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Lost American Projects: A Spacecraft Modellers Guide

Lost American Projects

By: Mat Irvine,David Baker

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Lost American Projects: A Spacecraft Modellers Guide

Lost American Projects

By: Mat Irvine,David Baker

Bring to life America's most amazing space projects that never were, using highly illustrated step-by-step guides. The major American space programmes that carried crews are well known. From Mercury, Gemini and Apollo in the 1960s and into the 1970s, through to the 1980s Space Shuttle, which made its final flight in 2011, they have all made their mark – even the North American X-15 rocket plane that earned many of its pilots their Astronaut Wings, owing to its high-altitude capability. All these involved a lot of new hardware, including the Saturn rockets, the Apollo craft and the Shuttle Orbiter with its solid-fuel rocket boosters and giant external tank. During this time of actual missions, space scientists and engineers were also looking at how all these new techniques and hardware could be put to even greater use. Many plans were devised, artwork drawn and technical models produced to illustrate the proposals. However, none were ever built and certainly none ever flew. This book looks at what could have been and how they can be built as models to display alongside those that did actually fly. Lost American Projects – A Spacecraft Modeller's Guide is a follow-on to Mat Irvine's earlier book, Scale Spacecraft Modelling.

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The Crowood Press

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0719843219

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Exploring Planet Mars

By: David Jefferis,Mat Irvine

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Exploring Planet Mars

By: David Jefferis,Mat Irvine

Exploring Planet Mars looks at the scientific facts about Earth's nearest neighbor and delves into future exploration of the planet-possibly even colonization! Discoveries from the recent probes sent to the planet will be explored and whethere they help confirm signs of life on Mars or not.

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Crabtree Publishing Company

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0778731006

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9780778731009

Scale Car Modelling

By: Mat Irvine

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Scale Car Modelling

By: Mat Irvine

Cars have always appealed as model subjects as - unlike aeroplanes or military subjects - the real thing is likely to be sitting outside the modeller's house. From the first car kits produced in the early 1950s, mainly dominated by American machinery, we now have a choice of automotive examples from around the world. The joint scale of 1:24/1:25 dominates car models, and it is these scales that will mostly be found in this book, from stock builds to race cars to wild customs. In addition, although injection styrene is the main material of choice, there are specialist builds using resin, white metal and photo-etched parts. The book includes detailed step-by-step guides for Building 'out of the box'; Customs and conversions; Applying decals; Dealing with resin; Wiring and engines; Salvaging old kits; A dented ride for 007; NASA's Hot Road; Dirtying a dirt track racer; An alien homage to Roth.

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Crowood

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1847974066

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9781847974068

Flight Into Orbit

By: David Jefferis,Mat Irvine

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Flight Into Orbit

By: David Jefferis,Mat Irvine

Gives the reader a full view of what space travel was really like in the last century and what it will be like in the future. Kids will be fascinated to learn about the technology behind space travel and what living in zero gravity would be like.

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Crabtree Publishing Company

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0778731014

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9780778731016

Race Into Space

By: David Jefferis,Mat Irvine

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Race Into Space

By: David Jefferis,Mat Irvine

An exciting look at the space race of the last century, when two countries spurred on by the Cold War competed to be the leader in space exploration. Features milestones from the early attempts at rocket building to the Russian and American space programs of the 1950s, 60s, 70s and 80s.

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Crabtree Publishing Company

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0778731022

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9780778731023

Return to the Moon

By: David Jefferis,Mat Irvine

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Return to the Moon

By: David Jefferis,Mat Irvine

After NASA put a man on the Moon, the space program switched gears and concentrated on other areas of exploration and research. What if we were to return to the Moon today? Return to the Moon asks and answers many questions about future space travel to the Moon and its possible colonization.

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Crabtree Publishing Company

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0778731030

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Krithia

The Forgotten Anzac Battle of Gallipoli

By: Mat McLachlan

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Krithia

The Forgotten Anzac Battle of Gallipoli

By: Mat McLachlan

The Second Battle of Krithia has existed largely in the shadows of the bigger Gallipoli story. It is, however, one of the most poignant and tragic tales of World War I. The fascinating story has been brought to light at last by bestselling military historian Mat McLachlan, author of The Cowra Breakout. In May 1915 during World War I, British units tried to capture the village of Krithia on the southern tip of the Gallipoli peninsula. Australian and New Zealand units were sent to reinforce the British. On 8 May, the Anzac troops took part in a bloody battle near Krithia. Advancing across a featureless plain in broad daylight, with no idea where the Turkish defenders were, the Anzacs came under a hail of machine-gun and rifle fire. The Australians managed to advance, but got nowhere near the village and dug in well short of their objective. The New Zealanders on their left fared no better. By the end of the day, over 1800 Anzac troops had been killed or wounded. Supported by first-hand accounts and oral history, Krithia features the stories of a number of Australians, New Zealanders and Turks - some who survived, some who didn't. The battle of Krithia is a tale of bravery and sacrifice, and a vivid portrait of men doing their best under hellish conditions. It's a great Australian story that hasn't been told - until now.

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Hachette Australia

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0733649122

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9780733649127

Gallipoli

The battlefield guide

By: Mat McLachlan

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Gallipoli

The battlefield guide

By: Mat McLachlan

The essential travel companion for anyone visiting Gallipoli. Each year, thousands of Australians visit Gallipoli to pay homage and see where their forebears fought, suffered and died. Anzac Cove, Quinn's Post, Lone Pine - the iconic places where our national legend was forged. In this essential and authoritative guide, practical information is combined with historical detail, alongside revealing and often heartrending quotes from the letters and diaries of the Anzacs themselves. - Detailed easy-to-follow plans for walking and driving tours across the main battlefields - Maps, photos and historical commentary to put the campaign in context - Everything you need to know where to go, where to stay and how to get there. Walk where the Anzacs walked, see where they fought and marvel at their courage.

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Hachette Australia

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0733627617

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9780733627613

Songs of Slavery and Emancipation

By: Mat Callahan

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Songs of Slavery and Emancipation

By: Mat Callahan

Throughout the history of slavery, enslaved people organized resistance, escape, and rebellion. Sustaining them in this struggle was their music, some examples of which are sung to this day. While the existence of slave songs, especially spirituals, is well known, their character is often misunderstood. Slave songs were not only lamentations of suffering or distractions from a life of misery. Some songs openly called for liberty and revolution, celebrating such heroes as Gabriel Prosser and Nat Turner, and, especially, celebrating the Haitian Revolution. The fight for freedom also included fugitive slaves, free Black people, and their white allies who brought forth a set of songs that were once widely disseminated but are now largely forgotten, the songs of the abolitionists. Often composed by fugitive slaves and free Black people, and first appearing in the eighteenth century, these songs continued to be written and sung until the Civil War. As the movement expanded, abolitionists even published song books used at public meetings. Mat Callahan presents recently discovered songs composed by enslaved people explicitly calling for resistance to slavery, some originating as early as 1784 and others as late as the Civil War. He also presents long-lost songs of the abolitionist movement, some written by fugitive slaves and free Black people, challenging common misconceptions of abolitionism. Songs of Slavery and Emancipation features the lyrics of fifteen slave songs and fifteen abolitionist songs, placing them in proper historical context and making them available again to the general public. These songs not only express outrage at slavery but call for militant resistance and destruction of the slave system. There can be no doubt as to their purpose: the abolition of slavery, the emancipation of African American people, and a clear and undeniable demand for equality and justice for all humanity.

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1496840208

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9781496840202

LEGAL STUDY: TEXTS AND MATERIALS

By: MAIZATUL AZILA BINTI CHEE DIN,HASBOLLAH BIN MAT SAAD

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LEGAL STUDY: TEXTS AND MATERIALS

By: MAIZATUL AZILA BINTI CHEE DIN,HASBOLLAH BIN MAT SAAD

Compilation Series: Legal Study: Texts and Materials is a solid, application- oriented text for students taking law subjects. Many new features make this edition a richer and stronger learning resource for students. Several factors motivated the authors to write this book. After having the experience in legal field and teaching for more than 10 years, it became clear that there was a definite need for more detail materials in this area. In addition, there was need for a book which would give full recognition to an easier method and the authors felt it was time for a text which would develop the ideas and methods with this in mind. This book covers a thorough discussion on ow to study the law in a very effective and easy method. A major audience for the book will be students studying the law subjects. The order of topics, however, provides a degree of flexibility, so that the book can be of interest to different readers through basic concepts until the advanced concepts (i.e. the discussion of the cases). The purpose of this book is to take the readers on an introduction to study the law by which the meaning of such subject at basic level is better understood. Hopefully, this book can be benefited by the readers in their journey to success.

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PENA HIJRAH RESOURCES

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9675523069

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9789675523069

The Cosmos

By: Mat Irvine

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The Cosmos

By: Mat Irvine

Examines our solar system and galaxy and other parts of the universe and describes our attempts to study and explore space.

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Silver Burdett Press

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0382091868

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9780382091865

Scale Car Modelling

By: Mat Irvine

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Scale Car Modelling

By: Mat Irvine

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Crowood

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Lost American Projects: A Spacecraft Modellers Guide

Lost American Projects

By: Mat Irvine,David Baker

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Lost American Projects

By: Mat Irvine,David Baker

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BBC VFX

The Story of the BBC Visual Effects Department

By: Mat Irvine,Mike Tucker

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BBC VFX

The Story of the BBC Visual Effects Department

By: Mat Irvine,Mike Tucker

The BBC Visual Effects Department closed its doors in 2003. For almost fifty years it had been responsible for some of television’s most iconic images – from exploding newsreaders on Monty Python’s Flying Circus to Blake’s 7’s majestic Liberator sailing through outer space; from the Queen Vic being engulfed in flames in Eastenders to severed heads dripping blood in The Borgias. Using interviews with the effects designers themselves, together with hundreds of concept drawings, production photographs and stills from completed programmes, this book tells the story of the VFX Department and celebrates the work of a group of craftsmen who lived by the mantra, ‘If it can be imagined, it can be made…’ Working largely before the age of cgi, the Department was responsible for every kind of visual effect, from physical effects such as rain and explosions, to miniatures and models, to sculpture and animatronics. Following a preliminary chapter on effects techniques, the book features in-depth accounts of fifty key shows, representing every genre from sci-fi and drama to comedies and documentaries. In each we see how the designers worked, from receiving the original script to creating the finished effects. There are numerous anecdotes about their tricks of the trade. Find out how the Martian’s eyes in Quatermass and the Pit were animated using inflated condoms, and how Mrs Slocombe’s infamous pussy was manipulated by remote control. Filled with fascinating insights, wonderful stories and numerous photographs and artworks which have never been published, this is an essential book for FX fans and anyone who loves television

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Aurum Press Limited

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1845135563

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9781845135560

Return to the Moon

By: David Jefferis,Mat Irvine

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Return to the Moon

By: David Jefferis,Mat Irvine

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Crabtree Publishing Company

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0778731030

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Exploring Planet Mars

By: David Jefferis,Mat Irvine

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Exploring Planet Mars

By: David Jefferis,Mat Irvine

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Amazing Space

By: Mat Irvine,Adrian Chesterman

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Amazing Space

By: Mat Irvine,Adrian Chesterman

An innovative and interactive way to discover space! Amazing Space's unique interactive format is the perfect way for kids to learn about space exploration. Children can follow the clues on each page, choose the appropriate play pieces, and snap them onto the illustrations to create amazing cosmic components that will have them soaring through the universe! Stored in a drawer under the front cover of the book are all the pieces necessary for children to help complete parts of our solar system, orbiters, rovers and the Milky Way. Combine this book with a child's vivid imagination and you have hours of interactive fun hiding in every page.

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Markham, Ont. : Scholastic Canada

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0439956706

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9780439956703

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