Author: Charmian Clift
Publisher: Angus & Robertson Publishers
ISBN: 9780207169021
Category : Divers
Languages : en
Pages : 318
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For some 3000 years, the ships on the Greek island of Kalymnos have put out to sea. In recent generations the men have been sponge divers, but then a chemist learned to make a synthetic sponge. A way of life is ending. This is the story of people facing this break in the life of the island.
Author: Yannis Detorakis
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781545344446
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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Stathis G. Hatzis was the head diver among Symi's and the Dodecanese's hundreds of free divers - sponge divers in the early 20th century. In 1913, he dived to a depth of 88 meters, for 4 minutes, in his attempt to locate and tie the anchor of the Italian battleship Regina Margherita which had been lost on the ocean floor. The book is the biography of Stathis Hatzis and follows Stathi in his three day adventure to find and secure the lost anchor, making a total of 16 record free dives from 50 to 88 meters depth. Stathis Hatzis' unique accomplishment was representative of the incredible abilities of this humble sponge diver, as well as his generation's, the last free divers - sponge divers, diving with the kampanelopetra, who disappeared along with a unique in the world tradition, which had endured uninterrupted until then, since the depths of antiquity. In the pages of this book, the adventures and legendary dives of Stathis Hatzis become the reason to chronicle the entire history of free diving in Greece, from its origins in ancient times to the late 20th century. Rare photos and documents reveal the achievements of an island population consisting of thousands of free divers and their families, who, with Symi and the Dodecanese as an epicentre, achieved greatness in the Aegean for centuries, thanks to the precious sponges gathered from the depths of the Mediterranean and traded in the markets of Europe and America.
Author: Tim Ecott
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802139078
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 380
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"Neutral Buoyancy is a journey filled with exotic, eccentric human characters competing for space with misunderstood sharks, weeping turtles, smiling dolphins and erotically shaped sea slugs. This unique and inspiring insight into our relationship with the deep will allow even the most timid swimmer to lose themselves underwater."--Jacket.
Author: Faith Warn
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Deep diving
Languages : en
Pages : 130
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Author: Michael N. Kalafatas
Publisher: Brandeis University Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Guided by his grandfather's poem about sponge diving, one American returns to Greece to reclaim his past.
Author: Scott O'Dell
Publisher: Turtleback
ISBN: 9780808565062
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Tragedy forces Alexandra Papadimitrios, a member of a family of Florida sponge fishers, out of her traditional role into a new and dangerous course that leads her into all kinds of challenges, including the attentions of a handsome sea captain.
Author: Charmian Clift
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 178720992X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 472
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A POWERFUL NOVEL OF ELEMENTAL LOVE AND FURY ON A DOOMED, ENCHANTED ISLAND WORLD.... In the cradle of civilization, rocked by the waters of the blue Aegean, lies the tiny, barren island of Kalymnos. It is cloaked in antiquity and rich with the vibrant life of a proud and passionate people who have stubbornly endured the ravages of man and nature for three thousand years. And yet Kalymnos is dying, its means of survival crushed beneath the juggernaut of progress. Here is a moving story of this doomed, enchanted island, of a strong man and a strange, haunting woman who lived there, of a tormented girl who fled there, and of a wanderer who came, seeking... It is a story of unique power and simple splendor, a fiction rooted deep in truth. “...stirring...It is an elemental story of the raging sea and the rocky land, of the fundamental urges of man and woman...a story of great beauty and surging excitement...”—Boston Herald “...what they have seen, heard, felt in Kalymnos...make a vivid story, written as modern painters paint, not lingeringly, nor sentimentally, but with great splashes of significant color...”—New York Herald Tribune “...a lyrical and rugged account...of a virile race, almost pure descendants from the men who once sent their war galleys to ancient Troy...”—Springfield Republican “...a powerful and sad, beautifully written tale.”—Newark News “This is stark, brutal fiction based on fact. The dynamic, incisive and beautiful prose is worthy of a Hemingway...”—Grand Rapids Herald “Kalymnos as a place is most effectively presented, with a fine feeling for wind and weather, sea and sky, and a sustained brightness of natural detail. Also, the collective life of the islanders is very convincingly treated, with understanding and concern.”—Chicago Tribune “...superb...It paints murals of truth...”—Saturday Review
Author: Jo Marchant
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459600096
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 378
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In Decoding the Heavens, Jo Marchant tells for the first time the full story of the hundred-year quest to decipher the ancient Greek computer known as the Antikythera Mechanism. Along the way she unearths a diverse cast of remarkable characters and explores the deep roots of modern technology in ancient Greece and the medieval European and Islamic worlds. At its heart, this is an epic adventure and mystery, a book that challenges our assumptions about technology through the ages.
Author: Torrance R. Parker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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A profile of how commercial diving helped coastal development everywhere man has moved to establish centers of trade and commerce with a focus on the history of commercial diving in southern California since the late 1800s.
Author: Sue Papadakos
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789608460751
Category : Kalymnos Island (Greece)
Languages : en
Pages : 239
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