Neil: 3512 books
Shakespeare the Illusionist
Magic, Dreams, and the Supernatural on Film
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2019
In Shakespeare the Illusionist, Neil Forsyth reviews the history of Shakespeare’s plays on film, using the basic distinction in film tradition between what is owed to Méliès and what to the Lumière brothers. He then tightens his focus on those plays that include some explicit magical or supernatural...
by Neil Forsyth
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
Swiss Cycle Route 3, the North-South Route, leads from Basle on the borders of France and Germany over the Jura Mountains, through the lakes of Central Switzerland , climbs up over the Alps via the St. Gotthard Pass to drop down through the Levantina to Bellizona where the route climbs again before...
The Prometheus Bomb
The Manhattan Project and Government in the Dark
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
During World War II, the lives of millions of Americans lay precariously in the hands of a few brilliant scientists who raced to develop the first weapon of mass destruction. Elected officials gave the scientists free rein in the Manhattan Project without understanding the complexities and dangers...
Southern Comfort
The Story of Borders Rugby
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
For the last 130 years, the Borders has produced a long line of international class rugby players, out of all proportion to the area's small population, and has long been considered the heartland of Scottish rugby. Featuring interviews with many of the leading luminaries of Borders rugby, Neil Drysdale...
Embattled Glory
Veterans, Military Families, and the Politics of Patriotism in China, 1949–2007
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2010
This groundbreaking book examines the treatment of veterans of the People's Liberation Army and military families as an illuminating window into Chinese patriotism, citizenship, and legitimacy. Using a wealth of recently declassified archival documents and employing a wide comparative perspective,...
by Ian Burney, Neil Pemberton
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Crime scene investigation—or CSI—has captured the modern imagination. On television screens and in newspapers, we follow the exploits of forensic officers wearing protective suits and working behind police tape to identify and secure physical evidence for laboratory analysis. But where did this...
Rising Tides
Finding a Future-Proof Faith in an Age of Exponential Change
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2018
We stand on the edge of an opportunity unlike any in history. Every moment we hesitate, the distance between irrelevance and influence grows exponentially. Our time is now.
Today’s culture is defined by four exponential growth trends: the population boom, the technology tsunami, the rising...
by Neil Collingwood
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Leek is the principal town of the Staffordshire Moorlands and is the most important centre on the south-western edge of the Peak District. It stands on a hill in a large bend in the River Churnet and is locally known as the ‘Queen of the Moorlands’. Since the 1670s, the silk industry was of great...
by Neil K. MacMillan
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2015
From the halls of Syracuse University to the quiet neighborhoods of Fayetteville and Marcellus, the communities of Onondaga County have a haunted history. Some sites are hotbeds of paranormal activity, like Syracuse's Woodlawn Cemetery, the Jamesville Penitentiary and Split Rock Quarry, where a blast...
Shadows on the Sea
The Maritime Mysteries of Britain
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
The great oceans of the world have long been considered alien environments said to harbor strange creatures and unfathomable mysteries. This new book examines the maritime-rich heritage surrounding the coastline of Britain and the mysterious activity said to take place there. Neil Arnold explores...
Nature's New Deal
The Civilian Conservation Corps and the Roots of the American Environmental Movement
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2007
The Great Depression coincided with a wave of natural disasters, including the Dust Bowl and devastating floods of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Recovering from these calamities--and preventing their reoccurrence--was a major goal of the New Deal. In Nature's New Deal, Neil M. Maher examines the...
by Neil Clarke
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2015
The history of East Shropshire has had a global impact, with Ironbridge and Coalbrookdale acknowledged as the ‘Cradle of the Industrial Revolution’. In this book, local industrial history expert Neil Clarke examines through photographs and old drawings the history of the waterways in this area,...
by Neil James, Andrew Hammond
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2018
Exam Board: Edexcel
Level: A-level
Subject: Business
First teaching: September 2015
First exams: Summer 2017
Covering what you really need to know for Edexcel A-level Business - in less than 140 pages. This revision guide makes revision easy - whether you're getting started early or you need...
by Neil E. Clement
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2015
Biting social commentary mixed with philosophical musings will challenge your sensibilities.“a blend of autobiography and political and philosophical commentary that calls upon Americans to enforce the foundations of democracy.”D. Donovan, Senior eBook Reviewer, MBR