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The Challenge / by Whipple, A. B. C.(Addison Beecher Colvin),1918-2013.(CARDINAL)137704;
Bibliography: pages 298-311.
Subjects: Challenge (Clipper); Clipper ships; Mutiny; Seafaring life; Voyages to the Pacific coast.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The great age of sail / by Jobé, Joseph,1918-(CARDINAL)129891; Bathe, Basil W.(CARDINAL)122275;
Foreword, by J. Jobe.--The age of discovery, by G. B. Rubin de Cervin.--The Catalan ship, by G. B. Rubin de Cervin.--The birth of the national fleet, by G. B. Rubin de Cervin.--The Vasa, by A. Franzen.--Royal glories, by E. Taillemite.--The Dutch Flute, by E. W. Petrejus.--The Victory, by R. J. Collins.--The golden age, by E. Taillemite.--U.S.S. Constitution, by P. K. Lundberg.--The Belle Poule, by F. Le Biboul.--The clipper's day, by B. W. Bathe.--The Challenge, by R. H. Burgess.--The Preussen, by H. Grubbe.
Subjects: Sailing ships.; Navigation;
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Dregs [sound recording] / by Horst, Jrn Lier,1970-; Bruce, Anne,1952 April 22-trl(CARDINAL)355739; Reichlin, Saul.nrt; W.F. Howes, Ltd.(CARDINAL)558208; Recorded Books, Inc.(CARDINAL)340508;
Narrated by Saul Reichlin.Meet Chief Inspector William Wisting, an experienced policeman who is familiar with the dark side of human nature. He lives in challenging times for the Norwegian police force, meeting them with integrity and humanity, and a fragile belief that he can play a part in creating a better world.
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Audiobooks.; Murder; Police;
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Barons of the sea : and their race to build the world's fastest clipper ship / by Ujifusa, Steven,author.(CARDINAL)546758;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-400) and index.Prologue: the patriarch -- The Canton Silver Cup -- Breaking into the family -- Opium hostages -- Yankees in Gotham -- Mazeppa and the problem child -- Captain Nat -- Family pressure under sail -- Memnon: Delano's California bet -- Enter Donald McKay -- Grinnell grabs the Flying Cloud -- At the starting line -- Around the world -- Frightful to look aloft: Sovereign of the Seas -- Great Republic -- Hill and river -- Surprise and danger -- Glory of the Seas -- Keeping it in the family."There was a time, back when the United States was young and the robber barons were just starting to come into their own, when fortunes were made and lost importing luxury goods from China. It was a secretive, glamorous, often brutal business--one where teas and silks and porcelain were purchased with profits from the opium trade. But the journey by sea back home to New York could take six agonizing months, and so the most pressing technological challenge of the day became ensuring one's goods arrived first to market, so they might fetch the highest price--making their sellers some of the first millionaires. Barons of the Sea tells the story of a handful of cutthroat competitors who raced to build the fastest, finest, most profitable clipper ships to carry their precious cargo to American shores. They were visionary, eccentric shipbuilders, debonair captains, and socially ambitious merchants with names like Forbes and Delano--men whose business interests took them from the cloistered confines of China's expatriate communities to the sin-city decadence of Gold Rush-era San Francisco and from the teeming hubbub of East Boston's shipyards and to the lavish sitting rooms of New Yorks Hudson Valley estates. Elegantly written and meticulously researched, Barons of the Sea is a riveting tale of innovation and ingenuity that draws back the curtain on the making of some of the nation's greatest fortunes, and the rise and fall of an all-American industry as sordid as it was genteel"--Dust jacket.
Subjects: Clipper ships; Merchant marine; Shipping;
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The ninth life of Louis Drax [sound recording] / by Jensen, Liz,1959-(CARDINAL)527678; Doyle, Gerard.nrt(CARDINAL)824257; Woodman, Jeff.nrt(CARDINAL)436345;
Narrated by Jeff Woodman and Gerard Doyle.Louis Drax has survived numerous deadly challenges. But it seems his luck runs out when he plummets from a cliff and nearly drowns on his ninth birthday. He is taken to a coma clinic and, as his condition continues, the dark secrets of his family emerge.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Accident victims; Audiobooks.; Boys; Coma; Hospital patients; Physicians;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Promise denied : NASA's X-34 and the quest for cheap, reusable access to space / by Larrimer, Bruce I.,author.(CARDINAL)856691; United States.National Aeronautics and Space Administration,issuing body.(CARDINAL)137327;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-372) and index."Between 1992 and 1996, the American aerospace community vigorously explored the development of a post-Space Shuttle reusable space transportation system for the United States. This activity included studies by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), scientific foundations, and the aerospace industry. Likewise, both the executive branch of the government, through the issuance of a White House Policy Space Transportation Directive, and the legislative branch, though the holding of congressional hearings and budget allocations to NASA and the Department of Defense, were deeply involved in the decision-making process. The new policy direction was aimed toward reestablishing the Unites States' competitiveness in the space launch vehicle development and launch area and in transferring much of this activity to the U.S. aerospace industry. These developments served as the prelude to NASA's single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO), reusable launch vehicle (RLV) program that included the development of three technology test bed vehicles. The first of these vehicles was the DC-XA Clipper Graham, which actually was an upgrade to the original DC-X (Delta-Clipper Experimental) developed by McDonnell Douglas for the Department of Defense and subsequently transferred to NASA at the start of the Agency's single-stage-to-orbit program. The DC-XA Clipper Graham was followed by the X-33, which was intended to serve as a test bed vehicle for the subsequent development of a full-size reusable single-stage-to-orbit vehicle, and the X-34, which was intended as a technology test bed vehicle to demonstrate low-cost reusability and to conduct flight experiments. These were all promising concepts, and prospects for developing a cheap, robust, reusable space lift system to supplant the already aging Space Shuttle seemed assured. But within a decade, such hopes had been dashed-all the more frustrating to program proponents and participants, who had contributed some remarkably creative engineering to support the bold conceptual visions underpinning each of these programs. This book examines arguably the most elegant and promising of all of these, the NASA-Orbital Sciences X-34 Technology Testbed Demonstrator program, one ranking high on any list of the best research aircraft never flown"Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- NASA and the Post-Cold War Launch Vehicle Challenge -- Three Pathways to Space -- The "First" X-34 : A Prequel -- Orbital Gets a Second Chance -- Designing and Building the X-3 -- Aerodynamics Modeling, Testing, and Thermal Protection -- The Fastrac Engine : Heart of the X-34 Program -- Captive-Carry, Ground Tow, and Planned Powered Testing -- Whither X-34? -- Hammer Fall : The Termination of the X-34 Program -- Appendix 1. X-34 Proposed 25-Flight Envelope Expansion Program -- Appendix 2. Fastrac/MC-1 Engine and X-34 Main Propulsion System -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Bibliography -- About the Author -- Index.
Subjects: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Orbital Sciences Corporation.; X-34 (Research plane); X-33 (Research plane); Research aircraft; Rocket planes; Reusable space vehicles; Launch vehicles (Astronautics);
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Clicker training for your horse / by Kurland, Alexandra,1956-(CARDINAL)751873;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-194) and index.
Subjects: Clicker training (Animal training); Horses;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The encyclopedia of civil aircraft / by Donald, David.(CARDINAL)756207;
Subjects: Encyclopedias.; Aeronautics, Commercial; Transport planes;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Classic cars: 60 years of driving excellence.
1955 Hudson Hornet Hollywood Hardtop Coupe -- 1956 DeSoto Firedome Seville Hardtop Sedan -- 1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria Hardtop Coupe -- 1956 Maserati A6G 2000GT Coupe -- 1956 Oldsmobile Super 88 Holiday Hardtop Sedan -- 1956 Packard Clipper Custom Four-Door Sedan -- 1957 Buick Century Convertible Coupe -- 1957 Chevrolet Two-Ten Four-Door Sedan -- 1957 Ford Fairland 500 Sunliner Convertible -- 1957 Mercedes-Benz 220S Convertible Coupe -- 1959 Buick LeSabre Convertible -- 1959 Chevrolet Parkwood Station Wagon -- 1959 Chrysler New Yorker Hardtop Coupe -- 1959 Goggomobil Dart Roadster -- 1959 Jaguar Mark IX Four-Door Sedan -- 1959 Mercury Colony Park Station wagon -- 1959 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 Holiday Hardtop Coupe -- 1960 Edsel Ranger Two-Door Sedan -- 1960 Ford Galaxie Starliner Hardtop Coupe -- 1960 Plymouth Fury Hardtop Coupe -- 1960 Studebaker Hawk Coupe -- 1961 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible Coupe -- 1962 Mercury Monterey S-55 Hardtop Coupe -- 1962 Oldsmobile F-85 Jetfire Hardtop Coupe -- 1962 Pontiac Bonneville Safari Station Wagon -- 1963 Ford Fairlane 500 Sports Coupe -- 1963 Volkswagen Type 34 Karmann-Ghia -- 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 Four-Door Sedan -- 1964 Rambler American 440H Hardtop Coupe -- 1966 Mercury Park Lane Convertible -- 1966 Plymouth Valiant Signet Hardtop Coupe -- 1966 Volvo 122S Two-Door Sedan -- 1967 BMW 2000C Hardtop Coupe -- 1968 Kaiser Jeep Jeepster Convertible -- 1970 Jaguar XJ6 Four-Door Sedan -- 1971 Fiat 500L Two-Door Sedan -- 1971 Toyota Celica St Hardtop Coupe -- 1972 AMC Gremlin X Two-Door Sedan -- 1972 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency Hardtop Sedan -- 1973 Ford Gran Torino Sport SportsRoof Hardtop Coupe.Introduction -- 1913 Chevrolet Type C Tourer -- 1926 Ford Model T Touring Car -- 1927 Velie Model 50 Roadster -- 1929 Cadillac Series 341B Four-Door Town Sedan -- 1931 Oakland Series 301 Sport Coupe -- 1933 Dodge HC Station Wagon -- 1937 Chrysler Airflow Four-Door Sedan -- 1937 Hudson Country Club Four-Door touring Sedan -- 1937 Oldsmobile F-37 Convertible Coupe -- 1938 Peugeot 402 B Retractable Hardtop -- 1939 Ford DeLuxe Coupe -- 1939 Nash LaFayette Four-Door Sedan -- 1940 Plymouth DeLuxe Convertible -- 1941 Buick Special Sedanet -- 1941 Packard One Sixty Deluxe Convertible Coupe -- 1941 Willys 441 Station Wagon -- 1942 Dodge DeLuxe Business Coupe -- 1942 Pontiac Streamliner Chieftain Six Sedan Coupe -- 1947 Triumph 1800 Roadster -- 1948 Ford Sedan Coupe -- 1949 Anglia Two-Door Sedan -- 1950 Chevrolet Special Styleline Two-Door Sedan -- 1950 DeSoto Custom Station Wagon -- 1951 Chrysler Windsor Highlander Newport Hardtop Coupe -- 1951 Jowett Jupiter Convertible -- 1952 Buick Special DeLuxe Four-Door Sedan -- 1952 Healey Tickford Saloon -- 1952 Packard Pan American Convertible -- 1952 Pontiac Chieftain Station Wagon -- 1952 Siata 208S Spyder -- 1953 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible -- 1953 Chrysler Town & Country Station Wagon -- 1953 Dannenhauer and Stauss Cabriolet -- 1953 Henry J Corsair Tow-Door Sedan -- 1953 Mercury Monterey Convertible Coupe -- 1954 Ford Customline Two-Door Sedan -- 1954 Studebaker Commander DeLuxe Conestoga Station Wagon -- 1955 Chrysler New Yorker Deluxe Town & Country Station Wagon"CLASSIC CARS profiles 78 fascinating vehicles that cover a broad swath of automotive history--from just before World War I to the dark days of the early Seventies, when an oil crisis loomed and the previously dominant Big Three automakers seemed to be losing their mojo. Within that 60-year span, the auto industry endured countless challenges and achieved remarkable victories. the Twenties marked the beginning of the end for many smaller companies and makes, and the Great Depression continued to thin the herd. But adversity spawned inventiveness. Some of America's finest cars were built as their manufactures drew last breath. After serving as the linchpin of the American war machine during world War II, automakers returned to civilian production and an advantageous sellers' market. But by the early Fifties, supply had caught up with demand and Detroit relied on flamboyant design and raw horsepower to lure buyers. The early Sixties saw automakers respond to a cooling economy with low-priced, economical compacts. But as America's pocketbooks recovered mid-decade, a new vehicle caught the public's imagination: the muscle car. Although the power era produced some of Detroit's most memorable iron, it was cut short by legitimate environmental concerns, federal regulations, and a pair of energy crises during the Seventies. Though the "import invasion" of European and Japanese cars didn't really pick up steam in the mainstream North American market until the Seventies, foreign cars were a small but still important part of the U.S. automotive landscape long before then. From the post-World War II trend toward zippy two-seat sports cars to the rise of fuel-sipping compact and subcompact cars, imports have played a key role in shaping the American automotive landscape. In addition to the expected U.S. makes, CLASSIC CARS showcases several overseas classics that provide an illuminating perspective of their respective eras--and the unique design philosophies of their makers. Imagine, for instance, a 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Sunliner convertible sharing the road with a 1957 Mercedes-Benz 220S convertible coupe. Here you'll find familiar favorites such as the 19*39 Ford DeLuxe coupe, 1953 Cadillac Eldorado, and 1961 Chevrolet Corvette, and also discover obscure rarities such as the 1951 Jowett Jupiter convertible and 1959 Goggomobil Dart roadster. you can contrast the simple beauty of the nimble 1971 Toyota Celica ST hardtop coupe with the lumbering luxury of the extravagant 1972 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight regency hardtop sedan. Each of these remarkable machines is a wondrous time capsule of its era and a testament to the skills and ambitions of its creators, Enjoy the journey!"--Jacket flaps
Subjects: Antique and classic cars.; Automobiles; Automobiles;
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I am fighting for the Union : the Civil War letters of naval officer Henry Willis Wells / by Wells, Henry Willis,1841-1864,author.(CARDINAL)888467; Browning, Robert M.,1955-editor.(CARDINAL)276671;
Includes bibliographical references and index."On 18 May 1862, Henry Willis Wells wrote a letter to his mother telling her in clear terms, "I am fighting for the Union." Since August 1861, when he joined the US Navy as a master's mate, at age twenty, he never wavered in his loyalty. He wrote to his family frequently that he considered military service a necessary and patriotic duty, and the career that ensued was a dramatic one, astutely and articulately documented by Wells himself in over 200 letters home, leaving an insightful, detailed, and invaluable account of daily life in the Union Navy. Prior to the start of the war, Wells's considerable merchant marine experience qualified him to join the service as a junior officer. Thus, he was a part of the naval hierarchy where he was able to witness some events, consequences, temperaments, and relationships, that senior officers above him and seamen below often could not. His family, who lived in Brookline, Massachusetts, served as his outlet to fully express his wartime observations and sentiments, and his correspondence fully presents his personality and thoughts, observations and experiences. At fifteen years of age Henry signed on for a West Coast voyage on the clipper ship Ocean Telegraph on her first cruise. During the trip Wells kept a journal. In it, as he would in his later letters home, he revealed his enquiring character and a desire to learn the duties and business of the ship, even navigation. This journey matured an impressionable young man into a more worldly and cosmopolitan individual. He later found employment on other merchant ships, and in between voyages he also trained at the Boston Mercantile and Nautical College, studying dead reckoning and navigation. He joined the navy shortly after the war began, initially aboard the Cambridge, attached to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, which patrolled the waters of the Chesapeake Bay. He witnessed the Battle of Hampton Roads and the fight between the ironclads, CSS Virginia, and the USS Monitor. They blockaded Wilmington, North Carolina and chased the schooner J. W. Pindar ashore during her attempt to run the blockade, when Henry's boarding party was captured by Confederate forces. After a short prison stay in the infamous Libby Prison in Richmond, his Confederate captors paroled Henry. He traveled back to Brookline, and soon thereafter the Navy Department assigned him to the gunboat Ceres, which operated on the sounds and rivers of North Carolina, protecting army positions ashore. Henry was on board during the Confederate attempt to capture Washington, North Carolina. During this April 1863 attack Henry was instrumental in the town's defense, commanding a naval battery ashore during the latter part of the fight. His exceptional service gained him a transfer to a larger warship, the USS Montgomery, and later Gem of the Sea, part of the East Gulf Blockading Squadron. Through his hard work and professionalism, he finally earned his first command. In September 1864, he became the commanding officer of the Rosalie, a sloop used as a tender to the local warships. Later he commanded the schooner Annie, also a tender. At the end of December 1864, however, the Annie suffered a massive explosion, killing all hands, including Wells. He was twenty-three years old when his life and career ended tragically. Wells's letters document both his considerable achievements and his frustrations. As a volunteer officer from the merchant service, he had to pass an examination on seamanship, navigation, and gunnery. But these volunteers proved to be critical to the navy, even though regular officers often viewed the volunteers as less efficient, unknowledgeable, and unworthy of command. Wells initially experienced this prejudice on each ship he served, yet he overcame these preconceived notions, due to his knowledge and experience, as well as his outstanding work ethic, command presence and his good nature. Yet his service was often emotionally difficult for him. Despite his years of experience and training, the navy assigned him more junior positions than many other men with vastly less skills and proficiency. In his correspondence he discusses shipmates with little or no time at sea and yet who were senior to him. His correspondence is always candid. He addressed most of his letters to his mother, as well his two sisters, in a manner straightforward and to the point regarding those he served with. He frequently discusses news of the wider world, as well as his opinions, wants, and wishes; his messmates and fellow officers; and his health, homesickness, the challenges of his vocation. His letters are also replete with his efforts to improve himself. In his spare time, Henry studied French and read some of the classics of literature and history, but he also tried to improve his professional knowledge by studying navigation and gunnery"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Personal correspondence.; Personal narratives.; Wells, Henry Willis, 1841-1864; United States. Navy; Sailors;
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