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The Wide Wide Sea Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook [electronic resource] : by Sides, Hampton.aut; cloudLibrary;
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook’s death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day. “Sides has mastered the art of you-are-there historical narrative. A thrilling and necessary update to one of history’s most consequential cultural collisions." —John Vaillant, New York Times bestselling author of Fire Weather and The Tiger On July 12th, 1776, Captain James Cook, already lionized as the greatest explorer in British history, set off on his third voyage in his ship the HMS Resolution. Two-and-a-half years later, on a beach on the island of Hawaii, Cook was killed in a conflict with native Hawaiians. How did Cook, who was unique among captains for his respect for Indigenous peoples and cultures, come to that fatal moment? Hampton Sides’ bravura account of Cook’s last journey both wrestles with Cook’s legacy and provides a thrilling narrative of the titanic efforts and continual danger that characterized exploration in the 1700s. Cook was renowned for his peerless seamanship, his humane leadership, and his dedication to science-–the famed naturalist Joseph Banks accompanied him on his first voyage, and Cook has been called one of the most important figures of the Age of Enlightenment. He was also deeply interested in the native people he encountered. In fact, his stated mission was to return a Tahitian man, Mai, who had become the toast of London, to his home islands. On previous expeditions, Cook mapped huge swaths of the Pacific, including the east coast of Australia, and initiated first European contact with numerous peoples. He treated his crew well, and endeavored to learn about the societies he encountered with curiosity and without judgment. Yet something was different on this last voyage. Cook became mercurial, resorting to the lash to enforce discipline, and led his two vessels into danger time and again. Uncharacteristically, he ordered violent retaliation for perceived theft on the part of native peoples. This may have had something to do with his secret orders, which were to chart and claim lands before Britain’s imperial rivals could, and to discover the fabled Northwest Passage. Whatever Cook’s intentions, his scientific efforts were the sharp edge of the colonial sword, and the ultimate effects of first contact were catastrophic for Indigenous people around the world. The tensions between Cook’s overt and covert missions came to a head on the shores of Hawaii. His first landing there was harmonious, but when Cook returned after mapping the coast of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, his exploitative treatment of the Hawaiians led to the fatal encounter. At once a ferociously-paced story of adventure on the high seas and a searching examination of the complexities and consequences of the Age of Exploration, THE WIDE WIDE SEA is a major work from one of our finest narrative nonfiction writers.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Adventurers & Explorers; Maritime History & Piracy;
© 2024., Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group,
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The demigod diaries / by Riordan, Rick.; Riordan, Haley.;
The diary of Luke Castellan -- Percy Jackson and the staff of Hermes -- Leo Valdez and the quest for Buford -- Son of magic / by Haley Riordan.Four short stories plus original art, interviews, puzzles, and games, reveal new insights into the world of Percy Jackson and the other heroes of Olympus.LSC
Subjects: Monsters; Mythology, Roman; Mythology, Greek; Fantasy fiction.; Adventure stories.;
© c2012., Disney Hyperion Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Scream : chilling adventures in the science of fear / by Kerr, Margee.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.LSC
Subjects: Fear.; Emotions.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Wellmania : extreme adventures in the search for wellness / by Delaney, Brigid,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Delaney, Brigid.; Self-actualization (Psychology); Well-being.; Health behavior.; Health attitudes.;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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The lord of the rings : The fellowship of the ring. by Wood, Elijah; Mckellen, Sir Ian; Mortensen, Viggo; Astin, Sean; Lee, Christopher; Weaving, Hugo; Tolkien, J. R. R.; Bloom, Orlando;
Director, Peter Jackson.Viggo Mortensen, Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Christopher Lee, Sir Ian Mckellen, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving.Based on J.R.R. Tolkien's masterpiece, this is an epic adventure of good against evil, the power of friendship, and individual courage. The Hobbit named Frodo inherits the Ring that would give a dark lord power to enslave the world.CHVRS rating: 14A.Blu-ray.
Subjects: Adventure.; Academy Award Winners.; Afi (American Film Institute).; Action / Adventure.;
© 2010., New Line Home Video,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Wild things, wild places : adventurous tales of wildlife and conservation on planet Earth / by Alexander, Jane,1939-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Wildlife conservation.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Thomas & friends. [videorecording] : the movie / by André, Peter,voice actor.; Awdry, W.Railway series.[videorecording].; Grundy, Yvonne,voice actor.; May, Joseph,voice actor.; HIT Entertainment,production company.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Joseph May, Yvonne Grundy, Peter Andre.When a mischievous little racing car called Ace passes through Sodor on his way around the world, Thomas is inspired to embark on his ambitious trip. Traveling full steam ahead across five continents, Thomas discovers magnificent new sights and experiences exciting places and cultures. He makes friends with an inspiring and fun Kenyan engine called Nia. With so much for Thomas to learn about the world, will Nia be successful in teaching him a lesson about the true meaning of friendship?Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Children's films.; Animated films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Thomas, the Tank Engine (Fictitious character); Friendship; Locomotives;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Hungry heart : adventures in life, love, and writing / by Weiner, Jennifer,author.;
"You fall down. You get hurt. You get up again. You know Jennifer Weiner as many things: a bestselling author, a Twitter phenomenon, and "an unlikely feminist enforcer" (The New Yorker). She's also a mom, a daughter, and a sister; a former rower and current runner; a best friend and a reality TV junkie. Here, in her first foray into nonfiction, she takes the raw stuff of her personal life and spins it into a collection of essays on womanhood as uproariously funny and moving as the best of Tina Fey, Fran Lebowitz, and Nora Ephron. Jennifer grew up as an outsider in her picturesque Connecticut hometown ("a Lane Bryant outtake in an Abercrombie & Fitch photo shoot") and at her Ivy League college, but finally found her people in newsrooms in central Pennsylvania and Philadelphia and her voice as a novelist, activist, and New York Times columnist. No subject is off-limits in this intimate and honest essay collection: sex, weight, envy, money, her mom's late-in-life lesbianism, and her estranged father's death. From lonely adolescence to modern childbirth to hearing her six-year-old daughter's use of the f-word--fat;--for the first time, Jennifer dives deep into the heart of female experience, with the wit and candor that have endeared her to readers all over the world. By turns hilarious and deeply touching, Hungry Heart is about yearning and longing, love and loss, and a woman who searched for her place in the world--and found it as a storyteller"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Weiner, Jennifer.; Authors, American;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science [electronic resource] : by McKinnon, Kate.aut; cloudLibrary;
Subjects: Electronic books.; Humorous Stories; School & Education; Action & Adventure; Siblings;
© 2024., Little, Brown Books for Young Readers,
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Real steel [videorecording] / by Davis, Hope,1967-; Durand, Kevin.; Goyo, Dakota.; Jackman, Hugh.; Levy, Shawn.; Lilly, Evangeline,1979-; Mackie, Anthony,1979-; Ruggeri, Marco.; Touchstone Home Entertainment (Firm);
Music by Danny Elfman ; cinematography, Mauro Fiore ; edited by Dean Zimmerman.Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Dakota Goyo, Kevin Durand, Anthony Mackie, Hope Davis, Marco Ruggeri.Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2000-pound, 8-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring. Now nothing but a small-time promoter, Charlie earns just enough money piecing together low-end bots from scrap metal to get from one underground boxing venue to the next. When Charlie hits rock bottom, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son Max to build and train a championship contender.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, widescreen presentation (2.35:1) aspect ratio, 5.1 Dolby digital.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Boxing; Fathers and sons; Feature films.; Robots;
© c2012., Touchstone Home Entertainment,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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