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22 produkter
Seven-Tenths
The Sea and its Thresholds
Häftad, 2007
145 kr
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Seven-Tenths is James Hamilton-Paterson's classic exploration of the sea. A beautifully-written blend of literature and science, it is here brought back into print in a revised and updated edition which includes the acclaimed essay Sea Burial.
Seven-Tenths
The Sea and its Thresholds
E-bok, 2011
139 kr
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Seven-Tenths is James Hamilton-Paterson's classic exploration of the sea. A beautifully-written blend of literature and science, it is here brought back into print in a revised and updated edition which includes the acclaimed essay Sea Burial.
Empire of the Clouds
When Britain's Aircraft Ruled the World
E-bok, 2010
118 kr
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In 1945 Britain was the world's leading designer and builder of aircraft - a world-class achievement that was not mere rhetoric. And what aircraft they were. The sleek Comet, the first jet airliner. The awesome delta-winged Vulcan, an intercontinental bomber that could be thrown about the sky like …
Under the Radar
A Novel
E-bok, 2013
115 kr
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1961. A squadron of Vulcan aircraft, Britain's most lethal nuclear bomber, flies towards the east coast of the United States. Highly manoeuvrable, the great delta-winged machines are also equipped with state of the art electronic warfare devices that jam American radar systems. Evading the fighters …
Under the Radar
A Novel
Häftad, 2014
163 kr
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1961. A squadron of Vulcan aircraft, Britain's most lethal nuclear bomber, flies towards the east coast of the United States. Highly manoeuvrable, the great delta-winged machines are also equipped with state of the art electronic warfare devices that jam American radar systems. Evading the fighters …
Empire of the Clouds
When Britain's Aircraft Ruled the World
E-bok, 2011
158 kr
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In 1945 Britain was the world's leading designer and builder of aircraft - a world-class achievement that was not mere rhetoric. And what aircraft they were. The sleek Comet, the first jet airliner. The awesome delta-winged Vulcan, an intercontinental bomber that could be thrown about the sky like …
Playing With Water
Alone on a Philippine Island
E-bok, 2014
121 kr
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A classic of travel writing. For many years award-winning writer James Hamilton-Paterson spent a third of each year on an otherwise uninhabited Philippine island, spear-fishing for survival. Playing with Water tells us why he did. Yet it also gives an account of life in that class-bound country as …
Empire of the Clouds
The Golden Era of Britain's Aircraft
Häftad, 2018
171 kr
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In 1945 Britain was the world's leading designer and builder of aircraft - a world-class achievement that was not mere rhetoric. And what aircraft they were. The sleek Comet, the first jet airliner. The awesome delta-winged Vulcan, an intercontinental bomber that could be thrown about the sky like …
Playing with Water
Passion and Solitude on a Philippine Island
E-bok, 1998
167 kr
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James Hamilton-Paterson spends a third of each year on an otherwise uninhabited Philippine island, spear-fishing for survival. Playing with Water tells us why he does. Beyond that, it gives an account of life in that class-bound country as a whole. For it is in places like this rather than Manila …
Beethoven's Eroica
The First Great Romantic Symphony
Inbunden, 2017
262 kr
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An ode to Beethoven's revolutionary masterpiece, his Third Symphony In 1805, the world of music was startled by an avant-garde and explosive new work. Intellectually and emotionally, Beethoven's Third Symphony, the "Eroica," rudely broke the mold of the Viennese Classical symphony and revealed a …
Marked for Death
E-bok, 2015
110 kr
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A compelling and fascinating account of aerial combat in World War I, revealing the terrible risks run by the men who fought and died in the world''s first air war. Little more than ten years after the first powered flight, aircraft were pressed into service in World War I. Yet the romantic image …
What We Have Lost
The Dismantling of Great Britain
E-bok, 2018
126 kr
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''Exquisitely written and ripe with detail'' Sunday Times . ''An engaging book... He knows his British stuff'' The Times . ''One of England''s most skilled and alluring prose writers in or out of fiction, has done something even more original'' London Review of Books . WHAT WE HAVE LOST IS A …
What We Have Lost
The Dismantling of Great Britain
Häftad, 2019
136 kr
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'Exquisitely written and ripe with detail' Sunday Times. 'An engaging book... He knows his British stuff' The Times. 'One of England's most skilled and alluring prose writers in or out of fiction, has done something even more original' London Review of Books. WHAT WE HAVE LOST IS A MISSILE AIMED AT …
Eroica
The First Great Romantic Symphony
E-bok, 2016
110 kr
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In 1805, the world of music was set on its ears by a new work from a German composer. Intellectually and emotionally, Beethoven''s Third Symphony, the ''Eroica'', was revolutionary music. After those first two stunning chords, Western music was never the same again. And the whiff of actual …
Blackbird
The Story of the Lockheed Sr-71 Spy Plane
E-bok, 2017
142 kr
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The American ''spy'' aircraft, the SR-71 ''Blackbird'' was deliberately designed to be the world''s fastest and highest-flying aircraft and has never been approached since. It was conceived in the late 1950s by Lockheed Martin''s highly secret ''Skunk Works'' team under one of the most (possibly …
Trains, Planes, Ships and Cars
E-bok, 2020
324 kr
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A lavishly illustrated celebration of the golden age of aircraft, cars, ships and locomotives from 1900 to 1941 by the author of the bestselling Empire of the Clouds. This dazzling book describes the flourishing of transport and travel, and the engineering that made it possible, in the years before …
Marked for Death
Häftad, 2021
126 kr
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A compelling and fascinating account of aerial combat in World War I, revealing the terrible risks run by the men who fought and died in the world's first air war.Little more than ten years after the first powered flight, aircraft were pressed into service in World War I. Yet the romantic image of …
Stuck Monkey
The Deadly Planetary Cost of the Things We Love
E-bok, 2023
123 kr
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People hunting monkeys in the jungle once devised a simple yet effective trap: When the creature found a banana in a large jar with a narrow neck, it would plunge its paw in to retrieve it. But it couldn''t let go. And unless the monkey released the banana, it was stuck. We are, of course, the …
Stuck Monkey
The Deadly Planetary Cost of the Things We Love
Inbunden, 2023
235 kr
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People hunting monkeys in the jungle once devised a simple yet effective trap: When the creature found a banana in a large jar with a narrow neck, it would plunge its paw in to retrieve it. But it couldn’t let go. And unless the monkey released the banana, it was stuck.We are, of course, the stuck …
Stuck Monkey
The Deadly Planetary Cost of the Things We Love
Häftad, 2024
121 kr
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People hunting monkeys in the jungle once devised a simple yet effective trap: When the creature found a banana in a large jar with a narrow neck, it would plunge its paw in to retrieve it. But it couldn’t let go. And unless the monkey released the banana, it was stuck.We are, of course, the stuck …
Stuck Monkey
The Deadly Planetary Cost of the Things We Love
Häftad, 2023
178 kr
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People hunting monkeys in the jungle once devised a simple yet effective trap: When the creature found a banana in a large jar with a narrow neck, it would plunge its paw in to retrieve it. But it couldn’t let go. And unless the monkey released the banana, it was stuck. We are, of course, the stuck …
