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All About Horses
The history of the horse, the many breeds, the physical characteristics, and its relationship with man comprise this illustrated study
Amber, A Very Personal Cat
An affectionate portrait of the author's Abyssinian cat interspersed with practical advice about the care of cats
Amber, A Very Personal Cat
An affectionate portrait of the author's Abyssinian cat interspersed with practical advice about the care of cats
America Invulnerable
Contends that the government's latest proposal, Star Wars, is but one of a long line of attempts to create an America invulnerable to outside threats--military, political, or social
Animals In War
Pigeons carrying vital messages to and from the beleaguered city during the Siege of Paris; horses and mules struggling through miles of fetid mud to bring ammunition to the front in the Great War; dogs sniffing out mines for the British invasion force in the Second World War - countless brave animals have played their part in the long, cruel history of war. Some have won medals for gallantry - like G.I. Joe, the American pigeon who saved 100 British lives in Italy, and Rob, the black and white mongrel who made over twenty parachute jumps with the SAS. Too many others have died abandoned, in agony and alone, after serving their country with distinction. Jilly Cooper has here written a tribute to the role of animals in wartime. It is a tragic and horrifying story - yet it has its lighter moments too: a hilarious game of musical chairs played on camels during the Desert Campaign; and the budgie who remarked, when carried from a bombed-out East End tenement, ''This is my night out''. This is a vivid and unforgettable record of man''s inhumanity to animals, but also an astonishing story of courage, intelligence, devotion and resilience.
Biomass Energies: Resources, Links, Constraints
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Cultural Babbage
Show the world you have invented a machine that can slice potatoes and someone will ask if it can slice a pineapple (so said Charles Babbage). In thirteen unorthodox pieces, biographers, historians, poets, and critics explore aspects of the powerful and sometimes difficult relationship of science and culture over two centuries, from the revolutionary science/politics of the 1790s to the machine-dreams of the present.
Dear Readers and Riders
The author answers questions children ask about her famous horse stories and describes her inspiration sources and methods of writing
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Angela Carter was one of the most important and influential writers of our time: a novelist of extraordinary power and a searching critic and essayist. This selection of her writing, which she made herself, covers more than a decade of her thought and ranges over a diversity of subjects giving a true measure of the wide focus of her interests: the brothers Grimm; William Burroughs; food writing, Elizbeth David; British writing: American writing; sexuality, from Josephine Baker to the history of the corset; and appreciations of the work of Joyce and Christina Stead.
Flying, An Introduction To Flight, Airplanes, And Aviation Careers
Discusses flying from various viewpoints, including the job opportunities, the great financial rewards, and the risks, while at the same time conveying the raw excitement of flying with a collection of classic aviation photographs
Future of Flight
Looks at technological developments which will shape the future of air and space travel, including ultralight aircraft, antimatter, and high-energy laser propulsion systems
Pleasures & Treasures: Dolls
From the dust jacket: "In this concise and attractive for m, Antonia Fraser has told the stroy of dolls of all ages and in many countries. . . .The book is international in its scope. Dutch dolls, Japanese dolls, American Pennywoods, Peg dolls, the European fashion dolls of the seventeenth century, German and Italian doll makers and Queen Victoria's own collection of dolls, all find their place in these pages. Particular attention is paid to the materials from which dolls have been made (wood, paper, wax, papier mache, china, paste, bisque, rubber, celluloid, cloth and plastic), the clothes in which they have been dressed, and the mechanical devices by which head and limbs have been attached to the body, culminating in the inspired automata of the last three centuries."