Horatio Nelson is Britain's greatest naval hero; Trafalgar, in 1805, her greatest naval victory. Nelson and Napoleon, first published in 2005, is the story of how Britannia came to rule the waves for more than a hundred years.Christopher Lee re-examines the myths of Trafalgar, plotting Napoleon's overweening ambition to invade England and Nelson's single-minded dedication to seeking glory. He shows how Villeneuve had worked out Nelson's famous plan of attack, and demonstra...

This lively history reveals how a single year radically changed British society, politics, and culture: "absorbing . . . in its rich texture and detail" ( Publishers Weekly).1603 was the year that Queen Elizabeth I, the last of the Tudors, died. Her cousin, Robert Carey, rode like a demon to Scotland to take the news to James VI. The cataclysmic time of the Stuart monarchy had come and the son of Mary Queen of Scots left Edinburgh for London to claim his th...

You have your iPad, now what? You could continue to use your tablet as an excellent web surfing tool. You could also use it to play one of the many, many games out on the App Store. Or, you could simply turn it over to your spouse or your kid(s) for their enjoyment. I suggest a different path, a path that will keep your iPad in your own hands, at work…a path that will put you on a road towards increased productivity!What follows are some of the apps and processes that have helped m...

STORIES OF A MEDIC IN NORTHERN ALASKAReal-Life Tales of Survival, Heroism, and Heartbreak from the Edge of the WildernessWhen the radio crackles in the frozen wilderness, there is no room for error.Stories of a Medic in Northern Alaska carries readers directly onto the frontlines of emergency medicine in some of the most remote and unforgiving environments in North America ...

What is Britishness? What allowed one small island group to rule a quarter of the world and, even today, to have the most spoken language after Chinese? What makes Americans admire the guts, traditions and loyalties of these island Anglo-Saxon and Celtic peoples? What is it that makes cynical Europeans and once-dominated Asians look to the British for opinion, literature, social norms and justice? The answers lie within the creation of British institutions, both Commoner and Aristocracy, d...

Proven techniques, best practices, and tips for writing effective user stories, leveraging user story mapping, and expert interviews to deliver high value to users Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey FeaturesLearn how to write and implement effective user stories to improve product developmentDiscover techniques to gather requirements, prioritize, and refine user storiesHandle stakeholder expectations, communicate ...

The world didn't shatter.It stayed the same.That's what made it terrifying.After a quiet fracture in her reality, Elara tries to hold onto what she knows—her memories, her name, the people around her. But something is wrong in a way she cannot explain. Small things don't add up. A moment disappears. A sentence is never spoken. A memory exists for her… and no one else.At first, it feels like stress. Fatigue. Misremembering.Then it starts responding.

The Queen and the Messenger is the first book in the Relics for the Skyborn series. It follows the young McCloud family as they are pulled into a fantasy realm from their modern reality. Their fates are changed when they stumble into a cave that holds gold and relics that advance their status among the local citizens. The family's status increases to the highest levels as they aide with the ongoing war against a giant orc horde. With their new titles it may be difficult to return to the wo...

Twenty-one doors appear around the Core.Each doorway leads to a different origin for the living manuscript. Behind one, Christopher created the universe. Behind another, Early dreamed Christopher into existence. Others reveal writers, worlds, and endings neither man remembers.Only one door belongs to Early.He must identify it before the competing histories become permanent. Every doorway opened gives the Core another past, and every past changes the world waiting ou...

A Story of Unexplained Illness, Arctic Survival, and the Triumphant Resilience of the Human SpiritHow much tragedy can one soul endure before it finally breaks?Spanning from 1977 to the present day, Bitter Legacy is a raw, deeply moving memoir of a boy who survived the cracks of the foster care system in rural Michigan, only to face a lifelong battle against a terrifying, undiagnos...

Christopher Lee's highly-acclaimed and award-winning BBC Radio 4 history of the British Empire.Britain had the biggest empire the world has ever known. At one time a quarter of the global land mass was British. Over a third of the world was insured at Lloyds. At his coronation, more than 400 million people saluted George V. Truly, the sun never set on this historical phenomenon. Whatever the day, whatever the hour, somewhere on the globe, the empire worked and play...

‘I went into the cloud and went flat out for a few minutes, turned, and as I dived out my luck was in and I got him head-on. He went straight into the sea and I am glad to say there were no survivors. A Dornier which had blown up came floating down in bits and another burnt up on land. It was a most spectacular show.’Known as Pedro to his comrades and Tiggy to his family, Osgood Villiers Hanbury was a charismatic Eton schoolboy who, before his untimely death aged 25, became acting ...