"Mahogany Soul" is a book of poetry that chronicles E. Bernard Smith's spiritual journey through life, love and the pursuit of happiness. The first of many books to come from this talented author, "Mahogany Soul" is filled with words of inspiration, love and relatable material that is sure to move your spirit, challenge your mind and touch your heart. Whether you are a fan of Poetry, Spoken Word or simply good literature this book will deliver! En...

Young Mico is a slave in a big house in Pompeii. His only friend is the house dog, Fortunatus. One quiet summer day, Fortunatus suddenly runs away. He takes Mico with him. What does the dog know? What is he afraid of? Is it, perhaps, the mountain behind the town?

In The 40-Knot Sailboat, visionary engineer Bernard Smith revolutionizes the way we think about sailing. Blending scientific precision with the passion of a lifelong sailor, Smith challenges centuries of nautical tradition in pursuit of one audacious goal — a sailboat capable of exceeding forty knots. First published at the height of postwar innovation, this groundbreaking work explores the aerodynamics, hydrodynamics, and engineering principles behind high-speed sailing, setting ...

It has been widely asserted that Bernard Smith established the discipline of art history in Australia. He was the founding professor of contemporary art and the directory of the Power Institute at the University of Sydney, published the classic art text Australian Painting, three volumes on the art of Captain Cook's voyages, and two memoirs. His work was seminal for histories of Pacific encounter and he also authored some of the country's most eloquent memoirs. This publication br...

Bernard Smith (1916-2011) was arguably Australia's greatest art historian and one of the most important humanist thinkers internationally on ideas concerning cultural contact. His European Vision and the South Pacific, first published in 1960, showed how the ideas of the Enlightenment and the empirical structuring of scientific and geographical knowledge during the great eighteenth-century voyages of discovery affected notions of identity-both for Europeans and the Indigenous peop...

Cathy Birchall has been blind since she was in her mid 20s. Following the death of her husband of 19 years and finding herself blind and alone she put herself through college and became a Further Education Lecturer. Within this role she met Bernard Smith, and then took a year off from her job with Action for Blind People to go on this journey. Bernard, a motorcyclist for over 30 years, and a former teacher then working for the RNIB, had an ambition to circle the world. On their return from...

"Touching the World" is the extraordinary story of Cathy Birchall, a blind woman, who set off with her companion Bernard Smith, to become the first blind person ever to circle the world on a motorbike, an 18-year-old BMW R100. What transpired has become an inspirational, worldwide story that challenges people to question their own self-imposed boundaries.From desolate and dangerous mountain roads, difficult border crossings and numerous mechanical breakdowns, to climbing Wayna Picc...

L'Homme Debout, tueur en série aux victimes innombrables, s'est évadé de prison. Pour Ward Hopkins, pas de doute possible : son frère a bénéficié de la complicité des sinistres Hommes de Paille. Mais seules deux personnes sont prêtes à le croire : sa petite amie Nina, enquêtrice du FBI en disgrâce, et John Zandt, ancien policier hanté par le meurtre de sa fille, et lui-même un homme recherché. La disparition soudaine de Nina balaie ses derniers doutes : les Hommes de Paille ont repris les ...

Radio astronomy is an active and rapidly expanding field due to advances in computing techniques, with several important new instruments on the horizon. This text provides a thorough introduction to radio astronomy and its contribution to our understanding of the universe, bridging the gap between basic introductions and research-level treatments. It begins by covering the fundamentals physics of radio techniques, before moving on to single-dish telescopes and aperture synthesis arrays. Fu...

Howard Belsey, docente di storia dell'arte, vive la sradicata esistenza di un britannico costretto ad abitare per ragioni professionali negli Stati Uniti. Da trent'anni è sposato senza trasporto con Kiki, da cui ha avuto tre figli ma, in contrasto con lo scomposto e generazionale entusiasmo dei propri ragazzi, Howard si trova di fronte a una difficile valutazione della propria esistenza. Quando le vicende della vita porteranno lo studioso rivale Monty Kipps e la sua famiglia a trasferirsi ...

« Hors norme, terrifiant... Un véritable chef-d'oeuvre. » Stephen KingPalmerston, Pennsylvanie. Deux hommes, armés de fusils semi-automatiques, abattent soixante-huit personnes. Avant de prendre la fuite, ils écrivent en lettres de sang : « Les Hommes de Paille ».Onze ans plus tard, à Santa Monica, Californie, une adolescente est kidnappée. Le tueur en série que le FBI a surnommé l'Homme Debout a encore frappé.Dyesburg, Montana. Les parents de Ward ...

This widely-studied play is one of the best sellers of the Shakespeare canon. This production is the seventh Shakespeare play in the series undertaken by Naxos AudioBooks in conjunction with Cambridge University Press.