Unknown Island

Author : José Saramago
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2000-10-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780547545547

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The Tale of the Unknown Island by José Saramago Pdf

A dreamer petitions his king for a boat—and gets more than he bargained for—in “this richly enigmatic short story” by the Nobel Prize-winning author (Kirkus). “A man went to knock at the king's door and said, Give me a boat. The king's house had many other doors, but this was the door for petitions. But the king spent all his time sitting at the door for favors (favors being offered to the king, you understand), whenever he heard someone knocking at the door for petitions, he would pretend not to hear . . ." So begins this beautifully illustrated and deceptively simple fable. Why the petitioner required a boat, where he was bound for, and who volunteered to crew for him, the reader will soon discover. In a departure from his linguistically dense and sprawling historical novels, Jose Saramago presents a philosophic love story worthy of Swift or Voltaire.

Author : Raul Brandão
Publisher : Bellis Azorica
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-30
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1951470001

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The Unknown Islands by Raul Brandão Pdf

The Unknown Islands is considered one of the most beautiful works of travel literature in Portuguese and one of the most important homages to the Azorean archipelago. In the summer of 1924, Raul Brandão undertook a trip with other intellectuals through the Azores and Madeira. Fascinated with the landscapes of the islands and seduced by the people, he went on to pen this foundational text of Azorean literature--elegantly capturing the history, memory, and imaginary of this storied place.

Author : Harry Collingwood
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-22
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547533177

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The Adventures of Dick Maitland: A Tale of Unknown Africa by Harry Collingwood Pdf

"The Adventures of Dick Maitland: A Tale of Unknown Africa" by Harry Collingwood. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Author : Collingwood Harry
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789359951911

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The Adventures of Dick Maitland A Tale of Unknown Africa by Collingwood Harry Pdf

Harry Collingwood's sea tale "The Adventures of Dick Maitland" may be very thrilling because it follows the main individual, Dick Maitland, on numerous thrilling adventures. Maitland is a brave and professional swimmer who's at the middle of the tale. On the excessive seas, he receives into a whole lot of risky conditions and courageous stories. In the tale, Maitland faces difficult situations that test his power, which include fights with cruel pirates, herbal screw ups, and perilous seas. The story takes region within the global of the nautical worldwide. Maitland desires to achieve success at sea with the aid of being brave, innovative, and exact at handling humans. Living at sea is one of the accurate and bad matters that happen to him on his journey. Collingwood expertly weaves a tapestry of a sea trip full of quick actions, smart making plans, and the friendship between sailors. Not handiest does the story show what existence is like at sea, however it also shows how robust and clever human beings want to be to live to tell the tale within the unpredictable and often dangerous marine international. With its bright descriptions of lifestyles at sea and the thrilling memories of a brave sailor, "The Adventures of Dick Maitland" is an interesting and immersive tale that attracts readers in. It takes you on a thrilling journey via the risks and advantages of being at sea.

Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781447484677

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The Secret of the Island by Jules Verne Pdf

This book is a sequel to Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea. A party of British adventurers, who had been ballooning, but whose trip had ended by being cast away on a Pacific island, have various setbacks due to both pirates and convicts who had escaped from jails in mainland Australasia. They realise that at times there appears to be some kind of entity that is looking after them. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 822 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : American literature
ISBN : IND:32000000482671

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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art by Anonim Pdf

Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-31
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9788026836643

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Treasure Island (The Unabridged Illustrated Edition) by Robert Louis Stevenson Pdf

This carefully crafted ebook: "Treasure Island (The Unabridged Illustrated Edition)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold". Stevenson conceived of the idea of Treasure Island (originally titled, "The Sea Cook: A Story for Boys") from a map of an imaginary, romantic island idly drawn by Stevenson and his stepson on a rainy day in Braemar, Scotland. Plot: An old sailor, calling himself "the captain" comes to lodge at the Admiral Benbow Inn on the west English coast during the mid-1700s, paying the innkeeper's son, Jim Hawkins, a few pennies to keep a lookout for a one-legged "seafaring man." A seaman with intact legs shows up, frightening Billy - who drinks far too much rum - into a stroke, and Billy tells Jim that his former shipmates covet the contents of his sea chest. After a visit from yet another man, Billy has another stroke and dies; Jim and his mother (his father has also died just a few days before) unlock the sea chest, finding some money, a journal, and a map. The local physician, Dr. Livesey, deduces that the map is of an island where a deceased pirate - Captain Flint - buried a vast treasure. The district squire, Trelawney, proposes buying a ship and going after the treasure, taking Livesey as ship's doctor and Jim as cabin boy ... Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. A literary celebrity during his lifetime, Stevenson now ranks among the 26 most translated authors in the world.

Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 685 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781775419365

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The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne Pdf

Although The Mysterious Island is technically a sequel to Vernes' enormously popular Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, this novel offers a vastly different take on similar thematic motifs. As with all of Verne's best-known works, The Mysterious Island is a masterpiece of the action-adventure genre, with a heaping dash of science fiction influence thrown in for good measure.

Author : Georgia. Department of Agriculture
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : UCAL:B3362604

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Bulletin by Georgia. Department of Agriculture Pdf

Author : Georgia. Department of Agriculture
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : CORNELL:31924071892032

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Publications by Georgia. Department of Agriculture Pdf

Author : Alfred Burdon Ellis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Africa, West
ISBN : HARVARD:32044043305234

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West African Islands by Alfred Burdon Ellis Pdf

Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2024 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1917
Category : Engineering
ISBN : UIUC:30112106729939

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Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers to the Secretary of War for the Year ... by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers Pdf

Author : Peter Cacciolfi,Pattimari Cacciolfi
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780359034741

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Adventures into the Unknown by Peter Cacciolfi,Pattimari Cacciolfi Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 912 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11607691

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Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography by Anonim Pdf

Author : Canada. Parliament
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 952 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Canada
ISBN : STANFORD:36105028002983

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Sessional Papers of the Dominion of Canada by Canada. Parliament Pdf

"Report of the Dominion fishery commission on the fisheries of the province of Ontario, 1893", issued as vol. 26, no. 7, supplement.