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Excerpt from A Description of the Island of St. Helena: Containing Observations on Its Singular Structure and Formation, And an Account of Its Climate, Natural History, and InhabitantsPerhaps some persons, who shall in future visit St. Helena, may not be able at once to discover in its structure all that order and regularity which are here described. For, at first sight, and to those who only take a superficial view of some parts of it, there ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

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Excerpt from Our Insect Friends and FoesInsect Life which have come within my own sphere of observation, I have not hesitated to avail myself of the confirmatory and wider in vestigations of leading authorities on this fas cinating subject, so that my readers might have the facts placed before them as broadly and clearly as possible. I believe that in every case where I have so utilized the opinions and obser vations of other investigators, I ...

Exploring both ecology and psychotherapy from a systemic perspective, Nature in Mind steps beyond our current Darwinian paradigm in search our deep psychological relationships with nature and what stories nature can tell us about healthy psychological development.

Across a series of radical re-reappraisals of canonical postmodern texts, primarily films, from Fredric Jameson¿s Postmodernism to David Cronenberg¿s Crash and Harmony Korine¿s Gummo, Duncan shows that the same postmodern archive that has proven resistant to strongly subject-based and object-oriented emotions, like anger and sadness, proves all too congenial to the idiosyncratic, borderline emotions, from knowingness, fascination and bewilderm...

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Rehearsals for the local amateur dramatic production are in full swing - but as Mordecai discovers all too soon, the real tragedy is unfolding offstage. The star of the show has been found dead, and the spotlight is soon on Mordecai, whose reputation in the field of crime-solving precedes him.

Excerpt from History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, Vol. 1 of 2: Compiled From the Original RecordsTwo means may be employed to ensure this end. First: let the importance of his duty 'be impressed on the individual, and let the value in a military sense of what might seem at first sight trivial be carefully demonstrated. Let it be ex plained that neglect of some seemingly slight duty may disarrange the whole machine, and that for.About th...

Excerpt from History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, Vol. 1 of 2: Compiled From the Original RecordsTwo means may be employed to ensure this end. First: let the importance of his duty 'be impressed on the individual, and let the value in a military sense of what might seem at first sight trivial be carefully demonstrated. Let it be ex plained that neglect of some seemingly slight duty may disarrange the whole machine, and that for.About th...

Excerpt from History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, Vol. 2 of 2: Compiled From the Original RecordsIs incumbent on the Author now to acknowledge, with gratitude, the assistance he has received during its execu tion. Acting on a suggestion made by one Of the reviewers Of the first volume, he has noted in the margin the various authorities on which the narrative is based, and, as in many instances these are manuscript letters in the Record ...

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Through an examination of the reformed Committee on World Food Security, this book provides new, empirically-informed insights into increased participation in global governance processes.

Cognitive approaches to drama have enriched our understanding of Early Modern playtexts, acting and spectatorship. This monograph explores Shakespeare¿s props and their cognitive impact, illuminating Shakespeare¿s exploration of extended cognition, recollection and remembrance.

First published in 1985. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Drawing on a series of classroom workshops and live interviews with the authors, this book examines five popular children's authors: Philip Pullman, J K Rowling, Michael Morpurgo, Anthony Browne, Jacqueline Wilson and the genre of comic books. Four genres are explored in detail: the picture book, written narrative, film narrative and comic books.