Misadventures In Nature S Paradise
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Misadventures In Nature S Paradise
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Author : Graeme Henderson
language : en
Publisher: UWA Publishing
Release Date : 2022-12-01
Misadventures In Nature S Paradise written by Graeme Henderson and has been published by UWA Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-01 with History categories.
The book provides a pre-settlement historical account of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island in their Indian Ocean context. The project began as a search for clues to locations of two 18th century Dutch shipwrecks, and was expanded into a general account of the early island histories and associated mythological Indian Ocean islands and creatures.
Misadventures In Nature S Paradise
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Author : Graeme Henderson
language : en
Publisher: University of Western Australia Press
Release Date : 2022-11
Misadventures In Nature S Paradise written by Graeme Henderson and has been published by University of Western Australia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11 with categories.
Misadventures in Nature's Paradise explores the earliest history of Australia's Indian Ocean territories of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island. Seafarers from Africa, the Middle East and Asia developed trade routes across the northern Indian Ocean. The first Europeans venturing eastward relied on local pilots, some of whom had travelled southward, collecting natural products from uninhabited islands. These pilots told of terrible dangers, including strong ocean currents, and giant birds of prey. Their stories frightened European sailors wrestling with unfamiliar environments and cultures. The Dutch developed shorter trade routes between South Africa and the Indonesian Spice Islands, taking European vessels close to the Christmas and Cocos islands. They produced charts, making voyaging in the southern Indian Ocean safer, but this could not prevent the odd shipwreck disaster. The authors, maritime archaeologists Graeme Henderson, Robert de Hoop and Andy Viduka, tease out real-life ramifications of the Indian Ocean and European myths upon the destiny of the Cocos (Keeling) and Christmas islands and provide evidence indicating that several eighteenth-century Dutch ships foundered near these beautiful islands. Their wrecks still await discovery.
Encyclopedia Of The Scientific Revolution
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Author : Wilbur Applebaum
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2003-12-16
Encyclopedia Of The Scientific Revolution written by Wilbur Applebaum and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-12-16 with History categories.
With unprecedented current coverage of the profound changes in the nature and practice of science in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe, this comprehensive reference work addresses the individuals, ideas, and institutions that defined culture in the age when the modern perception of nature, of the universe, and of our place in it is said to have emerged. Covering the historiography of the period, discussions of the Scientific Revolution's impact on its contemporaneous disciplines, and in-depth analyses of the importance of historical context to major developments in the sciences, The Encyclopedia of the Scientific Revolution is an indispensible resource for students and researchers in the history and philosophy of science.
Apocalypse In Paradise
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Author : Robert R. Fiedler
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2013-12
Apocalypse In Paradise written by Robert R. Fiedler and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12 with Political Science categories.
In this Volume is considered various things about life and living We will analyze some of what is evil and consider some of the universally good things The World is mostly good however some men have corrupted it with their greed and immorality Lying Fools have captured many important positions and control unimaginable wealth Those control very large segments of the information and publishing industries Those have assumed responsible positions in government and finance Those are the wealthy of today, millionaires and billionaires Much of such wealth is earned from illicit means Those are slowly strangling the Civilization And the people of a wonderful World What can the good people do? Such men are alien to decency They have no respect for their fellow man Those are arrogant and self-assured in their contempt For others of their kind, those are liar’s thieves and hypocrites Those are greedy and sinful men that exploit all manner of opportunity Those are exclusive and stand apart from most other men and they have no shame Some live in the finest places, fit for a King while being less than the lowest of creatures The contest is as it has always been The contest is between God as Father Son and Holy Ghost And the Devil as is found hiding in weak, dull and corruptible men Both exist as an Idea and a Spirit and cannot be discounted. Both are a part of Humanities destiny
Tropical Delusion
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Author : Jeff Ashmead
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2012-06-28
Tropical Delusion written by Jeff Ashmead and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-28 with Travel categories.
What if you quit your job . . . Sold everything . . . and bought a small hotel on the beach . . . South of Cancun, Mexico and down a long narrow road ending in turquoise blue water, you will find Soliman Bay. Here is where most peoples dreams are found, a small bay, white sand and palm trees, and a reef just offshore full of colorful fish. If you are visiting, the dream looks real, but if you intend on staying the locals have one bit of advice - guard your sanity. Though it may not seem possible, this comedy you are about to read is 99% true. Names have been changed to protect the innocent. May you laugh at our expense.
Psychosomatic Medicine
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Author : Adam J. Krakowski
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Psychosomatic Medicine written by Adam J. Krakowski and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Medical categories.
It is our pleasure to introduce to the readers of Advances in Psychosomatic Medicine: I, the authors of 88 papers presented at the VIth World Congress of the International College of Psychosomatic Medicine in Montreal, September 13-18, 1981. These papers are re presentative of more than 700 presentations and discussions that occurred in the course of lectures, symposia, panels and workshops. Adam J. Krakowski, M.D., primary editor of this volume, together with Chase P. Kimball, M.D., GUnsel Koptagel-Ila1, M.D. and Hellmuth Freyberger, M.D. are responsible for the solicitation and final editing of the papers included in this volume. Most of the plenary papers presented at the Congress and subsequently received for pub lication are in preparation for a volume to be issued by S. Karger, Basel, Switzerland, as a special number edited by us with the assistance of Drs. Freyberger and Koptagel-Ilal. The papers in cluded in this volume represent the main substance of the Congress. The editors regret that a number of presentations were either re ceived too late or in insufficient form to allow for publication at this time. A number of other papers presented at the Congress have been released for publication in the Journal of Psychosomatic Re search, the Psychiatric Journal of the University of Ottawa, General Hospital Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and other journals.
Radical By Nature
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Author : James T. Costa
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2023-03-21
Radical By Nature written by James T. Costa and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-21 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A major new biography of the brilliant naturalist, traveler, humanitarian, and codiscoverer of natural selection Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) was perhaps the most famed naturalist of the Victorian age. His expeditions to remote Amazonia and southeast Asia were the stuff of legend. A collector of thousands of species new to science, he shared in the discovery of natural selection and founded the discipline of evolutionary biogeography. Radical by Nature tells the story of Wallace’s epic life and achievements, from his stellar rise from humble origins to his complicated friendship with Charles Darwin and other leading scientific lights of Britain to his devotion to social causes and movements that threatened to alienate him from scientific society. James Costa draws on letters, notebooks, and journals to provide a multifaceted account of a revolutionary life in science as well as Wallace’s family life. He shows how the self-taught Wallace doggedly pursued bold, even radical ideas that caused a seismic shift in the natural sciences, and how he also courted controversy with nonscientific pursuits such as spiritualism and socialism. Costa describes Wallace’s courageous social advocacy of women’s rights, labor reform, and other important issues. He also sheds light on Wallace’s complex relationship with Darwin, describing how Wallace graciously applauded his friend and rival, becoming one of his most ardent defenders. Weaving a revelatory narrative with the latest scholarship, Radical by Nature paints a mesmerizing portrait of a multifaceted thinker driven by a singular passion for science, a commitment to social justice, and a lifelong sense of wonder.
Ground Truthing
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Author : Paul Carter
language : en
Publisher: UWA Publishing
Release Date : 2010
Ground Truthing written by Paul Carter and has been published by UWA Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Cultural geography categories.
Australia's evocative Mallee region is rich with histories, impressions and geographical complexities. It Is also a microcosm of a world in turmoil.
Paradoxes Of Paradise
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Author : Francis Landy
language : en
Publisher: Continuum
Release Date : 1983
Paradoxes Of Paradise written by Francis Landy and has been published by Continuum this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Religion categories.
Writing a book is a little like paying court to a queen of hearts; one might lose one's head. Writing a book on the Song of Songs is especially perilous, since it concerns that which is most painful to man, his most profound gifts, his unfathomable beauty. Writing such a book necessitates distance, separating oneself from what is said, allowing the poem to speak for itself through you, as through others. But it is also a self-discovery; we find ourselves spoken there. A confused bundle of personae, afloat in the twentieth century, hears himself in eternity. Every poet, and I would say every serious writer, writes with his life, as the rollcall of suicides among contemporary poets testifies. Certainly this writer has written with and for his life. Each one of my friends, and all who have aided me in this project, has fulfilled the commandment of piqquay nefe§, saving the soul, literally opening the eyes of the soul. It has been the source of much anticipatory pleasure to acknowledge these debts. First I would like to thank the Sussex University authorities, who have patiently extended my deadline year after year, and thus shown their trust in me; also my affection for the university itself - my sorrow too for its straits - for its unique creativity and its encouragement of imaginative adventure among its graduate students; it was truly good fortune that brought me here. In particular, there are my supervisors: Professor David Daiches, now retired, who made me feel at home, and whose humility and humanity I shall remember with pleasure; and Rev. Dr. Michael Wadsworth, for the extraordinary thoroughness of his comments, his constant support and concern. I feel especial gratitude to Mr. Gabriel Josipovici, who read all the chapters, and whose incisive and constructive criticism proved decisive; and, in a different mode, to the editors of the Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, and to my publisher, Dr. David Gunn, who relieved the isolation that pervades graduate studies. Quite apart from their ultimate responsibility for this work, I wish to thank my parents for their excellent proofreading. To Dr. Jonathan Magonet lowe almost - iv - everything. The Prior and friars of Hawkesyard Priory gave me shelter through a particularly excruciating writing block. I have benefitted greatly from the sympathetic advice and generous time of an Egyptologist, Miss Alison Roberts, and hope that our association will continue. I wish to thank Miss Katherine Schardt and, more than I can say, Mrs Rushi Ledermann for their insight and affection.
Coniston
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Author : Michael Bradley
language : en
Publisher: UWA Publishing
Release Date : 2019-11-01
Coniston written by Michael Bradley and has been published by UWA Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-01 with History categories.
‘Mowed them down wholesale!’ With these words, a judge summed up the last great punitive massacre of Aboriginal people in Australia. Coniston, Central Australia, 1928: the murder of an itinerant prospector at this isolated station by local Warlpiri triggered a series of police-led expeditions that ranged over vast areas for two months, as the hunting parties shot down victims by the dozen. The official death toll, declared by the whitewash federal inquiry as being all in self-defence, was 31. The real number was certainly multiples of that. Coniston has never before been fully researched and recorded; with this book that absence in Australia’s history is now filled. As the last great mass killing in our country’s genocidal past but an event largely unremembered, it reminds us that, without truth, there can be no reconciliation.