There's nothing more likely to concentrate one's mind on survival than to be in a disabled transport aircraft, almost out of fuel, the cabin depressurised and the landing gear stuck. Especially when it happens at 80ËSSouth above a vast, chill white desert that is Antarctica.Such an experience focused the author's mind on those life and death events from which some people walk away unscathed, while for others an unforgiving Antarctic is their t...
The untold story of the iconic Hampstead building, completed in 1934, which was home to a remarkable list of residents, including Henry Moore, Agatha Christie and Bauhaus-founder Walter Gropius, as well as those with dark secrets. Many Soviet spies, such as Arnold Deutsch, senior agent and controller of the infamous Cambridge spy ring, were drawn to the building.
When it was all over David Burke and Michael Frayn sat down together, rather as Bohr and Heisenberg do in the play, to try to unravel the mystery, and, like Bohr and Heisenberg, to confront once again the eternal difficulty of knowing why we do what we do.
Während Direktor Newman geschäftlich in der Schweiz war, entdeckte man in der Firma die Unterschlagung von 100.000 Pfund. Da Newman nicht zurückkam, mußte er der Schuldige sein - schuldig am fast völligen Ruin der Firma und dem Selbstmord ihres Finanziers Forrest.
Das war vor sechs Jahren. Und seit damals sucht Angela Forrest den Defraudanten und indirekten Mörder ihres Vaters. Das Unwahrscheinliche geschieht: sie begegnet David Newman beim Te...
Published to coincide with the 45th anniversary of Van Morrison's most celebrated work, Astral Weeks, this provides readers with a fresh new perspective on one of the most revered singer-songwriters of the rock era. With a foreword by acclaimed author Joseph O'Connor.
Media Resource Control Protocol (MRCP) is a new IETF protocol, providing a key enabling technology that eases the integration of speech technologies into network equipment and accelerates their adoption resulting in exciting and compelling interactive services to be delivered over the telephone. MRCP leverages IP telephony and Web technologies such as SIP (Session Intiation Protocol), HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol), and XML (Extensible Mar...
The Spirit of Warm Springs is what Franklin D. Roosevelt described as the peaceful atmosphere and healing qualities he found along the slopes of Georgia's Pine Mountain. But long before FDR, the warm springs attracted people. Legend has it the Creek Indians used them for healing. European settlers used them as a revenue source. In the 1800s, the springs became a resort area, and the village of Warm Springs, Georgia, was founded. Rail brought v...
Don't be confused when doing business with Americans! Learn more popular slang words and idioms used in every American company. Entertaining dialogues activities and games will teach you what you need to know fast!
Kenneth Burke continued to write poetry after the 1968 publication of his "Collected Poems", but poetry from the last quarter century of his life has remained largely unpublished, in the mass of papers at his farmhouse. These are the poems that the celebrated critic wrote between 1968 and his death.
The great British statesman Edmund Burke had a genius for political argument, and his impassioned speeches and writings shaped English public life in the second half of the eighteenth century. This anthology of Burke's speeches, letters, and pamphlets, selected, introduced, and annotated by David Bromwich, shows Burke to be concerned with not only preserving but also reforming the British empire.Bromwich includes eighteen works of Burke, all b...
One of America's most innovative and accomplished chefs gives us a book full of deliciously original recipes both for everyday meals and for memorable entertaining.
Over the course of a brilliant career, David Burke has created imaginative and irresistible updates of classic American cuisine. Now he makes it easy for the home cook to master a classic dish and then add innovative touches to make it even more tempting, in what he calls contemp...