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  • The Word Detective

    Searching for the Meaning of It All at the Oxford English Dictionary

    de John Simpson ...
    Can you drink a glass of balderdash? What do you call the part of a dog's back it can't scratch? And if, serendipitously, you find yourself in Serendip, then where exactly are you?The answers to all of these questions -- and a great many more -- can be found in the pages of the Oxford English Dictionary, the definitive record of the English language. And there is no better guide to the dictionary ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Change of Course

    de John Simpson ...
    Blood. It's everywhere. Rocks, fist-sized and larger, scatter the area: many are bloody. There's a body: a man's. He's on his back. His head is a mess. A woman leans over him. She feels his neck. Her shoulders are heaving; she's sobbing. Several men are standing around, milling aimlessly; they don't know what to do. It is reported in the British press as a tragic accident in Angola. This story ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • THE VIRTUAL MESSIAH

    de John Simpson ...
    Series series THE TRIBULATION
    PROFESSING TO BE WISE, THEY BECAME FOOLS, AND EXCHANGED THE GLORY OF THE INCORRUPTIBLE GOD INTO AN IMAGE MADE LIKE CORRUPTIBLE MAN…Under the auspices of a troubled papal hierarchy, Paul Lazarus, a former British Special Forces operative turned priest and Michelina Andrea Franceschi, a beautiful scholar of the Vatican Secret Archives, wage a battle for Rome in a race against time to unravel heresy ... Leer más

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  • A Dictionary of Proverbs

    de John Simpson ...
    Series series Oxford Quick Reference
    This unique and authoritative dictionary contains over 1,100 of the most widely used proverbs in English and uses research from the Oxford English Corpus, the world's largest language databank. This edition has been revised and fully updated and includes numerous entirely new entries. It also features expanded coverage of foreign language proverbs currently in use in English. With an emphasis on ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

  • XPath and XPointer

    Locating Content in XML Documents

    de John Simpson ...
    Referring to specific information inside an XML document is a little like finding a needle in a haystack: how do you differentiate the information you need from everything else? XPath and XPointer are two closely related languages that play a key role in XML processing by allowing developers to find these needles and manipulate embedded information. XPath describes a route for finding specific ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • Edenfield Through Time

    de John Simpson ...
    Series series Through Time
    For more than 130 years, photographers have been recording life in Edenfield, Turn, Stubbins, Irwell Vale and Ewood Bridge. Like most places in Lancashire, these villages have long histories stretching back to the sixteenth century and beyond. For many years, people hereabouts made a living from hill farming and handloom weaving, until industrialisation in the late eighteenth and nineteenth ... Leer más

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  • Finest of the Few: The Story of Battle of Britain Fighter Pilot John Simpson

    The Story of Battle of Britain Fighter Pilot John Simpson

    Written by 43 Squadron's intelligence officer, Hector Bolitho, Finest of the Few revolves around Bolitho's friend, fighter ace John W.C. Simpson, who shot down 13 German aircraft during the Battle of Britain. The book was written in 1941 and was based on John Simpsons Combat Reports, his personal letters and papers together with Hectors own recollections of the heady days of the summer of 1940 ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • John Simpson Chisum

    John Simpson Chisum left a trail across the American West so wide that a blind scout could follow it. Although his track can be picked up effortlessly, the gaps and sketchy information about the man leave us with but half of the story. John Chisum's life story seems to have been defined by his association with Billy the Kid and a singular, epic cattle drive across the barren expanses of West Texas ... Leer más

    $5.99 USD

  • The Way of Wonder

    Invitations and Simple Practices for a Vibrant Life

    Find your way to a life full of wonder led by the thoughtful poems, powerful sayings, and heartfelt essays and invitations in this elegantly designed book.In The Way of Wonder, co-founders of the inspiring jewelry brand Waxing Poetic—Patti Pagliei and her partner, John—invite you on a journey full of wonder and vibrant living, a voyage of nows to help you live a more intentional life.Divided into ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • LNG Offshore Production and Regasification

    Legal and Commercial Risk Management

    Series series Maritime and Transport Law Library
    This is the first book to focus on the law and practice relating to the production and delivery of liquified natural gas (LNG) using offshore floating facilities. This segment of the offshore oil and gas industry has been growing over recent years and has now assumed special importance in the wake of interruption to international gas supplies, with a number of countries turning to importing LNG ... Leer más

    $415.99 USD

  • Urban Public Transport Today

    This book is about how local public transport can be made a less unacceptable alternative to the private car than it is now. It is intended for officials, politicians and others interested in the land use/local transport conundrum. It is also valuable to town planners, those working for passenger transport authorities and anyone concerned with policy making and project appraisal for local public ... Leer más

    $87.99 USD

  • Esther Simpson

    The True Story of her Mission to Save Scholars from Hitler's Persecution

    de John Eidinow ...
    Many of the academic refugees Esther Simpson helped rescue are well remembered. But who was she and why has history forgotten her?This is the story of Esther Simpson, a woman whose dedication to the cause of freedom in science and learning left an indelible mark on the cultural and intellectual landscape of the modern world.Esther Simpson - Tess to her friends - devoted her life to resettling ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD