This unique reference equips students with vocabulary skills that will last a lifetime. Students study Latin and Greek roots and learn the huge number of English words that derive from them. The impressive number of entries and explanations, presented in a light and non-threatening manner, will give students the vocabulary boost they need.
"Coaching Psychology Manual" is designed as a comprehensive guide to wellness coaching complete with specific examples and scenarios. This manual will help train wellness coaches, a group comprised of fitness professionals, including personal trainers, dieticians, personal trainers, nurses, and physical therapists, the techniques and concepts to ...
When super villain Outback Jack and his sidekick attack Bumblyburg in search of a buried treasure, Larryboy must rely on retired super heroes for help--including the wise, mild-mannered Pruneman. This adventure provides a gentle lesson about respecting our elders.
An account of the Nazi persecution of the Jews of Holland during the Second World War. Moore, a history lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University, attempts to explain why more Jews perished in Holland (relative to their population) than in almost any other European country.
Now millions of avid fans can revel in NASCAR's celebrated past and present--and anticipate its thrilling future--in this showcase of the sport's 50 greatest drivers. Color and b&w photos.
It is a pity there are getting to be so many places that I can never go back to, but all the same, I do not think it is much fun a man being respectable all his life. Thus begins "Don't Call Me a Crook!", a memoir of a 1920's youth thoroughly, noisily and lawlessly lived. Bob Moore, a Glaswegian, was a marine engine, occasional building ...
During World War II, captured service personnel of all the belligerent powers found themselves incarcerated as prisoners of war. Although the number of POWs ran into the millions, comparatively little has been written about them. This timely collection examines individual prisoners' experiences, but also provides an overview and synthesis of ...
Trace the humble beginnings of Route 66 through its formative years to its present rebirth as an international tourist destination. The captivating text offers carloads of legends and lore, as well as miles of stories about the unique characters who have traveled the fabled road. Nostalgic photographs that capture the spirit of the highway's glory ...
This book is the first comprehensive survey of resistance movements in Western Europe in World War II. Until now, most work on resistance has centred either on espionage networks, partisans and their external links, or on comparisons between national movements and theories of resistance. This book fills a major gap in the existing literature by ...
The book is relevant, timely and innovative. It addresses an important historic topic and synthesises the existing literature. The authors give empirical body to some of the questions that have been raised in recent years by the theorists of post colonial history and of global history while at the same time staying on firm ground by not neglecting ...
From the beginning of the nineteenth century, Western Europe witnessed the emergence of a 'mass' society. Grand social processes, such as urbanization, industrialization and democratization, blurred the previous sharp distinctions that had divided society. This massive transformation is central to our understanding of modern society. Comparing the ...
This volume is the first to compare the position of Catholic minorities in England and the Dutch Republic. Looking beyond the tales of persecution that have dominated traditional historiography, the contributors focus on the realities of Catholic existence. Thematically organised, the book explores Catholicism as a minority culture that resorted ...
Travelers along America's Main Street are a diverse group with one common goal: they want to find & experience the places & the people of the Mother Road. "Route 66--A Guidebook to the Mother Road" will take them to where the road exists as no other book has ever done. Lavishly illustrated with over 200 pictures, this 100-page, large-format ...
This handy guide is packed with the best plant varieties you'll ever want for your garden: annuals, perennials, trees and shrubs, vines, roses, bulbs, herbs and ornamental grasses. Small enough to take to the garden center or nursery, yet filled with beautiful photos, it contains info on habitat, height and spread; plant features and flower colors ...
The volume consists of ten essays (five by British and five by Dutch scholars) based on papers originally delivered to the Fourteenth Anglo-Dutch Historical Conference, 2000. The essays are arranged into five themes which take a strongly comparative approach to explore the development of the British and Dutch colonial empires in the late 18th and ...
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