Michael Howard
Author
Series
Very short introductions volume 154
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
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Description
By the time the First World War ended in 1918, eight million people had died in what had been perhaps the most apocalyptic episode the world had known. This book provides a concise history of 'the Great War', focusing on why it happened, how it was fought, and why it had the consequences it did.
2) Pay or play
Author
Series
Charlie Waldo novels volume 3
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Paying a harsh self-imposed penance for a terrible misstep on a case, former LAPD superstar detective Charlie Waldo lives a life of punishing minimalism deep within the woods, making a near religion of his commitment to owning no more than One Hundred Things. At least, he's trying to. His PI girlfriend Lorena keeps drawing him back to civilization - even though every time he compromises on his principles, something goes wrong. And unfortunately for...
3) On war
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Series
Language
English
Description
On War is the most significant attempt in Western history to understand war, both in its internal dynamics and as an instrument of policy. Since the work's first appearance in 1832, it has been read throughout the world, and has stimulated generations of soldiers, statesmen, and intellectuals. The most significant attempt in Western history to understand war, both in its internal dynamics and as an instrument of policy, Carl von Clausewitz's book...
Author
Series
Charlie Waldo novels volume 1
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
There are run-of-the-mill eccentric Californians, and then there's former detective Charlie Waldo. Waldo, a onetime LAPD superstar, now lives in solitude deep in the woods, pathologically committed to owning no more than one hundred possessions. He has left behind his career and his girlfriend, Lorena, to pay self-imposed penance for an awful misstep on an old murder case. But the old ghosts are about to come roaring back. There are plenty of difficult...
Author
Series
Charlie Waldo novels volume 2
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Former LAPD detective Charlie Waldo was living in solitude deep in the woods, pathologically committed to owning no more than one hundred possessions, until his PI ex-girlfriend Lorena dragged him back to civilization to solve a high-profile Hollywood murder. Now Waldo and Lorena have their hands full with a new client, a wild and privileged L.A. teenager named Stevie Rose who tells lies as easily as she breathes
Author
Series
Very short introductions volume 61
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1983
Language
English
Description
Karl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) is considered by many to have been one of the greatest writers on war. His study On War was described by the American strategic thinker Bernard Brodie as "not simply the greatest, but the only great book about war." It is hard to disagree. Even though he wrote his only major work at a time when the range of firearms was fifty yards, much of what he had to say remains relevant today. Michael Howard explains Clausewitz's...
9) Gauguin
Author
Series
Publisher
Doris Kindersley in association with the Musée Gauguin, Tahiti
Pub. Date
1992
Language
English
12) Last looks
Publisher
RLJE Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Charlie Waldo is an ex-LAPD superstar who left the force and now lives a life of simplicity and solitude deep in the woods. Alistair Pinch is an eccentric actor who spends his days drunk on the set of his TV show. When Pinch's wife is found dead, he is the prime suspect and Waldo is convinced to come out of retirement to investigate what happened. The case finds Waldo contending with gangsters, Hollywood executives, and pre-school teachers, all in...
Author
Series
George Macaulay Trevelyan lectures volume 1977
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Pub. Date
1978
Language
English
Author
Publisher
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Việt Nam is home to more than 50 ethnic minorities many of which have distinctive clothing and weaving traditions linked to antiquity. This book covers textiles in Việt Nam--including bark-cloth, kapok and hemp--through the centuries of Chinese rule in the north, a number of independent feudal societies and the brief period of French colonial rule"--
Author
Series
Studies in the material cultures of Southeast Asia volume no. 4
Publisher
White Lotus Press
Pub. Date
©2002
Language
English
Author
Series
Studies in the material cultures of Southeast Asia volume no. 3
Publisher
White Lotus Press
Pub. Date
©2002
Language
English
Author
Series
Studies in the material cultures of Southeast Asia volume no. 5
Publisher
White Lotus Press
Pub. Date
©2002
Language
English