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Commander
Faber and Faber 2012; US$ 13.11Edward Pellew, captain of the legendary Indefatigable , was quite simply the greatest frigate captain in the age of sail. An incomparable seaman, ferociously combative yet chivalrous, a master of the quarterdeck and an athlete of the tops, he was as quick to welcome a gallant foe into his cabin as to dive to the rescue of a man overboard. He... more...
Storm and Conquest
Faber and Faber 2012; US$ 14.57The Indian Ocean, 1809. At stake: Britain's commercial lifeline to India and naval supremacy. In one fatal season, the natural order of maritime power since Trafalgar was destroyed. Storm and Conquest brings together the terrifying ordeal of men, women and children caught at sea in hurricanes, and those who survived to drive the French from the Eastern... more...
The Caliban Shore
Faber and Faber 2012; US$ 13.11The 'Grosvenor' was one of the finest East Indiamen of her day, a grand three-masted square-rigger of 741 tons bristling with 26 cannon. When she ran aground on the treacherous coast of south-east Africa, an astonishing number of her crew and passengers, including women and children, reached the shore safely. But the castaways were hundreds of miles... more...
Asset Price Dynamics, Volatility, and Prediction
Princeton University Press 2011; US$ 67.50This book shows how current and recent market prices convey information about the probability distributions that govern future prices. Moving beyond purely theoretical models, Stephen Taylor applies methods supported by empirical research of equity and foreign exchange markets to show how daily and more frequent asset prices, and the prices of option... more...
An Apple A Day
Destiny Image, Inc. 2013; US$ 15.99Enjoy bite-sized teachings and testimonies from the Bethel Church leadership team that show believers how to pursue and enjoy wholeness in every area of their lives. Receive dynamic insight on experiencing divine health in your: Emotions: ?Joy is the medicine from heaven provided to help us live full and well lives? (Kevin Dedmon) Creativity:... more...
Combining Methods in Educational and Social Research
McGraw-Hill Education 2007; US$ 217.00There is growing interest in the possibilities of combining research approaches in education and social sciences, as dissatisfaction mounts with the limitations of traditional mono-method studies and with the schism between quantitative and qualitative methods. This book argues the case for combining multiple research methods, and provides much-needed... more...
Hume and the Enlightenment
Pickering & Chatto Publishers 2011; US$ 99.00While Hume remains one of the most central figures in modern philosophy his place within Enlightenment thinking is much less clearly defined. Taking recent work on Hume as a starting point, this volume of original essays aims to re-examine and clarify Hume's influence on the thought and values of the Enlightenment. more...
The Final Crisis of the Stuart Monarchy
Boydell & Brewer 2013;Comprising eleven essays by leading specialists in the field, this volume ranges from the 1660s to the mid-eighteenth century, deals with the history of ideas as well as political and religious history, and covers not just England, Scotland and Ireland but also explores the Atlantic and European contexts. Covering high politics and low politics, Tory... more...
The Nature of the English Revolution Revisited
Boydell & Brewer 2013;This volume brings together new essays by a group of leading scholars of the seventeenth-century revolutionary period in England and will provide readers with a provocative and stimulating introduction to current research. All the essays engage with one or more of three themes which lie at the heart of recent debate: the importance of the connection... more...









