Lost In The Stars Of The Southern Cross

Author : Jordan M. Young
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1312032634
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lost in the Stars of the Southern Cross written by Jordan M. Young and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-02-27 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just weeks before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, 21-year-old Jordan Young arrived in Brazil with $35 in his pocket and dreams of adventure. Unable to return to the U.S. because of war travel restrictions, Jordan studied at the University of Sao Paulo, worked as a rural sociologist in the Amazon, and helped organize the Rubber Army to support the WWII war effort. In the process he met the Brazilian beauty whom he married many years later. His memoir tells the story of the Brazil of the 1940s that no longer exists and the making of a Brazilianist. Jordan M. Young is professor emeritus of history at Pace University in New York, NY. He is the author of several books about Brazil and an early proponent of the study of Brazilian culture in the United States.

Author : A. Robert Hill
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595292763
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stars of the Southern Cross written by A. Robert Hill and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-12 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fervency, exhilaration, trepidation and death face Collin Farley, a young Colorado rancher, who flew his aircraft through its paces in the skies over the South Pacific against overwhelming Japanese forces during the early days of World War II. The sound of aircraft engines and the firing of the 37mm canon vibrate in his ears. Tender moments under the stars on the beach of the Coral Sea where he finds love during the throes of war wrench his heart, yet the camaraderie on a Pacific island maintains his sanity. From the shooting down the private plane of Admiral Yamamoto, the master-planner of Pearl Harbor attack, to viewing performances of the Swan Lake in Melbourne, Australia, to attending high level meetings with Generals MacArthur and Kenney, the reader is swept back to 1942-43. Emotions, loves and passions soar high over the azure waters of the Solomon Sea and in the Grand Opera House with the performances of Antoinette de la Fevbre. The men and women of the Fifth Air Force lived these campaigns, loved under the Southern Cross and died in the blue waters of the Coral Sea. This dynamic epic saga explicitly comes alive through the pages of this novel.

Author : Frané Lessac
Publisher : Candlewick
ISBN 13 : 1536202266
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Under the Southern Cross written by Frané Lessac and published by Candlewick. This book was released on 2019-12-24 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This celebratory picture book from Frané Lessac shines a light on beloved nighttime activities under the starry skies of Australia. After nightfall in Australia, families watch movies as bats flit overhead, mysterious orbs of light bounce across the outback, a staircase to the moon appears reflected at the ocean’s edge, and a Ferris wheel offers a citywide view — all under the Southern Cross. Bright and colorful artwork, fascinating natural phenomena, and shared experiences connect people across the country in Frané Lessac’s fascinating tour of Australia at night.

Author : Joe Rhatigan
Publisher : Lark Books
ISBN 13 : 9781579904340
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geography Fun written by Joe Rhatigan and published by Lark Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides experiments intented to reinforce the learning of geography.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lost Cause written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Danny Faulkner
Publisher : New Leaf Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 1614585482
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Created Cosmos written by Danny Faulkner and published by New Leaf Publishing Group. This book was released on 2016-07-29 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text investigates what the Bible has to say about astronomical objects and phenomena. The Bible contains many mentions of astronomical things, beginning with creation and concluding with end-time prophecies. Besides the sun and moon, the Bible names groups of stars, Orion, the Pleiades, and the bears. In addition to what the biblical record shows about astronomical phenomena, many people think that it teaches things that it actually does not teach. These concepts are examined in depth as well. Unique among books discussing the intersection of biblical text and astronomy because of the range of questions explored and answered definitive work that explores many popular questions and misconceptions about the universe and the Bible Sorts fact from fiction and truth from popular myths as the true purpose of these enigmatic lights in the night sky are revealed

Author : Maturin Ballou
Publisher : Litres
ISBN 13 : 5040497202
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Under the Southern Cross written by Maturin Ballou and published by Litres. This book was released on 2022-05-15 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael Molkentin
Publisher : National Library Australia
ISBN 13 : 064227746X
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flying the Southern Cross written by Michael Molkentin and published by National Library Australia. This book was released on 2012 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1928, Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm made the first trans-Pacific flight in the Southern Cross - an aircraft constructed largely of wood and fabric. They made the trip from Oakland, California, in nine days, during which they faced electrical storms, torrential rain, equipment failure, and fuel shortages. Navigational aids were primitive - contact with the outside world was by Morse code only - and safety measures were non-existent. After many close calls, they triumphantly landed in Brisbane, where a crowd of 15,000 welcomed them as heroes. Throughout this extraordinary journey, Ulm kept a logbook in which he recorded his raw impressions of the flight. Using Ulm's logbook, plus contemporary newspaper accounts and official documents, Flying the Southern Cross tells the gripping tale of this history-making flight, and the aviators who made it happen.

Author : John M. Avent
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Modern Essays written by John M. Avent and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bryan E. Penprase
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319525972
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Power of Stars written by Bryan E. Penprase and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-05-05 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Completely revised and updated, this new edition provides a readable, beautifully illustrated journey through world cultures and the vibrant array of sky mythology, creation stories, models of the universe, temples and skyscrapers that each culture has created to celebrate and respond to the power of the night sky. Sections on the archaeoastronomy of South Asia and South East Asia have been expanded, with original photography and new research on temple alignments in Southern India, and new material describing the astronomical practices of Indonesia, Malaysia and other Southeast Asian countries. Beautiful photographs of temples in India and Asia have been added, as well as new diagrams explaining the alignment of these structures and the astronomical underpinnings of temples within the Pallava and Chola cultures. From new fieldwork in the Four Corners region of North America, Dr. Penprase has included accounts of Pueblo skywatching and photographs of ceremonial kivas that help elucidate the rich astronomical knowledge of the Pueblo people. The popular “Archaeoastronomy of Skyscrapers” section of the book has been updated as well, with new interpretations of skyscrapers in Indonesia, Taiwan and China.With the rapid pace of discovery in astronomy and astrophysics, entirely new perspectives are emerging about dark matter, inflation and the future of the universe. The Power of Stars puts these discoveries in context and describes how they fit into the modern perspective of cosmology, which has arisen from the universal human response to the sky that has inspired both ancient and modern cultures.