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Detailing two years in the life of a British political officer charged with establishing and maintaining British rule in the Kurdish district of Arbil in Iraq, this personal account provides a thorough discussion of Kurdish society from the viewpoint of Captain William Rupert Hay. Chronicling the British government's desperate attempts to establish a civil administration in Iraq just after World War I, Two Years in Kurdistan shows how, as member of the Indian Political Service, Captain Hay attempted to bring British rule to his corner of Iraq.
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This volume is part of the definitive edition of letters written by and to Charles Darwin, the most celebrated naturalist of the nineteenth century. Notes and appendixes put these fascinating and wide-ranging letters in context, making the letters accessible to both scholars and general readers. Darwin depended on correspondence to collect data from all over the world, and to discuss his emerging ideas with scientific colleagues, many of whom he never met in person. The letters are published chronologically: Volume 23 includes letters from 1875, the year in which Darwin wrote and published Insectivorous plants, a botanical work that was a great success with the reading public, and started writing Cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom. The volume contains an appendix on the 1875 anti-vivisection debates, with which Darwin was closely involved, giving evidence before a Royal Commission on the subject.
The journey of life from birth to death is a phenomenon that is common to all human beings. It's an experience that transcends all the variables of our existence such as race, religion and nationality. How we reach our destination, accomplish our goals and realize our God-given destiny is contingent upon our ability to navigate the contours of that journey. We can indeed celebrate the blessings and successes, confront the obstacles and cope with the myriad experiences of life's journey. This book is addressed to all who struggle to meet the challenges of life's journey. Some chapters provide us with powerful and compelling stories of those who in the face of adversity and disappointment did ...