Richards: 1944 books

From the two-time winner of Canadas prestigious Governor Generals Award, a suspenseful story of greed, betrayal, murder, and a lottery ticket that may or may not be worth millions. For twenty years, Alex Chapman — a worn-out academic and failed priest — has been at war with his great-uncle James,...

Two names reigned supreme in London's underworld in the 1960s-Ronnie and Reggie Kray, also known as the Kray twins-and it wasn't until 1969 that they were apprehended for murder. Charlie Bronson met the Kray twins in prison and eventually became a trusted friend. Here he tells the inside story of the infamous duo and sets the record straight once and for all.

The third edition of Putting Psychology In Its Place builds on the previous two editions, introducing the history of Psychology and placing the discipline within a historical context. It aims both to answer and raise questions about the role of Psychology in modern society, by critically examining...

Features access to video tutorials! Designed to help architects, planners, and landscape architects use freehand sketching to quickly and creatively generate design concepts, Freehand Drawing and Discovery uses an array of cross-disciplinary examples to help readers develop their drawing skills....

I remember when I went on the search to find 'deep treasures', a young friend stumbled on my yet to be published works. He went out spreading the news that I was on a path way to true wisdom.After giving a talk to a group of education counselors sometime ago, one among them came to me, He...

As healthcare costs rise, so too do the costs of assessment instruments, critical tools for mental health professionals. While some traditional assessment instruments have become prohibitively expensive, as with many other fields, the Internet offers a host of more affordable and equitable alternative...

My Goal in writing this book is to deter any children or anyone that is trying to really make Something out of themselves and I'm just sharing some of the tragedies that I've gone Through during my life and after age 17 it took me 24 years to finally get myself together. I hope it doesn't take anyone...

Includes, 20 maps/diagrams and 23 Illustrations/photos The Royal Air Force is the oldest independent air force in the world, having gained its spurs over the trenches of Flanders in the First World War it was officially established in 1918. However it was during the Second World War that it would...

The final volume of the definitive 'The Royal Air Force 1939 to 1940 three volume history of the RAF. The Fight is Won' was written by Hilary St George Saunders and is noticeably different in style to the previous two volumes. Saunders before WW II had been a writer of Fantasy fiction and his writing...

Santa Fe: The Chief Way is a fresh and nostalgic look at the streamliners of the Santa Fe railroad from the late thirties to the early seventies. Historic photographs, promotional posters, and art capture the charm of traveling by rail throughout the Southwest on classics such as the Super Chief,...

Whether you are new to things Indian or have particular interests in India, this book is your decoding manual for the most complex country on earth. India: Future Tense is about forces shaping today’s India and the opportunities Indians have to influence their world at home and abroad. Accessible,...

Following the May 1857 uprising by sepoys in Meerut and Delhi, the whole future of the British Raj was in the balance. Nowhere was this better demonstrated than at Lucknow and Cawnpore. At the latter a garrison of 240 with 375 British women and children battled to survive a siege by 3,000 mutineers...

One hundred and fifty years of providing care to the mentally ill provides an opportunity to reflect on the lives, the work and the social forces involved in the mental health facility, now known as The Park Centre for Mental Health. This book, which builds on previous projects to record the history...

George the Second on the throne of England, "snuffy old drone from the German hive"; Charles Edward Stuart ("bonnie Prince Charlie") making ready for his great coup which, the next year, was to cast down said George from the throne and set Charles Edward thereupon as "rightful, lawful prince—for wha'll...