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The bloody sacrifices made by Australian and British soldiers notwithstanding, the fighting at Bullecourt resulted in the first breakthrough of the 'impregnable' Hindenburg Line. Author Paul Kendall has contacted many of the living relatives of those who fought to bring a human face to those terrible statistics.

Fully updated this new edition of A Beginners' Guide to Living on the Waterways covers different types of liveaboard craft suitable for canals, rivers and estuaries, and the good and bad points of the different options.

A guide to Britain's old railways that you can walk or cycle. Fully revised and updated edition.

A modern classic of Soviet literature--a love story that ranks alongside Turgenev's First Love.

I found the volume to be consistently stimulating and was excited by a new visual anthropology dwelling not in the image but in how people actually look and see...and important and timely volume that does much to further our understanding of vision. It will be of great interest to researchers and students concerned with studies of sensory perceptions." · Social Anthropology Most arguments for a rediscovery of the body and the senses hinge on a...

Event management studies are fast growing in popularity, covering a diverse range of activities such as music and film festivals, concerts, sporting events and conferences. This textbook gives a broad and practical coverage of the major themes in events. Outlining both the historical developments and current state of the industry, whilst also taking into account wider political and cultural issues, the book covers the different elements of pla...

IN THE 21ST CENTURY, Neo-Tokyo has risen from the ashes of a Tokyo obliterated by a monstrous psychokinetic power known only as Akira, a being who yet lives, secretly imprisoned in frozen stasis. Those who stand guard know that Akira's awakening is a terrifying inevitability. Tetsuo, an angry young man with immense-and rapidly growing-psychic abilities, may be their only hope to control Akira when he wakes. But Tetsuo is becoming increasingly ...

Diese Ausgabe präsentiert die erste deutsche Übersetzung von 1869 für den heutigen Leser. Diese Übersetzung von Antonie Zimmermann war die erste Alice-Übersetzung in eine andere Sprache überhaupt. Sie wurde ursprünglich in Fraktursatz und in der für das neunzehnte Jahrhundert typischen Rechtschreibung veröffentlicht. Für die vor­liegende Ausgabe wurde die Orthographie behutsam und nach den Regeln der bewährten deutschen Rechtschreibung moderni...

Beyond Popper and Kuhn to an anarchist philosophy of science.

When little Mayzie sprouts a daisy on top of her head, her world is soon turned upside down. Attacked by a swarm of bees, and harassed by doctors, florists, teachers and wheeler-dealers, Mayzie soon becomes a TV star when daisy-head fever hits the nation.

Kenyan novelist and playwright Ngugi wa Thiong'o is the author of WEEP NOT CHILD (1964), THE RIVER BETWEEN (1965), and PETALS OF BLOOD (1977). Ngugi was chair of the Department of Literature at the University of Nairobi from 1972 to 1977. He left Kenya in 1982 and taught at various universities in the United States before he became professor of comparative literature and performance studies at New York University in 1992.

Peter Camenzind, a young man from a Swiss mountain village, leaves his home and eagerly takes to the road in search of new experience. Traveling through Italy and France, Camenzind is increasingly disillusioned by the suffering he discovers around him, after failed romances and a tragic friendship, his idealism fades into crushing hopelessness. He finds peace again only when he cares for Boppi, an invalid who renews Camenzind's love for humani...

In January 1848, John Augustus Sutter, "the first American millionaire, " was ruined by one blow of a pickaxe. That blow revealed gold in one of the streams in Sutter's Californian estate, triggering the Gold Rush that brought hordes of greedy miners from every corner of the world to Sutter's vast domain. This is the story of this bankrupt Swiss paper maker who abandoned his family and made his way to America to seek his fortune. From New York...

The hard-hitting conclusion to an astonishing tale of magic, violence and revenge.

A new novel of artful understatement about mortality, estrangement, and the absurdity of life from the acclaimed author of Unformed Landscape and In Strange GardensOn a day like any other, Andreas changes his life. When a routine doctor's visit leads to an unexpected prognosis, a great yearning takes hold of him-but who can tell if it is homesickness or wanderlust? Andreas leaves everything behind, sells his Paris apartment, cuts off all socia...

The Little Polar Bear and Ahoy There, Little Polar Bear paperbacks have both been repackaged with new cover art.

Hailed as "the most dramatic and comprehensive account" of the early years of Russian capitalism"New York Times Book Review

Rooted in traditional Toltec wisdom beliefs, four agreements in life are essential steps on the path to personal freedom. As beliefs are transformed through maintaining these agreements, shamanic teacher and healer don Miguel Ruiz asserts lives will "become filled with grace, peace, and unconditional love". Author workshops.

Homeowners, designers, architects (no less), road gypsies, water dwellers, dreamers, people of all ages, all over the world are making do creatively with under-500 sq. ft. shelters. This graphic-heavy book will document the current tiny house movement, showing people who have chosen to scale back in the 21st century.

A philosophical analysis of the end of the world, addressing issues of topical concern such as the ecological and economic crises. 'Zizek is to today what Jacques Derrida was to the 80s: the thinker of choice for Europe's young intellectual vanguard' "Observer