A...B...Sea

Award-winning travel journalist Peter Guttman sets sail and embarks on a rollicking journey across the high seas aboard a colorful variety of craft while exploring dramatic coastal landscapes, exotic

Covering basic theory, components, installation, maintenance, manufacturing, regulation, and industry developments, Gas Turbines: A Handbook of Air, Sea and Land Applications is a broad-based introduc

A Sea of Misadventures examines more than one hundred documented shipwreck narratives from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century as a means to understanding gender, status, and religion in the his

"A maritime history of the world"--

Smart phones and GPS give us many possible routes to navigate our daily commute, warn us of traffic and delays, and tell us where to find a cup of coffee. But what if there were sea serpents and giant

In times past those suffering from cyclical dementia were frequently referred to as suffering from "lunar madness." The book's title, Storms on the Sea of Tranquility is an allusion to that practice.

In times past those suffering from cyclical dementia were frequently referred to as suffering from "lunar madness." The book's title, Storms on the Sea of Tranquility is an allusion to that practice.

The escalation of piracy in the waters east and south of Somalia has led commentators to call the area the new Barbary, but the Somali pirates cannot compare to the three hundred years of terror suppl

This innovative study offers an up-to-date analysis of the archaeology of the North Sea. Robert Van de Noort traces the way people engaged with the North Sea from the end of the last ice age, around

Based on John Williams' meticulous documentation of his travels, this 1837 volume offers an insight into the perilous life of a missionary in the early nineteenth century. The author, an ironmonger by trade, set sail for the South Sea Islands in 1817 with the intention of spreading the gospel and introducing modern technology to the region. As well as recounting the frequent threats to his safety from angry natives, war, natural disaster and disease, Williams provides detailed surveys of the peoples, languages and natural environment he encountered and describes with great exuberance and humour 'the impression made upon barbarous people by their first intercourse with civilised man'. Made more poignant by the author's death at the hands of cannibals just two years after the book's publication, this is an extraordinary account of the perseverance and ingenuity of a man who became a hero and martyr for the Protestant missionary movement.

The new national bestselling Noble Dead story arc is "another must read series" (Book Spot Central). Wynn journeys to the mountain stronghold of the dwarves in search of the "Stonewalkers," an unkn

Wood was essential to the survival of the Venetian Republic. To build its great naval and merchant ships, maintain its extensive levee system, construct buildings, fuel industries, and heat homes, Ve

"Readers of this book will want to take advantage of the editors' detailed summaries of the novel's characters--including 'keys' to surrogate/conflated characters (such as H.D.'s use of her s

This collection is a philosophical and perceptive memoir of a time in author Lesley Choyce's life when he'd been knocked down "several rungs on the wobbly ladder I was climbing." On this journey we me

The collaboration of two friends-one a novelist, one a novelist, one a marine biologist-produced a volume in which fascinating popular science is woven into a narrative of man's dreams, his ideals, an

Fitzmyer (emeritus biblical studies, Catholic U. of America, DC) explains the various sigla that are used for texts and fragments found in the Wadi Qumran, elsewhere along the north coast of the Dead

Whale song is an astonishing world of sound whose existence no one suspected before the 1960s. Its discovery has forced us to confront the possibility of alien intelligence-not in outer space but rig

No other current publication offers the professional engineer or technician the wealth of useful guidance on nearly every aspect of gas turbine design, installation, operation, maintenance and repair

The northern Adriatic Sea is transient, most recently flooded between 18,000 to 6,000 years ago following the last glacial maximum, and it will drain again with the onset of the next glacial period. D

Warm sand and cool surf. The sweet scent of cotton candy and the thrill of your first roller coaster ride. These are the kinds of memories the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk has inspired over its first hu

Arizona-based scholar Washburn lists all the biblical passages contained in all the Dead Sea Scrolls that have been published to date. Arranged by biblical verse, the entries identify the scroll conta

Until a few decades ago, the ocean depths were almost as mysterious and inaccessible as outer space. Oceans cover two-thirds of the earth's surface with an average depth of more than two miles--yet hu

A fisherman and activist in Kyushu, Japan, Masato recounts his and his family's experience with the Minamata disease, caused by chemical pollution during the 1950s, and the impact it had on the fishin

Aboard the Welfare under the ruthless Captain Swift, fourteen-year-old midshipman William Bentley, country boy Thomas Fox, and smuggler Jesse Broad face a voyage of confusion, hatred, violence, wretch

Heavily illustrated with color photographs of common Red Sea reef fishes, this book (intended for snorkelers and divers who view fish observation as a relaxing pastime) describes fish species that li

A chronological listing of the 600-plus American films about the South Pacific islands. Each entry includes the title, director, screenwriter, cast members, plot summary, and analysis. The author lo

Challenging the formidable tradition that places early New England Puritanism at the center of the American religious experience. Yale historian Jon Butler offers a new interpretation of three hundre

Help Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose solve mysteries from A to D in this starter boxed set of the first four A to Z Mysteries® books!Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are just regular kids with a knack for solving

Envisioning a Tibetan Luminary examines the religious biography of Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen (1859-1934), the most significant modern figure representing the Tibetan Bön religion-a vital minority traditi

Dr. Faustus is one of the jewels of early modern English drama, and is still widely performed today. Interestingly, the play has come down to the contemporary audience in two distinct versions that ha

Much water has flowed over the dam since this book went to press in Moscow. One might expect that PIONEER would have made substantial advances-unfortunately it has not. There are reasons: the difficul