We Are All Shipwrecks

Author : Kelly Grey Carlisle
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781492645214

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We Are All Shipwrecks by Kelly Grey Carlisle Pdf

AS SEEN ON DR. OZ "Moving and complex, this is an exquisitely written tale of perseverance and unconditional love. A worthwhile addition to any collection."—Library Journal, STARRED Review A mother's murder. Her daughter's redemption. And the complicated past that belongs to them both. Kelly always knew her family was different. She knew that most children didn't live with their grandparents and that their grandparents didn't own porn stores. Her classmates didn't sleep on a boat in the L.A. harbor, and she knew their next-door neighbors probably weren't drug addicts and johns. She knew that most of her classmates knew more about their moms than their cause of death. What Kelly didn't know was if she would become part of the dysfunction that surrounded her. Would she end up selling adult videos and sinking into the depths of harbor life, or would she escape to live her own story somewhere else? As an adult, Kelly decides to discover how the place where she came from defined the person she ultimately became. To do this, she goes back to the beginning—to a mother she never knew, a thirty-year-old cold case, and two of Los Angeles's most notorious murderers. We Are All Shipwrecks is Kelly's story of redemption from tragedy, told with a tenderness toward her family that makes it as much about preserving the strings that anchor her as it is about breaking free.

Author : Edward Wilson-Lee
Publisher : Scribner
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781982111403

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The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books by Edward Wilson-Lee Pdf

This impeccably researched and “adventure-packed” (The Washington Post) account of the obsessive quest by Christopher Columbus’s son to create the greatest library in the world is “the stuff of Hollywood blockbusters” (NPR) and offers a vivid picture of Europe on the verge of becoming modern. At the peak of the Age of Exploration, Hernando Colón sailed with his father Christopher Columbus on his final voyage to the New World, a journey that ended in disaster, bloody mutiny, and shipwreck. After Columbus’s death in 1506, eighteen-year-old Hernando sought to continue—and surpass—his father’s campaign to explore the boundaries of the known world by building a library that would collect everything ever printed: a vast holding organized by summaries and catalogues; really, the first ever database for the exploding diversity of written matter as the printing press proliferated across Europe. Hernando traveled extensively and obsessively amassed his collection based on the groundbreaking conviction that a library of universal knowledge should include “all books, in all languages and on all subjects,” even material often dismissed: ballads, erotica, news pamphlets, almanacs, popular images, romances, fables. The loss of part of his collection to another maritime disaster in 1522, set off the final scramble to complete this sublime project, a race against time to realize a vision of near-impossible perfection. “Magnificent…a thrill on almost every page” (The New York Times Book Review), The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books is a window into sixteenth-century Europe’s information revolution, and a reflection of the passion and intrigues that lie beneath our own insatiable desires to bring order to the world today.

Author : Fiona Macdonald
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781482421903

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Shipwrecks by Fiona Macdonald Pdf

Stories of shipwrecks are intriguing, often somber, reminders of the power the sea wields. Its waters destroy even the most invincible vessels. Ships on the seafloor also preserve historic relics. Even today, people can find treasures aboard ships that sunk hundreds of years ago! This in-depth book takes readers under the surface and into the fascinating realm of shipwrecks. Through 100 facts, a variety of topics are explored, including how wrecks are found and some tales of the most famous and mysterious wrecks of all. Additional fact boxes, activities, and diagrams aid in comprehension and contribute to this absorbing subject.

Author : Jonathan Martin
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310347989

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How to Survive a Shipwreck by Jonathan Martin Pdf

Life is turbulent. On that, we can all agree. Disappointed dreams, broken relationships, identity crises, vocational hang-ups, wounds from the past--there are so many ways life can send us crashing up against the rocks. In this deeply personal book, Jonathan Martin draws from his own stories of failure and loss to find the love that can only be discovered on the bottom. How to Survive a Shipwreck is an invitation to trust the goodness of God and the resilience of your soul. Jonathan's clarion call is this: No matter how hard you've fallen, no matter how much you've been hurt, help is on the way--just when you need it most. With visionary artistry and pastoral wisdom, Jonathan Martin reveals what we'll need to make it through those uncharted waters, how we can use these defining experiences to live out of our depths, and why it will then become impossible to go back to the half-life we once lived.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Oceanography
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Historic ships
ISBN : STANFORD:36105029334252

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Historic Shipwrecks by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Oceanography Pdf

Author : William Golding
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780571290581

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Lord of the Flies by William Golding Pdf

A plane crashes on a desert island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beast. As the boys' delicate sense of order fades, so their childish dreams are transformed into something more primitive, and their behaviour starts to take on a murderous, savage significance. First published in 1954, Lord of the Flies is one of the most celebrated and widely read of modern classics. Now fully revised and updated, this educational edition includes chapter summaries, comprehension questions, discussion points, classroom activities, a biographical profile of Golding, historical context relevant to the novel and an essay on Lord of the Flies by William Golding entitled 'Fable'. Aimed at Key Stage 3 and 4 students, it also includes a section on literary theory for advanced or A-level students. The educational edition encourages original and independent thinking while guiding the student through the text - ideal for use in the classroom and at home.

Author : Stewart Gordon
Publisher : ForeEdge from University Press of New England
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781611685404

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A History of the World in Sixteen Shipwrecks by Stewart Gordon Pdf

Roman triremes of the Mediterranean. The treasure fleet of the Spanish Main. Great ocean liners of the Atlantic. Stories of disasters at sea fire the imagination as little else can, whether the subject is a historical wreck - the Titanic or the Bismark - or the recent capsizing of a Mediterranean cruise ship. Shipwrecks also make for a new and very different understanding of world history. A History of the World in Sixteen Shipwrecks explores the ages-long, immensely hazardous, persistently romantic, and still-ongoing process of moving people and goods across far-flung maritime worlds. Telling the stories of ships and the people who made and sailed them, from the earliest ancient-Nile craft to the Exxon Valdez, A History of the World in Sixteen Shipwrecks argues that the gradual integration of localized and separate maritime regions into fewer, larger, and more interdependent regions offers a unique window on world history. Stewart Gordon draws a number of provocative conclusions from his study, among them that the European "Age of Exploration" as a singular event is simply a myth - many cultures, east and west, explored far-flung maritime worlds over the millennia - and that technologies of shipbuilding and navigation have been among the main drivers of science and technology throughout history. Finally, A History of the World in Sixteen Shipwrecks shows in a series of compelling narratives that the development of institutions and technologies that made terrifying oceans familiar, and turned unknown seas into sea-lanes, profoundly matters in our modern world.

Author : Akira Yoshimura
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781847677228

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Shipwrecks by Akira Yoshimura Pdf

Introduced by David Mitchell In a coastal village in medieval Japan, a young boy called Isaku battles to keep his family alive against the odds. With his father gone, Isaku is forced to grow up well before his time. He must learn how to catch fish, how to distil salt, and about all the mysteries of the vast churning sea, not least the legend of O-fune-sama, of ships wrecked offshore providing the village with unexpected bounty. When a ship founders on the rocks, Isaku and the villagers rejoice. Long have they prayed for the sea's gifts. But the cargo is not at all the blessing they had hoped for. At first mystifying, then terrifying, something dark is coming ashore and it's about to change their lives forever.

Author : Bella Bathurst
Publisher : HMH
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780544301610

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The Wreckers by Bella Bathurst Pdf

An “entertaining” historical investigation into the scavengers who have profited off the spoils of maritime disasters (The Washington Post). Even today, Britain’s coastline remains a dangerous place. It is an island soaked by four separate seas, with shifting sand banks to the east, veiled reefs to the west, powerful currents above, and the world’s busiest shipping channel below. The country’s offshore waters are strewn with shipwrecks—and for villagers scratching out an existence along Britain’s shores, those wrecks have been more than simply an act of God; in many cases, they have been the difference between living well and just getting by. Though Daphne du Maurier and Poldark have made Cornwall famous as Britain’s most notorious region for wrecking, many other coastal communities regarded the “sea’s bounty” as a way of providing themselves with everything from grapefruits to grand pianos. Some plunderers were held to be so skilled that they could strip a ship from stem to stern before the Coast Guard had even left port. Some were rumored to lure ships onto the rocks with false lights, and some simply waited for winter gales to do their work. This book uncovers tales of ships and shipwreck victims—from shoreline orgies so Dionysian that few participants survived the morning to humble homes fitted with silver candelabra, from coastlines rigged like stage sets to villages where everyone owns identical tennis shoes. Spanning three hundred years of history, The Wreckers examines the myths, realities, and superstitions of shipwrecks and uncovers the darker side of life on Britain’s shores. “Bathurst, who won a Somerset Maugham Award for The Lighthouse Stevensons, offers a spellbinding tale of seafaring men, their ships and the ocean that cares for neither.” —Publishers Weekly “A fascinating, haunting account of pillagers, plunderers, and pirates.” —John Burnett, author of Dangerous Waters: Modern Piracy and Terror on the High Seas

Author : D Stewart
Publisher : D Stewart
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Just Us Kids - Shipwrecked by D Stewart Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1838
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026692218

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Chronicles of the Sea: Or, Faithful Narratives of Shipwrecks, Fires ... Together with Celebrated Voyages, Etc by Anonim Pdf

Author : Mariner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1062 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1826
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590653735

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The mariner's chronicle; or Interesting narratives of shipwrecks by Mariner Pdf

Author : Mackenzi Lee
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-22
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780062382795

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This Monstrous Thing by Mackenzi Lee Pdf

A wildly creative Gothic fantasy retelling of Frankenstein, This Monstrous Thing is a wholly new reimagining of the classic novel by Mary Shelley and is perfect for fans of retellings such as Cinder by Marissa Meyer, fantasy by Libba Bray and Cassandra Clare, and alternative history by Scott Westerfeld. In an alternative fantasy world where some men are made from clockwork parts and carriages are steam powered, Alasdair Finch, a young mechanic, does the unthinkable after his brother dies: he uses clockwork pieces to bring Oliver back from the dead. But the resurrection does not go as planned, and Oliver returns more monster than man. Even worse, the novel Frankenstein is published and the townsfolk are determined to find the real-life doctor and his monster. With few places to turn for help, the dangers may ultimately bring the brothers together—or ruin them forever.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1839
Category : Shipping
ISBN : UOM:39015021741718

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Report from Select Committee on Shipwrecks of Timber Ships by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Pdf

Author : John Graham Dalyell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1846
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:B900058353

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Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea; Narratives of the Most Remarkable Wrecks, Conflagrations, Mutinies, &c. Comprising "The Loss of the Wager," "Mutiny of the Bounty," and Several Others by John Graham Dalyell Pdf