South Pacific Survivor

Author : Kevin Daley
Publisher : NovelsPlus
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009-12-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780615317229

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South Pacific Survivor by Kevin Daley Pdf

An assassin decapitates a U.S. congressman in American Samoa then enters independent Samoa for other targets. Polynesian beauty Pua, the sole agent of the Samoan Secret Service, must protect their national leader--her grandfather. With an anti-colonial chip on her shoulder and a black belt to back it up, she faces Ken, a down-on-his-luck CIA agent. They close in on each other and the warrior-assassin as they race to discover Robert Louis Stevenson's secret. It leads to evidence that could re-ignite civil war, which a shadowy chief tries to do.

Author : C. Kenneth Quinones
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 675 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781527575462

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Imperial Japan's Allied Prisoners of War in the South Pacific by C. Kenneth Quinones Pdf

Three weeks after Imperial Japan’s surrender, five men dressed in baggy khaki uniforms stared at the camera. They and two colleagues were the only survivors out of the 210 Allied airmen which Imperial Japan had imprisoned in “paradise.” Joining them were 18 British soldiers, the only survivors of 600 of their countrymen similarly but separately imprisoned. Another 10,000 Allied soldiers and civilians were also imprisoned on the South Pacific island of New Britain. More than half died before liberation. What motivated such inhumane treatment? This book’s quest for an answer traces the genesis of Bushido, Imperial Japan’s martial code, and surveys the prisoners’ recollections of their ordeal as the Battle for Rabaul raged around them from 1942 to March 1944.

Author : Roger Collis
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0749438258

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The Survivor's Guide to Business Travel by Roger Collis Pdf

* Fully updated new edition from columnist Roger Collis

Author : Ian Kinane
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781783488087

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Theorising Literary Islands by Ian Kinane Pdf

Theorising Literary Islands is an epistemological study of the development of the Robinsonade genre, its ideological functions within contemporary Anglophone cultural thought, and the role of literary and filmic mediation in constructing twentieth and twenty-first century European and American relations with and to the Pacific region.

Author : William Golding
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780571290581

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Lord of the Flies by William Golding Pdf

A plane crashes on a desert island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beast. As the boys' delicate sense of order fades, so their childish dreams are transformed into something more primitive, and their behaviour starts to take on a murderous, savage significance. First published in 1954, Lord of the Flies is one of the most celebrated and widely read of modern classics. Now fully revised and updated, this educational edition includes chapter summaries, comprehension questions, discussion points, classroom activities, a biographical profile of Golding, historical context relevant to the novel and an essay on Lord of the Flies by William Golding entitled 'Fable'. Aimed at Key Stage 3 and 4 students, it also includes a section on literary theory for advanced or A-level students. The educational edition encourages original and independent thinking while guiding the student through the text - ideal for use in the classroom and at home.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1386 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1944
Category : Biomedical engineering
ISBN : MINN:31951002715184H

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Hospital Corps Quarterly by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Special Subcommittee on Survivors' Benefits
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Military pensions
ISBN : LOC:00186348825

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Inquiry Into Survivor Benefits by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Special Subcommittee on Survivors' Benefits Pdf

Author : Jeff Probst,Christopher Tebbetts
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781101595466

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Stranded by Jeff Probst,Christopher Tebbetts Pdf

A New York Times Bestseller! As seen on The Today Show, Rachael Ray, and Kelly and Michael. From the Emmy-Award winning host of Survivor, Jeff Probst, with Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life co-author, Chris Tebbetts, comes a brand new family adventure series! A family vacation becomes a game of survival! It was supposed to be a vacation--and a chance to get to know each other better. But when a massive storm sets in without warning, four kids are shipwrecked alone on a rocky jungle island in the middle of the South Pacific. No adults. No instructions. Nobody to rely on but themselves. Can they make it home alive? A week ago, the biggest challenge Vanessa, Buzz, Carter, and Jane had was learning to live as a new blended family. Now the four siblings must find a way to work as a team if they're going to make it off the island. They're all in this adventure together--but first they've got to learn to survive one another. Books in the original Stranded series: Stranded (Book 1) Trial By Fire (Book 2) Survivors (Book 3) Books in the Stranded, Shadow Island series Forbidden Passage (Book 4) Sabotage (Book 5) Desperate Measures (Book 6)

Author : Jennifer K. Ladino
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780813933344

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Reclaiming Nostalgia by Jennifer K. Ladino Pdf

Often thought of as the quintessential home or the Eden from which humanity has fallen, the natural world has long been a popular object of nostalgic narratives. In Reclaiming Nostalgia, Jennifer Ladino assesses the ideological effects of this phenomenon by tracing its dominant forms in American literature and culture since the closing of the frontier in 1890. While referencing nostalgia for pastoral communities and for untamed and often violent frontiers, she also highlights the ways in which nostalgia for nature has served as a mechanism for social change, a model for ethical relationships, and a motivating force for social and environmental justice.

Author : David Stanley
Publisher : David Stanley
Page : 780 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Oceania
ISBN : 0918373298

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South Pacific Handbook by David Stanley Pdf

A comprehensive guide to the 16 territories of Polynesia and Melanesia, not just the popular spots. This is a guide for the budget traveller to the whole of the South Pacific.

Author : Jonathan Franklin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781501116292

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438 Days by Jonathan Franklin Pdf

The miraculous account of the man who survived alone and adrift at sea longer than anyone in recorded history. For fourteen months, Alvarenga survived constant shark attacks. He learned to catch fish with his bare hands. He built a fish net from a pair of empty plastic bottles. Taking apart the outboard motor, he fashioned a huge fishhook. Using fish vertebrae as needles, he stitched together his own clothes. Based on dozens of hours of interviews with Alvarenga and interviews with his colleagues, search and rescue officials, the medical team that saved his life and the remote islanders who nursed him back to health, this is an epic tale of survival. Print run 75,000.

Author : Lisa Brace
Publisher : Book Guild Publishing
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2024-03-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781835740712

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Star Survivor by Lisa Brace Pdf

The designer luggage is packed. The bodily fuzz removed. It’s time for Star Survivor. Hollywood star Zoe Stenson, TV darling June Sharp, author Toby Masters and mumfluencer Emily Chase, are ready to take part in the world-renowned reality TV show Star Survivor. The plan is to pretend to survive for the cameras, safe in the knowledge they’ll be retiring to five-star comfort amongst the palm trees and sparkling blue sea when filming stops. But when the four celebrities are accidentally left on the wrong South Pacific island – a truly deserted one – no amount of Instagram followers or box office sales will help them. Forced to swap the spotlight for spearfishing, their Bollinger for beach finds, and with the world’s press clamouring for them to be found, will it be the making or breaking of these washed-up celebrities?

Author : Richard Wiener
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781479794720

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Survivor's Odyssey by Richard Wiener Pdf

This book transports the reader to the very beginnings of the Nazi regime, as seen through the eyes of a young boy -- the only Jew in a school of Hitler Youths in a small medieval German town. It is his life journey -- his traumatic experience of Kristallnacht . . . the destruction of his home . . . separation from his parents . . . exile . . . post-war reconciliation with his ex-classmates . . . forgiveness . . . and ultimate grant of honorary citizenship -- that provides the reader with a rich, inspiring you-are-there experience seldom encountered in the Holocaust canon.

Author : Elizabeth Meinhard
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781800464988

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Drowning by Accident by Elizabeth Meinhard Pdf

Drowning By Accident explains why it is so easy to drown, where accidents happen, and how to save lives by early rescue and resuscitation. More than 600 people die by drowning in Britain every year. Swimming is promoted as a particularly safe form of exercise, so that swimmers forget or ignore the dangers of frigid lakes, swollen rivers, incoming tides or outgoing rip currents. Drowning accidents take place because we don't recognise water as a hostile environment. We overestimate the strength and endurance of our bodies and underestimate the power and deceptiveness of water. Year after year, victims lose their lives in typical drowning accidents, often sinking so quickly and silently that nearby family, friends and onlookers fail to notice the tragedy taking place close beside them. Babies drown in baths. Toddlers drown in garden ponds. School children fall off rafts. Teenagers strike too far from the shore. Pensioners wade into rivers to save their dogs. Victims often die within minutes of sinking beneath the surface. A quarter of those who reach hospital alive will also die, while others survive with severe permanent brain damage. This means that it is vitally important for parents, grandparents, teachers, lifeguards and lawmakers to recognise the risks and prevent drowning accidents before they take place.

Author : Jon Couch
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781728333175

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The Shoot Down, Evasion, Attempted Rescue and Capture of Jackel-33B by Jon Couch Pdf

On 22 December 1972, an F-111 call sign Jackel 33 was flying a night strike mission over North Vietnam. Jackel 33 was manned by its pilot, Captain Bob Sponeybarger and its Weapons System Operation, 1stLt William (Bill) Wilson. Jackel 33’s assigned targets were the river docks in the middle of Hanoi. For this mission, they flew from Thailand, north and west of Hanoi, looping back around, flying a southerly direction through the eastern expanses of Hanoi to strike their targets. Once shot down, Bill evaded for a week on the ground – the whole time being pursued by North Vietnamese soldiers. Using the training from USAF Survival School in the Philippines, as well as relying on his acumen of the woods, developed as a young scout, Bill eluded capture for a week. Bill (and his pilot) remainder POWs for the remainder of the war.