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  • V PUTI
    ANNA KUDYMA / OLGA KAGAN / FRANK MILLER / MICHAEL LAVERY
    V Puti: Russian Grammar in Context is a multi-level textbook program for learners of Russian that develops proficiency across the four language skills while building intercultural knowledge and competence. The third edition of this highly successful program presents grammar, vocabulary, culture, music, film, and literature within the context of diverse Russian-speaking communit...

    $1,540.00

  • V PUTI: STUDENT ACTIVITIES MANUAL
    ANNA KUDYMA / OLGA KAGAN / FRANK MILLER / MICHAEL LAVERY
    V Puti: Student Activities Manual is an integral part of the V Puti course and is designed for use alongside V Puti: Russian Grammar in Context. The structure matches the main textbook and provides a wealth of exercises and activities, either for class use or homework. This third edition offers a wider variety of exercises and activities which incorporate more recent language p...

    $1,380.00

  • UNWRITTEN WOMAN
    HANNAH LAVERY
    Hannah Lavery's Unwritten Woman is a bold and lavish call for us to see the woman in the stories we read and tell ourselves. From her search for the story, in her home city, Edinburgh, through her chilling re-telling of Robert Louis Stevenson's Jekyll & Hyde, elevating the women in that classic tale from being written between the lines, to the woman of colour, shouting from the...

    $126.99

  • TWO NAVIES DIVIDED
    BRIAN LAVERY
    The title is derived from George Bernard Shaw's comment that 'England and America are two countries divided by a common language.' It is not intended to imply that the two navies were seriously at odds with one another, but rather to suggest, as in the case of language, that common roots and usages varied significantly. And the Second World War is a pertinent moment for compari...

    $251.00

  • ROYAL YACHTS UNDER SAIL
    BRIAN LAVERY
    From the time of the Restoration of Charles II, when he returned to England from Breda and was presented with the yacht Mary by the burgomaster of Amsterdam, Royal yachts began to be defined as such in England and built with that special purpose in mind. They were built luxuriously and used for royal visits to the fleet, for diplomacy and for racing and cruising for pleasure. C...

    $549.99

  • THE ART OF ANA CLAVEL
    JANE ELIZABETH LAVERY
    Ana Clavel is a remarkable contemporary Mexican writer whose literary and multimedia oeuvre is marked by its queerness. The queer is evinced in the manner in which she disturbs conceptions of the normal not only by representing outlaw sexualities and dark desires but also by incorporating into her fictive and multimedia worlds that which is at odds with normalcy as evinced...

    $780.00

  • THE IMPOTENCY POEM FROM ANCIENT LATIN TO RESTORATION ENGLISH LITERATURE
    HANNAH LAVERY
    The first book length study of the motif of impotency in poetry from early antiquity through to the late Restoration, this book explores the impotency poem as a recognisable form of poetry in the longer tradition of erotic elegy. Hannah Lavery’s central claim is that the impotency motif is adopted by poets in recognition of its potential to signify satirically through its use a...

    $1,140.00

  • THE LAST BIG GUN
    BRIAN LAVERY
    As she lay in dry dock, devastatingly damaged by one of Hitler’s newly deployed magnetic mines after barely two months in service, few could have predicted the illustrious career that lay ahead for the cruiser HMS Belfast. After three years of repairs to her broken keel, engine- and boiler-rooms, and extensive refitting, she would go on to play a critical role in the protection...

    $293.99

  • SHIPBOARD OPERATIONS
    H I LAVERY
    This book covers the knowledge of shipboard operations required by candidates for professional qualification as Chief Officer and Master Mariner. It deals with the basic routines and procedures, and the many regulations governing their use, for the safe and efficient operation of merchant ships. The book is also designated a fundamental text for the Maritime Transport paper of ...

    $1,600.00

  • BLOOD SALT SPRING
    HANNAH LAVERY
    From Edinburgh's Makar, poetry that "speaks to and for the conflicted conscience of Scotland . . . with a power and authenticity like perhaps no other" ( The Scotsman). In a moment that is demanding you to constantly choose your side, how do you find your humanity, your own voice, when you are being pushed to find safety in numbers? Blood Salt Spring is a meditation on where we...

    $165.68

  • WOODEN WARSHIP CONSTRUCTION
    BRIAN LAVERY
    "A wonderful book detailing the construction of the Royal Navy's sailing warships" from the maritime historian and author of Nelson's Navy ( Pirates and Privateers).   The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich houses the largest collection of scale ship models in the world, many of which are official, contemporary artifacts made by the craftsmen of the navy or the shipbuilders ...

    $229.00

  • THE POWER OF CIRCLES
    NORMAN G. LAVERY
    Communication is the key to all successful human interactions. In light of the expanding use of texting and other forms of electronic communication, we risk losing the personal, face-to-face meetings that have been the mainstay of positive relationships between individuals and groups for thousands of years.Lavery shows how the circle process is a powerful tool for overcoming th...

    $426.00

  • CHURCHILL WARRIOR
    BRIAN LAVERY
    A "truly exceptional" account of how Churchill's experiences in the armed forces helped him lead Britain to victory in World War II ( Booklist).   No defense minister in modern times has faced the challenges that Winston Churchill did during the Second World War. Fortunately, he had a unique and intimate inside knowledge of all three services, which allowed him to assess their ...

    $249.00

  • NELSON'S VICTORY
    BRIAN LAVERY
    May 2015 sees the 250th anniversary of the launch of HMS Victory, the ship that is so closely associated with Nelson and his great victory at Trafalgar and which, still extant, has today become the embodiment of the great Age of Sail. Many books have been written about Victory but none like this, which tells the full story of the ship since she first took to the waters in May 1...

    $329.00

  • NELSON'S VICTORY
    BRIAN LAVERY
    May 2015 sees the 250th anniversary of the launch of HMS Victory, the ship that is so closely associated with Nelson and his great victory at Trafalgar and which, still extant, has today become the embodiment of the great Age of Sail. Many books have been written about Victory but none like this, which tells the full story of the ship since she first took to the waters in May 1...

    $329.00

  • THE SHIP OF THE LINE
    BRIAN LAVERY
    "A beautiful book . . . a goldmine of information to anyone interested in the capital ships of the sailing navy of the 17th and 19th Centuries."—Ships in Scale   The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich houses the largest collection of scale ship models in the world, many of which are official, contemporary artifacts made by the craftsmen of the navy or the shipbuilders themse...

    $274.00

  • THE SHIP OF THE LINE
    BRIAN LAVERY
    "A beautiful book . . . a goldmine of information to anyone interested in the capital ships of the sailing navy of the 17th and 19th Centuries."—Ships in Scale   The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich houses the largest collection of scale ship models in the world, many of which are official, contemporary artifacts made by the craftsmen of the navy or the shipbuilders themse...

    $329.00

  • ASSAULT LANDING CRAFT
    BRIAN LAVERY
    The landing craft assault or LCA was one of the unsung heroes of the Second World War. It took part in practically every amphibious operation from Norway to Normandy and landed around 400,000 men in action conditions, plus many more in training. It was the only serviceable British landing craft at the beginning of the War, and it remained in service until the Suez operation of ...

    $279.00

  • ASSAULT LANDING CRAFT: DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION
    BRIAN LAVERY
    The landing craft assault or LCA was one of the unsung heroes of the Second World War. It took part in practically every amphibious operation from Norway to Normandy and landed around 400,000 men in action conditions, plus many more in training. It was the only serviceable British landing craft at the beginning of the War, and it remained in service until the Suez operation of ...

    $279.00

  • EL PODER CURATIVO DEL SUEÑO
    LAVERY
    Agotado

    $40.00