Great Explorers
Title | Great Explorers PDF eBook |
Author | Stewart Ross |
Publisher | |
Pages | 96 |
Release | 2013-12 |
Genre | Discoveries in geography |
ISBN | 9781406348668 |
From Pytheas the Greek, who sailed to the Arctic Circle without a compass, to Neil Armstrong landing on the moon, here are 14 extraordinary journeys by land, sea and air - each remarkable for the way it was made, for the technology behind it, and for the inspiration it gave to future generations. Storytelling, fold-out cross sections, detailed maps and technical drawings enable readers to experience the excitement of exploration.
Into the Unknown
Title | Into the Unknown PDF eBook |
Author | Andy Murray |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2017-06 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781909394469 |
As writer of the legendary Quatermass television serials and a string of unforgettable TV plays, Nigel Kneale is one of British popular culture's most influential figures. This revised and updated new edition of the biography charts his extraordinary career, drawing on extensive interviews with Kneale and his many high-profile admirers.
Adventures Into the Unknown!
Title | Adventures Into the Unknown! PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Dark Horse Comics |
Pages | 223 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Comic books, strips, etc |
ISBN | 159582930X |
Systematic reprint of the periodical that began in Fall 1948.
Somewhere in the Unknown World
Title | Somewhere in the Unknown World PDF eBook |
Author | Kao Kalia Yang |
Publisher | Metropolitan Books |
Pages | 189 |
Release | 2020-11-10 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1250296862 |
From “an exceptional storyteller,” Somewhere in the Unknown World is a collection of powerful stories of refugees who have found new lives in Minnesota’s Twin Cities, told by the award-winning author of The Latehomecomer and The Song Poet. All over this country, there are refugees. But beyond the headlines, few know who they are, how they live, or what they have lost. Although Minnesota is not known for its diversity, the state has welcomed more refugees per capita than any other, from Syria to Bosnia, Thailand to Liberia. Now, with nativism on the rise, Kao Kalia Yang—herself a Hmong refugee—has gathered stories of the stateless who today call the Twin Cities home. Here are people who found the strength and courage to rebuild after leaving all they hold dear. Awo and her mother, who escaped from Somalia, reunite with her father on the phone every Saturday, across the span of continents and decades. Tommy, born in Minneapolis to refugees from Cambodia, cannot escape the war that his parents carry inside. As Afghani flees the reach of the Taliban, he seeks at every stop what he calls a certificate of his humanity. Mr. Truong brings pho from Vietnam to Frogtown in St. Paul, reviving a crumbling block as well as his own family. In Yang’s exquisite, necessary telling, these fourteen stories for refugee journeys restore history and humanity to America's strangers and redeem its long tradition of welcome.
Into the Unknown
Title | Into the Unknown PDF eBook |
Author | Jack Uldrich |
Publisher | AMACOM/American Management Association |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780814427811 |
If life is an adventure, no one will ever live it more fully than Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson to explore the rumored Northwest Passage, Lewis and Clark instead discovered a seemingly endless land whose very existence foretold a future America infinitely different from what had been imagined. May 2004 marks the beginning of a two-and-a-half year bicentennial celebration of their incredible journey and its significance to the history of America. Against staggering odds, these unique men inspired such absolute loyalty in each other and in their group that they are still widely regarded as the most successful leadership team in American history. Today's leadership adventures unfold in the rugged terrain of business, and who better than Lewis and Clark to lead us through its toughest challenges? Their story resonates with business leaders of our time because they had to: * Think strategically * Make tough and timely decisions * Surround themselves with good people * Manage resources * Motivate the team * Deal with different cultures * Assimilate information from many sources * Balance long-term goals against short-term realities * Learn from their mistakes * Try new approaches Most importantly, they had to persevere and change course in the face of adversity. Their lessons will inspire business leaders to take their teams to new adventures of great discovery.
Into The Unknown
Title | Into The Unknown PDF eBook |
Author | John Bailey |
Publisher | Macmillan Publishers Aus. |
Pages | 437 |
Release | 2011-10-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1742628591 |
Ludwig Leichhardt is Australia's most intriguing explorer. Born and educated in Prussia in the early 19th century, Leichhardt was a polymath, a man fascinated by the natural world and possessed by a longed for adventure and exploration. Australia was then almost completely unexplored apart from the colonies clustered on its coastline-the interior a vast and mysterious blank. It was a continent and a time ripe for amateur naturalists and explorers, and Leichhardt took up the challenge. His expeditions were to begin in triumph, then dwindle into acrimony, despair and misery before finally ending in disappearance and death and giving rise to one of the enduring mysteries of the Australian history.
Into the Unknown
Title | Into the Unknown PDF eBook |
Author | Stewart Ross |
Publisher | |
Pages | 96 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Discoveries in geography |
ISBN | 9781406304794 |
Join acclaimed illustrator Stephen Biesty and popular children's history writer Stewart Ross, as they themselves explore some of the boldest, most daring expeditions of all time, using fold-out pages, cross-section drawings and dramatic storytelling.