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The Devil’s Chariots

The origins and secret battles of tanks in the First World War

By: John Glanfield

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The Devil’s Chariots

The origins and secret battles of tanks in the First World War

By: John Glanfield

This scholarly and clear-sighted book … is a happy marriage of history and technology and deserves to become standard reading for serious students of the First World War.' Prof. Richard Holmes 'Fascinating. Excellent pictures and a readable text as well. A wonderful story well told.' Military Illustrated 'The Devil's Chariots is the best single work on the development, from concept to fielding, of British armour in the First World War… Glanfield is also entertaining in addition to being enlightening… The Devil's Chariots is a decent read, and for specialists in the field it will be required reading… The research is both broad and solid, and it appears that this will be the last word on this topic for some time to come.' Robert L. Bateman, contributor to The Journal of Military History, Lexington VA, and a member of the Society for Military History 'This book is in a class of its own … it brings a new maturity to the study of the tank, most particularly from the human perspective, and best of all, it is very readable'. David Fletcher, Senior Archivist, Tank Museum, Bovington, author of The Tank 'This volume would be a great addition to the library of anyone wishing to try to understand World War 1 better. I greatly enjoyed this evidently well-researched and highly interesting book… It taught me much. I am grateful.' Royal Naval Sailing Association Journal 'Fascinating … all military procurement officers should read it… All this is excellently set out, especially the people who made [the tank weapon] possible and those who resented such new ideas.' Brig Fraser Scott, contributor to The Journal of the Royal Artillery Institution 'John Glanfield sheds new light on the tank's pioneers, their bizarre experimental machines and later triumphs… This intensely researched work … is drawn from previously unpublished primary sources.' Gun Mart 'This is classic research by a world authority.' The Driffield Post 'The author has a sharp eye for detail … an exemplary history of a pivotal aspect of the First World War.' Worcester Evening News 'The Devil's Chariots can fairly claim to be the most intensively researched and detailed account of the tank's origins yet to appear.' Classic Arms & Militaria 'John Glanfield has combined meticulous historical research with a gift for narrative to present a story that both students of the Great War and the general reader will find fascinating. I thoroughly recommend this book.' John Gregory, contributor to The Journal of the Henry Williamson Society The Devil's Chariot is the product of six years of research by author John Glanfield, who wanted to tell the story of the birth of the tank in World War I, and, importantly, the men behind it. Based on personal recollections and official reports Glanfield uncovers the British tank pioneers and their odd machines, the men who supported the new weapon, those who refused to accept their worth and the brave crews who took them into battle.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472802683

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9781472802682

Arguing, Reasoning, and Thinking Well

By: Robert Gass,John Seiter

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Arguing, Reasoning, and Thinking Well

By: Robert Gass,John Seiter

Arguing, Reasoning, and Thinking Well offers an engaging and accessible introduction to argumentation and critical thinking. With a pro-social focus, the volume encourages readers to value civility when engaged in arguing and reasoning. Authors Gass and Seiter, renowned for their friendly writing style, include real-world examples, hypothetical dialogues, and editorial cartoons to invite readers in. The text includes a full chapter devoted to the ethics of argument, as well as content on refutation and formal logic. It is designed for students in argumentation and critical thinking courses in communication, philosophy, and psychology departments, and is suitable for students and general education courses across the curriculum.

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420

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Routledge

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1351242474

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9781351242479

Reliant Three-Wheelers

The Complete Story

By: John Wilson-Hall

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Reliant Three-Wheelers

The Complete Story

By: John Wilson-Hall

Despite a reputation for being eccentric and dangerous, Reliant three-wheelers are ever-present in the classic car scene and are now seen as icons of British popular culture. Reliant Three-Wheelers - The Complete Story charts the development of these much-loved cars from 1935 onwards and includes the development and production of the Regal, Robin, Bond Bug and Rialto along with detailed specification guides and hundred of photographs throughout. An ideal resource for anybody with an interest in these classic cars, from one of the last major British vehicle manufacturers, the book covers origins of Reliant and the girder fork Light Delivery Van in the 1930s, post-war passenger cars and the groundbreaking fibreglass body of the Mark 3 Regal, Reliant under new ownership and the redesigned BN Robins, and Reliant three-wheelers in popular culture. Fully illustrated with 130 colour and 147 black & white photographs.

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410

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Crowood

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184797807X

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9781847978073

Worcestershire's War

Voices of the First World War

By: Maggie Andrews,Adrian Gregson,John Peters

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Worcestershire's War

Voices of the First World War

By: Maggie Andrews,Adrian Gregson,John Peters

Capturing the experiences of the people of Worcestershire in the First World War in their own words, from prisoners of war to those on the Home Front.

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249

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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144563452X

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9781445634524

Crime and Punishment in the England of Shakespeare and Milton, 1570-1640

By: John W. Weatherford

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Crime and Punishment in the England of Shakespeare and Milton, 1570-1640

By: John W. Weatherford

Crime has been present in all cultures and societies, since the beginning of time. This work focuses on the punishments common in England around the time of Shakespeare and Milton, presenting descriptions of more than fifty criminal cases. Information comes from narratives printed for the popular news media at the time of the event. Details of everyday life in England and facts about the English legal environment of the era are brought to light. Also revealed through the narratives are issues present in society today--i. e., the status of women, poverty, and corruption. Individual cases are discussed under chapters devoted to specific types of crimes.

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228

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McFarland

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0786409630

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9780786409631

Dewigged, Bothered, and Bewildered

British Colonial Judges on Trial, 1800-1900

By: John McLaren

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Dewigged, Bothered, and Bewildered

British Colonial Judges on Trial, 1800-1900

By: John McLaren

Throughout the British colonies in the nineteenth century, judges were expected not only to administer law and justice, but also to play a significant role within the governance of their jurisdictions. British authorities were consequently concerned about judges' loyalty to the Crown, and on occasion removed or suspended those who were found politically subversive or personally difficult. Even reasonable and well balanced judges were sometimes threatened with removal. Using the career histories of judges who challenged the system, Dewigged, Bothered, and Bewildered illuminates issues of judicial tenure, accountability, and independence throughout the British Empire. John McLaren closely examines cases of judges across a wide geographic spectrum from Australia to the Caribbean, and from Canada to Sierra Leone who faced disciplinary action. These riveting stories provide helpful insights into the tenuous position of the colonial judiciary and the precarious state of politics in a variety of British colonies.

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465

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University of Toronto Press

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1442644370

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9781442644373

Memoirs of Life of the George Whitfield

In Which Every Circumstance Worthy of Notice, Both in His Private and Public Character Is Recorded

By: John Gillies

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Memoirs of Life of the George Whitfield

In Which Every Circumstance Worthy of Notice, Both in His Private and Public Character Is Recorded

By: John Gillies

With our American Philosophy and Religion series, Applewood reissues many primary sources published throughout American history. Through these books, scholars, interpreters, students, and non-academics alike can see the thoughts and beliefs of Americans who came before us.

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386

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Applewood Books

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1429018844

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9781429018845

Herne Bay Through Time

By: John Clancy

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Herne Bay Through Time

By: John Clancy

This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Herne Bay has changed and developed over the last century.

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192

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445640325

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9781445640327

Northumberland

By: Nikolaus Pevsner,John Grundy,Peter Ryder,Grace McCombie,Humphrey Welfare

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Northumberland

By: Nikolaus Pevsner,John Grundy,Peter Ryder,Grace McCombie,Humphrey Welfare

The county's remarkable and richly varied military architecutre, from Hadrian's Wall to Warkworth, contrasts with monastic ruins buried deep in the valleys of the Coquet and the Aln or standing proudly by the sea at Holy Island and Tynemouth. Newcastle upon Tyne has the most elegant nineteenth-century city centre in England. Elsewhere the distinctive smaller towns include Alnwick, dominated by its castle, Hexham with its priory, brick-built Morpeth, and Berwick-upon-Tweed, ringed with exceptional sixteenth-century fortifications. Great country houses range from Vanbrugh's theatrical Seaton Delaval to Sir Charles Monck's austere Belsay and Norman Shaw's romantic Cragside. Monuments of a great industrial past, as well as a wealth of smaller buildings, such as bastle houses (peelhouses or stronghouses unique to the Border country), are all vividly described in this revised guide to Northumberland's architectural pleasures.

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782

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Yale University Press

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0300096380

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9780300096385

Dorsetshire Folk-Lore

By: John Symonds Udal

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Dorsetshire Folk-Lore

By: John Symonds Udal

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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540

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Read Books Ltd

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1528799429

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9781528799423

Leadership Unravelled

The Faulty Thinking Behind Modern Management

By: Mark Cole,John Higgins

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Leadership Unravelled

The Faulty Thinking Behind Modern Management

By: Mark Cole,John Higgins

Why is it that leaders – in social, political, and (most importantly) organisational contexts – are seemingly unable to address meaningfully the wicked problems and complex challenges that we currently face? There’s enormous busyness around reconfiguring departments and adopting ‘transformational’ operating models, but in general plus ca change, plus la meme chose. Eyewatering amounts of treasure and time are spent in corporate life on leadership development, with people working hard to try and demonstrate that something useful has happened as a result. An entire pseudo-science has emerged to try and prove its worth, in part to justify the economic dividend that goes to those who make it to the upper levels of positional power. The fetishisation of leadership, especially strong leadership, fills our news outlets holding up carefully distorted images of great men (leadership is still deeply gendered) from across the worlds of politics, business, and sports. This book explores the persistently disappeared and unacknowledged constraints that inhibit leaders in every context. It argues that these constraints – defined in this volume in terms of five organisational paradoxes and six management myths – are found at large in society and are especially impactful in organisational life. By calling attention to, and exploring in rigorous detail, these paradoxes and myths, this book helps leaders, and the leadership systems they are part of, to wriggle free of the tacit assumptions that lock them into a cul-de-sac of simplistic prescription and heroic individualism. Once these mind-forged manacles are removed, new forms of leadership practice become possible, ones that are fit for purpose in engaging with a world facing systemic crisis and existential risk. This book is essential reading for leaders and managers at all levels looking for solutions to traditionally simplistic leadership practice and who want to affect systemic change. It will be beneficial to all those in the world of leadership development including business schools and HR departments.

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Routledge

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1000406849

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Book's by John Glanfield

The Devil’s Chariots

The Devil’s Chariots

Arguing, Reasoning, and Thinking Well

Arguing, Reasoning, and Thinking Well

Reliant Three-Wheelers

Reliant Three-Wheelers

Worcestershire's War

Worcestershire's War

Crime and Punishment in the England of Shakespeare and Milton, 1570-1640

Crime and Punishment in the England of Shakespeare and Milton, 1570-1640

Dewigged, Bothered, and Bewildered

Dewigged, Bothered, and Bewildered

Memoirs of Life of the George Whitfield

Memoirs of Life of the George Whitfield

Herne Bay Through Time

Herne Bay Through Time

Northumberland

Northumberland

Dorsetshire Folk-Lore

Dorsetshire Folk-Lore

Leadership Unravelled

Leadership Unravelled

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