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35 produkter
Shadows of the New Sun
Av Bill Fawcett, J. E. Mooney m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
190 kr
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Perhaps no living author of imaginative fiction has earned the awards, accolades, respect, and literary reputation of Gene Wolfe. His prose has been called subtle and brilliant, inspiring not just lovers of fantasy and science fiction, but readers of every stripe, transcending genre and defying …
How to Lose a Battle
Foolish Plans and Great Military Blunders
Av Bill Fawcett
Häftad, 2006
147 kr
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A follow up to "You Did What?", this engrossing and fact-filled compendium of great military disasters and ill-advised battle plans highlights the worst military decisions throughout history and the world. From the ancient Crusades to the modern age of chemical warfare and smart bombs, history is …
It Looked Good on Paper
Bizarre Inventions, Design Disasters, and Engineering Follies
Av Bill Fawcett
Häftad, 2009
176 kr
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Gathered in this book is a collection of flawed plans, half baked ideas, and downright ridiculous machines that, with the best and most optimistic intentions, men have constructed throughout history. Included are such military, scientific, commercial, and infrastructure disasters as: The Lead water …
Hunters & Shooters
An Oral History of the U.S. Navy SEALs in Vietnam
Av Bill Fawcett
Häftad, 2008
218 kr
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Hunters & Shooters
An Oral History of the U.S. Navy SEALs in Vietnam
Av Bill Fawcett
E-bok, 2008
102 kr
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The U.S. Navy SEALs have long been considered among the finest, most courageous, and professional soldiers in American military history—an elite fighting force trained as parachutists, frogmen, demolition experts, and guerrilla warriors ready for sea, air, and land combat. Born out of a proud naval …
How to Lose WWII
Bad Mistakes of the Good War
Av Bill Fawcett
Häftad, 2010
183 kr
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There had never before been a war on the scale of World War II. The sheer size of the conflict and the immense scope of a single battlefield, multiplied the effects of both brilliant and bad decisions. When millions of men are attacking in a Russian offensive or thousands of aircraft are dueling in …
How to Lose a Battle
Foolish Plans and Great Military Blunders
Av Bill Fawcett
E-bok, 2009
91 kr
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A remarkable compendium of the worst military decisions and the men who made them The annals of history are littered with horribly bad military leaders. These combat incompetents found amazing ways to ensure their army''s defeat. Whether it was a lack of proper planning, miscalculation, ego, bad …
It Looked Good on Paper
Bizarre Inventions, Design Disasters, and Engineering Follies
Av Bill Fawcett
E-bok, 2009
91 kr
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A remarkable compendium of wild schemes, mad plans, crazy inventions, and truly glorious disasters Every phenomenally bad idea seemed like a good idea to someone. How else can you explain the Ford Edsel or the sword pistol—absolutely absurd creations that should have never made it off the drawing …
How to Lose WWII
Bad Mistakes of the Good War
Av Bill Fawcett
E-bok, 2010
101 kr
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How to Lose WWII is an engrossing, fact-filled collection from Bill Fawcett that sheds light on the biggest, and dumbest, screw-ups of the Great War. In the vein of his other phenomenal compendiums of amazing battlefield blunders, How to Lose a Battle and How to Lose a War, Fawcett focuses on some …
Doomed to Repeat: The Lessons of History We Failed to Learn
The Lessons of History We Failed to Learn
Av Bill Fawcett
Häftad, 2013
195 kr
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Those Who Forget History Are Doomed to Repeat It. And so we have. Time again the mankind has faced down problems, but have failed to take the hard earned knowledge into the next battle of the same nature. This collection of essays will illuminate those problems we've faced over and over and the …
Doomed to Repeat
The Lessons of History We''ve Failed to Learn
Av Bill Fawcett
E-bok, 2013
102 kr
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“Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.” And so we have. Time and again, mankind has faced down problems, but have often failed to take the hard-earned knowledge into the next battle. Doomed to Repeat is a collection of essays, edited by Bill Fawcett, that illuminates some of the …
How to Lose a War at Sea
Foolish Plans and Great Naval Blunders
Av Bill Fawcett
E-bok, 2013
102 kr
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An engrossing compendium of high-seas military disasters From the days of the Spanish Armada to the modern age of aircraft carriers, battles have been bungled just as badly on water as they have been on land. Some blunders were the result of insufficient planning, overinflated egos, espionage, or …
How to Lose a War at Sea
Foolish Plans and Great Naval Blunders
Av Bill Fawcett
Häftad, 2013
159 kr
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From the Spanish Armada to the modern age of aircraft carriers, history is littered with horribly bad military ideas on the open seas. Whether a result of lack of planning, miscalculations, a leader's ego, spy infiltration, or just a really stupid idea in the first place, each military defeat is …
Men at War
A Soldier's Eye View of the Most Important Battles in History
Av Bill Fawcett
Häftad, 2009
307 kr
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100 Mistakes that Changed History
Backfires and Blunders That Collapsed Empires, Crashed Economies, and Altered the Course of Our World
Av Bill Fawcett
Häftad, 2010
372 kr
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Oops. Reeling from the Black Death, Europe's peasants decide it is cats that are carrying the plague, and start killing them off...leading the rat population, which is really spreading the disease, to explode. A better society is Prohibition's goal - but the result is robbery and homicide, plus the …
Trust Me, I Know What I'm Doing
100 More Mistakes That Lost Elections, Ended Empires, and Made the World What It Is Today
Av Bill Fawcett
Häftad, 2012
316 kr
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UFO Cover-up
What the Government Won't Say
Av Bill Fawcett
Häftad, 1990
189 kr
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Authors Lawrence Fawcett and Barry J. Greenwood reveal in this fascinating, thought-provoking book, based on the government's own research and internal files, what they have learned about: UFO's as a threat to national security. UFO sightings at military bases in the United States, North Africa, …
Railway Architecture
Av Bill Fawcett
Häftad, 2015
114 kr
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The great arched train sheds of Victorian Britain are often seen as the nineteenth-century equivalent of medieval cathedrals.Once specific railway buildings became necessary around 1830 British architects seized the opportunity with both hands, designing some of the great buildings of their age. …
Men at War
A Soldier''s Eye View of the Most Important Battles in History
Av Bill Fawcett
E-bok, 2009
156 kr
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Epic battles?as seen through the eyes of the men who fought them. From Gettysburg to D-Day, history?s most momentous battles have been recounted to the world on a grand scale. This book, for the first time ever, looks at man?s most epic battles from the point of view of the soldiers on the front …
Nebula Awards Showcase 2010
Av Bill Fawcett
E-bok, 2010
180 kr
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The year''s best science fiction and fantasy in one essential volume. An annual commemoration, the Nebula Awards are presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America to those members whose imaginations refine and re-define the infinite storytelling possibilities found within the …
100 Mistakes that Changed History
Backfires and Blunders That Collapsed Empires, Crashed Economies, and Alteredthe Course of Our World
Av Bill Fawcett
E-bok, 2010
177 kr
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Collected in one volume, here are backfires and blunders that collapsed empires, crashed economies, and altered the course of the world. From the Maginot Line to the Cuban Missile Crisis, history is filled with bad moves and not-so-bright ideas that snowballed into disasters and unintended …
Trust Me, I Know What I'm Doing
100 More Mistakes That Lost Elections, Ended Empires, and Made the World What It Is Today
Av Bill Fawcett
E-bok, 2012
81 kr
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Hindsight hurts. * The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act, having the American colonies pay for their own defense—which instead starts a revolution. * In 1929, President Herbert Hoover decides to let the economy fix itself…and the Great Depression gets greater. * Nixon tapes everything he says …
101 Stumbles in the March of History
What if the Great Mistakes in War, Government, Industry, and Economics Were Not Made?
Häftad, 2016
316 kr
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101 Stumbles in the March of History
What If the Great Mistakes in War, Government, Industry, and Economics Were NotMade?
Av Bill Fawcett
E-bok, 2016
79 kr
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An all-new compendium of 101 historic screw-ups from the author of 100 Mistakes that Changed History . DID I DO THAT??? When asked to name a successor, Alexander the Great declared that his empire should go “to the strongest”. . . but would rival factions have descended into war if he’d been a …
Shadows of the New Sun
Stories in Honor of Gene Wolfe
E-bok, 2013
224 kr
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An all-star tribute to Gene Wolfe, featuring the work of Neil Gaiman, David Brin, Nancy Kress, and others Perhaps no living author of imaginative fiction has earned the awards, accolades, respect, and literary reputation of Gene Wolfe. His prose has been called subtle and brilliant, inspiring not …
Oval Office Oddities
Av Bill Fawcett
E-bok, 2020
157 kr
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"This amusing collection of factoids entertains, but it''s also an accessible look at the 43 men who have held our nation''s highest office. Enjoyable." —School Library Journal Every four years Americans go to the polls to elect a leader—a personage of unimpeachable sobriety and moral standing who …
Railway Architecture
Av Bill Fawcett
E-bok, 2015
114 kr
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The great arched train sheds of Victorian Britain are often seen as the nineteenth-century equivalent of medieval cathedrals: once specific railway buildings became necessary around 1830 British architects seized the opportunity with both hands, designing some of the great buildings of their age. …
Railway Architecture
Av Bill Fawcett
E-bok, 2015
110 kr
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The great arched train sheds of Victorian Britain are often seen as the nineteenth-century equivalent of medieval cathedrals: once specific railway buildings became necessary around 1830 British architects seized the opportunity with both hands, designing some of the great buildings of their age. …
