Written by Curie’s daughter, the renowned international activist Eve Curie, this biography chronicles Curie’s legendary achievements in science, including her pioneering efforts in the study of radioactivity and her two Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry. It also spotlights her remarkable life, from her childhood in Poland, to her storybook Parisian marriage to fellow scientist Pierre Curie, to her tragic death from the very radium that brought her fame. Now updated with an eloquent, rousing introduction by best-selling author Natalie Angier, this timeless biography celebrates an astonishing mind and a extraordinary woman’s life.

    To the greatest extent possible, the text and formatting have been kept exactly the same as in the original release with the exception of some minor formatting changes.

    During the recent years of his service in India Dr. Jones has been holding Round Table Conferences with groups of about fifteen Christians and non-Christians. At these Conferences there has always been an atmosphere of sincerity. Those who attended were of different opinions, convictions, training, and experience in their religious life, but all were seekers after the truth. Contents: Beginnings; At Grips with Life; What Can We Gather from All This?; Conversion-Horizontal and Vertical; The Collective Redemption; The Growing Savior; The Trend Toward Experience; Almost; Where is the Place of Certainty and Authority?; Interpreters of Christ; Missions at the Round Table; Nations at the Round Table; The Most Sacred Round Table of All; The Cross-the Key to Life; The Way; Christ-the Universal; and The Cosmic Round Table.

    ‘Bill’ Tilman, the solution lay in Africa: in gold prospecting, mountaineering and a 3,000-mile bicycle ride across the continent. Tilman was one of the greatest adventurers of his time, a pioneering climber and sailor who held exploration above all else. He made first ascents throughout the Himalaya, attempted Mount Everest, and sailed into the Arctic Circle. For Tilman, the goal was always to explore, to see new places, to discover rather than conquer.First published in 1937, Snow on the Equator chronicles Tilman’s early adventures; his transition from East African coffee planter to famed mountaineer. After World War I, Tilman left for Africa, where he grew coffee, prospected for gold and met Eric Shipton, the two beginning their famed mountaineering partnership, traversing Mount Kenya and climbing Kilimanjaro and Ruwenzori. Tilman eventually left Africa in typically adventurous style via a 3,000-mile solo bicycle ride across the continent—all recounted here in splendidly funny style.Tilman is one of the greatest of all travel writers. His books are well-informed and keenly observed, concerned with places and people as much as summits and achievements. They are full of humour and anecdotes and are frequently hilarious. He is part of the great British tradition of comic writing and there is nobody else quite like him.

    

    W. Tilman in 1936. The journey begins after the successful mapping and penetration of Nanda Devi basin and entered the sanctuary and found the road for accessing the way of the Summit attempt. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

    

    

    

    Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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    Illustrated. Facsimile of letter number 5. Bibliography. Index. Introduction. "Afterwards Mrs. Louis Lindon" a biographical sketch of Brawne; "Afterwards Senora Llamos," a biographical sketch of Keats.If you have seen the movie, Bright Star, based on the lives of John Keats and Fanny Brawne, you might like to know what happened immediately after Keats takes his ill fated trip to Rome. These letters pick up the story at that time, and are authentic evidence of Fanny Brawne's voice and character.

    Originally, the purpose of the project was to produce a series of sectional guide books under the name American Guide, focusing on the scenic, historical, cultural, and economic resources of the United States. Eventually new programs were developed and projects begun under the Federal Emergency Relief Administration were absorbed by the Writers' Project. From its inception in 1935 through late 1939, the Federal Writers' Project was directed by Henry Alsberg.