Withington: 12 books
Secrets of the Centenarians
What is it Like to Live for a Century and Which of Us Will Survive to Find Out?
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2017
In October 1995, a blind, deaf, French grandmother broke a world record. Jeanne Calment became, so far as we know, the oldest human being who has ever lived when she reached the age of 120 years and 238 days. She went on to survive for nearly three more years—dying in 1997 at 122 years and 164 days....
Flood
Nature and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
From the flood that remade the earth in the Old Testament to the 1931 China floods that killed almost four million people, from the broken levees in New Orleans to the almost yearly rising waters of rivers like the Mississippi, floods have many causes: rain, melting ice, storms, tsunamis, failures...
Storm
Nature and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
Gales, cyclones, blizzards, tornados, and hurricanes—few things demonstrate the awesome power of nature like a good storm. Devastating, diverse, and sometimes appearing completely out of nowhere, storms are also a source of both scientific and aesthetic wonder. In this book, John Withington takes...
Disaster!
A History of Earthquakes, Floods, Plagues, and Other Catastrophes
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2010
A comprehensive catalog of the most devastating and deadly events—natural or man-made—in human history.
If you follow the news it can seem like injury, sickness, and death are now constant, inescapable occurrences that threaten us every second of every day. But such catastrophic events—as...
by Thomas Withington
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
The development of the B-1B Lancer bomber was difficult to say the least. Originally conceived to fulfill a USAF requirement for an Advanced Manned Strategic Aircraft, the original B-1A concept aircraft was accused of being a white elephant, capable of performing nothing which could not be achieved...
London's Disasters
From Boudicca to the Banking Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
From ancient wars to terrorist attacks, now updated to include the 2008-2009 banking crisis From AD61, when Queen Boudicca—outraged at her treatment at the hands of the Romans—marched on to the city and burned it to the gound, London has been hit by wave upon wave of destruction. This fascinating...
by Thomas Withington
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
The B-2A 'Spirit' was an aircraft conceived to fight the Cold War but which has proved invaluable to both the 'New World Order' and more recently the 'War on Terrorism'. The combination of low-observability, precision strike, range and payload flexibility has made the 'Spirit' the weapon of choice...
Wild Weasel Fighter Attack
The Story of the Suppression of Enemy Air Defences
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2008
Detecting and destroying enemy Surface-to-Air Missiles (S.A.M.) and radar is arguably the most dangerous mission that any pilot can undertake. Tactics differ with air forces, but the general principal is to fly a formation of aircraft into an area where the enemys air defenses are strong, wait for...
Britain's 20 Worst Military Disasters
From the Roman Conquest to the Fall of Singapore
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
Britain's biggest military blunders and defeats throughout history, including Hastings, Somme, and Singapore Crecy, Agincourt, Blenheim, Trafalgar, Waterloo, El Alamein—war and history buffs know plenty about the great British military victories, often won against the odds. But what of the defeats...
by William Harrison, Lothrop Withington
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011
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by Paulette M. Withington
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2002
Thirty-one-year-old Carol Stivers is tiring of the rat race of modeling and wants to settle down. A rush hour fender-bender forces Carol Stivers and Jack Reynolds, the president of Future Span World Developers to cross paths. When she helps him reach his important meeting on time, he shows how grateful...
by PAULETTE M. WITHINGTON
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2004
The legend had lived for more than a century, yet, in spite of eye witnesses who had seen her ghost, no one wanted to believe the validity of The Blue Lady. Why was she haunting Brindle Point? What was she trying to say?
After one dockside farewell too many, Josiah Abbotts need for hearth and...