Field Marshal Wavell was one of the most successful British Army commanders of the Second World War, often given the toughest assignments, usually greatly outnumbered and with few resources. In this short volume he shares the distilled wisdom on the qualities, mental, moral and political that are necessary for successful leadership.A long forgotten classic of military thought and leadership."These lectures by General Wavell […] show very clearly how he and the army under his ...

Data science addresses the need to extract knowledge and information from data volumes, often from real-time sources in a wide variety of disciplines such as astronomy, bioinformatics, engineering, science, medicine, social science, business, and the humanities. The range and volume of data sources has increased enormously over time, particularly those generating real-time data. This has posed additional challenges for data management and data analysis of the data and effective representat...

First Published in 1968. Life and Adventures in the Far East is a record of Captain Northwood's adventures into Borneo, Saigon, Singapore, Aden, that of his businesses.

The field of computer graphics combines display hardware, software, and interactive techniques in order to display and interact with data generated by applications. Visualization is concerned with exploring data and information graphically in such a way as to gain information from the data and determine significance. Visual analytics is the science of analytical reasoning facilitated by interactive visual interfaces.Expanding the Frontiers of Visual Analytics and Visualizat...

On foreign shores, and far from home, a friend can become a foe in a heartbeat.Shipwrecked on an uninhabited island in the Dutch East Indies as the Napoleonic Wars rage on, circumstances look far from promising for Captain Jack Aubrey and his crew. And yet, having overcome the odds and contrived their escape, still further peril awaits in the fiercely tidal waters of the Salibu Passage and the penal settlements of New South Wales.What fresh dangers lie over the hori...

This book-collection file includes the complete text of 31 books: Five Weeks in a Balloon, 800 Leagues on the Amazon, 20000 Leagues under the Seas, Around the World in Eighty Days, Blockade Runners, Celebrated Travels (all 3 volumes), Dick Sand, The English at the North Pole, Facing the Flag, the Field of Ice, From the Earth to the Moon, The Fur Country, Godfrey Morgan, In Search of the Castaways, In the Year 2889, A Journey into the Interior of the Earth, The Mysterious Island, Off on a C...

This collection was designed for optimal navigation on eReaders and other electronic devices. It is indexed alphabetically, chronologically and by category, making it easier to access individual books and stories. This collection offers lower price, the convenience of a one-time download, and it reduces the clutter in your digital library. All books included in this collection feature a hyperlinked table of contents and footnotes. The collection is complimented by an author biography.TABLE...

Jules Verne's '25 Greatest Books in One Volume (Illustrated Edition)' showcases the genius of one of the most renowned authors in the science fiction genre. Known for his vivid imagination and futuristic vision, Verne's literary style combines adventure, technology, and exploration. The collection spans a wide range of themes from underwater travel in '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' to space exploration in 'From the Earth to the Moon.' Verne's ability to blend scientific accuracy with thril...

The Jules Verne Anthology contains 45 individual works by Jules Verne, the peerless master of science fiction.Included are 29 complete novels from the celebrated series "Voyages Extraordinaires" (such as 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth' and 'Round the World in 80 Days'), plus 6 more entire novels, 9 rare short stories, and also Jules Verne's magisterial historical work detailing the lives of the great Explorers of the World.There are many works in this anthology that ha...

Jules Gabriel Verne (February 8, 1828 – March 24, 1905) was a French author who pioneered the science fiction genre in Europe. He is best known for his novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873). Many of his novels involve elements of technology that were fantastic for the day but later became commonplace. This collection includes: 1.Around the World in 80 Days 2.Twenty T...

In the mid 19th century an English gentleman goes to Africa, not to discover or convert, simply for pleasure. Illustrated.

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