J Martin: 509 books
Extreme Unarmed Combat
Hand-to-Hand Fighting Skills From The World's Elite Military Units
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015
Duck punch, cover block and knee strike. Boxing, wrestling and Ju-Jitsu. Gameplan, lines of attack and final disengagement. If you can’t take flight, you’re going to have to fight. Extreme Unarmed Combat is an authoritative handbook on an immense array of close combat defence techniques, from fistfights...
Pistols and Revolvers
From 1400 to the Present Day
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2017
Matchlock, wheel lock, flintlock and caplock; .44 or 9mm; revolver and automatic the history of pistols and revolvers is a fascinating journey through the development of hand-held firearms technology.From early hand cannon of the late 14th century to the latest automatics and machine pistols, Collector’s...
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
Discover the Stories behind Camelot, Excalibur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin, and the Quest for the Holy Grail
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2017
Here lies entombed the renowned King Arthur in the island of Avalon. Inscription found at Glastonbury in the late 12th century King Arthur most probably never existed and if he did we know precious little about him, and yet he is one of the most famous Britons, while Excalibur and Camelot are perhaps...
Sporting Guns
Weapons, Skills and Techniques for Competitive Shooting Sports
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2016
Whether you are hunting small game or caribou, clay pigeon shooting or target pistol shooting, SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Sporting Guns is a comprehensive introduction to the major gun types used for sport. Wildfowling, clay pigeon shooting, Cowboy Action Shooting, hunting game, target shooting, tracking...
Drones
An Illustrated Guide to the Unmanned Aircraft that are Filling our Skies
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
Little more than ten years ago drones were barely used, but now more than 50 countries have them in service and they are not only changing how wars are fought but how crops are sprayed, how underwater pipelines are monitored and even how sports events are filmed. If it’s too risky to send a manned...
by Ed Lees, Martin Rowland, C. J. Clegg
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2015
Exam Board: Edexcel
Level: AS/A-level
Subject: Biology
First Teaching: September 2015
First Exam: June 2016
Endorsed for Edexcel
Supports Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Biology B (9BI0) specification.
Build investigative skills, test understanding and apply biological theory to topical...
Theory of Mind
How Children Understand Others' Thoughts and Feelings
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2008
Most of us are continually aware that others have thoughts and feelings – but are children? When? This book is a concise and readable review of the extensive research into children’s understanding of what other people think and feel, a central topic in developmental psychology known as "Theory...
by Frank Hoffmann, Gerhard Falk, Martin J Manning
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
Learn the value of football to American society
No sport reflects the American value system like football. Visitors to the United States need only watch a game or two to learn all they need to know about the American way of life and the beliefs, attitudes, and concerns of American society....
Human Rights Education and Peacebuilding
A comparative study
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
This book assesses the role of human rights education (HRE) in the peacebuilding field.
Today, most governments, international organisations and non-governmental organisations recognise the importance of human rights in peace- and democracy-building activities in post-conflict regions. However,...
The U.S.-China Military Scorecard
Forces, Geography, and the Evolving Balance of Power, 1996–2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2015
A RAND study analyzed Chinese and U.S. military capabilities in two scenarios (Taiwan and the Spratly Islands) from 1996 to 2017, finding that trends in most, but not all, areas run strongly against the United States. While U.S. aggregate power remains greater than China’s, distance and geography...
FaRK Trek - Episode 1
Das Erwachen der Legenden
Language: German
Release Date: August 26, 2017
Sommer 2017 – ein Meteor zieht über den Nachthimmel und zerbricht in unzählige Splitter. Diese Splitter verteilen sich über ganz Deutschland und setzen eine ganze Kette von Ereignissen in Gang. Verschwunden geglaubte Wesen aus Sagen und Legenden erwachen aus langem Schlaf, kehren zurück ans...
Sternenfeuer
Science-Fiction-Kurzgeschichten
Language: German
Release Date: June 27, 2016
Völlig neue Welten und das lockende Unbekannte. Eine unstillbare Neugier treibt zahlreiche Schriftsteller seit Jules Verne dazu, technische Innovationen aufzugreifen, die fesselnde Frage nach Leben auf fremden Planeten zu stellen und über interstellare Transportmöglichkeiten zu spekulieren. Dabei...
Raoul Peck
Power, Politics, and the Cinematic Imagination
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
This comprehensive collection of essays dedicated to the work of filmmaker Raoul Peck is the first of its kind. The essays, interview, and keynote addresses collected in Raoul Peck: Power, Politics, and the Cinematic Imagination focus on the ways in which power and politics traverse the work of Peck...
Great War Modernism
Artistic Response in the Context of War, 1914-1918
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015
New Modernist Studies, while reviving and revitalizing modernist studies through lively, scholarly debate about historicity, aesthetics, politics, and genres, is struggling with important questions concerning the delineation that makes discussion fruitful and possible. This volume aims to explore...