The Enemy in the Blanket
Title | The Enemy in the Blanket PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony Burgess |
Publisher | Heinemann Educational Books |
Total Pages | 236 |
Release | 1968 |
Genre | Fiction |
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The Long Day Wanes
Title | The Long Day Wanes PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony Burgess |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | 516 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780393309430 |
Set in postwar Malaya at the time when people and governments alike are bemused and dazzled by the turmoil of independence, this three-part novel is rich in hilarious comedy and razor-sharp in observation. The protagonist of the work is Victor Crabbe, a teacher in a multiracial school in a squalid village, who moves upward in position as he and his wife maintain a steady decadent progress backward. A sweetly satiric look at the twilight days of colonialism.
Commerce Reports
Title | Commerce Reports PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1772 |
Release | 1920 |
Genre | Consular reports |
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Traffic World and Traffic Bulletin
Title | Traffic World and Traffic Bulletin PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1600 |
Release | 1919 |
Genre | Physical distribution of goods |
ISBN |
Admiral John S. McCain and the Triumph of Naval Air Power
Title | Admiral John S. McCain and the Triumph of Naval Air Power PDF eBook |
Author | William F Trimble |
Publisher | Naval Institute Press |
Total Pages | 450 |
Release | 2019-04-15 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1682473716 |
Admiral John S. McCain and the Triumph of Naval Air Power covers the life and professional career of Adm. John S. McCain Sr. (1884–1945). Spanning most of the first half of the twentieth century, McCain’s life and career highlight the integration of aviation into the Navy, emphasizing the evolution of the aircraft carrier from a tactical element of the fleet stressing sea control to a strategic force capable of long-range power projection. Although much of the book focuses on carrier aviation, McCain was instrumental in the emergence of flying boats, considered essential for long-range reconnaissance in the Pacific. One of the senior officers branded as “Johnny-Come-Latelys” by pioneer aviators, McCain nevertheless brought fresh approaches and innovation to naval aviation. His prewar and initial wartime commands encompassed tender-based and shore-based aviation, which were critical to early operations in the Pacific, yet McCain also understood the power and potential of carrier-based aviation, initially as commanding officer of the USS Ranger before the war, then as a carrier task force commander under Adm. William F. Halsey in the Pacific in 1944 and 1945. Moreover, he served tours as Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics and the first Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Air) in 1942–1944. In these posts he witnessed and played a role in the culmination of naval air power as a means of delivering crippling blows to the enemy’s homeland. McCain was among only a handful of officers who achieved prominence during the war and who had experience in all of these varied and challenging levels of command.
Pottery, Glass & Brass Salesman
Title | Pottery, Glass & Brass Salesman PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 978 |
Release | 1919 |
Genre | Brass industry and trade |
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The Indian Sign Language
Title | The Indian Sign Language PDF eBook |
Author | William Philo Clark |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 458 |
Release | 1884 |
Genre | Indian sign language |
ISBN |
Under orders from General Sheridan, Captain W. P. Clark spent over six years among the Plains Indians and other tribes studying their sign language. In addition to an alphabetical cataloguing of signs, Clark gives valuable background information on many tribes and their history and customs. Considered the classic of its field, this book provides, entirely in prose form, how to speak the language entirely through sign language, without one diagram provided.