【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞“In a time in which heroes are needed more than ever, Bruce Smith has now given us Buddy. Though she is small, Buddy shows us what it means to have a big heart, even in the face of daunting obstacles.”＜br /＞ ??Kathi Appelt, NYT bestselling author of Newbery Honor and National Book Finalist, The Underneath＜/p＞ ＜p＞"Legend Keepers is a charming animal centric adventure sure to delight readers with a heart for the wilderness."＜br /＞ ??Rosanne Parry, NYT bestselling author of A Wulf Called Wander＜/p＞ ＜p＞A debut middle grade novel by wildlife biologist and award-winning science writer, Bruce L. Smith.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In a perilous place at the roof of the world, an orphaned mountain goat is rescued from certain death by a mysterious raven. Communication between a mountain goat and raven might seem strange. But what becomes more unreachable is Buddy’s realization that she alone can save a band of goats from th...

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞Edward Spiers, a leading authority on the Victorian British army, presents here a select edition of letters from the siege of Ladysmith (18991900) that have not been seen since their original publication in metropolitan and provincial newspapers. The 250 letters were published in different British newspapers and provide crucial insights into contemporary perceptions of the battles that preceded the siege, the onset of the siege itself, and the desperate and bloody attempts to relieve the town. Subsequent efforts to defend Ladysmith and to march to its relief became the great dramatic saga of the early phase of the AngloBoer War, providing the context for a series of dramatic battles that embarrassed the Empire and destroyed established reputations. Much has been written about the failings of the British commanders but it is clear that in no other theatre in the war were the practical difficulties so real or the stakes so h...

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞＜strong＞A re-examination of the infamous 2001 North Carolina "Staircase murder" through the outrageous theory that an owl was the killerーand not Michael Peterson.＜/strong＞＜br /＞ On December 9, 2001, Kathleen Peterson was found dead at the bottom of a staircase in her Durham, North Carolina, home. Her scalp was laced with deep incisions, and her blood was strewn from outside to inside the house.＜br /＞ The sinister truth of that night turned her murder into North Carolina's most enigmatic criminal case, capturing media attention across the globe.＜br /＞ Police zeroed in on Kathleen's husband, Michael Peterson, and charged him with murder. But was it the truth?＜br /＞ A neighbor, Larry Pollard, came up with an alternative "killer." He claimed an owl attacked Kathleen outside her house. He said it sliced her scalp with its fierce talons and caused her to run inside, collapsing at the stairwell, an...

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞Bill Sloan, a former British Army intelligence officer and Shahid Al Sheehi, the son of a Pakistani British immigrant are caught up in a breathtakingly ambitious plan for a small Middle Eastern Emirate to seize regional power by acquiring weapons of mass destruction. The destinies of Sloan and Al Sheehi are irrevocably entwined.This novel draws the reader into a realm of political intrigue, characterized by thwarted terrorist plots, international duplicity, and a host of anxious preoccupations including the threat of WMDs. Incredibly timely, as these issues still continue to feature in contemporary headlines, this work acts to set our current perceptions of such issues is context.Well-developed characters populate the pages, living very different lives but influenced by similar factors; a writer in command of his subject matter details their parallel agendas and overlapping imperatives with ease. Informed by his own person...

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞＜strong＞A history of the development of advanced tanks for more efficient armored warfare during the Second World War.＜/strong＞＜br /＞ In this sequel to ＜em＞A New Excalibur,＜/em＞ which examined the development of the tank during World War I and after, Smithers examines the role played by tanks in World War II. At the beginning of the war only the Germans and the Russians had realized the full power of the tank. The British and the Americans were forced to try to catch up. One difficulty was fundamentally a matter of finding the right tool for the right job. In the last year of the war, the Germans relied on the immense King Tigers, which lacked speed and maneuverability; while the Allies were confined to Shermans, Cromwells and Churchills, which were incapable of making a heavyweight impact. Each side had some envy for the other.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページから...

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞＜strong＞A ＜em＞New York Times＜/em＞?bestselling journalist traces a string of unsolved murdersーand the botched investigation that let the New Bedford Highway Killer walk away.＜/strong＞＜br /＞ Over the course of seven months in 1988, eleven women disappeared off the streets of New Bedford, Massachusetts, a gloomy, drug-addled coastal town that was once the whaling capital of the world. Nine turned up dead. Two were never found. And the perpetrator remains unknown to this day.＜/p＞ ＜p＞How could such a thing happen? How, in what was once one of America's richest cities, could the authorities let their most vulnerable citizens down this badly? As Carlton Smith, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for his coverage of the Green River Killer case, demonstrates in this riveting account, it was the inability of police officers and politicians alike to set aside their personal agendas that let a psychopath off the hook.＜/p＞ ＜p＞I...

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞＜strong＞An award-winning memoir of an adventurous and winding journey through life: "A nonstop pleasure" (Susan Isaacs).＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞A key grip, Dustin Beall Smith explains, is the person on a film set who supervises the rigging of lights, set wall construction, dolly shots, stunt preparation, and more. Smith worked in the film industry throughout the 1970s, '80s, and '90s. But for him, "fame by association"ーwith iconic stars including Sylvester Stallone, Susan Sarandon, and Robert De Niroーwas just one of the seductive drugs fueling his high-octane days on the set.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The intertwined reminiscences in ＜em＞Key Grip＜/em＞ reveal Smith's long, reckless journey to manhoodーin reaction to his father's impossibly ordered life. Its trajectory includes an early stint as a sport-parachuting instructorーa job that taught Smith how to hide sheer animal fear behind male bravado. Much later, as a...

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞＜strong＞"A successful book, giving a picture of life on a major warship, as well as a different view of some of the main naval actions of the Second World War." ーHistoryOfWar.org＜/strong＞＜br /＞ This is the story of the Royal Navy battle-cruiser HMS ＜em＞Renown＜/em＞, a famous ship with a long and distinguished operational career. Originally built for the First World War she subsequently served in the post-war fleet and took royalty around the world. Modernized just in time for World War Two, she re-joined the fleet in September, 1939 and for the first two years of the war her speed and heavy gun armament made her one of the most important ships of the fleet. She escorted the famous carrier ＜em＞Ark Royal＜/em＞ for most of her illustrious career as flagship of Force "H" in the Mediterranean and took part in many stirring battles and convoy actions. Later she covered Russian convoys in the Arcti...

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞Following in the same style as his previous book of Fleet Air Arm recollections, Malcolm Smith has collected a compendium of reminiscences from pilots who flew for the Royal Navy and the Royal Marines during the First World War. He includes first-hand testimonies from pilots manning early seaplane stations, an enthralling account from F.J. Rutland (the 'Rutland of Jutland'), who became the first pilot to take off in a Sopwith Pup from a platform on the roof of one of HMS Yarmouth's gun turrets, the true tale behind Rudyard Kipling's short story 'A Flight of Fact' (concerning Guy Duncan-Smith's experience of becoming marooned in the Maldives following a dramatic shoot-down), amongst many other personalized and illuminating stories. All these anecdotes are drawn from the extensive archive maintained by the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton, Somerset. The archive contains an enormousquantity of material, in the form of handwr...

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞A Choice Outstanding Academic Book＜br /＞ By championing the ideals of independence, evangelism, and conservism, the Southern Baptist Covention (SBC) has grown into the largest Protestant denomination in the country. The Convention's mass democratic form of church government, its influential annual meetings, and its sheer size have made it a barometer for Southern political and cultural shift. Its most recent shift has been starboard-toward fundamentalism and Republicanism.＜br /＞ While the Convention once ofered a happy home to Harry Truman, Jimmy Carter, and church-state separationists, in the past two decades the SBC has become an uncomfortable institution for Democrats, progressive theologians, and other moderate voices. Current SBC member-heroes include Senators Trent Lott and Jesse Helms. Despite this seeming marginalization, Southern Baptist politicians have grown from political obscurity to occupying the four hig...

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞Compiled from a variety of sources and first-hand accounts, this book is an authoritative record of the part played by No.218 (Gold Coast) Squadron during the bomber offensives of World War II. The squadron's activities are described in detail offering a unique insight into the lives of thoseinvolved and saluting the important role that No.3 Group and No.218 Squadron played in Bomber Command's ultimate victory.No.218 Squadron was formed a few months before the Armistice which brought to a conclusion the Great War. Disbandment soon followed, rendering the squadron number plate dormant until the rise of National Socialism in Germany. The squadron was reformed in 1936 and spent the remaining peace time years honing its skills, skills that would be tested from the very first day of the bomber offensive against Germany to the very last.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いし...

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞The threat of Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's surprise invasion of Russia in June 1941, succeeding prompted Churchill to decide to send vital military supplies to Britain's new ally. The early sailings to Northern Russia via the Arctic Ocean between August 1941 and February 1942 were largely unopposed. But this changed dramatically during the course of 1942 when German naval and air operations inflicted heavy losses on both merchantmen and their escorts. Problems were exacerbated by the need to divert Royal Navy warships to support the North African landing. Strained Anglo-Soviet relations coupled with mounting losses and atrocious weather and sea conditions led to the near termination of the program in early 1943. Again, competing operational priorities, namely the invasion of Sicily and preparations for D-Day, affected the convoy schedules. In the event, despite often crippling losses of lives, ships and supplies, the con...

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞Gulf War Syndrome: Is It a Real Disease? asks a recent headline in the ＜em＞New York Times＜/em＞. This questionーare certain diseases real?ーlies at the heart of a simmering controversy in the United States, a debate that has raged, in different contexts, for centuries. In the early nineteenth century, the air of European cities, polluted by open sewers and industrial waste, was generally thought to be the source of infection and disease. Thus the term miasmaーliterally deathlike airーcame into popular use, only to be later dismissed as medically unsound by Louis Pasteur.＜br/＞ While controversy has long swirled in the United States around such illnesses as chronic fatigue syndrome and Epstein-Barr virus, no disorder has been more aggressively contested than environmental illness, a disease whose symptoms are distinguished by an extreme, debilitating reaction to a seemingly ordinary environment. The environmentally ill rang...

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞＜strong＞A "beautifully photographed . . . indispensable cookware reference" featuring guidance and recipes for copper pots, cast-iron skillets and stoneware (David Lebovitz, author of＜/strong＞ ＜em＞＜strong＞My Paris Kitchen＜/strong＞＜/em＞ ＜strong＞and＜/strong＞ ＜em＞＜strong＞Drinking French＜/strong＞＜/em＞ ＜strong＞).＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Today, most people are concerned about eating seasonal, organic, and local food. But we don't think about how the choices we make about our pots, pans, and bowls can also enhance our meals and our lives.Sara Dahmen believes understanding the origins of the cookware we use to make our food is just as essential. ＜em＞Copper, Iron, and Clay,＜/em＞ is a beautiful photographic history of our cooking tools and their fundamental uses in the modern kitchen, accompanied by recipes that showcase the best features of various cooking materials.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Interested in ea...

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞＜strong＞"[An] extensively researched complete history of the famous SBD Dauntless dive bomber, hero of the Battle of Midway. Very Highly Recommended." ー＜/strong＞ ＜strong＞Firetrench＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Douglas SBD Dauntless, a monoplane dive-bomber designed by Ed Heinemann for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps, arrived in service in the months just preceding America's entry into World War II. The first such aircraft were being shipped out to the USMC units just as the Japanese Task Force arrived in position to launch their attack on Pearl Harbor, while those Dauntless embarked aboard the American aircraft carriers of the Pacific Fleet became among the very first casualties of that surprise attack.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Very quickly the Dauntless established herself as a highly accurate naval bomber at sea. In the early raids on Japanese-held islandsーand in 1942 at the naval battles of the Cora...

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞Although Alfred Russel Wallace (1823?1913) was one of the most famous scientists in the world at the time of his death at the age of ninety, today he is known to many as a kind of "almost-Darwin," a secondary figure relegated to the footnotes of Darwin's prodigious insights. But this diminution could hardly be less justified. Research into the life of this brilliant naturalist and social critic continues to produce new insights into his significance to history and his role in helping to shape modern thought.＜br /＞ Wallace declared his eight years of exploration in southeast Asia to be "the central and controlling incident" of his life. As 2019 marks one hundred and fifty years since the publication of ＜em＞The Malay Archipelago＜/em＞, Wallace's canonical work chronicling his epic voyage, this collaborative book gathers an interdisciplinary array of writers to celebrate Wallace's remarkable life and ...

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞For three hundred years or more the Royal Navy really did Rule the Waves, in the sense that during the numerous wars with our overseas enemies, British fleets and individual ships more often than not emerged victorious from combat. One French Admiral wa＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞Peter C. Smith presents us here with the second release in his visually splendid Cruise Ships series. Whilst his first book concerned itself with the large-scale ships currently cruising through our seas (those weighing 40,000 GT and more) this volume focusses on the other end of the market; the ships that weigh in at less than 40,000 GT, but which are often much more stylish and aesthetically pleasing than their larger-scale counterparts. The elegant interiors and luxurious features on display in today's vast fleet of cruise liners remain unrecorded in all but holiday brochures. This book carries on in the tradition of Peter's last release, giving a complete overview of the best of these ships, the cream of the crop, so to speak.Each colour profile includes external and interior views of the featured ship. Details of the design, building and service history of each vessel are provided with vital statistics of the ship and...

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞＜strong＞The quintessential Libertarian science fiction adventure from the three-time winner of the Prometheus Award, author of＜/strong＞ ＜em＞＜strong＞The Lando Calrissian Adventures＜/strong＞＜/em＞ ＜strong＞.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Denver detective Win Bear, on thetrail of a murderer, discovers much more than a killer. He accidentally stumbles upon the probability broach, a portal to a myriad of worldsーsome wildly different from, others disconcertingly similar to our own. Win finds himself transported to an alternate Earth where Congress is in Colorado, everyone carries a gun, there are gorillas in the Senate, and public services are controlled by private businesses.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞"Contained ideas I wish could be shouted to the world, ideas that come from the American heritage of freedom and which could bring still greater individual liberty, greater technical progress." ーVernor Vinge, three-time H...

【電子書籍なら、スマホ・パソコンの無料アプリで今すぐ読める！】＜p＞Mark Smithers has written a number of definitive books and magazine features on the history of locomotive construction and the development of narrow gauge railways. This book looks at the history and development of railways at the Royal Arsenal Woolwich, which evolved from humble roots in the1820s into three separate railway systems, serving the Gun Factory, Laboratory and Carriage Department. The three systems originally had their own fleet of locomotives and rolling stock and were constructed using three different track gauges: standard gauge, 2ft and 18in. The Arsenal and its railways played a major role in both world wars and continued to hold an important place in gun and propellant manufacture until the late 1950s, when the complex was gradually run down. The Royal Arsenal and its railways were finally closed in 1967, when the last train of material left the site. This bookcovers the history of the system from its be...