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Solar System (Hardcover)
Alexander Gordon Smith
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New updated edition 2019. The planets and countless other objects
revolving around our Sun make up the Solar System. As scientists
discover more about these heavenly bodies, including our own
planet, Earth, they are also finding further mysteries and
extraordinary space puzzles. Our Solar System is but one of
billions in the vastness of our galaxy, the Milky Way, and the
Universe itself contains countless more ever-changing galaxies.
This newly updated book covers all of these subjects, from the
tiniest dwarf planet to vast nebulae, and from space probes
searching out new life to the International Space Station, making
it a fascinating home reference guide to our Solar System and
beyond. 300 amazing photographs and detailed illustrations take you
on a whirlwind tour of the cosmos, while an additional reference
section contains fact charts, star maps and a glossary of terms.
Well versed in natural history, particularly geology and
ornithology, Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811-53) became fascinated by
the dodo and mankind's influence on its extinction. Seeking to
investigate this flightless bird and other extinct species from
islands in the Indian Ocean, he invited the comparative anatomist
Alexander Gordon Melville (1819-1901) to help him separate myth
from reality. Divided into two sections, this 1848 monograph begins
with Strickland's evaluation of the evidence, including historical
reports as well as paintings and sketches, many of which are
reproduced. Melville then analyses the osteology of the dodo and
Rodrigues solitaire, describing his findings from dissections of
the few available specimens and making comparisons with similar
species. A seminal work, it correctly concluded that the dodo was
more closely related to pigeons than vultures, and the book also
inspired others to take up the search for new fossil evidence.
This joint reissue comprises two works on military medicine,
providing instruction on the treatment of ailments common to
soldiers, and methods for preventing their occurrence. The title
work, written by Charles Alexander Gordon (1821-99) and published
in 1873, is followed by A Guide to Health for the Use of Soldiers
by fellow surgeon R. C. Eaton (1842-1902), which first appeared in
1890. Intended to be read by infantrymen and officers, both works
offer succinct and practical advice on topics ranging from malaria
to drunkenness. The texts take slightly different approaches in
their presentation of advice: Gordon adopts a crisp and formal
style, while Eaton incorporates instructive medical facts in his
brief yet fluent explanations. Together, the works provide an
effective exposition of problems and practicalities that would
assume tremendous significance decades later in the trenches of the
First World War.
Furnace Penitentiary: the world's most secure prison for young
offenders, buried a mile beneath the earth's surface. Convicted of
a murder he didn't commit, sentenced to life without parole, "new
fish" Alex Sawyer knows he has two choices: find a way out, or
resign himself to a death behind bars, in the darkness at the
bottom of the world. Except in Furnace, death is the least of his
worries. Soon Alex discovers that the prison is a place of pure
evil, where inhuman creatures in gas masks stalk the corridors at
night, where giants in black suits drag screaming inmates into the
shadows, where deformed beasts can be heard howling from the
blood-drenched tunnels below. And behind everything is the
mysterious, all-powerful warden, a man as cruel and dangerous as
the devil himself, whose unthinkable acts have consequences that
stretch far beyond the walls of the prison.
Together with a bunch of inmates--some innocent kids who have
been framed, others cold-blooded killers--Alex plans an escape. But
as he starts to uncover the truth about Furnace's deeper, darker
purpose, Alex's actions grow ever more dangerous, and he must risk
everything to expose this nightmare that's hidden from the eyes of
the world.
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