Búsqueda de LIBROS DEL AUTOR: thorburn

21 resultados

thorburn Eliminar filtro Quitar filtros
  • THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF TEXAS
    ebook
    THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF TEXAS
    WAYNE THORBURN
    The former executive director of the Texas GOP offers a "granular blow-by-blow account" of his party from Reconstruction to the 21st century ( Publishers Weekly). On July 4, 1867, a group of men assembled in Houston to establish the Republican Party of Texas. Combatting entrenched statewide support for the Democratic Party and their own internal divisions, Republicans struggled...

    $229.00

    Ver detalle
  • WELLBEING, EDUCATION AND CONTEMPORARY SCHOOLING
    ebook
    WELLBEING, EDUCATION AND CONTEMPORARY SCHOOLING
    MALCOLM THORBURN
    Wellbeing, Education and Contemporary Schooling examines the role of wellbeing in schools and argues that it should be integral to core policy objectives in health and education. The whole school focus chosen is conducive to the review of wellbeing in schools, and assists in better understanding the complex relationships between learners and teachers in policy contexts, where e...

    $1,100.00

    Ver detalle
  • TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING AND TEACHING IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION
    ebook
    TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING AND TEACHING IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION
    MALCOLM THORBURN
    Transformative Learning and Teaching in Physical Education explores how learning and teaching in physical education might be improved and how it might become a meaningful component of young people’s lives. With its in-depth focus on physical education within contemporary schooling, the book presents a set of professional perspectives that are pivotal for realising high-quality ...

    $1,200.00

    Ver detalle
  • A CENTURY OF AIR WARFARE WITH NINE (IX) SQUADRON, RAF
    ebook
    A CENTURY OF AIR WARFARE WITH NINE (IX) SQUADRON, RAF
    GORDON THORBURN
    A comprehensive history of the British Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force's senior bomber squadron. In the earliest days of World War One, when IX Squadron was formed, we went to the fight in little 50mph machines that were barely capable of taking pilot and observer, a gun, and a few small, hand-held bombs into the sky, especially on a windy day. When we took a wireless se...

    $279.00

    Ver detalle
  • BOMBER COMMAND 1939–1940
    ebook
    BOMBER COMMAND 1939–1940
    GORDON THORBURN
    For Bomber Command, the term 'Phoney War' never really meant much. Five Blenheims of 107 Squadron were among the blood and bullets the day after war was declared and only one came back.On 14 December 1939, in a disastrous raid on shipping, 99 Squadron lost six Wellingtons with only three survivors out of thirty-six crew. Even worse, in the biggest air battle so far, 18 December...

    $249.00

    Ver detalle
  • ART AND THE UNCONSCIOUS
    ebook
    ART AND THE UNCONSCIOUS
    JOHN M THORBURN
    First published in 1999. This is a reproduction of John Thorburn’s work of 1925, Art and the Unconscious: A Psychological Approach to a Problem of Philosophy; covering the psychology of the artistic process and a discussion on symbolic or 'eternal'. ...

    $1,540.00

    Ver detalle
  • JOCKS IN THE JUNGLE
    ebook
    JOCKS IN THE JUNGLE
    GORDON THORBURN
    "In 1943, there was no thought of good times for two battalions of Scottish soldiers. For them, India meant a new and unimaginably arduous kind of training. Some of the Black Watch boys had seen action in Somaliland, Crete and Tobruk. Some of the Cameronians had fought the Japs in the Burma retreat. Even for these, such training was trial by ordeal. Many more of the Jocks were ...

    $229.00

    Ver detalle
  • MORE LUCK OF A LANCASTER
    ebook
    MORE LUCK OF A LANCASTER
    GORDON THORBURN
    From 11 June 1943 (the date of Lancaster Mark III EE136 WS/R's first op) to her last with 9 Squadron (on 19 October 1944), eighty-six Lancasters were assigned to Number 9. Of these, fifty were lost to enemy action, another five crashed at home, three crashed in Russia on the first Tirpitz raid and four were transferred to other squadrons only to be lost by them, leaving just tw...

    $279.00

    Ver detalle
  • LUCK OF A LANCASTER
    ebook
    LUCK OF A LANCASTER
    GORDON THORBURN
    The saga of a squadron, a plane, and the action, triumphs, and tragedies they saw during World War II—includes photos.   No 9 Squadron of Bomber Command converted from the Wellington to the Lancaster in August 1942. W4964 was the seventieth Lanc to arrive on squadron, in mid-April 1943. She flew her first op on the 20th, by which time No 9 had lost forty-one of their Lancs to e...

    $129.00

    Ver detalle
  • HOLIDAYS IN VICTORIAN ENGLAND
    ebook
    HOLIDAYS IN VICTORIAN ENGLAND
    GORDON THORBURN
    In the country, holidaymakers were a rarity. The railways could take you almost anywhere, but it was only the middle classes who went. So there were no crowds, and many of our pictures show tourist hotspots before they were hot, before there was any such thing as a car park. The text provides local knowledge and background to the photographs and is an enjoyable read in itself, ...

    $119.00

    Ver detalle
  • REMEMBERING THE HIGH STREET
    ebook
    REMEMBERING THE HIGH STREET
    GORDON THORBURN
    A nostalgic trip down the British high street, remembering once famous names such as Woolworths, Athena and C&A and also featuring current favorites, including the ubiquitous Tesco and Marks & Spencer which started life as a penny market stall to become a retail giant that has had to adapt to survive. Full of fact boxes and quirky facts about much-loved shops and the people beh...

    $119.00

    Ver detalle
  • REMEMBERING THE HIGH STREET
    ebook
    REMEMBERING THE HIGH STREET
    GORDON THORBURN
    A nostalgic trip down the British high street, remembering once famous names such as Woolworths, Athena and C&A and also featuring current favorites, including the ubiquitous Tesco and Marks & Spencer which started life as a penny market stall to become a retail giant that has had to adapt to survive. Full of fact boxes and quirky facts about much-loved shops and the people beh...

    $119.00

    Ver detalle
  • ME AND MY MG
    ebook
    ME AND MY MG
    GORDON THORBURN
    A collection of heartwarming personal stories from MG owners around the world. Read about the Berkshire restorer who saw a heap of old iron in the bushes and realized it used to be a 1926 bullnose Super Sports; and the seven-year-old boy in Norfolk, Virginia, who read a book called The Red Car and knew that one day he would have to have a TC; and the Dutch boy who saw an MGB on...

    $119.00

    Ver detalle
  • THE CLASSIC HERB GARDEN
    ebook
    THE CLASSIC HERB GARDEN
    GORDON THORBURN
    A helpful guidebook to growing herbs successfully and safely, with photos included.   Herbs have been used since ancient times both to flavor food and as natural medicines. In this easy-access guide, gardener Gordon Thorburn reveals different types of herb gardens to suit your needs—from those that don't require a lot of attention (mint and rosemary don't need much watering, bu...

    $229.00

    Ver detalle
  • THE CLASSIC ALLOTMENT
    ebook
    THE CLASSIC ALLOTMENT
    GORDON THORBURN / SARAH CUTTLE / TERRY WALTON
    Allotments are enjoying a renewed popularity because people want to know exactly what theyre eating, save money, eat seasonally and save on carbon footprints. As well as men, more and more women are taking up the challenge to create their own sustainable food source with allotments, as well as experiencing the enjoyment of seeing things grow, not just fruit and vegetables, but ...

    $119.00

    Ver detalle
  • THE POCKET GUIDE TO SHEDS
    ebook
    THE POCKET GUIDE TO SHEDS
    GORDON THORBURN
    As the globe warms, everything runs out and people become the willing slaves of small electronic machines, we have our response: the Golden Age of Sheds. We can look out from our sheds and see those unfortunates, the slaves in question, the ones who would rather be stripped naked and whipped through the market square than be separated, for one nanosecond, from their portable te...

    $119.00

    Ver detalle
  • MORE LUCK OF A LANCASTER
    ebook
    MORE LUCK OF A LANCASTER
    GORDON THORBURN
    From 11 June 1943 (the date of Lancaster Mark III EE136 WS/R's first op) to her last with 9 Squadron (on 19 October 1944), eighty-six Lancasters were assigned to Number 9. Of these, fifty were lost to enemy action, another five crashed at home, three crashed in Russia on the first Tirpitz raid and four were transferred to other squadrons only to be lost by them, leaving just tw...

    $279.00

    Ver detalle
  • RED STATE
    ebook
    RED STATE
    WAYNE THORBURN
    A political scientist and Republican party insider examines how Texas made its dramatic shift from Democratic stronghold to GOP dominance. In November 1960, the Democratic party dominated Texas. Democrats held all thirty statewide elective positions as well as the entire state legislature. Fifty years later, this stronghold had not only been lost—it had reversed. In November 20...

    $251.00

    Ver detalle
  • A CENTURY OF AIR WARFARE WITH NINE (IX) SQUADRON, RAF
    ebook
    A CENTURY OF AIR WARFARE WITH NINE (IX) SQUADRON, RAF
    GORDON THORBURN
    A comprehensive history of the British Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force's senior bomber squadron. In the earliest days of World War One, when IX Squadron was formed, we went to the fight in little 50mph machines that were barely capable of taking pilot and observer, a gun, and a few small, hand-held bombs into the sky, especially on a windy day. When we took a wireless se...

    $279.00

    Ver detalle
  • POCKET GUIDE TO PUBS AND THEIR HISTORIES
    ebook
    POCKET GUIDE TO PUBS AND THEIR HISTORIES
    GORDON THORBURN
    The portable guide to potable purveyors. "From alehouses, inns, and taverns, to the pubs we know today, Gordon Thorburn explains all . . . Cheers!" — Best of British   Is there really a pub called The Toad Rock Retreat? Which one town has the pubs with both the longest and the shortest names? How many Lions, Crowns, and Horses are there? How many pubs are called The Speculation...

    $119.00

    Ver detalle
  • A NEW ZEALAND ADVENTURE
    A NEW ZEALAND ADVENTURE
    THORBURN
    Sarah y Jessica llegan a Nueva Zelanda para pasar unas vacaciones. Encuentran un teléfono móvil en el taxi desde el aeropuerto. ¿Es el móvil de Michael, pero no pueden encontrarlo? Tiene mensajes de casa, ¿son importantes? Ve con las chicas en una aventura en Nueva Zelanda. ...
    Agotado

    $274.00