This beautifully-packaged book will take the reader on the slow train to another era when travel meant more than hurrying from one place to the next, the journey meaning nothing but time lost in crowded carriages, condemned by broken timetables. "On the Slow Train" will reconnect with that long-miss[...]
Tells a tale of quiet heroism, a story of ordinary people who fought, with enormous self-sacrifice, not with tanks and guns, but with elbow grease and determination. This title is the story of the British railways and, above all, the extraordinary men and women who kept them running from 1939 to 194[...]
Features Deo: a great footballer, and a fierce protector of his brother, Innocent. This title also features Innocent: easily nervous, easily happy and good at keeping score on the dusty fields of Zimbabwe. When the soldiers destroy the only home they've ever known, Deo has nothing but his brother, a[...]
Deo och hans kompisar spelar fotboll när soldaterna invaderar deras by i Zimbabwe. Invånarna tas till fånga och misshandlas men Deo och hans handikappade bror lyckas fly och tar sig till Sydafrika. Allt de får med sig är en hemmagjord fotboll fylld med värdelösa sedlar. Hur ska de överleva?<[...]
En presenation av världen mest kända traktorer och en över 120 år lång fascinerande teknikhistoria.
Innehåller mer än 400 fotografier och andra illustrationer, inklusive sektionsritningar med mekaniska funktioner hos klassiska traktorer.
Utförliga tabeller om effekt, vi[...]
Mer än 220 av världens främsta traktorer!
En presentation av världen mest kända traktorer och en över 120 år lång fascinerande teknikhistoria.
Innehåller mer än 400 fotografier och andra illustrationer, inklusive sektionsritningar med mekaniska funktioner hos klassiska [...]
Valtra, John Deere, Massey Ferguson... Traktorit esittelee traktorien historian ja 220 tunnetuinta traktorimallia eri puolilta maailmaa 120 vuoden ajalta. Kirja kertoo jokaisen traktorimallin synnyn, kehittelijän ja tekniset tiedot. Kirjassa on yli 400 valokuvaa traktoreista ja kätevä hakemisto.[...]
This book presents a unique insight into an extraordinary period of European history that had far-reaching significance for British cinema and for the way history itself is represented. The work collected in this volume draws from the best knowledge, enthusiasm and critical insight of leading schola[...]
By the time the Velveteen Rabbit is dirty, worn out, and about to be burned, he has almost given up hope of ever finding the magic called Real.[...]
Digital Out of Home Entertainment is rather an arcane description for one of the fastest growing technology-sectors. These forms of interactive technology, often established on a 'pay per use' basis are transforming the customer experience in shops, cinemas, museums; almost any environment where con[...]
Shaping Foreign Policy in Times of Crisis grew out of a series of meetings that the authors convened with all ten of the living former U.S. State Department legal advisers (from the Carter administration to that of George W. Bush). Based on their insider accounts of the role that international law a[...]
An authoritative guide to the epidemiology, incidence, testing and diagnosis and management of HIV and AIDS.From an international expert editor and contributor team, this new sixth edition includes expanded coverage of HIV testing, assessment and routine follow up and new chapters outlining problema[...]
For people in the early Middle Ages, the earth, air, water and ether teemed with other beings. Some of these were sentient creatures that swam, flew, slithered or stalked through the same environments inhabited by their human contemporaries. Others were objects that a modern beholder would be unlike[...]
"Analysis and Management of Animal Populations" deals with the processes involved in making informed decisions about the management of animal populations. It covers the modeling of population responses to management actions, the estimation of quantities needed in the modeling effort, and the applica[...]
This book provides an accessible cultural and political analysis of how our disorderly and financialized system of capitalism works, what led to the financial crisis that began in 2007, the policy debates about reform, and why democratic control is difficult after the events of 2008.[...]
Based on extensive archival research and oral history, Michael Ann Williams's "Staging Tradition" traces the parallel careers of the creators of the Renfro Valley Barn Dance and the National Folk Festival. Through their devotion to staging of traditional culture, including folk, country, and bluegra[...]
When a young boy gets a beautiful velveteen rabbit for a gift, he plays with his new toy for a while, but in all the excitement of opening presents, he forgets about it. But only temporarily. How the rabbit comes to be loved by the boy and finally comes to life is a classic story that has been read [...]
A study of mainstream and nontraditional film. It provides a comprehensive introduction to postclassical American film. It takes a look at various aspects of the genre, including influential movies, directors, producers, and actors.[...]
This book examines the role of culture in contemporary security policies, providing a critical overview of the ways in which culture has been theorized in security studies. Developing a theoretical framework that stresses the relationship between culture, power, security and strategy, the volume arg[...]
Across the globe, from mega-cities to isolated resource enclaves, the provision and governance of security takes place within assemblages that are de-territorialized in terms of actors, technologies, norms and discourses. They are embedded in a complex transnational architecture, defying conventiona[...]
This book describes the effects of cold climates on the surface of the earth. Using scientific principles, the authors describe the evolution of ground thermal conditions and the origin of natural features such as frost heave, solifluction, slope instabilities, patterned ground, pingos and ice wedge[...]
Across the globe, from mega-cities to isolated resource enclaves, the provision and governance of security takes place within assemblages that are de-territorialized in terms of actors, technologies, norms and discourses. They are embedded in a complex transnational architecture, defying conventiona[...]