Swimming For Shore

Author : Laura Ann Mullane
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1495391787

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Swimming for Shore by Laura Ann Mullane Pdf

"I was consumed with doubt....I couldn't shake the feeling that had been trailing me since my son's birth: that everyone but me enjoyed being a mom. Again, I would hear complaints about the amount of work and lack of sleep, but, to a person, everyone seemed confident that they'd made the right choice in having children, that they couldn't imagine their lives otherwise. Was I the only one who doubted it? Was I the only one who wondered what I would do if someone had come to me with a time machine and said, 'You can go back and make a different choice'?" In this unflinchingly honest memoir, Laura Ann Mullane explores her decision to have children in spite of her many doubts, and the struggle to come to terms with her new role as Mom after her son and daughter are born. At turns both laugh-out-loud funny and gut wrenching, she explores everything from the high-pressure Perfect Mother's Club of the Washington, D.C., suburbs, to the guilt and shame that plagued her as she navigated her children's tantrums and the constant demands of motherhood. A book that should be on the shelf of every person who has struggled with the decision whether to have kids, and every parent who has simultaneously loved their children and fantasized about life without them, this memoir goes straight to the core.

Author : Charles Sprawson
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-29
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780307823649

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Haunts of the Black Masseur by Charles Sprawson Pdf

In a masterful work of cultural history, Charles Sprawson, himself an obsessional swimmer and fluent diver, explores the meaning that different cultures have attached to water, and the search for the springs of classical antiquity. In nineteenth-century England bathing was thought to be an instrument of social and moral reform, while in Germany and America swimming came to signify escape. For the Japanese the swimmer became an expression of samurai pride and nationalism. Sprawson gives is fascinating glimpses of the great swimming heroes: Byron leaping dramatically into the surf at Shelley’s beach funeral; Rupert Brooke swimming naked with Virginia Woolf, the dark water “smelling of mint and mud”; Hart Crane swallow-diving to his death in the Bay of Mexico; Edgar Allan Poe’s lone and mysterious river-swims; Leander, Webb, Weissmuller, and a host of others. Informed by the literature of Swinburne, Goethe, Scott Fitzgerald, and Yukio Mishima; the films of Riefenstahl and Vigo; the Hollywood “swimming musicals” of the 1930s; and delving in and out of Olympic history, Haunts of the Black Masseur is an enthralling assessment of man—body submerged, self-absorbed. It is quite simply the best celebration of swimming ever written, even as it explores aspects of culture in a heretofore unimagined way.

Author : Molly Vollman Makris,Mary Gatta
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781978813632

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Gentrification Down the Shore by Molly Vollman Makris,Mary Gatta Pdf

Makris and Gatta engage in a rich ethnographic investigation of Asbury Park to better understand the connection between jobs and seasonal gentrification and the experiences of longtime residents in this beach-community city. They demonstrate how the racial inequality in the founding of Asbury Park is reverberating a century later. This book tells an important and nuanced tale of gentrification using an intersectional lens to examine the history of race relations, the too often overlooked history of the postindustrial city, the role of the LGBTQ population, barriers to employment and access to amenities, and the role of developers as the city rapidly changes. Makris and Gatta draw on in-depth interviews, focus groups, ethnographic observation, as well as data analysis to tell the reader a story of life on the West Side of Asbury Park as the East Side prospers and to point to a potential path forward.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 798 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556031885940

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Broward County, Shore Protection Project, Segment II and III Renourishment, General Reevaluation Report by Anonim Pdf

Author : Byron Forrest Yawn
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780736946407

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What Every Man Wishes His Father Had Told Him by Byron Forrest Yawn Pdf

A powerful and compelling new voice in Christian publishing, with a message urgently needed by today's Christian men. Every man encounters significant struggles in life—struggles that result in poor choices and decisions. Frequently these mistakes can be traced back to a common problem—a father who (even unintentionally) failed to provide counsel or a positive role model. In What Every Man Wishes His Father Had Told Him, author Byron Yawn offers vital input many men wished they had received during their growing-up years. This collection of 30 simple principles will help men to... Identify and fill the gaps that occurred in their upbringing Benefit from the hard-earned wisdom of others so they don't make mistakes Prepare their own sons for the difficult challenges of life The 30 principles in this book are based in Scripture and relevant to every man. They include affection, courage, balance, consistency, and more. A true must-read!

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556031032030

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Sand Island Shore Protection, Honolulu, Hawaii by Anonim Pdf

Author : John George Wood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1858
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:591068528

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The common objects of the sea shore by John George Wood Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556031007057

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Lake Pontchartrain North Shore Dredging by Anonim Pdf

Author : Mary Alice Monroe
Publisher : MIRA
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781488032585

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Swimming Lessons by Mary Alice Monroe Pdf

Rediscover this uplifting tale of the healing power of nature and the strength of friendship by New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe. It’s been five years since the original turtle lady, old Miss Lovie Rutledge, passed away, but her legacy lives on with some special women, especially Toy and her daughter, young Little Lovie. Toy Sooner kept her graveside vow to her beloved mentor. She left behind an abusive, dysfunctional lifestyle to become a strong single mother and aquarist at the South Carolina Aquarium. But success has taken its toll, leaving Toy fearful of change and risks. Caretta Rutledge, Florence Prescott and Emmaline Baker have all experienced loss. This summer, with each other’s friendship and support, they will try to make their dreams a reality. The turtle season begins the day Toy rescues a sick sea turtle on the beach. When Toy brings the loggerhead to the aquarium, she begins a turtle hospital with the help of her boss, Ethan. As the summer progresses and the sea turtles take their measured steps toward healing and freedom Toy, Cara, Flo and Emmi must find their own strength to face their fears and move courageously toward their futures. Originally published in 2007

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556030623417

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Chicago, South Shore and South Bend Railroad Discontinuance of All Passenger Train Service and Abandonment of Line Over Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Between Randolph St and 115th St, Chicago by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556030192033

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Chesapeake Isle Critical Area Treatment Measure, Maryland Eastern Shore RC&D Area, RC&D Measure Plan B1; Environmental Assessment (EA) B2; Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) by Anonim Pdf

Author : Dillon Seitchik-Reardon,Caroline Clements
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-20
Category : Bodies of water
ISBN : 1741175666

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Places We Swim by Dillon Seitchik-Reardon,Caroline Clements Pdf

From lap pools to ocean pools, rockpools to hot springs, Places We Swim covers the breadth of Australia, bringing you the 60 best places to swim, dive, jump, paddle and float around the country. You'll discover just what makes each swimming spot unique, learn the best time to go, gain some useful local knowledge and find out the best things to see and do in the area. With destinations ranging from the neighbourhood city pool to remote outback waterfalls, this book is a celebration of not just these magnificent swimming spots, but of the diverse landscapes and communities that make up Australia.

Author : Oliver Goldsmith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:24503290015

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A History of the earth and animated nature v.2 by Oliver Goldsmith Pdf

Author : Lynne Cox
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307547873

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Swimming to Antarctica by Lynne Cox Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this extraordinary book, the world’s most extraordinary distance swimmer writes about her emotional and spiritual need to swim and about the almost mystical act of swimming itself. Lynne Cox trained hard from age nine, working with an Olympic coach, swimming five to twelve miles each day in the Pacific. At age eleven, she swam even when hail made the water “like cold tapioca pudding” and was told she would one day swim the English Channel. Four years later—not yet out of high school—she broke the men’s and women’s world records for the Channel swim. In 1987, she swam the Bering Strait from America to the Soviet Union—a feat that, according to Gorbachev, helped diminish tensions between Russia and the United States. Lynne Cox’s relationship with the water is almost mystical: she describes swimming as flying, and remembers swimming at night through flocks of flying fish the size of mockingbirds, remembers being escorted by a pod of dolphins that came to her off New Zealand. She has a photographic memory of her swims. She tells us how she conceived of, planned, and trained for each, and re-creates for us the experience of swimming (almost) unswimmable bodies of water, including her most recent astonishing one-mile swim to Antarctica in thirty-two-degree water without a wet suit. She tells us how, through training and by taking advantage of her naturally plump physique, she is able to create more heat in the water than she loses. Lynne Cox has swum the Mediterranean, the three-mile Strait of Messina, under the ancient bridges of Kunning Lake, below the old summer palace of the emperor of China in Beijing. Breaking records no longer interests her. She writes about the ways in which these swims instead became vehicles for personal goals, how she sees herself as the lone swimmer among the waves, pitting her courage against the odds, drawn to dangerous places and treacherous waters that, since ancient times, have challenged sailors in ships.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Coastal engineering
ISBN : 1610913973

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The Corps and the Shore by Anonim Pdf

For more than a century, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been building fortifications along the American coastline in an effort to protect our vulnerable shores. With the prospect of seaborne invasion becoming increasingly unlikely, the Corps has turned its attention to a more subtle but no less dangerous threat: the insidious effects of coastal erosion.In "The Corps and the Shore," Orrin H. Pilkey, the nation's most outspoken coastal geologist, and Katharine L. Dixon, an educator and activist for national coastal policy reform, provide a comprehensive examination of the impact of coastal processes on developed areas and the ways in which the Corps of Engineers has attempted to manage erosion along America's coastline.Through detailed case studies of large-scale projects in Texas, Maine, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and South Carolina, the authors demonstrate the shortcomings of the Corps's underlying assumptions and methodology. As they discuss the role of local citizens in the project process, they highlight the interaction between local Corps offices and community officials and residents. By focusing on different types of problems in various regions of the country, Pilkey and Dixon clearly show how the Corps has repeatedly failed to act in the best interest of those most affected by the projects. As well as criticizing Corps practices, the authors provide numerous suggestions for reforming the Corps and making it both more scientifically accountable and more accountable to the citizens it is intended to serve."The Corps and the Shore" is essential reading for coastal residents, environmentalists, planners, and coastal city officials as well as geologists, civil engineers, marine scientists, and anyone concerned with the impact of human society on our shorelines.