Bøger om Oceaner og havområder

This book explores environmental citizenship and civil society responses to environmental challenges in the Indian Ocean region.

This book examines the security dynamics of the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific, concentrating upon an analysis and evaluation of the air power capabilities of the various powers active in the two regions.

In recent decades, the vast and culturally diverse Indian Ocean region has increasingly attracted the attention of anthropologists, historians, political scientists, sociologists, and other researchers. Largely missing from this growing body of scholarship, however, are significant contributions by archaeologists and consciously interdisciplinary approaches to studying the region¿s past and present. Connecting Continents addresses two important issues: how best to promote collaborative research on the Indian Ocean world, and how to shape the research agenda for a region that has only recently begun to attract serious interest from historical archaeologists. The archaeologists, historians, and other scholars who have contributed to this volume tackle important topics such as the nature and dynamics of migration, colonization, and cultural syncretism that are central to understanding the human experience in the Indian Ocean basin. This groundbreaking work also deepens our understanding of topics of increasing scholarly and popular interest, such as the ways in which people construct and understand their heritage and can make use of exciting new technologies like DNA and environmental analysis. Because it adopts such an explicitly comparative approach to the Indian Ocean, Connecting Continents provides a compelling model for multidisciplinary approaches to studying other parts of the globe.Contributors: Richard B. Allen, Edward A. Alpers, Atholl Anderson, Nicole Boivin, Diego Calaon, Aaron Camens, Saša ¿aval, Geoffrey Clark, Alison Crowther, Corinne Forest, Simon Haberle, Diana Heise, Mark Horton, Paul Lane, Martin Mhando, and Alistair Patterson.

Kilometerlange Sandstrände ziehen sich bis zum Horizont, weite heidebewachsene Dünenfelder fließen in sanften Wellen um Sie herum, märchenhaft-romantische Wälder - an Ronja Räubertochter erinnernd - umgarnen Sie, hohe Sanddünen wandern durch Ihr Blickfeld und weißschillernde Möwen segeln durch die Lüfte über Ihnen. Auf den über 800 Radkilometern durch die vielgestaltige dänische Küstenlandschaft von Nordsee, Skagerrak und Kattegat genießen Sie mal ungebändigte, mal liebliche Natur und lassen sich stets eine erfrischende Meeresbrise um die Nase wehen. Außerodentliche Naturerlebnisse prägen die Reise, doch auf Kultur muss keineswegs verzichtet werden. Das Stadtbild des ehemaligen Bischofssitzes Ribe wird Sie begeistern, Esbjerg zeigt sich als moderne Hafenstadt und Frederikshavn präsentiert sich als pulsierendes Zentrum des Nordens. Obendrein laden zahlreiche kleine Städtchen und verträumte Fischerdörfer zur Rast und zur Stärkung mit frischem Fisch ein. Und selbstverständlich darf auch ein Bad an einem der vielen traumhaften Strände inmitten der mannigfaltigen Vogelwelt nicht fehlen.

Rare first-hand account of USS Atlanta's war--including the battles of Midway, Eastern Solomons, Santa Cruz and Guadalcanal, where the ship was sunk.

The story of how Bernhard Sindberg single-handedly saved thousands of civilians during the Japanese orgy of violence in the Chinese capital in late 1937 and early 1938.

In this picture book featuring Coast Salish art and Traditional Storytelling techniques, a wood duck and a crow turn a mistake into an opportunity for friendship and growth.

From New York Times bestselling author Dan Hampton comes the gripping, untold story of a secret mission set during the darkest days of the Second World War.After the devastating Pearl Harbor attacks in the spring of 1942, the United States was determined to show the world that the Axis was not invincible. Their bold plan? Bomb Tokyo. On April 18, 1942, sixteen B-25s, known as the Doolittle Raiders, hit targets across Japan before escaping to China.The eighth plane, however, did not return with the rest of the raiders.Instead, Plane 8's pilots, Captain Edward "Ski" York and Lieutenant Bob Emmens, did not attack Tokyo, but headed across Japan to the Soviet Union, supposedly due to low fuel. Yet, this bomber was the only plane on the mission with maps of the Soviet Union aboard. And why did Plane 8's flight plans, recently discovered in the Japanese Imperial Archives, show them nowhere near their target? The facts have long indicated that bombing Tokyo was merely a cover for Plane 8's real mission, but what was their secret objective? No one, aside from the two pilots and whomever sent them on this mission, truly knew why they were there, nor has the reason ever been revealed.Until now.In Vanishing Act, for the first time, retired fighter pilot Dan Hampton definitively solves the final mystery of the Doolittle Raid, including never-before-published documents and photographs in exclusive collaboration with Japanese researchers and the Raiders' descendants.

Originally published in 1879, this book is a guide to the city of Savannah, Georgia and the surrounding region. It includes descriptions of local landmarks, historical sites, and cultural institutions, as well as practical information for travelers. With its evocative prose and detailed illustrations, it offers a fascinating glimpse into a bygone era.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.