Whether you are a prisoner of war, a prisoner of nature's fury, or a prisoner of society, one word smashes your thoughts against a blockade of desperation: Escape! The stakes are higher than freedom itself--chains unshackled, steel doors opened, gunfire avoided. At stake is life itself, and the odds against winning the struggle are immense. The ......
In The World's Greatest Fishing Stories, editor Lamar Underwood has pulled together some of the finest tales of all time from all over the world. They are enduring tales that have passed the test of time and have attracted generations of readers. These are the greatest fishing stories available.
As William Faulkner has so eloquently written, "The past is never dead. It's not even past." In this collection, hunting stories by distinguished writers bring to printed pages the days afield they enjoyed in world-wide locations in days long past. Prose vivid and timeless captures the drama and emotions experienced in hunts for deer, as well as ......
Presents the philosophies of Hume and Kant through their writings. This book features selections taken from their major works to reflect the perspectives of both philosophers. It offers commentary designed to develop as well as interpret the salient aspects of each philosophy.
Presents a picture of the ideas of the early Greek philosophers men and attempts to find a balance between the scholarly paraphernalia of etymology and philology, and a stripped-down version of the ideas. This book includes testimonials by other thinkers. It also contains a guide to these testimonial sources and a bibliography for this period.
Although war is terrible and brutal, history shows that it has been a great driver of human progress. So argues political scientist Benjamin Ginsberg in this incisive, well-researched study of the benefits to civilization derived from armed conflict. Ginsberg makes a convincing case that war selects for and promotes certain features of societies ......
A Doomed Ship, a Violent Storm, and New England's Worst Maritime Disaster
The SS Portland was a solid and luxurious ship, and its loss in 1898 in a violent storm with some 200 people aboard was later remembered as "New England's Titanic." The Portland was one of New England's largest and most luxurious paddle steamers, and after nine years' solid performance, she had earned a reputation as a safe and dependable vessel. ......
ISBN-13: 9781493059461
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Publisher: GLOBE PEQUOT Imprint: TAYLOR TRADE PUBLISHING
A Doomed Ship, a Violent Storm, and New England's Worst Maritime Disaster
The SS Portland was a solid and luxurious ship, and its loss in 1898 in a violent storm with some 200 people aboard was later remembered as "New England's Titanic." The Portland was one of New England's largest and most luxurious paddle steamers, and after nine years' solid performance, she had earned a reputation as a safe and dependable vessel. ......
