Paperback. Pub Date :2014-01-30 Pages: 544 Language: English Publisher: William Collins In this paperback of his acclaimed and wide-ranging study. David Scott challenges traditional assumptions about how Britain achieved her global might Shortlisted for the Duke of. Westminster Medal for Military Literature 2013 Navigating the 300 years between the Tudor accession and the loss of the American colonies Leviathan charts one of history's greatest transformations: the rise of Britain as the world's most formidable maritime power From the chaos of the Wars of the Roses. . Henry VIII's split with Rome and Oliver Cromwell's Parliamentary regime. David Scott's masterly narrative explodes traditional assumptions to present a much darker interpretation of this extraordinary story. Powered by a rapidly growing navy. a rapacious merchant marine. resilient politics. bigotry and religious...

MAKING OF MODERN BRITAIN PB

David, Scott

William Collins

Coaching Tips from the Stars

Sports & Outdoors

Red Fox

Stewards of the mysteries of God

RICHARD HARRIES

Eric Abbott

Andrew Henderson

Richard Holloway

Geoffrey Lampe

Helen Oppenheimer

W. H. Vanstone

Religion & Spirituality

Darton,Longman & Todd

Growing up on either side of the Iron Curtain, David Scott and Alexei Leonov experienced very different childhoods but shared the same dream to fly. Excelling in every area of mental and physical agility, Scott and Leonov became elite fighter pilots and were chosen by their countries' burgeoning space programs to take part in the greatest technological race ever-to land a man on the moon. In this unique dual autobiography, astronaut Scott and cosmonaut Leonov recount their exceptional lives and careers spent on the cutting edge of science and space exploration. With each mission fraught with perilous risks, and each space program touched by tragedy, these parallel tales of adventure and heroism read like a modern-day thriller. Cutting fast between their differing recollections, this book reveals, in a very personal way, the drama of one of the most ambitious contests ever embarked on by man, set against the conflict that once held the world in suspense: the clash between Russian communism and Western democracy. Before training to be the USSR's first man on the moon, Leonov became the first man to walk in space. It was a feat that won him a place in history but almost cost him his life. A year later, in 1966, Gemini 8, with David Scott and Neil Armstrong aboard, tumbled out of control across space. Surviving against dramatic odds-a split-second decision by pilot Armstrong saved their lives-they both went on to fly their own lunar missions: Armstrong to command Apollo 11 and become the first man to walk on the moon, and Scott to perform an EVA during the Apollo 9 mission and command the most complex expedition in the history of exploration, Apollo 15. Spending three days on the moon, Scott became the seventh man to walk on its breathtaking surface. Marking a new age of USA/USSR cooperation, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project brought Scott and Leonov together, finally ending the Cold War silence and building a friendship that would last for decades. Their courage, passion for exploration, and determination to push themselves to the limit emerge in these memoirs not only through their triumphs but also through their perseverance in times of extraordinary difficulty and danger.

Two Sides of the Moon: Our Story of the Cold War Space Race

Biographies & Memoirs

Alexei Leonov

Professionals & Academics

Thomas Dunne Books

Taste of Fame

Futura Pubns

A range of over 250 dishes: soups, starters and dips, breads, pastries, cakes, nut and seed recipes, desserts and salads.

The Vegan Diet: true vegetarian cookery

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Claire Golding

Vegetarian & Vegan

Rider

Impressions of French Modernity: Art and Literature in France 1850-1900

International specialists in French art and literature come together in this volume to investigate modernité through painting, sculpture, the novel, diaries, dance, poetry, criticism and theory. Modernité had no simple definition. It grew out of a rapidly changing world: one of dramatic urban transformation. The experiences and impressions of individuals faced with this modern world engendered a new artistic genre. Beginning with Delacroix, Baudelaire and Gautier, Impressions of French Modernity moves on to Manet, Degas and Mallarmé through a broad sweep of familiar and unfamiliar works of art and literature. Its three main sections identify particular features of modernity: impressions of the Second Empire; innovations in form found in verbal and visual works or art throughout the period 1850-1900; and problems of identity surrounding the figure of the artist.

Arts & Photography

Richard Shiff

John House

Paul, Smith

Michele Hannoosh

James Kearns

Alan Krell

Joy Newton

Dee Reynolds

History & Criticism

Manchester University Press

Simon&Schuster

136 pages - The Zen way to self-knowledge is a search beyond the fetters of a logical mind toward an understanding of our own true selves...

The Elements of Zen

Barnes&Noble Books

John Sloan

Watson/Guptill

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