Автор: Stone, Daniel Название: Sinkable ISBN: 0593329376 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780593329375 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 2575.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: From the national bestselling author of The Food Explorer, a fascinating and rollicking plunge into the story of the world's most famous shipwreck, the RMS Titanic On a frigid April night in 1912, the world's largest--and soon most famous--ocean liner struck an iceberg and slipped beneath the waves. She had scarcely disappeared before her new journey began, a seemingly limitless odyssey through the world's fixation with her every tragic detail. Plans to find and raise the Titanic began almost immediately. Yet seven decades passed before it was found. Why? And of some three million shipwrecks that litter the ocean floor, why is the world still so fascinated with this one? In Sinkable, Daniel Stone spins a fascinating tale of history, science, and obsession, uncovering the untold story of the Titanic not as a ship but as a shipwreck. He explores generations of eccentrics, like American Charles Smith, whose 1914 recovery plan using a synchronized armada of ships bearing electromagnets was complex, convincing, and utterly impossible; Jack Grimm, a Texas oil magnate who fruitlessly dropped a fortune to find the wreck after failing to find Noah's Ark; and the British Doug Woolley, a former pantyhose factory worker who has claimed, since the 1960s, to be the true owner of the Titanic wreckage. Along the way, Sinkable takes readers through the two miles of ocean water in which the Titanic sank, showing how the ship broke apart and why, and delves into the odd history of our understanding of such depths. Author Daniel Stone studies the landscape of the seabed, which in the Titanic's day was thought to be as smooth and featureless as a bathtub. He interviews scientists to understand the decades of rust and decomposition that are slowly but surely consuming the ship. (She's expected to disappear entirely within a few decades!) He even journeys over the Atlantic, during a global pandemic, to track down the elusive Doug Woolley. And Stone turns inward, looking at his own dark obsession with both the Titanic and shipwrecks in general, and why he spends hours watching ships sink on YouTube. Brimming with humor, curiosity and wit, Sinkable follows in the tradition of Susan Orlean and Bill Bryson, offering up a page-turning work of personal journalism and an immensely entertaining romp through the deep sea and the nature of obsession.
Автор: Stone, Daniel Z. Название: Polish-lithuanian state, 1386-1795 ISBN: 0295980931 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780295980935 Издательство: Marston Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 10692.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Governed by a constitutional monarchy that offered the numerous nobility extensive civil and political rights, Polish-Lithuanian state enjoyed unusual domestic tranquillity, for its military strength kept most enemies at bay until the mid-seventeenth century. This title presents an account that deals with this important era.
Автор: Stone J. Daniel Название: Lovebites & Razorlines ISBN: 0692980776 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780692980774 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 1764.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Lovebites & Razorlines is a compendium of thirteen unique nightmares. From the darkest parts of New York City to subterranean dreamscapes and clubs hidden away from the public, J. Daniel Stone's hypnotic prose guides you through the aberrant jungle of life's seedy half. Inside we meet artists starving for attention, hungry shadows; we fall prey to disease, become entranced by psychedelic encounters and learn from introspection far beyond anyone's years. Lyrical philosophies plague the mind of a young pregnant woman not willing to have the baby. A young man longs to discover death in hopes to locate the mother that never loved him. Music is the key to putting a soul back in dead things. A couple must come to terms with recent HIV infection. A pair of artists feed off one another's talents in order to understand the supernatural. A transsexual longs for the ultimate transformation. J. Daniel Stone's characters question reality, challenge norms and break down conventional barriers. They live on the fringe and are unapologetic about it. They destroy familiar tropes through poetry and painting, music and photography. Lovebites & Razorlines is an anthem forthe depraved and forgotten.
Автор: Stone MR Daniel Название: When the Pilot Light Goes Out ISBN: 0992617022 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780992617028 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 1779.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A shattered, battered and bruised Pilot Light collapses, trapped in a reed bed. He has just committed a truly terrible crime. His getaway vehicle, the canal boat, is moored up only a few meters away. Weak and bloodied having been wounded and suffering the after effects of a drug fuelled comedown Pilot Light drifts away having become stuck, he then loses consciousness.How he came to be in that predicament is then revealed to the reader through a succession of flash backs chronicling his life and the lead up to his ultimate guilt induced breakdown and rampage. After suffering the final straw Pilot Light seeks his revenge on the world by plotting the burglary which he figured will right a few wrongs and provide all the wealth and happiness he had aspired to give Chloe during their normal life together. All he has to do is get home following the heist but first he must drop someone off at London Zoo whilst overcoming riding a bike, hiding the stolen goods and driving a car and a canal boat all whilst being one handed. Will this prove to be the last time the Pilot Light goes out?
Автор: Posney Daniel C. Название: One White Stone ISBN: 0990527603 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780990527602 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2750.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: While sitting in a coffee shop in Sedona, Arizona, Daniel suddenly feels a strong divine calling to experience a life of devotion and faith. Setting out on what would become a 3000-mile motorcycle ride through rain, wind, hail and snow, Daniel left a fulfilling relationship, close friends and enriching spiritual life in a city known for its red rocks, intense energy and seekers of enlightenment. Even more difficult than the late winter weather would be faith. Faith that would carry Daniel through and allow him to let go of all temptations to plan or control the journey. Along the way, Daniel discovers his own truths about mastering his own life and living from love and knowing that we are always protected and provided for...if we let it. This is a true story of divine awakening and spiritual experience, of learning and practicing conscious communication and cultivating love relationships more expansive than ever thought possible. One White Stone is a journey across the Western United States and a guide in living in self-mastery as an awakened human. One White Stone serves as a guide for creating a more perfect and healthy body, of easing and eliminating suffering, for transforming your life into your greatest joy and fulfillment. One White Stone answers the questions "Who Am I?", "What Am I?" and "Why Am I Here?".
Автор: Stone Daniel Название: One Father`s Love ISBN: 0615913350 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780615913353 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2578.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Stone J. Daniel Название: The Absence of Light ISBN: 061574091X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780615740911 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2147.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Most people are baffled by how computers work and assume that they will never understand them. What they don`t realize,and what Daniel Hillis`s short book brilliantly demonstrates,is that computers`seemingly complex operations can be broken down into a few simple parts that perform the same simple procedures over and over again. Computer wizard Hillis offers an easy-to-follow explanation of how data is processed that makes the operations of a computer seem as straightforward as those of a bicycle.Avoiding technobabble or discussions of advanced hardware, the lucid explanations and colourful anecdotes in The Pattern on the Stone go straight to the heart of what computers really do. Hillis proceeds from an outline of basic logic to clear descriptions of programming languages, algorithms, and memory. He then takes readers in simple steps up to the most exciting developments in computing today,quantum computing, parallel computing, neural networks, and self-organizing systems.Written clearly and succinctly by one of the world`s leading computer scientists, The Pattern on the Stone is an indispensable guide to understanding the workings of that most ubiquitous and important of machines: the computer.
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