The story of a revolution in moving troops and supplies: "A rare gem that will fill a gap in your World War I library. Highly recommended." — Indy Squadron DispatchThe Great War produced many innovations, in particular the spectacular development by the British and French armies of motor transport.The age-old problem of moving soldiers and their supplies was no different in 1914 than it had been some 2,400 years ago, when the great Chinese military t...

Bois de Fourcaux, a luxuriant woodland covering 75 acres, set in the area of the battlefields of the Somme, dominates the surrounding landscape today, as it did in the summer of the year 1916. Known to the British Army as High Wood, the invading Germans had occupied the wood as it proved to be a natural field fortification and a menace that had to be neutralized if the British were to find a way forward in their attempts to breach the trench systems of the German Army and break out into th...

First published in 1971 The London that was Rome is both a detective story and a tale of buried treasure. Some years ago, Michael Harrison set out to discover the truth about Roman London. Did it survive the Saxon onslaught in the fifth century or (as many historians have claimed) did it lie sacked, ruined, and abandoned for about a century and a half? Searching for an answer, Harrison forged himself a new ‘truth detecting’ method of discovery; but even he could not anticipate the...

On his commute to school CJ sees a rat on the New York subway. Nothing special about that until the rat stands up and waves to him. When CJ returns home and notices his back pack move he is very surprised but when the zipper slowly opens and the rat emerges saying, “Do you have any popcorn, I’m starving”, well, you get the picture. This incredibly smart, well educated, street wise rat joins forces with CJ on two important projects, helping those less fortunate and eradicating bullying from...

Killing a Colored Man's Pedigree is a provocative look at why it is neither cool nor an honor to be a "baby mama." As Harrison compellingly argues, it does not take a village to raise a child; it only takes two married parents. This confrontational in-depth look at the numbers documenting the increased poverty and violent crime blacks are experiencing is proof to Michael Harrison that black American's chickens have come home to roost and that black America is reaping what it has sown for d...

James is no ordinary teenager. He is a very smart, nerdy Brit recently relocated to California who thinks big strategic thoughts about everything from dating to healthy eating and marriage. He has decided he is not going to be digging the other guy's ditches,he will be a CEO of a multinational corporation,earning mega bucks,but first he will be a millionaire before he leaves his teens. His head is bursting with brilliant new business ideas and he forms a company with his best friend Dave. ...

This book contains a collection of classic soup recipes from across the globe that use beer or ale as an ingredient. With simple directions and handy tips, this cookbook will appeal to budding cookery enthusiasts, and would make for a great addition to culinary collections. Contents include: “Sicilian Cabbage Soup”, “German Beer Soup”, “Bohemian Beer Soup”, “American Dark Beer Soup”, “Silesian Beer Soup”, “Bortsch With Beer”, “Puchero Con Cerveza”, “Pepperpot”, “Okhroshka, or Russian Beer ...

This book contains a collection of classic dessert recipes from across the globe that use beer or ale as an ingredient. With simple directions and handy tips, this volume will appeal to budding cookery enthusiasts, and would make for a fantastic addition to culinary collections. Contents include: “Mlinczki”, “Profiterolles”, “Syllabub”, “Tipsy Pudding”, “Apple Florentine Pie”, “Christmas Pudding”, “Pineapple Fritters”, “Ale Jelly”, “Hot Beer Pudding”, “Mexican Wafers”, “Arabian Delight”, a...

Vessels is filled with the ups and downs of recovery and reintegration. The story shows, from one man's perspective, the primary block of the foundation necessary to make, not only his and his family's life, but the world a happier place.

Learn how to deploy and monitor databases in the cloud, manipulate documents, visualize data, and build applications running on MongoDB using Node.jsKey FeaturesLearn the fundamentals of NoSQL databases with MongoDBCreate, manage, and optimize a MongoDB database in the cloud using AtlasUse a real-world dataset to gain practical experience of handling big dataBook DescriptionMongoDB is one of the most popular database technolo...

Direct and to the point, this book from one of the field's leaders covers Brownian motion and stochastic calculus at the graduate level, and illustrates the use of that theory in various application domains, emphasizing business and economics. The mathematical development is narrowly focused and briskly paced, with many concrete calculations and a minimum of abstract notation. The applications discussed include: the role of reflected Brownian motion as a storage model, queuing model, or in...

Incepted into his Neo-Trinity at birth, Andy showed strong divergent capabilities as a small child. Belonging to a respected family, he is raised to be loyal, patriotic, and resilient. After the wool industry collapsed in Australia and farmers were stripped of their water rights, things looked scarily grim for Andy. As a result, Andy wound up in a strict Christian brothers' college in Adelaide, which has a reputation. Caught in a pre-existing football rivalry, he is stubborn and infuriates...