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Vung Tau Ferry
Rosenberg Publishing 2008; US$ 10.99The purpose of this book is to recognise the major contribution of those many members of the Royal Australian Navy whose dedicated service in the Vietnam War was for so long ignored. These are the approximately 9,800 RAN personnel who, through dedication to the task over seven years, transported safely and on time about 15,600 Army and RAAF personnel,... more...
Raphael JS Vector Graphics
Packt Publishing 2013; US$ 14.99A stepbystep guide to understanding the principles underlying vector drawing, using illustrations and code demos along with interactive maps to fully exploit the JavaScript library to create a data visualization widget.Learning Raphaël JS Vector Graphics has been written for anyone with an interest in frontend browser technologies with little or no... more...
Biophysics
Wiley 2003; US$ 140.00Biophysics is an evolving, multidisciplinary subject which applies physics to biological systems and promotes an understanding of their physical properties and behaviour. Biophysics: An Introductio n, is a concise balanced introduction to this subject. Written in an accessible and readable style, the book takes a fresh, modern approach with the author... more...
King Arthur
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 37.95King Arthur is often written off as a medieval fantasy, the dream of those yearning for an age of strong, just rulers and a contented kingdom. Those who accept his existence at all generally discard the stories that surround him. This exciting new investigation argues not only that Arthur did exist, as a Dark Age chieftain, but that many of the romantic... more...
Atlantis Destroyed
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 39.95Plato's legend of Atlantis has become notorious among scholars as the absurdest lie in literature. Atlantis Destroyed explores the possibility that the account given by Plato is historically true. Rodney Castleden first considers the location of Atlantis re-examining two suggestions put forward in the early twentieth century; Minoan Crete and Minoan... more...
Bond Men Made Free
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 38.95Rodney Hilton's account of the Peasant's Revolt of 1381 remains the classic authoritative text on the 'English Rising'. Hilton views the revolt in the context of a genral European pattern of class conflict. He demonstrates that the peasant movements that disturbed the Middle Ages were not mere unrelated outbreaks of violence but had their roots... more...
The Stonehenge People
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 44.95Rodney Castleden presents an illuminating and convincing interpretation of Stonhenge's cultural context and historical meaning. more...
The French-Speaking World
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 54.95This accessible textbook offers students the opportunity to explore for themselves a wide range of sociolinguistic issues relating to the French language and its role in societies around the world. It is written for undergraduate students who have a sound practical knowledge of French but who has little or no knowledge of linguistics or sociolinguistics.... more...
Minoans
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 41.95Thoroughly researched, Rodney Castleden's Minoans: Life in Bronze Age Crete here sues the results of recent research to produce a comprehensive new vision of the peoples of Minoan Crete. Since Sir Arthur Evans rediscovered the Minoans in the early 1900s, we have defined a series of cultural traits that make the ?Minoan personality?: elegant,... more...
Economic Development in the Middle East
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 218.00Despite its oil resources,the Middle East is falling behind other regions of the developing world, notably the countries of East and South East Asia. Rodney Wilson examines the economic prospects for the region considering: *the consequences of rapid population growth, including the implications for education and employment; *low savings levels;... more...









