Rowing the Pacific

A thrilling account of this epic feat of endurance, Dawson faced intense hunger, equipment failure, fatigue and storms on his 7, 000 mile journey a...

The stories of two veterans - one traumatised, one blind - who rediscover themselves with the help of a friend in the course of two epic ocean adve...

The stories of two veterans - one traumatised, one blind - who rediscover themselves with the help of a friend in the course of two epic ocean adve...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 5-10 black and white photographs within textNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2017Dimensio...

Reducere. Rowing Slow - The Secret For Going Fast And Getting What You Want - 2nd EditionRowing is a tough sport, filled with hours of toll, sweat, and snarl...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom the often hilarious social media account @shortandsnarkyrowing, The Short and Snarky Guide to Rowing and Coxing is funny, irreveren...

Indoor rowing machines (or ergometers) were once used only by outdoor rowers during their winter training. Over the last twenty years however the b...

``Vallely transports the reader to places few will ever go: the very edges of the earth and of human endurance.``--Evan SolomonIn this gripping fir...

Reducere. DescriptionA Californian who had never touched an oar before arriving at Yale, Stephen Kiesling became part of the

A light-hearted account of how the 1977 Dublin University Boat Club raced the best university crews in the world in an attempt to win the cherished...

Reducere. DescriptionStuck in a corporate job rut and an unraveling marriage, Roz Savage realized that if she carried on as she was, she wasn't going to end ...

Suitable for anyone wanting to improve their performance, from beginners learning the basic skills to more experienced participants working on adva...

Reducere. For children ages 3-8 years old. Philadelphia's history of rowing and Thomas Eakins paintings have inspired this children's story about Harry and h...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. Jill Fredston has traveled more than twenty thousand miles of the Arctic and sub-Arctic-backwards. With her ocean-going rowing shell and her husban...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. DescriptionFor five centuries Europeans sought a short cut across the top of the world. The quest for a passage to the riches of the Orient claimed...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Brayton HarrisChester Nimitz was an admiral's Admiral, considered by many to be the greatest naval leader of the last centu...

Reducere. "This book celebrates without apology the fact that indigenous spirituality lives and breathes in our Pacific person and personhood. In so doing, i...

Reducere. Mind Over Water: Lessons on Life from the Art of Rowing, Paperback

Reducere. Decolonisation begins with our mind. I recall gratefully changing a sentence in my thesis: We live in one of the most isolated land masses in the w...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Zach DavisWith: Carly MoreeThru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail is 90% mental. Each year, thousands of backpackers take to t...

Reducere. DescriptionIs there a more bizarre-looking animal in the sea than the octopus? A baggy, boneless body surmounted by a pair of soulless eyes and fle...

In March 2018 Kiko Matthews broke the world record for rowing the Atlantic solo after recovering from brain surgery

In March 2018 Kiko Matthews broke the world record for rowing the Atlantic solo after recovering from brain surgery

Reducere. December 8th, 1941 marked the start of the full-scale invasion of the Philippines during World War 2. With the surrender of the Bataan Peninsula an...

Demographic transition, along with the economic and geopolitical re-emergence of Asia, are two of the largest forces shaping the twenty-first centu...

Reducere. DescriptionIt doesn't matter if you are rowing for fitness, competition, as part of a training program for on-the-water rowing, or just dipping a t...

Reducere. DescriptionEmily Dickinson wrote a "letter to the world" and left it lying in her drawer more than a century ago. This widely admired epistle was h...

Travel writer and architectural historian Martin Andrew sets out with a lifelong friend to recreate Horatio Hornblower's escape from Napoleon in a ...

How do political actors in the Pacific islands region make sense of the success (or failure) of parliamentary gender quota campaigns? To answer the...

This book examines how states in eight countries across Asia and the Pacific address internal displacement in the context of disasters and climate ...

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers IncAuthor(s): Elise HooperNumber of pages: 384Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 134 x 201 x 27Cover type: Paper...

DescriptionOn October 27 1942, four "Long Lance" torpedoes fired by the Japanese destroyers Makigumo and Akigumo exploded in the hull of the aircra...

Wayne McLennan tells the story of his extraordinary life through a series of adventures after he leaves his home town in Australia, desperate to av...

Engaging decodable Biff, Chip and Kipper stories 100% matched to Letters and Sounds enable your pupils to practise phonic skills with their favouri...

Reducere. Conflictul global dintre monstrii extraterestri si supermasinile construite de om pentru a-i invinge a fost numai un preludiu al asaltului general ...

Reducere. Get ready to Row. Rowing is the new spinning. While rowing machines are soaring in popularity, nothing beats exercise on a beautiful body of water....