Alastair Sim was an enigmatic character both on and off the screen. His idiosyncratic style of acting in films such as "The Belles of St Trinian's" endeared him to a cinema-going audience desperate to escape the day-to-day dreariness of an invasive, bureaucratic post-war Britain. In private, he was [...]

Are your neurons up to the task? "365 Brain Puzzlers" is the bestselling calendar that delivers a year of engaging and entertaining mental conundrums tough enough to be sanctioned by Mensa, the internationally famous high-IQ society. Every day is a logic game, math riddle, word puzzle, or spatial ch[...]

This brief history offers a concise overview of "the Great Game" to uncover the true world of espionage beyond such fictional agents, with a clear focus on 1945 onwards, from the height of the Cold War to the War on Terror.[...]

9 books in 1- one great price for nine handy guidesYour one-stop guide to building databases and managing information with Access 2003Think of this book as the ultimate user-friendly Access companion, loaded with information that's simple to find. It will have you creating and using a database in no[...]

Offering the first comprehensive history of U.S relations with Indonesia during the 1960s, "Economists with Guns" explores one of the central dynamics of international politics during the Cold War: the emergence and U.S. embrace of authoritarian regimes pledged to programs of military-led developmen[...]

Why should kids have all the fun when it comes to cute-as-a-button caps or fun and fanciful hats? And why can't little ones feel just like mom and dad with a fashionable newsboy visor or slouchy hat? In this delightful collection of 30 original patterns, everyone can get in on the fun. Patterns incl[...]

Major selections from Maxwell's papers on physics are accompanied by commentaries, notes, and a description of the historical and scientific context of his work[...]

This important collection makes a compelling argument for the importance of theory in Native studies. Within the field, there has been understandable suspicion of theory stemming both from concerns about urgent political issues needing to take precedence over theoretical speculations and from hostil[...]

Providing a fresh reevaluation of a specific era in popular music, the book contextualizes the era in terms of both radio history and cultural analysis.[...]

Packed with helpful charts and formulas, this much-needed field manual and instructional tool provides the clearest and most complete coverage now available on conduit bending and cable tray techniques! You will immediately find useful information on plastic-coated conduit bending and threading, PVC[...]

Rose Cumming was the most flamboyant and exciting of the so-called Great Lady Decorators who invented the field of professional decorating and interior design in the early twentieth century. Flavored by surrealism and suffused with drama, her interiors were sumptuous, mixing bold colors and patterns[...]