Blake & Mortimer - The Last Swordfish - Volume 28

Blake & Mortimer - The Last Swordfish - Volume 28
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Publisher : Cinebook
Total Pages : 74
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ISBN-10 : 9781800449305
ISBN-13 : 1800449305
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis Blake & Mortimer - The Last Swordfish - Volume 28 by : Jean Van Hamme

Several months after the end of the Third World War – won thanks to the Swordfishes, the formidable jet bombers designed by Professor Mortimer – England is dismantling its base in the Makran, from which the final counter-attack was launched, and where the surviving airplanes are still kept. But in the shadows, devious schemes are being hatched, and while Mortimer is busy preparing his Swordfishes for repatriation, Blake is in Ireland, where rumour has it the IRA has some sinister plans – and even worse allies ...

The Last Swordfish

The Last Swordfish
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 72
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ISBN-10 : 1800440499
ISBN-13 : 9781800440494
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis The Last Swordfish by : Jean Van Hamme

A renowned physicist and the head of MI5 battle threats to the Empire and solve extraordinary mysteries across the globe. The 28th adventure of Blake & Mortimer, the most distinguished duo of gentlemen-adventurers!

Blake & Mortimer - Volume 17 - The Secret of the Sworfish (Part 3)

Blake & Mortimer - Volume 17 - The Secret of the Sworfish (Part 3)
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Publisher : Cinebook
Total Pages : 63
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ISBN-10 : 9781849187787
ISBN-13 : 1849187789
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis Blake & Mortimer - Volume 17 - The Secret of the Sworfish (Part 3) by : Edgar P. Jacobs

The captain and the professor have finally made it to the secret base with the Swordfish blueprints, and construction has begun on the extraordinary machines. Olrik hasn’t had his last word, though, and he is ready to take tremendous risks to locate the world’s last bastion of resistance and freedom. A race against time is on between Imperial forces on one side and Mortimer’s teams of engineers on the other... The fate of civilisation is at stake.

The Last Fish Swimming

The Last Fish Swimming
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 154
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ISBN-10 : 9798216108993
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Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis The Last Fish Swimming by : Gohar A. Petrossian

This book examines the global, local, and specific environmental factors that facilitate illegal fishing and proposes effective ways to reduce the opportunities and incentives that threaten the existence of the world's fish. Humans are deeply dependent on fishing—globally, fish comprise 15 percent of the protein intake for approximately 3 billion people, and 8 percent of the global population depends on the fishing industry as their livelihood. The global fishing industry is plagued by illegal fishing, however, and many highly commercial species, such as cod, tuna, orange roughy, and swordfish, are extremely vulnerable. Through criminological analysis, The Last Fish Swimming emphasizes the importance of looking at specific environmental factors that make illegal fishing possible. It examines such factors as proximity to known ports where illegally caught fish can be landed without inspection (i.e., ports of convenience), fisheries monitoring, control and surveillance efforts, formal surveillance, and resource attractiveness in 53 countries that altogether represent 96 percent of the world's fish catch. The book calls upon the global community to address the illegal depletion of the world's fish stock and other similar threats to the world's food supply and natural environment in order to ensure the sustainability of the planet's fish and continuation of the legal fishing industry for generations to come.

My Calabria: Rustic Family Cooking from Italy's Undiscovered South

My Calabria: Rustic Family Cooking from Italy's Undiscovered South
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 417
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ISBN-10 : 9780393065169
ISBN-13 : 0393065162
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis My Calabria: Rustic Family Cooking from Italy's Undiscovered South by : Rosetta Costantino

The first cookbook from this little-known region of Italy celebrates the richness of the region's landscape and the allure of its cuisine, featuring recipes for easily accessible, fresh-from-the-garden Italian food from a Calabrian native.

The Swordfish and the Star

The Swordfish and the Star
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 220
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ISBN-10 : 9781473521704
ISBN-13 : 147352170X
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis The Swordfish and the Star by : Gavin Knight

The Penwith Peninsula in Cornwall is where the land ends. In The Swordfish and the Star Gavin Knight takes us into this huddle of grey roofs at the edge of the sea at the beginning of the twenty-first century. He catches the stories of a whole community, but especially those still working this last frontier: the Cornish fishermen. These are the dreamers and fighters who every day prepare for battle with the vast grey Atlantic. Cornwall and its seas are brought to life, mixing drinking and drugs and sea spray, moonlit beaches and shattering storms, myth and urban myth. The result is an arresting tapestry of a place we thought we knew; the precarious reality of life in Cornwall today emerges from behind our idyllic holiday snaps and picture postcards. Even the quaint fishermen’s pubs on the quay at Newlyn, including the Swordfish and its neighbour the Star, turn out to be places where squalls can blow up, and down again, in an instant. Based on immersive research and rich with the voices of a cast of remarkable characters, this is an eye-opening, dramatic, poignant account of life on Britain’s most dangerous stretch of coast. Praise for Hood Rat 'A gripping novelistic immersion' Louis Theroux 'A must-read' Owen Jones 'Britain's Gomorrah' Independent

Swordfish

Swordfish
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 290
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ISBN-10 : 9780226922904
ISBN-13 : 0226922901
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis Swordfish by : Richard Ellis

Provides a comprehensive history of the swordfish, from prehistoric fossils to its present-day endangerment, and describes its adaptability and its relationship with humans.

In Pursuit of Giants

In Pursuit of Giants
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Publisher : Brandeis University Press
Total Pages : 370
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ISBN-10 : 9781512600674
ISBN-13 : 1512600679
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Synopsis In Pursuit of Giants by : Matt Rigney

A lyrical and passionate call to arms to save the world's great fish

The Founding Fish

The Founding Fish
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Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages : 370
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ISBN-10 : 9780374706340
ISBN-13 : 0374706344
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis The Founding Fish by : John McPhee

John McPhee's twenty-sixth book is a braid of personal history, natural history, and American history, in descending order of volume. Each spring, American shad-Alosa sapidissima-leave the ocean in hundreds of thousands and run heroic distances upriver to spawn. McPhee--a shad fisherman himself--recounts the shad's cameo role in the lives of George Washington and Henry David Thoreau. He fishes with and visits the laboratories of famous ichthyologists; he takes instruction in the making of shad darts from a master of the art; and he cooks shad in a variety of ways, delectably explained at the end of the book. Mostly, though, he goes fishing for shad in various North American rivers, and he "fishes the same way he writes books, avidly and intensely. He wants to know everything about the fish he's after--its history, its habits, its place in the cosmos" (Bill Pride, The Denver Post). His adventures in pursuit of shad occasion the kind of writing--expert and ardent--at which he has no equal.

The Last Storytellers

The Last Storytellers
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 254
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ISBN-10 : 9780857720153
ISBN-13 : 0857720155
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis The Last Storytellers by : Richard Hamilton

Marrakech is the heart and lifeblood of Morocco's ancient storytelling tradition. For nearly a thousand years, storytellers have gathered in the Jemaa el Fna, the legendary square of the city, to recount ancient folktales and fables to rapt audiences. But this unique chain of oral tradition that has passed seamlessly from generation to generation is teetering on the brink of extinction. The competing distractions of television, movies and the internet have drawn the crowds away from the storytellers and few have the desire to learn the stories and continue their legacy. Richard Hamilton has witnessed at first hand the death throes of this rich and captivating tradition and, in the labyrinth of the Marrakech medina, has tracked down the last few remaining storytellers, recording stories that are replete with the mysteries and beauty of the Maghreb.