Hound of the Sea

Author: Garrett McNamara
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062343610
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description
In this thrilling and candid memoir, world record-holding and controversial Big Wave surfer Garrett McNamara--star and subject of the HBO mini-series, 100 Foot Wave--chronicles his emotional quest to ride the most formidable waves on earth. Garrett McNamara set the world record for the sport, surfing a seventy-eight-foot wave in Nazaré, Portugal in 2011, a record he smashed two years later at the same break. Propelled by the challenge and promise of bigger, more difficult waves, this adrenaline-fueled loner and polarizing figure travels the globe to ride the most dangerous swells the oceans have to offer, from calving glaciers to hurricane swells. But what motivates McNamara to go to such extremes—to risk everything for one thrilling ride? Is riding giant waves the ultimate exercise in control or surrender? Personal and emotional, readers will know GMac as never before, seeing for the first time the personal alongside the professional in an exciting, intimate look at what drives this inventive, iconoclastic man. Surfing awesome giants isn’t just thrill seeking, he explains—it’s about vanquishing fears and defeating obstacles past and present. Surfers and non-surfers alike will embrace McNamara’s story—as they have William Finnegan’s Barbarian Days—an its intimate look at the enigmatic pursuit of riding waves, big and small. Hound of the Sea is a record of perseverance, passion, and healing. Thoughtful, suspenseful, and spiritually profound, McNamara reveals the beautiful soul of surfing through the eyes of one of its most daring and devoted disciples.

Wolfhound Century

Author: Peter Higgins
Publisher: Orbit
ISBN: 0316219703
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
Investigator Vissarion Lom has been summoned to the capital in order to catch a terrorist -- and ordered to report directly to the head of the secret police. A totalitarian state, worn down by an endless war, must be seen to crush home-grown insurgents with an iron fist. But Lom discovers Mirgorod to be more corrupted than he imagined: a murky world of secret police and revolutionaries, cabaret clubs and doomed artists. Lom has been chosen because he is an outsider, not involved in the struggle for power within the party. And because of the sliver of angel stone implanted in his head.

The Seahound

Author: Daire Brunicardi
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 172

Book Description
The Helga, later the Muirchu (Sea Hound) was present at the birth of a new state and was Ireland's first fishery-patrol and research ship. Its lifetime, 1908-1947, coincided with the most important period in Irish history. Helga's shelling of Liberty

The Hound of Rowan

Author: Henry H. Neff
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0375890777
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 450

Book Description
MAX MCDANIELS LIVES a quiet life in the suburbs of Chicago, until the day he stumbles upon a mysterious Celtic tapestry. Many strange people are interested in Max and his tapestry. His discovery leads him to Rowan Academy, a secret school where great things await him. But dark things are waiting, too. When Max learns that priceless artworks and gifted children are disappearing, he finds himself in the crossfire of an ancient struggle between good and evil. To survive, he'll have to rely on a network of agents and mystics, the genius of his roommate, and the frightening power awakening within him.

The Tower by the Sea

Author: Meindert DeJong
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780091020002
Category : Netherlands
Languages : en
Pages : 107

Book Description

Hounds of the sea

Author: Dorothea Conyers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 279

Book Description

Beware the Claw] (Hound Heroes #1), Volume 1

Author: Todd Goldman
Publisher: Graphix
ISBN: 9781338648478
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
Earth's furriest -- and funniest -- superheroes make their debut in this hilarious, action-packed graphic novel perfect for young readers! Meet the Hound Heroes: fearless Captain Chihuahua, the big-hearted Great, Great Dane, super-speedy Poodle Girl, cyborg pup Power Pug, and the lovable yet irritating Super Sheep Dog. Together they make up a crack team of earth's furriest heroes! In this first adventure, the Hound Heroes' origin story is revealed when a spaceship crashes in their backyard, giving them superpowers! But they aren't the only ones who benefit -- neighborhood alley cat The Claw also gains powers, and she only wants one thing: to destroy the Hound Heroes! A nonstop romp full of hilarious action, Hound Heroes is sure to be a hit with young fans of graphic novels.

The Rudder

Author: Thomas Fleming Day
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Shipbuilding
Languages : en
Pages : 518

Book Description

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Author: Arthur Doyle
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168

Book Description
The rich landowner Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead in the park of his manor surrounded by the grim moor of Dartmoor, in the county of Devon. His death seems to have been caused by a heart attack, but the victim's best friend, Dr. Mortimer, is convinced that the strike was due to a supernatural creature, which haunts the moor in the shape of an enormous hound, with blazing eyes and jaws. In order to protect Baskerville's heir, Sir Henry, who's arriving to London from Canada, Dr. Mortimer asks for Sherlock Holmes' help, telling him also of the so-called Baskervilles' curse, according to which a monstrous hound has been haunting and killing the family males for centuries, in revenge for the misdeeds of one Sir Hugo Baskerville, who lived at the time of Oliver Cromwell.

Dictionary of American Family Names

Author: Patrick Hanks
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN: 0195081374
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 2094

Book Description
Where did your surname come from? Do you know how many people in the United States share it? What does it tell you about your lineage?From the editor of the highly acclaimed Dictionary of Surnames comes the most extensive compilation of surnames in America. The result of 10 years of research and 30 consulting editors, this massive undertaking documents 70,000 surnames of Americans across the country. A reference source like no other, it surveys each surname giving its meaning, nationality, alternate spellings, common forenames associated with it, and the frequency of each surname and forename.The Dictionary of American Family Names is a fascinating journey throughout the multicultural United States, offering a detailed look at the meaning and frequency of surnames throughout the country. For students studying family genealogy, others interested in finding out more about their own lineage, or lexicographers, the Dictionary is an ideal place to begin research.