Author: Iris Murdoch
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101495650
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Winner of the Booker Prize—a tale of the strange obsessions that haunt a playwright as he composes his memoirs Charles Arrowby, leading light of England's theatrical set, retires from glittering London to an isolated home by the sea. He plans to write a memoir about his great love affair with Clement Makin, his mentor, both professionally and personally, and amuse himself with Lizzie, an actress he has strung along for many years. None of his plans work out, and his memoir evolves into a riveting chronicle of the strange events and unexpected visitors-some real, some spectral-that disrupt his world and shake his oversized ego to its very core. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
The Sea, the Sea
Author: Iris Murdoch
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101495650
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Winner of the Booker Prize—a tale of the strange obsessions that haunt a playwright as he composes his memoirs Charles Arrowby, leading light of England's theatrical set, retires from glittering London to an isolated home by the sea. He plans to write a memoir about his great love affair with Clement Makin, his mentor, both professionally and personally, and amuse himself with Lizzie, an actress he has strung along for many years. None of his plans work out, and his memoir evolves into a riveting chronicle of the strange events and unexpected visitors-some real, some spectral-that disrupt his world and shake his oversized ego to its very core. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101495650
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Winner of the Booker Prize—a tale of the strange obsessions that haunt a playwright as he composes his memoirs Charles Arrowby, leading light of England's theatrical set, retires from glittering London to an isolated home by the sea. He plans to write a memoir about his great love affair with Clement Makin, his mentor, both professionally and personally, and amuse himself with Lizzie, an actress he has strung along for many years. None of his plans work out, and his memoir evolves into a riveting chronicle of the strange events and unexpected visitors-some real, some spectral-that disrupt his world and shake his oversized ego to its very core. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Roaming: Roark's Adventure Atlas
Author: Beau Flemister
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
ISBN: 0847871517
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
An action sports adventurer’s bucket list of exciting and unexpected destinations around the globe as lived and told by iconic surfers, skaters, climbers, and riders. An unconventional photographic guidebook to adventure, featuring images, intel, itineraries, tales, and testimonies collected by Roark’s expert guides. The book documents the routes of a group of iconic surfers, climbers, skaters, and other adventurers seeking full cultural and thrill-seeking immersion. Including journeys to 16 global destinations illustrating the road less traveled, from surf expeditions to Iceland, the Falkland Islands, or Jamaica, to motorcycle journeys through Nepal, rock climbing in Argentina to cliff jumping in Northern Vietnam, and more. World-renowned photographers Chris Burkard, Dylan Gordon, Jeff Johnson, Drew Smith, and Chris McPherson uniquely capture faraway images and the wayward spirit of those that seek adventure—if not a little danger—in an increasingly tame world. The modern bible for anyone interested in charting an adventure with improbable itineraries across the globe, or the mere appreciation for photography that transports you to a place only found in dreams.
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
ISBN: 0847871517
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
An action sports adventurer’s bucket list of exciting and unexpected destinations around the globe as lived and told by iconic surfers, skaters, climbers, and riders. An unconventional photographic guidebook to adventure, featuring images, intel, itineraries, tales, and testimonies collected by Roark’s expert guides. The book documents the routes of a group of iconic surfers, climbers, skaters, and other adventurers seeking full cultural and thrill-seeking immersion. Including journeys to 16 global destinations illustrating the road less traveled, from surf expeditions to Iceland, the Falkland Islands, or Jamaica, to motorcycle journeys through Nepal, rock climbing in Argentina to cliff jumping in Northern Vietnam, and more. World-renowned photographers Chris Burkard, Dylan Gordon, Jeff Johnson, Drew Smith, and Chris McPherson uniquely capture faraway images and the wayward spirit of those that seek adventure—if not a little danger—in an increasingly tame world. The modern bible for anyone interested in charting an adventure with improbable itineraries across the globe, or the mere appreciation for photography that transports you to a place only found in dreams.
Roaming America
Author: Renee Hahnel
Publisher: Lannoo Meulenhoff - Belgium
ISBN: 9401459568
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Renee & Matthew Hahnel, two professional travel photographers, embarked on the adventure of a lifetime ... a seven month journey to every national park in America. Over the course of this epic road trip, they traveled through 39 states, two US territories, drove over 25,000 miles, took 26 flights, and hiked hundreds of miles across some of the most dramatic landscapes on the planet. Roaming America tells their story through breathtaking imagery and musings from the road that will set your wanderlust into overdrive. The Hahnel's also share their personal experiences, and give away their insider tips to help you plan your own national parks adventure!
Publisher: Lannoo Meulenhoff - Belgium
ISBN: 9401459568
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Renee & Matthew Hahnel, two professional travel photographers, embarked on the adventure of a lifetime ... a seven month journey to every national park in America. Over the course of this epic road trip, they traveled through 39 states, two US territories, drove over 25,000 miles, took 26 flights, and hiked hundreds of miles across some of the most dramatic landscapes on the planet. Roaming America tells their story through breathtaking imagery and musings from the road that will set your wanderlust into overdrive. The Hahnel's also share their personal experiences, and give away their insider tips to help you plan your own national parks adventure!
Plunge
Author: Liesbet Collaert
Publisher: Roaming about Press
ISBN: 9781735980607
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Tropical waters turn tumultuous in this travel memoir, as a free-spirited woman jumps headfirst into a sailing adventure with a new man and his two dogs. Join Liesbet as she faces a decision that sends her into a whirlwind of love, loss, and living in the moment. When she swaps life as she knows it for an uncertain future on a sailboat, she succumbs to seasickness and a growing desire to be alone. Guided by impulsiveness and the joys of an alternative lifestyle, she must navigate personal storms, trouble with US immigration, adverse weather conditions, and doubts about her newfound love. Does Liesbet find happiness? Will the dogs outlast the man? Or is this just another reality check on a dream to live at sea? ### Have you ever wondered how life could be if you had made different choices? If you didn't marry early, commit to a large loan for the house, focus on your career, start a family? Maybe you're just curious about how a person thinking outside the box manages? A person without boundaries, striving to be flexible, happy, and free. What you are about to read is how one such person follows her dreams, no, her intuition, and how she survives her naivety, life altering twists, and a relationship in close quarters. Plunge is a story of what happens when you go with the flow, when you have a bright idea - or thought you had one - and ride the waves of the unknown. Ready to hop aboard and delve in?
Publisher: Roaming about Press
ISBN: 9781735980607
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Tropical waters turn tumultuous in this travel memoir, as a free-spirited woman jumps headfirst into a sailing adventure with a new man and his two dogs. Join Liesbet as she faces a decision that sends her into a whirlwind of love, loss, and living in the moment. When she swaps life as she knows it for an uncertain future on a sailboat, she succumbs to seasickness and a growing desire to be alone. Guided by impulsiveness and the joys of an alternative lifestyle, she must navigate personal storms, trouble with US immigration, adverse weather conditions, and doubts about her newfound love. Does Liesbet find happiness? Will the dogs outlast the man? Or is this just another reality check on a dream to live at sea? ### Have you ever wondered how life could be if you had made different choices? If you didn't marry early, commit to a large loan for the house, focus on your career, start a family? Maybe you're just curious about how a person thinking outside the box manages? A person without boundaries, striving to be flexible, happy, and free. What you are about to read is how one such person follows her dreams, no, her intuition, and how she survives her naivety, life altering twists, and a relationship in close quarters. Plunge is a story of what happens when you go with the flow, when you have a bright idea - or thought you had one - and ride the waves of the unknown. Ready to hop aboard and delve in?
The ocean queen and the spirit of the storm
Author: William Henry G. Kingston
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Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Foxholme hall; and other tales
Author: William Henry G. Kingston
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 440
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Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
On Being a Doctor
Author: Michael A. LaCombe
Publisher: ACP Press
ISBN: 0943126657
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
"On Being a Doctor is a selected compilation of the highly evocative prose and poetry published as a regular feature in Annals of Internal Medicine. The section, which was introduced in 1990 to an enthusiastic response form the Annals readership, focuses on the humanistic side of medicine. Physicians and other medical professionals will both enjoy and relate to the individual contributions. Similarly, families, friends, and associates of any healthcare professional will gain valuable and at times graphic insight into the sometimes joyous, sometimes painful, sides of a physician's practice." -- Back cover.
Publisher: ACP Press
ISBN: 0943126657
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
"On Being a Doctor is a selected compilation of the highly evocative prose and poetry published as a regular feature in Annals of Internal Medicine. The section, which was introduced in 1990 to an enthusiastic response form the Annals readership, focuses on the humanistic side of medicine. Physicians and other medical professionals will both enjoy and relate to the individual contributions. Similarly, families, friends, and associates of any healthcare professional will gain valuable and at times graphic insight into the sometimes joyous, sometimes painful, sides of a physician's practice." -- Back cover.
Ancestral Emperor of Primordial World
Author: Leng YeDiLei
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 164884345X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 972
Book Description
When the universe first opened, the heavens and earth became chaotic, and the grandmist was born. According to the legends, there were 3,000 great Daos, 800 side doors, and a total of 3800 grandmist purple clouds. The Creation Jade Plate that Hong Jun obtained from the Zhou Mountain contained 49 strands of purple qi, and when Pan Gu established the heavens, it encountered divine retribution and fell apart. As for Hong Jun, he obtained 7 pieces of the great Dao, and the rest, he did not know that some of the grandmist energy had disappeared into the universe, while others had landed in some famous mountains and rivers. There were also some who stayed in their spirit veins to absorb the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth, becoming more and more spiritual! Obtain the good fortune of the world, know the Yin and Yang, change at dawn, and train to become a great Dao. Association Teardrop QQ: 297253427 Favorite friends can add oh, writing books is tiring, when there's nothing to do it's still possible to bullsh * t. Close]
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 164884345X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 972
Book Description
When the universe first opened, the heavens and earth became chaotic, and the grandmist was born. According to the legends, there were 3,000 great Daos, 800 side doors, and a total of 3800 grandmist purple clouds. The Creation Jade Plate that Hong Jun obtained from the Zhou Mountain contained 49 strands of purple qi, and when Pan Gu established the heavens, it encountered divine retribution and fell apart. As for Hong Jun, he obtained 7 pieces of the great Dao, and the rest, he did not know that some of the grandmist energy had disappeared into the universe, while others had landed in some famous mountains and rivers. There were also some who stayed in their spirit veins to absorb the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth, becoming more and more spiritual! Obtain the good fortune of the world, know the Yin and Yang, change at dawn, and train to become a great Dao. Association Teardrop QQ: 297253427 Favorite friends can add oh, writing books is tiring, when there's nothing to do it's still possible to bullsh * t. Close]
This Forsaken Earth
Author: Paul Kearney
Publisher: Spectra
ISBN: 0553903152
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
He’s spoken of only in whispers. His origins are a mystery. Some say that he’s descended from the last of the angels. Others say much worse. By all appearances, Rol Cortishane is just another ruthless pirate roaming the lawless seas, raiding warships and slavers. But the truth is something far more complicated and dangerous than anyone can imagine, including Rol. Even as he seeks to escape his birthright, Rol is slowly discovering who—and what—he really is. But the revelation won’t come without exacting a terrible price from Rol and all he loves. Now a treacherous figure from his past has made him a proposition it would be fatal to turn down. Racing against time, Rol must chart a harrowing course across the sea, back to the beautiful Rowen and the people she would rule as Queen. With his steadfast crew—the battle-scarred Creed, the mirthful halftroll Gallico, and a young escaped slave named Giffon—Rol will plunge headlong into a destiny as dark as they come. And toward a terrifying battle against an enemy as determined to destroy the world as Rol is to save it.
Publisher: Spectra
ISBN: 0553903152
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
He’s spoken of only in whispers. His origins are a mystery. Some say that he’s descended from the last of the angels. Others say much worse. By all appearances, Rol Cortishane is just another ruthless pirate roaming the lawless seas, raiding warships and slavers. But the truth is something far more complicated and dangerous than anyone can imagine, including Rol. Even as he seeks to escape his birthright, Rol is slowly discovering who—and what—he really is. But the revelation won’t come without exacting a terrible price from Rol and all he loves. Now a treacherous figure from his past has made him a proposition it would be fatal to turn down. Racing against time, Rol must chart a harrowing course across the sea, back to the beautiful Rowen and the people she would rule as Queen. With his steadfast crew—the battle-scarred Creed, the mirthful halftroll Gallico, and a young escaped slave named Giffon—Rol will plunge headlong into a destiny as dark as they come. And toward a terrifying battle against an enemy as determined to destroy the world as Rol is to save it.
Secure Roaming in 802.11 Networks
Author: Paul Goransson
Publisher: Newnes
ISBN: 0080548946
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Secure Roaming in 802.11 Networks offers a comprehensive treatise on Wi-Fi 802.11 roaming by comparing/contrasting it to cellular roaming theory and techniques. The book explores the fundamental concepts, basic theory, and key principles of 802.11 networks with roaming capabilities. It helps ensure secure and constant connectivity of laptops, PDAs and other emerging mobile devices. Today, we increasingly expect to find public Wide Local Area Network (WLAN) 802.11 access in our airports, public spaces, and hotels, and we want to maintain our connections when we’re mobile and using 802.11 WLANs. However, 802.11 was not originally designed with roaming capabilities and can’t, in its "pure" form, support seamless roaming between different hotspots and other 802.11 access points. This book details the theory behind various 802.11 extensions to permit roaming and describes how these extensions can be successfully implemented in 802.11 WLANs. It reviews coverage of user authentication in 802.11, as well as roaming between 802.11 and other wireless technologies. It also discusses wireless technologies and application programming interfaces. This book will appeal to RF/wireless engineers and designers, computer/data network engineers, and graduate students. * Offers a comprehensive treatise on Wi-Fi 802.11 roaming by comparing/contrasting it to cellular roaming theory and techniques * Emerges as a "one stop" resource for design engineers charged with fulfilling the market need for seamless 802.11 device roaming capabilities * Builds upon the knowledge base of a professional audience without delving into long discussions of theory long since mastered
Publisher: Newnes
ISBN: 0080548946
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Secure Roaming in 802.11 Networks offers a comprehensive treatise on Wi-Fi 802.11 roaming by comparing/contrasting it to cellular roaming theory and techniques. The book explores the fundamental concepts, basic theory, and key principles of 802.11 networks with roaming capabilities. It helps ensure secure and constant connectivity of laptops, PDAs and other emerging mobile devices. Today, we increasingly expect to find public Wide Local Area Network (WLAN) 802.11 access in our airports, public spaces, and hotels, and we want to maintain our connections when we’re mobile and using 802.11 WLANs. However, 802.11 was not originally designed with roaming capabilities and can’t, in its "pure" form, support seamless roaming between different hotspots and other 802.11 access points. This book details the theory behind various 802.11 extensions to permit roaming and describes how these extensions can be successfully implemented in 802.11 WLANs. It reviews coverage of user authentication in 802.11, as well as roaming between 802.11 and other wireless technologies. It also discusses wireless technologies and application programming interfaces. This book will appeal to RF/wireless engineers and designers, computer/data network engineers, and graduate students. * Offers a comprehensive treatise on Wi-Fi 802.11 roaming by comparing/contrasting it to cellular roaming theory and techniques * Emerges as a "one stop" resource for design engineers charged with fulfilling the market need for seamless 802.11 device roaming capabilities * Builds upon the knowledge base of a professional audience without delving into long discussions of theory long since mastered