Shipwrecked Paradise

Author : Paul F. Johnston
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 162349284X
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shipwrecked in Paradise written by Paul F. Johnston and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2015-09-11 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, 2016 Secretary's Research Award, sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution - awarded for author's contributions to research The first oceangoing yacht ever built in America, Cleopatra’s Barge, endured many incarnations over her eight-year life, from Mediterranean pleasure cruiser to a Hawaiian king’s personal yacht. The famed ship, at times also a Christian missionary transport, pirate ship, getaway vehicle, instrument of diplomacy, and racing yacht, wrecked on a reef in Hanalei Bay on April 6, 1824. Obtaining the first underwater archaeological permits ever issued by the state of Hawai‘i, a team of divers from the Smithsonian Institution located, surveyed, and excavated the wrecked ship from 1995 to 2000. The 1,250 lots of artifacts from the shipwreck represent the only known material culture from the reign of King Kamehameha II (Liholiho), shedding light on the little-documented transitional period from Old Hawai‘i to foreign influence and culture. Although Liholiho ruled Hawai‘i for only a few short years, his abolition of taboos and admission of the Boston Christian missionaries into his kingdom planted the seeds for profound changes in Hawaiian culture. Richly illustrated, Shipwrecked in Paradise tells the story of the ship’s life in Hawai‘i, from her 1820 sale to Liholiho to her discovery and excavation.

Author : Brenda Jackson
Publisher : Signet
ISBN 13 : 9780451031594
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shipwrecked Paradise written by Brenda Jackson and published by Signet. This book was released on 1960-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Julie Waterman
Publisher : Memoirs Publishing
ISBN 13 : 190954471X
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shipwrecked In Paradise written by Julie Waterman and published by Memoirs Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-20 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raised to a life of relentless hard work as one of seven children of a single mother, Julie Waterman was married and having her own first child by the time she was 17. At 23 she was running her own cleaning company, making such a success of it that she was soon employing 400 people. But at 35 she gave it all up to buy a second-hand yacht and embarked on the biggest adventure of all - an attempt to sail single-handed round the world. There were parties in every port, along with a string of romances, some hilarious adventures and several narrow escapes from a watery grave. But Julie stuck to her plan - until a tropical storm left her shipwrecked on an island in the South Pacific, where she lived for three glorious years, falling in love with a handsome young French diplomat. Unfortunately her new paramour turned out not to be all he seemed - and Julie's round-the-world adventure was far from over. Shipwrecked in Paradise is the story of Julie Waterman's remarkable voyage across the world, complete with laughter, lovers, maritime mishaps, port parties and pink gins

Author : James Morrison
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472119206
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shipwrecked written by James Morrison and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2014-04-22 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four thousand years of shipwrecks in literature and film

Author : James Morrison
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472902105
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shipwrecked written by James Morrison and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2020-03-06 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shipwrecked: Disaster and Transformation in Homer, Shakespeare, Defoe, and the Modern World presents the first comparative study of notable literary shipwrecks from the past four thousand years, focusing on Homer’s Odyssey, Shakespeare’s The Tempest, and Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe. James V. Morrison considers the historical context as well as the “triggers” (such as the 1609 Bermuda shipwreck) that inspired some of these works, and modern responses such as novels (Golding’s Lord of the Flies, Coetzee’s Foe, and Gordon’s First on Mars, a science fiction version of the Crusoe story), movies, television (Forbidden Planet, Cast Away, and Lost), and the poetry and plays of Caribbean poets Derek Walcott and Aimé Césaire. The recurrent treatment of shipwrecks in the creative arts demonstrates an enduring fascination with this archetypal scene: a shipwreck survivor confronting the elements. It is remarkable, for example, that the characters in the 2004 television show Lost share so many features with those from Homer’s Odyssey and Shakespeare’s The Tempest. For survivors who are stranded on an island for some period of time, shipwrecks often present the possibility of a change in political and social status—as well as romance and even paradise. In each of the major shipwreck narratives examined, the poet or novelist links the castaways’ arrival on a new shore with the possibility of a new sort of life. Readers will come to appreciate the shift in attitude toward the opportunities offered by shipwreck: older texts such as the Odyssey reveals a trajectory of returning to the previous order. In spite of enticing new temptations, Odysseus—and some of the survivors in The Tempest—revert to their previous lives, rejecting what many might consider paradise. Odysseus is reestablished as king; Prospero travels back to Milan. In such situations, we may more properly speak of potential transformations. In contrast, many recent shipwreck narratives instead embrace the possibility of a new sort of existence. That even now the shipwreck theme continues to be treated, in multiple media, testifies to its long-lasting appeal to a very wide audience.

Author : Dennis Hale
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692009307
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shipwrecked written by Dennis Hale and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Publisher : Mercer University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780865545847
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dante's Divine Comedy: Paradise. Journey to joy written by and published by Mercer University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this volume, Kathryn Lindskoog completes her three-volume edition of Dante's DIVINE COMEDY. In this masterful retelling of the classic work, Lindskoog provides an edition that once again places the Christian's journey to Paradise as the primary purpose of the poem. With grace and clarity, PARADISE is now readable in a prose version that will inspire and enlighten the reader.

Author : Lynda Criswell
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 055740567X
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Haiti: The Lost Paradise written by Lynda Criswell and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Would you like to take a two month visit to Haiti? This book was written from Milot, Haiti, where the author was asked to set up a Vocational Sewing School under the authority of Good Shepherd Ministry. You may be surprised or shocked at some of her experiences, but you will also see her love of the people. Join her in this adventure.

Author : Konstantinos Gustad Padazopoulos
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788230362457
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shipwreck in Paradise written by Konstantinos Gustad Padazopoulos and published by . This book was released on 2023-11-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world of danger and perilous waters, meet Nick Diamantis, a Greek-Norwegian marine investigator working for Okeanos Marine Investigation Agency in Oslo. When the World Discoverer, a Norwegian cruise ship is shipwrecked in the alluring Solomon Islands, Nick is thrown into a deadly game of secrets and subterfuge. Teaming up with the daring Australian Navy and a fearless crew aboard a research vessel, he embarks on a pulse-pounding mission to uncover the truth. As the plot thickens, Nick realises that the key to unlocking the mystery may not lie in the bottom of the sea. Get ready for an Ian Fleming-esque adventure that will leave you shaken, not stirred. Shipwreck in Paradise is an old school adventure novel evoking the spirit of Alistair Maclean, Wilbur Smith and Clive Cussler, with an eye for detail, cunning villains, and narrow escapes. It takes readers from the vibrant streets of Oslo, to the seductive waters of Solomon Islands. Take a deep breath before you dive into Nick's first and most terrifying adventure.

Author : Omar El Akkad
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0525657916
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Strange Paradise written by Omar El Akkad and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • From the widely acclaimed, bestselling author of American War—a beautifully written, unrelentingly dramatic, and profoundly moving novel that looks at the global refugee crisis through the eyes of a child. "Told from the point of view of two children, on the ground and at sea, the story so astutely unpacks the us-versus-them dynamics of our divided world that it deserves to be an instant classic." —The New York Times Book Review More bodies have washed up on the shores of a small island. Another overfilled, ill-equipped, dilapidated ship has sunk under the weight of its too many passengers: Syrians, Ethiopians, Egyptians, Lebanese, Palestinians, all of them desperate to escape untenable lives back in their homelands. But miraculously, someone has survived the passage: nine-year-old Amir, a Syrian boy who is soon rescued by Vänna. Vänna is a teenage girl, who, despite being native to the island, experiences her own sense of homelessness in a place and among people she has come to disdain. And though Vänna and Amir are complete strangers, though they don’t speak a common language, Vänna is determined to do whatever it takes to save the boy. In alternating chapters, we learn about Amir’s life and how he came to be on the boat, and we follow him and the girl as they make their way toward safety. What Strange Paradise is the story of two children finding their way through a hostile world. But it is also a story of empathy and indifference, of hope and despair—and about the way each of those things can blind us to reality.