Robert G : 606 books

Geared toward advanced undergraduates and graduate students, this text systematically develops the concepts of electrical acceleration of gases for propulsion. Author Robert G. Jahn, Professor of Aerospace Sciences at Princeton University, starts his presentation with primary physical principles and...

Retired foreign officer John Pauley, on a freighter headed for South America, encounters a ship that has been seized by pirates, and watches them change its name to Flying Dutchman. The Russian navy captures the pirates, but the ship suffers a second takeover. Crack journalist Manuela Alvarez and...

The ultimate Les Norton collection no.1 MAXIMUM SECURItY is a collection of three of Robert G Barrett's Les Norton stories: MUD CRAB BOOGIE Extreme Water Polo is the water polo of the 90s. And when Les Norton catches the semi-final on tV he is amazed to see that the man behind Extreme Polo is his...

Words matter. They can change the world. The ones the big thinkers in this book use to describe life and all its challenges may not change what happens in your life, but they sure can change how you FEEL about what happens to you—and how you respond to it. REVERB is an eclectic mix of hand-picked...

Robert G. Barrett's latest Les Norton adventure is action, humour, and intrigue with a diabolical twist, proving once again why Barrett is called the king of Australian popular fiction. If it wasn't for a letter lost in the system for decades landing on his lap, Les would never have known he wasn't...

Australia's favourite larrikin is back - Les Norton is on the road, and rockin'... Just when everything was going so good, Les slips a disc in his back. He can't run, he can't train. He can't do anything much. But he can still drive his car. So it's down to Narooma for the South Coast Blues Festival...

Les Norton off to Far North Queensland!What should have been a quick gig on a radio station followed by a white-water rafting holiday in North Queensland becomes a four-wheel drive trip to Cooktown with Norton looking for two missing SCUBA divers. the army, the air force and half the Queensland water...

Somebody ought to tell the truth about the Bible. The preachers dare not, because they would be driven from their pulpits. Professors in colleges dare not, because they would lose their salaries. Politicians dare not. They would be defeated. Editors dare not. They would lose subscribers. Merchants...

China's rapid military and economic growth has fuelled a steady stream of analysis and debate about the PRC's motivations and objectives regarding the United States. Yet until now, there has not been a sustained, single-authored assessment in English of China's expanding influence in Asia in the post-Cold...

For years, most of us believed that remarkably talented people were born different, and that exceptional performance lay beyond our grasp. Now, groundbreaking neuroscience studies are revolutionizing our understanding of “genius” and how it works. Brain Apps is the first book to consolidate that...

Now in a fully updated edition, this cogent but comprehensive book examines the international relations of the People’s Republic of China since its founding in 1949. Noted scholar Robert G. Sutter provides a balanced assessment of the country’s recent successes and advances as well as the important...

Much like Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan, President Barack Obama came to office as a politician who emphasized conviction rather than consensus. During his 2008 presidential campaign, he pledged to transform the role of the United States abroad. His ambitious foreign policy goals included a global...

Executive leadership is critically important to understanding the workings and performance of organizations, yet it is a topic that is usually ignored by mainstream leadership research. Leadership and Information Processing provides a much-needed analysis of this crucial element of organizational...

two classic Les Norton adventures in one volume, plus Robert G. Barrett?outrageous columns on life in Australia PLUS the ultimate Les Norton trivia challenge. Mud Crab Boogie Oogie oogie oogie, do the Mud Crab Boogie. Look out Wagga Wagga ?es Norton?in town and he feels like dancing ... the Wind and...