Peter C: 385 books
by Peter C. Vermilyea
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2016
Thieves, rumrunners and rapscallions all color the unsavory side of Litchfield County history. Townspeople accused women of witchcraft simply for not bearing enough children in the early days of the region. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Owen Sullivan and William Stuart took advantage...
Kamikaze
To Die for the Emperor
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2014
In this brand new publication from eminent historian Peter C. Smith, we are regaled with the engaging and often incredibly disturbing history of the Kamikaze tradition in Japanese culture. Tracing its history right back to the original Divine Wind (major natural typhoons) that saved Japan from invaders...
by Peter C. Welsh
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
Woodworking Tools, 1600&Ndash;1900 by Peter C. Welsh.
Shoreham Airport
An Illustrated History
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Shoreham is the oldest airport in the UK, aviator Harold Piffard first flying from there in 1910, although the aerodrome only officially opened on 20 June 1911. It served as a base for Alliott Verdon Roe (founder of Avro) and John Alcock (one of the first men to fly the Atlantic). At the start of...
Fatal Journey
The Final Expedition of Henry Hudson
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2009
The English explorer Henry Hudson devoted his life to the search for a water route through America, becoming the first European to navigate the Hudson River in the process. In Fatal Journey, acclaimed historian and biographer Peter C. Mancall narrates Hudson's final expedition.
In the winter...
by Peter C. Vermilyea
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Traces of Litchfield County's past are hidden in plain sight. Vestiges of long-abandoned railroad tracks crisscross the county while a decaying and unmarked cinderblock structure in Warren is all that remains of a cornerstone of national defense. All but forgotten today, a fire roared through Winsted...
Mitsubishi Zero
Japan's Legendary Fighter
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
The Mitsubishi Zero is one of the great legendary fighter aircraft ever to have graced the skies. Symbolic of the might of Imperial Japan, she represented a peak of developmental prowess in the field of aviation during the early years of the Second World War. Engineered with manoeuvrability in mind,...
by Peter C. Mancall
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
In the sixteenth-century Atlantic world, nature and culture swirled in people's minds to produce fantastic images. In the South of France, a cloister's painted wooden panels greeted parishioners with vivid depictions of unicorns, dragons, and centaurs, while Mayans in the Yucatan created openings...
by Peter C. Pugsley
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
From the critically acclaimed Malaysian film Sepet to the on-going box office successes of the films created by Hong Kong director Wong Kar Wai, cinematic texts from the nations of Asia are increasingly capturing audiences beyond their national boundaries. Tradition, Culture and Aesthetics in Contemporary...
Waltzes with Giants
The Twilight Journey of the North Atlantic Right Whale
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Waltzes with Giants is a moving portrait of one of the earth’s largest endangered mammals. Mystical and provocative, the book is inspired by a real North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) and her threatened migrations from Atlantic Canada to her calving grounds off the coasts of Georgia...
Popular Sovereignty and the Crisis of German Constitutional Law
The Theory and Practice of Weimar Constitutionalism
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 1997
Popular Sovereignty and the Crisis of German Constitutional Law is a historical analysis of competing doctrines of constitutional law during the Weimar Republic. It chronicles the creation of a new constitutional jurisprudence both adequate to the needs of a modern welfare state and based on the principle...
Other People's Kids
Social Expectations and American Adults? Involvement with Children and Adolescents
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
According to the study conducted by Gallup Organization, only a minority of Americans experience consistent normative motivation for engaging with other people's children. Social norms theory suggests that adults are more likely to get deeply involved if that involvement is viewed as highly important,...
Autism and Joint Attention
Development, Neuroscience, and Clinical Fundamentals
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2016
From a preeminent researcher, this book looks at the key role of joint attention in both typical and atypical development. Peter C. Mundy shows that no other symptom dimension is more strongly linked to early identification and treatment of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). He synthesizes a wealth of...
by Rachel Stackhouse, Peter C. de Vries
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2015
(Originally titled SuperMom in Galilee)
A unique, absorbing journey in time crafted by a USA-Today bestselling novelist and a New Testament scholar.
Rachel did everything right. But no matter where she was, she had the feeling she was supposed to be someplace else…
When an...