The Story Of The Trade Winds

Author : Blanche Rocha D'Souza
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015076193864

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Harnessing the Trade Winds by Blanche Rocha D'Souza Pdf

Harnessing the Trade Winds is the outcome of a generation of research undertaken in Nairobi, Mombassa and Zanzibar in East Africa, and Mumbai and Goa in India. Of her work the author says: "In all my research I found that Arab and particularly European, sources of information downplayed the importance of Indian trade in the Indian Ocean which goes back at least three thousand years BC. [The book] attempts to rekindle in the Indian diaspora a justifiable pride in the achievements of its forebears in East Africa, and indeed other parts of the world. In East Africa they promoted the development of agriculture and industry and the globalization of trade stemming from their trading activities." "Blanche D'Souza's book is a most direct statement on 'brown man's' transcripts over thousands of years trade, labour and migrations for settlements against a pervading backdrop of Arab, British and Portugese rivalries in the Indian Ocean. In this wake Harnessing the Trade Winds adds to plural historical perspectives, in that the text upholds the value of diversity that shapes the identities and self-knowledge of the peoples of Asia and Africa. It challenges those who hold the political reigns and direct policy, on education as well as race relations." - Sultan Somjee, Former head of Ethnography at the National Museums of Kenya, founder of the Community Peace Museums Programme and Foundation, and the Asian African Heritage Trust in Kenya.

Author : Ruth Brindze
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Trade winds
ISBN : UOM:39015027550048

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The Story of the Trade Winds by Ruth Brindze Pdf

The Trade Winds, the rivers of the sky, first used for sailing ships, now for jet aircraft! This history describes their motion, discovery, and benefit to man from the time of such explorers and scientists as Columbus, Edmund Halley and Matthew F. Maury to today's Jet Stream.

Author : Christina Courtenay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Historical fiction
ISBN : 1407465546

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Trade Winds by Christina Courtenay Pdf

Sweden, 1732. Strong-willed Jess van Sandt knows only too well that it's a man's world. She believes she's being swindled out of her inheritance by her stepfather and she's determined to stop it. When help appears in the unlikely form of handsome Scotsman Killian Kinross, Jess finds herself both intrigued and infuriated by him. In an attempt to recover her fortune, she proposes a marriage of convenience.

Author : M. M. Kaye
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 750 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250090775

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Trade Wind by M. M. Kaye Pdf

In M.M. Kaye's Trade Wind, when Boston bluestocking Hero Athena Hollis travels to Zanzibar to visit her uncle, an American consul, she arrives filled with self-righteousness and bent on good deeds. She believes that slavery is wrong and determined to do what she can to stop it. But she soon finds that maintaining her ideals is not so easy. Then she meets Rory Frost, a cynical, wicked, shrewd and good-humored trader in slaves. What is Hero to make of him—and of her feelings for him?

Author : Philip Bowring
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786725196

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Empire of the Winds by Philip Bowring Pdf

Winner of the Penang Book Prize 2019 Nusantaria – often referred to as 'Maritime Southeast Asia' – is the world's largest archipelago and has, for centuries, been a vital cultural and trading hub. Nusantara, a Sanskrit, then Malay, word referring to an island realm, is here adapted to become Nusantaria - denoting a slightly wider world but one with a single linguistic, cultural and trading base. Nusantaria encompasses the lands and shores created by the melting of the ice following the last Ice Age. These have long been primarily the domain of the Austronesian-speaking peoples and their seafaring traditions. The surrounding waters have always been uniquely important as a corridor connecting East Asia to India, the Middle East, Europe and Africa. In this book, Philip Bowring provides a history of the world's largest and most important archipelago and its adjacent coasts. He tells the story of the peoples and lands located at this crucial maritime and cultural crossroads, from its birth following the last Ice Age to today.

Author : Janet Quin-Hamlin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1993-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1884066003

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Trade Winds by Janet Quin-Hamlin Pdf

Author : Hye-eun Shin
Publisher : Eerdmans Books For Young Readers
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0802854761

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The Warli People by Hye-eun Shin Pdf

A poetic depiction of ancient India The Warli people, who live in ancient India, work hard throughout the year. They plant seeds in the spring so that the summer monsoons will help the plants grow, and they harvest their crops in the fall and store the food for the long winter ahead. But despite the hardships they face, they also find time to celebrate life's joyous moments. This Trade Winds book highlights the day-to-day life in an agricultural society and offers historical information about one of the world's earliest civilizations.

Author : Juliet Henry
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2006-12
Category : Louisiana
ISBN : 9781425981327

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In the Shadows of the Trade Winds by Juliet Henry Pdf

Jean's accidental meeting with Marie has him thinking this daring lady with the green eyes is a lady of the night. His being twice her age does not stop the intrigued Marie from becoming attracted to the fisherman, who isn't afraid to come to her aid when she needs, although she knows what he thinks she is, one of "those" women. It isn't long before love blossoms and they marry. Their destiny takes them to his island in the sea, his Spanish Land Grant, where their short life together produces three children. Only one child survives to go on to carry on the family name. That child, Jean Joseph Voisin Jr., (JJ), is burdened early on in his life by the loss of his mother and his namesake Jean Voisin Sr. He is raised by his Aunt Mary's family. He later realizes, as he's embarking on manhood, life as a commercial fisherman and landowner on the island inherited from his father, would have no meaning without the love of his life, his aunt Mary's daughter, Amelie. "The Shadow of the Trade Winds" backdrop is one of the barrier islands of South Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico.

Author : L. L. Chaikin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Caribbean Area
ISBN : 1565077563

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Silver Dreams by L. L. Chaikin Pdf

Lady Devora Ashby arrives in the West Indies prepared to resist her arranged marriage. In the midst of planning her escape, she makes shocking discoveries about herself and others, then vows to make a difference with her life.

Author : Robert Louis Boudreau
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2000-06
Category : Schooners
ISBN : 1888671270

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The Man Who Loved Schooners by Robert Louis Boudreau Pdf

From surviving torpedos in WWII to pioneering the Caribbean charter trade, this autobiography plots an exciting voyage across four decades of Boudreau's passion for sailing and schooners. This account describes his adventures under sail, from a confrontation with a 65-foot rogue wave and a fight with drug pirates in the Bahamas to an eerie encounter with a tiger shark and the onslaught of a vicious hurricane.

Author : Krystina Powells
Publisher : Krystina Powells
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9769650005

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Trade Winds of the Heart by Krystina Powells Pdf

When a struggling young single mother from St. Croix and a white businessman from Iowa happen to cross paths, they find themselves navigating the turbulent waters and strong prevailing winds of social expectation, to cross the divide, and follow their hearts.

Author : Pat Hutchins
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781442454026

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The Wind Blew by Pat Hutchins Pdf

A rhymed tale describing the antics of a capricious wind. The wind blew, and blew, and blew! It blew so hard, it took everything with it: Mr. White’s umbrella, Priscilla’s balloon, the twins’ scarves, even the wig on the judge’s head. But just when the wind was about to carry everything out to sea, it changed its mind! With rhyming verse and colorful illustrations, Pat Hutchins takes us on a merry chase that is well worth the effort.

Author : Kristin Hannah
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250178626

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The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah Pdf

"The Bestselling Hardcover Novel of the Year."--Publishers Weekly From the number-one bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone comes a powerful American epic about love and heroism and hope, set during the Great Depression, a time when the country was in crisis and at war with itself, when millions were out of work and even the land seemed to have turned against them. “My land tells its story if you listen. The story of our family.” Texas, 1921. A time of abundance. The Great War is over, the bounty of the land is plentiful, and America is on the brink of a new and optimistic era. But for Elsa Wolcott, deemed too old to marry in a time when marriage is a woman’s only option, the future seems bleak. Until the night she meets Rafe Martinelli and decides to change the direction of her life. With her reputation in ruin, there is only one respectable choice: marriage to a man she barely knows. By 1934, the world has changed; millions are out of work and drought has devastated the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as crops fail and water dries up and the earth cracks open. Dust storms roll relentlessly across the plains. Everything on the Martinelli farm is dying, including Elsa’s tenuous marriage; each day is a desperate battle against nature and a fight to keep her children alive. In this uncertain and perilous time, Elsa—like so many of her neighbors—must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or leave it behind and go west, to California, in search of a better life for her family. The Four Winds is a rich, sweeping novel that stunningly brings to life the Great Depression and the people who lived through it—the harsh realities that divided us as a nation and the enduring battle between the haves and the have-nots. A testament to hope, resilience, and the strength of the human spirit to survive adversity, The Four Winds is an indelible portrait of America and the American dream, as seen through the eyes of one indomitable woman whose courage and sacrifice will come to define a generation.

Author : Dave Shively
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781493026821

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The Pacific Alone by Dave Shively Pdf

In the summer of 1987 Ed Gillet achieved what no person has accomplished before or since, a solo crossing from California to Hawaii by kayak. Gillet, at the age of 36 an accomplished sailor and paddler, navigated by sextant and always knew his position within a few miles. Still, Gillet underestimated the abuse his body would take from the relentless, pounding, swells of the Pacific, and early into his voyage he was covered with salt water sores and found that he could find no comfortable position for sitting or sleeping. Along the way he endured a broken rudder, among other calamities, but at last reached Maui on his 63rd day at sea, four days after his food had run out. Dave Shively brings Gillet’s remarkable story to life in this gripping narrative, based on exclusive access to Gillet’s logs as well as interviews with the legendary paddler himself.

Author : L. L. Chaikin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Christian fiction
ISBN : 0736900047

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Island Bride by L. L. Chaikin Pdf

Award-winning novelist Linda Chaikin brings her series to a rousing conclusion in the fast-paced trilogy with a grand finale complete with sword fighting, sea battles, and the quest for silver.