The fourteenth work in the "Officers and Soldiers" collection is dedicated to the French Cuirassiers from the Consulate to the Second Restoration.Dating back to the Heavy Cavalry of the Ancient Re'gime, the first Cuirassier regiments were really created in France in 1801 during the Consulate. This n[...]

The FNH Minimi light machine gun was initially developed to respond to the technological leap forward made by the Soviet PKM whose lightness was due to the way it was made, by stamping. Since 1974, because of its lightness and its firepower, FN Herstal's light machine gun has illustrated how sound t[...]

This book traces the glorious history of the elite French cavalry. Through 61 plates of highly detailed uniform illustrations, Andre' Jouineau guides the reader from the first company of carabiniers established within in each regiment-those superior marksmen equipped with a rifle, the gauge of preci[...]

With its sparkling sea, 2,700km of coast and more than 800 islands and islets, Brittany is a paradise for sea kayakers. Brimming with local knowledge and practical advice, this guide contains full details of 60 paddles covering the entire Atlantic and Channel coasts of Brittany from Le Croisic to Ca[...]

Als die Abiturientin Claire aus den Ferien zurückkommt, ist ihr Bruder Lo?c nicht mehr da - nach einem Streit mit dem Vater, wie es scheint. Sie macht sich auf die Suche nach dem Bruder, von dem sie aus der Normandie eine Postkarte erhalten hat ("Je vais bien ...": "Mir geht's gut, nur keine Sorg[...]

Polymers and Copolymers obtained by ring-opening polymerization comprise a large portion of the engineering plastics industry and are used for preparation of many specialty materials, such as Nylon 6 and poly(propylene oxide).
Written by internationally acclaimed experts in their respective fiel[...]

Possible worlds models were introduced by Saul Kripke in the early 1960s. Basically, a possible world's model is nothing but a graph with labelled nodes and labelled edges. Such graphs provide semantics for various modal logics (alethic, temporal, epistemic and doxastic, dynamic, deontic, descriptio[...]

Parenteral nutrition in general is required if nutritional needs cannot be met by oral or enteral feeding. In the paediatric patient, its initiation depends both on individual circumstances and the age and size of the infant or child. This compact reference work on parenteral nutrition in children i[...]