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  • In the Wake of the Gods

    A cruising companion to the world of the Greek myths

    de Sam Jefferson ...
    This unique and entertaining travel guide to Greek waters recreates parts of voyages undertaken in myth, anchoring off landmarks or ports associated with ancient legends. It follows the trails of Odysseus, Hercules, and Jason and the Argonauts, as well as visiting the sites where Poseidon lost his trident (off Paxos) and built his temple (on the Saronic Gulf), the cliff where Theseus's father ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD

  • Clipper Ships and the Golden Age of Sail

    Races and rivalries on the nineteenth century high seas

    de Sam Jefferson ...
    In the era of commercial sail, clipper ships were the ultimate expression of speed and grace. Racing out to the gold fields of America and Australia, and breaking speed records carrying tea back from China, the ships combined beauty with breathtaking performance.With over 200 gorgeous paintings and illustrations, and thrilling descriptions of the adventures and races on the water, this beautiful ... Leer más

    $27.99 USD

  • The Sea Devil

    The Adventures of Count Felix von Luckner, the Last Raider under Sail

    de Sam Jefferson ...
    Tasked with destroying as many British merchant ships as possible, German aristocrat Felix von Luckner and his ship the Seeadler succeeded in spectacular fashion.n 1916, a three-masted windjammer bearing Norwegian colours sailed out of a quiet anchorage in Germany, loaded with cargo and apparently bound for Australia. Her true mission was quite different.The ship was, in fact, the SMS Seeadler, ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Sea Fever

    The True Adventures that Inspired our Greatest Maritime Authors, from Conrad to Masefield, Melville and Hemingway

    de Sam Jefferson ...
    How did a big-game fishing trip rudely interrupted by sharks inspire one of the key scenes in Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea? How did Robert Louis Stevenson's cruise to the cannibal-infested South Sea islands prove instrumental in his writing of The Beach of Falesa and The Ebb Tide? How did Masefield survive Cape Horn and a near-nervous breakdown to write Sea Fever?The waters of this world ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • Gordon Bennett and the First Yacht Race Across the Atlantic

    de Sam Jefferson ...
    The 1866 transatlantic yacht race was a match that saw three yachts battle their way across the Atlantic in the dead of winter in pursuit of a $90,000 prize. Six men died in the brutal and close-fought contest, and the event changed the perception of yachting from a slightly effete gentlemen's pursuit into something altogether more rugged and adventurous. The race also symbolized the beginning of ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Earthly Things

    Immanence, New Materialisms, and Planetary Thinking

    de Christopher Key Chapple, Philip Clayton, John Grim, Matthew Hartman, Graham Harvey, Christopher Ives, Elana Jefferson-Tatum, Catherine Keller, Kimerer L. LaMothe, Sam Mickey, Kevin Minister, Sarah Pike, Joerg Rieger, Terra S. Rowe, Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Kevin Schilbrack, Mary Evelyn Tucker, O'neil Van Horn, Carol Wayne White ...
    Globalization and climate weirding are two of the leading phenomena that challenge and change the way we need to think and act within the planetary community. Modern Western understandings of human beings, animals, and the rest of the natural world and the subsequent technologies built on those understandings have thrown us into an array of social and ecological crises with planetary implications. ... Leer más

    $39.99 USD

  • Científica Ficção #005

    de Philip Francis Nowlan, Robert F. Young, Algis Budrys, Richard Matheson, Betsy Curtis, Randall Garrett, Sam Merwin Jr., Marion Zimmer Bradley, J. F. Bone, David Machado Santos Filho ...
    Traducido por Jefferson Sarmento ...
    Series Libro 5 - Científica Ficção
    Prepare-se para mais uma viagem além dos limites do possível. Na quinta edição da Científica Ficção, abrimos novamente as páginas das antigas revistas pulp para resgatar histórias que ajudaram a construir o imaginário da ficção científica. Aqui você encontrará mundos alienígenas, paradoxos do tempo, experimentos ousados, encontros inesperados e ideias capazes de explodir a mente dos mais incautos ... Leer más

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    Eminent Lives: The Presidents Collection

    George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Ulysses S. Grant

    de James Atlas, Michael Korda, Paul Johnson, Christopher Hitchens ...
    Narrado por Sam Tsoutsouvas ...

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    13 hora 21 minutos

    Three great historians write compelling, relevent biographies of three of our most important and famous presidents in this collection of Eminent LivesMichael Korda brings his acclaimed storytelling talents to the life of Ulysses S. Grant—a man who managed to end the Civil War on a note of grace, serve two terms as president, write one of the most successful military memoirs in American literature, ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

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  • Two Years Before the Mast

    de Richard Henry Dana Jr. ...
    Two Years Before the Mast is a powerful and immersive narrative that offers a firsthand account of life at sea during the early 19th century. Written by Richard Henry Dana Jr., this classic work blends autobiography, adventure, and social commentary, providing readers with a vivid and authentic glimpse into the harsh realities of maritime life. The story begins when Dana, a Harvard student forced ... Leer más

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  • South! - The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917

    Memoir of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Voyage

    de Ernest Henry Shackleton ...
    "South! The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917" is the first hand account of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition written by the Expedition leader Ernest Shackleton. Also known as the Endurance Expedition, this is considered the last major expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Conceived by Sir Ernest Shackleton, the expedition was an attempt to make the first land ... Leer más

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  • The Anatomy of Sail

    The Yacht Dissected and Explained

    de Nic Compton ...
    An encyclopedic compendium of every element of a yacht, this book contains a wealth of information for the aficionado as well as the newcomer, taking apart the sailboat to explore every part of it in depth. Gloriously illustrated with beautiful photography and explanatory diagrams, each page is packed with fascinating and satisfying detail.Looking first at the history of yachting and boatbuilding ... Leer más

    $48.99 USD

  • The Sacred Universe

    Earth, Spirituality, and Religion in the Twenty-First Century

    de Thomas Berry ...
    "Dedicated readers of ecology, theology, or religious philosophy will want to savor each one [of these essays]" from the renowned environmental thinker ( Library Journal).A leading scholar, cultural historian, and Catholic priest who spent more than fifty years writing about our engagement with the Earth, Thomas Berry possessed prophetic insight into the rampant destruction of ecosystems and the ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus