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This text offers a different interpretation of Britain's role in the world in the period leading up to World War I. It draws on evidence from previously private papers to offer an account of the methods Disraeli used to establish his ascendency over British foreign policies.

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Why should someone write a book about the history of mammals in South America, and why should others read it? For a start, there are many strange animals in South America, fascinating to almost everyone: opossums, armadillos, tree sloths, anteaters, monkeys in great varieties, capybaras, wild guinea pigs, tucu-tucus, and many other native rodents, jaguars and rather weird maned wolves, tapirs, peccaries, llamas, to name just a few. Here is indeed an interesting mixture of creatures, and it takes only a modicum of human curiosity to want to know their history and to learn, as far as possible, how that mixture arose. It is a mixture. Some of those animals have had ancestors and relatives confined to South America at the beginning of the Age of Mammals and long thereafter, although some have more recently spread into tropical Central American and a few even into the United States. Some appear suddenly in the middle of the history, while others appear rather later in this history as migrants from North America. This is a study of those historical mixtures.

Few Pacific islands hold as prominent a place in the Western imagination as Easter Island. The most remote inhabited place on earth, Easter Island is home to the Rapa Nui, a Polynesian people who developed a unique series of artistic traditions. While the island is renowned for the colossal stone figures that adorned its temples, much of its art remains unfamiliar to wider audiences. This book examines the island's diverse artistic heritage and presents and discusses more than fifty works, ranging from robust stone images to refined wooden sculpture, rare barkcloth figures, and examples of rongorongo, the island's unique and undeciphered script.

Best-kept Secrets of Hawaii presents this stunning American state, which sits in splendid isolation in the middle of the Pacific, well over 3,000 km (2,000 miles) from its nearest neighbour, in easily digestible sections, taking you on a trip around the key windward islands of the group – from verdant Kauai (‘The Garden Isle’), mountainous Maui (‘The Valley Isle’) and the big island of Hawaii (‘The Orchid Isle’), to sublime O‘ahu (‘The Gathering Place’), and the little gems of Lāna‘i and Moloka‘i.  Discover the superabundance of waterfalls, from Haleakalā National Park’s striking Waimoku Falls to Wailuku River State Park’s picture-postcard Rainbow Falls; contrast the rocky red Waimea Canyon with the shimmering rain-drenched greenery of the state’s highest peak, Mount Wai‘ale‘ale; imagine yourself hiking among the steaming lushness of the Iao Valley or riding the rollers at top surfing spot Hamoa Beach; experience the peaceful beauty of Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden or the stark and volatile side of nature evinced by the active shield volcano Kīlauea, one of many volcanoes that created the islands; soak up the cultural history of the Pu‘uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park or revel in the modern yet idyllic city of Honolulu – the list is endless. The sheer variety inherent in these beautiful islands offers something for everyone.

"Dipped in the blue ink of adolescence, Fleur Jaeggy's pen is an engraver's needle depicting roots, twigs, and branches of the tree of madness, growing in the splendid isolation of the small Swiss garden of knowledge into full leaf until it obscures every perspective. Extraordinary prose. Reading time is approximately four hours. Remembering time, as for its author: the rest of one's life."―Joseph Brodsky Set in postwar Switzerland, Fleur Jaeggy’s eerily beautiful novel begins simply and innocently enough: "At fourteen I was a boarder in a school in the Appenzell." But there is nothing truly simple or innocent here. With the off-handed knowingness of a remorseless young Eve, the narrator describes life as a captive of the school and her designs to win the affections of the apparently perfect new girl, Fréderique. As she broods over her schemes as well as on the nature of control and madness, the novel gathers a suspended, unsettling energy. Now translated into six languages, I beati anni del castigo in its Italian original won the 1990 Premio Bagutta and the 1990 Premio Speciale Rapallo. In Tim Parks’ consummate translation (with its "spare, haunting quality of a prose poem"), Sweet Days of Discipline was selected as one of the London Times Literary Supplement’s Notable Books of 1992: "In a period when novels are generally overblown and scarcely portable, it is good to be able to recommend [one that is] miraculously short and beautifully written."

Best-kept Secrets of Hawaii presents this stunning American state, which sits in splendid isolation in the middle of the Pacific, well over 3,000 km (2,000 miles) from its nearest neighbour, in easily digestible sections, taking you on a trip around the key windward islands of the group – from verdant Kauai (‘The Garden Isle’), mountainous Maui (‘The Valley Isle’) and the big island of Hawaii (‘The Orchid Isle’), to sublime O‘ahu (‘The Gathering Place’), and the little gems of Lāna‘i and Moloka‘i.  Discover the superabundance of waterfalls, from Haleakalā National Park’s striking Waimoku Falls to Wailuku River State Park’s picture-postcard Rainbow Falls; contrast the rocky red Waimea Canyon with the shimmering rain-drenched greenery of the state’s highest peak, Mount Wai‘ale‘ale; imagine yourself hiking among the steaming lushness of the Iao Valley or riding the rollers at top surfing spot Hamoa Beach; experience the peaceful beauty of Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden or the stark and volatile side of nature evinced by the active shield volcano Kīlauea, one of many volcanoes that created the islands; soak up the cultural history of the Pu‘uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park or revel in the modern yet idyllic city of Honolulu – the list is endless. The sheer variety inherent in these beautiful islands offers something for everyone.

Once a year some of the world's sharpest minds gather in the Andalusian town of Linares. In the splendid isolation of Don Luis Rentero's hotel Anibal, the leading grandmasters of chess decide, as Garry Kasparov puts it 'who is who for the coming year'. Ten Geuzendam engrossingly evocates the games, intrigues and conflicts that have made the supertorneo a unique tradition. Why does time come to a standstill in this provincial Spanish town when the chess players arrive?

A Rejacketed Reissue Alice Roland, together with her children, boxes, mattresses and piano, is punted up river to the 'appalling isolation' of their new home, 'a small house against a splendid wall of bush' in the kauri forest at Pukekaroro. She is joining her husband there, a reunion that is far from warm, but this remote place is to mark Alice's long and steady growth towards shared love, a new awareness of life and a sense of personal liberation. First published in New York in 1920, this is the first New Zealand novel to confront convincingly many of the twentieth century's major political, religious, moral and social issues - most significantly women's rights. Daring for its time in its exploration of sexual, emotional and intellectual freedom, the New Zealand Herald found the ending 'too early for good public morality'. It is the most celebrated of Jane Mander's six novels, and is believed by many to be the inspiration of Jane Campion's film The Piano.

Once a year some of the world's sharpest minds gather in the Andalusian town of Linares. In the splendid isolation of Don Luis Rentero's hotel Anibal, the leading grandmasters of chess decide, as Garry Kasparov puts it 'who is who for the coming year'. Ten Geuzendam engrossingly evocates the games, intrigues and conflicts that have made the supertorneo a unique tradition. Why does time come to a standstill in this provincial Spanish town when the chess players arrive?

In 1948 when Charles Swithinbank was still an undergraduate at Oxford, he applied to join the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition. A year later, after training in Swedish Lapland, he was the youngest member of the expedition as he set out to spend two years in the splendid isolation of Antarctica. He had the time of his life, knowing that he and his 14 companions were the first to explore a vast untrodden sector of Antarctica. Three men and many dogs died. One man lost an eye. Danger was ever present and accidents happened. But it never ceased to be a wonderful experience in an awe-inspiring landscape. In one mountain pass they mapped, the ice was found to be even thicker than the highest mountain in Britain. The expedition's scientific results proved invaluable and led to an understanding of the importance of ice sheets in regulating world climate and sea level.But this is the human story of a great adventure, illustrated with 100 superb photographs. Charles Swithinbank became an eminent glaciologist who made a score of subsequent visits to Antarctica. Yet even after 50 years the thrill of this first expedition remains - a thrill that we can now share.Since graduating from Oxford, Charles Swithinbank has held research posts in the universities of Cambridge and Michigan, and has visited the Antarctic over 20 times, spending three winters at isolated scientific stations.He is the author of Alien in Antarctica and Forty Years on Ice (published by the Book Guild in 1998), as well as scores of articles on glaciers and the Polar regions. He was awarded the highest gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society - the medal given to Livingstone, Nansen, Amundsen and Scott - as well as several other medals. Now a Senior Associate of the Scott Polar Research Institute, he lives in Cambridge.

The acclaimed author of House of Splendid Isolation and Down by the River describes growing up in rural County Clare, from her days in a convent school to her first kiss to her eventual migration to England. Weaving her own personal history with the history of Ireland, she effortlessly melds local customs and ancient lore with the fascinating people and events that shaped her young life. The result is a colorful and timeless narrative that captures perfectly the heart and soul of this harshly beautiful country.

According to the stereotype, late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century inventors, quintessential loners and supposed geniuses, worked in splendid isolation and then unveiled their discoveries to a marveling world. Most successful inventors of this era, however, developed their ideas within the framework of industrial organizations that supported them and their experiments. For African American inventors, negotiating these racially stratified professional environments meant not only working on innovative designs but also breaking barriers.In this pathbreaking study, Rayvon Fouché examines the life and work of three African Americans: Granville Woods (1856--1910), an independent inventor; Lewis Latimer (1848--1928), a corporate engineer with General Electric; and Shelby Davidson (1868--1930), who worked in the U.S. Treasury Department. Detailing the difficulties and human frailties that make their achievements all the more impressive, Fouché explains how each man used invention for financial gain, as a claim on entering adversarial environments, and as a means to technical stature in a Jim Crow institutional setting.Describing how Woods, Latimer, and Davidson struggled to balance their complicated racial identities -- as both black and white communities perceived them -- with their hopes of being judged solely on the content of their inventive work, Fouché provides a nuanced view of African American contributions to -- and relationships with -- technology during a period of rapid industrialization and mounting national attention to the inequities of a separate-but-equal social order.

In 1948 when Charles Swithinbank was still an undergraduate at Oxford, he applied to join the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition. A year later, after training in Swedish Lapland, he was the youngest member of the expedition as he set out to spend two years in the splendid isolation of Antarctica. He had the time of his life, knowing that he and his 14 companions were the first to explore a vast untrodden sector of Antarctica. Three men and many dogs died. One man lost an eye. Danger was ever present and accidents happened. But it never ceased to be a wonderful experience in an awe-inspiring landscape. In one mountain pass they mapped, the ice was found to be even thicker than the highest mountain in Britain. The expedition's scientific results proved invaluable and led to an understanding of the importance of ice sheets in regulating world climate and sea level.But this is the human story of a great adventure, illustrated with 100 superb photographs. Charles Swithinbank became an eminent glaciologist who made a score of subsequent visits to Antarctica. Yet even after 50 years the thrill of this first expedition remains - a thrill that we can now share.Since graduating from Oxford, Charles Swithinbank has held research posts in the universities of Cambridge and Michigan, and has visited the Antarctic over 20 times, spending three winters at isolated scientific stations.He is the author of Alien in Antarctica and Forty Years on Ice (published by the Book Guild in 1998), as well as scores of articles on glaciers and the Polar regions. He was awarded the highest gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society - the medal given to Livingstone, Nansen, Amundsen and Scott - as well as several other medals. Now a Senior Associate of the Scott Polar Research Institute, he lives in Cambridge.

The author of Down By the River and House of Splendid Isolation narrates the story of two siblings, brother and sister, and the dangerous newcomer would try to steal everything they have. 35,000 first printing.

Michael Hadley and Roger Sarty shed new light on Canadian and German history -- and on Canada's naval defences in particular -- by exploring the naval operations and politics of both nations between 1880 and 1918. Beginning with Canada's feeling of "Splendid Isolation" and Germany's imperial ambitions against North America, the authors' intriguing and graphic account takes us from the early turmoil of federal politics in Canada to the conflict of the Great War and the eventual mothballing of the Canadian fleet. Having conducted an exhaustive study of Canadian, German, American, and British sources -- many of which have not been examined before -- Hadley and Sarty evaluate such major issues as policies and practice; intelligence schemes and spy scares; naval bills and the Dreadnought crisis; U-boats, commercial submarines, undersea cruisers, and surface raiders; and coastal patrols and convoy protection. Many factors that were believed to have been responsible for shaping -- and misshaping -- the Canadian Navy of 1939-45 are shown to have been in play during the First World War. Tin-Pots and Pirate Ships reveals the Canadian tradition of building a fleet only when needed, dismantling it once the conflict is over, and ultimately accepting terms dictated by alliance partners.

According to the stereotype, late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century inventors, quintessential loners and supposed geniuses, worked in splendid isolation and then unveiled their discoveries to a marveling world. Most successful inventors of this era, however, developed their ideas within the framework of industrial organizations that supported them and their experiments. For African American inventors, negotiating these racially stratified professional environments meant not only working on innovative designs but also breaking barriers.In this pathbreaking study, Rayvon Fouché examines the life and work of three African Americans: Granville Woods (1856--1910), an independent inventor; Lewis Latimer (1848--1928), a corporate engineer with General Electric; and Shelby Davidson (1868--1930), who worked in the U.S. Treasury Department. Detailing the difficulties and human frailties that make their achievements all the more impressive, Fouché explains how each man used invention for financial gain, as a claim on entering adversarial environments, and as a means to technical stature in a Jim Crow institutional setting.Describing how Woods, Latimer, and Davidson struggled to balance their complicated racial identities -- as both black and white communities perceived them -- with their hopes of being judged solely on the content of their inventive work, Fouché provides a nuanced view of African American contributions to -- and relationships with -- technology during a period of rapid industrialization and mounting national attention to the inequities of a separate-but-equal social order.

Trudy and Jack Turner lived in the splendid isolation of British Columbia, continuing the work with the trumpeter swans, which Trudy's parents had begun. This book tells their story, and describes the birds and animals around them.