Best Selling Books by James Barry

The waters of the Great Lakes are among the most treacherous in the world. Violent storms churn up waves and unpredictable currents capsize large vessels or cast them onto shoals and rocks where they are battered to pieces. An estimated 10,000 ships have fallen prey to the fury of the Great Lakes during the 150 years of their navigational history. This figure compares to an equal number of disasters which have occurred over the past 300 years around the British Isles. Yet despite the fascinating nature of the topic and the enormity of the problem, there has been an absence of informative published material on this theme. James P. Barry''s Wrecks and Rescues of the Great Lakes fills the gap. Shipwrecks on the Great Lakes began almost as soon as there were ships to be wrecked. One of the first vessels built there by the French, the Frontenac, was wrecked in 1679. The book reveals the severity of the weather through dramatic photographs of shipwrecks, and graphic descriptions of the events surrounding them. The Victorian and Edwardian wrecks on the Canadian shore are depicted in minute detail. The photographs of the wrecks on the American side between 1881 and 1910 show the frailty of those vessels. However, the more modern ships of the ''20s and ''30s were not immune to the power of the lakes. This fact becomes increasing clear in the depiction of recent disasters and daring rescue attempts. The moving description of the tragic loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald makes the reader keenly aware of the present dangers.

The first edition of Worship and Work: Saint John''s Abbey and University, 1856-1956, was published on the occasion of the centennial observance of Abbot Boniface Wimmer''s first American monastic foundation in Minnesota. Reprinted in 1980 on the occasion of the fifteen-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Abbot Saint Benedict, the work included an epilogue covering the first quarter of Saint John''s second century. This third edition, published in 1993, contains the original, unabridged text of the first two editions, along with an epilogue covering 1980-1992.

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This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by Henry G. Bohn in London, 1848.

PETER PAN [PETER AND WENDY] By J. M. Barrie [James Matthew Barrie]

Drawing on past and current research in continental philosophy, Measures of Science: Theological and Technological Impulses in Early Modern Thought examines the development of certain founding issues of early modern science. Focusing on three key seventeenth-century figures--Descartes, Bacon, and Newton--and locating his argument explicitly within the approach of Alexandre Koyre, James Barry Jr. explores the philosophical, theological, and technological priorities that established the frame for the full emergence of the new science. In showing how the work of these and other seventeenth-century figures led to the appearance of a dominant new view of nature and perception, Barry''s book makes an important contribution to our understanding of the formative period of modern science.

Literature & Media includes carefully chosen selections that cover a comprehensive range of forms and genres.Features/Benefits:• Contemporary and historical selections• Canadian and international authors• An eclectic selection of contemporary issues and though- provoking themes• Comprehensive teacher support provides instructional strategies and assessment tools for each selection