A widely acclaimed biography of one of rock's most compelling, uncompromising and influential singer-songwriters, Ian Johnston's BAD SEED offers a superb overview of Nick Cave's career to date.Through Cave's fronting of the incendiary bands The Birthday Party and The Bad Seeds, producing music of unfettered expression and explosive intensity, to his creative collaborations outside of the rock industry in film and literature, BAD SEED illustrates a life lived in barely controlled ch...

A treasury of photos illustrating the work of the famed British shipbuilders of World War I.Although best known for large liners and capital ships, between 1914 and 1920 the Clydebank shipyard of John Brown & Co. built a vast range of vessels—major warships down to destroyers and submarines, unusual designs like a seaplane carrier and submarine depot ship, and even a batch of war-standard merchant ships.This makes the yard a particularly good example of the...

"A worthy tribute to the John Brown company and to British shipbuilding . . . a joy to enthusiasts of the great ships of the past."—Australian Naval InstituteThe Clydebank shipyard built some of the most famous vessels in maritime history—great transatlantic liners like Lusitania, Queen Mary and QE2, and iconic warships like the battlecruiser Hood, and Britain's last battleship, HMS Vanguard. Starting life as J & G Thoms...

One of the great names in British industrial history, the Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Govan, Glasgow, was always associated with innovation – particularly the development of the compound steam engine which brought great fuel efficiency to deep sea transportation and led to the ubiquitous triple expansion steam engine. Through the design and construction of record-breaking Atlantic liners and their machinery for the Guion and Cunard companies, by the late nineteenth century...

"Outstanding . . . anyone with an interest in the major ships of the grand Fleet or shipbuilding on the Clyde will want to own it."— Warship 2012Between 1906 and 1920, the Clydebank shipyard of John Brown & Sons built five battlecruisers, each one bigger than the last, culminating in the mighty Hood, the largest warship of her day. If Tiger is regarded as a modification of the Lion class design, this represents every step in the evolution of these charisma...

Most books concerned with physics and music take an approach that puts physical theory before application. Consequently, these works tend to dampen aesthetic fascination with preludes burdened by an overabundance of algebraic formulae. In Measured Tones: The Interplay of Physics and Music Third Edition, Ian Johnston a professor of astrophysics and a connoisseur of music, offers an informal historical approach that shows the evolution of both theory and application at the i...

The second volume in an epic fantasy trilogy that will thrill everyone who loves rich stories of wonder and magic.Together, they have unimaginable power. But unless they part, that power may destroy them.As the dark lord Thoth raises a monstrous army, Sylas and Naeo discover that their new-found power could also be their undoing. At the same time, Sylas longs to find his mother, and Naeo her father. So begins a mirrored quest that will bring Naeo into our world of science a...

A glorious epic fantasy in the grand tradition of CS Lewis and Philip Pullman, and a major publishing event, The Mirror Chronicles will take you into another world, and on the adventure of your lifetime…Half of your soul is missing.The lost part is in the mirror.And unless Sylas Tate can save you, you will never be whole again.Sylas Tate leads a lonely existence since his mother died. But then the tolling of a giant bell draws him into another world known as t...

SommarioLa verità dietro il sogno toscano è la contro-narrativa brutalmente divertente e arguta al sogno italiano romanticizzato reso popolare da libri quali Under the Tuscan Sun – Sotto il sole della Toscana.Non si tratta di una lista di reclami; ma di una profonda critica culturale da parte di qualcuno che ha provato a vivere il sogno.Con precisione chirurgica e humor nero, mi accingo a demolire i quattro pilastri dell'identità italiana moderna: l'...

How shipbuilders, engine manufacturers, and more united to build Britain's Grand Fleet: "Superbly written…One of the best naval titles I have seen."— Marine NewsThe launch in 1906 of HMS Dreadnought, the world's first all-big-gun battleship, rendered all existing battle fleets obsolete, but at the same time it wiped out the Royal Navy's numerical advantage, so expensively maintained for decades. Already locked in the same arms ra...

Ein Handbuch für Erwachsene, die sich nichts mehr vormachen wollen.Die fünf Währungen des Lebens und die Glücksgleichung zeigt dir ein alltagstaugliches Denkmodell, um zu verstehen, was deine Entscheidungen dich wirklich kosten — nicht nur finanziell, sondern auch emotional, praktisch und auf lange Sicht.Gestützt auf eigene Lebenserfahrung, psychologische Einsicht und klares Denken benennt Ian Johnstone fünf Währungen, die im Stillen jedes Leben bestimmen: ...

Ian Johnstone didn't just survive childhood trauma —he dismantled it.Victim, Survivor to Thriver is not a memoir dressed up as inspiration. It's raw, darkly funny, and brutally honest.A lived account of what it takes to move from victim, to survivor, to something stronger. No clichés. No soft edges.Just practical tools, hard truths, and a clear path forward —for anyone ready to stop Surviving and start taking control.