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Author : Peter A. Huchthausen,Igor Kurdin,Robin A. White Publisher : Unknown Page : 492 pages File Size : 45,8 Mb Release : 1997 Category : History ISBN : 0786212152
Hostile Waters by Peter A. Huchthausen,Igor Kurdin,Robin A. White Pdf
The true story of the 1986 near-disaster that ocurred when an aging Soviet ballistic missile sub suffered a crippling accident, and came within moments of a nuclear meltdown off the American coast.
They are the ultimate unseen deterrent in modern warfare. Thousands of tons of steel, missiles, torpedoes, and men, lurking silently hundreds of feet underwater, able to lie off any coastline and unleash a devastating hail of destruction with pinpoint accuracy. They are the true masters of the oceans, bringing hostile military sea traffic to a standstill, striking swift and unseen, and slipping away in an instant, ready to do it all over again at a moment's notice. Edited by best-selling author Larry Bond, Crash Dive collects the best non-fiction excerpts about the mighty submarines and the crews that man them. From the tough Gato-class boats that harassed the Japanese Navy during World War II to the cat-and-mouse games played by U.S. and Soviet submarines during the Cold War, Crash Dive will take you inside the silent but deadly world of the military submarine. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Some places on Earth have very little rain. The Arctic and Antarctic are bitterly cold, and parts of the ocean have become devoid of oxygen. Yet Earth remains populated with varied plants and animals even in these horrible habitats! Readers are introduced to unique plants and animals that can exist in places most others can’t. Photographs show off the salt-loving mangrove trees, the incredibly hot Atacama Desert, and more in full color. These interesting examples engage readers with science content in a fun way that also exposes them to extreme places and creatures they might not otherwise learn about.
In 1986, off the coast of North Carolina, an ageing Soviet ballistic missile submarine suffered a catastrophic accident and came within moments of melting down. This is the story of the sixty young Soviet men who fought, and sacrificed their lives, to save their submarine and illustrates how close the world came to Armageddon.
Drawing upon twenty-five years of professional work as a water engineer, negotiator, and commentator, Mark Zeitoun provides a unique insider's account of our complex relationship with water. He explains how un-checked assumptions about water mix with political and economic systems to create an insatiable and ruinous thirst for ever more water. He shows how we use water to lethal effect in wars, and demolish drinking-water systems with wanton disregard. He questions why we transform the most majestic of rivers into canals which spark international conflict and challenge our capacity for preventative diplomacy. The answers reflect more about our society than we might care to admit. If we are to restore water's inner grace, Zeitoun argues, we should worry not so much about 'saving' water, but about what we do with it when it's in our hands. Reflections draws upon the author's decades of experience teaching and communicating complex water issues, and replaces widely held myths with new concepts from around the globe. He brings attention to the dissonance between how we see and feel about water and what we do with it, calling upon readers to develop an informed ethos of water that reflects the restorative nature of this essential resource.
Deep-water coral reefs are found along large sections of the outer continental shelves and slopes of Europe, from North Cape to the Gulf of Cadiz, and because they also occur along the Atlantic seaboard of USA, the Gulf of Mexico, off Brazil, in the Mediterranean, and off New Zealand, they are currently being targeted by international groups of marine scientists. They have become popular and opportune deep-water research targets because they offer exciting frontier exploration, combined with a whole plethora of modern scientific methods, such as deep-sea drilling, sampling, remote control surveying and documentation. Furthermore they represent timely opportunities for further developments within the application of geochemistry, stable isotope research, bacterial sciences, including DNA-sequestering, and medical research (search for bioactive compounds). The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) has arranged a deep-sea scientific drilling campaign on giant carbonate banks off Ireland. Because the reefs currently defy traditional marine-ecological theories, they represent future research opportunities and will enjoy scientific scrutiny for many years to come.
Proceedings at the Semi-annual Meeting of the American Oriental Society by American Oriental Society Pdf
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The Darkness is Coming The last hope for mankind is the underwater stronghold of pacifica. Now a ship that is critical to Pacifica's future has gone missing. Captain Jay McNair is given the task of finding that ship at any cost Unseen forces conspire to impede his mission at every turn. The seas of Pacifica have turned into Hostile Waters
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Are there Old Testament roots of the veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary? Margaret Barker traces the roots of the devotion to Mary as Mother of the Lord back to the Old Testament and the first temple in Jerusalem. The evidence is consistent over more than a millennium: there had been a female deity in Israel, the Mother figure in the Royal cult, who had been abandoned about 600BCE. She was almost written out of the Hebrew text, almost excluded from the canon. This first of two volumes traces the history of the Lady in the Temple, and looks forward to the second volume in which Barker will show how the Lady of the Temple is reclaimed in the advent of Christianity, and becomes the Lady in the Church. The result is breathtaking, and like all Barker's work, is impossible to put down.
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