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George Bouchier Worgan (May 1757 - 4 March 1838) was an English naval surgeon who accompanied the First Fleet to Australia. He made several expeditions to the Hawkesbury River and Broken Bay areas north of Sydney and spent a year on Norfolk Island after the Sirius was wrecked there. There is no evidence that George Worgan was on board the Sirius when it was wrecked off Norfolk Island on 19 March 1790. This is confirmed below where it states " but was not on board when it was wrecked in March 1790". Worgan recorded many of the events of the first year of the colony of New South Wales. Unlike his contemporary Watkin Tench, he did not publish his account.

The instant New York Times bestseller  • A New York Times Notable Book • Named a Best Book of the Year by The Economist • Nominated for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award<BR><BR>"Addicted to Succession? Well, here's the real thing." - The Hollywood Reporter<BR><BR>“Jaw-dropping . . . an epic tale of toxic wealth and greed populated by connivers and manipulators.” —The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice<BR><BR>The shocking inside story of the struggle for power and control at Paramount Global, the multibillion-dollar entertainment empire controlled by the Redstone family, and the dysfunction, misconduct, and deceit that threatened the future of the company, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalists who first broke the news<BR><BR>In 2016, the fate of Paramount Global’s entertainment empire hung precariously in the balance. Its founder and head, ninety-three-year-old Sumner M. Redstone, was facing a very public lawsuit brought by a former romantic companion, Manuela Herzer, which placed Sumner’s deteriorating health and questionable judgment under a harsh light.<BR><BR>As an all-powerful media mogul, Sumner had been a demanding boss, and an even more demanding father. When his daughter, Shari, took control of the business, she faced the hostility of boards who for years had heard Sumner disparage her. Les Moonves, the CEO of CBS, schemed with his allies on the board to strip Shari of power. But while he publicly battled Shari, news began to leak of Moonves’s involvement in multiple instances of sexual misconduct, and he began working behind the scenes to try to make the stories disappear.<BR><BR>Unscripted is an explosive and unvarnished look at the usually secret inner workings of two public companies, their boards of directors, and a wealthy, dysfunctional family in the throes of seismic changes. From the Pulitzer Prize– winning journalists James B. Stewart and Rachel Abrams, Unscripted lays bare the battle for power at any price—and the carnage that ensued.

Waren es zu Anfang politische Widerstände und Auseinandersetzungen, die Standfestigkeit in der Verlagsarbeit erforderten, folgten später euphemistisch 'Marktbereinigung' genannte Umbrüche in der Branche. Und wie sieht es heute aus - nachdem der Schwund von Leserinnen und Lesern, die Pandemie, die Explosion der Produktionskosten, Internet und KI selbst das routinierteste kulturpessimistische Jammern alt aussehen lassen? Wie überlebt man gute Bücher? Besser als schlechte jedenfalls. Das Beispiel liegt vor Ihnen - die Geschichte eines unabhängigen Verlags, dem seit 60 Jahren stets dieselbe wirtschaftsbesserwisserische Frage gestellt wird: Warum gibt es Sie eigentlich noch?Dieser Almanach ist eine Art kommentiertes Lesebuch über sechs Jahrzehnte Literatur, Kunst und Politik, von 1964 bis 2024. Und zugleich eine Ermutigung, weder dem eventgejagten Mainstream noch der Verlockung 'technischer Vorgaben' zu folgen, sondern dem Radikalen, Neuen, Unerhörten zur Seite zu springen und sich dem Genuss schön gemachter Bücher hinzugeben.

Im Norden gibt es viel zu entdecken! Vierzehn verblüffende Geschichten: von der mecklenburgischen Blumenkönigin bis zu den Untoten im Kloster HarsefeldWas hat die vielleicht schönste Blume der Welt mit einer Prinzessin aus Mecklenburg zu tun? Woran scheiterten die römischen Soldaten vor 2000 Jahren gegen die Germanen? Und wie kam es eigentlich, dass so manches Schloss in Norddeutschland mit Gewinnen aus dem Sklavenhandel finanziert wurde? Solchen und vielen anderen Fragen gehen Sabine Knor und Tillmann Bendikowski in ihren NORDGeschichten nach - überraschend und spannend erzählt. Sie nehmen die Leserinnen und Leser mit auf eine historische Entdeckungsreise durch den Norden zwischen Elbe und Harz. Nordsee und Ostsee. Ein Muss für alle Norddeutschland-Fans und solche, die es noch werden wollen. Reich illustriert mit Abbildungen und Karten samt praktischer Hinweise für Ausflüge. Mit spannenden Geschichten aus Ahrensburg, Ahrenshoop, Binz, Bremerhaven, Bückeburg, Emden, Hamburg, Harsefeld, Kalkriese, Lübeck, Mirow, Osterode, Neustrelitz, Stade, Steinhude, Tannenhausen, Wienhausen.Ausstattung: Mit Abbildungen, Karten und Serviceteilen zu den beschriebenen Orten

From the 1960s until the turn of the century, Phil Wilkins was chief cricket writer in turn for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Sun-Herald, then The Australian and The Sun newspapers. In this autobiography, he remembers great players watched and interviewed, historic events, reviving memories of cricketers, rugby league, rugby union and soccer players, of boxers and tennis titleholders. Among his cavalcade of champions are Rod Laver, Ian and Greg Chappell, Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson, Bob Simpson, Bill Lawry and Shane Warne; England's Freddie Trueman, Ian Botham, Colin Cowdrey and Geoffrey Boycott, the West Indies' Vivian Richards, Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes, the Pakistanis, Javed Miandad and Imran Khan, the Indians, Bishan Singh Bedi and Sunil Gavaskar, and earlier Australian immortals, Keith Miller, Ray Lindwall and Norman O'Neill; in rugby league, Johnny Raper, Ron Coote, Reg Gasnier, Harry Wells and Bobby Fulton; in rugby union, Ray Price and Ken Catchpole, Ewen McKenzie and Phil Kearns, Tim Horan and Jason Little, David Campese and Nick Farr-Jones, all match-winners and game-breakers, the mightiest of performers. But the first of his greats was Melbourne's Australian Rules captain and later coach, the splendid Ron Barassi.Above all players, Wilkins praises his littlest hero, the fearless nine-year-old Guyanese boy, Dominic, who saved his life by throwing himself at a pipe-wielding thug at the height of a riot in the World Series Cricket match in Georgetown on the "Forgotten tour" of 1979, when the Australians drew the SuperTest series with Clive Lloyd's world champion West Indians.

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*The long-awaited return of the comedy national treasure*Blockbusters, Baywatch ... Mastermind, Moonlighting ... Porridge, Parkinson ... Peter Kay takes you on a journey into the wonders of TV -back to the days when Dusty Bin was a household name, Robin of Sherwood was a pin-up and the Brookside siege was the event of the year. For a young telly-loving Peter growing up in Bolton, TV meant Sunday bath nights with a black-and-white portable, the unbridled excitement of the new Christmas TV guide and his elderly neighbour's inconvenient hearing problem.Here, for the first time, he collects his TV memories and adventures together in this brilliant book. Join Peter as he finds success on the small screen, leaving his own unique footprint in the golden age of TV: from making tea at Granada Studios and marching along to '(Is This the Way to) Amarillo' to hanging out in the Rovers Return, having run-ins with Bernard Manning and starring in possibly the worst Doctor Who episode of all time. You'll go behind the scenes of the legendary Phoenix Nights, take The Road to Nowhere with Max & Paddy and discover how Peter created his BAFTA-winning performance in Car Share.So sit back and enjoy a journey through the wonderful world of television. Endearing, sidesplittingly funny and utterly unforgettable - T.V.sees Peter Kay at his vivid, nostalgic and hilarious best.

A Foreign Policy Best Summer Reading Pick<BR><BR> A young American lost in Russia. An FBI-cover up. A mystery leading from Washington to the heart of the Kremlin's war in Ukraine. When Billy Reilly vanished, his parents embarked on a desperate search for answers. Was their son’s disappearance connected to his mysterious work for the FBI, or was it a personal quest gone wrong? Only when Wall Street Journal reporter Brett Forrest embarks on his own investigation does a picture emerge: of the FBI's exploitation of US citizens through a secretive intelligence program, a young man's lust for adventure within the world's conflicts, and the costs of a rising clash between Moscow and Washington.Sept. 11th roused Billy Reilly's curiosity for religions, war, and the world and its people beyond his small town near Detroit. Online, Billy taught himself Arabic and Russian. His passions led him into jihadi Internet forums, attracting the interest of the FBI.An amateur drawn into professional intelligence, Billy became a Confidential Human Source, one of thousands of civilians who assist FBI agents with investigative work, often at great hazard and with little recourse. When Russia stirred rebellion in Ukraine, Billy set out to make his mark.In Russia, Billy's communications dropped. His parents, frantic, asked the FBI for help but struggled to find answers. Grasping for clues, the Reilly family turned to Brett Forrest. Commencing a quest of his own, Forrest applied years' worth of research, along with decades of extensive experience in Russia, illuminating the inner workings of the national-security machine that enmeshed Billy and his family, picking up the lost son's trail.A masterwork of reporting, composed like a thriller, blending political maneuvering and international espionage, Lost Son illustrates one man's coming of age amid new global dangers.

"The absorbing, occasionally harrowing, prose makes for a compelling read." -KIRKUS REVIEWSRwandan-British broadcaster Venuste Nshimiyimana takes the reader on a journey to the frontline in Baghdad in this 2023 debut memoir, which commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Bush Administration's "shock and awe" campaign that launched the Iraq War.It is 2003, and the diplomatic handwringing at the UN has yielded nothing. The heat in the Arabian Gulf is peaking, and recourse to violence against Saddam Hussein is inevitable. War is coming. At the BBC World Service's headquarters in London, up-and-coming broadcaster Venuste Nshimiyimana has long expected the call of duty. But when the email confirming his deployment hits his terminal, it lands an unexpected punch in his gut. The Rwandan native is no stranger to the horrors of war and large- scale violence. Overnight, Baghdad has become a trigger word for a barely buried tragedy. But the die is cast. And soon, with the Middle East looming, more than unsettled memories of the Genocide weighs on the broadcaster. In Candid Intent, Nshimiyimana recounts his pivotal journey from the cutthroat office politics of Newsroom London to the smouldering rubble of war-torn Baghdad. More than a tale of one man's conquest over his inner ghosts, this insider's masterclass on journalism is also an adventurous insight into the human condition. Through the lens of tragedy, resilience, kindness, and tolerance, Nshimiyimana-in a unique and clear voice-dissects the intricate tapestry of our shared humanity, revealing the mess at our core while celebrating the human spirit's capacity for ultimate triumph.

This gripping, true autobiography follows the spiritual life of a young boy devoted to Jesus Christ who is joined by a best friend, a companion with aspirations of a grand and valiant future. Together, they dream of embarking on a path of virtuous heroism which forges a deep and abiding friendship and sets the stage for what's to come.As the years pass, the boy begins to leave his faith and as a young man he meets another kindred spirit; a strange Jewish young man from the local Navajo reservation with a mysterious past. Together they set out into the world on an adventure brimming with thrilling escapades, heartfelt sentiment and profound sorrow until their adventurous spirit leads them astray when they chance upon a Ouija Board, a sinister artifact that becomes their undoing.As their curiosity in speaking with a malevolent demon from beyond this world persists for months, it begins to infect the young man's mind and soul with evil power, eventually driving him to become a meth addict. Alas, in a bizarre and harrowing spiritual experience unlike anything you've ever heard, the demon comes to him while asleep and opens a portal to Hell, transporting the young man into the depths of that infernal abyss. As he stands there, seeing it with his very own eyes, he knows that it is only his desperate cry to Jesus Christ that can save him. What follows is a powerful testament to faith, deliverance, and the truth of the Bible.<BR>

A Lambda Literary Award FinalistFrom a celebrated figure of the food world comes a poignant, provocative memoir about being young and gay during the 1970s punk revolution in AmericaLong before James Oseland was a judge on Top Chef Masters, he was a teenage rebel growing up in the pre–Silicon Valley, California, suburbs, yearning for a taste of something wild. Diving headfirst into the churning mayhem of the punk movement, he renamed himself Jimmy Neurosis and embarked on a journey into a vibrant underground world populated by visionary musicians and artists. In a quest that led him from the mosh pits of San Francisco to the pop world of Andy Warhol’s Manhattan, he learned firsthand about friendship of all stripes, and what comes of testing the limits—both the joyous glories and the unanticipated, dangerous consequences. With humor and verve, Oseland brings to life the effervescent cocktail of music, art, drugs, and sexual adventure that characterized the end of the seventies. Through his account of how discovering his own creativity saved his life, he tells a thrilling and uniquely American coming-of-age story.

This bouquet of letters is an ode of my filial love to a fine human of revered memory. I had just completed the diploma examinations at the end of a year's course in the University of Madras Department of Journalism and made a farewell visit to the reading room of the University Library before taking the train back home to Bangalore. I chanced on an American magazine with a sticker on the cover that read: Magazines for Friendship. The friendship I struck with Miss Ella Campbell struck a deep mutual understanding. I loved books and she was a librarian. I was twenty-two, fresh out of journalism school and about to join a news agency. She was seventeen years my senior. We became correspondents exchanging magazines and books after we were through with them. Then we took out subscriptions and bought books for each other fresh off the presses. Those magazines she sent from the U.S.A. helped me know what the American perspective was on issues that figured in and out of the legislature where I was reporting for the news agency from a little-known capital of a state governed by a coalition held together by the Communist Party. Our friendship did not take too long before it blossomed into a kinship of kindred souls. She became my Ella Chachi and I was her Prasanna. In my native language, "Chachi" is an endearing term for a beloved "auntie." Chachi became my valued counsellor when an arranged marriage proposal of my parents fell through. I married Devayani, daughter of my senior colleague in the news agency, who belonged to a different community and my family was opposed to the marriage. Devi and I became parents of two boys. We welcomed Ella Campbell to be their "Chachi" to fill that gap. Sikharam Prasanna Kumara Gupta was born in 1931 in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. His career in journalism as a Press Trust of India Correspondent and Editor spanned from 1952 to 1990 with postings in India and the Soviet Union. He manned the news agency's Moscow bureau from 1982 to 1988. Gupta was PTI's Foreign Editor from 1988 to 1990. His published works include: In Quest of Panacea, Apostle John and Gandhi, A Wreath for Doctor Ramayya, Samara Samvadi, and The Rise and Eclipse of the Soviet Civilisation. Gupta is married to Devi. Shanti Kiran and Arun Kumar are their sons. Their grandchildren are: Arjun Kiran, Sonali, and Rohun.

Caprices d'un bibliophile, par Octave UzanneDate de l'édition originale: 1878Le présent ouvrage s'inscrit dans une politique de conservation patrimoniale des ouvrages de la littérature Française mise en place avec la BNF.HACHETTE LIVRE et la BNF proposent ainsi un catalogue de titres indisponibles, la BNF ayant numérisé ces oeuvres et HACHETTE LIVRE les imprimant à la demande.Certains de ces ouvrages reflètent des courants de pensée caractéristiques de leur époque, mais qui seraient aujourd'hui jugés condamnables.Ils n'en appartiennent pas moins à l'histoire des idées en France et sont susceptibles de présenter un intérêt scientifique ou historique.Le sens de notre démarche éditoriale consiste ainsi à permettre l'accès à ces oeuvres sans pour autant que nous en cautionnions en aucune façon le contenu.Pour plus d'informations, rendez-vous sur www.hachettebnf.fr