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Tag Archives: Publisher
On the chilly Sunday morning of the 14th of November,1909, a 65-year-old experienced sailor and world famous author, Joshua Slocum, began his last journey. On that morning, in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, Joshua Slocum cast off the dock lines of his 37 foot wooden sloop, “Spray,” as he had hundreds of times. As usual, he was Continue Reading »
October 5, 2017, by Publisher | No Comments
Tags: Amazon River, Andre Stojka, audiobook, Bermuda Triangle, Hettie Slocum, Joshua Slocum, Key West, Listen To Read Audiobooks, Listen2 Read, Martha’s Vineyard, Miami Florida, Orinoco, Publisher, Rio Negro, the “Spray”, “Aquidneck”, “Northern Light”, “Sailing Alone Around The World”, “Voyage of the Destroyer”, “Voyage of the Liberdade”, ” The Author Who Disappeared”
151 years ago this month, a vicious, violent attack on the United Stated government took place: President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. But there was a second assassination attempt that dreadful evening, which fewer people know about. It was aimed at Secretary of State William H. Seward and it was witnessed by his terrified daughter. Continue Reading »
April 6, 2016, by Publisher | No Comments
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Andre F Stojka, April 14 1865, Assassination, audiobook, Augustus Seward, Belgium, Bowie knife, Charles Augustus Leale, Confederate, Fanny Seward, Ford’s Theatre, France, Frederick Seward, George F. Robinson, John Wilkes Booth, Lewis Powell, Listen2Read, Mary Todd Lincoln, Pakistan, President, Publisher, Reconstruction, Secretary of State, South, Syracuse University Press, Trudy Krisher, United States, Violent attacks, Washington D.C., William H Seward, “Fanny Seward: A Life”, “Lincoln’s Last Hours”, “Our American Cousin”
The brutal murder of the earth’s whale population for many years has had animal rights activists up in arms. Today, most countries have agreed to stop the atrocious killing. Japan, Norway and Iceland are the only three countries which sanction whale hunting. According to the Whale and Dolphin Conservation, these three countries kill 2000 whales Continue Reading »
July 15, 2015, by Publisher | No Comments
Tags: American Adventure Library, American Whaleship, Andre Stojka, Antarctica, audio book, Australia, beluga caviar, blubber, Charles Homans, environmental crime, First Mate, five year Soviet economic plan, Herman Melville, Humpback Whales, Iceland, International Whaling Commission, Japan, killing whales, Listen to Read, Listen2Read, Media and Public Policy, Miller-McCune Center for Research, Monster whale, Narrative of the Most Extraordinary And Distressing Shipwreck of the Whaleship Essex, New York Times, New Zealand, Nippon Research Center, Norway, Odessa, Owen Chase, Pacific Ocean, Petroleum, Publisher, Sovetkaya Rossiya, Soviet Union, Soviet Whalers, sturgeon, The Pacific Standard, Ukraine, Whale meat, whale oil, Whales, whaleship Essex, World War II, “Moby Dick”
The popularity of the Grand Canyon was partially created by a copper mine. It was called the Anita Mine. It was located about 15 miles from the Grand Canyon South Rim and was small but profitable. However, it was difficult to ship the ore from the mine to where it could be processed. Continue Reading »
August 22, 2014, by Publisher | No Comments
Tags: Andre Stojka, Anita Mine, Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railroad, audio book, Bucky O’Neill, Colorado River, copper mine, El Tovar Hotel, Fred Harvey Company, Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon Confluence, Grand Canyon Skywalk, Grand Canyon South Rim, Hopi People, John Wesley Powell, Listen2Read, Little Colorado River, Navajo, new development, new projects outside the park, Publisher, R. Lamar Whitmer, Save The Confluence, The Confluence, The Grand Canyon Escalade, Theodore Roosevelt, Tourists, Williams Arizona, Zuni People, “The Exploration of the Colorado River and It’s Canyons”
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