Nick: 3195 books

In the late summer of 1918, after four long years of senseless, stagnant fighting, the Western Front erupted. The bitter four-month struggle that ensued-known as the Hundred Days Campaign-saw some of the bloodiest and most ferocious combat of the Great War, as the Allies grimly worked to break the...

The South Pacific - 1942When most of Matt Turner's fighter squadron is destroyed by Japanese Zeroes with demonic protection, he expects his after-action report to land him in the loony bin. Instead, he finds himself recruited by a shadowy government agency to test a supernatural countermeasure...

Known the world over as a symbol of the United Kingdom, the Union Jack is an intricate construction based on the crosses of St, George, St, Andrew and St, Patrick. Nick Groom traces its long and fascinating past, from the development of the Royal Standard and 17th-century clashes over the precise...

In a post-apocalyptic Earth ravaged by unknown assailants from a rip through space, two brave men find themselves on the front line to restore humans power on Earth. The enemies left behind their prized hunting lizards who now rule with an iron jaw. Witness as two ordinary men fight their way through any opponent put in front of them in order to regain the throne of top species on Earth.

This clear and user-friendly text provides practical guidance on how to incorporate citizenship into the curriculum. It offers a wealth of teaching aids including: * tried-and-tested photocopiable materials * case studies * suggested teaching strategies * comprehensive reference and resource...

In Cataclysm, author Nick Gass takes geology out of the oil patch to authenticate the first twenty-five verses of the Bible. He presents a multidisciplinary exploration, implementing scientific reasoning, to explain some of the ancient history of The Middle East. Gass discusses how the rise...

The roaring twenties, cars driving to the south most point of Miami Beach for dances and the most popular burlesque spot in Miami Florida. Honky-tonk bars at the entrance of the pier that extended out onto the ocean make for a couple of drinks before dancing the night away. The burlesque house at...

No matter what or whom she turned out to be: devoted mother, commonplace citizen or criminal, Ellie Liles was sure her true essence was traced back to one emotional juncture that turned her life upside down. In the end, when it was all over, she would never quite be the same again. She had...

Il racconto di una vita, una come tante, forse, che si fa denuncia. Un’accusa contro una società che troppo spesso volta lo sguardo di fronte a chi ha bisogno, invece, di essere accolto, custodito, tenuto per mano. È un personaggio singolare, ma anche comune, purtroppo, in quest’epoca di crisi...

Alexander Korda's 1936 film The Shape of Things to Come predicted the nightmare of aerial bombing against London. Even as the storm clouds gathered, the government was woefully slow in protecting its civilian population. Some problems, such as the risk of a catastrophic flooding of the Underground...

God cares about every detail of our life, even football, and Coach Nick Mitchell lays that out in vivid detail. Step by step Coach Mitchell reveals his plan to build a championship football program and documents how that plan became a reality. Supported by scripture Coach Mitchell shows that nothing...

High-quality images have an amazing power of attraction. Just add some stunning photos and graphics to your website or app and watch your user engagement and conversion numbers climb. It can be tricky, but with this practical guide, you’ll master the many facets of delivering high performance images...

For millennia, the passing seasons and their rhythms have marked our progress through the year. But what do they mean to us now that we lead increasingly atomized and urban lives and our weather becomes ever more unpredictable or extreme? Will it matter if we no longer hear, even notice, the first...

In Group Music Therapy Alison Davies, Eleanor Richards and Nick Barwick bring together developments in theory and clinical practice in music therapy group work, celebrating the richness of what group analytic thinking and music therapy can offer one another. The book explores the dynamic elements...