Vacher: 7 books
Swingin' on Central Avenue
African American Jazz in Los Angeles
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
The development of jazz and swing in the African-American community in Los Angeles in the years before the second World War received a boost from the arrival of a significant numbers of musicians from Chicago and the southwestern states. In Swingin’ on Central: African-American Jazz in Los Angeles,...
Hurricane R4118 Revisited
The Extraordinary Story of the Discovery and Restoration to Flight of a Battle of Britain Survivor: The Adventure Continues 2005-2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2017
Twelve years since the amazing account of Peter Vacher’s discovery in India was originally published, Grub Street is thrilled to bring readers the updated story of Hurricane R4118. Since the restoration of this magnificent aircraft to flight in 2004, Peter Vacher continued to research its history....
Hurricane R4118
The Extraordinary Story of the Discovery and Restoration of a Battle of Britain Survivor
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2010
In 1982 when he was traveling in India, Peter Vacher stumbled on the remains of a British plane - a Hurricane Mark 1, a veteran of the Battle of Britain. It was in a dreadful state. Could he restore it? Would it fly again?Not until 14 years later did he decide to act and after six years of wrangling...
Nuns Without Cloister
Sisters of St. Joseph in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2009
Nuns Without Cloister explores one of the first and most innovative among the non-cloistered women's congregations established after the Council of Trent. Under the aegis of a Jesuit missionary, the first Sisters of St. Joseph envisioned a direct role for religious women in the secular society of...
Wings Around the World
The Exhilarating Story of One Woman's Epic Flight From the North Pole to Antarctica
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2006
A pilot’s account of her around-the-world adventure, including color photos.
On May 6, 2003, Polly Vacher, a fifty-nine-year-old mother of three, took off from an airport in Birmingham, England, seeking to become the first pilot to complete a solo flight around the world, via both Poles, in a...
MacDou-GOAL!
The Ted MacDougall Story
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
With recollections from the man himself, including exploits with the likes of Alan Ball, George Best, Mick Channon, Bobby Moore and Peter Osgood, MacDou-goal traces Ted MacDougall's rise from his roots in Inverness, through his playing and coaching career, to the present day. An impressionable youngster...
by Yves Gauvin, Émile Houle, Jocelyn Marceau
Language: French
Release Date: May 5, 2012
Language: French
Release Date: May 5, 2012
Ce guide pratique présente, en six chapitres, les différentes tâches et techniques associées à la préparation du miel, du miel en rayon, de l’hydromel, du pollen, de la cire d’abeille et de la propolis en vue de leur commercialisation. Il signale aussi la réglementation québécoise actuelle...