In 1804, Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second Lieutenant William Clark set out on an expedition to explore the uncharted American frontier. This is the story of what the monsters they discovered lurking in the wilds...In this second volume of the hit series, Lewis, Clark and the surviving members of [...]
In the new world of work and organizations, creating and maintaining a positive identity is consequential and challenging for individuals, for groups and for organizations. New challenges for positive identity construction and maintenance require new theory. This edited volume uncovers new topics an[...]
Throughout the 17th century large parts of Europe were depopulated during the wide-ranging and savage wars of religion and dynasty, involving all of the major powers. This was therefore a key period in the development of 'modern' infantry tactics, such as the use of pole-arms and muskets together - [...]
British history as we know it is a cluttered patchwork of questionable stories which have been re-written, re-evaluated and ridiculed, and yet there is still an unquestioned narrative thread which runs through the nation's historical record, accepted as fact. But final editorial control has always b[...]
Moving Japan can be a complex, challenging experience. Not only is the language barrier daunting, but life there often appears about as foreign as it can get. Why are people bowling to vending machines? Why did they laugh at your feet after a visit to the lavatory? Despite the uncertainty and disrup[...]
This thought-provoking and practical book for graphic designers and students explores creative practice in graphic design. The book examines the varied ways of getting from first thought to final product, making the creative process tangible, visible and possible. The book begins by introducing the [...]
Essential PV know-how for architects: this handbook presents photovoltaic technologies and products, and illustrates their application in new or existing buildings with numerous international case-studies.[...]
Stormvarning Kan mannen hon en gång älskade vara en kallblodig mördare? När en av gästerna på ensligt belägna värdshuset Pine View Inn hittas död blir alla misstänkta. Samtliga gäster har starka motiv att avsky den mördade inklusive den mystiske, men farligt attraktive Lucas McLean. [...]
An illustrated reference guide to identifying all types of spiders. The general features of each family are also described, with information on courtship, hunting and web-making behaviour. A key to spiders' webs is also included in the introduction.[...]
Public reaction to Monty and his books has convinced Monty that the concept of "join-up" can help both humans' business and personal communication. This text is full of stories of those who have found, through Monty Roberts, the strength to face their problems, whatever they may be.[...]
Occupy your very low level pupils, struggling with KS3 Maths, with Collins' brand new Step Up to New Maths Frameworking Workbook Book 1. Packed with write-in practice at levels 1 and 2 it gives pupils confidence and a thorough foundation in the Maths they need.[...]
A vivid and engaging story of wasted talent, second chances, family, friendship, and, of course, the beautiful game.[...]
June 18, 1815, was one of the most momentous days in world history, marking the end of twenty-two years of French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. On the bloody battlefield of Waterloo, the Emperor Napoleon and his hastily formed legions clashed with the Anglo-Allied armies led by the Duke of Well[...]
"To appreciate Shy Boy, " writes horse gentler Monty Roberts, "you must see him or his kind running free and easy, in a wide open space." This compelling story, and the breathtaking photographs that accompany it, offer a chance to do just that. During a dramatic three-day ride across miles of high d[...]
An epic joint biography, Masters and Commanders explores the degree to which the course of the Second World War turned on the relationships and temperaments of four of the strongest personalities of the twentieth century: political masters Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt and the commande[...]
Andrew Roberts's acclaimed new history has been hailed as the finest single-volume account of this epic conflict. From the western front to North Africa, from the Baltic to the Far East, he tells the story of the war--the grand strategy and the individual experience, the brutality and the heroism--a[...]
In The Making of the President 1972, the fourth volume of narrative history of American politics in action, Theodore H. White brings his defining quartet of campaign narratives to a surprising and riveting close. The consummate journalist, White chronicles both the Democratic and the Republican part[...]
Americans toss out 140 million cell phones every year. We discard 2 million plastic bottles every five minutes. And our total credit-card debt as of July 2011 is $793 billion.Plus, credit cards can make you fat.The American Dream was founded on the belief that anyone dedicated to thrift and hard wor[...]
There's a ferocious feline in town, and she's out to steal from Gotham's wealthy citizens. Unfortunately, Catwoman makes a mistake when she visits venerable citizen Bruce Wayne and takes Bruce's prized family heirloom. She thinks she made a clean escape . . . but she doesn't know who she toyed with[...]
The sticker-filled storybook Plants vs. Zombies: Brains and the Beanstalk is a mash-up of the insanely addictive video game and a classic fairy tale.In Plants vs. Zombies, winner of more than 30 Best Game of the Year Awards, plants--including Sunflowers, Peashooters, Wall-nuts, and Cherry Bombs--def[...]
In this colorful storybook with stickers, Plants vs. Zombies: The Three Little Pigs Fight Back, the famous fairy-tale pigs are thrown into the fun-dead world of Plants vs. Zombies, the award-winning video game.Instead of the big bad wolf, the brave pigs must escape a mob of fun-loving, brain-eating [...]
Kids are curious about Superman(TM) In Superman's Superpowers, they'll learn all about their favorite DC Comics super hero. This full-color illustrated I Can Read book is based on the major motion picture Man of Steel.Like all I Can Read books, Superman's Superpowers is designed to bring children i[...]
Cat's Cradle is Vonnegut's satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet's ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protagonist; a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer; and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hil[...]