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Sabotage

The Mafia, Mao and the Death of the Queen Elizabeth

By: Brian Izzard

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Sabotage

The Mafia, Mao and the Death of the Queen Elizabeth

By: Brian Izzard

On 9 January 1972, the mighty Queen Elizabeth, then the largest liner in the world, caught fire in Hong Kong harbor. Watched by millions around the world, she burned live on television, including on Britains childrens program Blue Peter.

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1445637065

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Yangtze Showdown

China and the Ordeal of HMS Amethyst

By: Brian Izzard

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Yangtze Showdown

China and the Ordeal of HMS Amethyst

By: Brian Izzard

Tells the “epic tale of the entrapment of HMS Amethyst by the Chinese Communists . . . a good sea story and a look inside the early days of the Cold War” (Strategy Page). The attack on the British frigate Amethyst on the Yangtze River by Chinese Communists in 1949 made world headlines. There was even more publicity when the ship made a dramatic escape after being trapped for 101 days. Eulogized by the British as an example of outstanding courage and fortitude, the “Yangtze Incident” was even made into a feature film, which depicted the ship and her crew as innocent victims of Communist aggression. The truth was more complex, and so sensitive that the government intended that the files should be closed until 2030. However, these have now been released and in making use of these documents this book is the first to tell the full story. What emerges is an intriguing tale of intelligence failure, military over-confidence and a hero with feet of clay—it is by no means as heroic as the well-publicized official version, but every bit as entertaining. While the reputations of diplomatic and naval top brass take a knock, the bravery and ingenuity of those actively involved shines even more brightly. Written with verve and including much new and surprising information, this book is both enjoyable and informative. “[A] masterly work . . . gripped with tension and it is hard to put down . . . the feat of legends which will forever be celebrated throughout the endless history of the Royal Navy.”—Australian Naval Institute “A classic piece of post war naval adventure in a highly readable and well researched manner.”—Scuttlebutt

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Seaforth Publishing

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1473854954

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9781473854956

Mastermind of Dunkirk and D-Day

The Vision of Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay

By: Brian Izzard

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Mastermind of Dunkirk and D-Day

The Vision of Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay

By: Brian Izzard

This detailed biography brings to life one of the greatest military heroes of WWII—and demonstrates why his contributions were crucial to Allied victory. At the outbreak of the Second World War, Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay masterminded the evacuation of some 330,000 members of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk. He went on to play a crucial role in the invasion of Sicily and the planning and execution of the D-Day invasion, where he commanded the 7,000 ships that delivered Allied forces to the beaches of Normandy. All this from a man who had retired in 1938—only to be persuaded back to the service by Winston Churchill himself. In 1944, Ramsay was promoted to Admiral and appointed Naval Commander-in-Chief for the D-Day naval expeditionary force. A year later, he died in a mysterious air crash. Though Ramsay’s legacy has been remembered by the Royal Navy, his key role in the Allied victory has been widely forgotten. Now biographer Brian Izzard corrects this oversight, arguing that without Ramsay the outcome of both Dunkirk and D-Day—and perhaps the entire war—could have been very different.

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Casemate

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1612008399

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9781612008394

Glory and Dishonour

Victoria Cross Heroes Whose Lives Ended in Tragedy or Disgrace

By: Brian Izzard

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Glory and Dishonour

Victoria Cross Heroes Whose Lives Ended in Tragedy or Disgrace

By: Brian Izzard

The flawed characters of 27 men who were awarded the world’s most prestigious bravery award, some of whom ended up in prison or were shunned by officialdom and a once adoring public.

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445676494

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Changing Times: Stories of Hatfield Old and New

By: Brian G Lawrence

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Changing Times: Stories of Hatfield Old and New

By: Brian G Lawrence

This book reflects some of the diverse aspects of Hatfield's past that have come to the author's attention and interested him over many years. Hatfield has experienced major fires, Royal visits and other noteworthy events. Major employers of labour have been attracted to the town over many years. Residents have been fortunate to have a famous stately home and its surrounding park in their midst but it must be admitted that some of the local development that has taken place during the second half of the twentieth century has dismally failed to match their hopes and expectations. It is the author's hope that this book will increase the reader's understanding of Hatfield's heritage as an enduring place of historical interest.

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Lulu.com

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0992841674

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9780992841676

Don't Believe the Hype!! (First Revision)

The Incredible History of Communist Subversion in America's Black Community

By: C. Brian Madden

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Don't Believe the Hype!! (First Revision)

The Incredible History of Communist Subversion in America's Black Community

By: C. Brian Madden

Ever ask the question, "Why today's Millennials in America's Black Community seem so mad at the world and don't care whether they live or die these days?" There is a reason for it; and it is being done on purpose, to destroy this country! It's called Communism! And it is Real! Don't Believe the Hype!! (First Revision) is an explosive book which investigates how and why Communist Subversion (Perversion) has taken over the African-American Community; with the sole intent to use and destroy them, while simultaneously destroying the rest of United States of America from within! Using Historical Facts from the Mid-19th Century to the present era, Don't Believe the Hype!! will surely spark Geo-political conversations between people of all races, genders, and back grounds!

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Create Space Publishing

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153906848X

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9781539068488

Powers: The Best Ever

By: Brian Michael Bendis

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Powers: The Best Ever

By: Brian Michael Bendis

Celebrate over twenty years of POWERS with Powers: The Best Ever -- a massive, original graphic novel that is both a perfect jumping on point for newcomers, and essential reading for longtime fans! Brian Michael Bendis, the New York Times bestselling, Peabody and multi-Eisner award-winning co-creator of Miles Morales, Naomi, and Jessica Jones teams up with his long-time superstar Powers co-creator Michael Avon Oeming to celebrate over twenty years of the Eisner award-winning cops and capes comic, with their most significant Powers story ever! It's been over two decades since detectives Deena Pilgrim and Christian Walker teamed up to solve the murder of the most beloved superhero Retro Girl. It's been years since they’ve spoken. It's been years since the world changed. But the worst criminal in Powers' history, Wolf, has been reincarnated and all hell has broken loose. This opus of a graphic novel covers the entire life of the seemingly immortal Christian Walker as he fights one last time to protect those he swore to protect. Collects issues 7 and 8 of Powers (2015) along with new story material published in the earlier edition of Powers: The Best Ever, plus all comic book covers and a sketchbook section. Also included is an exclusive look back on the storied legacy of the POWERS comic book series, TV show, and beyond. Whether you are new to POWERS or a longtime fan, POWERS: THE BEST EVER is a must-have!

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Dark Horse Comics

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1506730167

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9781506730165

Transforming Prejudice

Identity, Fear, and Transgender Rights

By: Melissa R. Michelson,Brian F. Harrison

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Transforming Prejudice

Identity, Fear, and Transgender Rights

By: Melissa R. Michelson,Brian F. Harrison

Since the mid-1990s, there has been a seismic shift in attitudes toward gay and lesbian people, with a majority of Americans now supporting same-sex marriage and relations between same-sex, consenting adults. However, support for transgender individuals lags far behind; a significant majority of Americans do not support the right of transgender people to be free from discrimination in housing, employment, public spaces, health care, legal documents, and other areas. Much of this is due to deeply entrenched ideas about the definition of gender, perceptions that transgender people are not "real" or are suffering from mental illness, and fears that extending rights to transgender people will come at the expense of the rights of others. So how do you get people to rethink their prejudices? In this book, Melissa R. Michelson and Brian F. Harrison examine what tactics are effective in changing public opinion regarding transgender people. The result is a new approach that they call Identity Reassurance Theory. The idea is that individuals need to feel confident in their own identity before they can embrace a stigmatized group like transgender people, and that support of members of an outgroup can be encouraged by affirming the self-esteem of those targeted for attitude change. Michelson and Harrison, through their experiments, show that the most effective messaging on transgender issues meets people where they are, acknowledges their discomfort without judgment or criticism, and helps them to think about transgender people and rights in a way that aligns with their view of themselves as moral human beings.

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Oxford University Press

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0190068914

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9780190068912

Journalism and Democracy

An Evaluation of the Political Public Sphere

By: Brian McNair

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Journalism and Democracy

An Evaluation of the Political Public Sphere

By: Brian McNair

The public sphere is said to be in crisis. Dumbing down, tabloidisation, infotainment and spin are alleged to contaminate it, adversely affecting the quality of political journalism and of democracy itself. There is a pervasive pessimism about the relationship between the media and democracy, and widespread concern for the future of the political process. Journalism and Democracy challenges this orthodoxy, arguing instead for an alternative, more optimistic evaluation of the contemporary public sphere and its contribution to the political process. Brian McNair argues not only that the quantity of political information in mass circulation has expanded hugely in the late twentieth century, but that political journalism has become steadily more rigorous and effective in its criticism of elites, more accessible to the public, and more thorough in its coverage of the political process. Journalism and Democracy combines textual analysis and extensive in-depth interviews with political journalists, editors, presenters and documentary makers. In separate chapters devoted to the political news agenda, the political interview, punditry, public access media and spin doctoring, McNair considers whether dumbing down is a genuinely new trend in political journalism, or a kind of moral panic, provoked by suspicion of mass involvement in culture.

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Routledge

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1134614926

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9781134614929

The Desert VCs

Extraordinary Valour in the North African Campaign in WWII

By: Brian Best

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The Desert VCs

Extraordinary Valour in the North African Campaign in WWII

By: Brian Best

It was not just the searing heat of the day, hot enough to boil an egg on the bonnet of a lorry, or the sand that nestled in every crevice of the body, or the shivering cold of the starlit nights, that the British and Commonwealth troops had to battle in the North African desert it was also the tough and determined Axis forces under their brilliant leader, Erwin Rommel.The actions which resulted in the awarding of twenty-nine VCs in the Desert War included that of stretcher bearer Private Anderson walking alone into the gunfire of the enemy to rescue wounded comrades, not once, but time and time again until he too was shot and killed. Lieutenant George Gunn, who, at Sidi Rezegh, found his troop of the Royal Horse Artillery facing the onslaught of sixty German tanks. One by one the guns were put out of action, the crews killed or wounded. Eventually, only one gun was left, manned by the twenty-nine-year-old lieutenant and his sergeant. Regardless of the odds, Gunn fought on until he too was killed, shot through the head.The fighting in North Africa was not just in the harsh extremes of the rolling desert, but also the barren mountains of Tunisia, and the coastal strips of Libya. In every battle, every maneuver, the terrain was the limiting or enabling feature and it was over that unforgiving ground that twenty-nine men distinguished themselves and were awarded the highest of all gallantry medals, the Victoria Cross.

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1526721074

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9781526721075

Name That Movie! A Painless Vocabulary Builder Romantic Comedy & Drama Edition

Watch Movies and Ace the SAT, ACT, GED and GRE!

By: Brian Leaf

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Name That Movie! A Painless Vocabulary Builder Romantic Comedy & Drama Edition

Watch Movies and Ace the SAT, ACT, GED and GRE!

By: Brian Leaf

The most entertaining way to master vocabulary for the SAT, ACT, GED, and GRE exams Do you need to brush up on your vocabulary skills for the SAT, ACT, GED, or GRE exam? Ever wish you could put your talent for quoting your favorite movies to more use than one-upping your friends? Now you can do both with Name That Movie! A Painless Vocabulary Builder: Romantic Comedy & Drama Edition. Name That Movie! is the only vocabulary workbook that capitalizes on your insatiable appetite for romantic comedies and dramas to help build your vocabulary for standardized tests. First, you'll be presented with a popular quote. Then you'll identify the movie and scene from which it was taken. Next, you'll jot down possible definitions for each bolded word in the quote and check your answers against the solutions provided. It's that easy! 1000 cumulative vocabulary words, including synonyms Quotes taken from popular romantic comedies and dramas Other titles by Leaf: Defining Twilight, Defining New Moon, Defining Eclipse, and Defining Breaking Dawn Whether you're the queen of quoting Mean Girls or just want to find a more exciting way to build your vocabulary skills, Name That Movie! A Painless Vocabulary Builder: Romantic Comedy & Drama Edition is for you!

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0544187474

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9780544187474

Cast Fate To The Wind

By: Brian Downes

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Cast Fate To The Wind

By: Brian Downes

Cast Fate to the Wind is an autobiography that follows a child from a dysfunctional background to adulthood, achieving many dreams and experiences of karma along the way. The path is random and, to no small extent, predetermined if you are prepared to listen to your sensitivities and those who have the gift of spiritual foresight.The psychic messages documented within are explanations, which may assist anyone with their quest for the meaning of their life, and develop a positive feeling on a path to destiny. It is a journey over 70 years with life experiences that directly involve forewarnings of Lockerbie and Alexander Kielland, working with the world's greatest gambler on UK racecourses, and helping to build the largest privately-owned global inspection company.If you practice karma throughout your life, rewards will address the balance to your benefit. Your family is your most precious asset and will never devalue. Hopefully, this book will encourage anyone from a similar background to find contentment and success with their lives as well.If you come to a fork in the road, take it!

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eBook Partnership

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1839522771

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9781839522772

Journalists in Film

Heroes and Villains

By: Brian McNair

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Journalists in Film

Heroes and Villains

By: Brian McNair

A study of the representation of journalists on film and what this tells us about society's relationship with journalism and news media.

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Edinburgh University Press

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0748634487

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9780748634484

Mediated Access

Broadcasting and Democratic Participation

By: Brian McNair,Matthew Hibberd,Philip Schlesinger

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Mediated Access

Broadcasting and Democratic Participation

By: Brian McNair,Matthew Hibberd,Philip Schlesinger

While rates of formal political participation are in decline, public participation in political debate facilitated through access broadcasting has been increasing. This book assesses the contribution made by these programmes to the democratic process.

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Indiana University Press

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1860205925

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Face the Music and Dance

By: Brian Walker, Ph.D.

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Face the Music and Dance

By: Brian Walker, Ph.D.

DescriptionGuy Dangerfield is young, bright and on his way in life. He'll stroll into university, and has a highly promising future. But almost overnight, this all changes. Fate sends him on it's own journey. He is 18, when his parents are killed and several disastrous events take him to rock bottom. He arduously starts rebuilding his life when, he meets the beautiful Yvie, wealthy and very well connected. But how he can get involved with someone whose lifestyle is a palace to his cowshed ?. He's a fighter though and grimly hangs on till things gradually improve. Eventually he is the only one who can protect Yvie from a group of French Satanists. Colourful, believable characters, a strong sexual thread plus action in Geneva, the Monte Carlo Rally and Chelsea make up a heavily self experienced 'story'. About the AuthorBrian Walker is bipolar which has dictated his life but he is a confirmed seeker. His interest is in life and it's purpose rather than it's glittering prizes. People and their motivations fascinate him as do Life's intangible elements, love, faith, fate, death, compassion, sex, good, evil, and friendship He cut his creative teeth in marketing for three major PLC's working on adverts, products and media liaison winning many writing plaudits. He has also performed as a solo singer songwriter. His first book 'Face the Music and Dance' is a wonderful story, which entertains while exploring many of life's deepest emotions such as love infidelity and compassion. Regular scene changes to interesting places like Geneva, hold the reader's interest as his characters and story develop. The book has already had very favourable previews.

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Chipmunkapublishing ltd

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1849912556

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9781849912556

The Films of Walter Hill

Another Time, Another Place

By: Brian Brems

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The Films of Walter Hill

Another Time, Another Place

By: Brian Brems

In The Films of Walter Hill: Another Time, Another Place, Brian Brems explores how, as action emerged as a full-fledged genre of cinema, Walter Hill established his position in the genre, first as a screenwriter and then as a director. Hill, Brems argues, helped merge the thematic and stylistic concerns of the Western and film noir into a new action cinema, establishing a reputation for mythic, highly-stylized storytelling driven by a relentless pace. Through analyses of Hill’s filmography, this book demonstrates his consistent use of the architecture of classical storytelling to help codify the language of the action movie. These observations are supported by extensive conversations with Walter Hill and several of his on-screen collaborators, including Lance Henriksen, Sigourney Weaver, David Patrick Kelly, James Renmar, and William Sadler. Ultimately, Brems positions Hill as a key American film artist, whose work has inspired countless imitations.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1666915297

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9781666915297

Sex Tips for Pandas

By: Brian Luff

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Sex Tips for Pandas

By: Brian Luff

Special edition of this popular paperback with bonus photo section and a brand new final chapter which brings the story up to date. When scriptwriters Georgina Sowerby and Brian Luff began recording podcasts in their spare bedroom in 2005, they had no way of knowing what an adventure they were embarking upon. Sex Tips for Pandas is the story of a couple from London whose podcasts touched the hearts of thousands and propelled them on a bizarre and comical trip around the world. It's also an intimate, often confessional book about a relationship, and a tantalizing glimpse at the none-too-glamorous side of the entertainment industry. For Brian and Georgina podcasting was an obsessive shared interest, a form of escapism from the real world which became the very glue that held their often difficult and complicated relationship together. Sprinkled throughout with showbiz anecdotes and bitchy behind-the-scenes gossip, Sex Tips For Pandas will amuse you, entertain you and ultimately inspire you.

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Lulu.com

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1447860985

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9781447860983

Principles and Practices of Interconnection Networks

By: William James Dally,Brian Patrick Towles

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Principles and Practices of Interconnection Networks

By: William James Dally,Brian Patrick Towles

One of the greatest challenges faced by designers of digital systems is optimizing the communication and interconnection between system components. Interconnection networks offer an attractive and economical solution to this communication crisis and are fast becoming pervasive in digital systems. Current trends suggest that this communication bottleneck will be even more problematic when designing future generations of machines. Consequently, the anatomy of an interconnection network router and science of interconnection network design will only grow in importance in the coming years.This book offers a detailed and comprehensive presentation of the basic principles of interconnection network design, clearly illustrating them with numerous examples, chapter exercises, and case studies. It incorporates hardware-level descriptions of concepts, allowing a designer to see all the steps of the process from abstract design to concrete implementation. - Case studies throughout the book draw on extensive author experience in designing interconnection networks over a period of more than twenty years, providing real world examples of what works, and what doesn't. - Tightly couples concepts with implementation costs to facilitate a deeper understanding of the tradeoffs in the design of a practical network. - A set of examples and exercises in every chapter help the reader to fully understand all the implications of every design decision.

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Elsevier

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0080497802

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9780080497808

Sea Trial

Sailing After My Father

By: Brian Harvey

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Sea Trial

Sailing After My Father

By: Brian Harvey

An adventure story set against the backdrop of a son trying to understand his father After a 25-year break from boating, Brian Harvey circumnavigates Vancouver Island with his wife, his dog, and a box of documents that surfaced after his father’s death. John Harvey was a neurosurgeon, violinist, and photographer who answered his door a decade into retirement to find a sheriff with a summons. It was a malpractice suit, and it did not go well. Dr. Harvey never got over it. The box contained every nurse’s record, doctor’s report, trial transcript, and expert testimony related to the case. Only Brian’s father had read it all — until now. In this beautifully written memoir, Brian Harvey shares how after two months of voyaging with his father’s ghost, he finally finds out what happened in the O.R. that crucial night and why Dr. Harvey felt compelled to fight the excruciating accusations.

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ECW Press

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1773053388

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The Crime Movie and TV Lover's Guide to London

By: Charlotte Booth,Brian Billington

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The Crime Movie and TV Lover's Guide to London

By: Charlotte Booth,Brian Billington

London has been a favorite city for film directors to shoot on location for decades, as it houses some of the most iconic British landmarks as well as beautiful historic buildings. With the constant regeneration of the city, there are also inevitably some shifty-looking derelict sites just perfect for despicable criminal activities to be shot. That is what this book is about. Have you ever wondered where Hatchet Harrys office was in Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, where Mitchel gets stabbed in London Boulevard, where the final fight took place between the Millwall and Chelsea gangs in the Football Factory, or where Poirots flat was in the iconic TV series? You will be able to visit all of these locations using this book. You can also take a tour of your favorite movies locations, go on a crime movie pub crawl (although be warned - there are a lot of pubs in crime movies), take a chilled walk through cemeteries and churches or even create your own tours based on postcode. In this book you will find more than 630 locations from 76 crime movies and 12 crime-related TV shows. The book also has more than 100 images taken around the city showing the locations as you will see them today to help you channel your inner Danny Dyer, Poirot or even Kingsman.

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White Owl

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1399031333

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Science Fact and Science Fiction

An Encyclopedia

By: Brian Stableford

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Science Fact and Science Fiction

An Encyclopedia

By: Brian Stableford

Science fiction is a literary genre based on scientific speculation. Works of science fiction use the ideas and the vocabulary of all sciences to create valid narratives that explore the future effects of science on events and human beings. Science Fact and Science Fiction examines in one volume how science has propelled science-fiction and, to a lesser extent, how science fiction has influenced the sciences. Although coverage will discuss the science behind the fiction from the Classical Age to the present, focus is naturally on the 19th century to the present, when the Industrial Revolution and spectacular progress in science and technology triggered an influx of science-fiction works speculating on the future. As scientific developments alter expectations for the future, the literature absorbs, uses, and adapts such contextual visions. The goal of the Encyclopedia is not to present a catalog of sciences and their application in literary fiction, but rather to study the ongoing flow and counterflow of influences, including how fictional representations of science affect how we view its practice and disciplines. Although the main focus is on literature, other forms of science fiction, including film and video games, are explored and, because science is an international matter, works from non-English speaking countries are discussed as needed.

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1135923736

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9781135923730

Encyclopaedia of Australian Heavy Metal

By: Brian Giffin

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Encyclopaedia of Australian Heavy Metal

By: Brian Giffin

The Encyclopaedia of Australian Metal presents pictures, biographies and discographical information on more than 2000 metal and heavy rock bands from all parts of Australia - from the early 70s pioneers like AC/DC, Buffalo and Rose Tattoo to the current breed: Psycroptic, Parkway Drive, Ne Obliviscaris and more.

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0994320612

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9780994320612

Glory and Dishonour

Victoria Cross Heroes Whose Lives Ended in Tragedy or Disgrace

By: Brian Izzard

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Glory and Dishonour

Victoria Cross Heroes Whose Lives Ended in Tragedy or Disgrace

By: Brian Izzard

The flawed characters of 27 men who were awarded the world’s most prestigious bravery award, some of whom ended up in prison or were shunned by officialdom and a once adoring public.

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Sabotage

The Mafia, Mao and the Death of the Queen Elizabeth

By: Brian Izzard

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Sabotage

The Mafia, Mao and the Death of the Queen Elizabeth

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Mastermind of Dunkirk and D-Day

The Vision of Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay

By: Brian Izzard

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Mastermind of Dunkirk and D-Day

The Vision of Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay

By: Brian Izzard

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1612008399

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9781612008394

Giant Humanlike Beasts

By: Brian Innes

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Giant Humanlike Beasts

By: Brian Innes

Whether reading for fun or exploring the inexplicable, readers will enjoy these accounts of puzzling events and mysterious creatures. Each title examines the facts, offers rational explanations where possible, and leaves the mystery an open-ended question. Stories of the Yeti, Almas, Sasquatch, and Bigfoot abound. Do living links to Neanderthals still inhabit the planet? DNA evidence begs the question.

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