Byron's "Narrative of the Loss of the Wager" recounts the harrowing tale of the HMS Wager, which was shipwrecked during a voyage around Cape Horn. The narrative is a gripping account of survival, detailing the struggles faced by the crew as they battled the elements and their own despair. Byron, one of the survivors, provides a vivid portrayal of the challenges they encountered, including starvation, mutiny, and the fight for leadership among the men. His firsthand experience lends authent...

A serial killer is stalking through Sydney, hell-bent on recreating scenes from the Fabrica, the 16th-century foundation text of modern anatomy. The spate of cold, methodical attacks has the city on edge, but the serial killer may not even be the darkest player in this story.Desperate for a breakthrough, decorated homicide detective David Murphy draws into the case his art historian sister, Joanna, and Sylvia, his wife. Unravelling the mystery of who is behind the killings pushes e...

In 1741, the HMS Wager wrecked in an uninhabited area off the coast of Chile. In the aftermath of the disaster, chaos took hold. One faction of the surviving crew rose up against the officers of the ship and attempted to make their way to a Chilean city in a rickety boat. In this volume, Royal Navy officer John Byron presents his version of the mutiny.

First published in 1999, this volume offers contrasting views from a variety of academic disciplines, including agriculture, anthropology, economics, geography, management studies, planning, and sociology, which focus on the single two-fold problem of how to understand these issues and what, practically, might be done about them.

This title was first published in 2001. Isolated communities, dependent upon fishing, farming and forestry, which are scattered around the North Atlantic coast, have shared a disastrous decline during the last decade. These communities are in the peripheries of advanced industrial nation-states, such as Canada and supra-national alliances, such as the European Community, yet despite this, there are no easy solutions to the development of these regions. This volume argues that the productiv...

The Station follows three high-spirited young men visiting the monasteries on Mount Athos in 1927. They examine treasures and sketch the courtyards and those who live in them. They swim ecstatically off the sparkling, deserted beaches, climb mountains, talk and share meals with monks and transcribe these conversations with relish. For life is very different for a celibate hermit on Mount Athos. Time has no meaning: the Son of God, His Virgin Mother, the Angels and the Saints are all livin...

Lord Byron Complete Works Ultimate CollectionThis is the world's best Byron collection, including the most complete set of Byron's works available plus many free bonus materials.Lord ByronByron was an English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic Movement. He is still regarded as one of the all-time greatest British poets; and he remains widely read and extremely influentialThe Most Complete Collection Available

Do you want to have a stronger influence over people without coming across as aggressive or pushy? Be able to read anyone like an open book? Then you need to keep reading...Recent scientific studies have demonstrated one intriguing fact: people can be influenced to do nearly anything, under the right circumstances. In the famous Stanford Prison Experiment of 1971, researchers found that without the use of force or even suggestion, participants could be influenced to behave in a high...

Who are the literary ancestors of Dracula? How did the classic vampire--the tall, dark, elegant aristocrat with an endless life and an unquenchable thirst for blood--become a mass-media star? James Grant Goldin presents a curated anthology of the original texts, some freshly translated, that trace the evolution of the vampire lord in the 18th and 19th centuries. Newspaper accounts of "real" vampires in the Austro-Hungarian Empire bring word of a new kind of monster to England, France, and ...

Do you dream about becoming a master of mind control? Do you want to protect yourself from brainwashing by becoming aware of the most effective techniques? Then you need to keep reading...Whether we realize it or not, the human mind is highly malleable and can be programmed to do nearly anything. In the Milgram experiment of 1961, psychologist Stanley Milgram found astounding evidence for the moldable nature of the human mind. When influenced by a skilled authority figure, he found ...

Do your deep-seated insecurities fill you with anxiety and worry? Does your fear of failure keep you from living life to the fullest? Then you need to keep reading…Recent studies have discovered a shocking fact: 85% of people suffer from low-self esteem. This means that 4 out of 5 people experience feelings of being unlovable, a crippling fear of failure, and social anxiety. MRI studies have shown that certain neural pathways become more active when individuals practice positive aff...

Now in an expanded second edition to include new technologies, and incorporating post-pandemic developments, this is the first book to focus solely on developing the readers’ personal wine selling skills—for producers, distributors, and direct to the consumer. It comprehensively provides a practical approach to developing exceptional wine-selling skills. Drawing from their extensive experience in the field, the authors have crafted a clear and insightful framework based on the principles, ...