Biko Lives is a epistolary novel, combining first person narration of the protagonist trying to explain what has befallen him and family member's responses to chapters of the narrative. It opens in 2006, in Charles De Gaulle Airport, Roissy, France. MADISON WHITEHOUSE is in a designated "safe" area for political refugees. His name, now synonymous with betrayal of the U.S., has been destroyed. So, he's writing his version of what happened to set the record straight. His troubles begin in 20...

This is a story of summer 1940, of a little known territorial battalion and an almost forgotten British military disaster. In April 1940 the Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment left England to join the British Expeditionary Force in France. It was attached to the 51st (Highland) Division which was moving to the Saar region to defend the Maginot Line. From May until mid-June the Kensingtons were in continuous action, first on the Saar, then on the Somme, and finally in a ...

'We all owe a great deal to George Edwards, though few people will know how much until they read this biography' - Sir John MajorHe was the designer of Britain's first V-bomber, the leader of the British Concorde team, and the man who made the bouncing bomb bounce. Yet George Edwards's name is all but forgotten today.The son of a widowed tobacconist from the East End of London, Edwards started his career in aviation in 1935, when h...

"The unique story of a radio broadcasting pioneer and war correspondent, told with affection by his son." — FiretrenchWith the outbreak of World War II, Charles Gardner became one of the first BBC war correspondents and was posted to France to cover the RAF's AASF (Advanced Air Strike Force). He made numerous broadcasts interviewing many fighter pilots after engagements with the Germans and recalling stories of raids, bomb attacks and eventually the Blitzk...

The Wonderful World of Trivia books are dedicated to all trivia lovers.They are written with the intentions of being informative,educational,and fun.They are a mixture of easy to hard questions with a purpose of educating those of us who are not experts but at the same time testing those of us who are.Please check out all the books in The Wonderful World of Trivia book series.

The Wonderful World of Trivia books are dedicated to all trivia lovers.They are written with the intentions of being informative,educational,and fun.They are a mixture of easy to hard questions with a purpose of educating those of us who are not experts but at the same time testing those of us who are.Please check out all the books in The Wonderful World of Trivia book series.

Do you have what it takes to be a crime scene investigator? Any budding detective with an interest in police work will be fascinated by this inside look at detection and forensic science. A series of Crime Labs focus on practicing specific techniques, and Crime Lab Exercises explore the principles behind the methods of detection.Learn how to record and lift fingerprints, identify a ransom note's ink, and reveal messages on a seemingly blank page. You'll also discover approaches to c...

The Wonderful World of Trivia books are dedicated to all trivia lovers.They are written with the intentions of being informative,educational,and fun.They are a mixture of easy to hard questions with a purpose of educating those of us who are not experts but at the same time testing those of us who are.Please check out all the books in The Wonderful World of Trivia book series.

First published in 1989. Covering subjects such as empathy, transference, and countertransference, as well as the nature of the psychoanalytic process, the author of this work argues that there can be no psychoanalysis without self analysis.

The Wonderful World of Trivia books are dedicated to all trivia lovers.They are written with the intentions of being informative,educational,and fun.They are a mixture of easy to hard questions with a purpose of educating those of us who are not experts but at the same time testing those of us who are.Please check out all the books in The Wonderful World of Trivia book series.

The Chicago Food Encyclopedia is a far-ranging portrait of an American culinary paradise. Hundreds of entries deliver all of the visionary restauranteurs, Michelin superstars, beloved haunts, and food companies of today and yesterday. More than 100 sumptuous images include thirty full-color photographs that transport readers to dining rooms and food stands across the city. Throughout, a roster of writers, scholars, and industry experts pays tribute to an expansive--and still expanding--foo...

A survey of theoretical and experimental research, this book covers all areas of lightning phenomenology. The four sections cover models of fundamental lightning processes, propagation of lightning-induced signals, measurement of lightning parameters, and lightning interaction with systems. The book provides an excellent review of the use of models to support remote sensing efforts. It includes data on high-frequency radiated fields for lightening and an overview of the data available in t...