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The Old Boat

Author : Jarrett Pumphrey,Jerome Pumphrey
Publisher : WW Norton
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781324005186

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The Old Boat by Jarrett Pumphrey,Jerome Pumphrey Pdf

A Washington Post Best Children's Book of 2021 A New York Public Library Best Book of 2021 The creators of The Old Truck set sail with an old boat and an evocative, intricately crafted exploration of home and family. Off a small island, an old boat sets sail and a young boy finds home. Together, boy and boat ride the shifting tides, catching wants and wishes until fate calls for a sea change. Brothers and collaborators Jarrett and Jerome Pumphrey’s newest picture book is a masterfully crafted celebration of the natural world and tribute to the families we make and the homes that we nurture.

The Old Truck

Author : Jerome Pumphrey,Jarrett Pumphrey
Publisher : WW Norton
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781324005209

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The Old Truck by Jerome Pumphrey,Jarrett Pumphrey Pdf

A young girl turns her imagination into action in this beautifully crafted and intricately designed debut picture book. When is an old truck something more? On a small, bustling farm, a resilient and steadfast pickup works tirelessly alongside the family that lives there, and becomes a part of the dreams and ambitions of the family’s young daughter. After long days and years of hard work leave the old truck rusting in the weeds, it’s time for the girl to roll up her sleeves. Soon she is running her own busy farm, and in the midst of all the repairing and restoring, it may be time to bring her faithful childhood companion back to life. With an eye-catching retro design and cleverly nuanced illustrations, The Old Truck celebrates the rewards of determination and the value of imagination.

The Boat who Wouldn't Float

Author : Farley Mowat
Publisher : Boston : Little, Brown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : UOM:39015011150656

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The Boat who Wouldn't Float by Farley Mowat Pdf

It seemed like a good idea. Tired of everyday life ashore, Farley Mowat would find a sturdy boat in Newfoundland and roam the salt sea over, free as a bird. What he found was the worst boat in the world, and she nearly drove him mad. The Happy Adventure, despite all that Farley and his Newfoundland helpers could do, leaked like a sieve. Her engine only worked when she felt like it. Typically, on her maiden voyage, with the engine stuck in reverse, she backed out of the harbour under full sail. And she sank, regularly. How Farley and a varied crew, including the intrepid lady who married him, coaxed the boat from Newfoundland to Lake Ontario is a marvellous story. The encounters with sharks, rum-runners, rum and a host of unforgettable characters on land and sea make this a very funny book for readers of all ages.

My Old Man and the Sea

Author : David Hays,Daniel Hays
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1996-04-26
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780060976965

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My Old Man and the Sea by David Hays,Daniel Hays Pdf

A father and son sail 17,000 miles in a 25 foot boat they built together.

The Boat People

Author : Sharon Bala
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780771024306

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The Boat People by Sharon Bala Pdf

By the winner of The Journey Prize, and inspired by a real incident, The Boat People is a gripping and morally complex novel about a group of refugees who survive a perilous ocean voyage to reach Canada – only to face the threat of deportation and accusations of terrorism in their new land. When the rusty cargo ship carrying Mahindan and five hundred fellow refugees reaches the shores of British Columbia, the young father is overcome with relief: he and his six-year-old son can finally put Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war behind them and begin new lives. Instead, the group is thrown into prison, with government officials and news headlines speculating that hidden among the “boat people” are members of a terrorist militia. As suspicion swirls and interrogation mounts, Mahindan fears the desperate actions he took to survive and escape Sri Lanka now jeopardize his and his son’s chances for asylum. Told through the alternating perspectives of Mahindan; his lawyer Priya, who reluctantly represents the migrants; and Grace, a third-generation Japanese-Canadian adjudicator who must decide Mahindan’s fate, The Boat People is a high-stakes novel that offers a deeply compassionate lens through which to view the current refugee crisis. Inspired by real events, with vivid scenes that move between the eerie beauty of northern Sri Lanka and combative refugee hearings in Vancouver, where life and death decisions are made, Sharon Bala’s stunning debut is an unforgettable and necessary story for our times.

Summer Isles

Author : Philip Marsden
Publisher : Granta Books
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-03
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781783783014

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Summer Isles by Philip Marsden Pdf

In an old wooden sloop, Philip Marsden plots a course north from his home in Cornwall. He is sailing for the Summer Isles, a small archipelago near the top of Scotland that holds for him a deep and personal significance. On the way, he must navigate the west coast of Ireland and the Inner Hebrides. Bearing the full force of the Atlantic, it is a seaboard which is also a mythical frontier, a place as rich in story as anywhere on earth. Through the people he meets and the tales he uncovers, Marsden builds up a haunting picture of these shores - of imaginary islands and the Celtic otherworld, of the ageless draw of the west, of the life of the sea and perennial loss - and the redemptive power of the imagination. Exhilarating and poignant, Marsden's prose has been widely praised. Bringing together themes he has been pursuing for many years, The Summer Isles is an unforgettable account of the search for actual places, invented places, and those places in between that shape the lives of individuals and entire nations.

Old Wood Boat

Author : Nikki McClure
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781536216585

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Old Wood Boat by Nikki McClure Pdf

"Old wood boat remembers the wind. Dilapidated and parted from the sea, she remembers and waits as her mast cracks and blackberry vines creep across her deck. But one day, a family tows her home. Scraped, scrubbed, sanded, and varnished, she is made beautiful and seaworthy again. After libations have been poured out, the family casts off, and old wood boat embarks on adventure once more"--Provided by publisher.

The Brendan Voyage

Author : Timothy Severin
Publisher : Little Brown
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1996-01-04
Category : Atlantic Ocean
ISBN : 0349107076

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The Brendan Voyage by Timothy Severin Pdf

The sixth-century voyage of St Brendan from Ireland to America, is one of the most fascinating of all sea legends. Could the myth of the Irish monk and his crew sailing the Atlantic in a boat made of leather, nearly a thousand years before Columbus, have been reality? In 1976, Tim Severin and a crew of four men, set out to recreate the Brendan legend. Using the exact same methods in constructing their sailing vessel, they set out on their hazardous voyage, making it one of the most inspiring expeditions in the history of exploration.

Finding Pax

Author : Kaci Cronkhite
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-04
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781472958600

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Finding Pax by Kaci Cronkhite Pdf

This is a love story--about a woman and a boat.

London Goes to Sea

Author : Peter J. Baumgartner
Publisher : Sheridan House, Inc.
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1574091751

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London Goes to Sea by Peter J. Baumgartner Pdf

London Goes To Sea is Peter J. Baumgartner's candid and captivating account of restoring an ageing fibreglass sailing boat over the course of four years and then introducing it to his native New England waters. His precise records illustrate every trial and triumph of the restoration process, and his careful attention to errors made along the way provides crucial insight for anyone considering a similar project. His writing combines the best elements of a brisk, entertaining narrative and a thoroughly practical handbook, making for a truly unique story that embraces every experience of the coastal sailor. His unflagging joy and enthusiasm for his old Cape Dory shine through on every page.

The Magic Boat

Author : Kit Pearson,Katherine Farris
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781459814349

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The Magic Boat by Kit Pearson,Katherine Farris Pdf

Every summer morning, Ellie and her Nonna go to the beach. They swim and build sandcastles, and while Nonna reads, Ellie watches the other children play. One day Ellie builds up the courage to approach an older girl playing on her own in a beached rowboat. Piper has a gift, an imagination so great that she whisks Ellie off on grand adventures, going high in the air, deep below the ocean and everywhere in between in their little blue boat, their magic boat. When Piper has to leave, Ellie discovers she has her own vivid imagination.

How to Build a Wooden Boat

Author : David C. McIntosh
Publisher : WoodenBoat Books
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1988-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0937822108

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How to Build a Wooden Boat by David C. McIntosh Pdf

David C. "Bud" McIntosh was a designer, builder, and sailor of large and small wooden cruising boats for more than 50 years, and wrote about it for over 10 of those years. He made his home on New Hampshire's Piscataqua River, where he was teacher and friend to both amateur and professional boatbuilders.

Old MacDonald Had a Boat

Author : Steve Goetz
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781452165394

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Old MacDonald Had a Boat by Steve Goetz Pdf

In this take on the classic folk song, farmer MacDonald and his wife gather their tools and with the helpful farm animals they build--a boat.

The Boys in the Boat

Author : Daniel James Brown
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-04
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781101622742

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The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown Pdf

Now a Major Motion Picture Directed by George Clooney The #1 New York Times–bestselling story about the American Olympic rowing triumph in Nazi Germany—from the author of Facing the Mountain. For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times—the improbable, intimate account of how nine working-class boys from the American West showed the world at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin what true grit really meant. It was an unlikely quest from the start. With a team composed of the sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the University of Washington’s eight-oar crew team was never expected to defeat the elite teams of the East Coast and Great Britain, yet they did, going on to shock the world by defeating the German team rowing for Adolf Hitler. The emotional heart of the tale lies with Joe Rantz, a teenager without family or prospects, who rows not only to regain his shattered self-regard but also to find a real place for himself in the world. Drawing on the boys’ own journals and vivid memories of a once-in-a-lifetime shared dream, Brown has created an unforgettable portrait of an era, a celebration of a remarkable achievement, and a chronicle of one extraordinary young man’s personal quest.

Wooden Boat Renovation: New Life for Old Boats Using Modern Methods

Author : Jim Trefethen
Publisher : International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1993-01-22
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0070652392

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Wooden Boat Renovation: New Life for Old Boats Using Modern Methods by Jim Trefethen Pdf

This book is about fixing up old boats made of wood. For many people, a boat isn't a boat unless it's made of wood. The psychological and philosophical reasons for needing to own a boat made from honest trees instead of the material that L. Francis Herreshoff characterized as "frozen snot" needn't concern us. But in this day and age, hard-nosed economics and the ubiquitous bottom line certainly should. FACT: You can buy a repairable wooden boat and renovate and remodel it for a lot less money than you can buy and renovate a plastic or metal of similar size and condition. Jim Trefethen has renovated dozens of good old wooden boats, and in this book he's sharing his collected wisdom, craftsmanship, and penury with you. It will supply you with the basic skills you'll need to successfully renovate an old wooden boat--any old wooden boat, from a 16-foot canoe to a 50-foot cruiser, and everything in between--provided the boat actually is repairable (and you'll learn how to determine that, too). After you've read Wooden Boat Renovation, we hope you come away knowing what is possible and how to accomplish it. Then we hope you actually do it.