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Topic: The Commodore novel


  
  Aubrey-Maturin series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The novel gives further scope to Maturin's role as both a secret agent (in which he uses propaganda effectively to support the campaign) and as a naturalist (in which he is seen collecting relics of the extinct birds the Dodo and the Solitaire).
The novel provided much of the overall plot structure for the 2003 Peter Weir film, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, though the USS Norfolk was changed to the French privateer Acheron, and episodes were also taken from other books in the series, including Master and Commander and HMS Surprise.
This novel tells the story of a venture to the fictitious land of Kampong in the East Indies, where an ambitious King's emissary attempts to win over the local king with a treaty, while the French attempt the same.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Commodore_(novel)   (4105 words)

  
 Modern History Sourcebook: Commodore Matthew Perry: When We Landed in Japan, 1854
As the Commodore and his suite ascended to the reception room, the two dignitaries who were seated on the left arose and bowed, and the Commodore and suite were conducted to the armchairs which had been provided for them on the right.
The Commodore upon this being communicated to him, beckoned to the boys who stood in the lower hall to advance, when they immediately obeyed his summons and came forward, bearing the handsome boxes which contained the President's letter and other documents.
The Commodore and his suite were detained a short time at the entrance of the building waiting for their barge, whereupon Yezaiman and his interpreter returned and asked some of the party what they were waiting for; to which they received the reply, "For the Commodore's boat." Nothing further was said.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/mod/1854Perry-japan1.html   (3006 words)

  
 MRB: Little Fugue : A Novel
This is a brilliant novel of artists caught between the erotic allure of extinction and the eternal power of poetry.
She knows that he's a womanizer and she also knows that he's probably gone off to see his mistress, but it isn't until later in the novel when Silvia's voice is no longer that we finally meet Assia, and witness the narrative unfold from her point of view.
Eckhard Gerdes's narrator in Cistern Tawdry, a novel that refuses the confines of genre conventions...
www.medical-research-books.com /mrb-books-reviewed/0345454103.html   (1359 words)

  
 commodore.ca | History of GEOS Operating System for Commodore Computers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Commodore Business Machines was a juggernaut in the late 1970's and early 1980's.
Commodore history is rich with interesting stories and fascinating facts.
Because of the limitations of Commodore memory and disk space, GEOS came up with a clever way of organizing your operating environment to reduce the need for swapping disks.
commodore.ca /history/company/turks_geos.htm   (2223 words)

  
 The History of the Amiga   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Commodore allowed the entire market to stagnate, safe in the knowledge that their old enemy, Atari was dead in the water.
Commodore launch a low-end upgrade to the A500 - the Amiga 500 plus - without informing anyone that they were shipping the product and the CDTV was canceled.
There were indications that Commodore had finally learnt their lesson; much was made of the machine being the first 32-bit CD-based console on the market and a great deal of effort had been made to encourage developers to release products for the console.
amiga.emugaming.com /ahistory.html   (20490 words)

  
 Beyond the 1541: Mass Storage for The 64 and 128   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Commodore also introduced a companion for the 64: the 1541 drive, a direct descendant of earlier drives used with the VIC-20 and PET computers.
Commodore is also holding off on the release of the previously announced 1572 dual disk drive for the 128.
Commodore was scheduled to announce a hard disk for the 64 at last summer's CES show, but held back at the last minute.
www.devili.iki.fi /Computers/Commodore/articles/Beyond_the_1541   (2789 words)

  
 Novel Mines free download This free game is a minesweeper game with 5 different modes: tri mode, quad mode, hex mode, ...
Novel Mines free download This free game is a minesweeper game with 5 different modes: tri mode, quad mode, hex mode, oct mode and dodec mode.
Novel Puzzle 1.6.2 — This free game is the classic tile sliding puzzle game which allows you to use your own pictures.
Novel Squares 1.1.1 — The play area is an 8 x 8 grid full of 8 different kinds of blocks.
www.3d2f.com /programs/9-379-novel-mines-download.shtml   (1859 words)

  
 Commodore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Commodore PET, VIC-20, Commodore 64, and Amiga were home computers
Commodore (yacht club) is the senior officer of a yacht club
The Consolidated Aircraft Commodore was a flying boat contemporary to the Boeing 314
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/C/Commodore.htm   (129 words)

  
 The Commodore (Aubrey-Maturin Series)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Even though Commodore Aubrey's mission is to suppress the slave trade off the west coast of Africa and later onto a secret mission on the Irish coast to prevent a French invasion, `The Commodore' is not filled with seagoing adventure.
Commodore Aubrey's leadership and seamanship are tested by two Captains under his command.
When they finally set to sea, Jack is the commodore of a squadron with a double-mission: to interdict the slave trade off the African coast and then to confront one of Napoleon's invasion fleets.
www.jemsfurniture.com /BookStore/isbn0393314596.html   (768 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Commodore Hornblower (Hornblower, 9): Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Commodore Hornblower, Captain Bush, Sir Horatio, Swedish Pomerania, Grand Marshal, Minister of Marine, Maggie Jones, Lord Wychwood, Baron Basse, Frisches Haff, Gulf of Finland, Lady Barbara, Central America, Persian Ambassador, Riga Bay, Crown Prince, Dwina River, The Skaw, Their Lordships, Squire of Smallbridge, Gulf of Riga, Madame Nicolas, Captain Hornblower, Comte du Nord
Commodore Hornblower is an excellent continuation of the adventures of Horatio Hornblower.
I found this novel to be particularly vivid in its portrayal of Hornblower marauding about in the Baltic.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0316289388?v=glance   (1564 words)

  
 BBC - h2g2 - The Commodore Amiga
It was Commodore who purchased the Amiga rights from Atari, which incensed many of their customers who believed that a new Commodore machine should have been legacy compatible with the C64 machine.
Commodore on the other hand decided that the best way ahead would be a brand new start.
In fact Commodore's failed attempt at a console machine, the Amiga CD could be turned into a fully-fledged computer by the addition of a keyboard, mouse and hard drive.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A622540   (2552 words)

  
 MayhemUK Commodore 64 archive
When Activision did decide to enter the Commodore market, the similarity of code between machines meant it wasn't too difficult to port many of their Atari titles across.
There are other early titles that appeared in their own form on the Commodore 64, encased in the classic Activision `video box' packet.
The story line was created by Rob Swigert (who had already written some cyberpunk novels), and deals with an astronaut who was sent on a mission, got partially lost and ends up returning to Earth 100 years later.
www.mayhem64.co.uk /activisn.htm   (6228 words)

  
 Elinor Wyllys: The Story of Susan Fenimore Cooper's Novel
Hilson, whose credulous reading of foreign novels is the immediate cause of her scandalous flirtation with a visiting French dandy."51 Susan Fenimore Cooper, Dr. Maddox states, has accepted her father's direction to write books that will "keep the Mrs.
Though a conventional concern with the influence of romantic novels on susceptible young women can be found in some of James Fenimore Cooper's earliest writings,53 he never seems to have tried to restrict his daughters' reading, and he both encouraged and appreciated the cultural sophistication their European education had given them.
In conclusion, Susan Fenimore Cooper's novel Elinor Wyllys deserves to be rescued from its long obscurity, and to be read and considered in the twenty-first century, both as a book worth reading in itself, and for the insights it provides of a writer increasingly recognized as an important voice in 19th Century American literature.
external.oneonta.edu /cooper/articles/suny/1999suny-macdougall.html   (6945 words)

  
 JapanCorner - The Benihana Guide to Japan
The world’s first novel, Genji Monogatari (Tale of Genji) was written between 1002 and 1019 by Murasaki Shikubu – a female member of the Fujiwara family in Kyoto.
Treaties were signed between the two nations and the resulting influx of foreign currency and international business opportunities for the citizens of Japan lead to the eventual downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate and the beginning of the Meiji restoration.
His novel ‘Yukiguni’ (Snow Country) was first given international recognition in the 1950s when it was published in the UNESCO Colledtion of Representative Works and translated into several languages.
www.japancorner.com /literature2.asp   (852 words)

  
 University of Nevada Press - The Master of Monterey (a novel)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The American conquest of California is the subject of Lawrence Coates's remarkable new novel, a tale rich in magical irony, fraught with caustic truths and wrenching insights into the human condition.
The commodore himself is a resurrection of Ahab: He 'gazed at the line that divided sea from sky as though it were a seam that would yawn open and display a new land ready for the shape of his desire.' "
His first novel, The Blossom Festival, won the Western States Book Award for Fiction, the Utah Book Award, and was selected for the Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Program.
www.nvbooks.nevada.edu /m/master.html   (429 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Commodore (Aubrey-Maturin Series): Books: Patrick O'Brian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
A brief synopsis of the tale--Captain Aubrey is given a task of suppression of the West African slave trade, with a hidden secondary mission: prevention of Napoleon's invasion of Ireland.
To this end, Jack is given a small squadron of warships and is rated as the Commodore in command of the mission, with the clever and covert assistance of Doctor Maturin.
Commodore Aubrey fairly well crushes the slave trade and manages to make his rendevous with the French fleet on the coast of Ireland, as usual winning a striking victory.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0393314596?v=glance   (2231 words)

  
 Commodore 64 games, C64 reviews, downloads, SID tunes ect.
The Commodore 128D Personal Computer is packed with a host of novel and exciting features that make it one of the best performing, most versatile microcomputers available at any price.
Not the least of the Commodore 128D’s virtues is the fact that it is produced by Commodore, the maker of more microcomputers than any other company in the world.
Through clear, step by step instructions, you are given an insight into the BASIC language and how the Commodore 64 can be put to a myriad of uses.
www.lemon64.com /museum/list.php?lineoffset=18&genre=manualcom   (491 words)

  
 O'Brian, Patrick: The Commodore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
This is the 17th of Patrick O'Brian's novels about the adventures of Captain Jack Aubrey of the British Navy, and his friend, Stephen Maturin, the ship's surgeon and secret intelligence agent.
The two men are the closest of friends, despite their many differences; in fact, this series of novels is the story of two complex and engaging characters and their years of friendship, as much as it is a series of sea yarns and adventures.
In The Commodore, Aubrey and Maturin have returned to England after a protracted trip around the world that occupied the previous four novels.
endeavor.med.nyu.edu /lit-med/lit-med-db/webdocs/webdescrips/o.brian1146-des-.html   (546 words)

  
 Faithful Reader - Commodore Reyes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Re: Commodore Reyes - Scott Butler - 03/14/05 22:56:11 GMT
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www.comicboards.com /psiphiboards/startrek/view.php?rpl=050312221646   (307 words)

  
 Poets & Writers Magazine - Symptoms of Success - Page 3
He recently completed a sixth novel, Commodore Perry's Minstrel Show, and sent it off to his agent in the hope that, this time, he might get a good offer.
Begley, who is working on a new novel, finds that writing meshes well with his law practice.
Since the PEN/Faulkner, Olson has published four novels and several books of poetry, and has two books scheduled for spring publication: a novel, Write Letter to Billy, to be issued by Coffee House Press, and a book of poems, Human Nature, to be released by New Directions.
www.pw.org /mag/biederman3.htm   (1205 words)

  
 MayhemUK Commodore 64 archive
The maze, whilst big, stays the same all the way through, and the powerpills merely send the "ghosts" back to their homes rather than allowing you to munch them up for bonus points.
The one novel feature is a turbo boost allowing to escape but not eat at the same time.
Explore the mazes, avoiding the nasties either roaming around or snakes hidden in the walls to collect 8 treasures over 4 levels of dungeons, with more than 250 rooms to negotiate.
www.mayhem64.co.uk /tsi.htm   (260 words)

  
 The Commodore, by Patrick O'Brian
However, having just finished The Commodore I have to say that I found this book a return to POB at his best or near it - I'd read only three or four pages before I had the comfortable feeling that the Master was back "in midseason form" as PG Wodehouse would say.
And it culminates in The Commodore, where Gaelic is the language that almost miraculously connects him to his daughter.
The Commodore has some of my favorite scenes, and among those are the voyages on the Ringle - the quick trip to London, and especially the flight to the Berlings.
jfinnera.www1.50megs.com /Commodore.htm   (16295 words)

  
 HORNBLOWER SEA HISTORICAL NOVELS)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The first Hornblower novel, It is 1793 the time of the Napolianic wars In it the adolescent and seasick Hornblower enters the Royal Navy.
The eighth Hornblower novel, chronologically (1810-1811), opens with Hornblower and Bush, captives of the French, being taken to Paris to be tried and executed as pirates.
The ninth Hornblower novel, chronologically (1812), has Hornblower as the commodore of a squadron of ships on duty in the Baltic, and married to Lady Barbara.
www.schoonerman.com /book/horn.htm   (709 words)

  
 University of Nevada Press - Press Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In 1842, when Commodore Thomas ap Catesby Jones of the United States Navy sailed off to conquer California in his flagship, The National Intention, he brought with him a rogue's gallery of characters, each with their own dreams of what the new land would mean to them.
Meanwhile, unbeknownst to the Commodore, his flagship has sprung a leak and is slowly beginning to sink.
When Commodore Jones discovers that he had acted only on the basis of rumors of war, and that Mexico and the United States are in fact at peace, he finds himself with no option but to give Monterey back.
www.nvbooks.nevada.edu /press/030403.html   (338 words)

  
 Planet Sinclair: The Sinclair Industry: Programmers: Mike Singleton: SUA 1984
His first programming success was with arcade games for the Commodore Pet, that grand old workhorse of the pre-Sinclair days in microcomputing.
When Terry mooted the idea of a novel as the prize for Lords of Midnight, I did say I wanted to have a go at writing it.
When Lords of Midnight was released, a prize for the first winner was that the game should be written as a fantasy novel, using the winner's game moves as a basis.
www.nvg.ntnu.no /sinclair/industry/programmers/mikesingleton_sua84.htm   (2394 words)

  
 MedicalPost.com: Of poop fire and travelling med men   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The 20-volume Aubrey/Maturin novels were called "the best historical novels ever written," by a reviewer for the New York Times.
During the Napoleonic era of the novels, the word "murrain" meant any pestilence or plague, whether it afflicted humans or animals.
That is the name of a Spanish warship cited in the novels, which literally translates as "poop fire." While not a medical term, it might be a great name for a hot pepper sauce.
www.medicalpost.com /mpcontent/article.jsp?content=20050110_182723_5448   (995 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: The Commodore: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
All eighteen books are being re-issued in hardback by HarperCollins with stunning new jackets to coincide with a new film based on the adventures, and to introduce these modern classics to a new generation.
His mission is twofold -- to make a large dent in the slave trade off the coast of Africa and, on his return, to intercept a French fleet set for Bantry Bay with a cargo of weapons for the disaffected among the Irish.
Despite the caption of naval novel, this is a book of dialogue and slowly unfolding life, with short bursts of fast action in between.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0006499325   (604 words)

  
 Commodore 64 games, C64 reviews, downloads, SID tunes ect.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Commodore 128 Personal Computer is packed with a host of novel and exciting features that make it one of the best performing, most versatile microcomputers available at any price.
Not the least of the Commodore 128’s virtues is the fact that it is produced by Commodore, the maker of more microcomputers than any other company in the world.
As with all Commodore products, the C128 gives you high performance without high price.
www.lemon64.com /museum/view.php?id=137&genre=manualcom   (151 words)

  
 STAR WARS: Novel References: Tyrant's Test   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Commodore ranks higher than but comparable to Captain; implies few intermediate ranks.
This may be the shortest known microjump in all of the novels.
Commodore Farley Carson's Yakez was caught between two thrustships and broken into in two by the detonation of its forward magazine after its bow shields collapsed.
www.theforce.net /swtc/novels/tt.html   (4202 words)

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