Amazonia contains by far the world's largest river and the greatest expanse of tropical rain forest, home to the greatest biological diversity on the planet. This enthralling book brilliantly explains why the rain forest is crucial for our planet's survival, and vividly describes the passionate struggles that have taken place to utilize, protect and understand it. John Hemming's thrilling account recalls the adventures and misadventures of intrepid explorers, Jesuits and the rubber barons ...

An expansive biography of William (or Guillermo, as he is known in South America) Miller, a soldier well-recognized and loved not just in modern Peru but across the swath of nations liberated from Spanish rule during the nineteenth century.During Admiral Thomas Cochrane’s demolition of imperial Spain’s naval presence in the Pacific amid the revolutionary wars for Spanish South America, all the raids were carried out by his marines under a young officer called Willi...

Árbol de ríos cuenta la historia del río Amazonas desde muchas voces y perspectivas. El libro explora las incursiones coloniales, los cambios demográficos y las grandes transformaciones ecológicas desde la llegada de los europeos a fines del siglo XV y principios del XVI. Con erudición y un gran manejo de fuentes y de la narración, el autor nos lleva desde el año 1500 hasta la situación contemporánea de la Amazonía, las múltiples amenazas a su futuro como pulmón del planeta, y su papel com...

In 1945, three young brothers joined and eventually led Brazil's first government-sponsored expedition into its Amazonian rainforests. After more expeditions into unknown terrain, they became South America's most famous explorers, spending the rest of their lives with the resilient tribal communities they found there. People of the Rainforest recounts the Villas Boas brothers' four thrilling and dangerous 'first contacts' with isolated indigenous people, and their lifelong mission...

Alfred Russel Wallace, Henry Walter Bates and Richard Spruce were English naturalists who went to Amazonia 150 years ago. This book is the first to combine all three young mens experiences of the Amazon, drawing heavily on their own letters and books. All three explored an unknown river and had many thrilling adventures: violent attacks of malaria, fearful rapids, murder attempts, encounters with newly contacted indigenous peoples, shipwrecks, and many other hardships.In addition t...

In 1532, the magnificent Inca empire was the last great civilization still isolated from the rest of humankind. The Conquest of the Incas is the definitive history of this civilization's overthrow, from the invasion by Pizarro's small gang of conquistadors and the Incas' valiant attempts to expel the invaders to the destruction of the Inca realm, the oppression of its people, and the modern discoveries of Machu Picchu and the lost city of Vilcabamba. This authoritative, wide-rangi...

A three-book compilation, Captain Kyle Miller, Captain John Hemming, and Captain Larry Michner explores the lives and adventures of three sea captains. From pirates to sinkings to shootouts, each book will take you along on a thrilling sea-going adventure.

De Heere vrezen brengt gelukzaligheid zegt Psalm 128:1. De bekende Engelse predikant John Bunyan wijst in dit boek op de rijke inhoud van dit vers. Hij beschrijft verschillende vormen van het dienen van God. Voor de zondaar betekent God vrezen angst. Voor een kind van God heeft vrezen van Hem juist een rijke betekenis. Bunyan ontkracht in dit boek misverstanden die er over het begrip kunnen leven. Centraal staat het voorwerp van het vrezen: God zelf en Christus in het bijzonder. Hij heeft ...

Together is about the extraordinary revival of small groups in Britain today.What happens when a room full of people decide to work towards the same dream? Why is it that when we come together in small groups we are so much more than the sum of our parts?From druids to bingo-clubbers, eco-warriors to flash-mobbers, historical re-enactors to bee-keepers, books groups and knitting circles, W.I.s, Young Farmers and the fan-owners of a football club, Together reveals the true s...

When Henry Hemming set out in a pick-up truck called Yasmine to make a portrait of the Middle East, he had no idea what he would find or where he would be able to go - he wasn't even sure how he would earn enough money to stay on the road for a year. Henry Hemming's extraordinary journey takes him from the drug-fuelled ski-slopes of Iran via some of the region's secret beaches, palaces, army barracks, police cells, nightclubs, torture chambers, brothels and artists' studios to a Fourth of ...

Provides a comprehensive review of the recent advances in agricultural robotics, such as advances in sensing and perception, as well as technologies and actuationAddresses our understanding of the social, ethical and economic aspects of agricultural robotics, including the regulatory frameworks and standards required to authorise their adoptionProvides examples of the practical application of agricultural robotics in an array of agricultural settings, from greenho...

Hypodontia: A Team Approach to Management provides specialist clinicians with a practical reference to the multidisciplinary management of patients with this condition. The book synthesises current information and best practice from specialties involved in the treatment of hypodontia into one comprehensive volume, emphasising a problem-based approach throughout.This volume is structured over three sections. Part One offers background information on the epidemiology and aet...