J Spicer: 8 books

Book cover of Clark Gable, in Pictures

Clark Gable, in Pictures

Candid Images of the Actor's Life

by Chrystopher J. Spicer
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2011

From the very beginning of Clark Gable’s screen career, the life of the glamorous film star came under the scrutiny of the camera. While audiences are familiar with the public Gable as seen through the studio lens, the private Gable as seen in photos taken by members of the public, friends, and...
Book cover of Intervention in the Modern UK Brewing Industry
by J. Spicer, C. Thurman, J. Walters
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2011

This is the story of the radical intervention carried out by the Thatcher administration in response to 1986-89 Monopolies and Mergers Commission inquiry into brewing. It describes the creation of big brewers, the official investigations into what many saw as an uncompetitive structure and the damaging consequences for consumers and licensees.
Book cover of Great Australian World Firsts

Great Australian World Firsts

The things we made, the things we did

by Chrystopher J Spicer
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012

Did you know that Australians were actually the first in the world to: * put wine in cardboard casks * explore both the Arctic and Antarctic by air * invent a portable pacemaker * manufacture and market the one-piece bathing suit * develop the wire-guided missile? Australians...
Book cover of The Flying Adventures of Jessie Keith "Chubbie" Miller

The Flying Adventures of Jessie Keith "Chubbie" Miller

The Southern Hemisphere's First International Aviatrix

by Chrystopher J. Spicer
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2017

Pioneer aviatrix Jessie “Chubbie” Miller made a significant contribution to aviation history. The first woman to fly from England to her native Australia (as co-pilot with her close friend Captain Bill Lancaster), she was also the first woman to fly more than 8000 miles, to cross the equator in...
Book cover of Palaeoclimates and their Modelling

Palaeoclimates and their Modelling

With special reference to the Mesozoic era

by P.J. Valdes, B.J. Hoskins, R. Spicer
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

The climate of the Earth has undergone many changes and for those times when geologic data are widespread and abundant the Mesozoic appears to have been one of the warmest intervals. This was a time during which the single continent Pangea disintegrated into continental units similar to those of today,...
Book cover of The Big Book of Fairy Tales (1500+ fairy tales: Cinderella, Rapunzel, The Spleeping Beauty, The Ugly Ducking, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, The Happy Prince...) (Kathartika™ Classics)
by Hans Christian Andersen, The Brothers Grimm, Joseph Jacobs
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2019

If you were looking for the definitive Fairy Tales anthology, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! "The Big Book of Fairy Tales" gathers together more than 1500 tales, which makes it truly unique in its kind. Here you will find some of the finest stories from around the globe,...
Book cover of The Daily Show and Rhetoric

The Daily Show and Rhetoric

Arguments, Issues, and Strategies

by Jonathan E. Barbur, C Wesley Buerkle, Josh Compton
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2011

The Daily Show and Rhetoric: Arguments, Issues, and Strategies examines the popular Comedy Central program from a rhetorical perspective to uncover the ways in which Jon Stewart, the cast, and writers critique mainstream media and politicians. This volume analyzes the nature of The Daily Show, the...
Book cover of Biodiversity

Biodiversity

An Introduction

by Kevin J. Gaston, John I. Spicer
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD ARTWORK This concise introductory text provides a complete overview of biodiversity - what it is, how it arose, its distribution, why it is important, human impact upon it, and what should be done to maintain it. Timely overview of the serious attempts made to quantify...
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