Allan Wood: 14 books

Babe Ruth and the 1918 Red Sox is the first complete account of Boston's fifth World Series championship. The year is famous, but most fans know very little about the season. During that tumultuous summer, the Great War in Europe cast an ominous shadow over the national game, as enlistments...

Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Boston Red Sox’ unprecedented championship run in the fall of 2004, this guide takes fans behind the scenes and inside the dugout, bullpen, and clubhouse to reveal to baseball fans how it happened, as it happened. The book highlights how, during a span of...

These writings are a celebration of the evolution of our habitat and its inhabitants from time immemorial to present day. Together with our singular appreciation for the most spoken word of all time, a word that conveys different emotions, has multiple meanings, a word that is never used out of context,...

n el primer semestre de 2010, la sede- Amazonia de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia realizó la Cátedra de Sede Jorge Eliécer Gaitán titulada ?Amazonia colombiana. Imaginarios y realidades ". El presente libro reúne las memorias de la Cátedra en la cual participaron investigadores colombianos...

When you have nothing else to live for, you may have everything to die for. Detective Inspector Bob Buchanan reckons he has been touched by the hand of God. His life-long colleague and friend Detective Inspector Simon Ramsay, on the other hand, has nothing but evil in his desires. The battle...

Detective Inspector Bob Buchanan, in his quest for the truth, has uncovered evil in its vilest form. This evil has been nurtured within the community for generations. This evil having infiltrated every facet of a once decent society, now threatens to destroy anyone who tries to interfere. DI...

The “black car” has appeared both conspicuously and inconspicuously throughout the annals of fiction—its presence both mysterious and menacing, its appearance enough to pause your heart. It’s the sedan just within sight that seems to be mimicking your speed and movements as you walk...

Blackpool isn’t a particularly old town and its rapid development has primarily been fuelled by tourism in the last 150 years or so. To cater for the millions of visitors that arrive each year, Blackpool has more licensed premises than anywhere else in the country outside of Central London. Like...

When a young couple discovers a female body with multiple stab wounds and a turn-of-the-century clue lying in blood, the Las Vegas Criminalistics unit is called in to help catch the perpetrator. Meanwhile, Stokes and Sidle are called to the site of another Jane Doe discarded in a dumpster could there be a connection? Find out in the series based on the popular TV show!

This volume assembles the papers, presentations, and speeches from the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP) held in Oxfordshire in 2015. This book is a companion volume to the proceedings of the 1965 inaugural meeting of IAUP, also published by...

A duel between retro-punk rappers from the white-hot music scene in Las Vegas ends with one of them murdered. The problem for Gil Grissom and his team of crime scene investigators isnt a lack of suspects, its too manyeach with his or her own reason to want Busta Kapp dead. But when the suspects start...

As residents and regular visitors to Blackpool will know, and as the recent extensive changes to the town centre and promenade show, Blackpool never stands still. The on-going nature of Blackpool's development was all too apparent during the preparation of this book and the town's motto of 'Progress'...

Blackpool’s rise to prominence as the ‘archetypal British seaside resort’ began when the railway was built in the 1840s, opening the town up to the industrial north. Throngs of people flocked to the town for the health benefits of sea-bathing. By 1881, Blackpool was a booming resort complete...

Blackpool’s golden sands and sea views have attracted throngs of holidaymakers and tourists since the eighteenth century. As Britain’s premier holiday resort, Blackpool today is a vibrant town that knows how to have fun. The views in this History Tour provide a glimpse into Blackpool’s past,...