'Humorous, touching and very well written' - BOOKS BY MAIL David Burchell was just sixteen when he lost a leg in a train accident, and here he tells of his initial despair, his convalescence and rehabilitation. He was accepted for the Air Force in World War II, and after the war worked on cattle and sheep stations in the Australian outback. Returning to the city, he took up high diving and for fifteen years performed with the South Australian Diving Troupe. He then worked in a remote area for the Shell Company, and he describes life in an outback town. In 1960, he founded the Adelaide Skin Diving Centre and became involved in many exciting stunts and projects. Burchell tells his interesting story with humour.

A Life Downunder (CH) (Charnwood Large Print Library Series)

Burchell, David

Biographies & Memoirs

Charnwood Crown

<p>These essays throw new light on the complex relations between science, literature and rhetoric as avenues to discovery in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Scholars from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds examine the agency of early modern poets, playwrights, essayists, philosophers, natural philosophers and artists in remaking their culture and reforming ideas about human understanding. Analyzing the ways in which the works of such diverse writers as Shakespeare, Bacon, Hobbes, Milton, Cavendish, Boyle, Pope and Behn related to contemporary epistemological debates, these essays move us toward a better understanding of interactions between the sciences and the humanities during a seminal phase in the emergence of modern Western thought.</p>

Science, Literature and Rhetoric in Early Modern England (Literary and Scientific Cultures of Early Modernity)

Literature & Fiction

British & Irish

Routledge

<p>"This analysis of Western Sydney's myriad faces explores its roles as suburban wonderland, ethnic trouble spot, home of gated communities. Western Sydney has become notorious for its supposedly uncharitable attitudes toward migrants and asylum-seekers, yet it’s still the number-one destination for new arrivals. Evidence about the region’s aspirations and social attitudes, and its place in the political nation, is surveyed. The area's recent reputation for racism and intolerance is explored as well."</p>

Western Horizon: Sydney's Heartland and the Future of Australian Politics (Scribe Short Books)

History

Europe

Scribe Publications Pty Ltd.

These essays throw new light on the complex relations between science, literature and rhetoric as avenues to discovery in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Scholars from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds examine the agency of early modern poets, playwrights, essayists, philosophers, natural philosophers and artists in remaking their culture and reforming ideas about human understanding. Analyzing the ways in which the works of such diverse writers as Shakespeare, Bacon, Hobbes, Milton, Cavendish, Boyle, Pope and Behn related to contemporary epistemological debates, these essays move us toward a better understanding of interactions between the sciences and the humanities during a seminal phase in the emergence of modern Western thought.

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A Life Downunder (CH) (Charnwood Large Print Library Series)

Science, Literature and Rhetoric in Early Modern England (Literary and Scientific Cultures of Early Modernity)

Western Horizon: Sydney's Heartland and the Future of Australian Politics (Scribe Short Books)

Science, Literature and Rhetoric in Early Modern England (Literary and Scientific Cultures of Early Modernity)