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A mile long thoroughfare from the Circus to Hyde Park Corner, Piccadilly is a microcosm of 400 years of British history. With an incredible roster of past residents, ranging from bizarre aristocrats and larger than life politicians to celebrated writers and artists, Piccadilly is rich in tales of the weird and wonderful. The backdrop is an ever-evolving street life centred on iconic shops and galleries, hotels and restaurants, a pageant of Lon...

The first book to explore the challenges facing the Royal Family on the eve of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation

The first book to explore the challenges facing the Royal Family on the eve of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation

For the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of war in 1939, a new history of the 'Phoney War

For the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of war in 1939, a new history of the `Phoney War

School's out for the end of the world in this horror comedy about a teenager who faces down a zombie apocalypse with a little help from her friends.

This is an account of the military, political and personal life of Abdul Harus Nasution who was a seminal figure in modern Indonesian history in the years prior to his effective sidelining in the 1960s. He was an important commander during Indonesia's struggle for independence, who rose to become a key leader of the Indonesian armed forces under the first president, Sukarno. Perhaps more significantly, he developed ideas about guerrilla warfar...

The British and American airborne delivery of supplies to cut-off allies in Cold War Berlin is looked at as a key episode in the history of the era, with repercussions felt across the political landscape today.

Combining practical 'how to' skills with reflection on the place of each specialism in the industry, this guide features the skills needed to cover specialist areas, including writing match reports for sport, reviewing the arts, and dealing with complex information for science. The book will also discuss how specialist journalists have contributed to the mainstream news agenda, as well as analysing how different issues have been covered in eac...

In most accounts of World War II, the last six months of fighting in Europe are tucked into an epilogue. After the Battle of the Bulge, the Nazis are assumed to be as good as defeated. In fact, they fought to their last breath. In the Hürtgen Forest, in the Po Valley of Italy, and in the German industrial heartland of the Ruhr, the Allies suffered horrific losses. Drawing on never-before-published sources, Barry Turner captures the thrill of v...

A fascinating new account of the Anglo-French and Israeli invasion of Egypt published to tie in with fiftieth anniversary of Suez crisis

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of tables. List of figures -- Introduction / Turner, Barry ¿. -- Part I. Symbolic Aspects of Organizations -- Chapter 1. Painting Over Old Works: The Culture of Organization in an Age of Technical Rationality / Adams, Guy B. / Hill Ingersoll, Virginia -- Chapter 2. Interrelations Between Corporate Culture and Municipal Culture: The Lüneburg Saltworks as a Medieval Example / Kahle, Egbert -- Chapter 3. Corporate ...

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An insightful history of the unsung hero of the Victorian Age

Voor de lezers van Masters of the Air, De vermiste boordschutter en Heldhaftige missies in WO II Grootadmiraal Dönitz volgde Adolf Hitler na zijn dood op als tweede Führer van het Derde Rijk. De Geallieerden hadden hem leren kennen als een formidabele tegenstander met innoverende technieken en vreesden zijn rondzwervende Wolfpacks van duikboten die hun schepen in grote getale tot zinken brachten. Op de Atlantische Oceaan was niemand veilig: v...

Over eleven months from June 1948 to May 1949, British and American aircraft carried out the most ambitious airborne relief operation ever mounted, flying 2.3 million tons of supplies on 277, 500 flights to save a beleaguered Berlin - and opening a new, if unsure, chapter in the UK/US 'special relationship'.Berlin was a divided city in a divided country in a divided Europe - 120 miles inside Russian-controlled East Germany. Stalin wanted the A...

From the writers, editors and compilers of the highly successful "The Writer's Handbook "comes the first edition of "The Screenwriter's Handbook, " an indispensible companion for everyone who commissions screenwriters, works with them or writes (or wants their chance to write) for the screen. Containing thousands of entries covering every aspect of scriptwriting, with provocative articles and useful advice from leading representatives of the ...