Providing an account that captures the ebb and flow of debate about Stalin's Russia, this work not only conceptualises the field, offering a synthesis of the secondary literature in the area, but also provides the author's own evaluation of the key issues at stake.[...]
This title looks at the country of Australia through a variety of themes such as location, landscape and climate, population and health, settlements, family life, religion and beliefs, education and learning, employment and economy, industry and trade, farming and food, transport and communications,[...]
6 Group was born out of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), which, among other things called for the formation of 25 Canadian Squadrons in Britain. This figure was later downsized. The Canadian vision was of a Canadian force operating independently alongside Bomber Command in the man[...]
Here, Grandmaster Chris Ward explains the important ideas behind every major opening, unravelling among others, the secrets of the Sicilian, the mysteries of the Modern and the fundamentals of the French. He emphasises the need to understand the key elements of each opening rather than memorising a [...]
This book provides the reader with a selection of puzzles that simulate real game scenarios, offering readers a choice of tempting alternatives and requiring them to pick the best[...]
Feeling up to a challenge? In this highly original and instructive self-test book, Grandmaster Chris Ward presents a selection of carefully chosen puzzles to solve. Hot on the heels of his very successful "It's Your Move" and "Improvers It's Your Move," comes "It's Your Move: Tough Puzzles," which t[...]
Few would disagree that the Queen's Gambit is one of the most important openings in chess. It has a long and distinguished history and has been played by virtually all the strongest Grandmasters: Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Anatoly Karpov, Vishy Anand - the list goes on and on! From the very b[...]
If you've enjoyed reading our chess books, wait until you've seen what's on this CD! Everyman Chess are delighted to be able to provide you with "Play the Queen's Gambit" in a format ideal for computer viewing. This will enable you to link to all the chess games, commentary and text from the origina[...]
Since I wrote the Foreword for the second edition of this book, risk management processes have become much more widely used, but controversy about what should be done and how best to do it has grown. Managing risk is a risky business. Chapman and Ward provide an in-depth explanation of why it is imp[...]
"Excellent color photographs and diagrams show materials and tools, as well as the cutting, assembling, and soldering of glass items...Includes hanging glass panels, boxes, and lamps...All have pattern diagrams and technical tips for construction...A good book for use with classes of beginning glass[...]
This paperback edition explores the radical intervention carried out by the Thatcher administration in response to 1986-89 Monopolies and Mergers Commission inquiry into brewing. It includes a new timeline of events and describes the creation of big brewers, the official investigations and the damag[...]
Chris Henderson formed the Chelsea Headhunters as well as the band Combat 84. But violence surrounding Chelsea fans was around long before Chris came on the scene. Told in Chris Henderson's words, this is the dramatic story of the era of violence, music, and football.[...]
Bilturer i Spania guider deg vekk fra hovedveiene til vakre småbyer og imponerende landskap, autentiske posadas og innbydende, små hoteller.25 bilturer ? som varer fra to til fem dager ? tar deg med dypt inn i Spanias uutforskede landområder, med sjarmerende steder å bo og spise langs veien. Hve[...]