Describes the plot and characters of the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas and discusses staging, casting, and other aspects of production for an amateur company.
A facsimile edition of the 1930 text of explorer Douglas Mawson's first-hand account of his expedition to the Antarctic, focusing on his epic sledge journey from 1912 to 1913, during which his companions both died.
Tells the story of the shipwreck of the Endurance in a sea of ice en route to Antarctica, and the amazing survival of all 28 members of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, led by Sir Ernest Shackleton.
Examines the personality of Sir Isaac Newton, the seventeenth-century genius who developed the laws of motion, looking at his abilities in math and science, as well as his obsessions with religion and alchemy.
