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Titanic's Last Secrets: The Further Adventures of Shadow Divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler
After rewriting history with their discovery of a Nazi U-boat off the coast of New Jersey, legendary divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler decided to investigate the great enduring mystery of history's most notorious shipwreck: Why did Titanic sink as quickly as it did? To answer the question, Chatterton and Kohler assemble a team of experts to explore Titanic, study its engineering, and dive to the wreck of its sister ship, Brittanic, where Titanic's last secrets may be revealed. Titanic 's Last Secrets is a rollercoaster ride through the shipbuilding history, the transatlantic luxury liner business, and shipwreck forensics. Chatterton and Kohler weave their way through a labyrinth of clues to discover that Titanic was not the strong, heroic ship the world thought she was and that the men who built her covered up her flaws when disaster struck. If Titanic had remained afloat for just two hours longer than she did, more than two thousand people would have lived instead of died, and the myth of the great ship would be one of rescue instead of tragedy. Titanic's Last Secrets is the never-before-told story of the Ship of Dreams, a contemporary adventure that solves a historical mystery..
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Do It Yourself: A Handbook for Changing Our World
Do you really want to change the world? If the answer is YES, then this book shows you how. Leading a sustainable and truly radical life encompasses a whole variety of things that challenge the mainstream This book shows how we can make real changes to the way we live. In simple steps, it describes how you can create sustainable and equitable ways of living that can help transform not just your own life, but the society around you. The book weaves together analysis, stories, experiences, and practical guides, examining nine different areas where people are transforming their lives and society---right here and now. Accessible and informative, this DIY handbook brings alive the rich potential of grassroots activism and shows how we can work together to create just, equitable, and sustainable societies. Covering everything from cultural activism to health, autonomous spaces, food, alternative media, popular education, and direct action, it shows you how to: set up a housing cooperative do a workshop on climate change build a passive solar heating system start an independent media project set up a social center make interventions in the urban landscape that are funny and inspiring and lots more! .
Price: $12.54
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Chatterton
Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770), apparently a suicide at 18, posthumously astonished literary England when he was revealed as the author of a sequence of famous and influential "medieval" poems he claimed to have discovered. An authentic talent as well as a literary counterfeiter, he is the guiding spirit of Peter Ackroyd's brilliant novel. In today's London, a young poet and an elderly novelist engage the mystery of Chatterton by trying to decode the clues found in an old manuscript, only to discover that their investigation discloses other riddles for which there are no solutions. Chatterton is at once a hilariously witty comedy; a thoughtful and dramatic exploration of the deepest issues of authenticity in both life and art; and a subtle and touching story of failed lives, parental love, doomed marriages, and erotic passions. .
Price: $7.12
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The Kingfisher First Thesaurus (Kingfisher First Reference)
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Yuck!: The Grossest Joke Book Ever (Sidesplitters)
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Bad Dog #2 : Bad Dog And Those Crazy Martians (Bad Dog) (Bad Dog)
Bad Dog's back in the pound, on Death Row ... unless a Big Cheese from the Outer Space Exploration Agency just happens to need a supersonic spacehound to become the very first mutt on Mars. And they do! If Bad Dog an scrape through basic training, master space walks, and prove he's got what it takes to be the best weightless wonderhound in the cosmiverse ..he might just make it! Look out Mars -- you've met your match...and he has a tail. .
Price: $1.25
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Volunteer Training Drills: A Year of Weekly Drills
Training is about learning new skills and certifying the ability to perform them to a given standard Section 1 begins with a one-year outline for training officers Section 2 follows with a table for each outline given in the book, indicating weather the drill is inside or outside the preparation time needed for it. Section 3 consists of general guidelines for the training officer on how to conduct drills in a safe but effective manner. Section 4 contains the outlines of the various drills and should be conducted. They can be customized and altered, but the basic concept will provide you with a solid place to start. The safety of the member is paramount. Follow all safety precautions and conduct the drills in accordance with standards and company policies. Contents: Planning your drill program Table of drills Guidelines for the training officer: Drill Safety officer's checklist Drill outlines: Driver proficiency Ropes and knots Roof operations Ground ladders Rescue by ladder Preplans Physical fitness I Physical fitness II SCBA I SCBA II Explosive devices Arson investigation CPR/AED Forecible entry Hose handling I Pipeline emergencies Electric utility emergencies Hose testing Vehicle extrication Foam hoselines Elevated stream operations Engine company evolutions Residential fires SOP - combined evolutions Advanceing hoselines by ladder Drowning response Swimming accidents Area familiarization Apperatus and equipment Ventilation High-rise response Multiple-casualty incidents Haz-mat operations with multiple casualties Railroad emergencies Military aircraft emergencies Hose handling II Forcible entry - through-the-lock methods Medevac helicopter operations Burns Fractures Soft tissue and penetrating wounds Cold weather emergencies Hot weather emergrncies..
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Bad Dog #1: Bad Dog And All That Hollywood Hoohah (Bad Dog)
He's the baddest dog in town. A 100% high-steppin', bone-crunchin', cat-chasin' pooch with one small problemo: he has three days to live. Three days left on Death Row at the City Pound for Unwanted Canines. Unless...Unless a big Hollywood agent drops by looking for The Next Big Doggy Thing to appear in a big new action movie. Bad Dog's gotta show the agent that he's the mutt with the mostest Tinseltown will never be the same again! .
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A World for the Taking: The Ships of the Honourable East India Company
It was a time when one of the most powerful rulers in the world wasn't a government-it was a corporation It's official name was "The Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies." Some simply called it "John Company," others "Company Bahadur." But most people knew it as the Honourable East India Company. It was the first major shareholder-owned business enterprise. At its height it ruled more than a fifth of the world's population, and generated a revenue greater than the rest of Britain combined-including the government. To hold all this together it had it's own private army and navy consisting of over a quarter million men. But at it's heart, it was still a "company of merchants" and it was her merchant ships that made everything else possible. This is E. Keble Chatterton's authoritative account of those ships and the men who helped forge the history of two continents..
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