From the author of Godforsaken Sea -- a #1 bestseller in Canada and “one of the best books ever written about sailing” (Time magazine) -- comes a magnificent re-creation of a square-rigger voyage round Cape Horn at the end of the 19th century. In The Way of a Ship, Derek Lundy places his seafaring great-great uncle, Benjamin Lundy, on board the Beara Head and brings to life the ship’s community as it performs the exhausting and dangerous work of sailing a square-rigger across the sea. The “beautiful, widow-making, deep-sea” sailing ships could sail fast in almost all weather and carry substantial cargo. Handling square-riggers demanded detailed and specialized skills, and life at sea, although romanticized by sea-voyage chroniclers, was often brutal. Seamen were sleep deprived and malnourished, at times half-starved, and scurvy was still a possibility. Derek Lundy reminds readers what Melville and Conrad expressed so well: that the sea voyage is an overarching metaphor for life itself. As Benjamin Lundy nears the Horn and its attendant terrors, the traditional qualities of the sailor -- fatalism, stoicism, courage, obedience to a strict hierarchy, even sentimentality -- are revealed in their dying days, as sail gave way to steam. Derek Lundy tells his gripping tale with the kind of storytelling skill and writerly breadth that is usually the ken of our finest novelists, and in so doing, imagines a harrowing and wholly credible history for his seafaring Irish-Canadian ancestor.

Even though he has only one leg, Niya Moto is studying to be a samurai, and his five fellow-students are similarly burdened, but sensei Ki-Yaga, an ancient but legendary warrior, teaches them not only physical skills but mental and spiritual ones as well, so that they are well-equipped to face their most formidable opponents at the annual Samurai Games.

Why This Book Is Unique This book reveals the paradise-like splendor found in the 7,107 islands of the Philippines and the character, nature, values, and customs of Filipinos. This book also outlines an uncomplicated but in-depth exploration of Filipino grammar to make it easier and simpler for the learner to form word and sentence constructions. The lexicon section of this book contains synonyms, correlations, similarities, and antonyms, making it more comprehensive and multifaceted than the other Filipino dictionaries in the market today. Also added in it are motivational topics and cautionary alerts. Previously and currently, most of the explanations and illustrations presented in this book have hardly been covered in other Filipino dictionaries written by other authors. The highlighting of the Spanish and English words in this dictionary can help increase proficiency or, at the least, familiarity with four languages, Tagalog, Ilocano, Spanish, and English, not to mention Bicolano, Cebuano, Ybanag, and Gaddang vocabularies that are added into this book. This book is an essential language reference book for all the libraries in the world. It also serves as a handy translation aid for foreigners doing business in the Philippines and for the foreign embassies that are based in the Philippines, as well as religious and medical missionaries, charitable institutions, language translators, tourists, foreign students enrolled in the Philippines, expatriates that settle in the Philippines, and anyone interested in learning about the Philippines and Filipino languages.

Si Aliyah. Isang simpleng babae, laking-probinsiya. Lumaking salat sa maraming bagay kabilang na ang katotohanang hindi niya tunay na mga magulang ang nakagisnang pamilya. Wala nang panahon sa pag-ibig dahil sa mga pangarap na pursigidong tuparin sa kabila ng matitinding pasakit. Si Dave. Sikat sa mundo ng showbiz at laking-Amerika. Biniyayaan ng marangyang buhay ngunit salat sa pagmamahal at atensiyon ng pamilya. Naturingang happy-go-lucky. Certified playboy. Sabi nila, opposite poles attract each other. Sa paanong paraan? Knowing love, lahat ng paraan pwede. Love moves in mysterious ways, sabi pa nga ng isang kanta. Ano’ng mangyayari kung ang dating hinahangaan ay siya na ngayong humahanga? Ang dating malikot na puso ay sintahimik na yata ng pasyenteng nacomatose at wala nang pakiramdam. Ang pangarap na hindi inaakalang matutupad ay siya na ngayong dahilan para mabuwag ang isang pagmamahalang hindi man tanggap ng karamihan, pilit na umusbong at handa nang ipaglaban. Kailan nga ba natin masasabi na ‘suntok sa buwan’ ang katuparan ng isang minimithing pangarap? Ng isang pangyayaring nagpapatunay na ang buong buhay at pagkatao pala ay isang malaking kasinungalingan? Makakamtan pa kaya ang pinapangarap na tunay at wagas na pag-ibig? Saan hahantong ang pinagtagpong masalimuot na mundo nina Dave at Aliyah