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Raft

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Author : Stephen Baxter
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2013-01-24

Raft written by Stephen Baxter and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-24 with Fiction categories.

Stephen Baxter's highly acclaimed first novel and the beginning of his stunning Xeelee Sequence finally enters the SF Masterwork series! A spaceship from Earth accidentally crossed through a hole in space-time to a universe where the force of gravity is one billion times as strong as the gravity we know. Somehow the crew survived, aided by the fact that they emerged into a cloud of gas surrounding a black hole, which provided a breathable atmosphere. Five hundred years later, their descendants still struggle for existence, divided into two main groups. The Miners live on the Belt, a ramshackle ring of dwellings orbiting the core of a dead star, which they excavate for raw materials. These can be traded for food from the Raft, a structure built from the wreckage of the ship, on which a small group of scientists preserve the ancient knowledge which makes survival possible. Rees is a Miner whose curiosity about his world makes him stow away on a flying tree - just one of the many strange local lifeforms - carrying trade between the Belt and the Raft. And what he finds will change his world...

Hsing Ch A Sheng Lan

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Author : Xin Fei
language : en
Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Release Date : 1996

Hsing Ch A Sheng Lan written by Xin Fei and has been published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Asia categories.

Design Applications Of Raft Foundations

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Author : J. A. Hemsley
language : en
Publisher: Thomas Telford
Release Date : 2000

Design Applications Of Raft Foundations written by J. A. Hemsley and has been published by Thomas Telford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Technology & Engineering categories.

This book examines alternative design procedures for plain and piled raft foundations. It explores the assumptions that are made in the analysis of soil - structure interaction, together with the associated calculation methods. The book gives many examples of project applications covering a wide range of structural forms and ground conditions.

The Raft

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Author : Jim LaMarche
language : en
Publisher: Perfection Learning
Release Date : 2002-05

The Raft written by Jim LaMarche and has been published by Perfection Learning this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-05 with Juvenile Fiction categories.

With beautiful words and stunning illustrations, author/illustrator LaMarche tells the story of a boy who has an unexpectedly wonderful summer of discovery when he visits his grandmother. Full color.

The Raft Overture To The Raft Etc P F

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Author : William Reeve
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1798

The Raft Overture To The Raft Etc P F written by William Reeve and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1798 with categories.

The Raft

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Author : Robert Trumbull
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1966

The Raft written by Robert Trumbull and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with Survival categories.

On A Raft And Through The Desert On A Raft

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Author : Tristram James Ellis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1881

On A Raft And Through The Desert On A Raft written by Tristram James Ellis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1881 with Middle East categories.

Rabbit On A Raft

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Author : Katy Pike
language : en
Publisher: Blake Education
Release Date : 2005

Rabbit On A Raft written by Katy Pike and has been published by Blake Education this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Children categories.

The Lost Raft

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Author : John Haslett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-09-26

The Lost Raft written by John Haslett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-26 with categories.

"You won't be able to put it down." National Geographic Adventure Modern-day explorers leave the world behind in this compelling portrayal of life aboard a raft at sea. Beautifully written ... Dalas Morning News The Raft Author John Haslett travels to the birthplace of an ancient culture to build a 30,000-pound raft made of balsa wood and bamboo. His goal is to sail the vessel to Hawaii. Over the next five years, however, Haslett and his crews struggle through a steamy, tropical odyssey. Along the way, the strain reveals itself in a cast of characters who range from the patently heroic, to an Ahab-like crewman who teeters on the brink of insanity. At its heart, the book is a frank, revealing look inside a modern-day expedition. "Our entire relationship with Earth and Reality had been reduced to two ideas, the raft and the sea." Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, and Costa Rica As the story progresses, the rafts and their crews are driven by the elements into remote coves and beaches throughout South and Central America, where they live like castaways for weeks at a time. In these sections, the author offers a more conventional travelogue, describing life in forgotten places, the existence of improbable cultures, and the hardships of being marooned in the tropics. "We could see from the deck that we were entering into a world of the most beautiful shade of green. Healthy trees rose up and exploded in verdant splendor. Flat and angular leaves glittered with rainwater." Life aboard a balsa raft The author spends 125 days on the open sea, and in those chapters he describes his encounters with whales, porpoises, sea turtles, sea snakes, sharks, storms, and great periods of calm. Other passages in the book are dedicated to describing practical living in a small bamboo hut on the sea, cooking, cohabitation, and, at times, surviving. Ultimately, the isolation of the raft teaches Haslett the hard lessons of leadership, and human frailty. A lost culture in South America The book gives a short history of the ancient mariners of Ecuador, the Manteño, and then goes on to show how the author and his colleagues deciphered the methods and secrets of this lost culture. The Manteño were the coastal traders who sailed the giant balsa rafts, equipped with "ropes and sails as fine as anything in Spain." Within just a few years of the Spaniard's arrival in South America, most of the voyaging Manteño had succumbed to European disease. They left behind no written language. Kon-Tiki In 1947, six men sailed a balsa wood raft from South America to Polynesia, a distance of 4800 miles. Their raft was the famed Kon-Tiki, and their voyage set off a variety of other raft voyages that the author discusses in relation to his story. His story, however, bears almost no resemblance to the voyage of the Kon-Tiki. Haslett's perspective is of reconciling the misinformation left by a dying icon, the raft's captain, Thor Heyerdahl. Knowledge of the Kon-Tiki, or other previous raft adventures is definitely not a prerequisite.

Raft Towing On The Great Lakes

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Author : United States. War Dept. Office of the Chief of Engineers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1893

Raft Towing On The Great Lakes written by United States. War Dept. Office of the Chief of Engineers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1893 with Rafts categories.