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Ride the Giant Waves with Garrett McNamara

Ride the Giant Waves with Garrett McNamara

Carol Parenzan Smalley

Garrett McNamara, or G-Mac, dreams of being the first to ride a 100-foot wave.
Hound of the Sea: Wild Man. Wild Waves. Wild Wisdom.

Hound of the Sea: Wild Man. Wild Waves. Wild Wisdom.

Garrett McNamara

Hound of the Sea is a record of perseverance, passion, and healing. Thoughtful, suspenseful, and spiritually profound, McNamara reveals the beautiful soul of surfing through the eyes of one of its most daring and devoted disciples.
Hound of the Sea: Wild Man. Wild Waves. Wild Wisdom.

Hound of the Sea: Wild Man. Wild Waves. Wild Wisdom.

Garrett McNamara

Hound of the Sea is a record of perseverance, passion, and healing. Thoughtful, suspenseful, and spiritually profound, McNamara reveals the beautiful soul of surfing through the eyes of one of its most daring and devoted disciples.
Robert McNamara's Other War: The World Bank and ...

Robert McNamara's Other War: The World Bank and ...

Patrick Allan Sharma

G. H. R. to Robert McNamara, February 1975, I:20, Robert S. McNamara Papers, LOC. 117. Shaun Farragher to Robert McNamara, September 28, 1977, I:20, Robert S. McNamara Papers, LOC. 118. Blaxall, interview with author. 119. Shapley ...
Xmas Carol

Xmas Carol

K.James Carters

Garrett: Tomas: Garrett: Tomas: Tracey: Garrett: Tomas: Tracey: Garrett: Tomas: Garrett: Tomas: Tracey: Garrett: Tomas: Garrett: Tracey: I would watch your lip. I don't remember many others offering you work when you came to my door asking  ...
The 1964 Election and Its Aftermath: from In Retrospect

The 1964 Election and Its Aftermath: from In Retrospect

Robert Mcnamara

This is what Robert McNamara does in this brave, honest, honorable, and altogether compelling book."—Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Written twenty years after the end of the Vietnam War, former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's ...
In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam

In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam

Robert Mcnamara

This is what Robert McNamara does in this brave, honest, honorable, and altogether compelling book."—Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Written twenty years after the end of the Vietnam War, former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's ...
Amazing Surfing Stories: Tales of Incredible Waves & ...

Amazing Surfing Stories: Tales of Incredible Waves & ...

Alex Wade

On 1 November 2011 Garrett McNamara rode the biggest wave yet surfed. Or did he? The Massachusetts town of Pittsfield is not known for its surfers. This should not come as a surprise, for Pittsfield, once ranked as the 20th most secure place ...
The Science of Ocean Waves: Ripples, Tsunamis, and Stormy Seas

The Science of Ocean Waves: Ripples, Tsunamis, and Stormy Seas

J. B. Zirker

Then on November 9, 2011, Garrett McNamara was videotaped surfing a waveoffthe coastof Nazaré, Portugal, where an underwater canyonfocuses high swellsto impressive heights. His monster wave was rated unofficially at a jawdropping ...
Ghost Wave: The Discovery of Cortes Bank and the Biggest ...

Ghost Wave: The Discovery of Cortes Bank and the Biggest ...

Chris Dixon

Aboard the nearby Electra, Garrett McNamara stood by with another team of recruited surfers. Late on this gloomy afternoon, Greg sat atop Larry's Bowl gaping at the biggest Cortes swell since 2008. He'd already wiped out twice—his first, ...
Legends of Surfing: The Greatest Surfriders from Duke ...

Legends of Surfing: The Greatest Surfriders from Duke ...

Duke Boyd

The Greatest Surfriders from Duke Kahanamoku to Kelly Slater Duke Boyd. In 2002, Garrett McNamara was towed into Tahiti's Teahupoo, a wave so chilling that just looking at it will cause you to squeeze your legs together and take a deep ...
Second Messengers

Second Messengers

Robert McNamara

Meditative poems on love, distance, absence and loss. 'Robert McNamara's memorable and arresting first collection of poems marks the debut of an accomplished and compelling new poet.
Hearings [Agriculture Dept.]

Hearings [Agriculture Dept.]

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Major GARRETT. Yes, sir. Mr. TABER. And when are the rest? Major GARRETT. The second unit in April of 1962 for 85,000 kilowatts. Mr. TABER. Yes. Now, the next one. Major GARRETT. Those are the only two that are scheduled at the ...
Of Fortunes and War: Clare Hollingworth, first of the female ...

Of Fortunes and War: Clare Hollingworth, first of the female ...

Patrick Garrett

First published in Great Britain in 2015 by Thistle Publishing First published by Two Roads in 2017 An imprint of John Murray Press An Hachette UK company Copyright © Patrick Garrett 2015 The right of Patrick Garrett to be identified as the  ...
The Living and the Dead: Robert McNamara and Five Lives of a ...

The Living and the Dead: Robert McNamara and Five Lives of a ...

Paul Hendrickson

One of the finest books to emerge from the Vietnam experience, The Living and the Dead presents a brilliant study of Robert McNamara, his decision-making during the war, and the way his decisions affected his own life and the lives of five ...
Dereliction of Duty: Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of ...

Dereliction of Duty: Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of ...

H. R. McMaster

Dereliction Of Duty covers the story in strong narrative fashion, focusing on a fascinating cast of characters: President Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, General Maxwell Taylor, McGeorge Bundy and other top aides who deliberately deceived ...
Inside the Minstrel Mask: Readings in Nineteenth-Century ...

Inside the Minstrel Mask: Readings in Nineteenth-Century ...

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Readings in Nineteenth-Century Blackface Minstrelsy Annemarie Bean, James V . Hatch, Brooks McNamara ... Brooks McNamara is Professor of Performance Studies at New York University and Director of the Shubert Archive. He has ...
When Reality Contradicts Rhetoric: World Bank Lending ...

When Reality Contradicts Rhetoric: World Bank Lending ...

Jean-Germain Gros

19. Peter Schraeder, African Politics and Society, New York, St. Martin's Press, 2000. 20. Rober Ayres, 'Breaking the Bank', Foreign Policy 43 (Summer, 1981), p. 11. 21. Robert McNamara, The McNamara Years at the World Bank: Major Policy  ...
Creative Cookies: Delicious Decorating for Any Occasion

Creative Cookies: Delicious Decorating for Any Occasion

Toba Garrett

A feast for the eyes as well as the palate, this collection from media favorite Toba Garrett is available again.
The Fog of War: Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara

The Fog of War: Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara

James G. Blight

Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara James G. Blight, Janet M. Lang. to Kennedy. See also Aleksander Fursenko and Timothy Naftali, “One Hell of a Gamble” Khrushchev, Castro, and Kennedy, 1958—1964 (New York: Norton, 1997), ...
Political Economy for Beginners

Political Economy for Beginners

Millicent Garrett Fawcett

Millicent Garrett Fawcett. ffiambrtSge: PRINTED BY C. J. CLaY, M.a. AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS. POLITICAL ECONOMY FOR BEGINNERS. MILLICENT GARRETT FAWCETT. Zontoon ant) ©amWtige:
Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam ...

Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam ...

Robert S. McNamara

In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy Robert S. McNamara, James Blight, Robert K. Brigham, Thomas J. Biersteker, ... This summary of the method of critical oral history is adapted from James G. Blight and David A. Welch, On ike Brink: ...
The Art of Signwriting: A Complete Manual

The Art of Signwriting: A Complete Manual

Nick Garrett

Nick Garrett's huge experience as a signwriter and ability as a teacher makes this book a unique addition to the subject that will both inspire the beginner and shape the practice of the professional.
The Defeat of the Spanish Armada

The Defeat of the Spanish Armada

Garrett Mattingly

Garrett Mattingly's thrilling narrative sets out the background of the sixteenth-century European intrigue and religious unrest that gave rise to one of the world's most famous maritime crusades.
Pat Garrett: The Story of a Western Lawman

Pat Garrett: The Story of a Western Lawman

Leon Claire Metz

Biography of the man who killed Billy the Kid, this thorough and well-written analysis deals effectively with almost every question that has been raised about the controversial life and death of Pat Garrett.
To the Rescue!: Garrett Morgan Underground

To the Rescue!: Garrett Morgan Underground

Monica Kulling

People were reluctant to buy an invention by a black man - but an explosion that trapped workers in a tunnel under Lake Erie soon changed all that. Garrett's hoods were rushed to the scene and used to rescue as many men as possible.
What I Remember

What I Remember

Millicent Garrett Fawcett

The memoirs of noted political activist, Millicent Garrett Fawcett. It set a contemporary record as a principles textbook for students, running through ten editions in 41 years.
The Defeat Of The Spanish Armada

The Defeat Of The Spanish Armada

Garrett Mattingly

Garrett Mattingly's thrilling narrative sets out the background of the sixteenth-century European intrigue and religious unrest that gave rise to one of the world's most famous maritime crusades and the naval battles that decided its fate.
Framed Time: Toward a Postfilmic Cinema

Framed Time: Toward a Postfilmic Cinema

Garrett Stewart

And as Garrett Stewart argues here, this transatlantic division has persisted since cinema’s 1995 centenary, made more complex by the digital technology that has detached movies from their dependence on the sequential frames of the ...
The Adventures of a Problem Solver II: The Challenges

The Adventures of a Problem Solver II: The Challenges

Richard V. Martin

“Garrett, hang on a minute.” Garrett waited for a while for Logan to return to the phone. It wasn't Logan who spoke, it was a female voice. “Hi, Mister Wonderful.” “ Tracey!” “Yep, I just found out I have a free week and thought maybe you could ...

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