TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE ISLANDS»
The term «the Islands» is quite widely used and occupies the
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QUOTES WITH «THE ISLANDS»
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the Islands.
I hope that the residents of my current district - from Quincy to Provincetown and the Islands - know that their well-being is my primary concern and nothing changes that.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE ISLANDS»
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the Islands in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
the Islands and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Easy in
the Islands: Stories
A National Book Award-winning collection of short works is set in the Caribbean and incorporates such elements as fleets of fishing boats making their way through remote atolls, reggae bars on narrow islands, sprawling barrios, and yacht ...
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Set in the desolate outback landscape of Australia's north-west, the novel tracks the last days of a worn-out Anglican missionary.
4
Pacific Nations and Territories:
The Islands of Micronesia, ...
Offers information on all the island groups of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia, covering geography, geology, migration, history, climate, and pre-contact lifestyles.
5
The Islands of Boston Harbor
. . It is a volume of chatty yet dignified essays, with many a light touch brought in."" This centennial edition contains the complete 1971 text, with annotations by Jeremy D'Entremont to bring the information up to date.
Edward Rowe Snow, Jeremy D'Entremont, 2008
6
A Traveler's Guide to
the Galapagos
Islands
" From which airlines to choose and why, to a detailed analysis of the Tour Operator network, Barry Boyce describes the rules and tells the reader how to play the adventure travel game.
7
Resistant
Islands: Okinawa Confronts Japan and
the United States
Resistant Islands offers a comprehensive overview of Okinawan history over half a millennium from the Ryukyu Kingdom to the present, focusing especially on the colonization by Japan, the islands' disastrous fate during World War II, and ...
Gavan McCormack, Satoko Oka Norimatsu, 2012
8
Shoal of Time: A History of
the Hawaiian
Islands
" --Publishers Weekly Gavan Daws' remarkable achievement is to free Hawaiian history from the dust of antiquity. Based on years of work in the documentary sources, Shoal of Time emerges as the most readable of all Hawaiian histories.
9
Galápagos:
The Islands that Changed
the World
Details the natural and human history of the islands and describes Darwin's theory of evolution.
10
Islands in the Stream: A Novel
First published in 1970, nine years after Hemingway's death, this is the story of an artist and adventurer—a man much like Hemingway himself.
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE ISLANDS»
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the Islands is used in the context of the following news items.
US surveillance detects Chinese artillery on disputed islands
Washington (CNN) China has placed artillery pieces on one of the islands it is manufacturing in contested waters in the South China Sea, a U.S. official told ... «CNN, May 15»
Argentina Summons UK Ambassador Over Falkland Islands Dispute
U.K. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon announced the military investment in late March following a review of the defense needs of the islands, which considered ... «Wall Street Journal, Apr 15»
