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World Odyssey
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Author : Lance Morcan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
World Odyssey written by Lance Morcan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with categories.
The World Odyssey Of A Balinese Prince
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Author : Idanna Pucci
language : en
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Release Date : 2020-03-03
The World Odyssey Of A Balinese Prince written by Idanna Pucci and has been published by Tuttle Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
**Skipping Stones Honor Award Winner** The true story of a prince from Bali, whose fascinating life was shaped by uncommon events and exotic places. Born in 1919, Prince Made Djelantik witnessed pivotal moments of history: the twilight of a feudal age, the Second World War in Nazi-occupied Holland, Indonesia's long battle for independence from four hundred years of Dutch colonial rule, and finally, the great changes provoked on his island by unbridled development. Driven by an early passion for medicine, the prince set sail for Europe on the eve of WWII to study at the University of Amsterdam. His calling then took him to far-flung corners of the planet, where he encountered everything from a pirate ambush in the South China Sea and a night attack by a famished army of rats, to a deadly volcanic eruption and his arrest by Saddam Hussein's secret police. When he returned to Bali in the mid-1970s, his public identity as a doctor took precedence over his royal lineage and he was known simply as "Dr. Djelantik" on the island. The doctor implemented the successful campaign which finally eradicated malaria from Bali and established the island's first hospital. Author Idanna Pucci's evocative narrative of this unusual life is told in short story form, making The World Odyssey of a Balinese Prince an easy read for anyone who finds themselves dreaming of distant places. More than 40 of Dr. Djelantik's own watercolors--done when he was in his 80s--help to illustrate his adventures in vivid detail.
Earth Odyssey
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Author : Mark Hertsgaard
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2009-01-16
Earth Odyssey written by Mark Hertsgaard and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-16 with Nature categories.
Like many of us, Mark Hertsgaard has long worried about the declining health of our environment. But in 1991, he decided to act on his concern and investigate the escalating crisis for himself. Traveling on his own dime, he embarked on an odyssey lasting most of the decade and spanning nineteen countries. Now, in Earth Odyssey, he reports on our environmental predicament through the eyes of the people who live it. From the gilded boardrooms of Paris to the traffic-clogged streets of Bangkok, we travel from the deep human past to our still unfolding future. Much of the story revolves around people like Zhenbing, Hertsgaard's charismatic interpreter in China, whose desire to escape poverty leaves him indifferent to his country's horrific air and water pollution. We also meet Garang, a proud Dinka tribesman whose response to Sudan's famine shows the difficulty of building an environmentally sustainable future without bridging the gap between rich and poor. Drawing on interviews with Václav Havel, Al Gore, Jacques Cousteau, and numerous other prominent figures, Hertsgaard offers fresh insight into such complex issues as humanity's growing addiction to the automobile, the insidious spread of nuclear technology, and the inevitable tension between unfettered capitalism and the health of the biosphere. Earth Odyssey is a vivid, passionate narrative about one man's journey around the world in search of the answer to the most important question of our time: Is the future of the human species at risk? Combining first-rate reportage with irresistible storytelling, Mark Hertsgaard has written an essential--and ultimately hopeful--book about the uncertain fate of humankind.
The Muses Of Apollo
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Author : Giorgio Groom
language : en
Publisher: Notion Press
Release Date : 2020-10-17
The Muses Of Apollo written by Giorgio Groom and has been published by Notion Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-17 with Fiction categories.
“I will not let others decide for me what my duty as a woman should be. Whether it be to rule a country, raise a child or slaughter my enemies, I will decide what my own fate is.” Themis, Titan of Divine Justice Following the events of The Hunters of Artemis, Maximus and his friends find themselves working as agents for the underworld underneath the enigmatic god, Don Hades. While this line of work has no shortage of danger, their latest mission might be a bit more than they bargained for. They are ordered by the underworld to the dreaded Aeaea Island, where neither gods nor laws hold any power. For the lawless Island is under the rule of Circe, the dreaded ‘Ever-burning Witch’. Elsewhere, Maximus has garnered the attention of Olympus and they have sent their greatest huntsman to find him: Apollo, the Sun God.
On The Gods And The World
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Author : Vojt?ch Hladk?
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2024-05-16
On The Gods And The World written by Vojt?ch Hladk? and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-16 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Derveni papyrus is a multi-layered and intricate philosophical and religious treatise written in Greek, probably just before 400 BCE. Since its discovery in 1962, the papyrus has attracted the attention of scholars in several areas of Classical studies, mostly ancient philosophy and religion, but also literary studies. The anonymous author of the text quotes a previously unknown Orphic poem and comments on it using philosophical motifs and concepts borrowed from various Presocratic thinkers but especially Heraclitus and the Anaxagoreans. The book presents a new interpretation of various aspects of this complex text: situating the treatise within the tradition of allegorical interpretation; providing an interpretation of the opening columns, which describe a peculiar ritual and contain some Heraclitean material, including, as the study argues, some previously unknown fragments; reconstructing the contents of the Orphic poem upon which the Derveni author comments; examining various allegorical devices employed by the Derveni author in his explanation of the Orphic poem, following his commentary in detail; and finally, discussing the likely intellectual background in which the Derveni treatise originated. In general, the study argues that rather than being the work of a philosophising Orphic initiate, the Derveni treatise is a philosophical text whose aim was to explain a nonstandard religious poem. The commentary explains the Orphic poem from a perspective influenced by discussions among the followers of philosophy of Anaxagoras and Heraclitus, and employs reflections on the use and function of language found in the writings of some contemporary thinkers. Based on an analysis of sources upon which the Derveni papyrus is based, it is concluded that its author was probably active in Athens in late fifth century BCE and may have been a person close to Socrates' teacher Archelaus.
Man Of The World
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Author : Graham Hughes
language : en
Publisher: ATBOSH Media Ltd.
Release Date : 2017-10-10
Man Of The World written by Graham Hughes and has been published by ATBOSH Media Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-10 with Travel categories.
MAN OF THE WORLD is the gripping account of the first year of British adventurer Graham Hughes’s daring Guinness World Record™ attempt to visit every country on Earth using only surface-based transportation, told with refreshing candour in his own words. Buckle up for a rib-tickling multinational caper of courage, tenacity, love, friendship, danger, panic, passport stamps and geo-politics, washed down with copious amounts of alcohol.
A World On The Wing
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Author : Scott Weidensaul
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2021-03-18
A World On The Wing written by Scott Weidensaul and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-18 with Nature categories.
‘A vaulting triumph of a book’ Isabella Tree, author of Wilding 'A master storyteller, Weidensaul communicates so much joy in the sheer act of witnessing and such exhilaration in the advances of the science behind what he sees that we are slow to grasp the extent of the ecological crisis that he outlines.' Observer Bird migration remains perhaps the most singularly compelling natural phenomenon in the world. Nothing else combines its global sweep with its inherent ability to engender wonder and excitement. The past two decades have seen an explosion in our understanding of the almost unfathomable feats of endurance and complexity involved in bird migration – yet the science that informs these majestic journeys is still in its infancy. Pulitzer Prize-shortlisted writer-ornithologist Scott Weidensaul is at the forefront of this research, and A World on the Wing sees him track some of the most remarkable flights undertaken by birds. His own voyage of discovery sees him sail through the storm-wracked waters of the Bering Sea; encounter gunners and trappers in the Mediterranean; and visit a forgotten corner of north-east India, where former headhunters have turned one of the grimmest stories of migratory crisis into an unprecedented conservation success. As our world comes increasingly under threat from the effects of climate change, these ecological miracles may provide an invaluable guide to a more sustainable future for all species, including us. This is the rousing and reverent story of the billions of birds that, despite the numerous obstacles we have placed in their path, continue to head with hope to the far horizon.
The Hunters Of Artemis
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Author : Giorgio Groom
language : en
Publisher: Notion Press
Release Date : 2020-10-17
The Hunters Of Artemis written by Giorgio Groom and has been published by Notion Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-17 with Fiction categories.
“Honour gets you killed, cunning keeps you alive” – Hypnos, God of Sleep Following the events of The Legions of Athena, Maximus and his friends soon find themselves in the lush green forests of ‘Diana’ the country ruled by Artemis the Olympian goddess of the Hunt. But for reasons unknown to them, they are greeted by a less than warm welcome by the famed Hunters of Artemis. The forests of Diana not only hosts a variety of dangerous monsters but has also acted as the well tested hunting grounds for Artemis over the centuries. Soon Artemis and her Hunters begin a new hunt with Max and his friends as their prey.
Uganda
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Author : Philip Briggs
language : en
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
Release Date : 2013
Uganda written by Philip Briggs and has been published by Bradt Travel Guides this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Travel categories.
Uganda is the most comprehensive resource available providing visitors with all the advice you need.
Odyssey World Atlas
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Author : Hammond World Atlas Corporation
language : en
Publisher: Hammond World Atlas Corporation
Release Date : 2006
Odyssey World Atlas written by Hammond World Atlas Corporation and has been published by Hammond World Atlas Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Atlases categories.
From the breathtaking Hammond World Atlas, display on your coffee table or the full line of student atlases to cram into your back pack, no other publisher offers such a wide range of accurate, aggressively updated world reference titles.