Richard kerner (68 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. dust jacket in rubbed mylar; botton 2" of fep missing; usual library markings. Dust Wrapper Design By Czeslaw Z. Banasiewicz (ilustrador).

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Dust Jacket Missing. Copyright © 1999. 267 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. No dj. Occassional highlighter markings on text/marginalia. Previous owner's name inscribed on first front-end page. Deborah Kerner (Book Design) (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 267 pp. Solidly bound copy and dj with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Writing on last free end page. Walter Harper (Jacket Design); Deborah Kerner (Design) (ilustrador).

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. As new condition blue boards, navy blue black spine, and gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Preliminary Page Quote by John Hoskins; List of Illustrations; Prologue: Morning of Fire; Acknowledgments; A Note on the Sources; Notes; Bibliography and Index. Illustrated with black-and-white portrait paintings, drawings, maps and a two-page black-and-white map frontispiece. "More than just an adventure story about an unsung hero, this book tells of the steady resilience of Americans during a dark time.A great inspiration for current events." - Robert O'Leary, professor of American history and politics, Massachusetts Maritime Academy . "Four years after the Revolutionary War, America's independence was still in doubt. To survive, the new nation needed money and a vital surge in trade. In the back rooms of Boston, a daring plan was launched by a group of merchants and ship owners to send two ships on a desperate mission around Cape Horn and into the Pacific Ocean. They wanted to establish new trade with China, settle an outpost on territory claimed by the Spanish, and find the legendary Northwestt Passage - the fabled waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The adventure would bring the world to the brink of war. The man chosen to lead the expedition was John Kendrick - a master navigator and a charismatic captain of privateers during the Revolution. On the far side of the world, Kendrick would have to rely on his bravery, his charm, and most of all his remarkable resolve to navigate unknown waters, negotiate with cutthroat imperialists from England and Spain, and form alliances with natives hit hard by early encounters with Europeans. Seventeen years before Lewis and Clark reached the Pacific coast, Kendrick established the first American outpost on what would become Vancouver Island. He then traveled into the cauldron of an intertribal war in the Hawaiian Islands before moving into the far ports of Macao, China, and Kushimoto, Japan, where he narrowly escaped capture by a troop of samurai. Throughout the seven-year journey, Kendrick faced a subordinate officer who wanted to usurp his command, Spanish officials who wanted him captured, and a rival British captain who wanted him dead. Morning of Fire follows Kendrick through each perilous turn of his adventures aboard the Lady Washington and the Columbian Rediviva. This meticulously researched story uncovers the full scope of a landmark American voyage that came at the volatile close of the eighteenth century, a time when superpowers Spain and Britain clashed over territory and the fledgling United States stood caught in the middle. As Scott Ridley relates Kendrick's fateful struggle to plant the seed of an "empire of liberty" in the Pacific he shapes a bold and exciting chronicle of a momentous odyssey. Morning of Fire is popular history at its best." - from the inner front jacket flap. Aquan, Richard L. (jacket design); Jackson, Hewitt R. (jacket illustration); Ridley, Carole (author photograph); Kerner, Lynne (book design) (ilustrador).…

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Condición: New. This is a Brand-new US Edition. This Item may be shipped from US or any other country as we have multiple locations worldwide.

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Condición: New. pp. xi + 547 Illus.

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Paperback or Softback. Condición: New. Our Celestial Clockwork: From Ancient Origins to Modern Astronomy of the Solar System. Book.

Condición: New. pp. xi + 547.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condición: Used. Illustrated edition NO-PA16APR2015-KAP.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Paperback. Condición: New. This book is a superposition of two distinct narratives: the first is historical, discussing the evolution of astronomical knowledge since the dawn of civilizations; the second is scientific, conveying mathematical and physical content of each advancement. Great scientists of antiquity, Middle Ages and modern times until the 18th century, are presented along with their discoveries, through short biographies and anecdotes. Special care is taken to explain their achievements using mathematical and physical concepts of their time, with modern perspective added only when ancient methodology is too cumbersome or its language hardly understandable to contemporary readers.The book conveys a lot of astronomical facts and data in a pleasant and accessible manner. Almost all findings and discoveries made in ancient times are followed by simple mathematical exercises using basic knowledge, so that the reader can check the assertions himself. The book contains a lot of inedited illustrations. Geometrical schemes are given extra attention to make the examples clear and understandable. The language is simple and accessible to the young audience.…

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Paperback. Condición: New.

Condición: New. In English.

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Condición: New. 2021. Illustrated. Paperback. . . . . .

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Paperback. Condición: Brand New. 300 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.01 inches. In Stock.

Condición: New. 2021. Illustrated. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Paperback. Condición: VeryGood. A copy that may have been read, very minimal wear and tear. May have a remainder mark.