Providing a comprehensive view of Golden Age piracy, this edition includes descriptions of the actions of individuals alongside contemporary discussions of the piracy problem through books, journals, newspaper articles, essays, reviews, proposals, pamphlets and sermons from Britain and its colonies.

Through rare primary resources and new editorial matter, this four-volume facsimile edition moves away from the personality cult of the pirate to encourage a more comprehensive view of Golden Age piracy. This new approach explores how and why crews actually arose and how they responded to the complexities of 18th century life.

Providing a comprehensive view of Golden Age piracy, this edition includes descriptions of the actions of individuals alongside contemporary discussions of the piracy problem through books, journals, newspaper articles, essays, reviews, proposals, pamphlets and sermons from Britain and its colonies.

Providing a comprehensive view of Golden Age piracy, this edition includes descriptions of the actions of individuals alongside contemporary discussions of the piracy problem through books, journals, newspaper articles, essays, reviews, proposals, pamphlets and sermons from Britain and its colonies.

Providing a comprehensive view of Golden Age piracy, this edition includes descriptions of the actions of individuals alongside contemporary discussions of the piracy problem through books, journals, newspaper articles, essays, reviews, proposals, pamphlets and sermons from Britain and its colonies.

Life in the trenches for German soldiers during World War I was every bit as hellish as it was for Allied troops. Arthur Boer survived almost four years of continual fighting on both the Eastern and Western fronts as a sapper (combat engineer) who found himself in the thick of major battles. He laid barbed wire in no-man's land under machine gun fire, bet money on aerial combat above the trenches between Baron von Richthofen and the English, faced starvation and crushing boredom. His war diary describes all in gritty detail, including the horror of gas warfare, doomed vainglorious charges and his return home to a ruined Germany.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfangen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen fur die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfugung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden mussen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfangen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen fur die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfugung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden mussen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.

Rising pop singer Shannon Kistler never expected to see college student Kevin Derow on a Manhattan street wearing her concert shirt. But she offers gratitude in her own way, leaving her biggest fan in shock. When the two teenagers meet again six days later, Shannon slips Kevin her phone number, and the unlikely romance begins. Soon they find they have several things in common: lonely childhoods, a passion for music, and making unpopular choices about their own lives. The public cannot take Shannon seriously as a teenaged recording artist, but she risks her sudden success by making some public mistakes after breaking into a soulless music industry with unusual ease. Meanwhile Kevin loses the respect of family, friends and coworkers over the girl he idolizes-and unwittingly blows the lid off a payola scheme devised by Shannon's record label, threatening her career and possibly his own freedom. A Song Apart revolves around two young people from distinct backgrounds who choose to follow their hearts rather than their peers and find a greater reward at the end of their paths.

Written from the perspective of the project archaeologist, this is the story of a remarkable, albeit accidental, discovery of a Spanish vessel on a secret mission carrying a unique cargo bound from Peru to the King of Spain, circa 1659. The San Miguel de Archangel carried a sample of the vaunted 'Star of Lima' coinage, minted illegally by the Count Alba de Liste. The ship wrecked with little note in the annals of Florida's history... until now.

Between the years 1925 and 1931 the publishing tycoon, William Randolph Hearst acquired six Medieval Period structures in the United Kingdom and Spain. Hearst dismantled all, or portions, of these buildings, with the intention of rebuilding some, and using others as 'fabric' for other construction projects in the United States, most notably, Hearst Castle at San Simeon, California and another residence, St. Donats's Castle in Wales. The Lost Monasteries of William Randolph Hearst is the story of Dr. Robert Baer's quest to document this little known, and little researched period in the life of WRH, within the wider context of Hearst's life as a builder and collector.

A Republished and Annotated Edition of "Passing It On: Short Talks on Tribal Fighting on the North-West Frontier of India" with new a Forward and Lessons Learned. Republished by the Foreign Military Studies Office, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Illustrated. From the foreword: "This book, originally published as a guide for British lieutenants and captains, demonstrates that improvements in technology-much of it available to both sides - have had only a modest impact on infantry fighting in this rugged terrain. However, it also demonstrates that the key to enhancing basic infantry effectiveness is using the terrain effectively, maintaining force security and understanding the mountain people. General Sir Andrew Skeen spent decades dealing with this frontier. His combat experience in the Afghanistan frontier region was extensive, but he also saw action against the Boxers in China, in Somaliland, Gallipoli and the trenches of the Western Front in World War I. His final field posting was as the Chief of the General Staff of the Army of India. "Passing it on" is about passing on his experience in this turbulent region to the lieutenants and captains who were then dealing with the problems of mountain combat against Pushtun tribesmen. His advice is still relevant to what our soldiers are facing today. The mission of the Foreign Military Studies Office is to esearch and present foreign ideas and perspectives to better understand present and future problems. Occasionally we visit the past to find those ideas and perspectives. This 1932 book is not so much a step backwards as the (re)discovery of a useful map for now and the future. We hope it will be of value to our readers."

Here's the story of Anomaly 27, a section of mystery wreckage which lays more than 2000 feet from the hulk of the S.S. Copenhagen, a vessel which grounded near Pompano Beach, Florida at the turn of the last century. A professional archaeologist, Dr. Robert Baer describes the anomaly, how it was located, and, finally, how the anomaly is proven to be the missing bow section of the S.S. Copenhagen. The author explains the details of the discovery and the methods used to confirm the identity of the wreckage. This is a story of modern-day exploration at its finest. A great read for wreck divers and academics alike Fully illustrated with magnetometric charts, wreck site maps, bathymetric charts, contemporary underwater photos as well as classic photos of the Copenhagen as she sits stranded just after the wreck event. 90 pages, B&W, with an index containing more than 500 citations. Reference listings along with figure citations in classic monograph style.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Germanistik - Neuere Deutsche Literatur, Note: 1,7, Universitat Potsdam, Veranstaltung: Nachkriegsliteratur, 23 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Anmerkungen: Uberzeugende Anlage, Textanalysen waren ausbaufahig. 19 Seiten Hausarbeit plus Anhang. Dichter Text - einzeiliger Zeilenabstand., Abstract: Fur die deutschsprachige Literatur der unmittelbaren Nachkriegszeit haben sich Bezeichnungen wie Trummerliteratur, Heimkehrerliteratur oder Literatur des Kahlschlags eingeburgert, die in jedem Fall das Programm einer realistischen, auf die Probleme der unmittelbaren Gegenwart bezogenen Literatur meinen. Ihre Entwicklung muss unter Berucksichtigung der territorialen Bedingungen gesehen werden. Demnach unterscheidet man zwischen der westdeutschen Literatur und der Literatur der sowjetischen Besatzungszone (SBZ). Johannes R. Becher gehorte neben Bertolt Brecht, Friedrich Wolf, Arnold Zweig, Stefan Heym, Bruno Apitz et al. zu jenen Autoren, die nach 1945 aus dem Exil nach Deutschland und hier nahezu ausnahmslos in die damalige sowjetische Besatzungszone zuruckkehrten und einen bedeutenden Einfluss auf die Entwicklung der ostdeutschen Literatur nahmen. Die deutsche Literatur der westlichen Zonen wurde uberwiegend von den Autoren der so genannten Inneren Emigration bestimmt, von Schriftstellern also, die Deutschland wahrend des NS-Regimes nicht verlassen hatten. Die in dieser Zeit entstandene Literatur, wie zum Beispiel die Naturlyrik von Gottfried Benn oder Werke von Oskar Loerke und Elisabeth Langgasser, war in der Regel apolitisch und bar jeglicher Kritik." Neben den inneren Emigranten bestimmten auch Autoren der Jungen Generation das literarische Leben in den westlichen Besatzungszonen. Zu ihnen zahlen nicht nur die Anhanger der Gruppe 47 und Wolfgang Borchert, sondern auch der Einzelganger Arno Schmidt sowie Ilse Aichinger und Peter Weiss, um nur einige weitere Namen zu nennen. Zu ihren zentralen Themen

Over a mere three decades, the video game has become the entertainment medium of choice for millions of people, who now spend more time in the interactive virtual world of games than they do in watching movies or even television. The release of new games or game-playing equipment, such as the PlayStation 2, generates great excitement and even buying frenzies. Yet, until now, this giant on the popular culture landscape has received little in-depth study or analysis.

In this book, Mark J. P. Wolf and four other scholars conduct the first thorough investigation of the video game as an artistic medium. The book begins with an attempt to define what is meant by the term "video game" and the variety of modes of production within the medium. It moves on to a brief history of the video game, then applies the tools of film studies to look at the medium in terms of the formal aspects of space, time, narrative, and genre. The book also considers the video game as a cultural entity, object of museum curation, and repository of psychological archetypes. It closes with a list of video game research resources for further study.

This volume provides an updated examination of student tracking systems. It illustrates how policymakers, administrators, and institutional researchers are using data to follow student paths through postsecondary education and to measure student success.

Chapters discuss: OL {list-style: disc}P: {margin-left 60px}Using Transcripts in Analyses: Directions and OpportunitiesRetention Tracking Using Institutional DataUsing Student Tracking Data from an Institutional PerspectiveA Statewide Student Unit Record System: Florida as a Case StudyThe National Student Clearinghouse: The Largest Current Student Tracking DatabaseTracking Low-Skill Adult Students Longitudinally Using Research to Guide Policy and PracticeUsing State Student Unit Record Data to Increase Community College Student SuccessBeyond Higher Education: Other Sources of Data for Tracking Students

The focus in student tracking today has shifted away from an examination of prospective students and students in academic difficulty, and toward an understanding of student progress through and beyond a single college or university. This new emphasis results from a variety of pressures: state and public calls for accountability, accreditation criteria that place greater attention on learning outcomes, recognition that enrollment does not ensure success, and an understanding that many students swirl through multiple institutions.

This is the 143rd volume of the Jossey-Bass higher education quarterly report series "New Directions for Community Colleges." Essential to the professional libraries of presidents, vice presidents, deans, and other leaders in today's open-door institutions, "New Directions for Community Colleges" provides expert guidance in meeting the challenges of their distinctive and expanding educational mission.