Author: John L. Amrhein
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780979687204
Category : Assateague Island (Md. and Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
John Amrhein, former treasure hunter turned maritime historian, documents his search for the remains of the Spanish warship La Galga and its link to the wild horses of Assateague Island.
The Hidden Galleon
Author: John L. Amrhein
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780979687204
Category : Assateague Island (Md. and Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
John Amrhein, former treasure hunter turned maritime historian, documents his search for the remains of the Spanish warship La Galga and its link to the wild horses of Assateague Island.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780979687204
Category : Assateague Island (Md. and Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
John Amrhein, former treasure hunter turned maritime historian, documents his search for the remains of the Spanish warship La Galga and its link to the wild horses of Assateague Island.
Uneven Justice
Author: Raj Rajaratnam
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1637582803
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
The inside story of a case that illustrates the horrific perils of unchecked prosecutorial overreach, written by the man who experienced it firsthand. Raj Rajaratnam, the respected founder of the iconic hedge fund Galleon Group, which managed $7 billion and employed 180 people in its heyday, chose to go to trial rather than concede to a false narrative concocted by ambitious prosecutors looking for a scapegoat for the 2008 financial crisis. Naively perhaps, Rajaratnam had expected to get a fair hearing in court. As an immigrant who had achieved tremendous success in his adopted country, he trusted the system. He had not anticipated prosecutorial overreach—inspired by political ambition—FBI fabrications, judicial compliance, and lies told under oath by cooperating witnesses. In the end, Rajaratnam was convicted and sentenced to eleven years in prison. He served seven and a half. Meanwhile, not a single senior bank executive responsible for the financial crisis was even charged. Uneven Justice is the story of his bewildering and confounding prosecution by forces who, quite frankly, were looking for bigger game. When Rajaratnam refused to support the narrative that would make that happen, he and the Galleon Group became collateral damage. A cautionary tale with implications for us all, Uneven Justice is both a riveting page-turner and an eye-opening lesson in the vagaries of justice when an unscrupulous prosecutor is calling the shots.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1637582803
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
The inside story of a case that illustrates the horrific perils of unchecked prosecutorial overreach, written by the man who experienced it firsthand. Raj Rajaratnam, the respected founder of the iconic hedge fund Galleon Group, which managed $7 billion and employed 180 people in its heyday, chose to go to trial rather than concede to a false narrative concocted by ambitious prosecutors looking for a scapegoat for the 2008 financial crisis. Naively perhaps, Rajaratnam had expected to get a fair hearing in court. As an immigrant who had achieved tremendous success in his adopted country, he trusted the system. He had not anticipated prosecutorial overreach—inspired by political ambition—FBI fabrications, judicial compliance, and lies told under oath by cooperating witnesses. In the end, Rajaratnam was convicted and sentenced to eleven years in prison. He served seven and a half. Meanwhile, not a single senior bank executive responsible for the financial crisis was even charged. Uneven Justice is the story of his bewildering and confounding prosecution by forces who, quite frankly, were looking for bigger game. When Rajaratnam refused to support the narrative that would make that happen, he and the Galleon Group became collateral damage. A cautionary tale with implications for us all, Uneven Justice is both a riveting page-turner and an eye-opening lesson in the vagaries of justice when an unscrupulous prosecutor is calling the shots.
The Landmark
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Vols. 10- include the Union's Annual report, 9th, 11th, 16th-18th, 1929, 1936,
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Vols. 10- include the Union's Annual report, 9th, 11th, 16th-18th, 1929, 1936,
The English-speaking World
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 968
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 968
Book Description
Misty of Chincoteague
Author: Marguerite Henry
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442487992
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A Newbery Honor Book Rediscover award-winning author Marguerite Henry’s classic story about a wild horse’s gentle colt with this faux leather–bound anniversary edition. On an island of Chincoteague off the coasts of Virginia and Maryland lives a centuries-old band of wild ponies. Among them is the most mysterious of all, Phantom, a rarely seen mare that eludes all efforts to capture her—until a young boy and girl lay eyes on her and decide they can’t live without her. The frenzied roundup that follows on the next “Pony Penning Day” does indeed bring Phantom into their lives…in a way they never would have suspected. Phantom will forever be a creature of the wild. But her gentle, loyal colt Misty is another story altogether.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442487992
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A Newbery Honor Book Rediscover award-winning author Marguerite Henry’s classic story about a wild horse’s gentle colt with this faux leather–bound anniversary edition. On an island of Chincoteague off the coasts of Virginia and Maryland lives a centuries-old band of wild ponies. Among them is the most mysterious of all, Phantom, a rarely seen mare that eludes all efforts to capture her—until a young boy and girl lay eyes on her and decide they can’t live without her. The frenzied roundup that follows on the next “Pony Penning Day” does indeed bring Phantom into their lives…in a way they never would have suspected. Phantom will forever be a creature of the wild. But her gentle, loyal colt Misty is another story altogether.
Galleon
Author: Dudley Pope
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755120442
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
England is at peace with the restoration of Charles II, but in Jamaica all is not well. Though there is peace with Spain, there is No Peace ‘Beyond the Line’. Ned Yorke, Admiral of the Brethren and leader of the Buccaneers will not kowtow to the new Governor who is bent on weakening the Island's defences and destroying its currency.
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755120442
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
England is at peace with the restoration of Charles II, but in Jamaica all is not well. Though there is peace with Spain, there is No Peace ‘Beyond the Line’. Ned Yorke, Admiral of the Brethren and leader of the Buccaneers will not kowtow to the new Governor who is bent on weakening the Island's defences and destroying its currency.
The Treasure of the Concepción
Author: Peter Earle
Publisher: Viking Adult
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Publisher: Viking Adult
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Treasure Island
Author: John Amrhein, Jr.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780983084303
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Recounts the tale of the Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, a galleon loaded with treasure. The treasure was stolen by two brothers, an act that inspired Stevenson's Treasure Island.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780983084303
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Recounts the tale of the Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, a galleon loaded with treasure. The treasure was stolen by two brothers, an act that inspired Stevenson's Treasure Island.
The Galleon's Gold
Author: Luis Senarens
Publisher:
ISBN: 3752432160
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: The Galleon's Gold by Luis Senarens
Publisher:
ISBN: 3752432160
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: The Galleon's Gold by Luis Senarens
Ghost Galleon
Author: Edward Von der Porten
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 162349768X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Ghost Galleon tells the story of archaeologists’ twenty-year search on a desolate beach in Baja California for the enigmatic remains of a Spanish galleon that disappeared without a trace more than four centuries ago. Carrying a cargo of Asian riches to the New World, Manila galleons forged the final link in the unification of the world through commerce by their annual voyages across the Pacific Ocean. Here, author Edward Von der Porten relates how a chance viewing of Chinese porcelain sherds in a museum catalog led him, his wife Saryl, and a team of researchers to the beachcombers who discovered the sherds. To Von der Porten, these sherds represented the possibility of something much more significant: one of the earliest known Manila galleon shipwrecks on the West Coast. In collaboration with the National Institute of Anthropology and History of Mexico (INAH), Von der Porten and his colleagues undertook the first of many archaeological expeditions to investigate the site in 1999. Over twenty years, a team of American and Mexican archaeologists recovered thousands of artifacts and concluded that they had located the remains of the cargo from a Spanish galleon—most likely the San Juanillo of 1578. This copiously illustrated, highly accessible work offers an inside view of how archaeologists carefully assemble the evidence that allows scientific reconstruction of past events. Despite the grudging resistance of time, Von der Porten and his colleagues have resurrected the tale of the ill-fated San Juanillo to enrich our understanding and appreciation of the past.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 162349768X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Ghost Galleon tells the story of archaeologists’ twenty-year search on a desolate beach in Baja California for the enigmatic remains of a Spanish galleon that disappeared without a trace more than four centuries ago. Carrying a cargo of Asian riches to the New World, Manila galleons forged the final link in the unification of the world through commerce by their annual voyages across the Pacific Ocean. Here, author Edward Von der Porten relates how a chance viewing of Chinese porcelain sherds in a museum catalog led him, his wife Saryl, and a team of researchers to the beachcombers who discovered the sherds. To Von der Porten, these sherds represented the possibility of something much more significant: one of the earliest known Manila galleon shipwrecks on the West Coast. In collaboration with the National Institute of Anthropology and History of Mexico (INAH), Von der Porten and his colleagues undertook the first of many archaeological expeditions to investigate the site in 1999. Over twenty years, a team of American and Mexican archaeologists recovered thousands of artifacts and concluded that they had located the remains of the cargo from a Spanish galleon—most likely the San Juanillo of 1578. This copiously illustrated, highly accessible work offers an inside view of how archaeologists carefully assemble the evidence that allows scientific reconstruction of past events. Despite the grudging resistance of time, Von der Porten and his colleagues have resurrected the tale of the ill-fated San Juanillo to enrich our understanding and appreciation of the past.