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The population of winter flounder is disappearing in Long Island Sound. As angry fishermen feud with the local power plant to fix blame, the Great Nutmeg State commissions a legendary whaling ship to...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve...

Full Title:The Tryal of Mr. John Whaley, on an Action Brought against him by Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, for a Non-Performance of a Promise of Marriage: Try'd on Friday the 26th of June, 1730 at The...

This book presents an encyclopaedia to the inexperienced man who seeks a deatailed and complete guide in the practice of sea fishing. This volume includes contributions on Antipodean and foreign fish...

The beginning of the story opens a window into the lives of Scots living and working in Edinburgh in the 1600s.  It then follows them and others to all points of the compass down three...

""Five Months in Labrador and Newfoundland: During the Summer of 1838"" is a travelogue written by Ephraim W. Tucker. The book describes the author's experiences during his five-month journey through...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures,...

This book is but the draft of a draft, as Melville said of Moby Dick. There is no prose here to match Melville's, but the scope is worthy of the great white whale. No one could possibly write a...

Wrigley Field is the second oldest ballpark currently in use in the major leagues, but it ranks first in the hearts of Cubs fans. Rooting for the home team from the corner of Clark and Addison to...

On the assessment of geoacoustic parameters in shallow water environments / Jean-Claude Le Gac, Yann Stéphan, Thierry Garlan, N. Weber.- Bayesian inversion of seabed reflection data / Stan E. Dosso,...

"One cannot help but be struck by the degree to which he (George Orwell) became, in Henry James's words, one of those upon whom nothing was lost. By declining to lie, even as far as possible to...