Author: Dom Degnon
Publisher: Sheridan House, Inc.
ISBN: 9780924486753
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Looks at the perils and rewards of long distance cruising.
Sails Full and by
Author: Dom Degnon
Publisher: Sheridan House, Inc.
ISBN: 9780924486753
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Looks at the perils and rewards of long distance cruising.
Publisher: Sheridan House, Inc.
ISBN: 9780924486753
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Looks at the perils and rewards of long distance cruising.
Freedom's Call to Glory
Author: Barbara Butterfield
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1499013876
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
A company of Marines struggle with living in a war-torn land where danger, injury and death lurk in every shadow. While coping with the emotional loss of friends and family, it’s a place where loneliness and homesickness are the men’s constant companions. Amidst the strife of war, this small company of able-bodied Marines unwittingly becomes entangled in a subversive enemy plot. All the while their lives slowly descend into a maelstrom of intrigue and it’s a race against time to save the day. The question is...will they be in time, and will they live long enough for justice to prevail.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1499013876
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
A company of Marines struggle with living in a war-torn land where danger, injury and death lurk in every shadow. While coping with the emotional loss of friends and family, it’s a place where loneliness and homesickness are the men’s constant companions. Amidst the strife of war, this small company of able-bodied Marines unwittingly becomes entangled in a subversive enemy plot. All the while their lives slowly descend into a maelstrom of intrigue and it’s a race against time to save the day. The question is...will they be in time, and will they live long enough for justice to prevail.
South Pacific Handbook
Author: David Stanley
Publisher: David Stanley
ISBN: 9780918373991
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 812
Book Description
An all-new edition of the original comprehensive South Pacific guide, completely revised and updated with over 85% new material. Stanley provides an accurate portrait of all 15 insular territories of Polynesia and Melanesia, offering an insider's knowledge, spirited commentary, and adventurous coverage. Contains nearly 200 concise, reliable maps, glossary, and index. (Moon Publications)
Publisher: David Stanley
ISBN: 9780918373991
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 812
Book Description
An all-new edition of the original comprehensive South Pacific guide, completely revised and updated with over 85% new material. Stanley provides an accurate portrait of all 15 insular territories of Polynesia and Melanesia, offering an insider's knowledge, spirited commentary, and adventurous coverage. Contains nearly 200 concise, reliable maps, glossary, and index. (Moon Publications)
Robert J. Flaherty
Author: Paul Rotha
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512818518
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Producer of Nanook of the North, Moana, Man of Aran, and other pioneering documentaries between 1920 and 1940, Robert J. Flaherty was America's first independent film artist. Popular conceptions of Flaherty have led many either to worship his work and regard him in mythical terms or to debunk him as a fraud and castigate him for lack of a social consciousness. Rarely has the attempt been made to understand him in the context of his times. This captivating study presents Flaherty through the eyes of someone who knew him personally—the brilliant British filmmaker and scholar Paul Rotha. A colleague and close friend of Flaherty, Rotha gives us s a powerfully written biography that is a balanced and intimate look at the life and work of an American genius. Editor Jay Ruby has restored the Rotha biography, including a wealth of anecdotes, letters, and memoirs that begin to bring Robert Flaherty the man into focus. An especially valuable dimension of this work is the appraisal of Flaherty the filmmaker from the viewpoint of a major figure of the British industry. He summarizes in detail the critical response to Flaherty of his contemporaries, about which only sketchy information has previously been available. Flaherty regarded himself as an explorer as well as a filmmaker. The exciting story of this biography takes us from the Arctic, where Flaherty spent years filming Nanook, to the South Pacific, England, the Aran Islands, and finally the United States. his courage and overarching vision resulted in an unprecedented recording of the human struggle and in documentary films that reached a wider audience than ever before.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512818518
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Producer of Nanook of the North, Moana, Man of Aran, and other pioneering documentaries between 1920 and 1940, Robert J. Flaherty was America's first independent film artist. Popular conceptions of Flaherty have led many either to worship his work and regard him in mythical terms or to debunk him as a fraud and castigate him for lack of a social consciousness. Rarely has the attempt been made to understand him in the context of his times. This captivating study presents Flaherty through the eyes of someone who knew him personally—the brilliant British filmmaker and scholar Paul Rotha. A colleague and close friend of Flaherty, Rotha gives us s a powerfully written biography that is a balanced and intimate look at the life and work of an American genius. Editor Jay Ruby has restored the Rotha biography, including a wealth of anecdotes, letters, and memoirs that begin to bring Robert Flaherty the man into focus. An especially valuable dimension of this work is the appraisal of Flaherty the filmmaker from the viewpoint of a major figure of the British industry. He summarizes in detail the critical response to Flaherty of his contemporaries, about which only sketchy information has previously been available. Flaherty regarded himself as an explorer as well as a filmmaker. The exciting story of this biography takes us from the Arctic, where Flaherty spent years filming Nanook, to the South Pacific, England, the Aran Islands, and finally the United States. his courage and overarching vision resulted in an unprecedented recording of the human struggle and in documentary films that reached a wider audience than ever before.
Tahiti
Author: George Calderon
Publisher: London : G. Richards
ISBN:
Category : Tahiti
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Publisher: London : G. Richards
ISBN:
Category : Tahiti
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Tahiti
Author: Henry Adams
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tahiti
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tahiti
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
South Pacific Handbook
Author: David Stanley
Publisher: David Stanley
ISBN: 9780918373298
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
A comprehensive guide to the 16 territories of Polynesia and Melanesia, not just the popular spots. This is a guide for the budget traveller to the whole of the South Pacific.
Publisher: David Stanley
ISBN: 9780918373298
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
A comprehensive guide to the 16 territories of Polynesia and Melanesia, not just the popular spots. This is a guide for the budget traveller to the whole of the South Pacific.
Moon Handbooks Tahiti
Author: David Stanley
Publisher: David Stanley
ISBN: 9781566914123
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Explore the volcanic peaks of the Marquesas or shop in Papeete's vibrant marketplace. All the essentials to discovering this tropical paradise are presented in an easy-to-use format. Photos & illustrations. Maps.
Publisher: David Stanley
ISBN: 9781566914123
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Explore the volcanic peaks of the Marquesas or shop in Papeete's vibrant marketplace. All the essentials to discovering this tropical paradise are presented in an easy-to-use format. Photos & illustrations. Maps.
Tahiti
Author: George Calderon
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317856708
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
First published in 2008. The people and life of Tahiti had sunk deeply into the heart of Calderon; but when he returned home, he deliberately postponed the book he intended to write, in order that he might recall the memory in due perspective. He left it incomplete, but there is a synopsis which shows how he meant to construct it, with the help of these the book has been brought to the shape in which it is now published. The reader will understand how the book inevitably shows unevenness, save for the chapters which had received the author's finishing touch.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317856708
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
First published in 2008. The people and life of Tahiti had sunk deeply into the heart of Calderon; but when he returned home, he deliberately postponed the book he intended to write, in order that he might recall the memory in due perspective. He left it incomplete, but there is a synopsis which shows how he meant to construct it, with the help of these the book has been brought to the shape in which it is now published. The reader will understand how the book inevitably shows unevenness, save for the chapters which had received the author's finishing touch.
The History of the Tahitian Mission, 1799-1830, Written by John Davies, Missionary to the South Sea Islands
Author: C.W. Newbury
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1317028716
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
In the wake of the navigators who finally opened up the Pacific came missionaries, traders and finally administrators. In the early decades of the 19th century Polynesia was a rich field for the curious and the calculating, for writers and adventurers. The pioneer European settlers in Eastern Polynesia were ministers and mechanics sent out on the crest of an Evangelical wave the merged with the currents and eddies of trade and whaling to break down the isolation of the islands and their inhabitants. Among the pioneers was Welshman John Davies (1772-1855) who spent just over 50 years of his life on Tahiti and neighbouring islands. He witnessed the rise of the Pomare dynasty, conversion to Christianity, reaction to attempts at theocratic government, and the gradual encroachment of alien commerce and European rule. His colleagues have made their contribution to the history and anthropology of Polynesia. Davies himself, teacher, linguist and careful observer, wrote his own story of the Mission, its personalities and their contact with the Polynesians, from the early phase of disillusionment through three decades of political and economic change, destruction and reconstruction. From this contact there emerged the uneasy compromise of missionary and indigenous beliefs and institutions that characterized Tahiti and its neighbours before and after the advent of French administration. Davies's manuscript History is here edited and annotated, supplemented by the writings of other missionaries and presented as a contribution to the literature of the Pacific. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1961.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1317028716
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
In the wake of the navigators who finally opened up the Pacific came missionaries, traders and finally administrators. In the early decades of the 19th century Polynesia was a rich field for the curious and the calculating, for writers and adventurers. The pioneer European settlers in Eastern Polynesia were ministers and mechanics sent out on the crest of an Evangelical wave the merged with the currents and eddies of trade and whaling to break down the isolation of the islands and their inhabitants. Among the pioneers was Welshman John Davies (1772-1855) who spent just over 50 years of his life on Tahiti and neighbouring islands. He witnessed the rise of the Pomare dynasty, conversion to Christianity, reaction to attempts at theocratic government, and the gradual encroachment of alien commerce and European rule. His colleagues have made their contribution to the history and anthropology of Polynesia. Davies himself, teacher, linguist and careful observer, wrote his own story of the Mission, its personalities and their contact with the Polynesians, from the early phase of disillusionment through three decades of political and economic change, destruction and reconstruction. From this contact there emerged the uneasy compromise of missionary and indigenous beliefs and institutions that characterized Tahiti and its neighbours before and after the advent of French administration. Davies's manuscript History is here edited and annotated, supplemented by the writings of other missionaries and presented as a contribution to the literature of the Pacific. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1961.