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This riveting work of investigative reporting and history exposes classified government projects to build gravity-defying aircraft--which have an uncanny resemblance to flying saucers. The atomic bomb was not the only project to occupy government scientists in the 1940s. Antigravity technology,...

Originally published in 1826, this very early work on fox hunting is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. This is a fascinating read for any fox hunting enthusiast or historian, and also contains much information that is still useful and practical today. Many of the earliest books,...

'One of the most relentlessly brilliant studies of twentieth-century Britain ... these young historians have found a marvellous theme and stuck to it. Theirs is the glory!'  Professor Arthur Marwick, History The 1930s - remembered as the decade of dole queues and hunger marches, mass unemployment,...

The amazing true story of the real “M”, William Melville, MI5’sfounding father and the inspiration for Ian Fleming’s characterin James Bond. Melville was one of the most influential counterespionagefigures of the twentieth century. From a tiny outfitbased in Victoria Street, London, the counter-intelligence...

Don't worry, Create your dream garden isn't your usual garden makeover book that tries to convince you to put decking over every plant you have. Instead this book will help you to discover what's practical for you to achieve and most importantly what you can do that's relatively low maintenance. It is...

How the love of truth led a young man from Franklin County, Tennessee through twelve states, three provinces, and two spiritual battles. Gaston Collins came from a time and place shaped by the pioneer spirit of David Crockett and the Godly spirit of David Lipscomb. The greatest influence on his life,...

Over the past twenty years, a range of radical developments has revolutionized musicology, leading certain practitioners to describe their discipline as 'New.' What has happened to ethnomusicology during this period? Have its theories, methodologies, and values remain rooted in the 1970s and 1980s...

This “beautifully written and elegantly plotted” thriller from the Edgar Award–winning author of The Chatham School Affair is “one of his best ever” (The Globe and Mail, Toronto). Twenty years ago, Ray Campbell was a well-intentioned aid worker dedicated to improving conditions in...

◆台灣書市第一本千萬暢銷大師奇幻文學指導書 ◆美國亞馬遜五星評價，讀者拍案驚嘆創作寶典 由布蘭登．山德森領軍的十五位暢銷大師和資深金獎編輯，累積全球銷售千萬冊實力，首次敞開奇幻文學寫作殿堂之門，恍如在旁親自指導，帶你領略箇中創作巧妙！ 由《迷霧之子》布蘭登．山德森，《戰爭遊戲》歐森．史考特．卡德，《黑色傭兵團》葛蘭．庫克......等十五位重量級奇幻大師和資深金獎編輯，聯手貢獻獨家寫作祕密，告訴你如何打造獨一無二，風靡書市的奇幻英雄，擄獲萬千讀者的心！ 你的英雄在哪裡？他們是否被困在你的頭腦裡，渴望著自由和爆發呢？你是否準備好向讀者分享他們，吹噓他們，告訴所有人他們的魅力舉止和英勇行動，以及他們如何對抗和犧牲？你是一個準備寫下屬於你自己的英雄的說書人嗎？ 當代傑出的文壇前輩們，到底如何天馬行空創造這些英雄人物，讓他們在書頁之間虎虎生風？本書集結了當代最暢銷的奇幻文學作家們在創作過程當中嘔心瀝血的壓箱寶結晶，毫不藏私地透露自己如何創造出有血有肉的傳奇英雄，如何在情節中創造高潮起伏，贏得讀者的深深青睞。 如果你是懷有文壇夢的新手作家，本書絕對是無比實用的參考書籍，提供來自當代重量級作者的寫作建議與視角觀點；如果你只是單純的奇幻文學大師粉絲，更能享受本書中所揭露的奇幻英雄誕生創作過程。 【本書特色】 1.台灣書市首見奇幻文學英雄創作實例指南 2.集結作品暢銷全球千萬冊之當代知名作者寫作精要 3.加入金獎編輯的角度，提供更全方位的分析和導引 【好評推薦】 新銳小說家　何敬堯 國立東華大學數位遊戲與敘事設計研究中心主任暨幻奇文學研究室主持人...

Don't Miss Book 2, The Wildwater Walking Club: Back on Track! "The Wildwater Walking Club is a quick smart read that will get you thinking about walking, friendship, and making time for the things you love." -*Bookreporter.com * **By the *New York Times *bestselling author...

HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS "London: that great sea whose ebb and flow At once is deaf and loud, and on the shore Vomits its wrecks, and still howls on for more, Yet in its depths what treasures!"—Shelley. "Citizens of no mean city." The history of London is—as was that of Rome in ancient times—the history...

Emily Constance Baird (1884-1903) wrote this popular book that continues to be widely read today despite its age.

A sterling collection of the year's most shocking, compelling, and gripping writing about real-life crime, the 2006 edition of The Best American Crime Writing offers fascinating vicarious journeys into a world of felons and their felonious acts. This thrilling compendium includes: Jeffrey Toobin's...

Here be pirates. Seafaring maps of old might well have included this warning note about the port of Saint Malo, as the most memorable chapter of this fortified city was written during the 17th and 18th century, when its cobbled streets witnessed the regular passing of corsairs and pirates, dragging...