Antarctica is home to the world’s largest concentration of wildlife in the coldest, windiest and driest place on earth. Cruise the Southern Ocean for a wandering albatross, land on continental beaches to sit with thousands of penguins, keep a sharp eye open for humpback whales against a backdrop of snow-covered mountains soaring upwards from the sea, marvel at orcas harrying Weddell seals off ice floes, or gawp at a leopard seal as it grabs and flays a penguin. Visiting Antarctica means be...

An engaging and beautifully illustrated full-colour guide to some of the most exciting wildlife in the world in an area about to see a significant increase in visitor numbers as a direct result of changes in the ice cover of the Arctic Ocean. Bradt's Arctic Wildlife is an ideal companion on board and on shore.A fascinating and informative read. Visitors to the far north cruise the Arctic coast in the company of humpback whales and belugas, see polar bears hunt ringed seals, and com...

This extensively updated fifth edition of Bradt’s Arctic is an engagingly written and beautifully illustrated full-colour guidebook to some of the world’s most exciting wildlife. Designed with expedition-cruise passengers in mind, it is an ideal companion both on board and ashore, providing fascinating accounts of the most likely animals and plants to be seen – from polar bears and beluga whales to snowy owls and snow buttercups.Only a small number of hardy and evocative creatures ...

Featuring period drawings and prints of swordplay, this book examines and compares three Elizabethan fencing manuals written in English before 1600: Giacomo Di Grassi’s His True Arte of Defense (1594), Vincentio Saviolo’s His Practice in Two Bookes (1595), and George Silver’s Paradoxes of Defence and Bref Instructions upon My Paradoxes of Defence (1599).More than a technical manual on swordplay, this book explores the influence of a new form of violence i...

Tony Soper had been searching for something to share that would help others when he found himself returning to three questions. Suddenly, it occurred to him that the questions would be powerful in a journal format—and even more useful if it were to include uplifting and encouraging Scriptures that promoted further reflection. The three questions you’ll be asked to reflect on are: What did I do wrong today? This could be something as simple as needing to manage your time better or making a ...