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Africana Race and Communication: A Social Study of Film,
Communication, and Social Media focuses on the areas of History,
Ethos, Motif, and Mythology-Philosophy. This study is an
interdisciplinary study, which surveys the collection,
interpretation, and analysis of Black communication and culture.
Likewise, the intellectual dexterity of Africana Studies as an
interdisciplinary body of knowledge postures alternative ways of
probing Africana phenomena. This volume provides a categorical lens
matrix of Africana Studies to locate race and communication in
place, space, and time. Thus, it provides readers with a
compilation of literary, historical, philosophical, and
communicative essays that attempt to describe and evaluate the
Africana experience from a centered perspective.
Africana Race and Communication: A Social Study of Film,
Communication, and Social Media focuses on the areas of History,
Ethos, Motif, and Mythology-Philosophy. This study is an
interdisciplinary study, which surveys the collection,
interpretation, and analysis of Black communication and culture.
Likewise, the intellectual dexterity of Africana Studies as an
interdisciplinary body of knowledge postures alternative ways of
probing Africana phenomena. This volume provides a categorical lens
matrix of Africana Studies to locate race and communication in
place, space, and time. Thus, it provides readers with a
compilation of literary, historical, philosophical, and
communicative essays that attempt to describe and evaluate the
Africana experience from a centered perspective.
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Ice! (Paperback)
Tristan Jones
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R337
Discovery Miles 3 370
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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When Tristan Jones, who became one of the best-known small boat
sailors and writers of our times, was discharged from the Navy and
told he was physically unfit for more seagoing, he got hold of a
small craft, Creswell, which he converted to a cruising ketch, and
started sailing. Then, determined to sail farther north than anyone
else, Jones set out from Iceland, accompanied only by Nelson, the
one-eyed, three-legged dog he had inherited. Jones spent two
winters full of continuous suspense and danger in this bleak polar
region. He was trapped by violent snowstorms, attacked by a
ravenous polar bear, and marooned on an ice pack in the Arctic
Ocean, all the while grappling with loneliness and despair, plus
dwindling supplies. Finally, when the ice shifted, crushing
Creswell like a matchbox, Jones had to deal with possible death!
Ancient Chinese legends tell of heroic attempts to navigate the
waterways of the Kra peninsula which divides the Andaman Sea from
the Gulf of Thailand. Yet despite efforts over the last century by
expeditions from several Western navies, there was no record of a
successful crossing--none, that is, until renowned sailor Tristan
Jones took on the challenge. To Venture Further is the inspiring
story of this memorable exploit by one of the finest sailing
adventure writers of our time. Accompanied by his German mate,
Thomas, and three disabled Thai youths, Jones makes the short but
exceedingly difficult passage across the Kra in a small seagoing
fishing boat. Facing floating debris, homemade dams, mechanical
failure, and precariously low funds, Jones--whose left leg was
amputated several years before--remains determined to win out
against all obstacles, no matter how insurmountable they seem. With
characteristically acerbic wit, Jones offers shrewd commentary on
the Westernization of modern Thailand, bemoaning the destruction of
a once-idyllic land. And whether confronting a band of raucous
teenage monks, outwitting pirates in the Gulf of Thailand, or
cruising a dry riverbed by hitching his boat onto an elephant, he
continues to exhibit the awesome stubbornness and implacable
courage of a man willing to sacrifice all comforts for the unknown
and seemingly impossible.
Tristan Jones has logged more miles--and more adventure--sailing
single-handed than any other person alive in our time. He has
crossed the Atlantic many times, often alone, and has
circumnavigated the globe in small boats. One Hand for Yourself,
One for the Ship is a course on single-handed sailing by the man
most qualified to give it. Tristan Jones offers his highly personal
perspective on both the science and the art of this ultimate
challenge. It is a book for every sailor, giving the novice and the
experienced sailor alike invaluable information and advice simply
and with humor. Rich with anecdote and detail, written as only
Tristan Jones can write, this is the handbook to turn to when
planning a trip and to refer to when sailing.
In a salty, slashing style, Tristan Jones unfolds his extraordinary
saga--a six year voyage during which he a covered a distance equal
to twice the circumference of the world--revealing both a rich
sense of history an insuppressible Welsh wit. With a singleness of
purpose as ferocious as nay hazard he encountered, Tristan Jones
would not give up--even after dodging snipers on the Red Sea,
capsizing off the Cape of Good Hope, starving in the Amazon,
struggling for 3,000 miles against the mightiest sea current in the
world, and hauling his boat over the rugged Andes three miles above
sea level to find at last the legendary Island of the Sun. And
beyond lay te most awesome challenge of all--the tortuous trek
through 6,000 miles of uncharted rivers to find his way back to the
ocean.
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Aka (Paperback)
Tristan Jones
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R357
Discovery Miles 3 570
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Bill Conan, a middle-aged adventurer, has entered a 30,000 mile
solo race around the world in the sloop Josephine, seeing it as his
last chance to win status and success. Risking the ultimate test of
skill, strength and endurance, Conan will follow his course across
the vast expanse of the treacherous Atlantic, toward the one
disaster a seaman most dreads. Overboard and alone on the open sea,
his struggle can have only one end...
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