David Drake - Böcker

This well-established and authoritative work, now in its seventh edition, is the most detailed reference source on the law relating to minority shareholders. As more and more legal emphasis is put on corporate governance, and as the influence of shareholder activism continues to grow, this book is the leading resource for practitioners requiring up-to-date, detailed information on the rights and remedies available to minority shareholders. The book provides detailed and incisive coverage of section 994 petitions, derivative claims, just and equitable winding-up petitions, and the foreign aspects of shareholder disputes, as well as shareholders' personal claims against companies and the rights conferred on them by the Companies Act 2006.The seventh edition examines all significant recent case law from the UK, including Sevilleja v Marex Financial Ltd on reflective loss, and Loveridge v Loveridge, Re Westshield Ltd, and UTB plc v Sheffield Utd on unfair prejudice. The work also considers case law from courts of other jurisdictions with analogous shareholder provisions, in particular Hong Kong, Singapore, and the Caribbean.

From David Weber to David Feintuch to David Drake, military writers have exploded into the science fiction scene and continue to leave their marks. Now, bestselling Hammer's Slammers creator David Drake pays homage to his own sub-genre by gathering 10 classic takes of men at arms by SF Greats, including Harry Harrison, Joe Haldeman, Richard C. Matheson, Gene Wolfe, Keith Laumer and David Drake himself.

An in-depth retrospective of the work of Phillip Jones Griffiths, one of the most influential photojournalists of the 20th century, who shaped our view of history and changed our perception of the Vietnam War. A comprehensive retrospective of Philip Jones Griffiths’s work and life, this publication offers a vital reappraisal of his humanist, socially engaged photography. Bringing together images from across his celebrated and lesser-known series, including his pioneering work focusing on Vietnam, this volume offers fresh insight into his process, practice and philosophy. David Drake journeys through Jones Griffiths’s Welsh childhood to capture the development of his political and photographic sensibilities, evident in key early images of antinuclear protests, 1960s Beatlemania and the war for Algerian independence. Moving to his entirely self-initiated documentation of the Vietnam War, carefully selected plates present Jones Griffiths’s long-term commitment to shining a light on the realities of conflict and recovery. This passion for truth-telling saw Jones Griffiths embark on assignments across the globe. Following him from Northern Ireland to Mongolia and the United States, this book captures not only Jones Griffiths’s skill as a documentarian, but his commitment to the wider photographic community. As president of the renowned photo collective Magnum Photos, Jones Griffiths’s devotion was deeply felt. Featuring texts by David Drake and contributions from photographer Donna Ferrato and novelist Nguyen Phan Que Mai, this is an essential photobook for all who value documentary photography created with principles, passion and integrity.

Lt. Leary, Commanding

Paris at War chronicles the lives of ordinary Parisians during World War II, from September 1939 when France went to war with Nazi Germany to liberation in August 1944. Readers will relive the fearful exodus from the city as the German army neared the capital, the relief and disgust felt when the armistice was signed, and the hardships and deprivations under Occupation. David Drake contrasts the plight of working-class Parisians with the comparative comfort of the rich, exposes the activities of collaborationists, and traces the growth of the Resistance from producing leaflets to gunning down German soldiers. He details the intrigues and brutality of the occupying forces, and life in the notorious transit camp at nearby Drancy, along with three other less well known Jewish work camps within the city.The book gains its vitality from the diaries and reminiscences of people who endured these tumultuous years. Drake’s cast of characters comes from all walks of life and represents a diversity of political views and social attitudes. We hear from a retired schoolteacher, a celebrated economist, a Catholic teenager who wears a yellow star in solidarity with Parisian Jews, as well as Resistance fighters, collaborators, and many other witnesses.Drake enriches his account with details from police records, newspapers, radio broadcasts, and newsreels. From his chronology emerge the broad rhythms and shifting moods of the city. Above all, he explores the contingent lives of the people of Paris, who, unlike us, co­uld not know how the story would end.

The Dance of Time

When the Republic of Cinnabar doesn't have enough battleships to deal withall the crises in its war with the Alliance, it sends the next best thing:Commander Daniel Leary and his friend, the spy Adele Mundy. This time they'reoff to help the Bagarian cluster in its rebellion against the Alliance, butthey'll quickly find that the worst threats to the rebels are the treacherouspoliticians leading them. Leary and Mundy use electronic espionage, sub-machine guns, and shipkillingmissiles to outwit political rivals, put down mutiny, and capture an Alliancefortress. When all else fails, they'll strike for the heart of the Alliance--andthen throw their tiny corvette into a major fleet action. A cascade of non-stop action as vivid as only David Drake can write it!

Continuing the popular Belisarius saga, with two full-length novels in onevolume. Destiny's Shield: Evil from beyond time: The Malwa Empire squats likea toad across sixth century India, commanded by ruthless men with depravedappetites. But

When the Republic of Cinnabar doesn't have enough battleships to deal withall the crises in its war with the Alliance, it sends the next best thing:Commander Daniel Leary and his friend, the spy Adele Mundy. This time they'reoff to help the Bagarian cluster in its rebellion against the Alliance, butthey'll quickly find that the worst threats to the rebels are the treacherouspoliticians Leary and Mundy use electronic espionage, sub-machine guns,and shipkilling missiles to outwit political rivals, put down mutiny, andcapture an Alliance fortress. When all else fails, they'll strike for the heartof the Alliance--and then throw their tiny corvette into a major fleet action. A cascade of non-stop action as vivid as only David Drake can writeit!

Belisarius III

The bestselling series that rocketed David Drake to Military Science Fictionstardom is collected in this first of three volumes.

The second of a three volume run collecting David Drake's completeHammer's Slammers series.

Captain Daniel Leary and his friend, the spy Adele Mundy, have been in thefront lines of Cinnabar's struggle against the totalitarian Alliance. Now thesegalactic superpowers have signed a peace of mutual exhaustion...but the jackalsare moving in! The Republic of Cinnabar was on the verge of collapse under the weight oftaxes, casualties, and war's disruption of trade. That the Alliance of FreeStars was in even worse condition helped only because it has made peacepossible. Years of war have been hard on Daniel and harder still on Adele, whoselife outside information-gathering is a tightrope between despair and deadlyviolence. Their masters in the RCN and the Republic's intelligence service havesent them to the fringes of human space to relax away from danger. But thebarbarians of the outer reaches have their own plans, plans which will bringdown both Cinnabar and the Alliance. Unless Daniel, Adele, and their unlikelyallies succeed, galactic civilization will disintegrate into blood and chaos. Sothey will succeed — or they'll die trying.

David Drake’s two Tom Kelly technothrillers in one volume —Skyripper and Fortress! Loose Cannon featuresday-after-tomorrow technothriller action with a raw, gritty, and extremelyeffective hero you might want to forget, but can’t, fending offSoviet aggression and alien attack.

During the Cold War, a Soviet scientist has knowledge the Earth will beattacked by aliens, but only the U.S. has the laser-based technology to knockout the alien weaponry. Enter Tom Kelly, American spy, navigator of the U.S.intelligence agency spaghetti, and ruthlessly effective operative when it comesto doing his job. Kelly will get the information into the right hands to savemost of humanity — but in the process, he's prepared to annihilate anyonewho gets in the way of his duty!Collecting David Drake’s two Tom Kelly technothrillers in one volume— Skyripper and Fortress.

David Drake’s legendary Raj Whitehall series, stunninglyreborn! Humanity settled the stars, only to fall into a catastrophic collapse. Onone planet, a single artificial intelligence, a computer program known asCenter, found a military genius of grit and daring in Raj Whitehall, and theGalactic Republic rose again. But many dark planets remain — planets suchas Duisenberg. Here, a single river cuts through a vast continental desert and aculture not unlike that of New Kingdom Egypt has developed. But, when a capsulecontaining the forbidden metal, plastic, and circuit boards that Zentrum hatesfalls from the sky — circuits with secretly stowed away, uploaded versionsof Raj and Center — everything changes! What Raj and Center need now is ahero to break the Land’s stasis and lead Duisberg back from the galacticdark ages. Enter Abel Dashian. The son of a local military commander, he is abrilliant and courageous young man who has lost his mother to a simple bacterialinfection. He is a young man who will dare anything to avenge his mother’sdeath and bring about change. He is the Heretic.

The SAGE Handbook of Coaching presents a comprehensive, global view of the discipline, identifying the current issues and practices, as well as mapping out where the discipline is going.

 The Handbook is organized into six thematic sections:

Part One: Positioning Coaching as a Discipline Part Two: Coaching as a Process Part Three: Common Issues in Coaching Part Four: Coaching in Contexts Part Five: Researching Coaching   Part Six: Development of Coaches

It provides the perfect reference point for graduate students, scholars, educators and researchers wishing to familiarize themselves with current research and debate in the academic and influential practitioners' literature on coaching.

Night & Demons features a collection of horrific, weird, andfantastic tales by a master storyteller David Drake, creator of bestsellingmilitary science fiction series including Hammer’s Slammers. Hereare weird stories set in the present, along with alternative histories filledwith gritty realism and exacting detail, as well as an assortment of horrors andmonsters. More than just a collection of stories, Night & Demonsfeatures extensive story notes that chronicle the development of one of sciencefiction's most popular writers, and provide detailed snapshots of thelarger-than-life editors, publishers, and writers with whom Drake has workedthroughout his career.

Leary and Mundy return in David Drake' bestselling Republic of CinnabarNavy space adventure series!Cinnabar's chief spymaster is a mother also — and her son isdetermined to search for treasure in the midst of a civil war. Who better tohold the boy's hand — and to take the blows directed at him — thanCaptain Daniel Leary, the Republic of Cinnabar Navy's troubleshooter, and hisfriend the cyberspy Adele Mundy? The only thing certain in the struggle forcontrol of the mining planet Corcyra is that the rival parties are moredangerous to their own allies than to their opponents. Daniel and Adele facekidnappers, hijackers, pirates, and a death squad — even before they canget to their real business of ending the war on Corcyra. Only with planetarypeace can the boy they're escorting get on with his mission.

The Empire of Man has fallen and a new Dark Age is upon the stars. Withplanets cut off and reduced to subsistence and ignorance, humanity has nearlyforgotten its past greatness. But one battle computer has survived the Collapse.He is Center. And Center is determined to find and aid leaders who can return astar-faring republic to the galaxy. The first of these leaders is Raj Whitehall,a man born to be a general, and molded to retake civilization itself from thejaws of barbarism.Contains Books #5 and #6 (The Sword and The Chosen) in DavidDrake and S. M. Stirling's best selling General series.

Sequel to The Heretic, Book 10 in the nationally best-sellingGeneral series. Duisberg is one of thousands of planets plunged into darkness and chaos bythe collapse of the galactic republic, but where other worlds have begun torebuild a star-travelling culture, Duisberg remains in an uneasy balance betweenmud-brick civilization and bloodthirsty barbarism. The people of Duisberg have agod: Zentrum, a supercomputer from the ancient past. Zentrum has decided toavoid another collapse by preventing civilization from rising from where it is.This is known as the Stasis. And because even a supercomputer and the powerfulreligion which it founded cannot block all progress, Zentrum has another tool:every few centuries the barbarians sweep in from the desert, slaughtering theeducated classes and cowing the peasants back into submission. These are theBlood Winds, and the Blood Winds are about to blow again. This time, however,there's a difference: Abel Dashian, son of a military officer, has received intohis mind the spirit of Raj Whitehall, the most successful general in the historyof the planet Bellevue — and of Center, the supercomputer which enabledRaj to shatter his planet's barbarians and permit the return of civilization.One hero can't stop the tide of barbarians unless he has his own culturesupporting him. To save Duisberg, Abel must conquer the very land of his originand attempt to destroy the computer A.I. “god” who has doomed hisworld to an everlasting Dark Age. Abel is a heretic, but now he must go beyondand become — The Savior.

Contains Books #7 and #8, The Reformer and The Tyrant, in thebestselling General series!The Empire of Man has fallen and a new Dark Age is upon the stars. Withplanets cut off and reduced to subsistence and ignorance, humanity has nearlyforgotten its past greatness. But one battle computer has survived the Collapse.He is Center. And Center is determined to find and aid leaders who can return astar-faring republic to the galaxy. The first of these leaders is Raj Whitehall,a man born to be a general, and molded to retake civilization itself from thejaws of barbarism.