Pacific Settlement - A discussion on the Western and Eastern Settlement theories in the Pacific Ocean. Considers sea level change as a major factor in determining ease of settlement for the western... More > and Polynesian area of the Pacific. Suit students looking for a research idea or school report.< Less
The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean (1858) is a novel written by Scottish juvenile fiction author R. M. Ballantyne at the height of the British Empire. The story relates the adventures of... More > three boys marooned on a South Pacific island, the only survivors of a shipwreck. The book first went on sale late in 1857, and since then has never been out of print.
A typical Robinsonade – a genre of fiction inspired by Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe – and one of the most popular of its type, the novel is best remembered today as having been the inspiration for William Golding's dystopian The Lord of the Flies (1954). The Coral Island was voted one of the top-twenty Scottish novels at the 15th International World Wide Web Conference held in 2006.< Less
A ripping’ yarn from beginning to end, told by a master story teller. Ralph Rover a young boy goes to sea, faces adversity meets pirates, has adventures explores the coral seas and returns home... More > a wiser better man. This is the stuff of a boys own adventure.< Less
A ripping’ yarn from beginning to end, told by a master story teller. Ralph Rover a young boy goes to sea, faces adversity meets pirates, has adventures explores the coral seas and returns home... More > a wiser better man. This is the stuff of a boys own adventure.< Less
A 14 month wall calendar for 2013, featuring 15 vibrant Pacific sunsets from along the coast of California. Sandy beaches, rocky coastlines, and orange and purple skies make this calendar a warm and... More > inviting addition to any work-space or home.< Less
The Pacific Northwest is a region of great diversity and ecological beauty. From the Temperate Rain Forests to the Columbia River Gorge, and the Pacific Ocean to the Painted Hills of Eastern Oregon,... More > there is something for everyone to stand in awe over.< Less
“Where I’m from, I had a posse. My girls
would do anything I wanted - fight, have sex,
get high, vomit to stay skinny. I told my best
friend her butt was too big. She quit eating
and... More > went down to eighty pounds. Then she
burned herself alive.”
This is the story of one runaway girl's attempt
to reclaim the soul she lost to image
advertising. Her heroic journey spans the
country and her culture, from the glitzy malls
of Dallas to an isolated fishing village, the
story of a girl trying to go home, a place she’s
never been.
She found herself in Pacific City.< Less
“Where I’m from, I had a posse. My girls
would do anything I wanted - fight, have sex,
get high, vomit to stay skinny. I told my best
friend her butt was too big. She quit eating
and... More > went down to eighty pounds. Then she
burned herself alive.”
This is the story of one runaway girl's attempt
to reclaim the soul she lost to image
advertising. Her heroic journey spans the
country and her culture, from the glitzy malls
of Dallas to an isolated fishing village, the
story of a girl trying to go home, a place she’s
never been.
She found herself in Pacific City.< Less
A storm sweeps through the world’s most cherished charity, The Salvation Army. Born amid the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean and raised in Honolulu, Douglas MacArthur Kimuri emerges as the... More > agent of change that reshapes this revered Army into changes long overdue. And, like the storms of nature that appear to wreak destruction on long standing structures while making possible new life and growth, he brings a fresh breeze of dramatic change and hope for new life.< Less
