Bamford: 82 books
Sickness, Suffering, and the Sword
The British Regiment on Campaign, 1808–1815
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Although an army’s success is often measured in battle outcomes, its victories depend on strengths that may be less obvious on the field. In Sickness, Suffering, and the Sword, military historian Andrew Bamford assesses the effectiveness of the British Army in sustained campaigning during the Napoleonic...
The Shadow Factory
The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2008
James Bamford has been the preeminent expert on the National Security Agency since his reporting revealed the agency’s existence in the 1980s. Now Bamford describes the transformation of the NSA since 9/11, as the agency increasingly turns its high-tech ears on the American public.
The Shadow...
Freshwater Heritage
A History of Sail on the Great Lakes, 1670-1918
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2007
Freshwater Heritage: A History of Sail on the Great Lakes, 1670-1918 represents the culmination of a lifelong passion for sailing and for the history of sail as it applies to Canada. Author/sailor/boat builder Don Bamford takes us deep into the psyche of sailing as it applies to historical events...
by V. James Bamford
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
It is the most secret agency within the United States Government. For many years, the government denied that it even existed (and, according to a Washington joke, the initials NSA stood for “No Such Agency”). It was established not by law but by a top secret presidential memorandum that has been...
How to Retire 10 Years Early
Your Plan for Less Work and More Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2010
Take control and retire when you want to on your own terms with How To Retire 10 Years Early.
Personal finance expert Martin Bamford has developed this unique step-by-step and highly practical programme to show every reader how it is both possible and realistic to take control of your financial...
by Paul Bamford
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1956
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1956
By choosing to concentrate upon discovering what forest resources were available to the French navy during the ancien régime and what use it was able to make of them, Mr. Bamford has not only provided the first monograph on that subject in the English language, but has gone far toward explaining...
by Henry Bamford Parkes
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
"Remarkably well balanced and sound . . . " - The New Republic. Here, from award-winning historian Henry Bamford Parkes and the editors of American Heritage, is the dramatic story of Mexico - from the Aztecs, Maya, and other ancient peoples who gave birth to a vast civilization to the Spanish Conquest,...
A Pretext for War
9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America's Intelligence Agencies
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2005
A Pretext for War reveals the systematic weaknesses behind the failure to detect or prevent the 9/11 attacks, and details the Bush administration’s subsequent misuse of intelligence to sell preemptive war to the American people. Filled with unprecedented revelations, from the sites of “undisclosed...
Deified Person
A Study of Deification in Relation to Person and Christian Becoming
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2011
Deified Person: A Study of Deification in Relation to Person and Christian Becoming focuses on a theological exploration of “person” through the notion of deification and is placed within a Christian Orthodox–Byzantine context. The book offers new interpretations of person in relation to Christian...
Untie the Lines
Setting Sail and Breaking Free
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
In Casting Off we met Emma Bamford. Stressed out and fed up with London life, working 80-hour weeks and with no hint of a love life, Emma suddenly decided to quit her job, pack up her life and go and live with a man she's never met, and his cat, on a yacht in Borneo. In Casting Off we followed Emma...
Casting Off
How a City Girl Found Happiness on the High Seas
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2014
As a journalist for the Independent, Emma Bamford is swept along with the London rat race, lost amongst the egos of Fleet Street. Surrounded by budget cuts and bullies, the thrill of a breaking news story is no longer enough. And at 31, still struggling to get to a fourth date and surrounded by friends...
A contemporary history of social work
Learning from the past
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2015
Drawing on lessons from the recent history of social work to identify how and why it has lost its privilege and influence, this book challenges social work students to understand why social work has failed to maintain its position as a driver of social reform. Bamford looks forward to a new model...
Essential Guide to Operations Management
Concepts and Case Notes
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2010
This book is a novel treatment of Operations Management. It takes a fresh insight to this increasingly important topic, exploring fundamental principles equally applicable to service and manufacturing situations. The book adapts a strategic stance by providing a framework for effective decision making...
by Peter Lamborn Wilson, Christopher Bamford
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
Hermeticism, or alchemy, is the ancient, primordial mystery science of nature through which people in all times and places have, for the sake of world evolution, sought to unite Heaven and Earthdivinity, cosmos, earth, and humanity, as a single whole. Selfless, intimate, dedicated to healing and harmony,...