The Vietnam War was Australia's longest and most controversial military commitment of the twentieth century, ending in humiliation for the United States and its allies with the downfall of South Vietnam. The war provoked deep divisions in Australian society and politics, particularly since for the first time young men were conscripted for overseas service in a highly contentious ballot system. The Vietnam era is still identified with diplomatic, military and political failure.Was V...

The spiritual godfather of Canadian bikers tells the story of his fascinating life.You could call Bernie Guindon the Sonny Barger of Canadian bikers (but not to his face). The founder of Satan's Choice, Guindon led what was in the 1960s the second-largest biker club in the world (after the Hells Angels, which Bernie would join briefly in the early 2000s) to national prominence and international infamy. His life wasn't all bikes and crime. He was also a medalist in ...

Explore the rugged beauty of Rum and the surrounding Small Isles — a remote archipelago off Scotland’s west coast that includes Eigg, Muck and Canna. These islands offer a unique blend of dramatic mountains, coastal cliffs and rich wildlife habitats, making them a rewarding destination for walkers seeking quieter, less-travelled routes in the Inner Hebrides.This comprehensive hiking guidebook from Cicerone provides everything you need to explore Rum and the Small I...

1812 was the year in which the Peninsular War swung in the favor of the combined forces of the British, the Spanish and the Portuguese. This was the result of a series of victories over the French gained by the allied armies under Wellington, and this is the subject of Peter Edwardss compelling new history. The year began with Wellington launching a series of raids in Estramadura to distract French attention from preparations for an assault on Ciudad Rodrigo, which was taken in late-Januar...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom bestselling true-crime author Peter Edwards and Governor General's Award-winning playwright Kevin Loring, two sons of Lytton, the BC town that burned to the ground in 2021, comes a meditation on hometown―when hometown is gone.**“It’s dire,” Greta Thunberg retweeted Mayor Jan Polderman. “The whole town is on fire. It took a whole 15 minutes from the first sign of smoke to, all of a sudden, there being fire everywhere.”Before it made...

If you have read the Take Control, Go Manual Parts 1 to 3, you would have a much greater understanding of your manual camera settings, shooting techniques, color management and the fundamentals of editing. In this part I would like to take you through some more editing techniques that will enhance the images that you shoot. Many of the individual techniques were discussed in part 3 so this book is different in that it will provide guidance for complete projects rather the editing functiona...

A crazy idea and a big ego are let loose on the Southern Ocean. What could possibly go wrong?A decommissioned tugboat heads to the Southern Ocean to secure and tow an Antarctic iceberg to Tasmania.On board is a crew of five including former salesman and mission mastermind Nigel 'Rocky' Turner, and Hannah Hiscott, a cadet journalist with a nose for uncovering the truth.When Nigel's behaviour becomes unpredictable, the crew become suspicious. Confront...

A crazy idea and a big ego are let loose on the Southern Ocean. What could possibly go wrong?A decommissioned tugboat heads to the Southern Ocean to secure and tow an Antarctic iceberg to Tasmania.On board is a crew of five including former salesman and mission mastermind Nigel 'Rocky' Turner, and Hannah Hiscott, a cadet journalist with a nose for uncovering the truth.When Nigel's behaviour becomes unpredictable, the crew become suspicious. Confront...

Once you have mastered the settings on your Digital SLR Camera, this guide will help you understand the elements of good composition and give you specific techniques and tips for a range of photographic genres. This easy to understand guide uses a mix of descriptive text, images and diagrams.

Joined by award-winning Mexican journalist Luis Nájera, leading organized-crime author Peter Edwards introduces a motley assortment of millennial bikers, gangsters and Mafia whose bloody trail of murders and schemes gone wrong led to the arrival in Canada of the world's most dangerous criminal organizations: the drug cartels of Mexico.A man watching the Euro Cup on a restaurant patio is shot dead on a busy Sunday afternoon in Toronto. Another dies in a sidewalk amb...

This e-book addresses color management in easy to understand language and describes how to color manage your images.It will also discuss the most commonly used functions of Photoshop and Camera RAW and help you to add the wow factor to your images. This section of the book specifically addresses the use of Photoshop CS6 but much of the functionality is available in earlier versions of CS and Photoshop Elements.

You may never again think of Canadians as law-abidingRespected crime reporters Peter Edwards and Michel Auger have pooled their research and expertise to create The Encyclopedia of Canadian Organized Crime. Sometimes grim, sometimes amusing, and always entertaining, this book is filled with 300 entries and more than 150 illustrations, covering centuries of organized crime. From pirates such as “Black Bart,” who sheltered in isolated Newfoundland coves to s...