Sailmaker Plus

Author : David Thomas
Publisher : Hodder Gibson
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781510468252

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Scottish Set Text Guide: Sailmaker for National 5 English by David Thomas Pdf

Exam Board: SQA Level: National 5 and Higher Subject: English First teaching: September 2017 (N5) / September 2018 (Higher) First exams: Summer 2018 (N5) / Summer 2019 (Higher) Understand, analyse, evaluate, succeed. This study and revision guide takes you through every aspect of The Cone-Gatherers, with exam advice for the National 5 and Higher English Critical Reading papers. Fully up to date with SQA's latest exam requirements, this book is written by an expert who knows what exam success looks like. b” Develop understanding of plot, structure, characterisation, themes and language. /bClear explanations and detailed commentary are supported by definitions of key terms and unfamiliar wordsbrbrb” Build critical and analytical skills. /bStudents are encouraged to think more deeply about the text and consider the writers' ideas, choices and techniquesbrbrb” Receive advice on the Scottish Texts section of the exam. /bSample questions with model answers and examiner-style commentary are supported by additional practice questions for students to dobrbrb” Prepare for the Critical Essay section of the exam. /bWith tips and examples for planning, structuring and writing a top-grade essay, plus practice essay questions for students to answerbrbrb” Remember key quotations.

Author : Alan Spence,Jane Cooper
Publisher : Hodder Education
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 034097303X

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Sailmaker Plus by Alan Spence,Jane Cooper Pdf

Exam Board: SQA Level: National 5 Subject: English First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: June 2016 Sailmaker Plus offers the full text of the widely popular drama text, Sailmaker, by award-winning writer Alan Spence, which is a set text for National 5 English. It also provides an introduction by the author outlining his motives in writing it, and a wide range of background material by Jane Cooper, offering a historical perspective and detailed support for students who wish to write about the play in literary contexts, especially for examination purposes. Although suitable for a broad range of students, the play is likely to be particularly suitable for study at National 5 English.

Author : Patrick M. Royce
Publisher : ProStar Publications
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1993-04
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 091128401X

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Royce's Sailing Illustrated Course by Patrick M. Royce Pdf

Author : Bernard Moitessier
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781493042814

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A Sea Vagabond's World by Bernard Moitessier Pdf

"I would like now to write a practical book that will cover three topics: boats, the sea, and the beachcombing life." These were the thought of Bernard Moitessier after he finished writing his last book, Tamata and the Alliance, while in Polynesia. The great master died in 1994 and never completed the book, but here it is, meticulously collected from hus many writings, published and unpublished, by his companion Véronique Lerebours Pigeonnière. Moitessier's notebooks include all the know-how and the 1001 tips of this legendary sailor, the knowledge he acquired on the water, in meeting with sailors, during long passages, and during his many years living on various islands. The first part of the book details how to prepare for an extensive cruise, what kind of boat to choose, the rigging, the sails, the anchors, on deck and below deck. The second part describes the passage: the weather, navigation, watch-keeping, and heavy weather. In the third part, Moitessier takes us to the South Sea islands and shows how to adapt to living on an atoll, gardening, fishing and attaining self-sufficiency.

Author : Anna Gill
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781456742843

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The Sailmaker's Palm by Anna Gill Pdf

Inside New York's Elite Society, Fiona and John Briggs are royalty. Fiona is young, beautiful and famous for her watercolors of the Chesapeake marshes. John is the Wall Street kingpin who is brilliant, distinguished and has a flair of life. He is the sole heir to the Briggs fortune and he and his mother, Lenny, New York socialite extraordinaire, have been waiting ten years for Fiona to produce the one possession they want to more than anything- a child to carry on their legacy. Fiona has endured their endless emotional assaults about a child that can never be and in her attempt to escape from John's endless love affairs and horrendous fits of rage she has met and fallen hopelessly in love with another man.

Author : Dewey Lambdin
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1429912391

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King, Ship, and Sword by Dewey Lambdin Pdf

THE SIXTEENTH TALE IN DEWEY LAMBDIN'S CLASSIC NAVAL ADVENTURE SERIES December 1801. The Peace of Amiens end the long war with Napoleon Bonaparte's France, but Captain Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, is appalled by its consequences. First, he's been in the Navy since 1780 (most unwillingly, most of the time!) and at sea for the better part of nine years, since 1793, so what is a dashing and successful frigate captain to do with himself, if he's ashore on half-pay, and if so, for how long? Second, and even worse, is where will Lewrie twiddle his thumbs and be bored to death until the war begins again, as he's sure it will? Will he idle in expensive, exciting London, or go home to his rented farm in Anglesgreen in Surrey, and rejoin his wife and in-laws who (mostly) despise him like the Devil hates Holy Water, where he knows as much of agriculture and animal husbandry as his two pet cats do of celestial navigation? Peace and domesticity are hellish-hard on the rakehells! Yet by the spring of 1802, Lewrie and his Caroline have somewhat reconciled (again) and are off to make a go of a second honeymoon – in Paris, France, of all places! But Lewrie's notion to return the swords captured from deceased French officers to their kinfolk gets turned into a formal presentation at a levee in the Tuileries, and a face-to-face rencontre with the First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte. Lewrie can't help spurring him into a "kick-furniture" rage, and he and Caroline must flee for their lives, with aid from the most unlikely source imaginable. When war breaks out again in May of 1803, Lewrie has fresh orders, a new frigate, and a chance to punish and pursue the French, but it's no longer for Duty or King and Country – now it's personal!

Author : Benerson Little
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 527 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781597973250

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The Sea Rover's Practice by Benerson Little Pdf

. . . .rich in colourful detail, and displays impressive knowledge of sailing and fighting skills. --Richard Hill, The Naval Review Accessible to both the general and the more scholarly reader, it will appeal not only to those with an interest in piracy and in maritime, naval, and military history, but also to mariners in general, tall-ship and ship-modeling enthusiasts, tacticians and military analysts, readers of historical fiction, writers, and the adventurer in all of us. To read of sea roving's various incarnations - piracy, privateering, buccaneering, la flibuste, la course - is to bring forth romantic, and often violent, imagery. Indeed, much of this imagery has become a literary and cinematic clich?. And what an image it is! But its truth is by halves, and paradoxically it is the picaresque imagery of Pyle, Wyeth, Sabatini, and Hollywood that is often closer to the reality, while the historical details of arms, tactics, and language are often inaccurate or entirely anachronistic. Successful sea rovers were careful practitioners of a complex profession that sought wealth by stratagem and force of arms. Drawn from the European tradition, yet of various races and nationalities, they raided both ship and town throughout much of the world from roughly 1630 until 1730. Using a variety of innovative tactics and often armed with little more than musket and grenade, many of these self-described "soldiers and privateers" successfully assaulted fortifications, attacked shipping from small craft, crossed the mountains and jungles of Panama, and even circumnavigated the globe. Successful sea rovers were often supreme seamen, soldiers, and above all, tacticians. It can be argued that their influence on certain naval tactics is felt even today. The Sea Rover's Practice is the only book that describes in exceptional detail the tactics of sea rovers of the period - how they actually sought out and attacked vessels and towns.

Author : Donald W. Hain
Publisher : Archway Publishing
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-28
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781480873087

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Radio-Controlled Sailboat Racing by Donald W. Hain Pdf

Tell someone you like to race radio-controlled model sailboats, and you might get a raised eyebrow or the usual question, is it propelled with a motor? But those folks have no clue what fun they are missing: This underappreciated sport can be enjoyed by the young and the old, the day sailor or the racer, the experienced sailor or the beginner. Donald W. Hain, who has skippered various types of sailboats, has been participating in the sport for years, and while this book focuses primarily on racing, it also contains useful information for the day sailor as well. Model sailing includes many subcategories of hobbies, so individuals can enjoy the parts of the sport that interest them the most. Whether you like building models at a workbench or kitchen table, designing sails, or the thrill of the actual race, the sport can be tremendously satisfying. This book guides you through every aspect of starting and excelling in radio-controlled sailboat racing, and whether you're a beginner or an experienced racer, you'll gain practical knowledge to boost your enjoyment of the sport.

Author : Alan Spence
Publisher : Hodder Education
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0340499990

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Sailmaker by Alan Spence Pdf

First performed by the Traverse Theater Club in Edinburgh, this play is imaginative, alive with its character's humour and optimism. It is also sad and haunting. Ideal for Standard Grade English, it will also appeal to all those who like Glaswegian dialogue.

Author : David C Skaggs,Gerard Altoff
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612512266

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A Signal Victory by David C Skaggs,Gerard Altoff Pdf

The Battle of Lake Erie on 10 September 1813 is considered by many to be the most important naval confrontation of the War of 1812. Made famous by the American fleet commander Oliver Hazard Perry's comment, "We have met the enemy and they are ours," the battle marked the U.S. Navy's first successful fleet action and was one of the rare occasions when the Royal Navy surrendered an entire squadron. This book draws on British, Canadian, and American documents to offer a totally impartial analysis of all sides of the struggle to control the lake. New diagrams of the battle are included that reflect the authors' modification of traditional positions of various vessels. The book also evaluates the strategic background and tactical conduct of the British and the Americans and the command leadership exercised by Perry and his British opponent, Commander Robert H. Barclay. Not since James Fenimore Cooper's 1843 book on the subject has the battle been examined in such detail, and not since Alfred Thayer Mahan's 1905 study of the war has there been such a significant reinterpretation of the engagement. First published in hardcover in 1997, the book is the winner of the North American Society for Oceanic History's John Lyman Book Award.

Author : Anthony Dalton
Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2005-11-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780760321706

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J/Boats by Anthony Dalton Pdf

In 1977, with a $20,000 investment and a speedy, garage-built sailboat, brothers Rod and Bob Johnstone launched the company that today dominates the performance-oriented sailboat market. The J/24, the boat based on Rod Johnstone's first homebuilt vessel, has become the world's most popular recreational offshore keelboat. The J/Boats brand has earned renown not just for performance but also for comfort and day sailing suitability.

Author : John Rousmaniere
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1998-02-20
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781324000372

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The Illustrated Dictionary of Boating Terms: 2000 Essential Terms for Sailors and Powerboaters (Revised Edition) by John Rousmaniere Pdf

“Written for the sailor, not the scholar. Rousmaniere leaves out the chaff and gives us just the wheat. Astonishingly comprehensive and slender enough to carry aboard.” —Don Casey, author of This Old Boat From "abaft" to "Zulu," including terms as new as "bowrider" and as old as "starboard," here is the language of pleasure boating—clearly defined terms that today's sailors and powerboaters rely on to make their way safely and happily upon America's coastal waters.

Author : John Howard Reid
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2005-03-23
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781411629097

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Your Colossal Main Feature Plus Full Support Program by John Howard Reid Pdf

Remember the days when a night at the movies comprised a full three to four hours of varied entertainment? The attraction was not just the colossal main feature, but the supporting program: the newsreel, the cartoon, the shorts and the before-interval picture or "B" feature. Here's a book where you can re-live those wonderful times. No less than 140 varied features (from Hollywood's main studios to Poverty Row) are discussed, all with full cast and technical credits plus other background information. And to round the book out, I've also included 28 cartoons and 9 shorts!

Author : Max Wood
Publisher : Sheridan House, Inc.
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1574091891

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Sailing Tall by Max Wood Pdf

Author Max Wood served his apprenticeship on one of the very last commerical voyages of any cargo square-rigger. Sailing Tall is a piece of living history, in which he documents in great detail work practices and a way of life now gone by. It is also a vivid and honest account of the "true" sailors. A natural storyteller, Wood tells it as it really was: the exhilaration, the camaraderie, the constant hard work, the occasional terrors, the frequent boredom...and also the pride of being one of those determined few who, throughout the ages, have challenged the forces of nature for little reward but a spartan life. These memoirs constitute an invaluable document and a moving portrait of a boy's coming-of-age, as Wood leaves his family, and learns about the world and himself.

Author : Les Cribb
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781475984620

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The Fo’C’Sle Door by Les Cribb Pdf

Whitt ducked under the lintel and stepped down onto a brick floor. The door was a good six inches lower than the doors thresholdbut he had known it would be soand that realization stopped him dead in his tracks, just as the sense of dj-vu struck. He had ducked under the lintel, and his step down had been fluid, almost practiced. He recalled a warning: Watch your step. The floor is a goodly step down inside. Or did he imagine that? The story of the Focsle Door begins in present day Canada with a very unusual crime scene but quickly takes you to the 1700s and the little fishing village of Ryeport on the coast of England. Here the tale unfolds around Roddy McDowd, who has been unwillingly relegated to what he sees as a God forsaken place, as a punishment for his transgressions and a mysterious, striking figure from Haiti Paul Latour, whose fate becomes entwined with that of the villagers as he tries to save his child from a violent sea captain. This compelling tale transports the reader over hundreds of years, and interesting vibrant characters, who through adventures with smuggling, murder and the supernatural, play a part in one mans attempt to fix a deal made with the devil. The outcome will keep you guessing right until the end.