The Illustrated Companion to Nelson's Navy

The Illustrated Companion to Nelson's Navy

Author: Nicholas Blake

Publisher: Stackpole Books

Published: 2005-08

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 9780811732758

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The fictional exploits of sailors in the Royal Navy have thrilled readers around the world. This title covers various aspects of the Royal Navy including the workings of the admiralty, the designs and building of ships, life on board, food and drink, discipline, seamanship, merchant fleets, and opposing navies.


A Companion to Rationalism

A Companion to Rationalism

Author: Alan Nelson

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2012-10-01

Total Pages: 716

ISBN-13: 1118394208

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This book is a wide-ranging examination of rationalist thought in philosophy from ancient times to the present day. Written by a superbly qualified cast of philosophers Critically analyses the concept of rationalism Focuses principally on the golden age of rationalism in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries Also covers ancient rationalism, nineteenth-century rationalism, and rationalist themes in recent thought Organised chronologically Various philosophical methods and viewpoints are represented


The Cambridge Companion to Nelson Mandela

The Cambridge Companion to Nelson Mandela

Author: Rita Barnard

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-01-31

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 1107013119

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Nelson Mandela is one of the most revered figures of our time. The essays in this Companion, written by experts in history, anthropology, jurisprudence, cinema, literature, and visual studies, examine how Mandela became the icon he is today and ponder the meanings and uses of his internationally recognizable image.


The Cambridge Companion to Zola

The Cambridge Companion to Zola

Author: Brian Nelson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2007-02-15

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 1139827278

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Emile Zola is a towering literary figure of the nineteenth century. His main literary achievement was his twenty-volume novel cycle, Les Rougon-Macquart (1870–93). In this series he combines a novelist's skills with those of the investigative journalist to examine the social, sexual and moral landscape of the late nineteenth century in a way that scandalized bourgeois society. In 1898 Zola crowned his literary career with a political act, his famous open letter ('J'accuse...!') to the President of the French Republic in defence of Alfred Dreyfus. The essays in this volume offer readings of individual novels as well as analyses of Zola's originality, his representation of society, sexuality and gender, his relations with the painters of his time, his narrative art, and his role in the Dreyfus Affair. The Companion also includes a chronology, detailed summaries of all of Zola's novels, suggestions for further reading, and information about specialist resources.


Miss Nelson is Missing!

Miss Nelson is Missing!

Author: Harry Allard

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780395401460

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Suggests activities to be used at home to accompany the reading of Miss Nelson is missing by Harry Allard in the classroom.


A Companion to the War Film

A Companion to the War Film

Author: Douglas A. Cunningham

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2016-04-15

Total Pages: 475

ISBN-13: 111833762X

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A Companion to the War Film contains 27 original essays that examine all aspects of the genre, from the traditional war film, to the new global nature of conflicts, and the diverse formats that war stories assume in today’s digital culture. Includes new works from experienced and emerging scholars that expand the scope of the genre by applying fresh theoretical approaches and archival resources to the study of the war film Moves beyond the limited confines of “the combat film” to cover home-front films, international and foreign language films, and a range of conflicts and time periods Addresses complex questions of gender, race, forced internment, international terrorism, and war protest in films such as Full Metal Jacket, Good Kill, Grace is Gone, Gran Torino, The Messenger, Snow Falling on Cedars, So Proudly We Hail, Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War, Tender Comrade, and Zero Dark Thirty Provides a nuanced vision of war film that brings the genre firmly into the 21st Century and points the way for exciting future scholarship


Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics Pocket Companion

Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics Pocket Companion

Author: Richard E. Behrman

Publisher: Saunders

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 556

ISBN-13:

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A convenient quick reference in clinical settings and situations where there is no opportunity to refer to a full sized pediatric textbook. The handbook enables the reader to access important basic clinical information on medical and surgical problems of children. The handbook is a companion to the Nelson Textbook and both books should be used as a combined educational activity.


The Trafalgar Companion

The Trafalgar Companion

Author: Mark Adkin

Publisher: White Lion Publishing

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781845130183

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The Battle of Trafalgar was fought on October 21, 1805, off Cape Trafalgar on the Spanish coast, between the combined fleets of Spain and France and the Royal Navy. The last great sea action of the period, it established British naval supremacy and ended the threat of French invasion. The Trafalgar Companion not only chronicles the campaign and the battle itself in unprecedented detail, but it also charts Admiral Lord Nelson’s life and career as well as his death at the height of the battle. Providing a wealth of background details on contemporary naval life, seamanship, gunnery, tactics, and much else, the narrative is supplemented by informative sidebars, 200 color illustrations, and stage-by-stage battle diagrams.