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Автор: Finnegan William Название: Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life ISBN: 0143109391 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780143109396 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 11650.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: **Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography** "Reading this guy on the subject of waves and water is like reading Hemingway on bullfighting; William Burroughs on controlled substances; Updike on adultery. . . . a coming-of-age story, seen through the gloss resin coat of a surfboard."--Sports Illustrated Included in President Obama's 2016 Summer Reading List Barbarian Days is William Finnegan's memoir of an obsession, a complex enchantment. Surfing only looks like a sport. To initiates, it is something else: a beautiful addiction, a demanding course of study, a morally dangerous pastime, a way of life. Raised in California and Hawaii, Finnegan started surfing as a child. He has chased waves all over the world, wandering for years through the South Pacific, Australia, Asia, Africa. A bookish boy, and then an excessively adventurous young man, he went on to become a distinguished writer and war reporter. Barbarian Days takes us deep into unfamiliar worlds, some of them right under our noses--off the coasts of New York and San Francisco. It immerses the reader in the edgy camaraderie of close male friendships forged in challenging waves. Finnegan shares stories of life in a whites-only gang in a tough school in Honolulu. He shows us a world turned upside down for kids and adults alike by the social upheavals of the 1960s. He details the intricacies of famous waves and his own apprenticeships to them. Youthful folly--he drops LSD while riding huge Honolua Bay, on Maui--is served up with rueful humor. As Finnegan's travels take him ever farther afield, he discovers the picturesque simplicity of a Samoan fishing village, dissects the sexual politics of Tongan interactions with Americans and Japanese, and navigates the Indonesian black market while nearly succumbing to malaria. Throughout, he surfs, carrying readers with him on rides of harrowing, unprecedented lucidity. Barbarian Days is an old-school adventure story, an intellectual autobiography, a social history, a literary road movie, and an extraordinary exploration of the gradual mastering of an exacting, little-understood art. Praise for Barbarian Days "Without a doubt, the finest surf book I've ever read . . . But on a more fundamental level, Barbarian Days offers a clear-eyed vision of American boyhood. Like Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild, it is a sympathetic examination of what happens when literary ideas of freedom and purity take hold of a young mind and fling his body out into the far reaches of the world."--The New York Times Magazine "Incandescent . . . I'd sooner press this book upon on a nonsurfer, in part because nothing I've read so accurately describes the feeling of being stoked or the despair of being held under. . . . But] it's also about a writer's life and, even more generally, a quester's life, more carefully observed and precisely rendered than any I've read in a long time."--Los Angeles Times
Автор: Finnegan William Название: Barbarian Days ISBN: 1472151410 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472151414 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 13150.00 T Наличие на складе: Заказано в издательстве. Описание: A deeply rendered self-portrait of a lifelong surfer by the acclaimed New Yorker writer
Автор: Finnegan Terrence J Название: Shooting the Front ISBN: 0752499548 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780752499543 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 16630.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть Описание: The First World War demanded revolutionary technology to break the vicious stalemate in which the armies of Europe found themselves as soon as static warfare became established. In the critical world of military intelligence, aviation assumed a vital role through aerial reconnaissance in reinforcing successful decision-making. The demands of warfare not only spurred aviation's development, it led to technological advances in aerial photography, radio intercepts, acoustics and optics that became the foundation for intelligence throughout the twentieth century and to the present day.
Colonel Terry Finnegan's Shooting the Front reviews the entire evolution of Allied aerial photography and photographic interpretation during the Great War, in a text packed with data and based upon meticulous research in archives worldwide. The photographs included are both informative and spectacular, charting perforce the early years of aviation itself. Shooting the Front shows not only how important aerial reconnaissance was to the war effort, but also how it became the foundation for modern-day exploitation of imagery and geospatial intelligence used to guide today's decision makers on global issues, and shaped intelligence work for generations to come.
Автор: Finnegan, Diarmid A. Название: Natural history societies and civic culture in victorian scotland ISBN: 0822966352 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780822966357 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 29260.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Winner of the Frank Watson Prize in Scottish History, 2011 The relationship between science and civil society is essential to our understanding of cultural change during the Victorian era. Science was frequently packaged as an appropriate form of civic culture, inculcating virtues necessary for civic progress.
Автор: Finnegan Delphine Название: Nazboo`s Kazoo! (Shimmer and Shine) ISBN: 0525648275 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780525648277 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 3670.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Finnegan Ivy Название: Best Ever Wordsearch for Kids ISBN: 1839406569 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781839406560 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 5510.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание:
This delightful activity book features a wide variety of themed wordsearches. Featuring cute and funny cartoon illustrations, this collection provides a fun way for young readers to build their vocabulary and general knowledge.
Puzzle themes include: - Polar Animals - Countries of the World - Famous Places - Sports Presented in an affordable, compact format using high-quality paper, this puzzle book is perfect for vacations, rainy days, and long journeys. Suitable for readers aged 7+.
Автор: Macarthur, Diarmid Название: Drown for your sins ISBN: 1916457258 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781916457256 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 10550.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: From lifting league titles and pioneering European club football to twice going bankrupt and languishing in the Fourth Division, Wolves have experienced extreme highs and lows. Filled with fascinating untold stories from ex-players, staff and supporters, the book charts some of the most successful, turbulent and defining moments in Wolves` history.
Автор: Conor Название: Celts V Romans Book Two: Diarmid and the Great Invasion ISBN: 0755216180 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780755216185 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 26190.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Finnegan Jr Jeanette Название: Island at War: Spirits of Cape Hatteras Island ISBN: 0578465663 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780578465661 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 13750.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Jeanette Gray finnegan Jr., a tenth generation islander, completes the final book in the five book historical fiction series on the History of Cape Hatteras Island. Book one, CROATOAN, Book two LEGENDS AND LORE, Book three PIRATES and Book four, SURFMEN AND SHIPWRECKS skillfully narrates the earlier Adventures of The Lighthouse Kids. Book five gives an account of island participation in all wars fought by the United States from the English occupation in 1598 until 1945.
One would think that Hatteras would have little or no involvement in wars fought by the mainland. however, history recounts the importance of this island located thirty miles out to sea from the continent.This strip of land, twenty six miles in length and less than a mile wide in most places. stood as a buffer, protecting seven rivers leading to the interior of the country.
Whorever breached this strategic outlook, dominated the middle of the mainland of America. These are stories of the contest between island inhabitants and the mighty powers of Europe attempting to control entrance to the belly of the country.
The book begins with the Indian Wars, and ends with the unbelievable assualt by the Nazi war machine eight miles from the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse during the first six months of 1942. Nineteen U-Boats were in contest with the local fishermen, surfmen, and the ROPER, only destroyer available to help fight the subs. Islanders were wating until the Americans could manufacture the planes and ships necessary to protect these waters. And, when they did the war quickly changed in our favor.
Diamond Shoals is called the Graveyard of the Atlantic, partly due to the hundreds of Merchant ships resting there as a result of torpedoes fired during that six month period. The book tells the conflict of all involved, both islanders and foes. When, "it was just us."
Автор: Finnegan Ruth, Horton Robin Название: Modes of Thought in Western and Non-Western Societies ISBN: 1498242421 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781498242424 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 67130.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Finnegan Jr Jeanette Gray Название: Legends and Lore: Spirits of Cape Hatteras Island ISBN: 1597151173 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781597151177 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 13750.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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