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The German rulers were forceful and powerful men, and, surrounded by potential enemies, circumstances dictated the necessity of rule by strength based on military capacity. In the later 15th century, three houses rose above the others; the families of Wittelsbach, Luxemburg and the powerful Austrian Hapsburgs. The struggles of these and other houses, and of the knights and towns, were to be a feature of German history throughout the Middle Ages. This title details the dress, weapons, heraldry and insignia of these prolific forces. Product details Format Paperback | 48 pages Dimensions ...

In the 1920's, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands were among the world's last wild places. Largely unmapped and inhabited by headhunters and cannibals, these jungle islands of the Coral Sea captured the popular imagination as examples of the unknown. Many adventurers went to these remote islands, the least likely of whom were two young American women, Caroline Mytinger and Margaret Warner who set out from San Francisco in 1926 armed with little more than art supplies and a ukelele, used by Margaret to entertain sitters while Caroline painted their portraits. Mytinger and Warner went chasing adventure in the name of science, something rarely done by women at the time, and they did it in the face of universal dissapproval and even terror on the part of their families, who didn't expect them to come back alive. Not only that, but they had virtually no money and no scientific support or backing. But live they did, and they brought back beautiful paintings and the fascin...

THIS IS A SHORT STORY ABOUT A MARRIED LESBIAN COUPLE TRYING TO HAVE SEX WHILE FOLLOWING THE SOCIAL DISTANCING MANDATE. Product details Format Paperback | 38 pages Dimensions 152 x 229 x 3mm | 86g Publication date ...

This is the loose-leaf version of Physiology of Sport and Exercise, Seventh Edition With Web Study Guide, which offers students a lower-priced printed version of the text. Other binding options are also available. Physiology of Sport and Exercise, Seventh Edition With Web Study Guide, continues its legacy as a top physiology textbook and favorite of instructors and students alike. Combining research with extensive visual aids, this resource offers a simple way for students to develop an understanding of the body's abilities to perform various types and intensities of exercise and sport, to adapt to stressful situations, and to improve its physiological capacities. Written by a team of distinguished researchers, all past presidents of the American College of Sports Medicine, this seventh edition has been updated based on the most recent position stands, standards, and guidelines in the field of sport and exercise physiology. Throughout the text, updated photos join with the superb i...

From the #1 bestselling historian Max Hastings 'the heart-stopping story of the missile crisis' Daily Telegraph 'A story that grabs from the get-go - the moments in which the world teetered on the brink of total annihilation come alive as they would if this were the very best fiction' Justin Webb, Mail on Sunday 'The most gripping narrative of the crisis... frightening but hopelessly addictive' Gerald DeGroot, Times The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was the most perilous event in history, when mankind faced a looming nuclear collision between the United States and Soviet Union. During those weeks, the world gazed into the abyss of potential annihilation. Max Hastings's graphic new history tells the story from the viewpoints of national leaders, Russian officers, Cuban peasants, American pilots and British disarmers. Max Hastings deploys his accustomed blend of eye-witness interviews, archive documents and diaries, White House tape recordings, top-down anal...

Set in the Napa Valley at the turn of the century, this novel beautifully evokes the characters' love of the land and the rhythms of life lived close to the earth and its seasons. Spirited Alda Pendle is the daughter of a viticulturist who has taught her his craft. When he dies, leaving her without property, her skills make her indispensable to the solitary owner of one of the old vineyards in the valley. The novel provides a vivid history of winemaking in California to the Prohibition era. Product details Format Paperback | 285 pages Dimensions ...

Mathe ist nicht gerade dein Lieblingsfach? Und du weißt eigentlich gar nicht, wozu man Mathe lernen sollte? Dann ist dies genau das richtige Buch für dich! Hans-Georg Schumann zeigt dir, dass Mathe auch Spaß machen kann. Mit Mathe leicht gemacht lernst du Schritt für Schritt und ohne Druck mit den Grundrechenarten umzugehen und mit Brüchen und Prozenten zu jonglieren. Bald weißt du, was Zins und Zinseszins ist, wie man Gleichungen richtig löst, das Volumen von Körpern berechnet und Wurzeln zieht. Viele Aufgaben zum Selbertüfteln und Ausprobieren allein oder zusammen mit Freunden verlocken zum Weitermachen und können spannender sein als manches Rätselraten! Product details Format Hardback | 267 pages ...