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Before the Wind: True Stories About Sailing

6 reviews
David Gowdey

International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 1994

A Nice Collection of Sailing Stories
The author David Gowdey presents a 282 page collection of 25 sailing stories, weather guides, interviews, and poems - all of interest to sailors or people wishing to read about sailing. The stories are not really related to one another and as such this is not a compendium of stories that teach you how to sail or to be a better sailor. Rather it is a loose collection of interesting short stories ...

My World Is Not of This Kingdom

2 reviews
Joao de Melo

Aliform Publishing, 2003

Emotionally wrenching but very highly recommended
Flawlessly translated from the original Portuguese by Gregory Rabassa, My World Is Not Of This Kingdom is a major literary work by Joao de Melo that revolves around the history of a village in the Azores in which nigh-mythical figures live such as Sara the Saint, Cadete the Healer, Barbaro the Pilgrim, and others. Shock, emotion, the press of ruling authority, and harsh choices that divide make ...

Conflicting Missions: Havana, Washington, and Africa, 1959-1976

15 reviews
Piero Gleijeses

The University of North Carolina Press, 2003

An important contribution to Cold War History
CONFLICTING MISSIONS is a brilliant, impressive, and important book. It not only teaches us about the dramatic differences between US and Cuban policies in Africa during the Cold War (until 1976), but it also stretches our minds to see the Cold War "from below." Virtually all Cold War history has been written from the US (or Western)perspective, based on US archives. Gleijeses is the only ...

Azores, 3rd: The Bradt Travel Guide

2 reviews
David Sayers

Bradt Travel Guides, 2006

Excellent reference book on Azores
My wife and inlaws are natives of Pico, Azores and I purchased this book as reference material for a upcoming family trip to Pico. We all found valuable information in the book and my inlaws even learned a few things they didn't know about their homeland. Well worth the money. Strongly recommend buying the Azores road map too.

Azores (Country Road & Touring)

2 reviews
Freytag-Berndt

Freytag-Berndt, 1999

Great map, don't leave home without it
I purchased this map along with the Brandt travel book on Azores. Together they make a great combination. The map is very detailed and easy to read. Only drawback is size once unfolded. I actually wish this came as 2 separate maps so the overall size would be smaller.

The Azores Travel Pack (Globetrotter Travel Packs)
Terry Marsh

Globetrotter, 2008

The highly successful "Globetrotter Travel Series", which includes Travel Guides, Travel Maps, Road Atlases, Best Of Pocket Guides and In Your Pocket Language Guides, presently covers more than 90 destinations worldwide. The Packs are excellent value, including both a guidebook and softcover version of the foldout Globetrotter map of the region, in a printed plastic wallet.The handy pocket-size guide is packed with useful information, tips and ...

Portugal (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

10 reviews
DK Publishing

DK Travel, 2003

Portugal Resource Guide
This travel book was great when traveling throughout Portugal. Had lots of information on what to do and see. The pictures are great.

Operation Alacrity: The Azores and the War in the Atlantic

1 review
Norman Herz

US Naval Institute Press, 2003

Un aspect peu connu de la Seconde Guerre Mondiale
Ce livre traite du rôle des Açores dans la Seconde Guerre Mondiale et aborde des aspects peu connus : on apprend que les Allemands avaient des projets quelque peu utopiques, tels qu'occuper les Açores pour pouvoir y faire décoller leurs bombardiers vers la côte Est des USA (le projet Amerika), on y apprend aussi l'intérêt des Anglo-Américains pour ces îles qui, il ne faut pas l'oublier, ...

Natural History of the Azores, or Western Islands
Frederick Du Cane Godman

Adamant Media Corporation, 2001

This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1870 edition by John van Voorst, London.

Azores, 2nd: The Bradt Travel Guide

1 review
David Sayers

Bradt Travel Guides, 2004

Great, only Guide
Nothing about the Azores islands is what you would expect. They exist in the middle of the Atlantic where there should be no land. Their culture is European, the flora Asian, the terrain a wild meeting of volcano and sea. And, in the midst of these nine Portuguese islands, one finds a common volcanic past, and very little in common. This is the perfect guide, it has all the info you need. Fist, ...

Twice Round the Loggerhead: The Culture of Whaling in the Azores

1 review
Lance R. Lee, Bruce Halabisky

Leetes Island Books, 2000

Written by the "Hand of God"!
It takes consideration of both Predator *and* Prey to understand the drama inherent in a natural Life. This well-written (in English!) and beautifully illustrated book, "Twice Round the Loggerhead" makes an excellent effort to bring those elements to the reader, using Azorean shore whaling as elements. This book is a treat for those interested in maritime history, wooden boatbuilding (at ...

Wanda and the Wild Hair

1 review
Barbara Azore

Tundra Books, 2005

For the enjoyment of preschool children ages 3 to 6
Marvelously and energetically illustrated in full color by Georgia Graham, Wanda And The Wild Hair is the debut picturebook story of Barbara Azore for the enjoyment of preschool children ages 3 to 6. Wanda And The Wild Hair is about a young girl who loves the wild look of her hair dearly, even though her mother nags her to wash it and her teacher threatens to have the principal cut it off. A ...

A Cow for the Holy Spirit, An Immigrant's Journey: The Azores to California

1 review
Rose Silva King

Portuguese Heritage Publications, 2006

helen
"The universe is made of stories, not atoms." - Muriel Rukeyser. This book's beautiful and well chosen cover immediately caught my attention as did the title. After opening the book and reading the quote in the preface and the dedication I knew this was the story for me. Jose Luis da Silva's description on the back cover gives a good overview of the story. Although written from an ...

Foods of the Azores Islands

3 reviews
Deolinda Maria Avila

Avila, 1977

Yummy!
My husband's family is from the Azores and gave us this book when we got married! I highly recommend it.

Cuisines of Portuguese Encounters: Recipes from Angola, Azores, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Goa, ...

13 reviews
Cherie Hamilton

Hippocrene Books, 2001

Around the world in your kitchen
I bought this book out of curiosity and I am glad I bought it. It's the sheer variety of food, cuisine styles, ingredients. They come from all continents and latitudes. Most ingredients are easily available from large supermarkets or specialist shops. There is a list of mail-order sources, but they are in the United States. The glossary helps in more than one way. I couldn't find morcela but the ...

A Barrelful of Memories - Stories of My Azorean Family

1 review

Portuguese Heritage Publications of California, Inc., 2005

A Barrelful of Memories
This is a must read book for anyone of Portuguese heritage as well as anyone interested in the challenges immigrants faced here in the U. S. at the turn of the century. It is more than just a book it's an experience. The reader starts to feel that they are part of this wonderful family. This is an award winning story.

Atlantic Islands : Canaries,Maderia,Azores,Cape Verde
RCC Pilotage Foundation

Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson Ltd, 2004

Atlantic Islands is the only serious guide to the Canaries, Maderia, The Azores and Cape Verde. A hard cover guide in full color, it is the essential companion for yachts making the Atlantic passage.

Capelinhos: A Volcano of Synergies - Azorean Emigration to America
Coordinator Tony Goulart

Portuguese Heritage Publications of California, Inc., 2008

A 482 page luxury edition, hard cover, full color, in a 9 x 12-inch format. Also includes an edited video clip of the Capelinhos volcano eruptions filmed by António Furtado in 1957-58 and narrated in Portuguese and English, provided on a DVD inside the back cover. Features photographs of the violent eruption taken by San Jose photographer Manuel Cristiano. Book Coordinator Tony Goulart. Many Authors and Contributors are listed in the book. In ...

Field Guide to the Birds of the Atlantic Islands (Helm Field Guides)

2 reviews
Tony Clarke

A&C Black, 2006

Excellent field guide to lesser known islands
Basics: 2006, 1st edition, softcover, 300 pages, 69 color plates, 100+ b&w illustrations, 500 species, no range maps First, to clarify the geography of this book: Only the four northern Atlantic island chains known collectively as Macaronesia (not Macro or Micro) are covered by this book. These are the Canary, Madeira, Azores, and Cape Verde Islands in the eastern Atlantic which range ...

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