Brooks: 1783 books

This is a major new account of the Battle of Jutland, the key naval battle of the First World War in which the British Grand Fleet engaged the German High Seas Fleet off the coast of Denmark in 1916. Beginning with the building of the two fleets, John Brooks reveals the key technologies employed,...

Too many students experience school as a place to put in time . . . and view their lives within school walls as distinctly different from their lives at home and in their community. Too many educators seem to share that point of view and focus more on lists of standards than the students they are...

Amy is a high-powered marketing executive in New York City, who is living the life of her dreams. Unexpectedly her world comes crashing down and she is forced to move back home to her small town. While home she vows to get back to her old life as soon as possible, but fate has other plans. Amy meets...

The theory that longsight, shortsight, and astigmatism are incurable visual defects, even though they have developed in eyes which were normal at birth, has been maintained for a century — and has been, and still is, the basis upon which glasses are universally prescribed for young and old alike. Text...

**Age is just a number… Lolito is an unconventional love story about a fifteen-year-old boy who finds solace in the arms of a middle-aged woman on the Internet.** Fifteen-year-old Etgar Allison is spending spring break alone in an empty house, when he inadvertently learns that his...

In this bawdy, raucous, and unabashedly frank novel, youth is certainly not wasted on the young Hailed as "one of the most hilarious and well-observed accounts of teenage debauchery you are ever likely to read" by the trendsetting British lifestyle magazine Dazed & Confused, Ben Brooks's Grow...

Video Atlas of Ophthalmic Suturing: Fundamentals and Techniques by Steven Brooks, MD, is the first multimedia atlas dedicated to effective suturing and knot tying skills in ophthalmic surgery. The text and videos not only cover essential suturing techniques, but merge these concepts with critical...

GESTÄNDNIS AUF SANTORIN von WILLIAMS, CATHY Romantische Strände, azurblaues Meer … Abbys Urlaub auf Santorin könnte so schön sein. Wenn Theo Toyas sie endlich in Ruhe ließe. Der Grieche glaubt, sie sei nur auf das Geld seines Bruders aus, und nutzt all seinen Charme, um ihre Verlobung zu vereiteln...

MALLORCA - SÜßE KÜSSE UND EIN BRISANTES GEHEIMNIS von STEVENS, DANIELLE Bei einem Überfall hat sie ihr Gedächtnis verloren. Was hat sie hier auf die Sonneninsel Mallorca geführt, zu Miguel Valdéz? Der gut aussehende Geschäftsmann lädt sie in seine Luxusvilla mit dem atemberaubenden Blick...

There are some things in life people never get over. No matter how much they want to. Many experience abuse, financial disaster, serious illness, death of loved ones, and other common traumas making them believe they’ll never move past the pain, but through research and true story compilations,...

Personal encouragement and inspiration for finding your unique calling "Am I making a difference?" "Can I accomplish meaningful things despite the mistakes I've made?" "How can I know God's purpose for me?" As the true stories in Exceedingly demonstrate,...

Maren Campell has it all—respectable job, attentive fiancé, and a life in a big, bustling city. Not bad for a small-town orphan girl. When it all falls apart, what else can she do except go home? But her problems are only beginning. The county is poised to take her farm. And Jack Mason, the only...

Ellie has spent her whole life covering for her irresponsible twin sister, Eve. This time Eve has really done it. After breaking up with yet another boyfriend, Eve talks Ellie into taking over her job while Eve “finds herself” at a yoga camp. How will Ellie keep Eve’s boss from finding out what...

After her fiance's tragic death, Terri Clark has spent two years in mourning. She moves to Shepherdsville hoping to start over, but she's finding it impossible to forget that last, horrible night. Now, her hope of a fresh start begins to crumble when restoring the town's ballpark forces her to work...