Barry Turner

The Complete Guide (Writer's Handbook)

Writer's Handbook 2006

This guide looks at how to write a successful crime novel - from critical points in development, including story setting, creating characters, building suspense, use of sex and violence, the importance of research and the basic rules of story construction, to how to get published.

The Writer's Handbook Guide to Crime Writing

Acclaimed historian Barry Turner presents a new history of the Cold War's defining episode. Berlin, 1948 – a divided city in a divided country in a divided Europe. The ruined German capital lay 120 miles inside Soviet-controlled eastern Germany. Stalin wanted the Allies out; the Allies were determined to stay, but had only three narrow air corridors linking the city to the West. Stalin was confident he could crush Berlin’s resolve by cutting off food and fuel. In the USA, despite some voices still urging ‘America first’, it was believed that a rebuilt Germany was the best insurance against the spread of communism across Europe. And so over eleven months from June 1948 to May 1949, British and American aircraft carried out the most ambitious airborne relief operation ever mounted, flying over 2 million tons of supplies on almost 300,000 flights to save a beleaguered Berlin. With new material from American, British and German archives and original interviews with veterans, Turner paints a fresh, vivid picture the airlift, whose repercussions – the role of the USA as global leader, German ascendancy, Russian threat – we are still living with today.

The Relief Operation that Defined the Cold War

The Berlin Airlift

'A lively book that captures the essence of a modern monarchy and a new Elizabethan era' - Lyndsy Spence, The Lady 'Down-to-earth and insightful' - Daily Mail It is 1952 and Britain is changing. The Second World War is over, but the country is still scarred, recovering from six years of horror and still in the grip of food rationing. The British Empire is crumbling as countries fight for their independence both literally and physically. And George VI, the king who had refused to abandon London, is dead. Thorns in the Crown is the story of a country on the precipice, divided between those who held firm to old values and traditions and those who were fighting for modernity and progression. Featuring memories and reflections of those who were part of the coronation, Barry Turner presents a unique look at Britain as it came to terms with the second Elizabethan age.

The Story of the Coronation and what it Meant for Britain

Thorns in the Crown

Willem Van der Eyken

Adventures in Education

This study examines the military, political, and personal life of Abdul Harus Nasution, a seminal figure in modern Indonesian history. The author analyzes Nasution’s participation in the country’s struggle for independence, his role as leader of the armed forces, and his strategies on guerrilla warfare and civilian mobilization.

"People's Resistance" in the War of Independence and Postwar Politics

A. H. Nasution and Indonesia's Elites

Sigfrid Henry Steinberg

Sir John Scott Keltie

Frederick Martin

Isaac Parker Anderson Renwick

Mortimer Epstein

John Paxton

Brian Hunter (Librarian)

The Statesman's Year-book

From the writers, editors and compilers of the highly successful The Writer's Handbook comes the first edition of The Screenwriter's Handbook, an indispensible companion for everyone who commissions screenwriters, works with them or writes (or wants their chance to write) for the screen. Containing thousands of entries covering every aspect of scriptwriting, with provocative articles and useful advice from leading representatives of the trade, this practical, straightforward guide, with indexes to aid quick searches, provides full details on the core markets and the way the television and film industries are going. In addition to the key areas of UK and US film and TV agents and production companies, writers' courses and circles, festivals, grants and prizes, the guide also offers invaluable expert advice on contracts, copyright, and taxation.

The Screenwriter's Handbook

Brian Hunter

The Writer's Handbook

Graham Jenkins

Richard Burton, My Brother

Completely revised and updated with newly commissioned articles, the 20th anniversary edition of The Writer's Handbook is an indispensible companion for everyone in the writing profession. Containing over 6,000 entries covering every area of writing, with provocative articles and useful advice from leading representatives of the trade, this practical, straightforward guide provides full details on the core markets. In addition to the key areas of UK and US book publishers, agents, magazines, screenwriting, theater and poetry, writer's courses and circles, festivals, and grants and prizes, the guide also offers invaluable expert advice on contracts, copyright, and taxation.

The Writer's Handbook 2007

Over 500 entries tap every vein of opportunity in book and magazine publishing, newspapers, poetry, radio, theatre, TV, video and film, as well as giving information on agents, prizes, writers' circles, associations, festivals and much, much more

The Writer's Handbook 2000

Nieuwe, intrigerende interpretatie van de ontstaansperiode van de Koude Oorlog, waarin de Berlijnse luchtbrug een cruciale rol speelde. Berlijn, 1948: een verdeelde stad in een verdeeld land in een verdeeld Europa. De verwoeste Duitse hoofdstad lag bijna 200 kilometer in het door de Sovjet-Unie gecontroleerde Oost-Duitsland. Stalin was ervan overtuigd dat hij Berlijns vastberadenheid kon breken door de aanvoer van voedsel en brandstof af te snijden. Ondanks een paar stemmen die nog steeds 'America first' riepen, waren de Verenigde Staten ervan overtuigd dat een hersteld Duitsland de beste garantie bood tegen de verspreiding van het communisme in Europa. En dus organiseerden Britten en Amerikanen 11 maanden lang, van juni 1948 tot mei 1949, de meest ambitieuze hulporganisatie ooit via een luchtbrug naar Berlijn. Hun vliegtuigen voerden bijna 300.000 vluchten uit en brachten meer dan 2 miljoen ton voorraden naar het belegerde Berlijn. Aan de hand van nieuw materiaal uit Amerikaanse, Britse en Duitse archieven en talrijke interviews met veteranen, schetst Turner een levendig beeld van de spectaculaire luchtbrug die medebepalend was voor de naoorlogse internationale verhoudingen die tot op de dag van vandaag hun invloed doen gelden.

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