He was known simply as the Blind Traveler -- a solitary, sightless adventurer who, astonishingly, fought the slave trade in Africa, survived a frozen captivity in Siberia, hunted rogue elephants in Ceylon, and helped chart the Australian outback. James Holman (1786-1857) became "one of the greatest wonders of the world he so sagaciously explored," triumphing not only over blindness but crippling pain, poverty, and the interference of well-meaning authorities (his greatest feat, a circumnavigation of the globe, had to be launched in secret). Once a celebrity, a bestselling author, and an inspiration to Charles Darwin and Sir Richard Francis Burton, the charismatic, witty Holman outlived his fame, dying in an obscurity that has endured -- until now.
A Sense of the World is a spellbinding and moving rediscovery of one of history's most epic lives. Drawing on meticulous research, Jason Roberts ushers us into the Blind Traveler's uniquely vivid sensory realm, then sweeps us away on an extraordinary journey across the known world during the Age of Exploration. Rich with suspense, humor, international intrigue, and unforgettable characters, this is a story to awaken our own senses of awe and wonder.

A Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became History's Greatest Traveler

Biographies & Memoirs

Roberts, Jason

Historical

Harper

He was known simply as the Blind Traveler. A solitary, sightless adventurer, James Holman (1786-1857) fought the slave trade in Africa, survived a frozen captivity in Siberia, hunted rogue elephants in Ceylon, helped chart the Australian outback—and, astonishingly, circumnavigated the globe, becoming one of the greatest wonders of the world he so sagaciously explored. A Sense of the World is a spellbinding and moving rediscovery of one of history's most epic lives—a story to awaken our own senses of awe and wonder.

Community & Culture

Harper-perennial

Macromedia Director is the #1 platform for creating interactive multimedia. Its power and versatility are unmatched, allowing users to merge text, graphics, animation, video, and sounds to create exciting, interactive desktop movies for use in presentations, CD-ROMs, and the Web. Although it's organized around the somewhat familiar metaphor of a film production, with cast, stage, scripts, and so on, Director is not known for its ease of use.
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Director 7 Demystified: The Official Guide to Macromedia Director, Lingo and Shockwave

Computers & Technology

Gross, Phil

Web Development & Design

Peachpit Pr

Director 6 Demystified uses a distinctive, friendly-yet-authoritative style to de-intimidate, then educate. The concepts behind the programming are thoroughly fleshed out and the exercises are geared toward putting the concepts into practice as clearly as possible. Now Director 6 Demystified is a Macromedia Press title-and the only Director book to receive the official endorsement and cooperation of Macromedia, Inc. The technology is covered in three distinct sections: "Book One: Director Essentials" covers the mechanics on animation and basic interactivity. "Book Two: The World of Lingo," is an in-depth guide to Director's unique scripting language. "Book Three: The World of Shockwave" shows how to mesh Director with HTML and Java to bring multimedia to the Internet.

Director 6 Demystified

Discusses new methods for controlling sound in movies, adding CD-quality audio, digital video, and real-time animation with dynamic alpha channels, authoring the Internet using Macromedia's Shockwave, debugging and troubleshooting tips, and much more. Softcover.

Director 8 Demystified

Macromedia Press

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The Learn2 Guide: Burp a Baby, Carve a Turkey, and 108 Other Things You Should Know How to Do

Reference

Villard

Every Living Thing

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Doubleday, Canada

From the back dust cover: "Jason Roberts has brought something great into the world. To know ourselves at all, we have to know people like James Holman, and this is a brilliantly executed biography of this extraordinary man. Where the story of the Blind Traveller could have been maudlin or corny or draped in historical cobwebs, A SENSE OF THE WORLD is alive, magisterial, suspenseful, frequently funny. Full of wonder and with a commanding sense of narrative, this is one of the best and most life-affirming biographies I have ever read. DAVE EGGERS "

A Sense Of The World: How A Blind Man Became History's Greatest Traveller

Simon Schuster Ltd

A Sense of the World

Simon Schuster(uk)

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Woods, Paul

Wolff, John U.

Cummings,Joe

Ramly, Anita

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Thu, Nguyen Xuan

Lonely Planet

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