The remarkable story of how a handful of intrepid scientific navigators underpinned British naval dominance in the conflict with Napoleon During the Napoleonic Wars, more than twice as many British warships were lost to shipwreck than in battle. The Royal Navy’s fleets had to operate in unfamiliar seas and dangerous coastal waters, where navigational ignorance was as great a threat as enemy guns. If Britain was to win the war, improved intelligence was vital. In this landmark account, Michael Barritt reveals how a cadre of specialist pathfinders led by Captain Thomas Hurd enabled Britain’s Hydrographic Office to meet this need. Sounding amongst hazards on the front line of conflict, alert for breaks in weather or onset of swell, these daring sailors gathered vital strategic data that would eventually secure the upper hand against Britain’s adversaries. Tracing this pathfinding around Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, Barritt shows how the honing of this skill set revolutionised the British way of war at sea—ultimately securing a lasting naval dominance.

The Adequate Commoner for the Pathfinder RPG is meant for distribution channels and presents a new perspective on what is probably the most overlooked character in any game: the Commoner NPC class. Now commoners can be more than just faces in a crowd and cannon fodder. They can be the player characters! Includes the Gear Commoner or Mythic Commoner, as well as commoner jobs, New Commoner Feats and Traits, equipment, weapons, improvised traps, and more! Rounding out such goodies are tactics and suggestions for running a commoner character game, as well as Cooks' Day Out, a beginning adventure for commoner characters just hoping to survive the day. ... and there's more yet! So, if you're bored with the exceptional and fed-up with the extraordinary, how about giving the mundane a try? We promise, your commoners will never seem common again.

The Adequate Commoner for the Pathfinder RPG is meant for distribution channels and presents a new perspective on what is probably the most overlooked character in any game: the Commoner NPC class. Now commoners can be more than just faces in a crowd and cannon fodder. They can be the player characters! Includes the Gear Commoner or Mythic Commoner, as well as commoner jobs, New Commoner Feats and Traits, equipment, weapons, improvised traps, and more! Rounding out such goodies are tactics and suggestions for running a commoner character game, as well as Cooks' Day Out, a beginning adventure for commoner characters just hoping to survive the day. ... and there's more yet! So, if you're bored with the exceptional and fed-up with the extraordinary, how about giving the mundane a try? We promise, your commoners will never seem common again.

Traditionally, company experts and outside collaborators innovate by developing the knowledge map. Success or failure of incremental innovation hinges on this path. The Role of Creative Ignorance suggests the knowledge map should be abandoned and replaced with a new methodology, that of creative ignorance. With over 30 years of experience in international economics and entrepreneurship, Piero Formica explores the concept of creative ignorance in combination with path creation and its disruptive effect on entrepreneurship. Using narrative examples of innovators and companies worldwide, he introduces the characteristics of successful path creators that overstep the boundaries set by knowledge maps to open up new, unprecedented routes and connect them each other. In doing so, path creators reveal latent, unexpressed needs of consumers and drive innovation forward.

We Are the Pathfinders Strong is the story of the men and women who dedicated themselves to the church?s young people, and the young people who joined them in this exciting program. Around the world Adventist young people learn new skills and participate in fascinating activities, whether it be camping in the snow, exploring caves, witnessing to others, or serving as volunteers in humanitarian or civic outreaches.Whether you are a Pathfinder today, were many years ago, or would like to be... you?ll find this book captures the joy and excitement of being a Pathfinder.

• Investigates the roles, energies, and essence of 12 Ascended Masters and how each of them holds a strand of our spiritual DNA • Traces the reincarnations of Ascended Masters Mother Mary and St. Germain through history, depicting the positive and shadow aspects of their archetypal energies • Offers charts that allow you to find out which Ascended Master you relate to and thus discover your own direct connection to the Divine DO YOU KNOW what Imhotep, Homer, and Nikola Tesla have in common? All three are said to be influential incarnations of Ascended Master St. Germain. How can we tell? Guided by renowned mystics, Carmel Niland suggests that, just as we carry physical DNA that shapes us across generations, we also carry an energetic code or spiritual DNA that links us back to the very source of our origins -- God -- a divine ancestry that throughout the centuries conveys itself in patterns of behavior, character traits, and life purpose, connecting each individual to a specific Ascended Master. The God essence expresses itself through archetypal energies in us, represented by 12 Ascended Masters who hold the 12 strands of our spiritual DNA. Thus, every person on this earth, no matter how ordinary or extraordinary, is an aspect of one of these Masters. Focusing on Mother Mary and St. Germain, Our Spiritual DNA explores the role, energies, and essence of these 12 Masters by examining some of history’s most important figures who have been instrumental in shaping our world. Hitherto unknown details about the lives of personalities like Queen Nefertiti, Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Merlin, Isabelle of Castile, and Dante emerge in channeled conversations with the author’s spiritual guide, The Gatekeeper. Revolutionizing the Western view of reincarnation, this astounding book allows you to trace your own spiritual DNA through the reincarnations of the Ascended Masters, understand your spiritual and genetic connection to God, and realize that we are all divinely connected across gender, race, and time.