Walter-Hobbs Collection / Bistro area
Author
Pub. Date
c1992
Description
To understand the dramatic collapse of the socialist order and the current turmoil in the formerly communist world, this comprehensive work examines the most important common properties of all socialist societies. JNBnos Kornai brings a life-long study of the problems of the socialist system to his explanation of why inherent attributes of socialism inevitably produced in-efficiency. In his past work he has focused on the economic sphere, maintaining...
27) Cross channel
Author
Pub. Date
1996
Description
Collection of ten short fiction stories which explore the attraction France holds for the British, set in various periods of history, ranging from the late seventeenth century to the future in 2015.
Author
Pub. Date
c1996
Description
"In Hazardous Duty - a real life, nonfiction thriller set in the ruins of Bosnia and the sands of Saudi Arabia, the deadly alleys of Mogadishu and the teeming streets of Port-au-Prince - Colonel David Hackworth completes a second tour of battlefield duty, this time as a war correspondent. In his hard-hitting, inimitable style, he tells of the sacrifices of ordinary grunts in the Balkans, the Persian Gulf, Somalia, Korea, and Haiti, and offers a tough-love...
34) Sleep
Author
Pub. Date
c1989
Description
Gives an overview of current research on sleep and dreams.
35) The brain
Author
Pub. Date
1984
Description
Explores present-day knowledge of the chemistry and workings of the brain.
Author
Pub. Date
(1988)
Description
For a brief period of forty years, the flying boat and its smaller counterpart, the float plane, were a familiar part of the flying scene. Without the need for runways, the great flying boats pioneered the air routes of the world in peace, and roved the oceans protecting shipping in time of war. Maurice Allward, himself a pioneer of this era, tells the story with great enthusiasm and illustrates the text with many rare photographs.
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