Author: Steven Callahan
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0547526563
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 259
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Before The Perfect Storm, before In the Heart of the Sea, Steven Callahan’s dramatic tale of survival at sea was on the New York Times bestseller list for more than thirty-six weeks. In some ways the model for the new wave of adventure books, Adrift is an undeniable seafaring classic, a riveting firsthand account by the only man known to have survived more than a month alone at sea, fighting for his life in an inflatable raft after his small sloop capsized only six days out. “Utterly absorbing” (Newsweek), Adrift is a must-have for any adventure library.
Author: Holly Cefrey
Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
ISBN: 9780516243306
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Introduces the sailing enthusiast and boat designer, Steven Callahan, who struggled to survive after his small sailboat, the "Napoleon Solo," sank into the Atlantic Ocean.
Author: James Nalepka
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Shipwrecks
Languages : en
Pages :
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The crew of the Rose-Noelle consisted of four men, barely acquainted before the start of their voyage. By the time the wrecked yacht ran aground on Great Barrier Island they had overcome fears and suspicions, developed unsuspected strengths and resources and learnt that co-operation was essential for survival.
Author: Bill Minutaglio
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 1455522112
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 409
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In the months and weeks before the fateful November 22nd, 1963, Dallas was brewing with political passions, a city crammed with larger-than-life characters dead-set against the Kennedy presidency. These included rabid warriors like defrocked military general Edwin A. Walker; the world's richest oil baron, H. L. Hunt; the leader of the largest Baptist congregation in the world, W.A. Criswell; and the media mogul Ted Dealey, who raucously confronted JFK and whose family name adorns the plaza where the president was murdered. On the same stage was a compelling cast of marauding gangsters, swashbuckling politicos, unsung civil rights heroes, and a stylish millionaire anxious to save his doomed city. Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis ingeniously explore the swirling forces that led many people to warn President Kennedy to avoid Dallas on his fateful trip to Texas. Breathtakingly paced, Dallas 1963 presents a clear, cinematic, and revelatory look at the shocking tragedy that transformed America. Countless authors have attempted to explain the assassination, but no one has ever bothered to explain Dallas-until now. With spellbinding storytelling, Minutaglio and Davis lead us through intimate glimpses of the Kennedy family and the machinations of the Kennedy White House, to the obsessed men in Dallas who concocted the climate of hatred that led many to blame the city for the president's death. Here at long last is an accurate understanding of what happened in the weeks and months leading to John F. Kennedy's assassination. Dallas 1963 is not only a fresh look at a momentous national tragedy but a sobering reminder of how radical, polarizing ideologies can poison a city-and a nation. Winner of the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Research Nonfiction Named one of the Top 3 JFK Books by Parade Magazine. Named 1 of The 5 Essential Kennedy assassination books ever written by The Daily Beast. Named one of the Top Nonfiction Books of 2013 by Kirkus Reviews.
Author: Steven Callahan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615913902
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 346
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Revised and expanded edition, with a New Introduction by the Author. "An intriguing tale of personal victories claimed from disaster." - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY "Soulful, emotional ... earnest and engrossing." - KIRKUS "Will no doubt grip any reader." - Adam Braver, author of November 22, 1963 and Misfit In a superb narrative, NY Times bestselling author Steven Callahan chronicles the four-month (April - August 1989) struggle of Jim Nalepka and three other crew to survive on their capsized trimaran adrift in the the stormy seas of the wintry South Pacific. For shelter, the four huddled together in a dank hull compartment 20 inches high and only as wide as a double-bed. Most of their gear was lost in the same gale that caused them to capsize. They were drenched nearly constantly with frigid seawater, and caught fish and collected rain for sustenance before the wind and current finally carried them to New Zealand's Great Barrier Island. Capsized was originally published with a slightly different title by HarperCollins in 1992. This new edition has been thoroughly revised by Callahan (with additional text, illustrations and a new Introduction).
Author: Allan Baillie
Publisher: Puffin
ISBN: 9780140370102
Category : Brothers and sisters
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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This is a survival tale set in Australia, but it is also the account of a boy realistically developing insight into his family and himself.
Author: Spider Robinson
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780812572278
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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Callahan's Place is the neighborhood tavern to all of time and space, where the regulars are anything but. Pull up a chair, grab a glass of your favorite, and listen to the stories spun by time travelers, cybernetic aliens, telepaths...and a bunch of regular folks on a mission to save the world, one customer at a time.
Author: Kevin O'Callaghan
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9780810989535
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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"Kevin O'Callaghan is a wizard who can find the monumental in anything and sees the potential genius in everyone, and Monumental is his manifesto, featuring hundreds of beautiful and useful design objects made out of obsolete, useless cast-off technology." --Front flap.
Author: Nate Hardcastle
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 9781560253679
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 301
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Filled with moral, physical, and emotional courage, a collection of riveting narratives of people who find themselves in desperate and dire survival situations features contributions from such writers as Dougal Robertson, William Laird McKinlet, James D. Houston, and Patrick O'Brian. Original.
Author: Mark Alice Durant
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578632735
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Running, Falling, Flying, Floating, Crawling is a loose compendium of photographs and texts that picture, examine, explore, and / or suggest the human body in states of abandon, helplessness, terror, subjugation, serenity, and transcendence. Artists include Andre Kertesz, Yves Klein, Laurie Simmons, Maya Deren, Gideon Mendel, Bas Jan Ader, Chris Burden, Tabitha Soren, Nan Goldin, Rania Matar, John Divola, Harry Callahan, Sarah Charlesworth, and Francesca Woodman. Writers include David Campany, Lynne Tillman, Jennifer Blessing, Diane Seuss, Susan Bright, Gilda Williams, Marvin Heiferman, Maud Casey, and Carol Mavor.
