Max Carson expected to enjoy the summer with his boys, P.J. and Gaffer, fishing in the quiet waters off Kona. However, even paradise can have its share of unexpected thrills and danger.

Kona Kai- When Max Carson agreed to have his boat, Bimini Twist, ferried over to the Hawaiian Islands on board the luxury yacht Felicity, he was expecting to enjoy the summer with his boys P.J. and Gaffer, fishing in the quiet waters off Kona, the blue marlin and yellowfin capital of the world. And in fact the fishing action was everything they expected. Mahimahi, yellowfin tuna and several varieties of marlin were their constant hook-ups in this sport fisherman's paradise. And the new friends they meet in Kona are interesting and colorful. But even paradise can have its share of unexpected...

A dozen of the greatest offshore fishermen in the world have come together in this book to share their stories of adventures on the high seas while chasing after great fish and world records. Each of these men has contributed one or more stories in a compilation by Patrick Mansell a noted novelist of fishing adventure books called the Bimini Twist Adventures.

This book explores the complex ways in which authors, publishers, and readers contributed to the making of Restoration poetry. The essays in Part I map some principal aspects of Restoration poetic culture: how poetic canons were established through both print and manuscript; how censorship operated within the manuscript transmission of erotic and politically sensitive poems; the poetic functions of authorial anonymity; the work of allusion and intertextual reference; the translation and adaptation of classical poetry; and the poetic representations of Charles II. Part II turns to individual...