This is a sad, strange and touchingly heroic book. It tells of a mad, misguided adventure: one man's attempt to conquer Mount Everest.Maurice Wilson belonged to the 'lost generation'. He fought in the First World War, winning the Military Cross, but found the transition to civilian life difficult. He led a restless, rootless life and suffered ill-health. This changed mysteriously in 1932 when through, it would seem, a combination of prayer and fasting he cured himself. His Mount Ev...

Guitarists: Get on the Path to Musical Fluency"Dennis Roberts' . . . approach follows a conceptual straight line that finds the shortest distance to musical fluency." -Award-winning jazz guitarist Alex Goodman (Foreword)"A clear and concise point of view that will be helpful to guitarists whether you're just starting out or an experienced improviser." -David Goodrich (multi-instrumentalist, performer, and guitar instructor)

ATTENTION GUITARISTS!!Improvisation is the art of composing in the moment with freedom of expression. Do you want to get on the fast track to improvising with modern jazz style?The second book in the Master Arpeggio System series continues where the first one left off, where we work smarter, not harder with this efficient method-a fretboard navigation syste...

Attention Guitarists: Improvisation is is the art of composing in the moment with freedom of expression. Do you want to get on the fast track to improvisation in modern jazz style? The second book in the “Master Arpeggio System for Jazz Improvisation Series” continues where the first book left off. We continue to work smarter, not harder with this efficient method—a navigation system—for learning to improvise in a jazz context that bypasses boring, tedious exercises and endless music theor...

Guitarists: Get on the Path to Musical Fluency "Dennis Roberts' . . . approach follows a conceptual straight line that finds the shortest distance to musical fluency." — Award-winning jazz guitarist Alex Goodman (Foreword) "A clear and concise point of view that will be helpful to guitarists whether you're just starting out or an experienced improviser." — David Goodrich (multi-instrumentalist, performer, and guitar instructor) Improvisation is the art of composing in the moment with freed...

This book was designed not only for owners and managers of middle market businesses but as a training text for middle market M&A investment bankers and consultants. It discusses the art and science of middle market M&A as well the all-important psychology and behind-the-scenes negotiations pursued with a particular emphasis on obtaining the absolute highest value when selling a business. Subjects addressed include valuation, taxation, negotiations, M&A conventions, among many others from t...

Born in the Norfolk Brecks, twelve-year-old Isaac follows generations of his family in to service, working at the stables of Warren Hall. Inheriting his late father’s gift with horses an unpleasant incident turns in his favour, an opportunity he could never have imagined opening before him.Leaving his beloved Brecks and family, Isaac travels to Newmarket with hopes of becoming a jockey. On the verge of achieving his dreams he meets the mysterious and dapper Jack, an encounter that ...

Tales From the Worlds of WarhammerInquisitor Katarinya Greyfax recounts the tale of how she became part of a Necron Overlord's collection, radical inquisitor Otto Dagover hunts the heretic saint Ephrael Stern, and inquisitorial protégé Medea Betancore scours Queen Mab for an obscure text, among many other thrilling tales.READ IT BECAUSEThis collection of tales centring on the sinister Inquisition brings together short stories penned...

A Warhammer 40,000 AnthologyThe 41st Millennium is a dark and terrible era where you will find little comfort or hope. Forget the power of technology and science. Forget the promise of progress and advancement. Forget any notion of common humanity or compassion. There is no peace amongst the stars, for in the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war.READ IT BECAUSEFeaturing stories by some of Black Library's best-loved aut...

Prepare to Feast on LIfe!Robert (Raub) Karr and his best friend, Walter, planned a relaxing cruise from Seattle to Mexico. Little did they know that their vacation would be upended when they met the author and creator of Auntie Mame, Patrick Dennis, on board the ship. Dennis was traveling under an assumed name. And much like his character Mame, Patrick Dennis brought a whirlwind of mayhem, fun, and chaos into the lives of those onboard the ship.Rau...

This book focuses on Von Leeb's Army Group North, tasked with seizing the Baltic States and Leningrad.Of the German Army Groups that attacked Soviet Russia, Von Leeb's Army Group North was the smallest and weakest. General Kuznetzov's Northwestern Front, however, was in an even weaker state.Despite brave counterattacks and defense by the Soviet forces, the Germans smashed through the Dvina Line, then the Stalin Line, flooded into Latvia and pressed on to en...

The final volume in the Barbarossa trilogy, this title completes the account of the strategic intricacies of the German campaign against RussiaRobert Kirchubel examines the causes behind the German failure, including the inability to resupply troops or provide reserves, as well as the lack of decent German winter uniforms and transport with dramatic contemporary photographs detailing the unforgiving battlefield conditions.Full-colour artwork, maps and bird'...