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Ring Master
I remember the day I first met Ken Neill in the disheveled offices of Memphis Magazine — broad freckled face, bushy nest of red hair, strong Irish presence in the room. An intimidating blast of brain wattage coming at me, and a quicksilver personality. The conversation was slightly manic, ranging from sports to politics to history. I was dazzled. He was brimming with both opinions and facts, as eloquent in person as he was on the page.
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Na szerokim szerokim morzu. Ostatnia wyprawa kapitana Cooka
Pasjonująca opowieść o odwadze, szaleństwie i granicach ludzkiej wytrzymałości. Dwunastego lipca 1776 roku kapitan James Cook - już wtedy uznawany za największego odkrywcę w historii Wielkiej Brytanii - wyruszył w swoją trzecią podróż na pokładzie HMS Resolution. Dwa i pół roku później zginął w starciu z mieszkańcami jednej z wysp Hawajów. Jak doszło do tego, że Cook - wyjątkowy wśród kapitanów ze względu na szacunek dla lokalnych społeczności i ich kultur - poniósł tak dramatyczną klęskę?
The Wide Wide Sea
Hampton Sides is the kind of history teacher that you wish you had. He takes the little-known mystery of larger-than-life explorers like James Cook and makes their discovery time accessible to novices. Explorers and sailors were the aristocrats of their class. "The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook" is the adventure you didn't know you needed.
'The Wide Wide Sea' Is One of the 100 Must-Read Books of 2024
These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. By Shannon Carlin November 13, 2024 8:23 AM EST With his new book, The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook, best-selling author and historian Hampton Sides reckons with the ambitions and intentions of Captain James Cook.
I Need a New BUM! Activity Book by Betsy Ochester, Dawn McMillan and Ross Kinnaird
Awesome Activities! The newest addition to the global phenomenon of the New Bum! series, here’s a book that will keep the kids busy and laughing for hours on end. Responding to popular demand from families around the world, this activity book offers amazing mazes, word games, bum puzzles, drawing challenges, code crackers, jokes and more.
The Ever-Standing Tree/Te Rākau Tū Tonu by Tim Tipene, Illustrator Ani Huia Ligaliga
Translated by Kanapu Rangitauira Over the protests of his kids, Dad cuts down a tree to get ‘a better view’ — only for a chorus of birds and insects to put it back together overnight. The battle of wills between the blade and nature goes on until Dad finally sees the light and comes to love the tree. Told in Māori and English, this lovingly illustrated story resets the beloved myth of Rātā and the Tree in a modern setting, encouraging readers to consider traditions, tikanga and respect for nature.
Nanny Mihi’s Harvest/Te Hauhake a Nanny Mihi by Melanie Drewery, Illustrator, Suzanne Simpson, Translator Kanapu Rangitauira
Haere mai,’ called Nanny Mihi, when we arrived to stay. ‘You are just in time to help me plant the garden.’ Nanny Mihi’s Harvest is a book that embraces the joy of gardening, harvesting and preserving your own produce. With Nanny’s guidance, her mokopuna learn about gardening by the seasons, along the way overcoming obstacles and discovering how delicious homegrown produce can taste.
Island Toes Tamatamaivae o Motu by Christin Lozano, Illustrator, Mariko Merritt,Translator, Suzie-Jo Rasmussen
Flipper toes, jandal toes Swimming underwater toes … This colourfully illustrated book takes young readers on a journey around the South Pacific — no shoes needed! A fun celebration of the different toes we have and the adventures they get up to, from clean toes to highchair toes, tan toes to pale toes, snorkel toes to buried-in-the-sand toes.
Where to Start With Hampton Sides
Where to Start With Hampton Sides As we head into summer, we know history buffs need beach reads too, and this author has an impressive array to choose from. Throughout his incredible career, Hampton Sides has brought history, both widely known and forgotten, into our hands and onto our bookshelves. From stories of sea-faring adventures to harrowing accounts of war and deadly expeditions, Sides is one of our most important voices in nonfiction. Please enable javascript to add items to the cart.
How I Found My Way to Captain Cook (Not Captain Hook): A Guest Post from Hampton Sides
B&N Reads, Guest Post, History Share Share this page on Facebook Share this page on Twitter Hardcover $31.50 $35.00 By Hampton Sides In Stock Online Hardcover $31.50 $35.00 If you read The Wager and have a hankering for another seafaring adventure, look no further. The Wide Wide Sea details the life and voyages of Captain James Cook, killed by native Hawaiians in an uncharacteristic final act. This is the mystery of Cook’s final days, laid bare in riveting narrative fashion.
THE WIDE WIDE SEA
Of the several audiobooks about British sea explorer James Cook, this is one of the most memorable. Peter Noble is a powerful narrator, and he weds himself to this action-packed story with deep empathy and understanding. As the Revolutionary War unfolded on the east side of the North American continent, Cook explored the west, searching in vain for a Northwest Passage.
The Wide Wide Sea
BookBrowse: Bestselling history writer Hampton Sides takes a fresh look at Captain James Cook's final voyage. By 1775, 48-year-old Captain James Cook had completed two highly successful voyages of discovery and had earned a comfortable retirement. The Admiralty gave him a plum position: an honorary post at Greenwich Hospital near London, where his only responsibility was to "keep a paternal eye on the thousand or so Navy pensioners" who lived there.
How Colonial Powers Fought for Economic Dominance in North America
The Northwest Passage: For nearly three hundred years, it had been the grail, the phantom, the will o’ the wisp. Many European nations had yearned to find it, but for the British, it had become an obsession. Over the centuries, the search for it had led to such an unfortunate expenditure of blood and treasure, with so many gothic narratives of frostbite, scurvy, mutiny, starvation, and, in some cases, possible cannibalism.
A Sunny Place for Shady People: How Malta Became One of the Most Curious and Corrupt Places in the World
Ryan Murdock. Trinity Univ, $29.95 (288p) ISBN 978-1-595-34294-2 A culture of lawlessness infects the Mediterranean island of Malta from high government offices to the lowliest villages, according to this furious exposé-cum-travelogue. Travel writer Murdock (Vagabond Dreams), who lived in Malta from 2011 to 2017, spotlights the 2017 car bombing there that killed his colleague Daphne Caruana Galizia after her muckraking journalism implicated then–prime minister Joseph Muscat in financial scandals.
Mothers of the Mind: The Remarkable Women Who Shaped Virginia Woolf, Agatha Christie, and Sylvia Plath
Rachel Trethewey. History, $36.99 (368p) ISBN 978-1-80399-189-4 Journalist Trethewey (The Churchill Sisters) presents a revealing examination of the complicated relationships three famed authors shared with their mothers. According to Trethewey, Virginia Woolf craved the approval of her mother, Julia Stephen, who was often distant but recognized her daughter’s talents from a young age. Stephen loomed large in the novelist’s psyche after her death when Woolf was 13, inspiring the character Mrs.
Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration
Harold Holzer. Dutton, $35 (464p) ISBN 978-0-451-48901-2 Historian Holzer (A Just and Generous Nation) offers an elegant examination of Abraham Lincoln’s political evolution on the contentious issue of immigration.
Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show
Tommy Tomlinson. Avid Reader, $28.99 (256p) ISBN 978-1-982149-32-1 In this offbeat report, memoirist Tomlinson (The Elephant in the Room) delves into the eccentricities of the dog show world.
Battle for the Bird: Jack Dorsey, Elon Musk, and the $44 Billion Fight for Twitter’s Soul
Kurt Wagner. Atria, $30 (320p) ISBN 978-1-66801-735-7 Bloomberg journalist Wagner debuts with a riveting account of how “hubris and resentment and naïveté” drove Elon Musk’s tumultuous 2022 takeover of Twitter. Musk’s many missteps are given their expected due, most notably his failure to rein in racist content on the platform, but it’s Wagner’s perceptive portrait of Twitter founder Jack Dorsey as an idealist stymied by the demands of capital that’s most revealing.
2024 Authors & Speakers
We have a remarkable roster of speakers who will join us for the 7th Annual Sonoma Valley Authors Festival. With More to come! Catch up on your reading with the 2024 Reading list. NOTE: Speakers are subject to change.
Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other
Danielle Dutton. Coffee House, $17.95 trade paper (176p) ISBN 978-1-56689-703-7 Dutton (SPRAWL), an English professor at Washington University in St. Louis, bounds across genres and artistic forms in these freewheeling meditations on art and literature. The “Prairie” section offers up uncanny fictional vignettes that contrast vivid descriptions of nature’s beauty with the unease of impending climate crisis. For instance, in “Nocturne,” a mother observes red clouds and “moon-faced flowers...
THE WIDE WIDE SEA
A juicy story with some truly crazy moments, yet Anderson's good heart shines through. The iconic model tells the story of her eventful life. According to the acknowledgments, this memoir started as "a fifty-page poem and then grew into hundreds of pages of…more poetry." Readers will be glad that Anderson eventually turned to writing prose, since the well-told anecdotes and memorable character sketches are what make it a page-turner.
Double Click: Twin Photographers in the Golden Age of Magazines
Carol Kino. Scribner, $29 (432p) ISBN 978-1-982113-04-9 Art critic Kino debuts with an engrossing dual biography of Frances and Kathryn McLaughlin (1919–2014), twins who worked as fashion photographers during the glamorous 1940s heyday of American magazines and beyond. After an aunt gave them a camera for their high school graduation, the sisters nurtured a love for photography and in 1940 began modeling for and publishing snapshots in College Bazaar, the junior offshoot of Harper’s Bazaar.
Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West
"Riveting . . . monumental . .. . Not only does Blood and Thunder capture a pivotal moment in U.S. history in marvelous detail, it is also authoritative and masterfully told." –The Washington Post Book World "Stunning. . . Both haunting and lyrical, Blood and Thunder is truly a masterpiece." –Los Angeles Times "We see a panorama and a whole history, intricately laced with wonder and meaning, coalesce into a story of epic proportions, a story full of authority and color, truth and prophecy . . .
Out West Books' staff recommended "Jim Beckwourth" and "Blood and Thunder."
As part of The Colorado Sun’s literature section — SunLit — we’re featuring staff picks from book stores across the state. >> Click here for more SunLit This week’s bookstore: Out West Books, 533 Main St., Grand Junction outwestbooks.co | @outwestbooks on Twitter, Instagram The Dominguez-Escalante Journal Edited by Ted J. Warner University of Utah Press $14.95 Dec.
The Polynesian 'Prince' Who Took 18th-Century England by Storm
Joshua Reynolds, Portrait of Omai, circa 1776 In the painting, we see a handsome, barefoot young man from the South Pacific, garbed in a flowing robe and standing before a tropical arcadian landscape. Seemingly in his early 20s, he is strapping but fine-boned, his copper skin seemingly illuminated from within. His head is wrapped in a white turban. His hands are ornately tattooed, and he has a confident, regal bearing.
We Had Marlon Brando’s Island Utopia to Ourselves
Mar 1, 2021 Contributing editor Hampton Sides most recently published On Desperate Ground. He’s working on a book about the final voyage of British navigator James Cook. In 1967, Marlon Brando bought a tiny atoll near Tahiti with the aim of preserving it as a tropical paradise. That effort continues, supported by a resort where Beyoncé, Obama, and other big shots chill next to a stunning private lagoon. Hampton Sides went there to meet with scientists and splash around an eco-fantasy island.
We Had Marlon Brando’s Island Utopia to Ourselves
“I’m not leaving you, Mr. Christian, not ever. Go to the dirtiest little corner of the world and I’ll be there, right behind you, with a rope in my hand.” —Mutiny on the Bounty, 1962 In the Tahitian language, Tetiaroa means “standing on the ocean horizon.” For centuries, families from the ruling clans of Tahiti came here to get away and relax, and sometimes to fatten up their soon to be married daughters.
The Best Books I Read in 2020
I considered breaking a multi-year tradition and not releasing a top book list this year. My book consumption was way down in 2020—it feels like a lost year in that regard—and I could not remember any book on my list that was worthy of a top choice. At least not until I looked, and then I found there were more than a few decent recommendations. Most were from the beginning of the year, which feels like a lifetime ago. Reading is one of the most important things to me.
Virtual Bookish Events for September 7-13, 2020
Please note: Due to the volume of events this week, some email providers may truncate this email. Please click through to the site to see the full list. The Weekly Virtual Bookish Events Newsletter is sent on Sundays and includes the events taking place the following Monday through Sunday. Events are separated into four categories: For Readers - Free For Writers - Free For Readers - Paid For Writers - Paid Don’t see your event?
Ghost Soldiers
In early January 1945, General Douglas MacArthur unleashed hell on the Philippines. The storming of the island of Luzon by U. S. forces was one of the largest land invasions of World War II. As MacArthur's troops advanced south toward Manila, Army officials learned that approximately five hundred American prisoners of war were still being held at a Japanese work camp in Cabanatuan in the central Luzon plain.
Two Writers Talking: Historical Adventures, Candice Millard & Hampton Sides
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Blood & Thunder An Epic of the American West by Hampton Sides
Synopses & Reviews A Magnificent History of How the West Was Really Won an Epic Tale of Shame and Glory. In the fall of 1846 the venerable Navajo warrior Narbona, greatest of his people's chieftains, looked down upon the small town of Santa Fe, the stronghold of the Mexican settlers he had been fighting his whole long life. He had come to see if the rumors were true if an army of blue-suited soldiers had swept in from the East and utterly defeated his ancestral enemies.
Douglas MacArthur Is One of America's Most Famous Generals. He's Also the Most Overrated
This Veteran’s Day, as we remember those men and women we’ve sent into battle, we should also take a moment to remember the fateful decisions, sometimes tragically bad ones, our commanders made that put our fighting forces directly and often needlessly in harm’s way. In that dubious department, few generals in modern history come close to Douglas MacArthur.
Why Douglas MacArthur Is America's Most Overrated General
This Veteran’s Day, as we remember those men and women we’ve sent into battle, we should also take a moment to remember the fateful decisions, sometimes tragically bad ones, our commanders made that put our fighting forces directly and often needlessly in harm’s way. In that dubious department, few generals in modern history come close to Douglas MacArthur.
The Survivors: The Men Who Brought 9/11 Home
When Ronnie Clifford first went to the psychologist in October 2001, he presented his case as an enormous engineering project. Here are the problems, he said, here are the elements and fractures and stresspoints: now put me back together again. Clifford used the metaphor deliberately, for he was trained as an architect and well-versed in the principles of structural engineering and computerized design. For decades, he had made his living understanding why buildings stand.
The Library | American Experience | PBS
The Library The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go. - Dr. Seuss We couldn’t have said it better ourselves. From ideas for films to deep research and daily inspiration, books are essential to our work at American Experience. So we’ve put together a collection of our most literary content, including interviews with our favorite authors, banned books, and the titles that influenced history’s most influential people.
The First to Die
The marine is immaculate. He stands at attention inside the embassy, with his polished sidearm glinting at his hip. He looks like a mannequin, a perfect toy soldier. Nothing is out of place. The high and tight buzz cut, the dress blues, the blood stripe, the white-white gloves, the green fourragre tassel, the white cap with its chin strap so firmly cinched it cuts a groove in his skin. The little boy stares up at the Marine as though he’s seen a ghost.
Hellhound On His Trail by Hampton Sides
READERS GUIDE The questions, discussion topics, and reading list that follow are intended to enhance your reading group’s discussion of Hellhound On His Trail. Introduction From the acclaimed bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers and Blood and Thunder, a taut, intense narrative about the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the largest manhunt in American history. On April 23, 1967, Prisoner #416J, an inmate at the notorious Missouri State Penitentiary, escaped in a breadbox.
King's Assassination: A Timeline | American Experience | PBS
Roads to Memphis | Timeline King's Assassination: A Timeline National Archives April 4, 1968 From Memphis, TN, television news broadcasts and a morning newspaper -- the Commercial Appeal, James Earl Ray discovers that Martin Luther King is staying at the Lorraine Motel, room 306. Ray, already in Memphis staying at The New Rebel Motel, discovers that Bessie Brewer's Rooming House is adjacent to the Lorraine Motel. He decides to change his location, and checks in to Bessie Brewers.
The Library | American Experience | PBS
The Library The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go. - Dr. Seuss We couldn’t have said it better ourselves. From ideas for films to deep research and daily inspiration, books are essential to our work at American Experience. So we’ve put together a collection of our most literary content, including interviews with our favorite authors, banned books, and the titles that influenced history’s most influential people.
Roads to Memphis: Chapter 1 | American Experience | PBS
Roads to Memphis | Chapter Roads to Memphis: Chapter 1 On April 4, 1968, James Earl Ray shot and killed Dr. Martin Luther King. This is the fateful narrative of the killer and his prey, set against the seething, turbulent forces in American society.
Roads to Memphis | American Experience | PBS
Man at Press Conference (Archival): At 3:48, Shelby County Sheriff's Department received into its custody James Earl Ray, the accused slayer of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dan Rather, Anchorman: The second before his arrest, James Earl Ray was the most wanted man in the United States. One of, if not the most wanted suspects in the world. John Campbell, Assistant District Attorney: This was like assassinating a president in some ways. King by '68 was the face of the civil rights movement.
Confessions of a Snowboard Dad
I remember the exact moment when I realized I'd finally lost my firstborn son to the clutches of the cult. It was in Whistler, British Columbia, four years ago, on a warm green day in July. I decided to take the lift up to the top of the mountain. My son McCall, then nine years old, was up there in the mists somewhere, on the Horstman Glacier, at a summer snowboarding camp. Like a good Presbyterian inspecting my investment, I decided I should go check out the scene. McCall is a natural snowboarder.
Holiday Happy Hour with Hampton!
Hometown favorite Hampton Sides will appear for a holiday meet and greet on Thursday, December 20 from 5 - 7 PM. This just so happens to coincide with Happy Hour at Libro. Grab a drink and find Hampton, who will sign and personalize his books as last-minute holiday gifts, including his latest, On Deperate Ground. If you can't make the event, we'd be happy to have your books signed for you to be picked up after the 20th. We'll even giftwrap them for you!
Book World: Top 10 books of 2018
Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger By Rebecca Traister (Simon & Schuster) The author of All the Single Ladies pays tribute to female rage with a look at the history of women who got things done by publicly expressing their indignation, from the suffragettes to the #MeToo activists who put Harvey Weinstein (among others) out of a job.
Wake-Up Call: Surviving an Attack by Flesh-Eating Bacteria
IT STARTED OUT as a funny little place on my right elbow, itchy and raw. I figured it was a bug bite and gave it no more thought. But the next day, I woke up with throbbing pain and curious-looking red streaks extending up and down my arm. A few hours later, my forearm had swelled hideously, and the skin had grown rigid and hot to the touch. I started to breathe uneasily. I felt dizzy and feverish, then collapsed half delirious on the floor.
Hora de lembrar a Guerra Esquecida
Embora mais de 320 mil norte-americanos tenham participado da Guerra da Coreia – dos quais mais de 33 mil morreram em combate –, ela ainda é a nossa Guerra Esquecida, considerada um fracasso na consciência histórica nacional. Talvez porque o conflito tenha terminado sem solução. Pouca coisa mudou no avanço das linhas de frente, ao longo do Paralelo 38. “Morremos por um impasse”, dizem muitas vezes os veteranos, e há algo profundamente insatisfatório nessa narrativa.
Remembering the Forgotten War
SANTA FE, N.M. — Although more than 320,000 Americans served in the Korean War — and more than 33,000 were killed in action — it is still our Forgotten War, a kind of also-ran in our historical consciousness. Perhaps it's because the war ended in stalemate. The closing battle lines were more or less where they started, along the 38th Parallel. “We died for a tie,” Korean War vets sometimes say, and there's something deeply unsatisfying about that narrative.
Opinion | Remembering the Forgotten War
Korean war veterans Stan Fuji and James Kaleohano stand by flag-draped transfer cases with the remains of American soldiers repatriated from North Korea during a ceremony in August at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Honolulu. SANTA FE, N.M. — Although more than 320,000 Americans served in the Korean War — and more than 33,000 were killed in action — it is still our Forgotten War, a kind of also-ran in our historical consciousness. Perhaps it’s because the war ended in stalemate.
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