Astronomia

The Wieliczka Salt Mine (Polish: Kopalnia soli Wieliczka), in the town of Wieliczka, southern Poland, lies within the Kraków metropolitan area. From Neolithic times, sodium chloride (table salt) was …

‘…it is ourselves, our own vital instincts, that we wrong, when we trample on the rights of the fellow-beings, human or animal, over whom we chance to hold jurisdiction.’ Henry Stephens Salt   …

The coastal wolves live in the coastal area of British Columbia. Although as the crow flies they are not far, they are isolated from the internal wolves and have not crossed them. They feed up to 70% …

Aratus of Soli was a third century BC didactic poet at the court of Antigonus Gonatas of Macedonia, where he wrote his famous astronomical poem ‘Phaenomena’ (Appearances). It describes the constellat …

The Yosemite by John Muir. Illustrated Edition.    John Muir (1838–1914) was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United Stat …

Most of the following essays have appeared in the pages of the Quarterly Review, and I am greatly indebted to the editor and to the proprietor of that periodical for permission to reprint them. The a …

The chapters comprised in the present volume were written at various times during the last ten years. Some of them have already appeared in print in the pages of the Field, Land and Water, and other …

History and folklore of Bullfight seen from the bull point of view, with a panoramic on movements, associations and political parties that fight for its abolition. Thousands of bulls, every year, in …

Summer written by Dallas Lore Sharp who was an American author and university professor. This book was published in 1913. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally importa …

Edmund James Banfield was an author and naturalist, best known for his book Confessions of a Beachcomber. This is an historical reproduction pre-1923 that was curated for quality. Quality assurance w …