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The aboriginal tribes of the Nilgiri hills is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1870.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebook...

The sportsman and naturalist in Canada - Or Notes on the natural history of the game, game birds, and fish of that country is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1866.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of h...

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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 ...

Excerpt from A Genealogy and History Relating to the Halsted and Ogden Families: From the Norman Period to the Present Time, With an AppendixHowever, having ascertained the origin of the family, and traced the relationship from our American ancestors, and which for convenience terminates in herself, others so related, and so disposed, can supply the omissions, and readily continue their own immediate family record.About the PublisherForgotten ...

Excerpt from The Aboriginal Tribes of the Nilgiri HillsThey are lighter in colour than the Hindoos proper, and also than any of the true hill - tribes, from whom they are besides easily distinguished at'a distance on account of their wearing turbans. They are beardless, slightly built, and smooth in limb.Several different classes exist among them, the more wealthy owning the only cows and oxen on the hills, as well as herds of buffaloes, many ...

Seoul is a colossus both in its physical presence and the demand it places on any intellectual effort to understand it. How did it come to be? How can a city this immense work? Underlying its spectacle and incongruities is a city that might be described as ill at ease with its own past. The bitter rifts of Japanese colonization persist, as does the troubled aftermath of the Korean War and its divisions, the economic "Miracle on the Han" that f...

Excerpt from The Sportsman and Naturalist in Canada, or Notes on the Natural History of the Game, Game Birds and Fish of That CountryThe climate is as healthy as it is delightful, at all seasons: whether in the glorious days of 'summer, when ruby-throated humming-birds ¿it from ¿ower to ¿ower, in the glowing autumn, when tints of brightness unknown in other lands invest the forest with their gorgeous mantle, in the dreamy softness of that wond...

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Ross King is a Professorial Fellow in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne.

From bestselling author and art historian Ross King, the full history of how Claude Monet created the beloved Water Lilies at the gardens of Giverny, and the fascinating story of the last decade of his life.

A visual celebration of more than 80 great artists, from the Early Renaissance to the present day.Exploring the vision and techniques of the greatest painters and sculptors throughout history, Artists tells the fascinating stories behind each masterpiece, including the historical context in which each artist worked, their influences, creative development, friendships, loves, and rivalries. From Donatello to Dali and Giotto to Giacometti, Artis...

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Per i viaggiatori che si fermavano sul bordo della strada a sbirciare i fiori o che allungavano il collo dai finestrini del treno per scorgere un angolo dello stagno, il giardino di Monet a Giverny era una visione paradisiaca. "Un Paradiso dove, all'ombra di alcuni alberi, i fiori variopinti giocano sul prato illuminati dal sole che filtra a chiazze tra le fronde mosse dalla brezza" scrisse un giornalista. Eppure quel luogo ameno era lo stesso...

Per costruire Santa Maria del Fiore i fiorentini avevano abbattuto intere foreste per ricavare il legname delle travi, raso al suolo vecchie chiese e quartieri, esumato i morti dalle tombe attorno al battistero di San Giovanni. La prima pietra era stata posata nel 1296, e nel 1418 mancava un solo particolare: la cupola. Sarebbe stata la più grande mai costruita e doveva levarsi verso il ciclo senza sostegni visibili. Fu indetto un concorso e a...

Der Triumph von Kühnheit und Phantasie über Skepsis und NeidMit der Kathedrale von Florenz wollten die Medici den Reichtum und die Pracht ihrer Stadt verewigen. Aber ein Jahrhundert nach der Grundsteinlegung wusste noch niemand, wie man die riesige Kuppel mit einem Durchmesser von über 40 Metern bauen könnte. Ross King erzählt die wahre Geschichte von Filippo Brunelleschi, der sich gegen Spötter und Neider durchsetzte, neue Kräne und Bautechni...