This text presents a romantic and adventurous look at the remarkably diverse cultures of the hidden paradise islands surrounding Papua New Guinea. The islands of the Coral, Solomon and Bismarck Seas were the last inhabited places on earth to be explored by Europeans and remain largely unspoilt, despite the former presence of German, British and Australian colonial rulers. Michael Moran describes eccentric residents past and present such as "Queen Emma" of New Britain, born of an American father and a Samoan mother, who built up a large empire of copra plantations, traded in the fabled obsidian (black volcanic glass) and entertained on a lavish scale with imported food and French champagne. Superstition, magic rites and the occult are explored as well as the historic anthropological work of Malinowski in the Trobriand Islands; and the author encounters a host of adventurers, mercenaries, explorers, missionaries and prospectors on his wide-ranging travels

Beyond the Coral Sea

Biographies & Memoirs

Michael Moran

Community & Culture

HarperCollins, Publishers

Politics UK

Politics Uk

Politics & Social Sciences

Anthony Seldon

Andrew Gray

JONES

Dennis Kavanagh

Philip Norton

Politics & Government

PRENTICE/HALL

The financial services revolution has transformed what was once a backwater into a glamorous and dangerous part of modern economies. Intense competition and ferocious struggles for advantage in world markets are the signs of revolutionary change. Michael Moran's book breaks new ground by examining the politics of that revolution. Moran compares the struggles between private interests and public agencies in three great world financial centres - New York, London and Tokyo.

The Politics of the Financial Services Revolution: The Usa, Uk and Japan

Business & Money

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

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Science & Math

Howard Shapiro

Physics

John Wiley&Sons

SOD ABROAD: WHY YOU'D BE MAD TO LEAVE THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME

John Murray

God's Promises

Cherie Larkin

Reference

Unity

The Fastest Billion: The Story Behind Africa's Economic Revolution

Charles Robertson

Yvonne Mhango

Economics

Renaissance Capital

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Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics

Wiley Custom Learning Solutions

Democracy and Democratization

Geraint Parry

Taylor&Francis

We see architecture as an act of profound optimism. Its foundation lies in believing that it is possible to make places on the earth that can give a sense of grace to life—and in believing that it matters. —Tod Williams and Billie Tsien The New York City studio of Tod Williams Billie Tsien and Associates has built a practice based on a search for certain qualities: an architecture of serenity, a balance of logic and intuition, the primacy of perception over theory, the connection of a building to its site, the strength of restraint, and the importance of the space "between." Work Life: Tod Williams Billie Tsien, the first monograph published on the architects' work, presents photographic portfolios of ten recent works, including the masterful "scientific monastery" of the Neurosciences Institute in La Jolla, California; the sculptural forms of the Phoenix Art Museum; the complex of seven buildings that make up New College at the University of Virginia; and two buildings at the Emma Willard School in Troy, New York. Two sections of the book are devoted to early and in-progress work. The final essay, "Who We Are," is a personal exploration of not only the architecture but also the architects.

Work Life

Arts & Photography

Billie Tsien

Tod Williams

Architecture

The Monacelli Press

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