Franks: 888 books
Mountain Movers
Mining, Sustainability and the Agents of Change
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
The products of mining are everywhere – if it wasn’t grown, it was mined or drilled. But the mining industry has a chequered past. Pollution, human rights abuses, and corruption have tarnished the reputation of the industry across the globe. Over a decade ago the major mining companies embraced...
by Jo Franks
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012
You'll love this book, the recipes are easy, the ingredients are easy to get and they don't take long to make. Foodlovers turn to Gingerbread Greats for information and inspiration. Everything is in here, from the proverbial soup to nuts: Apple Upside-Down Gingerbread, Brandy Sauce, Chewy Chocolate...
Crossing Sidelines, Crossing Cultures
Sport and Asian Pacific American Cultural Citizenship
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2009
Since Crossing Sidelines, Crossing Cultures was originally published in 2000, new findings in Asian Pacific American sports have come to light. Moreover, Americans of Asian Pacific ancestry have made the sports world incredibly more exciting than before. Crossing Sidelines, Crossing Cultures tells...
by Alan Franks
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2010
A collection of moving, witty and passionate poems about love, loss and landscape, about men and women struggling to find meaning in a land reeling from urbanisation. Here too are beautifully crafted homages to Donne, Arnold, Clare, Betjeman and many more.
Indigenous Homelessness
Perspectives from Canada, Australia, and New Zealand
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2016
Being homeless in one’s homeland is a colonial legacy for many Indigenous people in settler societies. The construction of Commonwealth nation-states from colonial settler societies depended on the dispossession of Indigenous peoples from their lands. The legacy of that dispossession and related...
The Ryder Cup Trivia Quiz Book
250 Questions on the History of the Golf Competition
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2014
The Ryder Cup is one of the biggest events in the golf calendar, attracting a huge global audience but how much do you really know about this eagerly awaited biennial tournament? If you are a fan of golf and would like to find out more about the history of the Ryder Cup from the very first match through...
by Benjamin Franks, Stuart Hanscomb, Sean F Johnston
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Environmental Ethics and Behavioural Change takes a practical approach to environmental ethics with a focus on its transformative potential for students, professionals, policy makers, activists, and concerned citizens. Proposed solutions to issues such as climate change, resource depletion and accelerating...
by John W. Cusworth, T. R. Franks
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Covers the concepts, systems and skills of project management, identifying the three major elements of organisations: implementation, planning and procurement.
by Jo Franks
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
You'll love this book, the recipes are easy, the ingredients are easy to get and they don't take long to make. Foodlovers turn to Tempura Greats for information and inspiration. Everything is in here, from the proverbial soup to nuts: Almost Chicken Tempura, Another Tempura Batter, Basic Hiroshima...
Corky Tails
Tales of a Tailless Dog Named Sagebrush
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2016
“Real dogs don’t need tails.” That’s what Maverick and Ginger told their precious baby Sagebrush when she was born without a tail. Sagebrush overcomes labeling and bullying by her peers with the help of a young woman who hasn’t let being a girl stop her from achieving her dreams. The young...
Corky Tails Tales of a Tailless Dog Named Sagebrush
Sagebrush Meets the Shuns
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
There was a deep, low grumbling, groaning noise coming from deep within the forest where no grumbling, groaning noise should be heard. Sagebrush, the tailless puppy, felt the vibration of the earth before she heard the noise as the sun began to rise over the Rocky Mountains and the cattle ranch she...
by Norman Franks
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2013
The Royal Aircraft Factory SE 5/5a was, along with the Sopwith Camel, the major British fighting scout of the last 18 months of the war in France. It equipped several major squadrons, the first being No 56 Sqn in April 1917. This unit became famous for the number of aces it had among its pilots, including...
Coastal Command's Air War Against the German U-Boats
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
This book summarises the story of how RAF Coastal Command overcame the German U-boat danger during the Second World War and how the escalation of the U-boat war promoted the development of anti-submarine warfare, leading to victory over this menace in the Atlantic.
At the start of the war, RAF...
Fighter Command’s Air War 1941
RAF Circus Operations and Fighter Sweeps Against the Luftwaffe
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
Following the Battle of Britain, the RAF started taking the air war to the Germans. A small number of bombers, escorted by large numbers of fighters tried to force the Luftwaffe into battle. Much air combat ensued with RAF light bombers escorted by scores of fighters, but it was not until Germany...