An insider's look into the largely anonymous volunteers in local party organizations who make decisions in elections with profound implications for American democracy. Although scholars have long recognized that local American parties play an important role in elections, surprisingly little is known about the individuals who lead these typically small, volunteer-based organizations. As David Doherty, Conor M. Dowling, and Michael G. Miller show in Small Power, lo...

*Winner of the Irish Children's Book Award*'Funny, warm as toast and packed full of ideas that fill up your head and burst in your brain like fizzy magic!' Noel Fielding'A totally fun, madcap adventure that ends up robbing your heart' Stewart Foster, award-winning author of The Bubble BoyThere's a feeling of relief that comes just after you've robbed a bank...Rex's

Brought to you by Puffin.Rex's parents have split up, he's about to make the daunting move to secondary school, and to make matters worse he has to spend his summer holiday on a remote and rainy Irish island - with lots of unruly sheep for company.The only upside: he'll be staying with his strange and brilliant Uncle Derm.Then Rex discovers Uncle Derm is about to execute his most hair-brained plan yet - to rob the island's travelling bank!Li...

**Pandas are irresistible and people think they know a lot about them. But only the true panda expert knows:-The age of a panda can be determined by measuring the distance between its nipples-In Egyptian hieroglyphics, the panda symbol means "notwithstanding"-Prince's song "Purple Rain" was inspired by the mixed emotions he feels about pandas**Smart, funny, and chock-full of panda pictures, 100 Facts About Pandas will astonish and entertain both anima...

This fully illustrated, totally wacky handbook is about an everyman who is afraid of everything! Dr. Noel Zone, the greatest (and only) dangerologist in the world, is ready to teach readers how to avoid danger at all costs--from sneaky snakes posing as toothbrushes, to sharks hiding in toilets, to robots disguised at kindly grandmas. After all, DANGER IS EVERYWHERE, and we we need to be prepared!With art on every page, this hilarious and truly creative handbook will have readers la...

Diane Morgan and Joe Wilkinson combine the mundane with the surreal in their brilliant comedy sketch show.Acclaimed sketch duo Two Episodes of Mash (a.k.a Diane Morgan and Joe Wilkinson) present their surreal sketch show packed full 'low-key, mundane glamour', with support from a cast including David O'Doherty, Radio 2 presenter Ken Bruce, and Jimmy Carr.Meet the human cannonball, who has been blasted to Ilford from Belgium by mistake. Discover what happens when Rapunzel ge...

How American soldiers opposed and resisted the war in VietnamWhile mainstream narratives of the Vietnam War all but marginalize anti-war activity of soldiers, opposition and resistance from within the three branches of the military made a real difference to the course of America’s engagement in Vietnam. By 1968, every major peace march in the United States was led by active duty GIs and Vietnam War veterans. By 1970, thousands of active duty soldiers and marines we...

An insider's look into the largely anonymous volunteers in local party organizations who make decisions in elections with profound implications for American democracy.Although scholars have long recognized that local American parties play an important role in elections, surprisingly little is known about the individuals who lead these typically small, volunteer-based organizations. As David Doherty, Conor M. Dowling, and Michael G. Miller show in Small Power

An extraordinary Holocaust survival story about an Orthodox Jewish woman who managed to survive in wartime Poland by pretending to be a Catholic.Polish Catholics believed she was one of them. A devoted Nazi family took her in as if she was their own daughter. She fell in love with a German engineer who built aeroplanes for the Luftwaffe. What none of these people knew was that Mala Rivka Kizel had been born into a large Orthodox Jewish family in Warsaw, Poland, in ...

A trustworthy clinical companion, the textbook offers best practice and management strategies for these common joint diseases. Formerly published as Osteoarthritis, the extensively revised third edition of the Oxford Textbook of Osteoarthritis and Crystal Arthropathy provides up-to-date and evidence-based guidance on how to assess, diagnose, and manage patients. A prestigious and international author team ensure information is expert and relevant-this is a practical tool for clinicians man...

Almost 80 years on the battle for the Arnhem Rhine crossing remains controversial. Opinion on its justification and success differs widely. This superbly researched book, written by two acknowledged experts, takes a wide-ranging examination of Operation Market Garden from the strategic, operational and tactical level. The role of the Allied commanders involved is scrutinized with surprising results. For example, US General Brereton's pivotal role has seldom been mentioned, yet he is reveal...

A monumental journey through Baltic history and culture, in which we encounter well-known personalities and forgotten ones, and a disconcerting picture of Europe in the twentieth century.From 1999 to 2010, Jan Brokken explored life stories in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. The result was his masterly Baltic Souls, available here for the first time in English. Brokken uncovered the stories of famous artists and writers such as Mark Rothko, Sergei Eisenstei...