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The perfect storm : a true story of man against the sea

The incredible true account of the most extraordinary storm of the 20th century, this is the story of a tempest born from so rare a combination of factors it was deemed "perfect" and of the doomed fishing boat with her crew of six that was helpless in the midst of a force beyond comprehension.

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  • "Yi ge sheng ming yu da hai bo dou de zhen shi gu shi!"
  • "Perfect storm"
  • "True story of men against the sea"@en
  • "一個生命與大海搏鬥的真實故事!"
  • "Tempête"
  • "Perfect Storm"

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  • "The Andrea Gail is a sword fishing boat out of Gloucester, Massachusetts. Billy Tyne is her captain, down-on-his-luck from a recent losing streak, looking to bring back one big score so he and his crew will have the money to stay ashore during the coming winter. So out they go, and they hit it big, hauling in what the crew estimates is a quarter-million-dollars worth of fish. Unfortunately, they haven't paid attention to the weather forecasts or the radio, and the boat is right in the path of what will become one of the most terrifying and fantastic storms of the century. The always-beating heart of the adventure are the men (and women) who go down to the sea in ships and are oft-times lost at sea, doing battle with the unpredictable, sometimes vicious forces of Nature. Based on a true story, and dedicated to the ten thousand Gloucestermen who have died at sea since 1623."
  • "The incredible true account of the most extraordinary storm of the 20th century, this is the story of a tempest born from so rare a combination of factors it was deemed "perfect" and of the doomed fishing boat with her crew of six that was helpless in the midst of a force beyond comprehension."@en
  • "The incredible true account of the most extraordinary storm of the 20th century, this is the story of a tempest born from so rare a combination of factors it was deemed "perfect" and of the doomed fishing boat with her crew of six that was helpless in the midst of a force beyond comprehension."
  • "The Andrea Gail was caught in a storm in October 1991, off the coast of Nova Scotia, "and soon afterward the boat and its crew of six disappeared without a trace."--Jacket."
  • "The incredible true account of the most extraordinary storm of the 20th century, this is the story of a tempest born from so rare a combination of factors it was deemed "perfect" and of the doomed fishing boat with her crew of six that was helpless in the midst of a force beyond comprehension. October 1991. It was "the perfect storm"--A tempest that may happen only once in a century--a nor'easter created by so rare a combination of factors that it could not possibly have been worse. Creating waves ten stories high and winds of 120 miles an hour, the storm whipped the sea to inconceivable levels few people on Earth have ever witnessed. Few, except the six-man crew of the Andrea Gail, a commercial fishing boat tragically headed towards its hellish center."@en
  • "In this real-life thriller, the author follows the doomed ship's course and, in breathtaking prose, examines the culture of risk, the love of the sea, & the desperation born of a dying tradition that tethers fisherman to their boats-no matter what the cost."@en
  • "Presents a vivid account of a history-making storm that hit the New England coast in October 1991 and the lives it changed, weaving together the history of the fishing industry, the science of storms, and personal accounts."@es
  • "In oktober 1991 raast een gigantische storm voor de Amerikaanse oostkust, die vele vissers en hun familie, maar ook de reddingsdiensten, menig spannend uur bezorgt."
  • "In October 1991, what meteorologists deemed as "the perfect storm" struck without warning. Off the coast of Nova Scotia, the crew of the Andrea Gail gets caught in it and the National Guard tries to rescue them."@en
  • "Describes a storm that created waves ten stories high and winds one hundred and twenty miles an hour, and the six-man crew that faced this storm on a commercial fishing boat."
  • "Describes a storm that created waves ten stories high and winds one hundred and twenty miles an hour, and the six-man crew that faced this storm on a commercial fishing boat."@en
  • "A true story of men against the sea."@en
  • "The worst storm in history seen from the wheelhouse of a doomed fishing trawler; a mesmerisingly vivid account of a natural hell from a perspective that offers no escape. The ?perfect storm? is a once-in-a-hundred-years combination: a high pressure system from the Great Lakes, running into storm winds over an Atlantic island ? Sable Island ? and colliding with a weather system from the Caribbean: Hurricane Grace. This is the story of that storm, told through the accounts of individual fishing boats caught up in the maelstrom, their families waiting anxiously for news of their return, the rescue services scrambled to save them. It is the story of the old battle between the fisherman and the sea, between man and Nature, that awesome and capricious power which can transform the surface of the Atlantic into an impossible tumult of water walls and gaping voids, with the capacity to break an oil tanker in two. In spare, lyrical prose ?The Perfect Storm?"
  • "The Andrea Gail fishing boat lost in a storm in 1991. Now a motion picture."@en
  • "Covers the 'storm of the century' that happened in October 1991 off the coast of Nova Scotia. The Andrea Gale and its six-man crew of fishermen were deluged by one-hundred-foot waves and 120 mile-per-hour winds. Based on radio, dialogue interviews and eyewitness accounts, the book documents the final minutes of the Andrea Gale, along with the successful rescues of several other boats."
  • "L'histoire d'une tempête, à l'automne 1991, dans l'Atlantique Nord, au large des côtes de Nouvelle-Angleterre et le naufrage de l'Andrea Gail, un bateau de pêche à l'espadon. Ce récit, élaboré à partir des témoignages des survivants et des proches des disparus, ainsi qu'à travers l'analyse des données techniques et des rapports officiels, est aussi un hommage aux hommes qui affrontent la mer."
  • "Im Herbst 1991 tobt vor der kanadischen Küste ein Jahrhundertsturm. Zu dem Schwertfischtrawler Andrea Gail bricht der Funkkontakt ab. Schiff und Mannschaft verschwinden am 29. Oktober spurlos in der aufgepeitschten See. Gestützt auf die Berichte von Seeleuten, die ähnliche Stürme erlebt haben, und auf Gespräche mit Meteorologen, Kollegen und Angehörigen der Verunglückten dokumentiert Sebastian Junger das vergebliche Ringen der sechs Fischer mit den Naturgewalten, aber auch den Alltag der Menschen in Gloucester, dem Heimathafen der Andrea Gail."

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  • "Electronic books"
  • "Literatura faktu"
  • "Film adaptations"
  • "Sprachübungstext"
  • "Drama"
  • "Livres en gros caractères"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "History"@en
  • "History"

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  • "The perfect storm : a true story of man against the sea"@en
  • "The perfect storm : a true story of man against the sea"
  • "The perfect storm : the true story of men against the sea"@en
  • "The perfect storm"
  • "The perfect storm"@en
  • "Viharzóna : halászok a tenger ellen : igaz történet"@hu
  • "Der Sturm die letzte Fahrt der Andrea Gail"
  • "La tormenta perfecta : una historia real de la lucha de los hombres contra el mar"@es
  • "La tormenta perfecta : una historia real de la lucha de los hombres contra el mar"
  • "The Perfect Storm A true story of men against the sea"
  • "En pleine tempête"
  • "Der Sturm die letzte Fahrt der Andrea Gail ; [das Buch zum Film von Wolfgang Petersen]"
  • "The Perfect storm : a true story of men against the sea"@en
  • "The Perfect storm"
  • "La Tormenta perfecta"
  • "The perfect storm : screenplay"
  • "超完美風暴 : 一個生命與大海搏鬥的真實故事!"
  • "The perfect storm a true story of man against the sea"@en
  • "The perfect storm a true story of man against the sea"
  • "The Perfect Storm"
  • "The Perfect Storm"@en
  • "Den fuldkomne storm : en sand beretning om mennesker i kamp med havet"@da
  • "Der Sturm : die letzte Fahrt der "Andrea Gail""
  • "Wan mei feng bao"
  • "The perfect storm : a true story of men against the sea"@en
  • "The perfect storm : a true story of men against the sea"
  • "Dokonalá bouře : skutečný příběh zápasu lidí s mořem"
  • "Chao wan mei feng bao"
  • "The perfect storm : [screenplay]"@en
  • "El Temporal perfecte : la història veritable d'una lluita de l'home contra el mar"@ca
  • "Ghaḍab al-ʻāṣifah : qiṣah ḥaqı̄qı̄yah ʻan rijāl shujʻān fı̄ ṣirāʻihim maʻ al-baḥr"
  • "La tempete"
  • "Chao wan mei feng bao : yi ge sheng ming yu da hai bo dou de zhen shi gu shi!"
  • "De volmaakte storm : een spectaculaire geschiedenis van de mens in strijd met de zee"
  • "The perfect storm: a true story of men against the sea"
  • "Viharzóna halászok a tenger ellen ; igaz történet"
  • "ha-Seʻarah ha-mushlemet"
  • "完美风暴"
  • "Ha-seʻarah ha-mushlemet : sipur amiti shel maʼavaḳ ben ha-adam le-yam"
  • "غضب العاصفة قصة حقيقية عن رجال شجعان في صراعهم مع البحر"
  • "La tempête"
  • "Der Sturm : Die letzte Fahrt der Andrea Gail ; Roman"
  • "The perfect storm : a true story of men against the see"
  • "The Perfect storm a true story of men against the sea"@en
  • "THE PERFECT STORM"
  • "El temporal perfecte : la història veritable d'una lluita de l'home contra el mar"
  • "La tormenta perfecta"@es
  • "La tormenta perfecta"
  • "Gniew oceanu : prawdziwa opowieść o zmaganiach ludzi z morzem"@pl
  • "Meren raivo"@fi
  • "Der Sturm : die letzte Fahrt der Andrea Gail : Roman"
  • "Der Sturm die letzte Fahrt der Andrea Gail ; Roman"
  • "The perfect storm a true story of men against the sea"
  • "Sztorm doskonały : prawdziwa opowieść o zmaganiach ludzi z morzem"
  • "Sztorm doskonały : prawdziwa opowieść o zmaganiach ludzi z morzem"@pl
  • "The perfect storm:the true story of man against the sea. [read by Kerry Shale]"@en
  • "Ghaḍob al-ʻāṣifah : qiṣṣah ḥaqīqiyah ʻann rijāl shujʻān fī ṣirāʻhum maʻa al-baḥr"
  • "Der Sturm : die letzte Fahrt der Andrea Gail"

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