Brian Luff's Books

The Catamaran Book

Catamaran Sailing From Start to Finish

By: Tom Phipps,Brian Phipps

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Catamaran Book

Catamaran Sailing From Start to Finish

By: Tom Phipps,Brian Phipps

A well-rounded guide covering the techniques and skills needed to succeed in catamaran sailing, for those starting out through to those striving for championship wins. Whether you are a youngster choosing your first cat, a club sailor looking to improve your results, or a seasoned racer embarking on a higher performance model, expert advice from Tom & Brian Phipps will take your catamaran sailing to the next level. Beginning with key theory and seamanship skills, the Phipps take you through your early sailing experiences and caring for your catamaran. Developing your skills on all points of sailing, you will be introduced to trapezing, race tuning and racing itself. As your confidence grows you move onto advanced techniques and high performance catamarans. The final section gives you a glimpse of the cutting edge of catamaran sailing with foiling platforms and solid wings. 30 focussed chapters are packed with over 350 photographs showing you exactly how it's done, with diagrams illustrating key boat parts, the various points of sailing and complex on-the-water scenarios with clarity. Whatever your background, your current level or the extent of your ambition, this book gives you all the tools you need to get out on the water and improve your catamaran sailing.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

294

Publisher

Fernhurst Books Limited

Published Date

ISBN 10

190991195X

ISBN 13

9781909911956

Maximum Sail Power

The Complete Guide to Sails, Sail Technology, and Performance

By: Brian Hancock

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Maximum Sail Power

The Complete Guide to Sails, Sail Technology, and Performance

By: Brian Hancock

The art, science, history, and mystery of sails and sailmaking. Written in concise, layperson's language and full of photographs and personal anecdotes, this book goes step-by-step through the process of creating and using sails. Provided is a definitive look at the latest developments in sails, sailcloth, engineering, hardware, and sail trim. Also offered are case studies that illustrate which fibers, fabrics, and sails are suitable for a variety of different sailing applications, from simple dinghies and day sailors to offshore racing and cruising yachts. Sailors of all levels of interest and ability will find information they can apply to their own boats and sail choices.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

305

Publisher

Nomad Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1619304279

ISBN 13

9781619304277

The O’Farrell Cup

The Quest for the Holy Grail of Riverina Cricket

By: John Scascighini; Brian Lawrence

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The O’Farrell Cup

The Quest for the Holy Grail of Riverina Cricket

By: John Scascighini; Brian Lawrence

The cup was presented to the Wagga Wagga CA on the October 20, 1925, by Mr. Thomas Joseph “Tom” O’Farrell, who was a tailor with a business in Wagga Wagga. Its purpose was to raise the standard of country cricket and help arouse the interest and enthusiasm of both players and public in the game. By the original rules, which were drawn up by Mr. O’Farrell, Mr. M. Cusick, and Mr. G. Pinkstone, the cup was won outright by Wagga, who wisely redonated it, and it was put into play in the 1930–31 season as a perpetual challenge trophy for teams within one hundred miles radius of Wagga Wagga. O’Farrell was a frequent spectator at games and often handed over the cup to the winning captain. He was later to say, “I am particularly glad that the competition is doing so much to let the residents of surrounding towns learn more of each other in so friendly a way.”

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

338

Publisher

Xlibris Corporation

Published Date

ISBN 10

1514445069

ISBN 13

9781514445068

High Rhulain

By: Brian Jacques

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

High Rhulain

By: Brian Jacques

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A thrilling Redwall adventure from beloved author Brian Jacques. Tiria Wildlough, a young ottermaid touched by the paw of destiny, embarks on a journey to the mysterious Green Isle, where she joins a band of outlaw otters to rid the land of the villainous Wildcat chieftain Riggu Fellis and his catguard slave masters…

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

342

Publisher

Penguin

Published Date

ISBN 10

110120849X

ISBN 13

9781101208496

Wild Adventures of the New Aviators

Challenges and Thrills of Paragliding, Hang-gliding, Paramotoring and Micro-lighting

By: Brian Milton

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Wild Adventures of the New Aviators

Challenges and Thrills of Paragliding, Hang-gliding, Paramotoring and Micro-lighting

By: Brian Milton

A collection of thrilling excursions from aviation including paragliding, hang-gliding, paramotoring and micro-lighting. Soaring over forest fires, a moonlight New Year’s Eve flight over the Pennines, bungee-jumping from a paraglider as a birthday celebration, jumping off Mount Everest, or numerous several-hundred-mile flights over open country and on different continents. This book covering many exhilarating and enthralling stories from New Aviation – including paragliding, hang-gliding, paramotoring and micro-lighting – has them all. There is even the story of a pilot using flexwings to teach geese how to migrate – and of a marriage proposal at 500 feet. The challenges explored by the renowned New Aviation expert Brian Milton includes Rich Pfieffer’s legal charges of assault with a deadly weapon for flying a hang-glider over California’s Rose Bowl American College Football competition, or Judy Leden’s balloon drop from 40,000 feet over Jordan, with Israel on one side and Saudi on the other, despite her eyes being frozen shut. Along with this latter story, the author also discusses how women overcame prejudice and scorn to take on the men in the deathly arid wastes of Owens Valley, and the ways in which eagles and vultures – and sometimes crows – reacted violently to humans flying in their air and at their speed. The author describes the return to competitions in which the original British innovators lost their dominant status and how new champions emerged. A chapter is also devoted entirely into the tragedies that have befallen some pilots. This includes a chilling account of the Great Italian Killer Storm of 1989 when six top pilots lost their lives in just one day. As well as relating the dramatic stories about those that died, the author explains why, despite the risks, the New Aviators keep flying. The final story is about the Beau Ideal, the great Swiss pilot Didier Favre, ‘Vagabond of the skies’, who traveled 1,111 kilometres from Monaco to Slovenia. Brian Milton also explains how the ultimate ambitions of the best flyers is to learn how to migrate, using only the power of the wind and the sun. The author concludes this book by exploring what the future might hold for the various forms of New Aviation and those who enjoy the thrills that they create.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

306

Publisher

Air World

Published Date

ISBN 10

1399048651

ISBN 13

9781399048651

Encyclopaedia of Australian Heavy Metal

By: Brian Giffin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

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.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

343

Publisher

Lulu.com

Published Date

ISBN 10

0994320612

ISBN 13

9780994320612

Biomechanics and Biology of Movement

By: Benno Maurus Nigg,Brian R. MacIntosh,Joachim Mester

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Biomechanics and Biology of Movement

By: Benno Maurus Nigg,Brian R. MacIntosh,Joachim Mester

A text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in human performance, it uses an integrated scientific approach to explore solutions to problems in human movement. As an interdisciplinary reference volume for biomechanists, exercise physiologists, motor behaviorists, athletic trainers, therapists, kinesiologists, and students, Biomechanics and Biology of Movement offers an in-depth understanding and appreciation of the many factors comprising and affecting human movement. In addition, it will give you the insights and information you require to address and resolve individual performance problems."--BOOK JACKET.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

496

Publisher

Human Kinetics

Published Date

ISBN 10

0736003312

ISBN 13

9780736003315

Blue & Gray at Sea

Naval Memoirs of the Civil War

By: Brian M. Thomsen

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Blue & Gray at Sea

Naval Memoirs of the Civil War

By: Brian M. Thomsen

Excerpted memoirs included are: - Incidents and Anecdotes of the Cival War by Admiral Porter, including sections dealing with the political schism of the navy at the war's outbreak, as well as accounts of various naval campaigns around the gulf. - Recollections of a Rebel Reefer by James Morris Morgan , the memoir of a midshipman's coming of age in the Confederate navy including his part in the retreat further south of CSA President Jefferson Davis and his family. - Autobiography of George Dewey, Admiral of the Navy by Admiral George Dewey who, while a wet-behind-the-ears lieutenant, served under the legendary naval master and Lincoln's Admiral David Farragut. - Two years on the Alabama by Arthur Sinclair - CSS Shenandoah: The Memoirs of LT. Commanding James I. Waddell At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

448

Publisher

Forge Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

0765391759

ISBN 13

9780765391759

Veterinary Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology

By: Brian G. Murphy,Cynthia M. Bell,Jason W. Soukup

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Veterinary Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology

By: Brian G. Murphy,Cynthia M. Bell,Jason W. Soukup

Veterinary Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology focuses on methods for establishing a diagnosis and set of differential diagnoses. Provides the only text dedicated solely to veterinary oral and maxillofacial pathology Guides the pathologist through the thought process of diagnosing oral and maxillofacial lesions Focuses on mammalian companion animals, including dogs, cats and horses, with some coverage of ruminants, camelids, and laboratory animal species Features access to video clips narrating the process of histological diagnosis on a companion website

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

599

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

1119221277

ISBN 13

9781119221272

The Truelove (Vol. Book 15) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)

By: Patrick O'Brian

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Truelove (Vol. Book 15) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)

By: Patrick O'Brian

“The Aubrey-Maturin series . . . ebbs and flows with the timeless tide of character and the human heart."—Ken Ringle, Washington Post A British whaler has been captured by an ambitious chief in the Sandwich Islands at French instigation, and Captain Jack Aubrey is dispatched with the Surprise to restore order. But stowed away in the cable-tier is an escaped female convict. To the officers, Clarissa Harvill is an object of awkward courtliness and dangerous jealousies. Aubrey himself is won over and indeed strongly attracted to this woman who will not speak of her past. But only Aubrey’s friend, Dr. Stephen Maturin, can fathom Harvill’s secrets: her crime, her personality, and a clue identifying a highly-placed English spy in the pay of Napoleon’s intelligence service. In a thrilling finale, Patrick O’Brian delivers all the excitement his many readers expect: Aubrey and the crew of the Surprise impose a brutal pax Britannica upon the islanders in a pitched battle against a band of headhunting cannibals.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

313

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Published Date

ISBN 10

039308857X

ISBN 13

9780393088571

Peter

From Reckless to Rock Solid

By: Matt Morton,Brian Fisher,Blake Jennings

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Peter

From Reckless to Rock Solid

By: Matt Morton,Brian Fisher,Blake Jennings

A brash, outspoken fisherman, Peter doesn’t seem like someone who would become a selfless leader. But God’s grace is limitless, and He can transform anyone’s character for His purposes. Peter will equips students to rely on the Holy Spirit to change the world and share the gospel. The 8 sessions include: Main Bible passage Application questions for each lesson Leader’s guide

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

Tyndale House

Published Date

ISBN 10

1612914233

ISBN 13

9781612914237

H. M. S. Surprise (Vol. Book 3) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)

By: Patrick O'Brian

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

H. M. S. Surprise (Vol. Book 3) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)

By: Patrick O'Brian

Few, very few books have made my heart thud with excitement. H.M.S. Surprise managed it." —Helen Lucy Burke, Irish Press In H.M.S. Surprise, British naval officer Jack Aubrey and surgeon Stephen Maturin face near-death and tumultuous romance in the distant waters ploughed by the ships of the East India Company. Tasked with ferrying a British ambassador to the Sultan of Kampong, they find themselves on a prolonged voyage aboard a Royal Navy frigate en route to the Malay Peninsula. In this new sphere, Aubrey is on the defensive, pitting wits and seamanship against an enemy who enjoys overwhelming local superiority. But somewhere in the Indian Ocean lies the prize that could secure him a marriage to his beloved Sophie and make him rich beyond his wildest dreams: the ships sent by Napoleon to attack the China Fleet.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

348

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Published Date

ISBN 10

0393088464

ISBN 13

9780393088465

How the Internet Happened: From Netscape to the iPhone

By: Brian McCullough

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

How the Internet Happened: From Netscape to the iPhone

By: Brian McCullough

A Library Journal Best Book of the Year Tech-guru Brian McCullough delivers a rollicking history of the internet, why it exploded, and how it changed everything. The internet was never intended for you, opines Brian McCullough in this lively narrative of an era that utterly transformed everything we thought we knew about technology. In How the Internet Happened, he chronicles the whole fascinating story for the first time, beginning in a dusty Illinois basement in 1993, when a group of college kids set off a once-in-an-epoch revolution with what would become the first “dotcom.” Depicting the lives of now-famous innovators like Netscape’s Marc Andreessen and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, McCullough also reveals surprising quirks and unknown tales as he tracks both the technology and the culture around the internet’s rise. Cinematic in detail and unprecedented in scope, the result both enlightens and informs as it draws back the curtain on the new rhythm of disruption and innovation the internet fostered, and helps to redefine an era that changed every part of our lives.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

371

Publisher

Liveright Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1631493086

ISBN 13

9781631493089

Cannibalism and Common Law

A Victorian Yachting Tragedy

By: Brian Simpson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Cannibalism and Common Law

A Victorian Yachting Tragedy

By: Brian Simpson

Cannibalism and the Common Law is an enthralling classic of legal history. It tells the tragic story of the yacht Mignonette, which foundered on its way from England to Australia in 1884. The killing and eating of one of the crew, Richard Parker, led to the leading case in the defence of necessity, R. v. Dudley and Stephens. It resulted in their being convicted and sentenced to death, a sentence subsequently commuted. In this tour de force Brian Simpson sets the legal proceedings in their broadest historical context, providing a detailed account of the events and characters involved and of life at sea in the time of sail. Cannibalism and the Common Law is a demonstration that legal history can be written in human terms and can be compulsive reading. This brilliant and fascinating book, a marvelous example of eareful historical detection, and first-class legal history, written by a master.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

388

Publisher

A&C Black

Published Date

ISBN 10

1852852003

ISBN 13

9781852852009

Pud Galvin

Baseball's First 300-Game Winner

By: Brian Martin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Pud Galvin

Baseball's First 300-Game Winner

By: Brian Martin

Despite his outstanding pitching record, James Francis "Pud" Galvin (1856-1902) was largely forgotten after his premature death. During his 18-year career with Pittsburgh, Buffalo and St. Louis, he was one of the best-paid players in the game--but died penniless. The diminutive hurler was the first to reach 300 wins (and only four pitchers have amassed more). A determined researcher documented Galvin's record decades after his death and he was enshrined in the Hall of Fame in 1965 with 365 wins. This book is the first comprehensive biography of Galvin and his use of a testosterone-based concoction--with eye-popping results--which earned him newfound attention as a pioneer of performance enhancing drugs.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

255

Publisher

McFarland

Published Date

ISBN 10

078649977X

ISBN 13

9780786499779

The Ship of the Line

A History in Ship Models

By: Brian Lavery

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Ship of the Line

A History in Ship Models

By: Brian Lavery

“A beautiful book . . . a goldmine of information to anyone interested in the capital ships of the sailing navy of the 17th and 19th Centuries.”—Ships in Scale The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich houses the largest collection of scale ship models in the world, many of which are official, contemporary artifacts made by the craftsmen of the navy or the shipbuilders themselves, and ranging from the mid-seventeenth century to the present day. As such they represent a three-dimensional archive of unique importance and authority. Treated as historical evidence, they offer more detail than even the best plans, and demonstrate exactly what the ships looked like in a way that even the finest marine painter could not achieve. The Ship of the Line is the second of a new series that takes selections of the best models to tell the story of specific ship types—in this case, the evolution of the ship of the line, the capital ship of its day, and the epitome of British seapower during its heyday from 1650-1850. This period also coincided with the golden age of ship modelling. Each volume depicts a wide range of models, all shown in full color, including many close-up and detail views. These are captioned in depth, but many are also annotated to focus attention on interesting or unusual features, and the book weaves the pictures into an authoritative text, producing a unique form of technical history. The series is of particular interest to ship modellers, but all those with an enthusiasm for the ship design and development in the sailing era will attracted to the in-depth analysis of these beautifully presented books.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

297

Publisher

Pen and Sword

Published Date

ISBN 10

1848323387

ISBN 13

9781848323384

The Mauritius Command (Vol. Book 4) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)

By: Patrick O'Brian

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Mauritius Command (Vol. Book 4) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)

By: Patrick O'Brian

Jack's assignment: to capture the Indian Ocean islands of Réunion and Mauritius from the French. That campaign forms the narrative thread of this rollicking sea saga. But its substance is more beguiling still." —Elizabeth Peer, Newsweek Captain Jack Aubrey is ashore on half pay without a command—until Stephen Maturin arrives with secret orders for Aubrey to take a frigate to the Cape of Good Hope under a commodore's pennant, there to mount an expedition against the French-held islands of Mauritius and La Réunion. But the difficulties of carrying out his orders are compounded by two of his own captains—Lord Clonfert, a pleasure-seeking dilettante, and Captain Corbett, whose severity pushes his crew to the verge of mutiny.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

368

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Published Date

ISBN 10

0393060497

ISBN 13

9780393060492

Hornchurch, Elm Park and Harold Wood Through Time

By: Brian Evans

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Hornchurch, Elm Park and Harold Wood Through Time

By: Brian Evans

This fascinating selection of more than 180 photographs traces some of the many ways in which Hornchurch, Elm Park & Harold Wood have changed and developed over the last century.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

193

Publisher

Amberley Publishing Limited

Published Date

ISBN 10

1445628783

ISBN 13

9781445628783

Language History, Language Change, and Language Relationship

An Introduction to Historical and Comparative Linguistics

By: Hans Henrich Hock,Brian D. Joseph

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Language History, Language Change, and Language Relationship

An Introduction to Historical and Comparative Linguistics

By: Hans Henrich Hock,Brian D. Joseph

Why does language change? Why can we speak to and understand our parents but have trouble reading Shakespeare? Why is Chaucer's English of the fourteenth century so different from Modern English of the late twentieth century that the two are essentially different languages? Why are Americans and English 'one people divided by a common language'? And how can the language of Chaucer and Modern English - or Modern British and American English - still be called the same language? The present book provides answers to questions like these in a straightforward way, aimed at the non-specialist, with ample illustrations from both familiar and more exotic languages. Most chapters in this new edition have been reworked, with some difficult passages removed, other passages thoroughly rewritten, and several new sections added, e.g. on language and race and on Indian writing systems. Further, the chapter notes and bibliography have all been updated. The content is engaging, focusing on topics and issues that spark student interest. Its goals are broadly pedagogical and the level and presentation are appropriate for interested beginners with little or no background in linguistics. The language coverage for examples goes well beyond what is usual for books of this kind, with a considerable amount of data from various languages of India.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

607

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter

Published Date

ISBN 10

311021430X

ISBN 13

9783110214307

Managing Stress

A Creative Journal

By: Brian Luke Seaward

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Managing Stress

A Creative Journal

By: Brian Luke Seaward

Stress Management

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

602

Publisher

Jones & Bartlett Learning

Published Date

ISBN 10

0763723789

ISBN 13

9780763723781

The Plover

A Novel

By: Brian Doyle

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Plover

A Novel

By: Brian Doyle

A compelling, marvelous novel by the acclaimed author of Mink River Declan O Donnell has left Oregon aboard his boat, the Plover, to escape the life that's so troubled him on land. He sets course west into the Pacific in search of solitude. Instead, he finds a crew, each in search of something themselves, and what at first seems a lonely sea voyage becomes a rapturous, heartfelt celebration of life's surprising paths, planned and unplanned"--

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

320

Publisher

Macmillan

Published Date

ISBN 10

1250034779

ISBN 13

9781250034779

The Detroit Wolverines

The Rise and Wreck of a National League Champion, 1881-1888

By: Brian Martin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Detroit Wolverines

The Rise and Wreck of a National League Champion, 1881-1888

By: Brian Martin

The Detroit Tigers were founding members of the American League and have been the Motor City's team for more than a century. But the Wolverines were the city's first major league club, playing in the National League beginning in 1881 and capturing the pennant in 1887. Playing in what was then one of the best ballparks in America, during an era when Detroit was known as the "Paris of the West," the team battled hostile National League owners and struggled with a fickle fan base to become world champions, before financial woes led to their being disbanded in 1888. This first-ever history of the Wolverines covers the team's rise and abrupt fall and the powerful men behind it.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

226

Publisher

McFarland

Published Date

ISBN 10

1476665079

ISBN 13

9781476665078

The Letter of Marque (Vol. Book 12) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)

By: Patrick O'Brian

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Letter of Marque (Vol. Book 12) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)

By: Patrick O'Brian

Fine stuff...[The Letter of Marque] leaves the devotee of naval fiction eager for sequels." —Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World Captain Jack Aubrey, a brilliant and experienced officer, has been struck off the list of post-captains for a crime he did not commit. His old friend Stephen Maturin, usually cast as a ship’s surgeon to mask his discreet activities on behalf of British Intelligence, has bought for Aubrey his former ship the Surprise to command as a privateer, more politely termed a letter of marque. Together they sail on a desperate mission against the French, which, if successful, may redeem Aubrey from the private hell of his disgrace. A nighttime battle with an unusual climax, a jewel of great value, and Maturin’s fondness for opium make this segment of Patrick O’Brian’s masterful series both original and profoundly exciting.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

334

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Published Date

ISBN 10

0393063658

ISBN 13

9780393063653

Power System Fundamentals

By: Pedro Ponce,Arturo Molina,Omar Mata,Luis Ibarra,Brian MacCleery

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Power System Fundamentals

By: Pedro Ponce,Arturo Molina,Omar Mata,Luis Ibarra,Brian MacCleery

Smart grids are linked with smart homes and smart meters. These smart grids are the new topology for generating, distributing, and consuming energy. If these smart devices are not connected in a smart grid, then they cannot work properly; hence, the conventional power systems are swiftly changing in order to improve the quality of electrical energy. This book covers the fundamentals of power systems—which are the pillars for smart grids —with a focus on defining the smart grid with theoretical and experimental electrical concepts. Power System Fundamentals begins by discussing electric circuits, the basic systems in smart grids, and finishes with a complete smart grid concept. The book allows the reader to build a foundation of understanding with basic and advanced exercises that run on simulation before moving to experimental results. It is intended for readers who want to comprehensively cover both the basic and advanced concepts of smart grids.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

429

Publisher

CRC Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1351371835

ISBN 13

9781351371834

Empowering Children

Children's Rights Education as a Pathway to Citizenship

By: R. Brian Howe,Katherine Covell

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Empowering Children

Children's Rights Education as a Pathway to Citizenship

By: R. Brian Howe,Katherine Covell

Approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1989, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child affirms that children in all countries have fundamental rights, including rights to education. To date, 192 states are signatories to or have in some form ratified the accord. Children are still imperilled in many countries, however, and are often not made aware of their guaranteed rights. In Empowering Children, R. Brian Howe and Katherine Covell assert that educating children about their basic rights is a necessary means not only of fulfilling a country's legal obligations, but also of advancing education about democratic principles and the practice of citizenship. The authors contend that children's rights education empowers children as persons and as rights-respecting citizens in democratic societies. Such education has a 'contagion effect' that brings about a general social knowledge on human rights and social responsibility. Although there remain obstacles to the implementation of children's rights in many countries, Howe and Covell argue that reforming schools and enhancing teacher education are absolutely essential to the creation of a new culture of respect toward children as citizens. Their thorough and passionate work marks a significant advance in the field.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

257

Publisher

University of Toronto Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1442692138

ISBN 13

9781442692138

American Alchemy

The California Gold Rush and Middle-Class Culture

By: Brian Roberts

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

American Alchemy

The California Gold Rush and Middle-Class Culture

By: Brian Roberts

California during the gold rush was a place of disputed claims, shoot-outs, gambling halls, and prostitution; a place populated by that rough and rebellious figure, the forty-niner; in short, a place that seems utterly unconnected to middle-class culture. In American Alchemy, however, Brian Roberts offers a surprising challenge to this assumption. Roberts points to a long-neglected truth of the gold rush: many of the northeastern forty-niners who ventured westward were in fact middle-class in origin, status, and values. Tracing the experiences and adventures both of these men and of the "unseen" forty-niners--women who stayed back East while their husbands went out West--he shows that, whatever else the gold seekers abandoned on the road to California, they did not simply turn their backs on middle-class culture. Ultimately, Roberts argues, the story told here reveals an overlooked chapter in the history of the formation of the middle class. While the acquisition of respectability reflects one stage in this history, he says, the gold rush constitutes a second stage--a rebellion against standards of respectability.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

357

Publisher

Univ of North Carolina Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

080786093X

ISBN 13

9780807860939

Post Captain

By: Patrick O'Brian

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Post Captain

By: Patrick O'Brian

Master and Commander raised almost dangerously high expectations, Post Captain triumphantly surpasses them...a brilliant book." Mary Renault

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

504

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Published Date

ISBN 10

0393037029

ISBN 13

9780393037029

The Ionian Mission (Vol. Book 8) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)

By: Patrick O'Brian

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Ionian Mission (Vol. Book 8) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)

By: Patrick O'Brian

O'Brian is one author who can put a spark of character into the sawdust of time, and The Ionian Mission is another rattling good yarn." —Stephen Vaughan, The Observer Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, veterans now of many battles, return in this novel to the seas where they first sailed as shipmates. But Jack is now a senior captain commanding a line-of-battle ship in the Royal Navy's blockade of Toulon, and this is a longer, harder, colder war than the dashing frigate actions of his early days. A sudden turn of events takes him and Stephen off on a hazardous mission to the Greek Islands, where all his old skills of seamanship and his proverbial luck when fighting against odds come triumphantly into their own.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

400

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Published Date

ISBN 10

0393088537

ISBN 13

9780393088533

Meeting SEN in the Curriculum: Maths

By: Brian Sharp

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Meeting SEN in the Curriculum: Maths

By: Brian Sharp

Teachers are meeting more pupils with special needs in mainstream classrooms and although there are general issues to be aware of, subject specialists will always want specific guidance and examples. This series combines SEN expertise with subject knowledge to produce practical and immediate support including: * Policy writing and how to do it * Simple explanations of SEN labels * Creating an inclusive classroom environment * Monitoring and assessment * Working with TAs. Includes CD Rom.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

219

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1136770917

ISBN 13

9781136770913

The Fortune of War

By: Patrick O'Brian

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Fortune of War

By: Patrick O'Brian

Aubrey and Maturin are caught in the outbreak of the War of 1812.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

342

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Published Date

ISBN 10

0393037061

ISBN 13

9780393037067

Desolation Island

By: Patrick O'Brian

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Desolation Island

By: Patrick O'Brian

Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin sail to Australia with a hold full of convicts, including a dangerous spy, while the crew is decimated by disease and their ship, the "Leopard," is pursued by a Dutch man-of-war.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

344

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Published Date

ISBN 10

0393037053

ISBN 13

9780393037050

Treason's Harbour

By: Patrick O'Brian

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Treason's Harbour

By: Patrick O'Brian

The finest writer of sea-stories in the English language."--J. de Courcy Ireland

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

344

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Published Date

ISBN 10

0393037096

ISBN 13

9780393037098

The Tecumsehs of the International Association

Canada's First Major League Baseball Champions

By: Brian Martin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Tecumsehs of the International Association

Canada's First Major League Baseball Champions

By: Brian Martin

This is the previously untold story of the London Tecumsehs, an 1870s baseball team that rose to the top ranks of pro ball. The Tecumsehs of London, Ontario, were among the founding members of the International Association in 1877, the first league established to challenge the struggling National League, formed a year earlier. The team played against the top competition of the day and defeated nines from Chicago, St. Louis and elsewhere. They became the first champions of the International Association when they defeated Pittsburgh with the arm of Fred Goldsmith, one of the first curveball pitchers. This is also the story of the International Association, the only one of the six leagues challenging the primacy of the National League that has never been accorded major league status. To this day it has been relegated to minor league status to the detriment of some of the pioneer players in the game.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

466

Publisher

McFarland

Published Date

ISBN 10

1476618690

ISBN 13

9781476618692

Ecological and Economic Entomology

A Global Synthesis

By: Brian E. Freeman

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Ecological and Economic Entomology

A Global Synthesis

By: Brian E. Freeman

Ecological and Economic Entomology is a comprehensive advanced text covering all aspects of the role of insects in natural ecosystems and their impacts on human activity. The book is divided into two sections. The first section begins with an outline of the structure, classification and importance of insects, followed by the geographical aspects of plant distribution and the complex defences plants marshal against herbivorous insects. Insect pests affecting plant roots, stem, leaf, and reproductive systems are covered in a comprehensive review. This section also covers insects that are important in medical and veterinary science, paying particular attention to those that transmit pathogens. The section concludes with the beneficial aspects of insects, especially their use in biological control, but also as soil formers and their importance in forensic science.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

706

Publisher

CABI

Published Date

ISBN 10

1789241189

ISBN 13

9781789241181

All in a Day's Cricket

An Anthology of Outstanding Cricket Writing

By: Brian Levison,Christopher Martin-Jenkins

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

All in a Day's Cricket

An Anthology of Outstanding Cricket Writing

By: Brian Levison,Christopher Martin-Jenkins

This selection of the very best, and most intriguing, writing on cricket, drawn from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day, adopts a fresh approach. It is arranged around the theme of the many things that must happen simply for a day's play to happen - from creating a clearing in a Malaysian jungle to getting to the ground - so includes, alongside writing by players both great and unknown, the perspectives of spectators, umpires, scorers and other unsung heroes of the game. There are contributions from John Arlott, Neville Cardus, C. L. R. James and E. V. Lucas; Marcus Trescothick writes on his introduction to cricket aged three; Angus Fraser on meeting Nelson Mandela; Phil Tufnell on being shanghaied into getting a haircut by Mike Gatting; and Rachael Heyhoe Flint on being the first woman to step onto the Lord's ground as a player. But it is the cricket itself and the outstanding players and their achievements that remain the focus - the greats of the recent and distant past involved in some of their most famous exploits. From 'disgraceful scenes at Lord's', described by Irish writer Robert Lynd, to North America, which W. G. Grace toured in 1872, and from a match played on ice to the tropical islands of Fiji and Samoa, this is a collection that does full justice to the extraordinary breadth, diversity and enduring fascination of the greatest game in the world.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

378

Publisher

Constable

Published Date

ISBN 10

1780339062

ISBN 13

9781780339061

Book's by Brian Luff

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email