Sharks Death Surfers

Author : Melissa Mccarthy
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 3956794249
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sharks, Death, Surfers written by Melissa Mccarthy and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How sharks have been depicted over centuries and across cultures—and what sharks see when they look back. We encounter the world through surfaces: the screen, the page, our skin, the ocean's swell. Here on the sea is the surfer, positioned at the edge of the collapsing wave. And lurking underneath in a monstrous mirroring is the shark. When the two meet, carving along the surface, breaking through the boundary, death appears. Steering her analysis from the newspaper obituary through literature and past cinema, Melissa McCarthy investigates a fundamental aspect of the human condition: our state of being between life and death, always in precarious and watery balance. Sharks, Death, Surfers observes how sharks have been depicted over centuries and across cultures, then flips the lens (and dissects the cornea) to consider what sharks see when they look back. These refracted lines of inquiry—optical, philosophical, historical—converge at the focal point where we can fix the image of the surfer and the shark. This is the picture McCarthy frames: the cartilaginous companions gliding together in a perfect model of how to read, navigate, and exist.

Author : Brendan McAloon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781743584620
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sharks Never Sleep written by Brendan McAloon and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shark! The word alone induces Terror, but what is it like to stare into the jaws of a shark? Following a year of record numbers of shark attacks, Brendan McAloon's Sharks Never Sleep takes us around the world to meet shark-attack survivors, shark lovers and shark hunters, who tell us of the primal fear of being eaten alive by a wild animal, the unimaginable grief of losing a loved one and extraordinary stories of encounters with sharks. In Ballina on the east coast of Australia, Daren Rogers recounts how he tried to save Japanese surfer Tadashi Nakahara, who was mauled to death by a great white shark. At Jeffreys Bay, South Africa, Mick Fanning revisits the incident that turned him into a global celebrity - the time he narrowly escaped death by punching a great white in the face during the final of one of the world's biggest professional surfing competitions. At Jaws on the Hawaiian island of Maui, shark-attack survivor Bethany Hamilton heads into monstrous waves to surf, even after having lost her arm to a tiger shark as a 13-year-old junior surfing champion. Explore our complex relationship of fear and fascination with sharks by meeting scientists, conservationists and a host of eccentric characters in these gripping tales of first-hand encounters. About the author: Brendan McAloon is a reformed journalist and television producer. He established Rip Curl's Search TV series, co-produced Mick Fanning's award-winning biopic surf film Mick, Myself & Eugene, and was a television producer for professional surfing's World Championship Tour. He followed his 2009 surf/travel memoir Deep Water: Travel stories & the search for the perfect wave by editing the journals of the original surf explorer Peter Troy (To the Four Corners of the World) in 2011. He lives on Victoria's west coast with his wife and two children.

Author : Matt Warshaw
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780156032513
Total Pages : 820 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Surfing written by Matt Warshaw and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2005 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With 1,500 alphabetical entries and 300 illustrations, this resource is a comprehensive review of the people, places, events, equipment, vernacular, and lively history of this fascinating sport.

Author : Bethany Hamilton
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 147110950X
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soul Surfer written by Bethany Hamilton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-25 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They say Bethany Hamilton has saltwater in her veins. How else could one explain the tremendous passion that drives her to surf? How else could one explain that nothing - not even the loss of her arm in a horrific shark attack - could come between her and the waves? That Halloween morning in Kauai, Hawaii Bethany responded to the shark's stealth with a calmness beyond belief. Pushing pain and panic aside, she immediately thought: 'Get to the beach...' Rushed to the hospital, where her father, Ted Hamilton, was about to undergo knee surgery, Bethany found herself taking his spot in the operating theatre. When the first thing Bethany wanted to know after surgery was 'When can I surf again?' it became clear that her unfaltering spirit and determination were part of a greater story - a tale of courage and faith that this modest and soft-spoken girl would come to share with the world.

Author : Nora Charles
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101206055
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death Rides the Surf written by Nora Charles and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-06-05 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once a snowbird, now full-time resident and sometime sleuth Kate Kennedy “is a stylish and sophisticated Miss Marple, seeking justice in sunny South Florida instead of a rainy English Village, and meeting the most delightfully eccentric suspects in the process.” (Victoria Thompson, author of Murder in Chinatown) Tired of college, Kate Kennedy’s granddaughter, Katherine, drops out and heads for Florida, landing in the apartment of Kate’s best friend. In her quest for a new life, she takes up with a gang of surfers that go by name “The Four Boardsmen of the Apocalypse.” But catching waves can be a dangerous pastime. When Katherine’s surfer crush is killed in a shark attack, foul play is suspected, especially by the police. Fingers are pointing at Katherine—including, to Kate’s disappointment, that of her friend Detective Nick Carbone. It’s up to Kate to prove her beloved granddaughter’s innocence or else Katherine’s “new life” will be spent behind bars.

Author : Mark Stranger
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351896830
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Surfing Life written by Mark Stranger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surfing Life is a study of surfing and social change that also provides insights into other experience-based contemporary subcultures and the nature of the self and social formations in contemporary society. Making use of extensive empirical material to support innovative theoretical approaches to social change, this book offers an analysis of the relationship between embodied experience, culture and the economy. With its ground breaking theoretical contributions, and its foundation in an ethnographic study of surfing culture in locations across Australia, this volume will appeal not only to those interested in the social and cultural phenomenon of surfing, but also to anyone interested in the sociology of sport and leisure, the sociology of culture and consumption, risk-taking, subcultures and theories of contemporary social change.

Author : Daniel Duane
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780865475090
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Caught Inside written by Daniel Duane and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1997-04-10 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Duane's account of a year spent surfing in Santa Cruz, California. Interspersed with the narrative of days passed on the water are good-humored explanations of the physics of wave dynamics, the art of surfboard design, dexcriptions of the flora and fauna

Author : Shelley Wolf
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780989064118
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Surf Sharks written by Shelley Wolf and published by . This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of how three young sharks and three young surfers come together to help each other escape danger and solve problems. They find friendship, respect, and a common love for the waves.

Author : Noreen Wald
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781941962329
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death Rides the Surf written by Noreen Wald and published by . This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sparkles like the South Florida sunshine...Kate Kennedy is a warm and funny heroine." - Nancy Martin, Author of the Blackbird Sisters Mysteries "Miss Marple with a modern twist... Wald] is a very funny lady " - Donna Andrews, Author of the Meg Langslow Mysteries "A stylish and sophisticated Miss Marple, seeking justice in sunny South Florida instead of a rainy English Village, and meeting the most delightfully eccentric suspects in the process." - Victoria Thompson, Author of the Gaslight Mysteries "Kate Kennedy's wry wit, genuine kindness, and openness to adventure make her a sleuth to cherish. Death is a Bargain is another top-notch entry in a great series." - Carolyn Hart, Author of the Death on Demand Mysteries Tired of college, Kate Kennedy's granddaughter, Katharine, drops out and heads for Florida, landing in the apartment of Kate's best friend. In her quest for a new life, she takes up with a gang of surfers that go by the name "The Four Boardsmen of the Apocalypse." But catching waves can be a dangerous pastime. When Katharine's surfer crush is killed in a shark attack, foul play is suspected, especially by the police. Fingers are pointing at Katharine-including, to Kate's disappointment, those of her friend Detective Nick Carbone. It's up to Kate to prove her beloved granddaughter's innocence or else Katharine's "new life" will be spent behind bars. Related subjects include: women sleuths, humorous murder mysteries, cozy mysteries, murder mysteries, whodunit mysteries (whodunnit), book club recommendations, amateur sleuth books. Books in the Kate Kennedy, Senior Sleuth Mystery Series: DEATH WITH AN OCEAN VIEW (#1) DEATH OF THE SWAMI SCHWARTZ (#2) DEATH IS A BARGAIN (#3) DEATH STORMS THE SHORE (#4) DEATH RIDES THE SURF (#5) Also by Noreen Wald: Books in the Jake O'Hara Ghostwriter Mystery Series: GHOSTWRITER ANONYMOUS (#1) THE LUCK OF THE GHOSTWRITER (#2) A GHOSTWRITER TO DIE FOR (#3) REMEMBRANCE OF GHOSTWRITERS PAST (#4) GHOSTWRITER FOR HIRE (#5) Part of the Henery Press Mystery Series Collection, if you like one, you'll probably like them all... Author Bio: A winning contestant on seven television game shows-including Jeopardy -Noreen later worked for Goodson-Todman and Merv Griffin Productions, helping to develop television game show pilots. She's lectured at the Smithsonian, the CIA, the National Press Club and aboard the QE II. She taught at the Writer's Center in Bethesda, MD and at the Florida Center for the Book in Fort Lauderdale."

Author : William Finnegan
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143109391
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Barbarian Days written by William Finnegan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography** Included in President Obama’s 2016 Summer Reading List “Without a doubt, the finest surf book I’ve ever read . . . ” —The New York Times Magazine Barbarian Days is William Finnegan’s memoir of an obsession, a complex enchantment. Surfing only looks like a sport. To initiates, it is something else: a beautiful addiction, a demanding course of study, a morally dangerous pastime, a way of life. Raised in California and Hawaii, Finnegan started surfing as a child. He has chased waves all over the world, wandering for years through the South Pacific, Australia, Asia, Africa. A bookish boy, and then an excessively adventurous young man, he went on to become a distinguished writer and war reporter. Barbarian Days takes us deep into unfamiliar worlds, some of them right under our noses—off the coasts of New York and San Francisco. It immerses the reader in the edgy camaraderie of close male friendships forged in challenging waves. Finnegan shares stories of life in a whites-only gang in a tough school in Honolulu. He shows us a world turned upside down for kids and adults alike by the social upheavals of the 1960s. He details the intricacies of famous waves and his own apprenticeships to them. Youthful folly—he drops LSD while riding huge Honolua Bay, on Maui—is served up with rueful humor. As Finnegan’s travels take him ever farther afield, he discovers the picturesque simplicity of a Samoan fishing village, dissects the sexual politics of Tongan interactions with Americans and Japanese, and navigates the Indonesian black market while nearly succumbing to malaria. Throughout, he surfs, carrying readers with him on rides of harrowing, unprecedented lucidity. Barbarian Days is an old-school adventure story, an intellectual autobiography, a social history, a literary road movie, and an extraordinary exploration of the gradual mastering of an exacting, little-understood art.