Books with author DOUGLAS JAMES

Excerpt from A Handbook of Practical Shipbuilding: With a Glossary of TermsPractical shipbuilding deals primarily with Ship building, i.e., the work on and around the shipways. The allied trades in the shops (machine, pattern, joiner, black smith, etc.) are distinctly separate trades, as they are also employed in many other kinds of commercial enterprises. Therefore the details of that work do not interest the reader of this volume, rather, only the work which specially per tains to ship construction.The first edition has been thoroughly overhauled. N o repairs were made, but considerable was done in the way of additional information under some of the former chapters and new material has been added in the form of Chapters XII and XV.Shipbuilding is an extensive industry and the more one knows of the immense amount of detail in it, the more one realizes that such is really the case. It is impossible to go into details in a volume of this size, therefore it is the endeavor of the writer to deal only with those everyday things which the men on the shipways should know.In building a small book of this kind it is more difficult to know what to leave out than it is to know what to put in it. It is like a camouflaged ship, the viewpoint is differ ent, according to each person who looks at it.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from A Handbook of Practical Shipbuilding: With a Glossary of TermsThis handbook on the practical construction of a modern standard cargo steamer has been written in answer to some of the many questions which from time to time have been asked by men who have been working under the supervision of the writer, and is intended to fill the need for a guide to the new men starting in ship yard work.During many years' experience in shipyards on all types of marine construction from the smallest of torpedo boats of years ago to the mighty war vessels and mer chant ships of to-day the writer has been associated with the men who are to-day supervising the wonderful ship building program ou which this country is engaged, and he has endeavored to embody the results of this more than twenty years' experience in the book.In the present struggle on land and sea, when every one must use all his might, this manual of the necessary steps in fabricating and assembling of vessels has been prepared with the hope that it will prove a help to some of the many thousand men who must come into this industry from other trades.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Only months away from graduating college, Lisa Curry dreamed of international travel where she could connect with her mother for the first time. She never thought that one night with her boyfriend would change her hopes and wishes until she sat staring at the pregnancy test. Destiny intervenes in her life more intensely than ever before, forcing her to choose between becoming the mother she didn't plan to be so soon or the worthy daughter she'd always wished she could be.

After months of sitting beside her frail, ailing son, Lisa could think of nothing but good times ahead. But before one wound heals, destiny unravels another hardship.Theresa Parker, a determined social worker, comes to remove Lisa’s child from her custody. Now, Lisa is in more anguish than ever, trying to cope with the idea of some stranger caring for her baby, not knowing what to do to convince the judge that the care she has always given her son is the only care he needs.Troubled by everyone scrutinizing her character and parental style, Lisa fails to realizes that it’s her insecurities and emotional turmoil that jeopardizes her and her son’s reunion, it’s her high-strung nature that positions her against those in power. Through trials and reflection, Lisa learns that the only way to remedy her problems is put her son’s needs before hers, and to forfeit the security she’d spent a lifetime trying to cultivate.