Invasion Of The Sea

Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780819565587

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Invasion of the Sea by Jules Verne Pdf

First English edition of a classic Verne novel. Jules Verne, celebrated French author of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in 80 Days, wrote over 60 novels collected in the popular series "Voyages Extraordinaires." A handful of these have never been translated into English, including Invasion of the Sea, written in 1904 when large-scale canal digging was very much a part of the political, economic, and military strategy of the world's imperial powers. Instead of linking two seas, as existing canals (the Suez and the Panama) did, Verne proposed a canal that would create a sea in the heart of the Sahara Desert. The story raises a host of concerns — environmental, cultural, and political. The proposed sea threatens the nomadic way of life of those Islamic tribes living on the site, and they declare war. The ensuing struggle is finally resolved only by a cataclysmic natural event. This Wesleyan edition features notes, appendices and an introduction by Verne scholar Arthur B. Evans, as well as reproductions of the illustrations from the original French edition.

Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2007-03-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780819574602

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Invasion of the Sea by Jules Verne Pdf

First English edition of a classic Verne novel. Jules Verne, celebrated French author of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in 80 Days, wrote over 60 novels collected in the popular series "Voyages Extraordinaires." A handful of these have never been translated into English, including Invasion of the Sea, written in 1904 when large-scale canal digging was very much a part of the political, economic, and military strategy of the world's imperial powers. Instead of linking two seas, as existing canals (the Suez and the Panama) did, Verne proposed a canal that would create a sea in the heart of the Sahara Desert. The story raises a host of concerns — environmental, cultural, and political. The proposed sea threatens the nomadic way of life of those Islamic tribes living on the site, and they declare war. The ensuing struggle is finally resolved only by a cataclysmic natural event. This Wesleyan edition features notes, appendices and an introduction by Verne scholar Arthur B. Evans, as well as reproductions of the illustrations from the original French edition.

Author : Jules Verne,Adam Fethi,Hédi Thabèt
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781326195762

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Invasion Of The Sea by Jules Verne,Adam Fethi,Hédi Thabèt Pdf

Invasion of the Sea is a novel written by Jules Verne and translated from French to the Arabic by Adam Fethi & Hédi Thabèt, published by Moment Digibooks Limited.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781481435468

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Rabbid of the Sea by Anonim Pdf

A skill-building reader based on a popular episode finds the Rabbids wreaking havoc at the beach, where they model starfish, make a hat out of an angry octopus and more. Simultaneous and eBook. TV tie-in.

Author : Roger Crowley
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2009-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812977646

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Empires of the Sea by Roger Crowley Pdf

In 1521, Suleiman the Magnificent, Muslim ruler of the Ottoman Empire, dispatched an invasion fleet to the Christian island of Rhodes. This would prove to be the opening shot in an epic clash between rival empires and faiths for control of the Mediterranean and the center of the world. In Empires of the Sea, acclaimed historian Roger Crowley has written a thrilling account of this brutal decades-long battle between Christendom and Islam for the soul of Europe, a fast-paced tale of spiraling intensity that ranges from Istanbul to the Gates of Gibraltar. Crowley conjures up a wild cast of pirates, crusaders, and religious warriors struggling for supremacy and survival in a tale of slavery and galley warfare, desperate bravery and utter brutality. Empires of the Sea is a story of extraordinary color and incident, and provides a crucial context for our own clash of civilizations.

Author : Tom McGowen
Publisher : Lerner Publications
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0761318119

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Assault from the Sea by Tom McGowen Pdf

Outlines the history and development of troop carrier ships and amphibious vehicles, and describes how landing forces were used in some of the major battles of the twentieth century.

Author : Leo McKinstry
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781468311129

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Operation Sea Lion by Leo McKinstry Pdf

This “immaculately researched and compellingly written” WWII history sheds new light on Britain’s critical victory against Nazi invasion (The New Criterion). In the summer of 1940, the Nazi war machine was at its zenith. France, Denmark, Norway, and the Low Countries were all under occupation. Only Britain stood in the way of the complete triumph, and Hitler planned a two-pronged offensive?a blistering aerial bombardment followed by a land invasion?to subdue his final enemy. But for the first time in the war, Hitler did not prevail. As Leo McKinstry details in this fascinating new history, the British were far more ruthless and proficient than is usually recognized. The brilliance of the RAF in the Battle of Britain was not an exception but part of a pattern of magnificent organization that thwarted Hitler’s armies at every turn. Using a wealth of archival and primary source materials, Leo McKinstry provides a groundbreaking new assessment of the six fateful months in mid-1940 when Operation Sea Lion was all that stood between the Nazis and total victory.

Author : Henri J. Dumont,Tamara A. Shiganova,Ulrich Niermann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2004-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 140201869X

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Aquatic Invasions in the Black, Caspian, and Mediterranean Seas by Henri J. Dumont,Tamara A. Shiganova,Ulrich Niermann Pdf

The Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian Seas, the rivers and canals that connect them, and the enormous volume of shipping in the region, represent a conduit for aquatic invasion, whose consequences are only now beginning to be understood. This book provides an up-to-date overview of jelly invasions in the Ponto-Caspian which have affected local ecosystems since the early 1980s, contrasting that with other biological invasions, in search of underlying principles.

Author : Eric H. Cline
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691168388

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1177 B.C. by Eric H. Cline Pdf

A bold reassessment of what caused the Late Bronze Age collapse In 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the "Sea Peoples" invaded Egypt. The pharaoh's army and navy managed to defeat them, but the victory so weakened Egypt that it soon slid into decline, as did most of the surrounding civilizations. After centuries of brilliance, the civilized world of the Bronze Age came to an abrupt and cataclysmic end. Kingdoms fell like dominoes over the course of just a few decades. No more Minoans or Mycenaeans. No more Trojans, Hittites, or Babylonians. The thriving economy and cultures of the late second millennium B.C., which had stretched from Greece to Egypt and Mesopotamia, suddenly ceased to exist, along with writing systems, technology, and monumental architecture. But the Sea Peoples alone could not have caused such widespread breakdown. How did it happen? In this major new account of the causes of this "First Dark Ages," Eric Cline tells the gripping story of how the end was brought about by multiple interconnected failures, ranging from invasion and revolt to earthquakes, drought, and the cutting of international trade routes. Bringing to life the vibrant multicultural world of these great civilizations, he draws a sweeping panorama of the empires and globalized peoples of the Late Bronze Age and shows that it was their very interdependence that hastened their dramatic collapse and ushered in a dark age that lasted centuries. A compelling combination of narrative and the latest scholarship, 1177 B.C. sheds new light on the complex ties that gave rise to, and ultimately destroyed, the flourishing civilizations of the Late Bronze Age—and that set the stage for the emergence of classical Greece.

Author : Cory Brant
Publisher : University of Michigan Regional
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 9780472131563

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Great Lakes Sea Lamprey by Cory Brant Pdf

A captivating look at an ecological terror and the cooperative effort that brought the Great Lakes back from the brink

Author : Michel Verne
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 9 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781776672011

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An Express of the Future by Michel Verne Pdf

Though originally attributed to his father, Jules Verne, due to an error on the part of the publisher, the short tale "An Express of the Future" was actually penned by Jules Verne's often-estranged son, Michel. The story is remarkable in its prescient description of future technologies, such as pneumatic tubes.

Author : Caroline Menzies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Children's stories, New Zealand
ISBN : 0958273804

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Sea Invasion by Caroline Menzies Pdf

Author : Henri J. Dumont,Tamara A. Shiganova,Ulrich Niermann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2006-04-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402021527

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Aquatic Invasions in the Black, Caspian, and Mediterranean Seas by Henri J. Dumont,Tamara A. Shiganova,Ulrich Niermann Pdf

The Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian Seas, the rivers and canals that connect them, and the enormous volume of shipping in the region, represent a conduit for aquatic invasion, whose consequences are only now beginning to be understood. This book provides an up-to-date overview of jelly invasions in the Ponto-Caspian which have affected local ecosystems since the early 1980s, contrasting that with other biological invasions, in search of underlying principles.

Author : David Weber,John Ringo
Publisher : Baen Books
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2001-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780671318260

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March to the Sea by David Weber,John Ringo Pdf

In this thrilling sequel to "March Upcountry", Prince Roger MacClintock and his Royal Marines are stranded on a barbaric world and their only hope for escape is to take over an enemy-held spaceport.

Author : Stephen Wentworth Roskill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 820 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : UOM:39015051854126

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The War at Sea, 1939-1945: The defensive by Stephen Wentworth Roskill Pdf