The History Of The Rig

Author : Mike Heffernan
Publisher : Breakwater Books
ISBN 13 : 9781897174418
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rig written by Mike Heffernan and published by Breakwater Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early hours of February 15, 1982, tragedy struck the Ocean Ranger oil rig when it capsized and sank in a severe weather storm 170 nautical miles east of St. John's, Newfoundland. All of the eighty-four crewmen perished, including fifty-six men from the province. This was Canada's greatest maritime disaster since World War II. Rig is a powerful story filled with first-person accounts and previously unpublished photographs. In an intimate journey through grief and sadness, Rig searches for reconciliation among the victims' families and those who risked their own lives to help those on the Ocean Ranger.

Author : Edward K. Chatterton
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3861953129
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of the Rig written by Edward K. Chatterton and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2010 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, originally from 1912 deals with the history of the fore-and-aft-rig, which is the most common rig on larger sailing ships. The very detailed description explains in an unique manner the development of sail rigs from the beginning until today.

Author : Roger Levy
Publisher : Titan Books (US, CA)
ISBN 13 : 1785655647
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rig written by Roger Levy and published by Titan Books (US, CA). This book was released on 2018-05-22 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a desert planet, two boys meet, sparking a friendship that will change human society forever. On the windswept world of Bleak, a string of murders lead a writer to a story with unbelievable ramifications. One man survives the vicious attacks, but is left with a morbid fascination with death; the perfect candidate for the perilous job of working on a rig. Welcome to the System. Here the concept of a god has been abandoned, and a new faith pervades: AfterLife, a social media platform that allows subscribers a chance at resurrection, based on the votes of other users. So many Lives, forever interlinked, and one structure at the centre of it all: the rig.

Author : Joe Ducie
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0544503112
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rig written by Joe Ducie and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2015 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this action-packed fantastically-imagined thriller, fifteen-year-old Will Drake has made a career of breaking out from high-security prisons. His talents have landed him at the Rig, a specialist juvenile holding facility in the middle of the Arctic Ocean. No one can escape from the Rig. But Will Drake likes a challenge . . .

Author : Shrikant G. Talageri
Publisher : Aditya Prakashan, Publishers & Booksellers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rigveda written by Shrikant G. Talageri and published by Aditya Prakashan, Publishers & Booksellers. This book was released on 2000 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the present volume,the author has confirmed emphatically that India was also the original homeland not only of the Indo-Aryans but also of the Indo-Iranians and the Indo-Europeans.

Author : Steve Viscelli
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520962710
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Big Rig written by Steve Viscelli and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long-haul trucks have been described as sweatshops on wheels. The typical long-haul trucker works the equivalent of two full-time jobs, often for little more than minimum wage. But it wasn’t always this way. Trucking used to be one of the best working-class jobs in the United States. The Big Rig explains how this massive degradation in the quality of work has occurred, and how companies achieve a compliant and dedicated workforce despite it. Drawing on more than 100 in-depth interviews and years of extensive observation, including six months training and working as a long-haul trucker, Viscelli explains in detail how labor is recruited, trained, and used in the industry. He then shows how inexperienced workers are convinced to lease a truck and to work as independent contractors. He explains how deregulation and collective action by employers transformed trucking’s labor markets--once dominated by the largest and most powerful union in US history--into an important example of the costs of contemporary labor markets for workers and the general public.

Author : Edward Parmelee Morris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fore-and-aft Rig in America written by Edward Parmelee Morris and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Cliff Patton
Publisher : Zebra Books
ISBN 13 : 9780890838655
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ghost Rig written by Cliff Patton and published by Zebra Books. This book was released on 1981-11 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bonar Alexander Gow
Publisher : University of Calgary Press
ISBN 13 : 155238067X
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Roughnecks, Rock Bits and Rigs written by Bonar Alexander Gow and published by University of Calgary Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive study of the evolution of the component aspects of drilling technology in Alberta, from the evolution of power sources and drill bit designs to the composition of drilling muds and the use of fishing tools. Included are explanations of the costs and risks of oil well drilling and of the larger issue of industrial technology -- how it evolves and under what conditions. The author draws extensively from original source material such as interviews, photographs, and appendices from both the Glenbow Archives and the Devon-Leduc Petroleum Hall of Fame and Interpretive Ce.

Author : H.G. Hasler
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408127091
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Practical Junk Rig written by H.G. Hasler and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-07-29 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This encyclopaedic volume synthesises 25 years of research and development of this unique rig as adapted to western craft. It is a work which has been welcomed by the growing number of yachtsmen and designers throughout the world who already enjoy the benefits of junk rig or who wish to do so. Now in paperback for the first time, Practical Junk Rig examines the design and aerodynamic theory behind junk rigs and discusses how best to sail them. It outlines the rig in detail, the principles that underlie it, considers possible alternative shapes and arrangements and analyses performance, all assisted by a wealth of detailed line illustrations. 'There is no better or more compehensive work on the subject available... it should be considered THE handbook on junk rigs for anyone interested in the subject' Sailing 'I cannot recommend this book too highly' Classic Boat