Little: 759 books

This Physics Study Brief provides a concise, conceptual overview of the scientific study of physics. This compact guide is the ideal orientation resource for a high school student taking an advanced placement course or a college student enrolled in an introductory Physics course. It is also for anyone...

You know Sam Neill makes wine, but do you know what word he can’t stand when people talk about wine? Sir Ray Avery saves lives in the Third World, but you might be surprised to learn what drives him to distraction at home. You know Kevin Milne fights for a fair go, but you probably don’t know why...

The Careers in Engineering Study Brief is a quick career primer for individuals currently exploring career entry and advancement options in the field of engineering. Students interested in engineering who are investigating career options, technicians planning for career advancement or a career change,...

How do you define rockabilly? Who were the original "outlaws" of Country music? Where can you go to hear great music in Austin, Texas? My Country Roots answers all these questions and hundreds more! It is a resource that will help you fill your mp3 player with the essential...

The extraordinary story of Christine Townend and an Indian animal shelter Christine Townend is an extraordinary person, who has dedicated her life to helping the most vulnerable creatures in our society – the animals that we rely on for food, labour or just companionship. In the 1970s...

On 6th July 2003, Jeremy Little was fatally wounded in a rocket attack near Fallujah in Iraq. He was a 27-year-old sound recordist working for a US television network. For a week Jeremy's fight for life was headline news around Australia. After he lost his battle the interest of the public and media,...

This book includes over 102 dating tips for men & women such as: For Women: Remember to keep your ears open more than your mouth.  Your date is not one of your girlfriends, and he probably would enjoy a chance to talk about himself and his interests for a little while too....

The Marketing Study Brief provides an introduction to marketing concepts and practices. It is intended as a quick reference for students of business or marketing as well as business professionals, including employees, team leaders and managers. This Study Brief contains a short introduction, key terms...

**• Winner of the Strand Critics Award for Best First Novel • Nominated for the Barry and Macavity Awards for Best First Novel • Longlisted for the CWA John Creasy (New Blood) Dagger Award “Quick-witted and fast-paced, this debut mystery should be a hit with Gone Girl fans.” —People...

When many people think of musicians, they think glitz and glamour and people accepting Grammy awards on television. However, for most people this isn’t the case. The average professional musician books gigs without the fanfare and the worldwide prestige. People who want to make a living making music...

The huge Auschwitz camp in Poland, the Third Reich’s most gruesome death camp, contained not only the infamous concentration camp - whose horrors are well-documented - but also a prisoner-of-war facility that housed British inmates. Situated close enough to the Jewish quarters to smell the stench...

To read of sea roving's various incarnations - piracy, privateering, buccaneering, la flibuste, la course - is to bring forth romantic, and often violent, imagery. Indeed, much of this imagery has become a literary and cinematic clich?. And what an image it is! But its truth is by halves, and paradoxically...

In 1674, it is three years since Henry MorganÆs pirates sacked Panama. England is now at peace with Spain, and soon France, Holland, and Spain will briefly be at peace among themselves. But soon buccaneers and their French counterparts, the filibusters, will seize the opportunity of material gain presented...

For thousands of years pirates, privateers, and seafaring raiders have terrorized the ocean voyager and coastal inhabitant, plundering ship and shore with impunity. From the victim's point of view, these attackers were not the rebellious, romantic rulers of Neptune's realm, but savage beasts to be eradicated,...