Kids can learn all about Sacagawea, who was only 16 when she made the famous journey across 4,500 miles of unexplored territory with Lewis and Clark as their guide. Illustrations.
Reflecting-and integrating-the authors' extensive experiences as academicians, consultants, and practioners, this is the first college textbook entirely dedicated to Electronic Commerce (EC). A comprehensive overview and sourcebook of EC from an unbiased point of view, it describes what EC is explains how it is being conducted and managed, and ...
The Sixth Edition of Wills, Trusts, and Estate Administration is an established textbook in the field of paralegal education dating back to the first edition in 1979. The intention of the textbook is to provide a learning tool for the paralegal student introducing them to the basics of property law and its application to the main theme of wills, ...
Created in association with a transdenominational team of educational experts, DK's stunning new illustrated Bible provides explications of particular passages and clear explanations of key words supported by extensive maps and more than 750 works of art and photographs. "Understanding the Story" sections reveal the real meaning of numerous ...
Hot on the heels of both smash hits House of M and Son of M, Quicksilver returns! But is he friend or foe! Complicating matters even more, the divisiveness of Civil War has spread to X-Factor: half of them want to cooperate with the government; the other half wants to take a stand against it. It's Jamie's choice that may well decide whether X ...
Includes clear identification of approximately 1,000 local animals and plants, incisive explanations of the region's natural history, climate, and night sky, and descriptions of 50 of the best natural sites.
This book explains all you need to know about handwriting analysis in order to produce a comprehensive profile of anyone's personality. It is clear, straightforward and easy to follow. It has been used in classrooms with beginners and it serves as a handy reference for the experienced analyst. This third edition delves into the darker side of ...
The final volume in the "Barbarossa" trilogy, this title completes the account of the strategic intricacies of the German campaign against Russia. Robert Kirchubel examines the causes behind the German failure, including the inability to resupply troops or provide reserves, as well as the lack of decent German winter uniforms and transport. Full ...
Of all types of literature, children's literature is perhaps the best loved, most varied, and most subtly influential. Its history is not merely a footnote to social history, but a fascinating reflection of the way in which society sees itself and how it wishes itself to be seen, of how childhood is defined, controlled, and appreciated. From a ...
Scripture comes alive through selected passages of original texts and full-color illustrations. Special features include color photos, Bible stories, artwork with captions, and NIV text.
The Teutonic Knights were the most warlike of the religious orders, and this is reflected in the architecture they left behind. The Teutonic memorials are the magnificent castles they built as a result of their conquest of Prussia. They were all built of brick, and raised during a period of less than a century and a half between 1230 and 1380. ...
Compact and portable, this book provides detailed geographical information on New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, and Virginia.
The original forced conversion of pagan Livonia, what is now the Baltic states of Latvia and Estonia, was carried about by a military order known as the Brethren of the Sword. In 1236 this order was incorporated into the Teutonic Knights following a catastrophic military defeat. The knights had always consolidated their conquests through networks ...
A full-color, illustrated guide that provides an easy-to-follow summary of church history and brings to life the great redemptive drama played out upon the world stage. Included are more than forty photographs, illustrations, and maps illuminating the people, places and events of church history. Also included are a complete index and a full-color, ...
In this book expert author and tactician Gordon L Rottman provides the first English-language study of Japanese Army and Navy tank units, their tactics and how they were deployed in action. The Japanese army made extensive use of its tanks in the campaigns in China in the 1930s, and it was in these early successes that the Japanese began to ...
Airborne warfare - the deployment of large numbers of troops by parachute and glider - reached its zenith during World War II - the only war in which its potential prizes ever justified its great costs, material and human. It required wholly new equipment and tactics; offered a new capability - to insert whole divisions behind enemy lines by ...
The US armed forces were responsible for many tactical innovations during the years 1941-45, but in no field was US mastery more complete than amphibious warfare. The US armed forces pioneered amphibious warfare in the Pacific and later in the Mediterranean but it was against Fortress Europe that the most famous and the most successful amphibious ...
- These great beginning reading books combine a fun-to-read story with easy-to-read text - Series Two is for readers who are growing in confidence - Collect them all!.
This book will provide a careful analysis of the preparation of the French troops from manual regulations to the training ground, as well a study of the changing quality of command and control within the army. Initially this ensured that the French infantry were virtually unstoppable and for several years they enjoyed blistering triumphs at ...
Complex legal issues often involve contested facts that require expert knowledge. In such cases, legal decision makers look to experts from fields as diverse as the behavioral, social, biomedical, or physical sciences to help settle disputes. More Than the Law provides a fascinating and accessible introduction for students and other readers to the ...
Following the early battles of 1914 along the Marne and in the Ypres salient. World War I rapidly transformed from a war of movement into one of attrition, with the opposing sides entrenching themselves in a line of fortified positions from the Flanders coastline to the Swiss border. This title details the different styles of fortification used on ...
Like so many aspects of battle, 'reconnaissance' is a familiar term, but few civilians have any idea how it is actually done or what it involves. In human terms, 'combat reconnaissance' means the first soldiers to go forward ahead of the main body of forces - either creeping through the landscape or, for larger units, actually driving forward into ...
By mid-April 1945, Hitler's Third Reich was staring into the abyss. Less than 60 miles to the east, the Red Army was poised to seize the German capital. On 16 April, Stalin unleashed his forces, and days later, Berlin was surrounded. The Soviet soldiers fought their way into the devastated German capital, and on the morning of 30 April, the men of ...
"Field of Glory" provides the historical tabletop wargamer with a new, accessible rules set. With no new high-quality games system aimed specifically at the Ancient and Medieval wargamer for over 10 years, this product will fill the gap in this market. "Wolves From the Sea" provides an accessible, detailed gaming companion, covering the forces of ...
Field of Glory provides the historical tabletop wargamer with a new, accessible rules set. With no new high-quality games system aimed specifically at the Ancient and Medieval wargamer for over 10 years, this product will fill the gap in this market." Swifter Than Eagles "provides an accessible, detailed gaming companion, covering the forces of ...
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