Tom Talbot's Books

The 100 Greatest Inventions Of All Time

A Ranking Past and Present

By: Tom Philbin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The 100 Greatest Inventions Of All Time

A Ranking Past and Present

By: Tom Philbin

An in-depth look at the top 100 inventions through the ages, ranked in order of their impact on the world. Discover the scientific, cultural and historical factors that determine each invention's rank and marvel at the array of authentic patent drawings. packed with details of the setbacks and breakthroughs, plus anecdotes describing the methods and madness behind the innovations that have shaped our lives, The 100 Greatest Inventions of All Time is an entertaining and illuminating read for anyone interested in the miracles of ingenuity that have transformed the world.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

312

Publisher

Citadel Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0806524049

ISBN 13

9780806524047

George Berkeley

A Philosophical Life

By: Tom Jones

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

George Berkeley

A Philosophical Life

By: Tom Jones

A comprehensive intellectual biography of the Enlightenment philosopher In George Berkeley: A Philosophical Life, Tom Jones provides a comprehensive account of the life and work of the preeminent Irish philosopher of the Enlightenment. From his early brilliance as a student and fellow at Trinity College Dublin to his later years as Bishop of Cloyne, Berkeley brought his searching and powerful intellect to bear on the full range of eighteenth-century thought and experience. Jones brings vividly to life the complexities and contradictions of Berkeley’s life and ideas. He advanced a radical immaterialism, holding that the only reality was minds, their thoughts, and their perceptions, without any physical substance underlying them. But he put forward this counterintuitive philosophy in support of the existence and ultimate sovereignty of God. Berkeley was an energetic social reformer, deeply interested in educational and economic improvement, including for the indigenous peoples of North America, yet he believed strongly in obedience to hierarchy and defended slavery. And although he spent much of his life in Ireland, he followed his time at Trinity with years of travel that took him to London, Italy, and New England, where he spent two years trying to establish a university for Bermuda, before returning to Ireland to take up an Anglican bishopric in a predominantly Catholic country. Jones draws on the full range of Berkeley’s writings, from philosophical treatises to personal letters and journals, to probe the deep connections between his life and work. The result is a richly detailed and rounded portrait of a major Enlightenment thinker and the world in which he lived.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

648

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0691217483

ISBN 13

9780691217482

Pathfinder

John Charles Frémont and the Course of American Empire

By: Tom Chaffin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Pathfinder

John Charles Frémont and the Course of American Empire

By: Tom Chaffin

John C. Frémont’s expeditions between 1838 and 1854 captured the public’s imagination, inspired Americans to accept their nation’s destiny as a vast continental empire, and earned him his enduring sobriquet, “The Pathfinder.” This biography demonstrates Frémont’s vital importance to the history of American empire, and his role in shattering long-held myths about the ecology and habitability of the American West.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

613

Publisher

University of Oklahoma Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0806146087

ISBN 13

9780806146089

Nemesis

The historical epic from Master of Adventure, Wilbur Smith

By: Wilbur Smith,Tom Harper

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Nemesis

The historical epic from Master of Adventure, Wilbur Smith

By: Wilbur Smith,Tom Harper

A FIGHT FOR HONOUR. A QUEST FOR REVENGE. Paris, 1794. Revolutionary fervour has erupted into the Reign of Terror. A young man, Paul Courtney, hides in a crowd watching as the condemned are brought to the guillotine. Among them is Constance Courtney, Paul's mother. As he watches her brutal execution, he knows he must avoid the same fate and fulfil his promise to her - to survive, no matter what. He joins Napoleon's army and is taken to Egypt, but with the world at war and traitors in every corner, just how far will Paul go to ensure his own survival? Cape Town, 1806. Adam Courtney has spent his life in service to the navy and in the shadow of his father, the illustrious Admiral Robert Courtney. But when he returns home to Nativity Bay to find the homestead destroyed and the Courtney family murdered, Adam must accept his destiny and seek vengeance. Robert gives Adam the prized family heirloom, the Neptune sword, and makes his son swear on its blade that he will not rest until he has delivered justice. From Cape Town to Calcutta, on a quest for his family's honour, Adam discovers that the enemy he seeks may be closer to him than he realises . . . BOOK 20 IN THE LONG-RUNNING EPIC HISTORICAL SAGA OF THE COURTNEY FAMILY FROM WILBUR SMITH. DON'T MISS THE NEXT BOOK IN THE COURTNEY SERIES, WARRIOR KING. AVAILABLE NOW.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

525

Publisher

Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.

Published Date

ISBN 10

1804180157

ISBN 13

9781804180150

Not So Normal

Memoirs of a Gay Boomer From Wild Rose Country

By: Tom Symington

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Not So Normal

Memoirs of a Gay Boomer From Wild Rose Country

By: Tom Symington

Growing up in post-World War II Alberta in a stable, loving home, Tom Symington didn’t feel that he was “different.” Evading early pressures of romance and sexual exploration, repressing instances of name-calling (“femmy”), and hostility from schoolmates, Tom was almost able to believe in a world that valued the rights and freedoms of all citizens. From Calgary to Sierra Leone to France, this candid, heartbreaking memoir braids the evolution of gay rights in Canada with the life journey of one individual. Following high school, as Tom entered university and became a teacher, he was forced to reconcile his sexual orientation with the prevailing social and legal environment in Alberta, Canada, and the world beyond. As decades passed, “femmy” merged with “gay,” “queer,” and “LGBTQ+ community” in a rallying movement and an enduring struggle towards pride and self-acceptance against the current of societal expectations and discriminatory legislation. Not So Normal is as much a coming-of-age odyssey and a celebration of selfhood as it is a grave reminder that there is still much work to be done in the realm of human rights, and an urgent call to action to recentre love in our increasingly diverse and divisive world.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

394

Publisher

FriesenPress

Published Date

ISBN 10

1039184669

ISBN 13

9781039184664

Tungee's Gold

The Legend of Ebo Landing

By: Tom Barnes

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Tungee's Gold

The Legend of Ebo Landing

By: Tom Barnes

Tungee Cahill deposits gold in San Francisco bank and becomes target for assassination. Shanghaied and put on board a ship bound for Liverpool. The ship is rife with plots from mutiny to piracy. Tungee joins the skipper and they crush the mutiny. They round Cape Horn and make their way up East Coast of South America to St. Katherine’s Island. At St. Kat the scurrilous ship owner issues new orders, and sends the ship to West Africa for another slave run. In West Africa 350 Africans are herded on board. Back at sea a British and American warship give chase. The skipper elects to dodge into a heavy storm where winds and rain batter the ship, but they manage to survive. After the storm some slaves are allowed to stay on deck. Tungee observes the Africans doing various rituals and incantations. Is it voodoo or witchcraft? Nobody knows, and by the time they find out, it’s too late. A tribal king called Kumi had inspired scores of his people, to make the ultimate sacrifice for freedom. Tungee returns to San Francisco and begins his quest to reclaim his fortune. During his search Tungee meets the lovely Laura Du Beck and romance blossoms.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

269

Publisher

iUniverse

Published Date

ISBN 10

1440196478

ISBN 13

9781440196478

Photography

The Definitive Visual History

By: Tom Ang,TOM ANG PARTNERSHIP

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Photography

The Definitive Visual History

By: Tom Ang,TOM ANG PARTNERSHIP

Learn how to take photos like the greats! Transform an interest in photography into an exciting hobby or possible professional endeavor with this fantastic photography book The pages of this photography guide book take you on a journey through the development of photography. Explore its history, how it became an art form and how to apply its techniques to your own photos to create stunning photographic works! Photography: History. Art. Technique. is the perfect photographic coffee table book for budding photographers who are fascinated by the history of photography and want to learn how to improve their skills. You’ll discover: • All the basics of photography and tips for using a smartphone to create stunning photos. • An in-depth introduction to the history of photography. • A new, larger format that makes the content clearer and more accessible. The development of photography is possibly one of the most extraordinary feats of modern technology. Photography: History. Art. Technique. captures the most awe-inspiring photos and people that have pushed the boundaries of this medium, and the genres they’ve experimented with like landscapes, portraits, wildlife and art photography. The second half of this photography book delves into using the technical aspects of your camera like aperture, contrast, light, accessories and digital editing. Author Tom Ang further includes masterclasses that cover the key features of each photographic style, the photographers that influence them and how to apply these techniques in your own photography!

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

482

Publisher

Penguin

Published Date

ISBN 10

0744077923

ISBN 13

9780744077926

What the Victorians Made of Romanticism

Material Artifacts, Cultural Practices, and Reception History

By: Tom Mole

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

What the Victorians Made of Romanticism

Material Artifacts, Cultural Practices, and Reception History

By: Tom Mole

This insightful and elegantly written book examines how the popular media of the Victorian era sustained and transformed the reputations of Romantic writers. Tom Mole provides a new reception history of Lord Byron, Felicia Hemans, Sir Walter Scott, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and William Wordsworth—one that moves beyond the punctual historicism of much recent criticism and the narrow horizons of previous reception histories. He attends instead to the material artifacts and cultural practices that remediated Romantic writers and their works amid shifting understandings of history, memory, and media. Mole scrutinizes Victorian efforts to canonize and commodify Romantic writers in a changed media ecology. He shows how illustrated books renovated Romantic writing, how preachers incorporated irreligious Romantics into their sermons, how new statues and memorials integrated Romantic writers into an emerging national pantheon, and how anthologies mediated their works to new generations. This ambitious study investigates a wide range of material objects Victorians made in response to Romantic writing—such as photographs, postcards, books, and collectibles—that in turn remade the public’s understanding of Romantic writers. Shedding new light on how Romantic authors were posthumously recruited to address later cultural concerns, What the Victorians Made of Romanticism reveals new histories of appropriation, remediation, and renewal that resonate in our own moment of media change, when once again the cultural products of the past seem in danger of being forgotten if they are not reimagined for new audiences.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

334

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0691202923

ISBN 13

9780691202921

Roy of the Rovers: On Tour

By: Tom Palmer,Dan Cornwell

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Roy of the Rovers: On Tour

By: Tom Palmer,Dan Cornwell

Roy Race is living the dream. After a whirlwind season that saw him become centre-forward for his beloved Melchester Rovers, he’s now recognised as one of the best young footballers in the country. But something is wrong. When Rovers go on a preseason tour, Roy’s team-mates treat him strangely. What’s going on – and why are Rovers bringing in new players? With things at home getting tough and everything changing at Mel Park, it’s time for Roy of the Rovers to fight for his team, his family – and his career in football...

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

118

Publisher

Rebellion Publishing Ltd

Published Date

ISBN 10

1786182505

ISBN 13

9781786182500

Eyewitness Companions: Photography

Equipment, Techniques, Digital Imaging, Projects

By: Tom Ang

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Eyewitness Companions: Photography

Equipment, Techniques, Digital Imaging, Projects

By: Tom Ang

This title illustrates techniques and how to take amazing pictures, as well as looking at renowned photographers, the most up to date equipment and a history of the art form. Specially commissioned illustrations and photographs Written by experts in each fieldUsing the award winning design of the Eyewitness Travel Guides, Eyewitness Companions are the ultimate visual handbook to a wide range of subjects!

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

348

Publisher

Penguin

Published Date

ISBN 10

0756648467

ISBN 13

9780756648466

To Hull and Back

On Holiday in Unsung Britain

By: Tom Chesshyre

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

To Hull and Back

On Holiday in Unsung Britain

By: Tom Chesshyre

As staff travel writer on The Times, Tom Chesshyre had visited over 80 countries on assignment, and wondered: what is left to be discovered? On a mad quest he visited secret spots of Britain in search of the least likely holiday destinations. With a light and edgy writing style, Tom peels back the skin of the unfashionable underbelly of Britain.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

295

Publisher

Summersdale

Published Date

ISBN 10

1848394276

ISBN 13

9781848394278

Universal Horrors

The Studio's Classic Films, 1931-1946, 2d ed.

By: Tom Weaver,Michael Brunas,John Brunas

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Universal Horrors

The Studio's Classic Films, 1931-1946, 2d ed.

By: Tom Weaver,Michael Brunas,John Brunas

Revised and updated since its first publication in 1990, this acclaimed critical survey covers the classic chillers produced by Universal Studios during the golden age of hollywood horror, 1931 through 1946. Trekking boldly through haunts and horrors from The Frankenstein Monster, The Wolf Man, Count Dracula, and The Invisible Man, to The Mummy, Paula the Ape Woman, The Creeper, and The Inner Sanctum, the authors offer a definitive study of the 86 films produced during this era and present a general overview of the period. Coverage of the films includes complete cast lists, credits, storyline, behind-the-scenes information, production history, critical analysis, and commentary from the cast and crew (much of it drawn from interviews by Tom Weaver, whom USA Today calls "the king of the monster hunters"). Unique to this edition are a new selection of photographs and poster reproductions and an appendix listing additional films of interest.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

617

Publisher

McFarland

Published Date

ISBN 10

0786491507

ISBN 13

9780786491506

The Sum of All Fears

By: Tom Clancy

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Sum of All Fears

By: Tom Clancy

Don't Miss the Original Series Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Starring John Krasinski! The search for a stolen nuclear weapon on American soil sends Jack Ryan on a dangerous mission with global consequences in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller. Peace may finally be at hand in the Middle East, as Jack Ryan, Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA, lays the groundwork for a plan that could end centuries of conflict. But ruthless terrorists have a final, desperate card to play: a nuclear weapon hidden somewhere in the United States. With one terrible act, distrust mounts, forces collide, and the floundering U.S. president seems unable to cope with the crisis. With the world on the verge of nuclear disaster, Ryan must frantically seek a solution—before the chiefs of state lose control of themselves and the world.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1218

Publisher

Penguin

Published Date

ISBN 10

0451489810

ISBN 13

9780451489814

The Scottish Junior Cup 1946-1975

By: Tom Purdie

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Scottish Junior Cup 1946-1975

By: Tom Purdie

The story of the Scottish Junior Cup from 1946, by an acknowledged expert and football author, with a foreword by Billy McNeill.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

216

Publisher

Amberley Publishing Limited

Published Date

ISBN 10

1445611163

ISBN 13

9781445611167

Saints and Sinners in Queen Victoria's Courts

Ten Scandalous Trials

By: Tom Zaniello

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Saints and Sinners in Queen Victoria's Courts

Ten Scandalous Trials

By: Tom Zaniello

This chronicle of ten controversial mid-Victorian trials features brother versus brother, aristocrats fighting commoners, an imposter to a family's fortune, and an ex-priest suing his ex-wife, a nun. Most of these trials--never before analyzed in depth--assailed a culture that frowned upon public displays of bad taste, revealing fault lines in what is traditionally seen as a moral and regimented society. The author examines religious scandals, embarrassments about shaky family trees, and even arguments about which architecture is most likely to convert people from one faith to another.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

243

Publisher

McFarland

Published Date

ISBN 10

1476680817

ISBN 13

9781476680811

Sword of Valor

Book 5 of 'The Black Sabre Chronicles'

By: Tom Willard

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Sword of Valor

Book 5 of 'The Black Sabre Chronicles'

By: Tom Willard

This acclaimed saga of one African-American family's contributions to the American military concludes with this novel of the first woman to join the family's ranks, serving with the 101st Airborne in the Gulf War.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

324

Publisher

Macmillan

Published Date

ISBN 10

0812575539

ISBN 13

9780812575538

The Sum of All Fears (Movie Tie-In)

By: Tom Clancy

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Sum of All Fears (Movie Tie-In)

By: Tom Clancy

Don't Miss the Original Series Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Starring John Krasinski! The search for a stolen nuclear weapon on American soil sends Jack Ryan on a dangerous mission with global consequences in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller. Peace may finally be at hand in the Middle East, as Jack Ryan, Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA, lays the groundwork for a plan that could end centuries of conflict. But ruthless terrorists have a final, desperate card to play: a nuclear weapon hidden somewhere in the United States. With one terrible act, distrust mounts, forces collide, and the floundering U.S. president seems unable to cope with the crisis. With the world on the verge of nuclear disaster, Ryan must frantically seek a solution--before the chiefs of state lose control of themselves and the world.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1218

Publisher

Penguin

Published Date

ISBN 10

0440001056

ISBN 13

9780440001058

New Journeys Now Begin

Learning on the path of grief and loss

By: Tom Gordon

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

New Journeys Now Begin

Learning on the path of grief and loss

By: Tom Gordon

Formerly Chaplain at the Marie Curie Centre, Edinburgh, Tom writes with sensitivity and clarity about real people, including himself, as they begin to understand their journeys of bereavement. This is a book that speaks profoundly to individuals coping wi

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

290

Publisher

Wild Goose Publications

Published Date

ISBN 10

1849521441

ISBN 13

9781849521444

The Coventry Motor Industry

Birth to Renaissance

By: David Thoms,Tom Donnelly

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Coventry Motor Industry

Birth to Renaissance

By: David Thoms,Tom Donnelly

This title was first published in 2000: Coventry is synonymous with both the creation and relative decline of the British motor car industry. This volume utilises the extensive range of primary sources on the subject to explore the relationship between the car industry in its local context and the wider economic, social and political environment. It analyses the emergence and early dominance of Coventry’s motor manufacturers, the rise of volume production in the 1930s and the instabilities and renaissance of the post-war era. Specific chapters deal with the industry’s response to the demands created by the two world wars. A number of themes run throughout the book including the structure of the industry and the relationship between its various sectors, resource provision, management and labour relations, and the nature and response to market demand. The book also provides fascinating insights into the history of some of the most evocative marques in the car industry, including Daimler, Jaguar, Alvis, Siddeley, Standard and Rover.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

238

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1351730401

ISBN 13

9781351730402

Great American Shipwreck Stories

Lyons Press Classics

By: Tom McCarthy

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Great American Shipwreck Stories

Lyons Press Classics

By: Tom McCarthy

Great American Shipwreck Stories is a magnificent collection of gripping accounts of a ship's encounter with a great whale or an overwhelming monsoon or a disastrous passage through the Straits of Magellan, leading to a wreck and a crew's harrowing plight for survival on the open seas or on a desert island. Capturing all the elements of ancient and powerful tragedy, this book is chockful of thrilling tales of survival - as well as a frightful examination of man's darkest impulses - which allow the reader a gruesome glimpse behind the veil of honor and bravery that history often ascribes to such men of the sea. These are all stories that have endured the test of time, and have attracted discerning readers for generations. Includes stories by Joseph Conrad, Erskine Childers, Joshua Slocum, James Fenimore Cooper, Herman Melville, Richard Henry Dana, Edgar Allan Poe, Richard Hakluyt, Owen Chase, and many others.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

305

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield

Published Date

ISBN 10

1493033727

ISBN 13

9781493033720

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Books 1-6

By: Tom Clancy

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Books 1-6

By: Tom Clancy

The first six Jack Ryan novels from #1 New York Times bestselling author Tom Clancy. THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER PATRIOT GAMES THE CARDINAL OF THE KREMLIN CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER THE SUM OF ALL FEARS WITHOUT REMORSE

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

6176

Publisher

Penguin

Published Date

ISBN 10

1101496967

ISBN 13

9781101496961

Nights in Flanders. Joseph Alfred Bradney, Latin Poet of the Great War

By: Tom Deneire,Bertin Deneire

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Nights in Flanders. Joseph Alfred Bradney, Latin Poet of the Great War

By: Tom Deneire,Bertin Deneire

It is a little-known fact that during the Great War of 1914-1918 a handful of people wrote war poetry in Latin. Not from the safety of their book-laden desks, but very much with their boots in the mud. The most prolific of these Latin war poets was Colonel Sir Joseph Alfred Bradney (1859-1923), who in 1919 even published a booklet Noctes Flandricae or Nights in Flanders with war poetry written in Belgium and France. This book tells the story of both his Latin poetry and his involvement in the Great War.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

170

Publisher

Lulu.com

Published Date

ISBN 10

1794740481

ISBN 13

9781794740488

The Sable Doughboys

By: Tom Willard

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Sable Doughboys

By: Tom Willard

Tom Willard began the compelling saga of African-American fighting men and their wives in book one of The Black Sabre Chronicles, the highly acclaimed Buffalo Soldiers. In The Sable Doughboys, the second edition of the chronicles, Willard continues that captivating story as he takes us back to World War I and the sons of Sergeant Major Augustus Sharps, the great "buffalo soldier" of the Western Indian wars. Continuing their father's valiant fighting tradition, the two young men withstand vicious racial attacks in order to endure the first Negro officer training program. Once officers of the 93rd Division in 1917-18, however, Adrian and David Sharps face war on two fronts: They are subjected to racial hatred and violence on the home front as they prepare to face death in the horrors of trench warfare in the battle of the Meuse-Agronne on the Western Front of France. The Sable Doughboys is an engrossing story of uncommon courage and fortitude-unheralded hallmarks of the African-American soldier in America's wars.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

324

Publisher

Macmillan

Published Date

ISBN 10

0812551060

ISBN 13

9780812551068

Wings of Honor

By: Tom Willard

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Wings of Honor

By: Tom Willard

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Augustus Sharps, Jr., of the Sabre Ranch in Arizona, makes his way to Tuskegee, Alabama, where for the first time in history, black men are being trained as combat pilots to fight the war in Europe and the Pacific. Augustus's family has been fighting America's wars since his grandfather rode with Buffalo Soldiers against the Apaches, and since his father fought in Cuba 1898 and in the trenches of the Western Front in World War I, and he is determined to follow their footsteps. Wings of Honor is the poignant and exciting story of a young man battling the odds to fly with the "Red-Tail Angels," the 99th U.S. Pursuit Squadron, and how he added to his family's honor in battles over North Africa, Sicily, and France, in the fury of the Second World War.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

372

Publisher

Macmillan

Published Date

ISBN 10

0812564774

ISBN 13

9780812564778

God and War

The Church of England and Armed Conflict in the Twentieth Century

By: Tom Lawson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

God and War

The Church of England and Armed Conflict in the Twentieth Century

By: Tom Lawson

Despite narratives of secularization, it appears that the British public persistently pay attention to clerical opinion and continually resort to popular expressions of religious faith, not least in time of war. From the throngs of men who gathered to hear the Bishop of London preach recruiting sermons during the First World War, to the attention paid to Archbishop Williams' words of conscience on Iraq, clerical rhetoric remains resonant. For the countless numbers who attended National Days of Prayer during the Second World War, and for the many who continue to find the Remembrance Day service a meaningful ritual, civil religious events provide a source of meaningful ceremony and a focus of national unity. War and religion have been linked throughout the twentieth century and this book explores these links: taking the perspective of the 'home front' rather than the battlefield. Exploring the views and accounts of Anglican clerics on the issue of warfare and international conflict across the century, the authors explore the church's stance on the causes, morality and conduct of warfare; issues of pacifism, obliteration bombing, nuclear possession and deterrence, retribution, forgiveness and reconciliation, and the spiritual opportunities presented by conflict. This book offers invaluable insights into how far the Church influenced public appraisal of war whilst illuminating the changing role of the Church across the twentieth century.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

250

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

131712667X

ISBN 13

9781317126676

Into the Fray

How NBC's Washington Documentary Unit Reinvented the News

By: Tom Mascaro

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Into the Fray

How NBC's Washington Documentary Unit Reinvented the News

By: Tom Mascaro

2012 James W. Tankard Book Award WinnerFrom 1961 to 1989, a committed group of documentary journalists from the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) reported the stories of America s overseas conflicts. Stuart Schulberg supplied film evidence to prosecute Nazi war criminals and established documentary units in postwar Berlin and Paris. NBC newsman David Brinkley created the template for prime-time news in 1961 and bore the scars to prove it. In 1964 Ted Yates and Bob Rogers produced a documentary warning of the pitfalls in Vietnam. Yates was later shot and killed in Jerusalem on the first day of the Six-Day War while producing a documentary for NBC News.In "Into the Fray," Tom Mascaro vividly recounts the characters and experiences that helped create a unique, colorful documentary film crew based at the Washington bureau of NBC News. From the Kennedy era through the Reagan years, the journalists covered wars, rebellions, the Central Intelligence Agency, covert actions, the Pentagon, military preparedness, and world and American cultures. They braved conflicts and crises to tell the stories that Americans needed to see and hear, and in the process they changed the face of journalism. Mascaro also looks at the social changes in and around the unit itself, including the struggles and triumphs of women and African Americans in the field of television documentary."Into the Fray" is the story of adventure, loyalty to reason, and life and death in the service of broadcast journalism.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

437

Publisher

Potomac Books, Inc.

Published Date

ISBN 10

1612340997

ISBN 13

9781612340999

The Hudson

A History

By: Tom Lewis

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Hudson

A History

By: Tom Lewis

Offers a history of the Hudson River, looking at explorers and traders, the arrival of the colonies, how it was transformed, and the landscape.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

350

Publisher

Yale University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0300119909

ISBN 13

9780300119909

Time Stands Still

Muybridge and the Instantaneous Photography Movement

By: Phillip Prodger,Tom Gunning

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Time Stands Still

Muybridge and the Instantaneous Photography Movement

By: Phillip Prodger,Tom Gunning

This is the companion volume to the Eadweard Muybridge exhibition opening at Stanford, and is the first showing of the pioneering artist's work in 30 years. 195 halftones.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

424

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0195149645

ISBN 13

9780195149647

The Ashgate Research Companion to New Public Management

By: Tom Christensen,Per Lægreid

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Ashgate Research Companion to New Public Management

By: Tom Christensen,Per Lægreid

This collection provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art review of current research in the field of New Public Management (NPM) reform. Aimed primarily at a readership with a special interest in contemporary public-sector reforms, The Ashgate Research Companion to New Public Management offers a refreshing and up-to-date analysis of key issues of modern administrative reforms. This volume comprises a general introduction and twenty-nine chapters divided into six thematic sessions, each with chapters ranging across a variety of crucial topics in the field of New Public Management reforms and beyond. The principal themes to be addressed are: ¢

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

608

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1317042360

ISBN 13

9781317042365

Shakespeare and Science

By: Tom Rutter

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Shakespeare and Science

By: Tom Rutter

As a figurehead for the literary humanities, and a dramatist whose plays feature fairies, ghosts, and spirits, Shakespeare may not be the first author that comes to mind when thinking about science. Tom Rutter shows, however, that in his plays and poetry Shakespeare made detailed use of the knowledge and theories of the cosmos, the natural world, and human biology that were available to him. These range from astronomical and anatomical ideas derived from medieval scholars, Islamic philosophers, and ancient Greek and Roman authorities, through to the challenges issued to those earlier models by more recent figures such as Copernicus and Vesalius. Shakespeare's treatment of these materials was informed by the poetic and dramatic media in which he worked; the dialogic nature of drama enabled an approach that could be provisional, exploratory, and tolerant of uncertainty and contradiction. Shakespeare made the early modern playhouse a venue for the production of scientific understanding through performance, illusion, and the creative use of space. As well as surveying current scholarship that contextualizes Shakespeare's work in relation to histories of meteorology, matter theory, humoral physiology, racialization, mathematics, and more, Shakespeare and Science offers detailed original readings of a variety of texts including the Histories, Hamlet, Antony and Cleopatra, Othello, King Lear, The Tempest, the Sonnets, and Lucrece. It also makes extensive reference to works by Shakespeare's near-contemporaries such as Robert Recorde, William Fulke, Juan Huarte, and Thomas Elyot. Its four chapters focus on astronomy and meteorology, matter, the body, and mathematics. Rutter's overall approach is informed by recent studies that interrogate 'science' as a concept, and that question both the boundary between literature and science and the idea of a seventeenth-century 'scientific revolution'.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

209

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0192653695

ISBN 13

9780192653697

Superheroes, Movies, and the State

How the U.S. Government Shapes Cinematic Universes

By: Tricia Jenkins,Tom Secker

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Superheroes, Movies, and the State

How the U.S. Government Shapes Cinematic Universes

By: Tricia Jenkins,Tom Secker

Tricia Jenkins and Tom Secker deliver a highly original exploration of how the government-entertainment complex has influenced the world’s most popular movie genre—superhero films. Superheroes, Movies, and the State sets a new standard for exploring the government-Hollywood relationship as it persuasively documents the critical role different government agencies have played in shaping characters, stories, and even the ideas behind the hottest entertainment products. Jenkins and Secker cover a wide range of US government and quasi-governmental agencies who act to influence the content of superhero movies, including the Department of Defense, the National Academy of Sciences’ Science and Entertainment Exchange and, to a lesser extent, the FBI and the CIA. Superheroes, Movies, and the State deploys a thematic framework to analyze how five of the key themes of our time—militarism, political radicalism and subversion, the exploration of space, the role of science and technology, and representation and identity—manifest in the superhero genre, and the role of the government in molding narratives around these topics. The book includes interviews with both producers and influencer insiders and covers a wide range of superhero products, from 1970s TV shows up to the most recent movie and TV releases, including the first major analysis of the hit Amazon show The Boys. In addition, it is the first deep exploration of NASA’s Hollywood office and the first detailed account of the role of the Science and Entertainment Exchange, which has worked on thousands of products since its creation in 2008 but is little known outside of the industry. Superheroes, Movies, and the State offers an innovative blend of research methods and interpretive frameworks, combining both production histories and deep readings of superhero texts to clearly reveal how the government-entertainment complex works in the world of blockbuster cinema to shape public perceptions of the United States, war, science, and much, much more.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

320

Publisher

University Press of Kansas

Published Date

ISBN 10

070063276X

ISBN 13

9780700632763

The Slave Ship Wanderer

By: Tom Henderson Wells

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Slave Ship Wanderer

By: Tom Henderson Wells

Published in 1967, The Slave Ship Wanderer details the journey of the elegant yacht that was used to secretly land a cargo of 400 enslaved Africans off the coast of Jekyll Island, Georgia, in 1859. It was the last successful large-scale importation of slaves into the United States, and it was done in defiance of a federal law. The Wanderer's crew had out-run ships of both the British and American Navies and the creators of the plot went on to evade federal marshals as they attempted to sell the slaves throughout the South. Tom Henderson Wells documents the story behind the prominent Georgian, Charles Lamar, who engineered the plot. He also explores the regional and national attention the story received and the failure to prosecute those involved. In tracing the story of the Wanderer, Wells provides insight into the heated political and social climate of the South on the verge of secession.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

120

Publisher

University of Georgia Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

082033457X

ISBN 13

9780820334578

Book's by Tom Talbot

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email