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Author : Joshua Horwitz
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781451645019
Two men face off against an all-powerful navy-and the fate of the ocean's most majestic creatures hangs in the balance.
Author : Joshua Horwitz
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781451645026
Joel Reynolds, a crusading attorney, and Ken Balcomb, a marine biologist, teamed up to expose the truth behind a submarine detection system that floods entire ocean basins with high-intensity sound and drives whales onto beaches.
Author : Ramon Pacheco Pardo
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780197674543
South Korea has the most remarkable of histories. Born from the ashes of colonialism, partition and a devastating war, back in the 1950s there were real doubts about its survival as an independent state. Yet South Korea did survive, and first became known globally for the export of cheap toys, shoes and clothing. Today, South Korea is a boisterous democracy, a vibrant market economy, a tech powerhouse, and home to the coolest of cultures. In just seventy years, this society has grown from a shrimp into a whale. What explains this extraordinary transformation? For some, it was ordinary South Koreans who fought to change their country, and still strive to continue shaping it. For others, it was all down to forward-looking political and business leaders, who had the vision that their country would one day be different. Whichever version you prefer, it's clear that, at its core, South Korea's is the story of a people who dreamt big, and saw their dreams coming true. This is the history of South Korea, from its millennia-old roots, through its foundation as a nation-state and economic development under dictatorship, to its present as a rich, free and cool country on the world stage.
Author : Mark Leiren-Young
Publisher : Greystone Books
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781771641944
The fascinating and heartbreaking account of the first publicly exhibited captive killer whale — a story that forever changed the way we see orcas and sparked the movement to save them Killer whales had always been seen as bloodthirsty sea monsters. That all changed when a young killer whale was captured off the west coast of North America and displayed to the public in 1964. Moby Doll — as the whale became known — was an instant celebrity, drawing 20,000 visitors on the one and only day he was exhibited. He died within a few months, but his famous gentleness sparked a worldwide crusade that transformed how people understood and appreciated orcas. Because of Moby Doll, we stopped fearing “killers” and grew to love and respect “orcas.”
Author : D. Graham Burnett
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 825 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226081304
In The Sounding of the Whale, D.
Author : Robert Jagers
Publisher : Yah-Scribe Publishing
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0974474304
The whales of world war II were called upon to deposit men safely on the shores of the enemy. Men and equipment were loaded at one shore and transferred to another shore by ships with the large mouth (open bow doors) and a huge bell (tank deck). These ships became a vital and important factor in the defeat of the Germans and the Japanese These ships were called LSTs (Landing Ship Tanks).
Author : J. G. M. Thewissen
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780520305601
"A ... first-person account of the discoveries that brought to light the early fossil record of whales. As evidenced in the record, whales evolved from herbivorous forest-dwelling ancestors that resembled tiny deer to carnivorous monsters stalking lakes and rivers and to serpentlike denizens of the coast. Thewissen reports on his discoveries in the wilds of India and Pakistan, weaving a narrative that reveals the day-to-day adventures of fossil collection, enriching it with local flavors from South Asian culture and society"--Dust jacket flap.
Author : Nicholas Read
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-28
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781459812758
A Whale’s World follows a pod of spy-hopping orcas as they explore the ecosystems of the Great Bear Sea while hunting for their next meal. Past rocky shores and through kelp forests, they observe foraging wolves, hungry grizzly bears, curious black bears, graceful fin whales, splashing porpoises, slippery seals and other members of the Pacific coastal food web. The book gives readers a fun introduction to the many ways that marine and land animals interact with their environments and with each other.
Author : Natalie Lunis
Publisher : Bearport Publishing
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781597169462
Describes the natural habitat, physical characteristics, diet, and behavior of the Portuguese man-of-war.
Author : Kurkpatrick Dorsey
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780295804941
Before commercial whaling was outlawed in the 1980s, diplomats, scientists, bureaucrats, environmentalists, and sometimes even whalers themselves had attempted to create an international regulatory framework that would allow for a sustainable whaling industry. In Whales and Nations, Kurkpatrick Dorsey tells the story of the international negotiation, scientific research, and industrial development behind these efforts —and their ultimate failure. Whales and Nations begins in the early twentieth century, when new technology revived the fading whaling industry and made whale hunting possible on an unprecedented scale. By the 1920s, declining whale populations prompted efforts to develop “rational”—what today would be called sustainable—whaling practices. But even though almost everyone involved with commercial whaling knew that the industry was on an unsustainable path, Dorsey argues, powerful economic, political, and scientific forces made failure nearly inevitable. Based on a deep engagement with diplomatic history, Whales and Nations provides a unique perspective on the challenges facing international conservation projects. This history has profound implications for today’s pressing questions of global environmental cooperation and sustainability. Watch the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QsLlM5KTx0
Author : David Day
Publisher : Random House (NY)
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0871567784
Examines the confrontation between the Save the Whale forces and the whale hunters.
Author : Bradley Hope,Tom Wright
Publisher : Hachette Books
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780316436489
Named a Best Book of 2018 by the Financial Times and Fortune, this "thrilling" (Bill Gates) New York Times bestseller exposes how a "modern Gatsby" swindled over $5 billion with the aid of Goldman Sachs in "the heist of the century" (Axios). Now a #1 international bestseller, Billion Dollar Whale is "an epic tale of white-collar crime on a global scale" (Publishers Weekly), revealing how a young social climber from Malaysia pulled off one of the biggest heists in history. In 2009, a chubby, mild-mannered graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business named Jho Low set in motion a fraud of unprecedented gall and magnitude--one that would come to symbolize the next great threat to the global financial system. Over a decade, Low, with the aid of Goldman Sachs and others, siphoned billions of dollars from an investment fund--right under the nose of global financial industry watchdogs. Low used the money to finance elections, purchase luxury real estate, throw champagne-drenched parties, and even to finance Hollywood films like The Wolf of Wall Street. By early 2019, with his yacht and private jet reportedly seized by authorities and facing criminal charges in Malaysia and in the United States, Low had become an international fugitive, even as the U.S. Department of Justice continued its investigation. Billion Dollar Whale has joined the ranks of Liar's Poker, Den of Thieves, and Bad Blood as a classic harrowing parable of hubris and greed in the financial world.
Author : Patrick Ness
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-04
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780062860743
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Monster Calls comes a richly illustrated and lyrical tale, one that asks harrowing questions about power, loyalty, obsession, and the monsters we make of others. With harpoons strapped to their backs, the proud whales of Bathsheba's pod live for the hunt, fighting in the ongoing war against the world of men. When they attack a ship bobbing on the surface of the Abyss, they expect to find easy prey. Instead, they find the trail of a myth, a monster, perhaps the devil himself... As their relentless Captain leads the chase, they embark on a final, vengeful hunt, one that will forever change the worlds of both whales and men. With the lush, atmospheric art of Rovina Cai woven in throughout, this remarkable work by Patrick Ness turns the familiar tale of Moby Dick upside down and tells a story all its own with epic triumph and devastating fate.
Author : Laurens de Groot
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781472903648
A former Dutch police detective outlines his experiences with Sea Shepherd, an international organization protecting marine wildlife, during which he found himself in the middle of a war against a Japanese whaling fleet operating in the Antarctic whale sanctuary.
Author : Bob Woodward
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781471133879
Based on 18 months of reporting, Woodward's 17th book is an intimate, documented examination of how President Obama and the highest profile Republican and Democratic leaders in the United States Congress attempted to restore the American economy and improve the federal government's fiscal condition over three and one half years. Drawn from memos, contemporaneous meeting notes, emails and in-depth interviews with the central players, THE PRICE OF POLITICS addresses the key issue of the presidential and congressional campaigns: the condition of the American economy and how and why we got there. Providing verbatim, day-by-day, even hour-by-hour accounts, the book shows what really happened, what drove the debates, negotiations and struggles that define, and will continue to define, the American future.
