Brett: 1126 books
The New Enclosure
The Appropriation of Public Land in Neoliberal Britain
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2019
How public land has been stolen from us.
Much has been written about Britain's trailblazing post-1970s privatization program, but the biggest privatization of them all has until now escaped scrutiny: the privatization of land. Since Margaret Thatcher took power in 1979, and hidden from the...
Aviation English
A lingua franca for pilots and air traffic controllers
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
Aviation English investigates the key issues related to the use of English for the purpose of communication in aviation and analyses the current research on language training, testing and assessment in the area of Aviation English. Based on a series of recent empirical studies in aviation communication...
An Emergent Theory of Digital Library Metadata
Enrich then Filter
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2015
An Emergent Theory of Digital Library Metadata is a reaction to the current digital library landscape that is being challenged with growing online collections and changing user expectations. The theory provides the conceptual underpinnings for a new approach which moves away from expert defined standardised...
Machine Learning with R
Expert techniques for predictive modeling to solve all your data analysis problems
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2015
Build machine learning algorithms, prepare data, and dig deep into data prediction techniques with R
About This Book
Harness the power of R for statistical computing and data science
Explore, forecast, and classify data with R
Use R to apply common machine learning algorithms to real-world scenarios
Who...
Micromechanics of Composite Materials
A Generalized Multiscale Analysis Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
With composites under increasing use in industry to replace traditional materials in components and structures, the modeling of composite performance, damage and failure has never been more important.
Micromechanics of Composite Materials: A Generalized Multiscale Analysis Approach brings together...
#dudewhatstourlike
A Survival Guide for the Touring Musician
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2018
The life of a touring artist isn't what most people expect, and underground music is increasingly becoming DIY. Because of this, today's touring musicians need to know how touring actually works. Artists must fill the shoes of not only performer, but as tour manager, merch guy, roadie, and much, much...
Building Your Resiliency
A Guide to Bouncing Back from Life's Challenges and Taking on the World
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Every man wants to know the secret of the man who is able to walk up to any woman and strike up a conversation. Who can saunter into his boss’ office and ask for a raise. Who takes the trip everyone else says is crazy. Their secret is resilience. They’ve got a thick skin; they don’t walk around...
by Lionel Fanthorpe, Leo Brett, Patricia Fanthorpe
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
There are some parts of the world where change comes slowly. There are other placed where it scarcely comes at all. In really remote areas time stands still. The passing of the centuries means no more than the passing of clouds across a leaden sky.
In the wilder regions of eastern Europe and...
by Leo Brett, Lionel Fanthorpe, Patricia Fanthorpe
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
Salford is chosen to visit a long dead planet outside the solar system. However, when he gets out of the ship for a look around, he has the distinct feeling he is not alone.
by Leo Brett, Patricia Fanthorpe, Lionel Fanthorpe
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
Another spinetingling collection from the prolific pen of R L Fanthorpe!
The Frozen Tomb: Unliving and undying she waited in a casket of ice.
Sleeping Place: His thin lips curled back to display rows of sharp, white teeth.
Strange Country: "What is he doing there? How could...
by Leo Brett, Lionel Fanthorpe, Patricia Fanthorpe
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Life on the pioneer planet Orkol was harsh and lonely. Earth settlers found a civilisation of decay, a frustrating shortage of women, outdated machinery and plagues of vicious rodents. The dawn of the green suns gave only a thin eerie light. And the mineral Orkolite produced vibrations that could destroy a planet or shatter a human brain.
by Lionel Fanthorpe, Leo Brett, Patricia Fanthorpe
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
The modern mind usually associates witchcraft with the middle ages. We think of witches as Shakespeare depicted them in Macbeth. We see them as secret, black and midnight hags, doing a deed without a name. We close our eyes and immediately the vision of a cauldron filled with foul ingredients appears...
by Leo Brett, Lionel Fanthorpe, Patricia Fanthorpe
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Xalia was old when the Pyramids were built. Xalia was a woman when Gaza was an untouched coastal plain. Xalia was a woman when Abraham left Ur of the Chaldees. She was not alone. There were others like her. Human, yet more than human. Some were good. Others were evil. Others, like Xalia, still retained...
by Leo Brett, Lionel Fanthorpe, Patricia Fanthorpe
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
The ties of home were strong. In a few years man gets attached to bricks and mortar, and scenery. In a hundred years roots are so deep that no one wants to tear them up. In a thousand years it is quite unthinkable. In a million years, only a lunatic would want to leave...
Then came the alien, presenting...