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Acoustic Guitar

The Composition, Construction and Evolution of One of World's Most Beloved Instruments

by Richard Johnston ...

Series series Guitar Reference
Foreword by C.F. Martin IV. This comprehensive guide explains how to buy and maintain the guitar that matches your needs. From its beginning in European classical music, through American innovations like blues, jazz, country, and all the way to rock, pop and folk, the acoustic guitar's versatility is remarkable. This book covers all types of models with an emphasis placed on steel-string flattops, ... Read more

$21.99 USD

Foreword by C.F. Martin IV. This comprehensive guide explains how to buy and maintain the guitar that matches your needs. From its beginning in European classical music, through American innovations like blues, jazz, country, and all the way to rock, pop and folk, the acoustic guitar's versatility is remarkable. This book covers all types of models with an emphasis placed on steel-string flattops,
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HMS Belfast

Cruiser 1939

by Richard Johnstone-Bryden ...

Series series Seaforth Historic Ships
HMS Belfast, originally a Royal Navy light cruiser, is now permanently moored on the Thames in London. One of ten Town-class cruisers she saw service on the icy Arctic convoys during the Second World War and was also present for the bombardment of the D-Day beaches in 1944. Later, she saw service during the Korean War.As is the case for many historic ships, however, there is a surprising shortage ... Read more

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HMS Belfast, originally a Royal Navy light cruiser, is now permanently moored on the Thames in London. One of ten Town-class cruisers she saw service on the icy Arctic convoys during the Second World War and was also present for the bombardment of the D-Day beaches in 1944. Later, she saw service during the Korean War.As is the case for many historic ships, however, there is a surprising shortage
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HMS Cavalier

Destroyer 1944

by Richard Johnstone-Bryden ...

Series series Seaforth Historic Ships
HMS Cavalier is a 'C'-Class destroyer, one of 96 War Emergency Programme destroyers that were ordered between 1940 and 1942. She saw action on convoy duty off Russia, and later, in 1945, was sent to the Far East where she provided naval gunfire support during the battle of Surabaya. She continued with the British Pacific Fleet until May 1946. Now designated as a war memorial to the 142 RN ... Read more

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HMS Cavalier is a 'C'-Class destroyer, one of 96 War Emergency Programme destroyers that were ordered between 1940 and 1942. She saw action on convoy duty off Russia, and later, in 1945, was sent to the Far East where she provided naval gunfire support during the battle of Surabaya. She continued with the British Pacific Fleet until May 1946. Now designated as a war memorial to the 142 RN
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Concorde Pocket Manual

by Richard Johnstone-Bryden ...

The story of the legendary supersonic passenger jet, told through a series of contemporary documents and records.First flown in 1969, Concorde was the first supersonic aircraft to go into commercial service in 1976 and made her final flight in 2003. She was operated primarily by British Airways and Air France. British Airways' Concordes made just under 50,000 flights and flew more than 2.5m ... Read more

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The story of the legendary supersonic passenger jet, told through a series of contemporary documents and records.First flown in 1969, Concorde was the first supersonic aircraft to go into commercial service in 1976 and made her final flight in 2003. She was operated primarily by British Airways and Air France. British Airways' Concordes made just under 50,000 flights and flew more than 2.5m
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The End of Southern Exceptionalism

Class, Race, and Partisan Change in the Postwar South

by Byron E. Shafer, Richard Johnston ...

The transformation of Southern politics after World War II changed the political life not just of this distinctive region, but of the entire nation. Until now, the critical shift in Southern political allegiance from Democratic to Republican has been explained, by scholars and journalists, as a white backlash to the civil rights revolution.In this myth-shattering book, Byron Shafer and Richard ... Read more

$26.99 USD

The transformation of Southern politics after World War II changed the political life not just of this distinctive region, but of the entire nation. Until now, the critical shift in Southern political allegiance from Democratic to Republican has been explained, by scholars and journalists, as a white backlash to the civil rights revolution.In this myth-shattering book, Byron Shafer and Richard
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Inventing the American Guitar

The Pre-Civil War Innovations of C.F. Martin and His Contemporaries

by James Westbrook, Arian Sheets, Richard Johnston ...

Series series Guitar Reference
Inventing the American Guitar is the first book to describe the early history of American guitar design in detail. It tells the story of how a European instrument was transformed into one with all of the design and construction features that define the iconic American flat-top guitar. This transformation happened within a mere 20 years, a remarkably brief period.The person who dominates this ... Read more

$50.99 USD

Inventing the American Guitar is the first book to describe the early history of American guitar design in detail. It tells the story of how a European instrument was transformed into one with all of the design and construction features that define the iconic American flat-top guitar. This transformation happened within a mere 20 years, a remarkably brief period.The person who dominates this
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Strike Ballots, Democracy, and Law

by Breen Creighton, Catrina Denvir, Richard Johnstone, Shae McCrystal, Alice Orchiston ...

Series series Oxford Labour Law
International law and most national legal systems recognize the right to strike as a fundamental human right. However, the most common qualification for a strike is that the action must first be approved by ballot. These types of requirements are often said to be necessary to protect the democratic rights of the workers - the so-called democratic imperative. But is that truly their aim? This book ... Read more

$100.99 USD

International law and most national legal systems recognize the right to strike as a fundamental human right. However, the most common qualification for a strike is that the action must first be approved by ballot. These types of requirements are often said to be necessary to protect the democratic rights of the workers - the so-called democratic imperative. But is that truly their aim? This book
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Echoes

The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories

by Ellen Datlow, Dale Bailey, Nathan Ballingrud, Aliette de Bodard, Richard Bowes, Pat Cadigan, Siobhan Carroll, F. Marion Crawford, Indrapramit Das, Terry Dowling0, Brian Evenson1, Gemma Files2, Ford Madox Ford3, Jeffrey Ford4, Alice Hoffman5, Carole Johnstone6, Stephen Graham Jones7, Richard Kadrey8, John Langan9, Alison Littlewood0, Bracken Macleod1, Nick Mamatas2, Vincent J. Masterson3, Seanan McGuire4, Garth Nix5, Joyce Carol Oates6, M. Rickert7, M. L. Siemienowicz8, Lee Thomas9, Paul Tremblay0, A. C. Wise1 ...

The essential collection of beloved ghost stories, compiled by the editor who helped define the genre—including stories from award-winning, bestselling authors such as Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Hoffman, Seanan McGuire, and Paul Tremblay.Everyone loves a good ghost story, especially Ellen Datlow—the most lauded editor in short works of supernatural suspense and dark fantasy. The Saga Anthology of ... Read more

$17.99 USD

The essential collection of beloved ghost stories, compiled by the editor who helped define the genre—including stories from award-winning, bestselling authors such as Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Hoffman, Seanan McGuire, and Paul Tremblay.Everyone loves a good ghost story, especially Ellen Datlow—the most lauded editor in short works of supernatural suspense and dark fantasy. The Saga Anthology of
... Read more
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Taaqtumi

An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories

by Aviaq Johnston, Richard Van Camp, Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, Thomas Anguti Johnston, Repo Kempt, Jay Bulckaert, Gayle Kabloona, Cara Bryant, K.C. Carthew ...

Narrated by Elizabeth Ryan, Vinnie Karetak, Aloka Wijesooriya, Kaaju Arreak ...

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4 hours 46 min

“Taaqtumi” is an Inuktitut word that means “in the dark”—and these spine-tingling horror stories by Northern writers show just how dangerous darkness can be. A family clinging to survival out on the tundra after a vicious zombie virus. A door that beckons, waiting to unleash the terror behind it. A post-apocalyptic community in the far North where things aren’t quite what they seem. With chilling ... Read more

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“Taaqtumi” is an Inuktitut word that means “in the dark”—and these spine-tingling horror stories by Northern writers show just how dangerous darkness can be. A family clinging to survival out on the tundra after a vicious zombie virus. A door that beckons, waiting to unleash the terror behind it. A post-apocalyptic community in the far North where things aren’t quite what they seem. With chilling
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Taaqtumi

An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories

by Aviaq Johnston, Richard Van Camp, Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, Thomas Anguti Johnston, Repo Kempt, Jay Bulckaert, Gayle Kabloona, Cara Bryant, K.C. Carthew ...

“Taaqtumi” is an Inuktitut word that means “in the dark”—and these spine-tingling horror stories by Northern writers show just how dangerous darkness can be. A family clinging to survival out on the tundra after a vicious zombie virus. A door that beckons, waiting to unleash the terror behind it. A post-apocalyptic community in the far North where things aren’t quite what they seem. With chilling ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Also available as: Audiobook

“Taaqtumi” is an Inuktitut word that means “in the dark”—and these spine-tingling horror stories by Northern writers show just how dangerous darkness can be. A family clinging to survival out on the tundra after a vicious zombie virus. A door that beckons, waiting to unleash the terror behind it. A post-apocalyptic community in the far North where things aren’t quite what they seem. With chilling
... Read more

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Six Shorts 2017

The finalists for the 2017 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award

by Kathleen Alcott, Bret Anthony Johnston, Richard Lambert, Victor Lodato, Celeste Ng, Sally Rooney ...

This year's six shortlisted stories for the world's richest short story prize, the £30,000 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award.The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award is the world's most prestigious and richest short story prize, worth £30,000 to the winner. Past winners and shortlisted authors have included the Pulitzer winners Junot Díaz, Anthony Doerr and Adam Johnson, plus Hilary Mantel, Ali ... Read more

$7.49 USD

This year's six shortlisted stories for the world's richest short story prize, the £30,000 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award.The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award is the world's most prestigious and richest short story prize, worth £30,000 to the winner. Past winners and shortlisted authors have included the Pulitzer winners Junot Díaz, Anthony Doerr and Adam Johnson, plus Hilary Mantel, Ali
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The Breeding Birds of Kansas

by Richard F. Johnston ...

The book details the breeding behavior and habitat preferences of various bird species found in Kansas. Johnston organizes the information systematically, including species accounts that cover physical descriptions, vocalizations, nesting sites, and breeding seasons. He also discusses the environmental factors that influence bird populations, such as habitat loss and changes in land use, which are ... Read more

$0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The book details the breeding behavior and habitat preferences of various bird species found in Kansas. Johnston organizes the information systematically, including species accounts that cover physical descriptions, vocalizations, nesting sites, and breeding seasons. He also discusses the environmental factors that influence bird populations, such as habitat loss and changes in land use, which are
... Read more

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