A novel portraying the grim reality of how the Aborigines, the original inhabitants of Australia, were treated during the early days of European settlement.The story digs into the heart of colonialism and the hearts of those involved in this epic period of history. Aborigines, who had occupied the continent for 60,000 years, suddenly found themselves embroiled in a conflict which threatend their very existence.The tragedy, as witnessed by members of the Mossman River tribe ...

A captivating novel of a son's search for his fugitive father on the Australian colonial frontier.The harshness of colonial rule in Australia during the 1870s equalled that practised in mother England. Floggings, jailings in squalid conditions and death by hanging were prescriptive measures for those who dared to assert themselves.When Tom Simpson, a farrier for the mounted police, murders a trooper he knows that the gallows await his capture. He flees, boarding a sailing s...

The author proposes a "workable" pathway for the US to achieve net zero CO2 emissions from the transportation and electrical power sectors of the US by 2050. The intent is to describe in straightforward terms what it will take to achieve such a goal. Providing basic background information on the measures necessary to transition from a fossil-fuel-based power source to one based on renewables will provide the reader insight to the enormity of this goal.The author attempts to outline...

This book is aimed at Health Physicists wishing to gain a better understanding of the principles and practices associated with a light water reactor (LWR) radiation protection program. The role of key program elements is presented in sufficient detail to assist practicing radiation protection professionals in improving and strengthening their current program. Details related to daily operation and discipline areas vital to maintaining an effective LWR radiation protection program are prese...

In 1877 young Barney Simpson leaves colonial Sydney town in search of his fugitive father who, as farrier for the police, murdered a trooper two years earlier.His journey takes him to a gold rush town in northern Australia where thousands of fortune seekers are digging for gold. Barney becomes immersed in life on the frontier, witnessing its highs and lows.While employed as leading hand at the Cavalier hotel in Cooktown he conducts his search. His investigations take him to...

Prince (1958-2016) was meer dan 35 jaar een ongekend popfenomeen. Maar wie was deze legende? In deze unieke kwaliteitsbiografie komt de man achter de mythe tevoorschijn. Voor het eerst krijgen fans naast een uitzonderlijk compleet overzicht van zijn muzikale productie ook een close-upportret van de persoonlijke wereld van het muzikale genie. De bekroonde auteur Matt Thorne ontrafelt het mysterie van Prince aan de hand van een diepgaande analyse van zijn muziek en vele exclusieve interviews...

A novel portraying the grim reality of how the Aborigines, the original inhabitants of Australia, were treated during the early days of European settlement.The story digs into the heart of colonialism and the hearts of those involved in this epic period of history. Aborigines, who had occupied the continent for 60,000 years, suddenly found themselves embroiled in a conflict which threatend their very existence.The tragedy, as witnessed by members of the Mossman River tribe ...

Marcella, a young and beautiful mixed-raceIsland Princess is kidnapped from NewCaledonia in 1870 and taken to Australia.Enslaved by Captain Oliver Morgan, sheis hidden away on his country estate till apolice raid forces him to offload her to theowner of a sugar cane plantation. Havingpaid good money for the transfer, theplanter’s wife positions Marcella to becomethe wife of her drunkard son. Marcella,despite harassment a...

The life of Robert Bruce is one of the greatest comeback stories in history. Heir and magnate, shrewd politician, briefly 'king of summer' and then a desperate fugitive who nevertheless returned from exile to recover the kingdom he claimed, Bruce became a gifted military leader and a wise statesman, a leader with vision and energy. Colm McNamee combines the most up to date scholarship on this crucial figure in the history of the British Isles with lucid explanation of the medieval context,...

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, is a controversial member of the British royal family, grandson of the late Queen Elizabeth II, younger son of King Charles III and his first wife Princess Diana, and fifth in line to succeed his father to the British throne.How did Prince Harry overcome the high-profile divorce of his parents and the tragic death of his young mother to become an Apache helicopter pilot, decorated combat veteran, founder of the Invictus Games, patron of multiple charit...

Prince Philip's life and legacy. Read the new and definitive biography of the remarkable Duke of Edinburgh.For decades Prince Philip shared the Queen’s burden of office without upstaging her, always privately providing reassurance and advice but never overstepping the boundaries of his supporting role. It was an unforgiving position – a challenge for anyone – but one that he met head on. He remained the Queen’s adviser and closest confidant and was known as such ...

A Highland lad comes of age at the brutal battle of Culloden in 18th-century ScotlandIn the year 1745, the cry goes out across the Scottish Highlands for every able-bodied Scotsman to take up arms in support of Bonnie Prince Charlie. Stalwart and brave but prone to sudden seizures, young Duncan longs to join his da and the other men of clan MacDonald in the noble fight against the English. His father decrees the boy must remain behind, but the call to war is impossi...