How to Be a Spy
How to Be a Spy

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Publisher: Dundurn

Published: 2004-04

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 1550025058

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During World War II, training in the black arts of covert operation was vital preparation for the 'ungentlemanly warfare' waged by the Special Operations Executive (SOE) against Hitler's Germany and Tojo's Japan. Reproduced here is the most comprehensive training syllabus used at SOE's Special Training Schools (STSs) showing how agents learnt to wreak maximum destruction in occupied Europe and beyond. The training took place in country houses and other secluded locations ranging from the Highlands of Scotland to Singapore and Canada. An array of unconventional skills are covered - from burglary, close combat and silent killing through to propaganda, surveillance and disguise - giving insight into the workings of one of World War II's most intriguing organizations. Denis Rigden's introduction sets the documents in its historical context and includes stories of how these lessons were put into practice on actual wartime missions.

Understanding Masculinities
Understanding Masculinities

Author: Mac an Ghaill, Mairtin

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

Published: 1996-03-01

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 0335194605

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Masculinity is gaining increasing popular and academic interest. At one level, football hooligans, absent fathers, 'Essex man' and 'new men' are regular media presences. At the same time, masculinity is the subject of increasingly sophisicated theoretical discussion, and there are a wide range of accounts of what masculinity means. Understanding Masculinities is the first introductory text to examine the range of different theoretical and methodological approaches to the understanding of masculinity. It brings together overviews of the key theoretical debates with new empirical material, focusing on different social and cultural arenas, and the wide range of masculinities which exist. It discusses education, unemployment, sport, sexuality, HIV, and black masculinities. Understanding Masculinities critically explores the gendered and sexual dynamics of these masculinities, challenging and transforming our conventional assumptions. Understanding Masculinities will be important reading for undergraduate and masters students of sociology, women's studies, gender and psychology. It will also be of interest to anyone concerned with broadening their understanding of masculinity.

The Regulation of Boxing
The Regulation of Boxing

Author: Robert G. Rodriguez

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2009-03-23

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 0786452846

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This first nationwide study of boxing regulations in the United States offers an historical overview of the subject, from the earliest attempts at regulating the sport to present-day legislation that may create a national boxing commission. It examines the disparity of regulations among states, as well as the reasons for some of these differences. The work features interviews with boxing officials, analysts and boxers, and includes the results of a national survey of state athletic commission personnel. In-depth case studies of boxing regulations in Nevada and Kansas provide a close look at different states' methods, and Argentina's centralized system of regulation is presented as a comparison to the U.S. approach.

The Formula for Murder
The Formula for Murder

Author: Carol McCleary

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Published: 2013-08-27

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 9780765367105

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History, mystery, murder, and mad science accompany plucky Victorian newspaper reporter Nellie Bly when she travels to the haunted moors of England to investigate the mysterious death of another journalist alongside H.G. Wells, Oscar Wilde, and Arthur Conan Doyle.

John L. Sullivan
John L. Sullivan

Author: Adam J. Pollack

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2015-02-28

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 1476618348

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Essentially the last of the bare-knuckle heavyweight champions, John L. Sullivan was instrumental in the acceptance of gloved fighting. His charisma and popular appeal during this transitional period contributed greatly to making boxing a nationally popular, "legitimate" sport. Sullivan became boxing's first superstar and arguably the first of any sport. From his first match in the late 1870s through his final championship fight in 1892, this biography contains a thoroughly researched, detailed accounting of John L. Sullivan's boxing career. With special attention to the 1880s, the decade during which Sullivan came to prominence, it follows Sullivan's skill development and discusses his opponents and fights in detail, providing various viewpoints of a single event. Beginning with a discussion of early boxing practices, the sport itself is placed within sociological, legal and historical contexts including anti-prize fighting laws and the so-called "color line." A complete record of Sullivan's career is also included.

Hearings
Hearings

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries

Publisher:

Published: 1966

Total Pages: 1232

ISBN-13:

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Merchant Marine Legislation, 1966
Merchant Marine Legislation, 1966

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Merchant Marine

Publisher:

Published: 1966

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13:

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Committee Serial No. 89-32. Considers. H.R. 8000, to amend the Ship Mortgage Act to revise fees for certification of certain mortgaged documents. H.R. 11625, to prevent vessels built or rebuilt outside the U.S. or documented under foreign registry from carrying cargo restricted to U.S. vessels. H.R. 15283, to authorize carrying of military cargoes by U.S. flag ships at reduced and reasonable rates. H.R. 15862, H.R. 15863, H.R. 15864, and H.R. 15865, to authorize FY67 Maritime Administration appropriations. H.R. 15575 and S. 3391 to exempt small craft from the provisions of the Shipping Act.