Stilwell: 45 books

Book cover of The Story of HMS Revenge
by Stilwell, Alexander
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2009

Between Drake's Revenge and the Polaris submarine, the most recent Revenge, are the glory years of the Royal Navy. Revenge was at the Armada, the Azores, Trafalgar and Jutland and with weapons capable of terrible destruction.The first Revenge commanded by Queen Elizabeth's favourite, Francis Drake,...
Book cover of Child Language
by Jean Stilwell Peccei
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2002

Building on the established strengths of the first edition, Child Language has now been fully updated and includes some basic theory content, more exercises and summaries at the end of each unit. Child Language: * introduces students to key areas involved in the study of children's language: vocabulary...
Book cover of Special Forces in Action

Special Forces in Action

Elite forces operations, 19912011

by Alexander Stilwell
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

In 1991 the United States and coalition forces liberated Kuwait after its brief occupation by Saddam Husseins Iraq. One of the abiding memories of that conflict was the activities of the coalitions special forces soldiers deep in Iraq, hunting down SCUD missiles and their launchers before they could...
Book cover of Chinese Painting Techniques
by Alison Stilwell Cameron
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2012

The first guide to unify the philosophical and imitative methods of instruction in the art of Chinese painting. The text explains the tools of the art and basic strokes and writing of Chinese characters before moving on to demonstrate the use of these strokes to represent trees, flowers, boats, rocks, insects, others.
Book cover of SAS and Elite Forces Guide Ropes and Knots

SAS and Elite Forces Guide Ropes and Knots

Essential Rope Skills From The World's Elite Units

by Alexander Stilwell
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012

SAS & Elite Forces Guide to Using Ropes and Knots draws on the skills of the world's best soldiers to teach you how to use these essential tools in the wilderness. Tried and tested techniques used by the world's special forces give you field-tested advice on issues such as: how...
Book cover of Mental and Physical Endurance

Mental and Physical Endurance

How to reach your physical and mental peak

by Alexander Stilwell
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Most of us know that we are not exercising our minds and bodies as much as we should. The Elite Forces Manual of Mental and Physical Endurance uses techniques developed by special forces units to train their recruits to show how we can improve our mental and physical fitness. The book is a detailed examination...
Book cover of Manhunt

Manhunt

The Art and Science of Tracking High Profile Enemy Targets

by Alexander Stilwell
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016

A manhunt can involve helicopters, hounds and hundreds of military or police personnel, but it can also turn on the evidence of one broken spider’s web. Manhunts today might involve the technology of infrared cameras and surveillance devices such as powerful satellite technology, but they may also...
Book cover of SAS and Elite Forces Guide Manhunt

SAS and Elite Forces Guide Manhunt

The Art And Science Of Tracking High Value Enemy Targets

by Alexander Stilwell
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012

From searching for high-value enemy targets such as Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein to finding soldiers caught behind enemy lines, from escaped prisoners and serial killers to a missing child, Manhunt explores just how the military and police forces track people down. Including many case studies...
Book cover of Encyclopedia of Survival Techniques
by Alexander Stilwell
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008

This state-of-the-art manual has already sold more than 45,000 paperback copies and is now completely updated and revised with new sections on transportation (such as carjacking or road-rage incidents), defending against terrorists (how to react to a suspicious package or behavior, for example), and...
Book cover of Disaster Survival Handbook
by Alexander Stilwell
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2019

A practical and illustrated guide to getting through all types of life-threatening situations. Are you ready for the big one, whether it’s an earthquake, a hurricane, or a monster snowstorm? Disaster Survival Handbook will help you prepare for the unexpected—from stocking up on provisions...
Book cover of Library 3.0

Library 3.0

Intelligent Libraries and Apomediation

by Tom Kwanya, Christine Stilwell, Peter Underwood
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2014

The emerging generation of research and academic library users expect the delivery of user-centered information services. ‘Apomediation’ refers to the supporting role librarians can give users by stepping in when users need help. Library 3.0 explores the ongoing debates on the “point oh” phenomenon...
Book cover of Frozen in Time

Frozen in Time

Prehistoric Life in Antarctica

by Jeffrey D Stilwell, John A Long
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2011

No other continent on Earth has undergone such radical environmental changes as Antarctica. In its transition from rich biodiversity to the barren, cold land of blizzards we see today, Antarctica provides a dramatic case study of how subtle changes in continental positioning can affect living communities,...
Book cover of Discoveries of Medically Themed Media

Discoveries of Medically Themed Media

Pediatric Patients and Parents’ Journeys of Sense-making

by Heather A. Stilwell
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017

Discoveries of Medically Themed Media: Pediatric Patients and Parents’ Journeys of Sense-making examines the information needs and sense-making processes of pediatric patients through ethnographic accounts of 14 children undergoing craniofacial, neurological, and neurosurgical treatment. It contends...
Book cover of China Express
by Michael J. Stilwell
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012

The Peoples Republic of China, threatened by over-population, turns to mastermind Dr. Yi Huang to develop ALTRAS, a secret intelligence group, commissioned to utilize Social, Political, Strategical and Technological resources to create a plan to resolve the country's problem. This plan, is like no other...
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