This sweeping maritime narrative begins with a grand survey of English circumnavigations before turning to Commodore Byron's 1764 voyage in the Dolphin and Tamar, sent by royal order to explore the South Seas. From Madeira, the Canaries, Cape Verde, and Brazil to the lonely waters of the southern Atlantic, the expedition is tested by storms, illness, deceptive landfalls, and the unsettling loss of crew members, while its officers balance practical seamanship with a growing sense of scienti...

Adam and the Cloaks crew rush to track down Evy before she can convince any of the potential candidates to join her cause-willingly or not. But has Adam been put into the field too soon by his father figure Blackstone, and could he be in grave danger?

After the shocking reveal of what truly happened to his mentor and father figure Blackstone, Adam reluctantly agrees to join the ranks of the CLOAKS black-ops organization and is immediately thrown into his first mission: hunting down his predecessor on the team, someone who Adam can't help but find familiar...

Fault Diagnosis and Fault-Tolerant Control and Guidance for Aerospace demonstrates the attractive potential of recent developments in control for resolving such issues as flight performance, self protection and extended-life structures. Importantly, the text deals with a number of practically significant considerations: tuning, complexity of design, real-time capability, evaluation of worst-case performance, robustness in harsh environments, and extensibility when development or adaptation...

Richard Pryor was arguably the single most influential performer of the second half of the twentieth century,and certainly he was the most successful black actor/comedian ever. Controversial and somewhat enigmatic in his lifetime, Pryor's performances opened up a new world of possibilities, merging fantasy with angry reality in a way that wasn't just new—it was heretofore unthinkable.His childhood in Peoria, Illinois, was spent just trying to survive. Yet the culture into which Ric...

**Winner of the Tony Award for Best Play, nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and soon to be back on Broadway in a revival directed by the Lion King's Julie Taymor, starring Clive Owen"A brilliant play of ideas… a visionary work that bridges the history and culture of two worlds."—Frank Rich, New York Times**Based on a true story that stunned the world, and inspired by Giacomo Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly, M. Butterfly was an ...

*I walk all the way up Hollywood Boulevard to Grauman's Chinese Theatre: past tourists snapping shots; wannabe starlets sparkling by in miniskirts with head shots in their hands and moondust in their eyes; rowdy cowboys drinking with drunken Indians; black businessmen bustling by briskly in crisp suits; ladies who do not lunch with nylons rolled up below the knee pushing shopping carts full of everything they own; Mustangs rubbing up against muscular Mercedes and Hell's Angels hogs.

• David Henry Hwang is the leading Asian-American playwright • Broadway opening April 1998 • Has been developed at numerous theatres around the country • His first Broadway production since M. Butterfly • Produced originally at the Public Theatre in NYC>

While farm life was very demanding, there were many intrinsic values that I acquired over the years that I've tried to follow in my journey through life. First, I developed a love of nature, which meant a close relationship with God. So, while it might appear that no one else is around, I am never alone, since God is always by my side, acting as my strength and shield, even in my darkest hours!I also learned about honesty and integrity, that the truth will always set you free, to t...

At Times I've Felt Like Job: A Story of 'Choices' is entitled as such, because just like Job in the Bible, I was blessed numerous times as a young person. At the same time, I also experienced a great deal of suffering, still my faith has never wavered!I only really wish I could say the same about the rest of society, since it seems too many have left the church, and abandoned many of the lessons they were taught as a little child - wishing to live only for the moment. Well, this bo...

On God's Path My Journey From The Outhouse To The Courthouse is a memoir that traces David's life as he confronts trials and tribulations until he finds success on the path God had chosen for him.

Many scientists claim that if science can't explain it, it doesn't exist. Yet David Patton will show that many things do exist that science can't explain! He will also try to prove God's existence and that there is order in His creation-if man would just leave things alone!