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An American Naval Tragedy !So shocking was the defeat of American naval forces by the Japanese in Savo Sound, that the American public could not accept the true story until ten years afterward.On Guadalcanal, Marines were moving up the rugged Tenaru River country, ranging for battle and depending on the Navy for cover...On board the flagship McCrawley, Admiral Turner was begging for carrier-based air support that never came...On the bridge of ...

Among its various progenitors, literary Modernism can number two major Irish writers, James Joyce and W. B. Yeats, and a third, Samuel Beckett, who carried the 'revolution of the word' into a second generation. Yet Ireland as a nation came late to modernity. From the date of its symbolic inception as Europe's 'newest' state, retrospectively conferred on that foundational act of insurrection at Easter 1916, through the era of new nationalisms o...

The Adidas Stan Smith tennis sneaker's ongoing cult status as an icon of minimalist cool is reflected on in this attractive and stylish book, featuring an interview and anecdotes with the former world number one tennis player behind the sneaker.

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The last hundred years have been an era of unprecedented displacements: the accelerated drift of rural populations to the metropolis, the spread of these cities into successive empires, and the resulting diasporas that have forged the modern United States and any number of smaller nations. These processes have fostered a poetry of exile and expatriation intimately bound up with the experience and culture of modernity. "Poetry and Displacement"...

This volume of practical instruction in the foundations of art features many splendid color illustrations by the author. Perfect for intermediate-level and advanced artists wishing to take their work to the next level.

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A comprehensive and authoritative guide to Auden's work.

The Hunched Man lives inside each of us. We deny him our love and understanding, not because we are mean, but because he scares and confuses us. He is our inner world, not all that different from the one we read about in the news of the day, The sooner we understand him, the sooner we can make peace with ourselves and each other. The rest of the poems and the one short story are lighter adventures into the mix and magic of our lives and the wo...

A comprehensive and authoritative guide to Auden's work.

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Essays discussing the concept of globalisation as present in works of art and literature.

You just bought your new Mac! Congratulations! But now what? This book is designed for everyone new to Apple's Mac computers, whether you've been using other systems for years, or you're new to the world of computers in general. Loaded with informational graphics and step-by-step instructions, I Just Got My New Mac! What's Next? will take you through all of the basics so that you can use your Mac comfortably and efficiently. Chap...

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You just bought your new Mac! Congratulations! But now what? This book is designed for everyone new to Apple's Mac computers, whether you've been using other systems for years, or you're new to the world of computers in general. Loaded with informational graphics and step-by-step instructions, I Just Got My New Mac! What's Next? will take you through all of the basics so that you can use your Mac comfortably and efficiently. Chap...

Drawing and sketching are the foundation skills of all art. This book guides the reader through all the available options for materials, techniques and style.

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Detective Stanwick is back! And you are about to be challenged by 30 exciting mysteries. Each one takes only about five minutes to read. Every puzzle combines features of the traditional whodunit (physical clues, red herrings, means, motive, opportunity, time sequences) with logic puzzles (true-false statements, matching suspects with occupations, even a little math). Are you up to a little sleuthing and deductive reasoning? - "The Case of...

Murders most foul, criminal capers, and miscellaneous mysteries: welcome to the world of wily logician Thomas P. Stanwick. Join himas he fingers the guilty parties in homicides, robberies, frauds, and espionage--and helps his neighbors with less felonious puzzlers.Take a careful look at the facts, the timing, and the suspects--andtry to get to the bottom of these whodunits as quickly as Stanwick!