Booderee National Park at Jervis Bay, 200km south of Sydney, attracts over 450 000 visitors each year. The park has many special features, including dramatic wave cut platforms and sea caves, some of the whitest beach sands in Australia, and very high densities of native predators such as the Powerful Owl and the Diamond Python. This book outlines the biology and ecology of Booderee National Park. Booderee packs an extraordinary level of biodiversity into a small area (roughly 6500 hectares), with more than 260 species of terrestrial vertebrates and over 625 species of plants. It is home to species of significant conservation concern, such as the globally endangered Eastern Bristlebird for which the park is one of its last and most important strongholds. The diversity of vegetation is also astounding: in some parts of the park, it is possible to walk from ankle-high sedgelands, through woodlands and forest and into subtropical rainforest in less than 150 metres. Chapters are arranged around key ecological processes – predators and predation, herbivores and herbivory, invasive plants and fire – emphasising the interactions between species, between vegetation and animals, and between disturbances and animal and plant responses. The book highlights how Booderee National Park is a functional natural ecosystem and, in turn, how management practices aim to improve environmental conditions and promote biodiversity conservation. Richly illustrated with colour images from award-winning photographer Esther Beaton, this book will delight visitors to Booderee National Park as well as anyone with an interest in natural history.
A convenient betrothal “It will save us both from scandal.” Widowed three times over, Lady Anna Fortescue is used to ignoring the wagging tongues of the ton. After finding herself in a compromising position with handsome bachelor Lord Harry Edgerton, to avoid scandal she ends up engaged again. The arrangement may be one of convenience, but as Anna finds herself unable to resist Harry’s charms, she realizes the betrothal may have its benefits…
A convenient betrothal “It will save us both from scandal.” Widowed three times over, Lady Anna Fortescue is used to ignoring the wagging tongues of the ton. After finding herself in a compromising position with handsome bachelor Lord Harry Edgerton, to avoid scandal she ends up engaged again. The arrangement may be one of convenience, but as Anna finds herself unable to resist Harry’s charms, she realizes the betrothal may have its benefits…
AUSTRALIA'S BEST-SELLING SHAREMARKET TITLE RETURNS IN ITS 27th EDITION With the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic bringing about Australia's first recession in 29 years, discover the high-quality Australian companies that have continued to thrive, reporting year-on-year profits regardless of the financial markets. Top Stocks 2021 is the definitive guide to the best stocks to buy on the Australian sharemarket. With easy access to key information, this book allows even inexperienced investors the chance to build and grow an impressive portfolio. Through a focus on profitability, debt levels and dividends, you'll find each company's financial data in a format perfect for quick comparison. By only profiling companies that meet a meticulous set of criteria, distilled to a concise selection of premium purchases across market sectors, Top Stocks 2021 gives you: Comprehensive, unbiased analysis of the latest results from 90 of Australia's leading companies Comparative sales and profits data, as well as in-depth ratio analysis Detailed research on each company's overall outlook, and tables ranking all companies according to financial data. With Top Stocks 2021, you get the analysis you need and expert insight you can trust.
By the winter of 1810–11, the armies of Napoleon had overrun most of Spain and Joseph Bonaparte sat on the throne in Madrid. But the Spanish Government had found refuge in the fortress-port of Cadiz and the Spaniards refused to admit that they had been conquered. With a British army under Sir Thomas Graham helping to defend Cadiz, the Spanish cause seemed certain to prevail. But then the Spaniards wanted to throw Graham’s force into a reckless battle against the French. If the battle was won, the siege of Cadiz would be lifted; if the battle was lost Cadiz would be rendered defenseless and the Spanish government left at the mercy of the invaders. The opposing forces met on the heights of Barossa in one of the most savage encounters of the Peninsular War. At stake was the very survival of the Spanish nation and the future course of the war against Napoleon. The Battle of Barossa is the first book to examine this crucial campaign in detail and to reveal its true historical importance. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Do you dream of wicked rakes, gorgeous Highlanders, muscled Viking warriors and rugged Wild West cowboys? Harlequin® Historical brings you three new full-length titles in one collection! A NIGHT OF SECRET SURRENDER Gentlemen of Honor by Sophia James (Regency) Celeste Fournier once gave her innocence to the man she loved. Years later, that same man, Major Summerley Shayborne, is in danger! Their reunion revives locked-away feelings, and now she’ll risk all to save him! AN EARL TO SAVE HER REPUTATION by Laura Martin (Regency) After being caught in a compromising position, Lord Harry Edgerton and Lady Anna Fortescue get engaged to prevent a scandal! Unable to resist Harry’s charms, Anna realizes the betrothal may have its benefits… A WARRINER TO SEDUCE HER The Wild Warriners by Virginia Heath (Regency) Meeting confirmed rake Jacob Warriner brings schoolmistress Felicity Blunt gloriously to life. Yet is Jacob merely a mischievous scoundrel, or is there much more to this Warriner than meets the eye? Look for Harlequin® Historical’s May 2018 Box set 2 of 2, filled with even more timeless love stories!
Australia’s bestselling guide for smart investing in the sharemarket When it's time to invest your earnings, you need accurate and trusted guidance that will weather cycles, outlive fads, and stand the test of time. In this 30th anniversary edition of definitive bestseller Top Stocks, market expert Martin Roth gives you the essential knowledge you need to grow your portfolio and profits. An invaluable resource for novices and professionals alike, Top Stocks 2024 shares the clear, objective information and tried-and-tested techniques you need to make right picks — and get more for your money. You'll learn how to use selection criteria and rigorous analysis to form a clear picture of the best — low-risk, long-term value — public companies to buy into. You'll see beyond the hype, the pricing, and the punditry. And you’ll become an expert at evaluating the best of the Australian sharemarket, using concrete factors like profitability, debt levels, and dividends. Detailed, unbiased analysis of the latest results from top Australian companies Comparative sales and profits data as well as in-depth ratio analysis Tables that rank all companies according to financial data Comprehensive research exploring each company's overall outlook With numerous charts and tables that provide easy reference to essential company data points, Top Stocks 2024 is the jargon-free, up-to-date, go-to guide you need to make wise decisions for your wealth.
AUSTRALIA’S BEST-SELLING SHAREMARKET TITLE IS BACK IN ITS 28TH EDITION With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to impact the Australian economy, discover the high-quality Australian companies that have not only survived but thrived during this time, reporting year-on-year profits regardless of the financial markets. Top Stocks 2022 is the definitive guide to the best stocks to buy on the Australian sharemarket. With easy access to key information, this book allows even inexperienced investors the chance to build and grow an impressive portfolio. With a focus on profitability, debt levels and dividends, you’ll find each company’s financial data in a format perfect for quick comparison. By only profiling companies that meet a meticulous set of criteria, distilled to a concise selection of premium purchases across market sectors, Top Stocks 2022 gives you: comprehensive, unbiased analysis of the latest results from 91 of Australia’s leading companies comparative sales and profits data, as well as in-depth ratio analysis detailed research on each company’s overall outlook, and tables ranking all companies according to financial data. With Top Stocks 2022, you get the analysis you need and expert insight you can trust.
This “superb account of the British Army under Wellington in India reads like one of Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe novels, or, better still, a Flashman novel” (Books Monthly). The Peninsular War and the Napoleonic Wars across Europe are subjects of such enduring interest that they have prompted extensive research and writing. Yet other campaigns, in what was a global war, have been largely ignored. Such is the case for the war in India which persisted for much of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods and peaked in the years 1798-1805 with the campaigns of Arthur Wellesley—later the Duke of Wellington—and General Lake in the Deccan and Hindustan. That is why this new study by Martin Howard is so timely and important. While it fully acknowledges Wellington’s vital role, it also addresses the nature of the warring armies, the significance of the campaigns of Lake in North India, and leaves the reader with an understanding of the human experience of war in the region. For this was a brutal conflict in which British armies clashed with the formidable forces of the Sultan of Mysore and the Maratha princes. There were dramatic pitched battles at Assaye, Argaum, Delhi and Laswari, and epic sieges at Seringapatam, Gawilghur and Bhurtpore. The British success was not universal. “An absorbing account of Wellesley/Lord Wellington which shows how his actions in India had a significant effect on the development of the British Empire and events through to the modern era.—Highly Recommended.” —Firetrench “An eye opener on the power and influence of the East India Company at this time. A jolly good read.” —Clash of Steel
Invest smarter with Australia's most trusted guide to stock selection Top Stocks 2017 is your expert guide to the Australian sharemarket. Now in its 23rd edition, this book represents the benchmark standard of rigorous analysis and stringent selection to give you the inside scoop on the nation's top companies. From beginner to expert, regardless of your portfolio size, renowned financial journalist Martin Roth guides you toward the stocks that offer the best low-risk, long-term value for your money. You'll see how Australian companies stack up in terms of profits, debt and dividends, with over 100 charts and tables by best-selling author Alan Hull. No hype, no nonsense and not a single bit of spin – just the time-tested methods and expert analysis that have made Roth a household name. Martin Roth isn't swayed by big names or media coverage, and he doesn't listen to the pundits. He applies strict analyses to financial data to paint a real-world picture of each company's outlook. The numbers don't lie, and this book gives you access to their testimony so you know where to put your money in 2017. Learn what the experts have to say about the year's best stocks Compare sales and profits across companies with in-depth analysis Find financial rankings for the top Australian companies Look beyond share prices to see the real measure of a company's worth You work hard for your money, yet the investing world is crowded with people who would have you throw it away on the latest trend. Martin Roth cuts through the fat and the noise to help you make your money work for you for a change. Invest smarter this year with Top Stocks 2017, the definitive guide to Australia's best picks.
Do you dream of wicked rakes, gorgeous Highlanders, muscled Viking warriors and rugged Wild West cowboys? Harlequin® Historical brings you three new full-length titles in one collection! A NIGHT OF SECRET SURRENDER Gentlemen of Honor by Sophia James (Regency) Celeste Fournier once gave her innocence to the man she loved. Years later, that same man, Major Summerley Shayborne, is in danger! Their reunion revives locked-away feelings, and now she’ll risk all to save him! AN EARL TO SAVE HER REPUTATION by Laura Martin (Regency) After being caught in a compromising position, Lord Harry Edgerton and Lady Anna Fortescue get engaged to prevent a scandal! Unable to resist Harry’s charms, Anna realizes the betrothal may have its benefits… A WARRINER TO SEDUCE HER The Wild Warriners by Virginia Heath (Regency) Meeting confirmed rake Jacob Warriner brings schoolmistress Felicity Blunt gloriously to life. Yet is Jacob merely a mischievous scoundrel, or is there much more to this Warriner than meets the eye? Look for Harlequin® Historical’s May 2018 Box set 2 of 2, filled with even more timeless love stories!
The smart investor's definitive guide to the Australia sharemarket Top Stocks 2018 is the stock-picking guide every Australian needs. Whether you're a professional trader or an individual investing for the very first time, this book provides clear, accessible information to help you make the best stock decisions. Trusted market expert Martin Roth has guided people toward their most profitable portfolios for over 24 years. In this year's edition, he once again provides the most up-to-date data on public Australian companies to help you determine where to put your money. Just looking for quick data? Over 100 tables provide guidance at a glance, and logical organisation makes it easy to locate what you need quickly. Looking for a little more analysis? Roth has you covered with company information, latest business results and future outlook. From the All Ordinaries index and beyond, this book cuts through the hype and filters out the noise to show you the very best in Australian investing for 2018. Get expert assessment of Australia's top public companies Compare sales and profits side-by-side, with in-depth analysis Examine company rankings based on the latest financial data Assess overall outlook, debt levels, dividends, and so much more Martin Roth does not give flash-in-the-pan investing advice. He won't tell you to throw money after fads, and he doesn't fall for the word on the street. This book represents a rigorous, systematic analysis that only the very best companies survive, giving you a wealth of options for low-risk, long-term value — regardless of the size of your portfolio. When you're ready to get smart about investing, Top Stocks 2018 is the definitive guide for putting your money to work.
Death Before Glory! is a highly readable, thoroughly researched and comprehensive study of the British army's campaigns in the West Indies during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic period and of the extraordinary experiences of the soldiers who served there. Rich in sugar, cotton, coffee and slaves, the region was a key to British prosperity and it was perhaps even more important to her greatest enemy Ð France. Yet, until now, the history of this vital theatre of the Napoleonic Wars has been seriously neglected. Not only does Martin Howard describe, in graphic detail, the entirety of the British campaigns in the region between 1793 and 1815, he also focuses on the human experience of the men Ð the climate and living conditions, the rations and diet, military discipline and training, the treatment of the wounded and the impact of disease. Martin Howard's thoroughgoing and original work is the essential account of this fascinating but often overlooked aspect of the history of the British army and the Napoleonic Wars.
Thomas Hardy Remembered assembles some 150 annotated interviews and recollections of Hardy, most of which are being reprinted for the first time. They range from close personal reflections by old friends such as Sir George Douglas, J.M. Barrie, and Edmund Gosse, to fleeting glimpses by strangers who saw Hardy at a London party or at his club. Martin Ray has selected items having the greatest literary or biographical significance, and annotated them with meticulous accuracy and a keen eye for the telling detail. As a result, the volume will be an invaluable resource to scholars who are interested not only in what concerned Hardy personally and professionally, but also in how he was perceived by others. Having these items collected in one volume reveals Hardy's contemporaneous opinions about his own writings and also makes it possible to trace the marked recurrence, over time, of certain preoccupations: ancient families, Hardy's hostility to reviewers, architecture, Roman relics, Wessex folklore and dialect, animal welfare, Napoleon, and hangings. With regard to his literary career, a portrait emerges of Hardy as the scrupulous professional, properly aware of his commercial rights, while at the same time appearing, to some who met him, unconscious of his own genius.
In the wake of the 1588 destruction of the Spanish Armada, English Catholics launched an ingenious counterespionage effort to undermine the Tudor government’s anti–Catholic machinations. This Jesuit-connected network secretly transmitted intelligence to Brussels, Antwerp, Madrid and Rome. Its central figure was William Sterrell, a brilliant Oxford philosopher. Sterrell moved at the highest levels of government, working for the ill-fated Earl of Essex and for the powerful 4th Earl of Worcester, secret sponsor of the Jesuits. This is the story of Sterrell’s secret network—undetected for 400 years—brought to life in vivid detail, based on close examination of hundreds of original letters and documents never before transcribed or published.
Your trusted guide for smart investing in the Australian sharemarket In Top Stocks 2023, the 29th edition of this definitive bestseller, market expert Martin Roth gives you the essential knowledge and tried-and-tested techniques you need to grow your portfolio and profits. An invaluable resource for all skill levels—from novice to professional—this book provides the clear and objective information essential to making the right picks and getting more for your money. You'll learn how to use selection criteria and rigorous analysis to form a clear picture of the best public companies—low-risk, long-term value—to buy into. You'll see beyond the hype, the pricing, and the punditry. And you’ll become an expert at evaluating the best of the Australian market using concrete factors like profitability, debt levels, and dividends. Detailed, unbiased analysis of the latest results from top Australian companies Comparative sales and profits data, and in-depth ratio analysis Comprehensive research exploring each company's overall outlook Additional tables that rank all companies according to financial data When it's time to invest your earnings, you need accurate and trusted guidance that will weather cycles, outlive fads, and stand the test of time. With numerous charts and tables that provide easy reference to essential company data points, Top Stocks 2023 continues to be your jargon-free, go-to guide for making wise decisions for your wealth and your future.
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