Final Voyage

2001-04 Fiction

Author : Ray Funderburk
Release : 2001-04
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 059/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Final Voyage written by Ray Funderburk. This book was released on 2001-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Eternity is a Swiss death ship. It ventures into international waters to offer its passengers, each of whom is terminally ill, a quiet, peaceful death for a fee of $25,000. Young Robert Hoskins, fresh out of medical school and broke, signs on to be a ship's doctor. He is appalled with what is happening and becomes emotionally involved with his dying patients. The ship's director, Heinrich Hauser, is a stern, militaristic Swiss manager who demands that Hoskins kill, not save, his patients. Hoskins openly defies the system and is terminated. The young doctor is determined to get revenge. He learns Hauser is selling organs taken from patients. He tells the media, and the organ sales scam becomes an international incident. Action and excitement escalates as Hauser goes berserk and tries to kill Hoskins. The ship steams out of control as the crew and passengers hide. Several are shot and killed and US Navy Seals are brought aboard to help quell the rampage.

Captain Cook's Final Voyage

2017 Biography & Autobiography

Author : James K. Barnett
Release : 2017
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 576/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Captain Cook's Final Voyage written by James K. Barnett. This book was released on 2017. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maritime historian James K. Barnett discovered extraordinary journals and paintings of Captain James Cook's demanding final voyage languishing in Australian archives. Expedition artist John Webber and two young officers"Discovery" first lieutenant James Burney, and "Resolution" Master's Mate Henry Roberts--offer remarkable eyewitness accounts of initial European contact, the first reasonably accurate maps of North America's west coast, the earliest comprehensive report from the Bering Sea ice pack, and portrayals of the celebrated mariner's dramatic death at Kealakekua Bay. Particularly astonishing for depictions of landings along Hawaii, Vancouver Island, and Alaska, Barnett adds context and commentary to complete the story.

Final Voyage

2009 History

Author : Peter Nichols
Release : 2009
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 021/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Final Voyage written by Peter Nichols. This book was released on 2009. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1871, an entire fleet of whaling ships was caught in an Arctic ice storm and destroyed. Though few lives were lost, the damage would forever shape one of America's most distinctive commodities: oil.

Columbia

2006-06-23 Science

Author : Philip Chien
Release : 2006-06-23
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 49X/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Columbia written by Philip Chien. This book was released on 2006-06-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In ‘Columbia: Final Voyage’ aerospace writer Philip Chien, who has over 20 years’ experience covering the US space program, provides a unique insight into the crew members who lost their lives in the Columbia disaster. Chien interviewed all seven crew members several times and got to know them as individuals. He reviews in detail their training, their scientific work and other activities during their successful 16-day flight, the background of the accident itself and a detailed first-hand account of what happened that fateful day in February 2003. The author provides a comprehensive and personal look at both the Columbia astronauts and the STS-107 mission, together with a behind-the-scenes account of other people involved in the mission and their personal reactions to the accident. Forward by Jonathan B. Clark, widower of Columbia astronaut Laurel Clark Introduction by Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin

Challenger

1988 Juvenile Nonfiction

Author : Richard S. Lewis
Release : 1988
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Book Rating : 903/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Challenger written by Richard S. Lewis. This book was released on 1988. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reexamines the Challenger tragedy, discusses the causes of the crash, and looks at questions about the shuttle program's future

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