Colin: 2238 books

These stories are about the members of the 4th Anti-Tank Regiment.The regiment served in World War II in the thwarted defence of Malaya and in the charade of the defence of Darwin.Three batteries of the regiment were sent to Singapore in the hope that they could help prevent the Japanese...

À partir de quarante ans, la vie est toute tracée. C'est ce qu'il pensait avant de rencontrer Marie un après-midi dans un bar. Il est chauffeur de taxi, père de trois enfants, marié depuis quinze ans, propriétaire d'une maison avec jardin en périphérie de Bruxelles et sa belle petite vie roulait...

Scientists have discovered that the underlying cause of almost all the age related diseases – and the aging process itself - is long term inflammation in the cells around your key organs, heart, brain, colon, lungs.Yet a few simple steps - revealed in this book - can reduce this inflammation...

Grunwald Magnusson was always a lonely person, ever since childhood where he struggled to understand people. People were his antagonists. People were always interfering in his life. Why did his father give him this ridiculous name and leave him when he was only five years old? Only his father could tell...

Grunwald Magnusson was always a lonely person, ever since childhood where he struggled to understand people. People were his antagonists. People were always interfering in his life. Why did his father give him this ridiculous name and leave him when he was only five years old? Only his father could tell...

Grunwald Magnusson was always a lonely person, ever since childhood where he struggled to understand people. People were his antagonists. People were always interfering in his life. Why did his father give him this ridiculous name and leave him when he was only five years old? Only his father could tell...

This new Companion covers one of the most devastating conflicts in modern history. The Great War traumatised a generation and shaped the whole of the twentieth century. Speaking as loudly as any first-hand account, the facts and figures laid out in this volume reveal the sheer massive destruction...

They Stole Whopper’s Snapper is not a children’s story. It is a story for the YOUNG AT HEART. When Sandy donned a shark suit and went swimming, in her naïve effort to save the sharks, Strangler and his gang were not amused. They thought of eating her, but for fear of reprisal from the humans...

It is no great secret that managing disruptive behaviour in any classroom, from infants to sixth form, is one of the most stressful aspects of teaching. Rules and sanctions can be effective up to a point, but often fail to take into consideration individual differences in children and the difficulties...

Terrorist financing is an ongoing game of creating, concealing, and surreptitiously utilizing funds. This intriguing book considers every facet of guerrilla funding—from how activities are financed, to what insurgents do with the revenue they generate, to the range of countermeasures in place for...

If a theory of education is to be helpful to the practising teacher, it must take the social context of learning into account. Originally published in 1982, Colin Rogers does just this, exploring the implications of two decades’ detailed research in to the social psychology of teaching and learning....

Young Henry Percy is unaware of today’s purpose. In the company of three prolific story tellers, he is intrigued by tales of Templar treasure, of a warrior king, of battle, murder and espionage. The truth is less romantic and, as the stories unfold, one thing is certain. Lady Eleanor is at the heart...

Colin first came to Aquitaine in the southwest of France in January 1994 to start the renovation of a friend’s property.This is the tale of his transition from leaving North Wales ten years later, and settling in the Dordogne department region of France.The story covers the highs-and-lows of his first...

Captain James Carlin is a biography of a shadowy nineteenth-century British Confederate, James Carlin (1833–1921), who was among the most successful captains running the U.S. Navy’s blockade of Southern ports during the Civil War. Written by his descendent Colin Carlin, Captain James Carlin ventures...