All too little remembered today, the Korean War was bitterly fought out under atrocious conditions of weather and terrain. Greatly outnumbered by their Communist Chinese and North Korean enemy, the United Nations forces fought with extraordinary resolve and gallantry. The Hook, the name given to a prominent ridge on the Peninsula, saw more blood spilt than any other feature in this prolonged and grisly war. Not surprisingly it became known as 'the bloody Hood'.The two costliest battles are...

A text which aims to help undergraduate students in geology to recognize and interpret metamorphic textures and microstructures in thin-section. For lecturers and postgraduates in geology and petrology, the book provides reference for the interpretation of metamorphic rocks.

Three years after her first journey to Silicat, eight-year-old Rose dreams of returning, but her dreams have turned uneasy.Shadows whisper her name. Figures reach for her through the dark.In the waking world, her father, Wesley, struggles to publish the story they once lived. The publishers love the tale but want to change it-remove the grief, soften the truth, make it more marketable. To him, it feels like losing Silicat all over again in his heart.When Rose's nigh...