The World's Best Cricket Jokes (World's Best Jokes)

Humor & Entertainment

Forbes, Ernest

Humor

Angus

Other End of the Leash: American Way with Pets

Rice, Berkeley

The Russo-Japanese War was fought in the waters of the Yellow Sea and the Straits of Tsushima that divide Japan from Korea, and in the mountains of Manchuria, borrowed without permission from China. It was the first war to be fought with modern weapons.The Japanese had fought the Chinese at sea in 1894 and had gained a foothold in Manchuria by taking control of Port Authur. In 1895, however, Japan was forced to abandon its claims by the Russian fleet's presence in the Straits of Tsushima. Tsar Nicholas had obtained a window to the East for his empire and Japan had been humiliated. Tensions between the two countries would rise inexorably over the next decade.Around the world, no one doubted that little Japan would be no match for the mighty armies of Tsar Nicholas II. Yet Russia was in an advanced state of decay, the government corrupt and its troops inept and demoralized. Japan, meanwhile, was emerging from centuries of feudal isolation and becoming an industrial power, led by zealous nationalist warlords keen to lead the Orient to victory over the oppressive West. From the opening surprise attack on the Russian fleet at Port Authur in 1904, the Japanese out-fought and out-thought the Russians.This is a definitive account of one of the pivotal conflicts of the twentieth century whose impact was felt around the world.

The tide at sunrise: A history of the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905

Politics & Social Sciences

Warner, Denis, and Warner, Peggy

Politics & Government

<p>THE MOVIES\nThe unbelievable baddies from Santa Claus Conquers the Martians and Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster to Myra Breckinridge and Lost Horizon, complete with their irresistibly incredible plots and delicious dismal dialogue. Who could forget The Conqueror with John Wayne as Genghis Khan; That Hagen Girl with Shirley Temple playing Ronald Reagan's illegitimate daughter; or The Terror of Tiny Town, the only musical western in Hollywood history with an all midget cast?\nTHE STARS\nWould you believe that Richard Burton, Jane Fonda, Humphrey Bogart, Clark Gable, Bing Crosby, Faye Dunaway and so many others could fall so far and land so hard?\nTHE PRODUCERS AND DIRECTORS\nD.W. Griffith, Alfred Hitchcock, Howard Hugues and Samuel Goldwyn were among them. What cloud passed over these moviemen's eyes that they could not see?\nTHE CRITICS\nIt takes a truly terrible film to bring out the venomous best in the critic's destructive art.\nTHE BOTTOM LINE\nThe money spent, the money lost, and the money paid out by the ultimate victims--the public.\nNow you don't have to watch TV until three in the morning to see your favorite film flops violate every standard of intelligence, talent, and good taste. Here they all are in all their awesome awfulness for your masochistic reading pleasure!</p>

Fifty Worst Movies of All Time

Medved, Harry

Football Skills

ted-buxton

<p>Hardcover edition. 2003, Angus. First thus. 250 illustrations, 42 maps. 240 pages. Superb color</p>

Chronicles of the Renaissance

BLACK

Freemasonry: A Celebration of the Craft

Religion & Spirituality

Other Religions, Practices & Sacred Texts

Atlas Of The World

Keith Lye & Alastair Campbell

Tanks (Military Hardware in Action Series)

Geoff Cornish

Warships (Military Hardware in Action Series)

mark-dartford

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