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The first biography to open up areas of work related to the life and times of Alexander von Humboldt that were previously inaccessible to those without knowledge of Spanish, German, and French. Contains original research from the latest scholarship published by the Humboldt Research Centre, as well as many illustrations and portraits. Inspired by the life and times of Alexander von Humboldt 1769-1859, this biography, based on the most recent research and scholarship, follows Humboldt from his childhood and early education in Prussia, his training as a mining engineer, his extensive travels in...

This novel challenges the widely held assumption that marriage is the best form of relationship, or the only valid one or that it should consist of one man, one woman. Divorce rates are soaring, stable family relationships are rare and the notion of one partner for life is an endangered species. Conventional marriage vows do not work, a view discussed by an ex-monk, lesbians, bisexuals, divorcees, ex-escorts and others who have their say and rightly so. Violence in the home, abuse of children, sexual perversions and drug addictions show we are living in a sick and tragic age. What is urgently...