High magnification photography is immensely exciting and rewarding. Through the close-up lens, everyday objects produce striking images, and small creatures show amazing detail that usually goes unnoticed. This book is both a practical guide to each step of the close-up process, as well as a source of inspirational ideas and subjects for producing high-impact images. Topics covered include: cameras, lenses and equipment; step-by-step techniques for high quality results; ideas for close-up ...

I have always been inspired by Albert Einstein's quotation that 'the fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. He who knows it not and can no longer wonder, no longer feel amazement, is as good as dead, a snuffed-out candle.'Whilst this quotation challenges the scientist, the artist and the spiritualist, it also has implications for all of us - to accept and embrace the 'mysterious' aspe...

The Manila Clam Ruditapes philippinarum: Science and Significance of a Globalised Species is an indispensable volume offering the only comprehensive account of the species. From a native range centred on China, Japan and Korea, the species is now found in the USA, Canada, in western Europe from Portugal to Sweden with all countries between, and in the Mediterranean from France to Turkeyi. A general survey of the science and global spread of this successful species provides the basis for an...

This inspirational book shows you how to take, edit and create photos that impress and last. Through fourteen lessons, it features exciting ideas and techniques that will transform your photos and help you develop your own personal style. Each lesson illustrates a particular style of photographic art and includes a step-by-step guide. Written for photographers of all experience, this book is a masterclass for creative photographers who want to edit photos to display and share.

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Our continual challenge as sentient human beings is to embrace the capacity to observe with awe the immense beauty of our planet, and recognise the intrinsic ‘goodness’ of our fellow travellers, despite differences in culture, colour, creed or ideology. Too often we are submerged in a tsunami of negative images, selectively provided by an unsympathetic 24/7 mass media, often too eager for a quick emotive ‘hit’ to our senses and sensibilities. My first book ‘Our Benevolent Cosmos Embracing ...

More photos are taken than ever before, but most are neglected and unused. This book suggests new creative directions and explains how you can produce distinctive and exciting works of art. Packed with technical advice and in-depth practical detail, it shows you how to use cameras and equipment for experimental photography. There are ideas on how to develop a creative eye and a personal photographic style. It explains when to use the rules of composition, and when to break them and shows y...

The book introduces the study of socialism as a phenomenon and socialist movements in America during the nineteenth century.

The book introduces the study of socialism as a phenomenon and socialist movements in America during the nineteenth century.

Male Continence by John Humphrey Noyes is a bold and thought-provoking work that challenges conventional views on relationships, intimacy, and self-control. In this audiobook, Noyes—founder of the Oneida Community—presents his revolutionary ideas on sexual ethics, discipline, and spiritual well-being. It is both a historical document and a daring exploration of human behavior, offering listeners insight into a philosophy that sought harmony between persona...

The Oneida Community was a perfectionist religious communal society founded by John Humphrey Noyes and his followers in 1848 near Oneida, New York. The community believed that Jesus had already returned in AD 70, making it possible for them to bring about Jesus's millennial kingdom themselves, and be perfect and free of sin in this world, not just in Heaven (a belief called perfectionism). The Oneida Community practiced communalis...

THE Oneida Community has long been receiving almost daily letters of inquiry respecting its method of controlling propagation. Many of these letters evidently come from intelligent and respectable persons. We will give a few recent specimens. Here is one from an English clergyman:London, March 11, 1872.MR. J. H. NOYES:Dear Sir:For some time past I have wished to ask you to inform me what is the "scientific discovery" you have made relating to Male Continence, r...