"NAVIGATING AND ENGINEERING OFFICERS REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY FOR VERY LARGE CRUDE OIL CARRIER. TANKER EXPERIENCE PREFERRED." - Lloyd's List and Shipping Gazette The advertisement captured Ray Solly's attention whilst he was on leave and demanded direct action! Viewed from the bridge of dry-cargo ships, the sleek lines of VLCCs and their potential navigational challenges always intrigued Ray – so, without hesitation, he grabbed the chance, leaving his current employer, and setting out to fulfil a dream. Supertanker examines life at sea aboard a 1970s monster where reader and author meet on board, encountering and overcoming exciting new challenges in navigation, ship handling, and cargo control. All the while, overshadowing everything else, is the awareness that this loaded ship carries around 80 million gallons of oil every day. But Supertanker is more than just the record of a new adventure. It lifts the lid on the realities of life far out at sea handling such behemoths and reveals why international safety and competency bars had to be raised.
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Wales' history is packed with peculiar customs and curious characters. Here you will discover alien landscapes, ancient druids and a Victorian ghost hunter. Find out why revellers would carry a decorated horse's skull on a pole door to door at Christmastime, how an eccentric inventor hoped to defeat Hitler with his futuristic ray gun, and why a cursed wall is protected by a global corporation for fear it might destroy a town. From the folklore surrounding the red dragon on the flag, to the evolution of the song 'Sosban Fach', this compendium of weird and wonderful facts will surprise and delight even the most knowledgeable resident or visitor.
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Charles Seymour, hijo segundo, nunca tendrá el porte señorial de su padre, pero sí que ha heredado la fuerza de su madre… y la voluntad para hacer realidad su destino. El padre de Simon Kerlslake lo sacrificó para asegurarse de que los sueños de su hijo se hacían realidad. Ahora le toca a Simon estar a la altura de esos sueños. Ray Gould nació en los suburbios, pero creció con orgullo… una cualidad pareja tanto al afilado intelecto que posee como al su deseo de alcanzar lo imposible… Andrew Fraser fue criado por un futbolista legendario reconvertido en político. Ahora le ha llegado la hora de demostrar su heroísmo, cueste lo que cueste. Primero extraños, luego rivales, estos cuatro hombres se embarcan en un viaje para conseguir el mayor premio de todos: las llaves del número 10 de Downing Street. A lo largo de tres décadas, su honor será puesto a prueba, su confianza se verá traicionada y el amor por su familia y su país, desafiado. Sin embargo, en un juego en el que hay un primero entre iguales, solo uno puede vencer.
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Mirakali ist das glockenhelle Lachen des Glücklichseins, das aus tiefer Dankbarkeit für die Schätze des Lebens und der Freude staunenden Erlebens kommt. Mirakali ist eine große Künstlerin dieses Staunens, dieser Freude, dieser Dankbarkeit und dieses Glücklichseins, die sie herzerfrischend und mit selbstverständlicher Leichtigkeit an ihre Leser und Zuhörer weitergibt. Mirakali ist Dichterin, Malerin, Musikerin und Filmkünstlerin. Sie lebt in Mirapuri, der Stadt des Friedens und des Zukunftsmenschen in Europa, Italien. Dort leitet sie ‘Navaveda’, die Schule für Mirapurikinder aller Altersstufen. Mirakali erzählt in ihrem liebevollen Buch ‘Mirapuri und die Zukunft’ von ihren Lebenserfahrungen und ihrem starken und hoffnungsvollen Blick in die Zukunft. Mirakali erschließt uns in ‘Mirapuri und die Zukunft’ eine begeisternde Wirklichkeit des glücklichen Miteinanders und der fortschrittsfreudig intelligenten Persönlichkeitsentfaltung, die sicher auf der Grundlage der Freude am höchsten Guten steht. Mirakali ist mit ihrem zeitlos jungen Wesen selbst ein Sonnenstrahl dieser Zukunft, die frei ist von den Ängsten, Bedrückungen und zwischenmenschlichen Schmerzen einer gewalttätigen Vergangenheitswelt. Mirakali nimmt uns mit ‘Mirapuri und die Zukunft’ sanft an die Hand und führt uns aus dem traurigen Bannkreis des Alten und längst Überholten hinaus in die Weite eines besseren Morgens, der begonnen hat auf die Welt zu leuchten. Mirakali is the bell-ringing laughter of happiness that comes from deep gratitude for the treasures of life and the joy of marveling experience. Mirakali is a great artist of this wonder, this joy, this gratitude and this happiness, which she passes on with a heart-warming and natural ease to her readers and listeners. Mirakali is a poet, painter, musician and film artist. She lives in Mirapuri, the City of Peace and Future Man in Europe, Italy. There she directs 'Navaveda', the school for Mirapuri-children of all ages. Mirakali tells in her loving book 'Mirapuri and the future' of her life experiences and of her strong and hopeful look into the future. Mirakali opens up to us in 'Mirapuri and the future' an inspiring reality of happy togetherness and of advanced intelligent joyful unfolding of the personality that is securely based on the joy of the highest good. Mirakali, with her timeless young being is herself a sun ray of this future that is free of fears, oppression and interpersonal pain of a violent past world. Mirakali takes us with 'Mirapuri and the future' gently by the hand and leads us from the sad spell of the old and obsolete out into the vastness of a better tomorrow, which has begun to shine on the world.
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How exactly does one become wise? Pastor and teacher Ray Ortlund points out that the wisdom of God does not stand aloof, as if it were unattainable. Instead, he shows that wisdom graciously moves toward us, into our real world where we live and struggle day by day. Wisdom offers us her very best, if only we will listen. After all, "Wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the markets she raises her voice," and, if wisdom troubles herself to yell, there must be a reason to listen and a means to hear. Ortlund unpacks the book of Proverbs in twenty-one straightforward sermons, providing a biblical worldview that opens up the higher meaning of money, sex, and power, as well as that of the daily routines of an average life. Drawing relevant parallels from ancient culture to present day, he helps the reader understand how the book of Proverbs is practical help for normal people going through everyday life. Most importantly, Ortlund shows how the Proverbs point to Jesus and his counsel for the perplexed, his strength for the defeated, his warning to the proud, his mercy for the broken. With careful treatment of the Scriptures and uncomplicated language, Proverbs: Wisdom that Works fills the vacuum between the layman's experience and the exegetical depth of many commentaries. Part of the Preaching the Word series.
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Launching a new series, a podcaster and cult science fiction superfan stages a documentary to solve her friend's murder, and a 40-year-old disappearance, in this riotous and fiendishly twisty mystery. Perfect for fans of classic TV such as Doctor Who and Star Trek, wobbly cardboard sets and spandex costumes, and sharp-witted amateur detective crime such as Richard Osman, J. M. Hall and Andrew Cartmel. Kit Pelham is a professional fan, interviewer, host of the podcast The First Cult is the Deepest, and occasional obituary writer. Except this time the obituary is for her friend, maverick podcaster Wolf Tyler, who is murdered in his shed during a live broadcast, moments before revealing a huge secret about the cult TV show Vixens from the Void. Kit and her group of friends and fellow superfans soon realise Wolf had discovered something about the disappearance of Lily Sparkes, an extra on Vixens from the Void, back in 1986. And it was a secret worth killing for… To find justice for their friend, and much more importantly, new trivia about their favourite TV show, the gang decide to put together a 'Then and Now' Blu-Ray documentary that will reunite the original cast and crew. Armed with only a shoestring budget, an occasionally soggy drone, action figures (in the original packaging) and encyclopaedic knowledge of 1980s sci-fi TV, they have just four days to discover Wolf's secret, and solve his murder.
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<p>Ebook, który widzisz przed sobą to czwarta część z serii zawierającej łącznie pięćdziesiąt krótkich biografii nieprzeciętnych ludzi – przedsiębiorców samouków, którzy często wbrew ciężkim warunkom, biedzie i brakowi szkolnej edukacji odnieśli w życiu wielkie sukcesy, w sposób zasadniczy wpływając na świat, jaki znamy.</p> <p>Oto kolejnych dziesięciu samouków – królów wielkiego biznesu: Henry John Kaiser, Ingvar Kamprad, Kerkor „Kirk” Kerkorian, Rajmund Albert (Ray) Kroc, Carl Lindner Jr, Marcus Loew, Konosuke Matsushita, Werner Arthur Arnold Otto, Wolfgang Puck, John Davison Rockefeller.</p> <p>Niech ich życiorysy będą dowodem na to, że spełnione życie i sukces zależą przede wszystkim od pracy i samodzielnego rozwoju, a nie od formalnego wykształcenia.</p>
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<p>Audiobook, który widzisz przed sobą to czwarta część z serii zawierającej łącznie pięćdziesiąt krótkich biografii nieprzeciętnych ludzi – przedsiębiorców samouków, którzy często wbrew ciężkim warunkom, biedzie i brakowi szkolnej edukacji odnieśli w życiu wielkie sukcesy, w sposób zasadniczy wpływając na świat, jaki znamy.</p> <p><br />Oto kolejnych dziesięciu samouków – królów wielkiego biznesu: Henry John Kaiser, Ingvar Kamprad, Kerkor „Kirk” Kerkorian, Rajmund Albert (Ray) Kroc, Carl Lindner Jr, Marcus Loew, Konosuke Matsushita, Werner Arthur Arnold Otto, Wolfgang Puck, John Davison Rockefeller.</p> <p><br />Niech ich życiorysy będą dowodem na to, że spełnione życie i sukces zależą przede wszystkim od pracy i samodzielnego rozwoju, a nie od formalnego wykształcenia.</p>
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