The only science-y book I remember reading as a child was Alfred Russel Wallace's engaging The Malay Archipelago, a book that strongly influenced my career choice and inspired my lifelong passion for the flora and fauna of the South Pacific.

I'd go to some exotic archipelago, some lawless corner of Southeast Asia where I could embrace a life of crime. I'd start small, but over time I'd become kingpin of the region's drug trade.

Thus the NYSE became NYSE Arca in 2006 following a merger with the Archipelago Exchange, and then NYSE Euronext in 2007 after merging with Euronext, a Dutch-based exchange with one of the world's largest market caps.

... Broome, West Australia (Indian Ocean), Flores, Indonesia (Pacific Ocean), Borneo, Indonesia (China Sea), Sri Lanka (Indian Ocean), Kenya, Africa (Indian Ocean), Cook Island, New Zealand (Pacific) Mana Island, off the Fiji Archipelago (South Sea).

On 1811, Uruguayan independence's hero Jose Gervasio Artigas, decided to move north accompanied by some 16,000 soldiers, peasants and indigenous people, after learning that Spain had taken back the government of the territory that finally became ...

The figures suggest a shift in South Korea's perception of Indonesia, as South Korean government officials and business executives increasingly view the archipelago as a lucrative market, with its 240 million-strong population and a burgeoning middle ...

We trained Filipino teachers to teach English and the other elementary subjects, as well as the routine of the American school day, in the way we hoped children would be taught when they arrived in the U.S.

Once the whaling capital of the world, New Bedford had welcomed Portuguese settlers, particularly from its erstwhile colony in the Cape Verde archipelago (off the coast of Africa) in the 19th century. Subsequently, the ... Despite their level of ...

Jordan Morning, a 19-year-old former Winamac student now studying theater and telecommunications at Indiana University-Bloomington, leaves June 15 to spend a month on San Cristobal Island in the South American archipelago. He'll be immersed in the ...

This is your chance to see him at the start of his rally career, just as he is learning is trade. And given the Pole's prowess on asphalt, it should be a spectacular show.