Clayton: 792 books

Published in the year 1974, Government and Labour in Kenya is a valuable contribution to the field of History.

This book is the outcome of an idea, and the idea is very simple. It is that the best way to understand the dramatic transformation any idea can bring and to successfully bring ideas across, is to think of them as profound insights and moments of clarity often disguised as wit, captured in one single...

Few people hunting today are fully aware of the history of their sport. Accounts of the subject can be somewhat dry and academic. So, in an easy and entertaining manner, here is a concise summary of how this much-misunderstood sport has survived and flourished through centuries of change, to the benefit...

Begin your iOS mobile application development journey with this accessible, practical guide About This Book Use Swift 3 and latest iOS 10 features to build awesome apps for iPhone and iPad Explore and use a wide range of Apple development tools to become a confident iOS developer From prototype...

I got locked in jail for a misdemeanor for 200 days. It was my first time sentenced, and as I told the warden on the way out, "The next time y'all get me in here, I'll be in Hoveraround." These words are my observation of the jailhouse game, as it were...

This book traces the story of the only all-Black boarding high school in Kentucky, using historical fact as well as creative non-fiction and fictional elements. The school was established because of segregation and the passage of the Day Law in Kentucky in 1904. It follows the experiences of the fictional...

Is Shakespeare English, British, neither or both? Addressing from various angles the relation of the figure of the national poet/dramatist to constructions of England and Englishness this collection of essays probes the complex issues raised by this question, first through explorations of his plays,...

Childhood friends Khalil, a successful rapper, and Justin (J.D.), recently released from prison, are confronted by circumstances that test the mettle of the sworn-in-blood lifelong bond they declared to each other. The unshakable camaraderie they shared as youngsters growing up in New Orleans is tried...

The Red Army’s defeat of the Germans during the Second World War is one of the great achievements in military history. The military man most responsible for that victory was Marshal Georgi Zhukov. Though less well known than some of his German or allied counterparts, Zhukov was a brilliant practitioner...

The Maginot Line was one of the most advanced networks of fortifications in history. Built in the aftermath of World War I, and stretching along the French eastern border from Belgium to Switzerland, it was designed to prevent German troops from ever setting foot on French soil again. Its primary...

Revisionist historians argue that American gun culture and manufacturing are relatively recent developments. They further claim that widespread gun violence was largely absent from early American history because guns of all types, and especially handguns, were rare before 1848. According to these...

One of the most profound events in sixteenth-century North America was a ferocious battle between the Spanish army of Hernando de Soto and a larger force of Indian warriors under the leadership of a feared chieftain named Tascalusa. The site of this battle was a small fortified border town within...

The book tells a gripping account and shares the critical decisions made by all agencies involved in the nuclear underground testing during the Cold War with Russia.

**The story of 488 RNZAF Squadron during the fall of Singapore early in 1942.**This gripping history has been written using the diaries, letters, photographs and personal reminiscences of members of 488 Squadron, who were based just outside Singapore City and valiantly kept planes in the air against...