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Pero da Covilhã was a man of mystery. A spy who could speak Castilian like a Castilian and Arabic like a Moor. But even he could never have imagined the mission that he would be given by the King of Portugal. To travel not just across Spain and Italy but further into the lands of the East than any Christian man had journeyed since Marco Polo all the while knowing that every man or woman he met on the way could be an assassin sent to kill him. Covilhã’s mission was crucial to the success of the Portuguese plan to sail to India and beyond but if he did survive what would the Portuguese ...

The Cyclist is a collection of humorous autobiographical cycling and cycle touring tales written by the author about his adventures while cycling around the Southwest of Western Australia and around Europe as well as his experiences as a bicycle shop owner and bicycle tour operator. It is funny, enjoyable, and at times, gripping.

A collection of beautiful lyrical romantic poetry of a love that once was and is no more. Guaranteed to touch the heart.

The Myth of Primal Harmony - the idea that primal peoples lived in harmony with nature and with each other - is central to the radical ecology movement and its belief that this idyllic way of life was destroyed by the intrusion of agriculture and cities, or in the present, by the multinationals and tree fellers of evil Western multinationals. But that is what the Myth of Primal Harmony is, a myth. Primal Peoples, hunting and gathering peoples in the distant past or the present, did not live in harmony with nature or with each other, often having a devastating impact on the animals and ...

The idea that before the birth of modern science and the growth of European capitalism in the 16th century people lived in harmony with nature in self-sufficient agricultural communities is a powerful myth in the modern ecological movement and is used to attack modern science, capitalism and the international transport of food. However it is a myth. In this damning critique Dr Matt Buttsworth attacks this strongly held, widespread idealisation of the past. Before the 17th century, people did not live in harmony with nature; international trade in valuable products was widespread as were ...

Polarshift is a thought provoking book which will change the way you see the past and the profound changes that are occurring in the present. It is a book which everyone who is interested in the profound polarshifts in world economic and technological power that are occurring today must read. Using a unique long term historical perspective considering events from the time of Genghiz Khan until now, Dr Matt Buttsworth analyzes what factors led to the rise of the West, what factors have led to its fall, and what factors are now propelling the nations of the East - China, India and the Dragon ...

With this chapter the reader enters into the humorous, realistic, enchanting world of the very popular should story book The Cyclist taken from the experiences, good, funny and bad of the author as a life long cyclist. Of when he first began to ride to school, of when he first got a new bike but it wasn't. His first encounter with a dugite (an Australian snake) and his decision, at the age of seven that it was time to being a voyage of exploration.

This piercing essay, written in honor of those murdered on Utøya Island and in Oslo, seeks to uncover the ideological origins of the ideas which motivated Anders Breivik to kill the innocent youths on Utøya and to detonate his car bomb near the Labor Party offices in Oslo. It analyses the ideas of theocratic absolutism and consequent intolerance and willingness to kill and murder which have caused religious or political conflicts for thousands of years and is a stirring defense of the ideas of multiculturalism and of Liberal Democracy.

In this brilliant expose Dr Matt Buttsworth investigates the apocalyptic nature of Radical Ecology by considering the apocalyptic nature of Radical Ecological models of history and their relationship with Zorastrian, Jewish and Christian Models of History before concluding with a consideration of the relationship between the models of history used by Radical Ecology and the Bolshevik/Communist models of history and the Nazi model of history. It is an extremely thought provoking and troubling analysis of the true nature of Radical Ecology. The Fatal Flaw is part of Eden and the Fall.

Pero da Covilhã was a man of mystery. A spy who could speak Castilian like a Castilian and Arabic like a Moor. But even he could never have imagined the mission that he would be given by the King of Portugal. To travel not just across Spain and Italy but further into the lands of the East than any Christian man had journeyed since Marco Polo all the while knowing that every man or woman he met on the way could be an assassin sent to kill him. Covilhã’s mission was crucial to the success of the Portuguese plan to sail to India and beyond but if he did survive what would the Portuguese ...

Polarshift is a thought provoking book which will change the way you see the past and the profound changes that are occurring in the present. It is a book which everyone who is interested in the profound polarshifts in world economic and technological power that are occurring today must read. Using a unique long term historical perspective considering events from the time of Genghiz Khan until now, Dr Matt Buttsworth analyzes what factors led to the rise of the West, what factors have led to its fall, and what factors are now propelling the nations of the East - China, India and the Dragon ...

Moments of Romance is a collection of romantic, sometimes happy, sometimes sad, short stories and poetry. It is touching and engaging for those who love the idea of romance. It is story of love, lost love, regret, yearning and hope.

Polarshift is a thought provoking book which will change the way you see the past and the profound changes that are occurring in the present. It is a book which everyone who is interested in the profound polarshifts in world economic and technological power that are occurring today must read. Using a unique long term historical perspective considering events from the time of Genghiz Khan until now, Dr Matt Buttsworth analyzes what factors led to the rise of the West, what factors have led to its fall, and what factors are now propelling the nations of the East - China, India and the Dragon ...

The Death and Rebirth of God is an indepth essay that has grown out of the worldwide resurgence of religious belief since the onset of the crisis of faith in the Progress Ethos. Ever since the Enlightenment, rationalism mandates that belief in God was an illusion, acting as the basis for repeated Liberal, Atheist, and Marxist attacks on the belief in religion. But what happens when there is a crisis of faith in the Progress Ethos and the promised future it offers is no longer credible. This essay considers both the rationalist attack on religious belief around the world, and the resurgence ...

Kangaroo Gully Tales is a collection of humorous Australian animal and farm stories ranging from stories about sheep, sheepdogs, and marron catching to planes, trains and automobiles in Matt Buttsworth's unique whimsical style .