Harper's informs a diverse body of readers of cultural, business, political, literary and scientific affairs.

Author : United States. Circuit Court (1st Circuit),Nathan Clifford,William Henry Clifford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
ISBN : STANFORD:36105063888957

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Reports of Cases Determined in the Circuit Court of the United States for the First Circuit, from April Term, 1858, to [May Term, 1878] ... by Hon. Nathan Clifford ... William Henry Clifford ... Reporter ... by United States. Circuit Court (1st Circuit),Nathan Clifford,William Henry Clifford Pdf