"Adventures in New Guinea" by James Chalmers is a captivating account of the author's explorations in the remote regions of New Guinea. Chalmers, a missionary and explorer, provides vivid descriptions of the landscapes, cultures, and peoples he encountered during his travels. His narrative is rich with detail, showcasing the unique customs and traditions of the indigenous tribes. Through his eyes, readers gain insight into the challenges and wonders of navigating uncharted territories, as ...

According to Wikipedia: "Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the mainland of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous other islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Neighbouring countries include Indonesia, East Timor, and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia to the north-east, and New Zealand to the south-east. For around 40,000 years before Euro...

In "Adventures in New Guinea," James Chalmers offers a captivating narrative that intertwines exploration with keen anthropological insight. This work, grounded in late 19th-century colonial discourse, vividly chronicles Chalmers's encounters with the diverse tribes of New Guinea, illuminating their customs, languages, and ways of life. His literary style merges detailed observation with personal reflection, presenting a vivid tableau of New Guinea's rich cultural tapestry while positionin...

Professor Robert Rennie has been one of the most influential voices in Scots private law over the past thirty years. Highly respected as both an academic and a practitioner, his contribution to the development of property law and practice has been substantial and unique. This volume celebrates his retirement from the Chair of Conveyancing at the University of Glasgow in 2014 with a selection of essays written by his peers and colleagues from the judiciary, academia and legal practice.

Time is both the ally of high-level nuclear waste (HLNW) managers and the enemy. It is the ally because the radioactivity in elements and isotopes decreases with age, making the waste progressively less dangerous to human health and safety and the environment. This rate of radioactive decline varies, in some cases diminishing by half (the half life) in seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or years. In other cases the decay process takes centuries or hundreds of thousands of years ...

This book presents state of the art knowledge and practice in the rapidly developing field of bronchiectasis not due to cystic fibrosis. The focus is especially on diagnosis and existing and emerging therapies, but the book also covers a wide range of other key topics, from pathophysiology, histopathology, and immunology through to pulmonary rehabilitation, nursing care, and management in primary care and pediatric settings.While non–cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis was formerly rega...

This book-collection file includes the complete text of 31 books: Five Weeks in a Balloon, 800 Leagues on the Amazon, 20000 Leagues under the Seas, Around the World in Eighty Days, Blockade Runners, Celebrated Travels (all 3 volumes), Dick Sand, The English at the North Pole, Facing the Flag, the Field of Ice, From the Earth to the Moon, The Fur Country, Godfrey Morgan, In Search of the Castaways, In the Year 2889, A Journey into the Interior of the Earth, The Mysterious Island, Off on a C...

This carefully crafted ebook: “The Collected Works of Jules Verne in English” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Table of Contents:Novels:Five Weeks In A Balloon - 1863A Journey To The Center Of The Earth - 1864The Adventures Of Captain Hatteras - 1864From The Earth To The Moon - 1865In Search Of The Castaways - 186520,000 Leagues Under The Sea - 1869Around The Moon - 1869Aroun...

William Bligh (1754-1817) was an officer of the British Royal Navy and a colonial administrator eventually rising in rank to Vice Admiral. During his command of the "Bounty" in 1789, a notorious mutiny occurred. William Bligh and eighteen of his loyal seamen were expelled from the "Bounty" onto a small boat and began the greatest open-boat voyage in history, sailing some 4,000 miles to protection in Timor. The mutineers, led by Fletcher Christian, sailed off with the "Bounty" in other purs...

"The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras" (French: "Voyages et aventures du capitaine Hatteras") is an adventure novel by Jules Verne in two parts: "The English at the North Pole" (French: "Les Anglais au pôle nord") and "The desert of ice" (French: "Le Désert de glace").The novel was published for the first time in 1864. The definitive version from 1866 was included into Voyages Extraordinaires series ("The Extraordinary Voyages"). Although it was the first book of the seri...

This comprehensive eBook presents significant works of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - estimated 20500 pages easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • Around the World in Eighty Days • Vingt mille lieues sous les mers • Voyage au centre de la terre • Île mystérieuse • Vingt mille lieues sous les mers • From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon • In the Year and Michel Verne • Île mystérieuse • Voyage au centre de la terre • Cinq semaines en ballon. English • Les enfants du...

William Bligh's A Voyage to the South Sea is a commanding eighteenth-century maritime narrative, recording the Bounty expedition to transport breadfruit from Tahiti to the West Indies and the infamous mutiny that transformed a botanical mission into an ordeal of survival. Written in the precise, observational style of naval logbooks and Enlightenment travel literature, the work combines hydrography, ethnographic description, imperial science, and personal vindication. Its most arresting se...