San Juan is the largest city in the Caribbean and is the capital city of Puerto Rico. The island was recently voted the most popular island to visit in the Caribbean and San Juan was named as one of the top 50 world cities for tourists. There is much Spanish heritage in the city’s historical architecture around San Juan’s ancient cobbled streets and the city has been influenced by European, Latin and American cultures. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction to San Juan, Puerto Rico - Overview - L...

Los Angeles is the largest city in California and the second largest in the United States. “The City of Angels” is a melting pot of 18 million people in its sunny location among the forests, mountains and gorgeous beaches of the Pacific Ocean. Los Angeles is the world headquarters of the movie industry (Hollywood) and a major location for music production and perfomance.  It is home to many of the rich and famous. Whether starseeking, on a business trip or relaxing there is something ...

Bilbao is the capital of Vizcaya province in the Basque Country in northern Spain. The city is set on the Nervión river and benefits from a milder climate than in most other regions of Spain. Temperatures rarely fall below freezing in wintertime or rise over 34ºC in summertime.   TABLE OF CONTENTS:  Bilbao, San Sebastián & Basque Country - Overview - Culture - Location & Orientation - Climate & When To Visit - Sightseeing Highlights - Bilbao - San S...

Pisa is a famous city in Italy that is best known for the world famous Leaning Tower but which offers much more. Pisa offers some of the most beautiful views of the Tuscan mountains and is just a short drive away from the scenic hill towns and villages of Tuscany.    TABLE OF CONTENTS:  Introduction to Pisa - Overview - Culture - Location & Orientation - Climate & When to Visit - Sightseeing Highlights - Piazza dei Miracoli (Square of Miracles) - Leaning Tower of Pis...

The country through which we shall travel in this book is the biggest on the North American continent. The Dominion of Canada is almost as big as all Europe. It is bigger than the United States and all its outlying possessions. It is thirty times as big as Great Britain and Ireland, and it has one third of all the land over which the Union Jack flies. We shall find the country one of magnificent distances and wide, open spaces. It lies just over our boundary and reaches from there to just ...

By the World War the Moslem was forced to the rear and Palestine has become more and more the possession of Christian and Jew. General Allenby and his troops have taken the part of Richard the Lion-hearted and the Crusaders, and Jerusalem is at last out of the hands of the followers of the Prophet Mohammed. Among the innovations that followed are the removal of the tax gatherers who robbed the poor and the rich in the name of the Sultan, the safeguarding of the roads from the wandering Bed...

This volume on Egypt, Nubia, the Sudan, and Kenya Colony is based upon notes made during my several trips to this part of the world. At times the notes are published just as they came hot from my pen, taking you back, as it were, to the occasion on which they were written. Again they are modified somewhat to accord with present conditions. For instance, I made my first visit to Egypt as a boy, when Arabi Pasha was fomenting the rebellion that resulted in that country’s being taken over by ...

The Australians say their country is the biggest thing south of the Equator, and what I have seen here makes me think that they are right. Australia is as big as the United States without Alaska, twenty-five times larger than Great Britain and Ireland, fifteen times the size of France, and three fourths as large as all Europe. It is a country of magnificent distances, being longer from east to west than the distance from New York to Salt Lake, and wider from north to south than from New Yo...

Embark on a captivating journey into the world of insects with George H. Carpenter's "The Life-Story of Insects." This concise yet illuminating book offers an accessible overview of insect transformations, presenting a snapshot of the fascinating processes that define their life cycles.Although not exhaustive, "The Life-Story of Insects" provides a valuable introduction to the subject, highlighting the significant roles insects play in our world. Carpenter'...

The Life-Story of Insects by George H. Carpenter: "The Life-Story of Insects" is a scientific exploration of the fascinating world of insects by George H. Carpenter. This book provides an in-depth look into the lives, behaviors, and adaptations of insects, from the smallest ants to the most colorful butterflies. Carpenter's work illuminates the intricate and often mysterious world of these tiny creatures.Key Aspects of the Book "The Life-St...

Insects as a whole are preeminently creatures of the land and the air. This is shown not only by the possession of wings by a vast majority of the class, but by the mode of breathing to which reference has already been made (p. 2), a system of branching air-tubes carrying atmospheric air with its combustion-supporting oxygen to all the insect's tissues. The air gains access to these tubes through a number of paired air-holes or spiracles, arranged segmentally in series. It is of great inte...

The object of this little book is to afford an outline sketch of the facts and meaning of insect-transformations. Considerations of space forbid anything like an exhaustive treatment of so vast a subject, and some aspects of the question, the physiological for example, are almost neglected. Other books already published in this series, such as Dr Gordon Hewitt's House-flies and Mr O H. Latter's Bees and Wasps, may be consulted with advantage for details of special insect life-stories. Rece...