The Wine Dark Sea
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The Wine Dark Sea Vol Book 16 Aubrey Maturin Novels
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Author : Patrick O'Brian
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2011-12-05
The Wine Dark Sea Vol Book 16 Aubrey Maturin Novels written by Patrick O'Brian and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-05 with Fiction categories.
The sixteenth volume in the Aubrey/Maturin series, and Patrick O'Brian's first bestseller in the United States. At the outset of this adventure filled with disaster and delight, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin pursue an American privateer through the Great South Sea. The strange color of the ocean reminds Stephen of Homer's famous description, and portends an underwater volcanic eruption that will create a new island overnight and leave an indelible impression on the reader's imagination. Their ship, the Surprise, is now also a privateer, the better to escape diplomatic complications from Stephen's mission, which is to ignite the revolutionary tinder of South America. Jack will survive a desperate open boat journey and come face to face with his illegitimate black son; Stephen, caught up in the aftermath of his failed coup, will flee for his life into the high, frozen wastes of the Andes; and Patrick O'Brian's brilliantly detailed narrative will reunite them at last in a breathtaking chase through stormy seas and icebergs south of Cape Horn, where the hunters suddenly become the hunted.
The Wine Dark Sea
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Author : Robert Aickman
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 1990-01-01
The Wine Dark Sea written by Robert Aickman and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-01-01 with Horror tales, English categories.
The Wine Dark Sea
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Author : Leonardo Sciascia
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
The Wine Dark Sea written by Leonardo Sciascia and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Short stories, Italian categories.
The Wine Dark Sea
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Author : Leonardo Sciascia
language : en
Publisher: Granta Books
Release Date : 2014-01-02
The Wine Dark Sea written by Leonardo Sciascia and has been published by Granta Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-02 with Fiction categories.
Here are some of Sciascia's greatest stories - brief and haunting, the realist tradition at its best. In one tale a couple of men talk, cynically yet earnestly, about the etymology of the word 'mafia' - who they are, and why their interest is so piqued by the word, becomes apparent with frightening clarity. In another story a group of peasants are taken on board ship and promised that they will be put ashore illegally at Trenton, New Jersey; after a long time at sea, their landfall is far from what they expected. And Mussolini himself takes an interest in the case of Aleister Crowley, whose presence in Sicily has become an embarrassment.
The Wine Dark Sea
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Author : Patrick O'Brian
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
The Wine Dark Sea written by Patrick O'Brian and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Aubrey, Jack (Fictitious character) categories.
Over The Wine Dark Sea
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Author : Harry Turtledove
language : en
Publisher: Phoenix Pick
Release Date : 2013-09
Over The Wine Dark Sea written by Harry Turtledove and has been published by Phoenix Pick this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with Fiction categories.
Menedemos, the young dashing sea captain, and his helper, the scholarly Sostratos, are sea-traders from the Greek island of Rhodes. Fearless sailors, they will travel any distance to make a profit or to search for rich treasures. *** While they trade in fineries such as wine and silk (and even, to the chagrin of many, peacocks), they live in dangerous times with pirates, thieves and barbarians. As if avoiding death by the hands of these miscreants isn't enough (particularly the barbarians from an obscure town called Rome), they are also caught between the political intrigues of Alexander's former generals.
The Wine Dark Sea Within
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Author : Dr. Dhun Sethna
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2022-06-07
The Wine Dark Sea Within written by Dr. Dhun Sethna and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-07 with Medical categories.
A revisionist history of medicine, in which blood plays the starring role Inspired by Homer’s description of the ebb and flow of the “wine dark sea,” the ancient Greeks conceived a back-and-forth movement of blood. That false notion, perpetuated by the influential Roman physician Galen, prevailed for fifteen hundred years until William Harvey proved that blood circulates: the heart pumps blood in one direction through the arteries and it returns through the veins. Harvey’s discovery revolutionized the life sciences by making possible an entirely new quantitative understanding of the cardiovascular system, a way of thinking on which many of our lifesaving medical interventions today depend. In The Wine-Dark Sea Within, cardiologist Dhun Sethna argues that Harvey’s revelation inaugurated modern medicine and paved the way for groundbreaking advances from intravenous therapy, cardiac imaging, and stent insertions to bypass surgery, dialysis, and heart-lung machines. Weaving together three thousand years of global history, following bitter feuds and epic alliances, tragic failures and extraordinary advancements, this is a provocative history by a fresh voice in popular science.
Sailing The Wine Dark Sea
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Author : Thomas Cahill
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2010-04-21
Sailing The Wine Dark Sea written by Thomas Cahill and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-21 with History categories.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The bestselling author of How the Irish Saved Civilization takes us on a journey through the landmarks of art and bloodshed that defined Greek culture nearly three millennia ago. “A triumph of popularization: extraordinarily knowledgeable, informal in tone, amusing, wide ranging, smartly paced.” —The New York Times Book Review In the city-states of Athens and Sparta and throughout the Greek islands, honors could be won in making love and war, and lives were rife with contradictions. By developing the alphabet, the Greeks empowered the reader, demystified experience, and opened the way for civil discussion and experimentation—yet they kept slaves. The glorious verses of the Iliad recount a conflict in which rage and outrage spur men to action and suggest that their “bellicose society of gleaming metals and rattling weapons” is not so very distant from more recent campaigns of “shock and awe.” And, centuries before Zorba, Greece was a land where music, dance, and freely flowing wine were essential to the high life. Granting equal time to the sacred and the profane, Cahill rivets our attention to the legacies of an ancient and enduring worldview.
The Wine Dark Sea
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Author : Robert Aickman
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2014-08-05
The Wine Dark Sea written by Robert Aickman and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-05 with Fiction categories.
'Reading Robert Aickman is like watching a magician work, and very often I'm not even sure what the trick was. All I know is that he did it beautifully.' Neil Gaiman For fans of the BBC's Inside Number 9 and The League of Gentlemen Aickman's 'strange stories' (his preferred term) are constructed immaculately, the neuroses of his characters painted in subtle shades. He builds dread by the steady accrual of realistic detail, until the reader realises that the protagonist is heading towards their doom as if in a dream. First published in 1988, The Wine-Dark Sea contains eight stories that build towards disturbing yet enigmatic endings, including the classic story 'Your Tiny Hand is Frozen.' 'Of all the authors of uncanny tales, Aickman is the best ever . . . His tales literally haunt me; his plots and his turns of phrase run through my head at the most unlikely moments.' Russell Kirk
Sailing The Wine Dark Sea
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Author : Eric H. Cline
language : en
Publisher: BAR International Series
Release Date : 2009
Sailing The Wine Dark Sea written by Eric H. Cline and has been published by BAR International Series this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Social Science categories.
This book looks at the 942 artifacts of foreign origin - from Anatolia, Cyprus, Egypt, Italy, Mesopotamia, and Syro-Palestine - which have been found in the late Bronze Age Aegean area. These objects represent the only group of material in the LBA Aegean that has not disintegrated or disappeared, and as such are unique in providing information about the complex trade networks of the period. Begining with a discussion of trade and transactions in the LBA, Cline then examines the literary and pictorial evidence for international trade and presents a full catalogue of objects with description, origin, and bibliographic references. Three appendices include information on raw materials, problematic objects, and disputed contexts. This information provides a useful database for those studying Aegean and Mediterranean trade.