The Ice Master : the Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk and the Miraculous Rescue of Her Survivors
Title | The Ice Master : the Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk and the Miraculous Rescue of Her Survivors PDF eBook |
Author | Jennifer Niven |
Publisher | |
Pages | 47 |
Release | 2000 |
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The Ice Master
Title | The Ice Master PDF eBook |
Author | Jennifer Niven |
Publisher | New York : Hyperion |
Pages | 440 |
Release | 2000-11 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
The doomed 1913 voyage of the Karluk.
100 Opinions You Can Trust on the Ice Master
Title | 100 Opinions You Can Trust on the Ice Master PDF eBook |
Author | Sebastian Kimber |
Publisher | Lennex |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 2013-02 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9785458945561 |
In this book, we have hand-picked the most sophisticated, unanticipated, absorbing (if not at times crackpot!), original and musing book reviews of "The Ice Master: The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk and the Miraculous Rescue of her Survivors." Don't say we didn't warn you: these reviews are known to shock with their unconventionality or intimacy. Some may be startled by their biting sincerity; others may be spellbound by their unbridled flights of fantasy. Don't buy this book if: 1. You don't have nerves of steel. 2. You expect to get pregnant in the next five minutes. 3. You've heard it all.
No Mercy
Title | No Mercy PDF eBook |
Author | Eleanor Learmonth |
Publisher | Text Publishing |
Pages | 357 |
Release | 2013-07-24 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 192214830X |
Disaster strikes. A ship goes down, a plane crashes, a party of travellers is cut off. But when the panic and confusion subside and the dead are counted, the survivors must find a way to keep surviving. And in desperation, unconstrained by law or conventional authority, the tactics they resort to can be both horrifying and ultimately self-destructive. Learmonth and Tabakoff outline the physical and neurological changes that typically affect the victims of disaster. Then, using true stories from history as case studies, they investigate the scenario famously imagined by William Golding in Lord of the Flies and borne out by the extraordinary Robbers Cave experiments of the 1950s. As this fascinating book unfolds the awful truth becomes clear. In extremis, humans are capable of a swift descent into murderous savagery that is both hard to believe - and impossible to forget. Eleanor Learmonth has worked as a teacher and freelance journalist in Japan and Australia. She has a reputation as a magnet for natural disasters. Jenny Tabakoff has been a senior journalist in Australia and Britain for The Times, the Sydney Morning Herald and AAP. She is the co-author of Australian Style. Eleanor and Jenny live in Sydney with their husbands and children. They met at the school gate. 'Succinct yet considered, accessible yet authoritative, Learmonth and Tabakoff strike a happy balance between scholarliness and readability throughout...cogent presentation of some truly harrowing subject matter, which less responsible hands might have milked for vulgar sensationalism.' Bookseller and Publisher 'Well researched and well argued, lively and energetic, No Mercy is full of insights into leadership, loyalty, sacrifice and compassion that will challenge readers to wonder what they might do if similarly tested.' Booktopia Buzz 'Sometimes adversity brings out the best in people, at other times it does the opposite. This is about those other times...excellent reading when you’re safely at home.' Weekend Herald 'A fascinating post-mortem of how certain groups manage to survive while others flailed about in drunken, murderous chaos.' Daily Telegraph 'This fascinating book shines light on an awful truth.' Get Reading
Forthcoming Books
Title | Forthcoming Books PDF eBook |
Author | Rose Arny |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1372 |
Release | 2002-02 |
Genre | American literature |
ISBN |
Words on Cassette
Title | Words on Cassette PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 2468 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Audiobooks |
ISBN |
The Last Voyage of the Karluk
Title | The Last Voyage of the Karluk PDF eBook |
Author | William Laird McKinlay |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 184 |
Release | 1999-06-12 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0312206550 |
A classic of Arctic adventure rediscovered--the only firsthand account of one of the century's worst exploration disasters that took place in 1913. Nearly a century later, McKinley's memoir of this event remains one of the most compelling survival stories ever written. 50 photos.