Apollonia on My Mind

Apollonia on My Mind
Author: Nicholas C. Flemming
Publisher:
Total Pages: 550
Release: 2021-12-16
Genre:
ISBN: 9789464260335

The ocean conceals secrets, ancient, modern, and future. Nic Flemming's memoir recounts the life of a pioneer in ocean science. Each chapter describes a thread that structured his work: underwater cities, submerged Ice Age caverns dripping with stalactites, the limits to ocean exploitation, ocean climate change, prehistoric settlements on the continental shelf, ocean law, and safe scientific diving. Flemming is paralyzed from the chest down and has used a wheelchair for the past 52 years; one chapter assesses how he has continued to work in rough conditions and at sea, visiting 60 countries since his accident.Flemming's early experience with the Royal Marines Special Boat Service provided the foundation for a scientific research career under water. Intrigued by a report of a sunken city seen from a helicopter, he set out to map the submerged Greek city at Apollonia, near Benghazi, in 1958-59, as a Cambridge undergraduate. Doctoral research on the cause of submergence and uplift of hundreds of coastal Mediterranean ruins was followed by adventures in now-submerged caves from the Ice Ages when the sea level was lower.In 1965, as industry awakened to the potential of seabed exploitation, Flemming journeyed around the world to assess marine technology and forecast future developments for UK industries. This led to participation in the UN Committee on the Law of the Sea and in the design of a Global Ocean Observing System.Flemming later turned to academic research around submerged stratified prehistoric settlements. Advances in seabed mapping now enable marine archaeologists to study and plot numerous sites in the context of the Ice Age terrestrial landscape.This is a multi-disciplinary adventure story that argues that different skills and fields can interact creatively with surprising results. It will be enjoyed by all those interested in the development of underwater archaeology, climate science, and ocean exploration.

Travels in My Eighties

Travels in My Eighties
Author: Dermot Hope-Simpson
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2014-08-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1496983335

After my wife died, I decided to remain active, including travelling. This book is an account of twelve journeys I made over the four years since then, and it is liberally illustrated with my photographs. Many of these journeys were individual but some were group tours. The places visited include various parts of Turkey, in particular the eastern part of that country. It also includes visits to Jordan, Albania, Uzbekistan, Warsaw, Iran, the former Russian Republic of Georgia, Kosovo, and Armenia with Nagorno Karabagh. I am still travelling, and in 2013, I went to Myanmar (Burma), Bulgaria, and the semi-autonomous province of Iraqi Kurdistan. In the last of these, we found ourselves to be the first tourist group ever to visit and as a result were greeted by the Minister of Tourism and the collected representatives of the local press and television networks.

Poilâne

Poilâne
Author: Apollonia Poilâne
Publisher: Harvest
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2019
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 132881078X

For the first time, Poil0/00ne, CEO of the Poil0/00ne bakery, provides detailed instructions so bakers can reproduce its unique "hug-sized" sourdough loaves at home, as well as the bakery's other much-loved breads and pastries. Beyond bread, Poil0/00ne includes recipes for such pastries as tarts and butter cookies. cookies.

Left to Envy (An Adele Sharp Mystery—Book Six)

Left to Envy (An Adele Sharp Mystery—Book Six)
Author: Blake Pierce
Publisher: Blake Pierce
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2020-12-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1094371602

“When you think that life cannot get better, Blake Pierce comes up with another masterpiece of thriller and mystery! This book is full of twists and the end brings a surprising revelation. I strongly recommend this book to the permanent library of any reader that enjoys a very well written thriller.” --Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Almost Gone) LEFT TO ENVY is book #6 in a new FBI thriller series by USA Today bestselling author Blake Pierce, whose #1 bestseller Once Gone (Book #1) (a free download) has received over 1,000 five star reviews. In the Sistine Chapel, the first tourists of the day look up—and are horrified to find a dead body affixed by ropes to the ceiling. More victims soon appear, strung up in similarly dramatic fashion on other major attractions throughout Europe. Who is killing them? Why? Who will be next? And is FBI Special Agent Adele Sharp—triple agent of the U.S., France and Germany—brilliant enough to enter the serial killer’s mind and stop him before it’s too late? An action-packed mystery series of international intrigue and riveting suspense, LEFT TO ENVY will have you turning pages late into the night. Books #7-#10 in the series are now also available!

An Adele Sharp Mystery Bundle: Left to Murder (#5) and Left to Envy (#6)

An Adele Sharp Mystery Bundle: Left to Murder (#5) and Left to Envy (#6)
Author: Blake Pierce
Publisher: Blake Pierce
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2021-02-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1094372986

A bundle of books #5 (LEFT TO MURDER) and #6 (LEFT TO ENVY) in Blake Pierce’s Adele Sharp Mystery series! This bundle offers books five and six in one convenient file, with over 100,000 words of reading. In LEFT TO MURDER, a woman is found dead in Bordeaux, murdered against the backdrop of its idyllic wine country, and authorities suspect a connection to a similar murder in Italy—and an active serial killer. FBI Special Agent Adele Sharp, triple agent of the U.S., France and Germany, is called in, the only one with the international expertise—and brilliant mind—to piece it all together. Adele enters the dark canals of the killer’s mind, finding clues where others do not, and feels confident she can catch him before he kills again. Until a shocking twist throws all she thought she knew into a tailspin. In LEFT TO ENVY, in the Sistine Chapel, the first tourists of the day look up—and are horrified to find a dead body affixed by ropes to the ceiling. More victims soon appear, strung up in similarly dramatic fashion on other major attractions throughout Europe. Who is killing them? Why? Who will be next? And is FBI Special Agent Adele Sharp—triple agent of the U.S., France and Germany—brilliant enough to enter the serial killer’s mind and stop him before it’s too late? An action-packed mystery series of international intrigue and riveting suspense, the ADELE SHARP mystery series will have you turning pages late into the night. Books #7-#10 are also available!

An Adele Sharp Mystery Bundle: Left to Envy (#6) and Left to Lapse (#7)

An Adele Sharp Mystery Bundle: Left to Envy (#6) and Left to Lapse (#7)
Author: Blake Pierce
Publisher: Blake Pierce
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2021-04-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1094373672

A bundle of books #6 (LEFT TO ENVY) and #7 (LEFT TO LAPSE) in Blake Pierce’s Adele Sharp Mystery series! This bundle offers books six and seven in one convenient file, with over 100,000 words of reading. In LEFT TO ENVY, in the Sistine Chapel, the first tourists of the day look up—and are horrified to find a dead body affixed by ropes to the ceiling. More victims soon appear, strung up in similarly dramatic fashion on other major attractions throughout Europe. Who is killing them? Why? Who will be next? And is FBI Special Agent Adele Sharp—triple agent of the U.S., France and Germany—brilliant enough to enter the serial killer’s mind and stop him before it’s too late? In LEFT TO LAPSE, when a body turns up on a high-speed train passing through France, Germany and Italy—clearly the work of a serial killer—authorities wonder: whose jurisdiction is it? FBI Special Agent Adele Sharp—triple agent of the U.S., France and Germany—is called in as the only one capable of maneuvering the layers of authority and of tapping her brilliant mind to stop the killer. But as more victims turn up—on other trains, in other countries—the case grows increasingly complex. Can this all be the work of one serial killer? And if so, where will he strike next? An action-packed mystery series of international intrigue and riveting suspense, the ADELE SHARP mystery series will have you turning pages late into the night. Books #8-#10 are also available!

An Adele Sharp Mystery Bundle: Left to Kill (#4), Left to Murder (#5), and Left to Envy (#6)

An Adele Sharp Mystery Bundle: Left to Kill (#4), Left to Murder (#5), and Left to Envy (#6)
Author: Blake Pierce
Publisher: Blake Pierce
Total Pages: 767
Release: 2021-02-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1094372978

A bundle of books #4 (LEFT TO KILL), #5 (LEFT TO MURDER), and #6 (LEFT TO ENVY) in Blake Pierce’s Adele Sharp Mystery series! This bundle offers books four, five, and six in one convenient file, with over 150,000 words of reading. In LEFT TO KILL, a young woman is found wandering, in a daze, on a rural road in Germany, having escaped her attacker. If she can talk, and remember, maybe she can lead authorities back to his lair—and save the other women there before it’s too late. As the sprawling international case begins to enmesh dozens of victims from many countries, authorities quickly realize there is only one way to solve this: to bring in FBI special agent Adele Sharp, triple citizen of the U.S., France and Germany. But even with Adele’s brilliant mind, this case, bringing up memories way too close to home, may be just out of her reach. Can Adele save the other woman before it’s too late? Can she save herself? In LEFT TO MURDER, a woman is found dead in Bordeaux, murdered against the backdrop of its idyllic wine country, and authorities suspect a connection to a similar murder in Italy—and an active serial killer. FBI Special Agent Adele Sharp, triple agent of the U.S., France and Germany, is called in, the only one with the international expertise—and brilliant mind—to piece it all together. Adele enters the dark canals of the killer’s mind, finding clues where others do not, and feels confident she can catch him before he kills again. Until a shocking twist throws all she thought she knew into a tailspin. In LEFT TO ENVY, in the Sistine Chapel, the first tourists of the day look up—and are horrified to find a dead body affixed by ropes to the ceiling. More victims soon appear, strung up in similarly dramatic fashion on other major attractions throughout Europe. Who is killing them? Why? Who will be next? And is FBI Special Agent Adele Sharp—triple agent of the U.S., France and Germany—brilliant enough to enter the serial killer’s mind and stop him before it’s too late? An action-packed mystery series of international intrigue and riveting suspense, the ADELE SHARP mystery series will have you turning pages late into the night. Books #7-#10 are also available!

Shade and the Vampires of Romania (Shade Series Book 5)

Shade and the Vampires of Romania (Shade Series Book 5)
Author: Marilyn Peake
Publisher: Marilyn Peake
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2020-07-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

The undead cannot be saved. Once bitten, you walk among them. As a foreign exchange student in Romania, Shade must deal not only with ghosts, but also with the undead. Her first semester trains her to deal with the in-between worlds, including that space between the dead and the undead. No amount of training can prepare her, however, for stepping into a world where vampires and other undead such as the strigoi and moroi are so much more than legend. SHADE AND THE VAMPIRES OF ROMANIA is Book #5 in a YA Paranormal Mystery / YA Urban Fantasy series.

Bright Ruined Things

Bright Ruined Things
Author: Samantha Cohoe
Publisher: Wednesday Books
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2022-02-15
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1250768853

"A deftly-plotted tale about ambition and belonging, Bright Ruined Things takes Shakespeare’s The Tempest and brilliantly reimagines its themes of family and love. Cohoe writes with a magic that dazzles and cuts right to the core." - Chloe Gong, New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights Forbidden magic, a family secret, and a night to reveal it all... The only life Mae has ever known is on the island, living on the charity of the wealthy Prosper family who control the island’s magic and its spirits. Mae longs for magic of her own and to have a place among the Prosper family, where her best friend, Coco, will see her as an equal, and her crush, Miles, will finally see her. But tonight is First Night, when the Prospers and their high-society friends celebrate the night Lord Prosper first harnessed the island’s magic and started producing aether – a magical fuel source that has revolutionized the world. With everyone returning to the island, Mae finally has the chance to go after what she’s always wanted. When the spirits start inexplicably dying, Mae realizes that things aren’t what they seem. And Ivo, the reclusive, mysterious heir to the Prosper magic, may hold all the answers – including a secret about Mae’s past. As Mae and her friends unravel the mysteries of the island, and the Prospers’ magic, Mae starts to question the truth of what her world was built on. In this YA fantasy, Samantha Cohoe wonderfully mixes magic and an atmospheric setting into a fantastically immersive world, with characters you won’t be able to forget.