The Great Dismal: A Carolinian's Swamp Memoir

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The Great Dismal A Carolinian's Swamp Memoit.......2006-09-01

Very interesting book. I enjoyed it immensely.
I was reared in that area and knew some of the people mentioned in the book. Now reside on the other coast.
It was like a trip home.

American History Lovers must read this!.......1999-02-16

To those who love American History will love the realistic and descriptive view of the Dismal Swamp. It is rich with events of African Americans as well, the connections the early settlers had with the Spanish, Native Indians, French, Dutch and Britsh. It describes the Dismal Swamp so well, I visualised being there myself and sharing the feelings of those worked, struggled and lived and died in the Swamp.

It is the story of a man who shared his love for the Swamp and the history behind it. I have made plans to visit there this Spring.

Take some time over coffee or tea and start enjoying your journey to the Dismal Swamp from the begining of George Washington personal interest in the Swamp to the 20th Century.

For anyone who has any roots to the Southwest region of Virginia, you will be pleasantly surprised. I found one of my husband's ancestors qouted in the book.

Holga Reyes

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The Great Dismal: A Carolinian's Swamp Memoir
Bland Simpson
Manufacturer: Univ. of North Carolina Pr.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000K51LIU

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Two Months before the Mast.......2003-06-02

I sailed to the Arctic on the Regina Maris in 1997, a couple years before Oxenhorn took his trip. Not quite the book I would have written, but I started out with greater expectations of discomfort and hardship. After all, it was the Arctic. Nonetheless, Oxenhard paints an accurate picture of life on a tall ship on the frigid edge of the world, and, more importantly, gives a true recounting of the deep personal changes that take place in everyone aboard on such a voyage. I sailed with many of the characters in the book, and would disagree with the more negative of Oxenhorn's descriptions of them, nonetheless, he does give a good feel for some of the friction that occurs on a long trip under difficult conditions with no privacy. Its a great pity that the good ship Regina Maris no more. I believe that everyone who sailed on her to the frozen north came back a deeply changed and better person. This book is perhaps the next best thing.

Eloquent, poignant, detailed, sparkling distillation.......2002-08-12

The late Harvey Oxenhorn secured an enduring legacy through his captivating, detailed account of his apprentice voyage on the tall ship, Regina Maris. He painstakingly chronicles all facets of life during the nine weeks spent traversing from Boston to the Arctic Ocean, recounting sights, sounds, encounters, and experiences at sea and on shore in various ports from Newfoundland to Greenland and back again.

The result is not one of those irritating "look, look at me" travel books or the ramblings of a self-absorbed trekker who intimidated his editor into leaving in the most boring of details but a refreshing recap of life at sea, warts and all..

Mr. Oxenhorn, motivated by a journey of spiritual discovery, soon finds his preconceived notions of life at sea challenged not only by the mundane, repetitive tasks that consume most hours, but also by his inexperience and fears that he must confront whether scaling the vertical matrix of ropes and sails or keeping watch in the middle of the night in all kinds of weather and knowing that his decisions and observation will affect the well-being of the crew and ship.

As the story unfolds-and more so as a novel than travelogue-Mr. Oxenhorn constantly finds surprising aspects about his crew mates that force him to reconsider them, and himself, in the context of this expedition and extrapolates from these experiences a growing sense of self-mastery and awareness of interdependence.

As he recounts late in the book, "But again, the main point wasn't the rules themselves. Nor was it to demonstrate someone's authority. . . Rather, it was to break down the habit of mind that makes exceptions and desires special treatment. To replace it with a heart called unity."

Though this notion may sound a bit like the process used to mold soldiers in boot camp, his ruminations regarding interdependence reach a deeper resonance when he argues, both convincingly and cogently, that "We have made ourselves responsible for the life that ours depends on, from copepods to whales. To think differently about these animals is to think differently about ourselves as well. From now on, we must all stand watch. One tribe. One family. One crew."

Mr. Oxenhorn takes great pains to present his facts and details with care, clearly having spent many hours researching and documenting his observations about everything from various seabirds, to the construction and operation of tall sailing ships, to traditional navigational methods involving sextant and compass and stars. His narrative jumps to life as he describes what it is like to be sailing on a wooden ship among "tabular icebergs twice the length of football fields and seven stories high."

The point of the expedition was to study whale populations, and the author provides enough information about whales, their place and role in the marine environment, and how humans have affected (almost always badly) the balance of nature. He provides just enough details about how the research is conducted, what key findings are made, and what sort of future might be in store for the whale populations. Mr. Oxenhorn does not come off sounding like a overzealous, gung-ho Greenpeacer hunkered down in a Zodiac; rather he applies the same sort of calm logic to why we must carefully manage the oceans as agrarian essayist Wendell Berry proffers.

Likewise he captures both the ugly and shining sides of human behavior and interactions aboard ship and shore, pulling no punches even from his characterizations of Captain George Nichols, with whom Mr. Oxenhorn butted heads----and came away chastised more than once----the mates, or his peer crewmates. More than once, I cringed at some of these depictions, wondering if the author might be overstepping his rights, but he never fails to reveal the good, sometimes surprising, qualities of his shipmates.

If I had been Mr. Oxenhorn's editor, I might have asked for more explanation of some of the nautical and sailing terms that pepper the chronicle, maybe a glossary for those of us who will never experience firsthand such an adventure. The map inside the front cover is useful, but not nearly detailed enough, and without including the longitude and latitude lines, a puzzling lapse I would attribute to the publisher, it's not easy to track the voyage sequentially. (Most chapter titles follow this convention, for example, "17 July. 63◦N/54◦W."

Book Description

Turn the dream into reality.

If you dream of running away to sea in your own boat and sailing over the horizon to find a new life, then read on.

Since moving aboard their yacht in 1984 the authors have cruised 25,000 relaxed, even hedonistic miles, and the lessons they have learned - both practical and psychological - are described within these pages. This book is not aimed at the would-be circumnavigator (although it has much to interest him) but at the weekend sailor for whom the annual fortnight's cruise is never long enough. It matters little whether you plan to escape for six months, a couple of years or forever. Nor does it matter if your destination is the Mediterranean, the Caribbean or the Great Barrier Reef: this book is still for you.

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This book is designed to help the reader identify the many common plants & animals of the Atlantic coastline. Over 400 species are included with tips and notes about finding & identifying the creatures.

Concerning the legal nature of the seashore and maritime alluvion in the civil law

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Concerning the legal nature of the seashore and maritime alluvion in the civil law
RamoÌn MartiÌnez LoÌpez
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0007H63DE

A field guide to the rocky intertidal coast

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A field guide to the rocky intertidal coast
Ray P Gerber
Manufacturer: Acadia Productions
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0006QRAO2

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When studying the effects of parasites on natural populations, the avian haematozoa fulfills many of the specifications of an ideal model. Featuring a multitude of tables and illustrations, Avian Malaria Parasites and Other Haemosporidia summarizes more than a century of research on bird haemosporidians. For a long time, bird blood parasites served as important models in studying human diseases. Although now largely replaced, the wealth of data and research remain. With chapters addressing life cycles and morphology, pathogenicity, ultrastructure, geographical distribution, and illustrated keys to all known species of the parasites, this book is a masterful assessment of the biology of bird haemosporidian parasites.

Avian Malarial Parasites and Other Haemosporidia

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Avian Malarial Parasites and Other Haemosporidia
Valkiunas
Manufacturer: Routledge
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MBUHFA

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This comprehensive text is unique in providing a generalization of the algebraic Riccati theory for the indefinite sign and singular cases from the perspective of the Popov function approach. The theory embodies a systematic presentation from the time domain, frequency domain and state-space standpoints. The whole development is oriented towards applications in robust systems theory.

Extension of the celebrated Popov positivity theory to the game theoretic case
Characterizations of the solutions to the Riccati equation in terms of the input-output operator, transfer function matrix and transmission matrix pencil, all associated with the underlying Hamiltonian system
Comprehensive treatment of both continuous and discrete time cases
A signature condition based approach which unifies the solutions to various mathematical problems from robust control theory, including the maxmin, Nehari, H ², H ^??? control and robust stabilization problems

Graduate students in control engineering and those working on the mathematics of systems and control theory will find this book essential reading. For researchers, this is an indispensable work, when seeking ever more robust control laws which take uncertainties into account.

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the "ultimate player's" mistake... - what now????.......2004-05-03

well, what is to happen when the "ultimate player", who has arranged an impossible game of snakes and ladders by which to try the worth of the object of his seduction is the first one to commit the mistake that gives it all away???
naturally enough, in such a case, she has no option but to call for all cards to be now put on the table - signs and gestures cannot continue to be after this unexpected turn of events: that the creator of the trap has been the first one to go and call the King when the roof was just "not" falling. so what is he to do after this has happened? was the posibility of "his" failing in his books?
as to her, she is only sure that nothing can continue to be quite as it was and also it is somehow a shame that now there is just nothing more to hope for, nothing more to upset the monotony of life all of a sudden. she knew that she would not have failed, but she had simply not expected that he would just rush to do wrong at the very first trial of trust...!!

The definitive elaboration on an ancient legend.......2001-01-26

This is the most famous depiction of the ancient legend of Don Juan, the unrepentant and bold sinner from Spain. A masterwork of Romanticism, "Don Juan" tells the story of Juan Tenorio, a worldly man whose only interest in life is to seduce as many women as he can. He makes a bet with his friend Luis Mejía, to see who is more fortunate with women. Don Juan wins, but his father writes him off from his testament. After that, Don Juan rapes Luis' fiancée. All this gives him, of course, a bad reputation, so the father of his beloved Ines forbids him to marry her. Events unfold then at a rapid pace, amidst duels, murders, illegitimate seductions and tragedy, including the apparition of ghosts. But more than just a cloak-and-dagger play, this work is a fascinating elaboration on the central myths of sin and repentance; of trespassing and divine forgiving; of the redeeming possibilities of true love, as distinguished from the sins of the flesh which lead to hell. In the Spanish world, it is the play that is staged every year, by the beginning of November when Day of the Dead is celebrated. It is a sum-up of the Romantic myth and, as all classical works, it admits different interpretations, from the literal to the philosophical. And it's a lot of fun too.

The Ultimate Player.......2000-10-21

Don Juan Tenorio is the ultimate player. He is to players what William Shakespear is to poets. This is a fascinating story which talk about Don Juan, a young man that is out to seduce as many women as he can. Not only that, but he is probably the most succesful player ever known to man! find out what happens to him in this classic story full to the brim of adventure and excitement.

Don Juan Tenorio.......2000-10-21

This book tells of the fascinating story of Don Juan Tenorio, the ultimate player. Don Juan is to players what William Shakespear is to poets. This story is told with a masterful wit, and has an incredibly exciting plot. This book, like so many others, is one of those that many people know, but few have read. This book is well worth the money spent on it.

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Don Juan Tenorio
José Zorrilla
Manufacturer: Juan de la Cuesta
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1589770188

Don Juan Tenorio: Level 3 (Leer en Espanol: Level 3)

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Don Juan Tenorio: Level 3 (Leer en Espanol: Level 3)

Manufacturer: Tandem Library
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: School & Library Binding

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ASIN: 0613806646

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Analisis De Don Juan Tenorio
Alfonso Florez
Manufacturer: Panamericana
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Binding: Paperback

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Don Juan Revisitado: Donjuanismo En Zorrilla Y En Valle-Inclan (American University Studies Series II, Romance Languages and Literature)

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Don Juan Revisitado: Donjuanismo En Zorrilla Y En Valle-Inclan (American University Studies Series II, Romance Languages and Literature)
Sylviane Townsel
Manufacturer: Peter Lang Pub Inc
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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DON JUAN TENORIO
Don Jose Zorrilla
Manufacturer: F S Crofts & Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NP1KWE

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Don Juan Tenorio
Jose Zorrilla
Manufacturer: Cideb Editrice
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Binding: Paperback

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don juna tenorio

Don Juan Tenorio
Jose M. Zorilla , and Josbe Zorrilla
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0883450429

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don juna tenorio.......1999-10-15

don juan tenorio es un joven muy bondados

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