Welsh post-punk band Young Marble Giants released one LP and then, like their vanishing portraits on the album's cover, disappeared. Yet their lasting appeal owes itself to the band's...
The 1st Battalion, The Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI), was one of the most innovative and successful counter-insurgency units in modern history, developing and perfecting a range of tactics and...
With Peepshow, Siouxsie and the Banshees created a record akin to a Hollywood film score, and were subsequently adopted into the US alt-rock canon and scored a Billboard number-one hit
This new edition of an established text provides a lively, concise and up-to-date historical overview of the story of English literature. Focusing on how writing both reflects and challenges the...
The history of the controversial Messerschmitt Me 264 Amerikabomber project, which was intended to bomb New York and other American Cities. The research is based on original German documentation...
Written primarily for AS and A-Level English courses, but of interest to university students on related courses, this book is designed to make an intuitive understanding of language explicit. By...
Covers a range of techniques and skills needed when constructing a boat, from interpreting the plans to hints on working different timbers. The author answers many of those puzzling questions,...
**Die Hexenkräfte sind erwacht**Die Ravenhall Academy ist für die junge Hexe Lilly Campbell inzwischen zu einem Zuhause geworden. Einem Zuhause, das sie am liebsten nicht mehr verlassen würde, doch...
This fully illustrated study tells the story the fighting men of the Russo-Japanese War and how these two empires clashed, heralding a new phase in modern warfare as World War I loomed on the...
Of the RAF's trio of four-engined heavy bombers in World War 2, the mighty Short Stirling was the first to enter service in August 1940. From its first raid in February 1941, the Stirling was...
This new edition of the successful A-Z explains over 1,300 technical, backstage, acting, musical, dance, and show-business terms in common usage. Completely revised and updated, this concise and...
This volume uniquely draws together seven contemporary plays żeby a selection of the finest African women writers and practitioners from across the continent, offering a rich and diverse portrait...
During the Middle Ages, Islam was Christian Europe's only civilized and most troublesome neighbor. The Middle Ages saw almost continual strife between these two distinct cultures. Aby the time...
In the centuries following the first expeditions down the great rivers of northern Russia by Viking traders and adventurers, the foundations for a new state were laid. Many influences combined in...
This book surveys the medals awarded to British personnel for military service around the world and in two world wars. The campaign medals awarded for the military actions have become a popular...
The German Library is a new series of the major works of German literature and thought from medieval times to the present. The volumes have forewords żeby internationally known writers and...
Aimed at student teachers, educators and practitioners, Teaching English Language to Young Learners outlines and explains the crucial issues, themes and scenarios relating to this area of teaching....
West Germany began full production of the Leopard 2 tank in 1977. Since that time, like its predecessor, the Leopard 2 has undergone modifications as well as being exported to various European...
The Japanese solution to their rapidly deteriorating military situation in 1944--suicide missions--was not only terrifying and effective, but has fascinated military enthusiasts ever since.
Providing a glimpse into the experiences of regular British and French infantry in North America during the French and Indian War, this book reveals what it was like for soldiers fighting each...
Der offizielle Character Guide zum Manga Bestseller »Tokyo Revengers«!Das zweite von bisher drei Character Guides bietet viele Hintergrundinformationen zu den komplexen Charakteren aus der Welt von...
With its innovative format, Debating New Approaches to History addresses issues currently at the top of the discipline's theoretical and methodological agenda. In its chapters, leading...