epub |eng | 2013-09-14 | Author:Charles Wilkins

12 ACCORDING TO THE ADVENTURER Dervla Murphy, whose books are an all-but-howling subversion of common contemporary travel practices, the value and meaning of journeying are drastically eroded, if not destroyed, ...

epub |eng | 1970-12-31 | Author:Richard Maury

Quite suddenly the bell sounds – and he awakes. Midnight already! Half asleep, he feels for the bell-clapper over the bunk, striking an answer before turning up the wick and ...

epub |eng | 1994-12-31 | Author:Clare Allcard

Explosions These are nearly always caused by petrol fumes or gas. Treat both substances with utmost caution. As mentioned in the preceding section on fire, never have a petrol engine ...

epub |eng | 1969-12-31 | Author:Nicholas Tomalin & Ron Hall

ENJOYED ROUND THE HORN SAILING TOWARDS TRINIDAD WITH LAST SOUTHEAST TRADE AND BRAZIL CURRENT Hallworth rightly worked out that ‘round the Horn sailing’ meant round-the-Horn-type sailing. And he realised that ...

epub |eng | 2012-12-31 | Author:Marie Browne

Chapter Seven: In July The Sun Is Hot, Is It Shining? No It’s No …. Well, Actually Yes It Is … Amazing! “Your dog needs a bath.” Drew stepped into ...

epub |eng | 2010-07-14 | Author:Nick Schuyler & Jeré Longman

WILL WENT BACK under a couple times. He was a man on a mission, but he wasn’t able to pull anything up. He was physically drained now—he had nothing left. ...

epub |eng | 2012-01-22 | Author:Tim Hore [Hore, Tim]

The reason for this is that the centreboard has a large surface area in contact with the water when fully down, which introduces a fair amount of drag that slows ...

epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2013-05-08 | Author:Daniel James Brown [Brown, Daniel James]

PART FOUR 1936 Touching the Divine The 1936 varsity crew Left to right: Don Hume, Joe Rantz, Shorty Hunt, Stub McMillin, Johnny White, Gordy Adam, Chuck Day, Roger Morris. Kneeling: ...

epub |eng | 2012-12-05 | Author:David Cordingly [Cordingly, David]

The latter method was called “woolding,” after the word used to describe the binding of cords around a mast. It was a favorite pirate torture because it was fast and ...