Sequitur - To Cape Horn in Comfort and Style
Sequitur - To Cape Horn in Comfort and Style

Author: Michael Walsh

Publisher:

Published: 2013-04-30

Total Pages: 680

ISBN-13: 9780991955602

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This book follows the adventures of a retired Canadian couple in their mid-sixties, who in 2009 set out on a three-year voyage from Vancouver. Their intention was to sail in full comfort through some of the remotest and wildest seas in the world. They had already seen more than their fair share of palm trees and tropical beaches, so on this voyage they chose to head to Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and around Cape Horn. Sequitur, their yacht provided Edi and Michael with great comfort, and as their voyage progressed, the quality and style of their onboard dining, both at sea and at anchor, became legend. At the height of its popularity, their online blog was consistently receiving over 3000 page views per day. Michael is a retired naval officer, an accomplished exploratory mountaineer, a former wine importer, culinary instructor and wine writer. He is a lover of adventure and of the finer things in life. Throughout the book Michael offers a close-up view and commentary on the process of voyaging through less travelled areas. Because of the included details, the book is not only for shore-side dreamers; it should also be a useful resource for those thinking of taking this voyage themselves. The book is beautifully illustrated with more than 2400 colour images that were selected and edited from the 296,500 photographs shot along the way. As well, there are dozens of maps and chart-plotter screenshots to assist in following the adventures.

French Chic
French Chic

Author: Sophie Claire

Publisher: Sophie Claire

Published: 2021-01-15

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 9781513680415

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Discover how YOU can dress like the world's chicest women. Did you know that french women look on average 7 years younger than british women? Have you ever wondered "how do they do it?". Imagine if you knew the style secrets of a parisian woman. Imagine if you could dress french chic and look gorgeous everyday. Effortlessly. We all know. Putting together the right outfit can be such a hassle. The truth is, french women look so gorgeous because of their own style secrets. In french fashion there are so many little known tips and tricks that drastically improve the way you look. Dressing elegantly like a french woman has its own rules. Once you learn them, putting together amazing french chic outfits will be easy. But don't worry. Being chic doesn't mean dressing in a boring and dull way. That is not the essence of french chic. This book is a guide to create your own unique fashion signature. "French chic is more than fashion, it's a style of living. It's the french style." In this book you'll learn exactly how to dress and look french chic. You will find 21 easy-to-follow french style lessons that will teach you all the secrets of the chicest parisian women. Every lesson you'll read is geared towards a particular area of fashion and beauty. You'll discover how easy it is to look gorgeous and, most important, feel confident and beautiful. Some French Chic Lessons You'll Discover In The Book: 9 Fashion Items You Must Add To Your Wardrobe How To Pair Your Outfit The Right Way 8 Fashion Errors To Avoid (Most People Don't Know Them) How To Dress According To Your Unique Body Shape French Chic's Best Colors And Fabrics Skincare And Make-up Advice How To Get Dressed Parisian Chic What Things Are French Chic And What Aren't French Style's Guide To Choose The Best Lingerie How To Choose Footwear And Accessories And much, much more Stop dreaming about being fashion. Buy this book today and start living french chic. Scroll up to the top and click BUY NOW!

The History and Present State of Virginia
The History and Present State of Virginia

Author: Robert Beverley

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2014-05-13

Total Pages: 383

ISBN-13: 1469607956

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While in London in 1705, Robert Beverley wrote and published The History and Present State of Virginia, one of the earliest printed English-language histories about North America by an author born there. Like his brother-in-law William Byrd II, Beverley was a scion of Virginia's planter elite, personally ambitious and at odds with royal governors in the colony. As a native-born American--most famously claiming "I am an Indian--he provided English readers with the first thoroughgoing account of the province's past, natural history, Indians, and current politics and society. In this new edition, Susan Scott Parrish situates Beverley and his History in the context of the metropolitan-provincial political and cultural issues of his day and explores the many contradictions embedded in his narrative. Parrish's introduction and the accompanying annotation, along with a fresh transcription of the 1705 publication and a more comprehensive comparison of emendations in the 1722 edition, will open Beverley's History to new, twenty-first-century readings by students of transatlantic history, colonialism, natural science, literature, and ethnohistory.

The Language Instinct
The Language Instinct

Author: Steven Pinker

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2010-12-14

Total Pages: 578

ISBN-13: 0062032526

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"A brilliant, witty, and altogether satisfying book." — New York Times Book Review The classic work on the development of human language by the world’s leading expert on language and the mind In The Language Instinct, the world's expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, and how it evolved. With deft use of examples of humor and wordplay, Steven Pinker weaves our vast knowledge of language into a compelling story: language is a human instinct, wired into our brains by evolution. The Language Instinct received the William James Book Prize from the American Psychological Association and the Public Interest Award from the Linguistics Society of America. This edition includes an update on advances in the science of language since The Language Instinct was first published.

Let's Pretend This Never Happened
Let's Pretend This Never Happened

Author: Jenny Lawson

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2012-04-17

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1101573082

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The #1 New York Times bestselling (mostly true) memoir from the hilarious author of Furiously Happy. “Gaspingly funny and wonderfully inappropriate.”—O, The Oprah Magazine When Jenny Lawson was little, all she ever wanted was to fit in. That dream was cut short by her fantastically unbalanced father and a morbidly eccentric childhood. It did, however, open up an opportunity for Lawson to find the humor in the strange shame-spiral that is her life, and we are all the better for it. In the irreverent Let’s Pretend This Never Happened, Lawson’s long-suffering husband and sweet daughter help her uncover the surprising discovery that the most terribly human moments—the ones we want to pretend never happened—are the very same moments that make us the people we are today. For every intellectual misfit who thought they were the only ones to think the things that Lawson dares to say out loud, this is a poignant and hysterical look at the dark, disturbing, yet wonderful moments of our lives. Readers Guide Inside

Life Is a Marathon
Life Is a Marathon

Author: Matt Fitzgerald

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2019-03-26

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 0738284785

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An endurance athlete and coach reveals how the marathon transforms the lives of everyone who attempts it--and how it has helped his own family cope with serious adversity Step after step for 26.2 miles, hundreds of thousands of people run marathons. But why--what compels people past pain, lost toenails, 5.30 am start times, The Wall? Sports writer Matt Fitzgerald set out to run eight marathons in eight weeks across the country to answer that question. At each race, he meets an array of runners, from first timers, to dad-daughter teams and spouses, to people who'd been running for decades, and asks them what keeps them running. But there is another deeply personal part to Matt's journey: his own relationship to the sport--and how it helped him overcome his own struggles and cope with his wife Nataki's severe bipolar disorder. A combination of Matt's own How Bad Do You Want It? and What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, Life Is a Marathon captures the magic of those 26.2 miles. At the end of the day--and at the end of the race--the pursuit of a marathon finish line is not unlike the pursuit of happiness. You will pick up the book for a powerful personal story about what running does for the people for whom it does the most. You will put it down with a greater understanding of what it means to be alive in this world.

Essays on Actions and Events
Essays on Actions and Events

Author: Donald Davidson

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2001-09-27

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 0199246262

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Donald Davidson has prepared a new edition of his classic 1980 collection of Essays on Actions and Events, including two additional essays.

The Vitamin A Story
The Vitamin A Story

Author: R.D. Semba

Publisher: Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers

Published: 2013-07-01

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 331802189X

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This book shows how vitamin A deficiency – before the vitamin was known to scientists – affected millions of people throughout history. It is a story of sailors and soldiers, penniless mothers, orphaned infants, and young children left susceptible to blindness and fatal infections. We also glimpse the fortunate ones who, with ample vitamin A-rich food, escaped this elusive stalker. Why were people going blind and dying? To unravel this puzzle, scientists around the world competed over the course of a century. Their persistent efforts led to the identification of vitamin A and its essential role in health. As a primary focus of today’s international public health efforts, vitamin A has saved hundreds of thousands of lives. But, we discover, they could save many more were it not for obstacles erected by political and ideological zealots who lack a historical perspective of the problem. Although exhaustively researched and documented, this book is written for intellectually curious lay readers as well as for specialists. Public health professionals, nutritionists, and historians of science and medicine have much to learn from this book about the cultural and scientific origins of their disciplines. Likewise, readers interested in military and cultural history will learn about the interaction of health, society, science, and politics. The author’s presentation of vitamin A deficiency is likely to become a classic case study of health disparities in the past as well as the present.