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Broke of the Shannon

And the War of 1812

By: Tim Voelcker

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Captain Broke's victory in 1813 over Captain Lawrence of USS Chesapeake, which was to have far reaching influence on the future of North America, did much to restore the morale of the Royal Navy, shattered by three successive defeats in single-ship duels with US frigates, and stunned the American nation which had come to expect success.2013 sees the bicentenary of the battle and this new book seeks to reverse the neglect shown by most modern historians of one of Britain's finest frigate captains, who by his skill, determination and leadership won one of the bloodiest naval duels the world has seen. Even now both Britain and the USA claim to have won the war but only Canada, the third country heavily involved, can fully claim to have done so, for the peace that followed established her as an independent nation.Leading historians from all three countries have joined to give their sometimes conflicting views on different aspects in a way to interest and entertain general readers, as well as challenge academics. It is a tale of political and military blunders, courage and cowardice in battle, a bloody ship-to-ship fight, and technical innovation in the hitherto crude methods of naval gunnery. It also tells the human story of Broke's determination to achieve victory so he could return to his wife and children after seven lonely years at sea.The near-fatal wound Broke received in hand-to-hand fighting as he boarded the Chesapeake meant that he never served again at sea, but his work on naval gunnery, paid for out of his own pocket, transformed Admiralty thinking and led to the establishment of the British naval school of gunnery, HMS Excellent. This Bicentenary year of his victory is timely for an up-to-date, wide-ranging work incorporating the latest thinking; this is the book.As seen in the East Anglian Daily Times and the Ipswich Star.

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Pen and Sword

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1473831326

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Admiral Saumarez Versus Napoleon

The Baltic, 1807-12

By: Tim Voelcker

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Admiral Saumarez Versus Napoleon

The Baltic, 1807-12

By: Tim Voelcker

Detailed investigation of the key role played by Admiral Saumarez in the continuing naval warfare against Napoleon.

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Boydell & Brewer Ltd

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1843834316

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9781843834311

Power Play

Tesla, Elon Musk, and the Bet of the Century

By: Tim Higgins

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Power Play

Tesla, Elon Musk, and the Bet of the Century

By: Tim Higgins

A WALL STREET JOURNAL BUSINESS BESTSELLER • The riveting inside story of Elon Musk and Tesla's bid to build the world's greatest car—from award-winning Wall Street Journal tech and auto reporter Tim Higgins. “A deeply reported and business-savvy chronicle of Tesla's wild ride.” —Walter Isaacson, New York Times Book Review Tesla is the envy of the automotive world. Born at the start of the millennium, it was the first car company to be valued at $1 trillion. Its CEO, the mercurial, charismatic Elon Musk has become not just a celebrity but the richest man in the world. But Tesla’s success was far from guaranteed. Founded in the 2000s, the company was built on an audacious vision. Musk and a small band of Silicon Valley engineers set out to make a car that was quicker, sexier, smoother, and cleaner than any gas-guzzler on the road. Tesla would undergo a hellish fifteen years, beset by rivals—pressured by investors, hobbled by whistleblowers. Musk often found himself in the public’s crosshairs, threatening to bring down the company he had helped build. Wall Street Journal tech and auto reporter Tim Higgins had a front-row seat for the drama: the pileups, breakdowns, and the unlikeliest outcome of all, success. A story of impossible wagers and unlikely triumphs, Power Play is an exhilarating look at how a team of innovators beat the odds—and changed the future.

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Anchor

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1984898248

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9781984898241

Designing for Sustainability

A Guide to Building Greener Digital Products and Services

By: Tim Frick

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Designing for Sustainability

A Guide to Building Greener Digital Products and Services

By: Tim Frick

Pixels use electricity. If the internet were a country, it would be the sixth largest in terms of electricity use. The average web page (according to the HTTP Archive) is now over 2 megabytes in size. Bloated websites lead to slow load times, frustrated users, and wasted energy. This book identifies four key areas where sustainability principles can be applied to the process of creating websites that are speedy, user-friendly and energy-efficient: findability, performance optimization, design and user experience, and green hosting. Design and user experience (UX) are where the seeds of web sustainability are sown. Websites that provide a streamlined experience--putting the right things in front of users at precisely the moment needed and nothing more--are more sustainable websites. In the case of the web, people-friendly is also more planet-friendly. This book will help you get there."--Provided by publisher.

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372

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"O'Reilly Media, Inc."

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149193574X

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9781491935743

EU Renewable Electricity Law and Policy

From National Targets to a Common Market

By: Tim Maxian Rusche

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EU Renewable Electricity Law and Policy

From National Targets to a Common Market

By: Tim Maxian Rusche

This book examines the current state of economic regulation of renewable electricity and explores the possibilities for future harmonized EU regulation.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107112931

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9781107112933

Gallipoli 1915

By: Tim Travers

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Gallipoli 1915

By: Tim Travers

Why was the Allied naval assault of February/March 1915 so unsuccessful? Did the Ottoman Turks have knowledge of the Allied landings of 25 April 1915? And did Sir Ian Hamilton, the overall commander of the Allied forces at Gallipoli, really make a mistake in his intervention at Suvla? These questions and the key issue of why the Ottoman Turks won the 1915 Gallipoli campaign, or why the Allies lost it, have never been satisfactorily answered. This new history of the Gallipoli campaign aims to answer them, while also telling the story of what actually happened through the voices of British, Australian and Turkish soldiers. In order to properly understand the bloody events of 1915, Tim Travers is the first historian of Gallipoli to use the general Staff Ottoman archives in Ankara to tell the other side of the story. Wide-ranging research in the Turkish archives as well as those in Australia, Britain, France and New Zealand, plus a significant newly discovered German source, has produced a startling new interpretation of the 1915 conflict. Moving from a study of the Western Front, Tim Travers has produced a challenging analysis of the enduring mysteries of the Gallipoli campaign.

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The History Press

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0750979062

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9780750979061

Broke of the Shannon

And the War of 1812

By: Tim Voelcker

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And the War of 1812

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Admiral Saumarez Versus Napoleon

The Baltic, 1807-12

By: Tim Voelcker

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Admiral Saumarez Versus Napoleon

The Baltic, 1807-12

By: Tim Voelcker

Detailed investigation of the key role played by Admiral Saumarez in the continuing naval warfare against Napoleon.

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Broke of the Shannon

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EU Renewable Electricity Law and Policy

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