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As the San Francisco waterfront struggled in the grip of the Great Depression, fifteen-year-old Russ Hofvendahl talked his way aboard an old fashioned four-masted schooner and sailed out beyond the Golden Gate Bridge to catch cod in the Bering Sea. Full of laconic candor, Hard on the Wind recounts this formative journey with vivid anecdotes depicting a world that exists today only in memory. Featuring many period photos of the ship and crew, Hofvendahl's compelling narrative of seafaring adventure relates the difficult lessons he learned while crashing through raging seas, dodging bloody fights in the fo'c's'le, handlining for cod, navigating through blind fog, and mourning a lost shipmate. Aglow with warmth and humor, Hofvendahl's memoir captures both the romance and reality of the seafaring life, and constitutes a truly unique coming-of-age tale. ... Read more

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5 months before the mast
There are many books about whaling in the Pacific, but as far as I know, the only memoir of codfishing in windjammer days is Russ Hofvendahl's "Hard on the Wind."

As a 15-year-old in 1937, Hofvendahl shipped on the last voyage of the four-masted schooner William H. Smith to the cod grounds of the Bering Sea. In five months of harsh and dangerous work, he netted $200, a little over a dollar a day.

Most of the crew were Danes, Norwegians and Swedes who had left poverty-stricken farms as boys much younger than Hofvendahl was and grown up in a much harsher environment than the one he experienced. He was horrified when a launch dumped a crowd of almost insensible drunks over the rail.

However, he came to respect their courage and skill. To the extent that "Hard on the Wind" has a plot, it involves the teacher-student relationship between Hofvendahl and Chris Olson, and Hofvendahl's tentative attempt to get Olson to go home to Norway to see his mother, instead of on a spree on the Barbary Coast.

Hofvendahl does not sentimentalize this.

The publisher likens "Hard on the Wind" to Kipling's "Captains Courageous." This is misleading. Hofvendahl's tale is far tougher and more realistic than Kipling's.

More authentic, too, although I doubt that Hofvendahl was a personal participant in all the adventures he relates. I believe the incidents -- some fatal, some merely terrifying -- are real enough, I just don't think the greenest hand would have been a main actor in almost all of them.

A courageous young man's life on the Bering Sea in 1937.
In a Melville-like tale, the true account of ayoung man emerging frombare-chested innocence to the beginnings of a powerful adventurer, thisstory of 1937 life on a four-masted schooner on the northwest coastof Alaska is an exceptionally worthwhile read.Like an old friendrecounting a fascinating experience, Mr. Hofvendahl writes a compellingstory of the power of nature and of the iron men who survived on the lastof the heavy ships of sail. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Modern Casting, published by American Foundry Society, Inc. on August 1, 2010. The length of the article is 1973 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Author: William J. Duca
Publication: Modern Casting (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 2010
Publisher: American Foundry Society, Inc.
Volume: 100Issue: 8Page: 32(3)

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Joseph Mccarthy, Russ Feingold, Gaylord Nelson, Herb Kohl, William Proxmire. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Joseph Raymond McCarthy, né le 14 novembre 1908 dans le Wisconsin, décédé le 2 mai 1957 à Bethesda dans le Maryland, était un homme politique des États-Unis d'Amérique, affilié à l'origine au Parti Démocrate, puis au Parti républicain. McCarthy a occupé le poste de sénateur de l'État du Wisconsin de 1947 à 1957. En dix ans de carrière au Sénat des États-Unis, McCarthy et son équipe sont devenus célèbres pour leurs diatribes contre le gouvernement fédéral des États-Unis, et pour leur campagne contre tous ceux qu'ils soupçonnaient d'être ou de sympathiser avec les communistes. Cette période comprise entre 1950 et 1956, connue sous le nom de « Terreur Rouge » (Red Scare), a aussi pris le nom de maccarthisme. Pendant cette période, tous ceux qui étaient soupçonnés de sympathies communistes devinrent l'objet d'enquêtes, collectivement nommées la « Chasse aux Sorcières ». Des gens des médias, du cinéma, du gouvernement et de l'armée furent accusés d'être des espions à la solde des Soviétiques. Bien que les enquêtes de McCarthy n'aient jamais conduit à des inculpations pour espionnage, des informations récemment rendues publiques indiquent que certaines des personnes qu'il soupçonnait auraient effectivement pu être coupables, notamment les époux Rosenberg. Ces derniers travaillaient comme techniciens pour le nucléaire américain et ont été soupçonnés d'espionnage : ils furent condamnés à mort en 1953. Le terme de maccarthisme est depuis devenu synonyme d'activités gouvernementales visant à réduire l'expression d'opinions politiques ou sociales gauchisantes, en limitant les droits civils sous pré...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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The jealous King of Sicily becomes convinced that his wife is carrying the child of his best friend. Imprisoned and put on trial, the Queen collapses when the King refuses to accept the divine confirmation of her innocence. The child is abandoned to die on the coast of Bohemia. But when she is found and raised by a shepherd, it seems redemption may be possible. ... Read more

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best purchase off amazon yet!
This seller was very prompt and gracious.She left many of her personal touches in this order (bookmark and note), which really stood out to me.This is a great seller and product was as described.I purchased the book around 1am on Monday morning and received the book by 10am Tuesday morning!Ships fast and is a very charismatic seller!

Grace!
"The Winter's Tale" is one of Shakespeare's last plays, and it boasts one of the best ensembles of characters in the entire canon. This is a text where no single character dominates, and many have more than one brilliant moment.
The play follows the jealously inspired downfall, and eventually redemption, of King Leontes. While taking us on that journey Shakespeare glorifies the ideas of grace and forgiveness, the simplicity of country life, the lasting bonds of friendship, the power of parenting, the ardor of young love, the patience of mature love, and in the great character of Paulina, the lengths and benefits of loyalty. This text is the result of a writer at the top of his game, and the episodic plot (it takes place over 16 years) allows the Bard to weave in many varying themes that lead to a pleasing and satisfying conclusion.
This text is often maligned as not one of Shakespeare's better efforts, and I wholeheartedly disagree. Read it, and then try to find a really superior theatre company doing a performance. Enter the kingdoms of Sicilia and Bohemia; meet Paulina, Autolycus, the Old Shepherd and his doltish son, as well as many others. You will be glad you did!
As for the Pelican Shakespeare series, they are my favorite editions as the scholarly research is usually top notch and the editions themselves look good as an aesthetic unit. It looks and feel like a play and this compliments the text's contents admirably. The Pelican series was recently reedited and has the latest scholarship on Shakespeare and his time period. Well priced and well worth it.

"A sad tale's best for winter" that ends in joy
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(This review is for the talking book version of this play on compact disc by the "Complete Arkangel Shakespeare" and published by BBC Audiobooks America.)

"Too hot, too hot!
To mingle friendship far is mingling bloods.
I have tremor cordis on me,--my heart dances;
But not for joy,--not joy.--This entertainment
May a free face put on; derive a liberty
From heartiness, from bounty, fertile bosom,
And well become the agent: `t may, I grant:
But to be paddling palms and pinching fingers,
As now they are; and making practis'd smiles,
As in a looking glass; and then to sigh, as `twere
The mort o' the deer; O, that is entertainment
My bosom likes not, nor my brows."

The above is said as an aside by the King of Sicilia as he observes his Queen with his good friend (who he has known since childhood), the King of Bohemia. This is the occurrence that sparks the King of Sicilia's jealousy and forms the basis of this play (written circa 1611) by William Shakespeare (1564 to 1616).

(Note that this play is traditionally classified as a comedy but is more accurately known as a tragicomedy or romance.)

Having this play recorded on compact disc is a treat.This play (of five acts or fifteen scenes) is presented as uncut, fully dramatized, and accompanied by original music.This recording aids in comprehension by bringing the play to life using the voices of distinguished actors.

Included with the compact disc are liner notes that include among other things a complete cast list and a synopsis of each scene.What I did was before each scene, I paused the recording, read a particular scene's synopsis, and then listened to that scene. Doing it this way resulted in (for me anyway) complete comprehension of this play, something not easily obtainable when you simply read the play.

With respect to the play itself, it should be remembered that in most cases, the characters are not realistic.Jealousy appears with little motivation; characters perform actions that are symbolic rather than believable in terms of everyday life; common sense seems frequently to be lacking.(In fact, this is why many 17TH and 18TH century critics dismissed this play as absurd and totally lacking in reason.)

However, it seems to me that Shakespeare deliberately made most of these characters symbolic rather than realistic.The themes of the play (evil, repentance, and reconciliation) are of such a universal scope that they must be represented clearly in its characters.

This play is famous for the stage direction that Shakespeare gives in Act 3 Scene 3: "Exit, pursued by a bear."

Finally, for those playing this compact disc on their computer compact disc player, beware that a "cookie" of 0.1 KB size is stored on your computer's hard drive.A "cookie" is just a small piece of text and is NOT a virus.It can do no harm but for those that don't want it, it can be easily erased.

In conclusion, this compact disc brings this tragicomic or romance play to life aiding in its comprehension and thus enjoyment!!

(2005; 2 hr, 50 min;3 compact discs,15 tracks)

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The Winter's Tale
Very informative edition of this difficult play.The notes helped clarify Leontes' extreme switch in behavior toward his wife Hermione - from love and trust to suspicion and ruthlessness.Would recommend this Arden Shakespeare edition to people encountering 'The Winter's Tale' for the first time(as I was) for edification and clarification.
Linda Sheean

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From the foreword

It gives me great pleasure, on the occasion of Algonquin Park's 100th birthday, to introduce this long-awaited collection of essays from the Park's famous newsletter, The Raven. For 34 years now, The Raven has been informing, edifying, and amusing a whole generation of Park visitors. Every week in the summer hundreds of copies go out to lodges, camps, newspapers, and radio stations, where their contents are passed on to countless numbers of people who might not otherwise remain unaware of the Park's enormously rich natural and human heritage. Every fall thousands of complete sets of all 12 issues for the year are mailed out to people around the world who, through the pages of The Raven, will relive their visit to the Park and gain further insights into its ecology and history. And yet, because The Raven is a weekly newsletter, most of its articles, however interesting they may be, quickly disappear from view and become unavailable to succeeding Park visitors and the general public. Only a few well-organized people can boast of having a complete set of all the original issues, and even in these cases, individual articles are difficult to index and retrieve for subsequent reference. Understandably then, there have been numerous requests over the years for a collection of Raven articles in book form. The Board of Directors of The Friends of Algonquin Park needed no convincing about the merits of such a project, and the result is what you are now setting out to enjoy. -- William C. Calvert ... Read more

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Great civil war collectors reference .
This set of 3 books is a good reference for history buffs or collectors.It is fully illustrated and goes into great detail in reference to dress and equipment. ... Read more