Peter Thompson

The True Story of the Greatest Catastrophe of World War II

The Battle for Singapore

This is a troubled world controlled by a parasite called the Lowi. It is also war weary after many years of conflict with neither side winning or losing. Marcus Cobb arrives on this planet intent on destroying the Lowi, little realising that this could cost him his life.

Canis Minor Three

My book is a Science fiction Adventure featuring an Earthman called marcus Cobb, Telepath and soldier who belongs to the United nations of Planets, these are under attack by a paracitic life form that forms a creche of these beings, once as a creche they become very powerful tetepaths that only a few being can fight back. Marcus Cobb is one

The Rim World of Canis Minor Three

Exploring the history of the gas mask in Germany from 1915 to the eve of the Second World War, Peter Thompson traces how chemical weapons and protective technologies like the gas mask produced new relationships to danger, risk, management and mastery in the modern age of mass destruction. Recounting the apocalyptic visions of chemical death that circulated in interwar Germany, he argues that while everyday encounters with the gas mask tended to exacerbate fears, the gas mask also came to symbolize debates about the development of military and chemical technologies in the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich. He underscores how the gas mask was tied into the creation of an exclusionary national community under the Nazis and the altered perception of environmental danger in the second half of the twentieth century. As this innovative new history shows, chemical warfare and protection technologies came to represent poignant visions of the German future.

Visions of Chemical Modernity

The Gas Mask in Interwar Germany

Chris Hutchins

HOW did John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr get to America? How did Presley, a poor boy from the Tennessee backwoods, arrive in Hollywood? The first hand account of what happened when they met is told by the man who engineered the meeting - the author - and was there when they met in - ELVIS meets THE BEATLES . . .

Elvis Meets The Beatles

Described as igniters, a small proportion of earth people overheat and burn up, leaving just a small pile of grey ash. Jonathan Peel is one such man. Snatched from the jaws of death a second before oblivion, he awakes to find that he is not on earth, nor dead, but on a planetoid where he is still alive, in perfect health and now a young man. For this gift he has to agree to help a mysterious stranger called Myfous. Jonathan has a choice: accept what Myfous offers and perhaps die, or go back to a certain death. He will be one of three beings from different worlds to form an assault group, their basic DNA altered to fight a growing menace that is destroying planets and galaxies; this is a vicious weed that eats and destroys every life form it comes up against. The fight back has begun to save the Milky Way galaxy and retake those that have been lost to the weeds and the control of a mad, sentient computer.

The Flower of Myfous

Peter S. Onuf

Pointing the way to a new history of the transformation of British subjects into American citizens, State and Citizen challenges the presumption that the early American state was weak by exploring the changing legal and political meaning of citizenship. The volume's distinguished contributors cast new light on the shift from subjecthood to citizenship during the American Revolution by showing that the federal state played a much greater part than is commonly supposed. Going beyond master narratives--celebratory or revisionist--that center on founding principles, the contributors argue that geopolitical realities and the federal state were at the center of early American political development. The volume's editors, Peter Thompson and Peter S. Onuf, bring together political science and historical methodologies to demonstrate that citizenship was a political as well as a legal concept. The American state, this collection argues, was formed and evolved in a more dialectical relationship between citizens and government authority than is generally acknowledged. Suggesting points of comparison between an American narrative of state development--previously thought to be exceptional--and those of Europe and Latin America, the contributors break fresh ground by investigating citizenship in its historical context rather than by reference only to its capacity to confer privileges.

British America and the Early United States

State and Citizen

AT LAST the full story of Diana, Princess of Wales with moving accounts of her life from those who knew her best - what made her laugh, what made her cry. Princes William and Harry say that not a day goes by without them thinking of their beloved mother. In short, this is Diana's own secret life told in intimate detail.

Diana Always There

Uwe Hansmann

Riku M. Mettala

Apratim Purakayastha

Discover SyncML, the new global standard for synchronizing virtually any mobile device Covers both the technical and business issues Covers personal and enterprise applications, new mobile services, security, device management, and more Includes practical guidance for coding and integrating SyncML solutions By four leaders of the SyncML standards community "The authors have in-depth, firsthand knowledge of the inner workings of SyncML technology. This is an essential guide for anyone building or implementing data synchronization and device management applications."--Douglas Heintzman Director and Chairman of the Board, SyncML Initiative, Ltd. Introducing SyncML: the new XML-based standard for universal synchronization. Effective, standards-based data synchronization will make possible a new generation of breakthrough mobile services. Now, there's an XML-based standard that enables synchronization across virtually any device, platform, application, or service: SyncML. In this book, four leaders of the SyncML community offer an insider's guide to SyncML from both a technical and business standpoint. You'll discover why SyncML offers advantages available through no other technology; how SyncML overcomes the traditional obstacles to universal synchronization, and how SyncML can be integrated into end-to-end solutions that deliver a first-class "out of the box" experience. SyncML solutions for personal information management, enterprise data management, and mobile services SyncML clients, servers, synchronization/representation protocols, DTDs, transport bindings, and more Synchronization for one-to-one,many-to-one, many-to-many, and hybrid topologies Security and authentication in SyncML applications and services Using SyncML to provision and manage mobile devices The SyncML API, Reference Implementation, and SyncML Conformance and Interoperability Process SyncML is designed for every business and technology professional concerned with mobile applications and synchronization. Decision-makers will learn how SyncML will drive new business models and the delivery of entirely new products and services. Software architects and project managers will discover how SyncML components can be integrated into complete solutions; and developers will learn how to maximize the performance, reliability, and scalability of those solutions.

Synchronizing and Managing Your Mobile Data

SyncML

From Tobruk to the Battle of Crete - the new bestseller from the author of Pacific Fury. Anzac Fury commemorates the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe when 8900 Anzac prisoners of war captured in Greece and Crete were released from captivity. In 2010 it will be exactly 70 years since the 2nd AIF arrived in the Middle East to begin their extraordinary adventures in battles against the German and Italian armies in North Africa, mainland Greece and Crete prior to the outbreak of the Pacific War. Written by a brilliant storyteller, Anzac Fury tells the riveting story of how the legendary Anzac Corps was reformed in the heat of battle during World War II to fight a powerful and merciless foe. Dramatically combining personal memories with combat action, Anzac Fury gives voice to the experiences of young Australians and New Zealanders who were sent on Churchill’s orders from the victorious battlefields of Libya on a disastrous mission to Greece and Crete. A companion volume to the acclaimed 2008 publication Pacific Fury, this book celebrates the Anzac spirit of sacrifice, mateship, courage and endurance that sustained the new Anzacs during the darkest days of the war.

The Battle of Crete 1941

Anzac Fury

Geoff Armstrong

Every champion Australian racehorse since 1930 - from Bernborough and Tulloch to Black Caviar and Winx - has been called 'the best since the Phar Lap'. So will the next record breaker, because Phar Lap captured the imagination of the sporting public like no other thoroughbred ever has or ever will. This was in part because of his remarkable backstory, featuring a battling trainer named Harry Telford and a knockabout young strapper, Tommy Woodcock, who built a relationship with Phar Lap that was second to none. It was also because of the mysteries that surrounded the legendary horse. Did gangsters really try to shoot him on the eve of the Melbourne Cup? Who or what killed Phar Lap?This revised and updated edition has all the answers. It explains why the horse cost a pittance as a yearling, was a laughing-stock when it first raced, but became unbeatable. The racing authorities tried to stop him; the desperate punters of the Great Depression loved him. The book also presents a fresh look at the controversies, reaffirming that there were no bullets in the gun and that neither the Americans nor arsenic were responsible for his death. As Winx was winning 33 races straight from 2015 to 2018, everyone kept asking: 'Could she have beaten Phar Lap?' Here, the authors - whom revered racing writer Max Presnell has described as 'renowned Pharlapophiles' - compare the two Immortals from every angle, setting up the ultimate match race.

The Story of Australia's Greatest Ever Racehorse

Phar Lap

David Hasselhoff

In an entertaining memoir, the popular actor and star of Baywatch describes his acting and musical careers, his personal life, and his dedication to the cause of sick and needy children around the world, in a volume complemented by behind-the-scenes gossip, personal anecdotes, and other colorful tidbits. 150,000 first printing.

The Autobiography

Don't Hassel the Hoff

Using Nietzsche's categories of monumentalist, antiquarian and critical history, the author examines the historical and theoretical contexts of the collapse of the GDR in 1989 and looks at the positive and negative legacies of the GDR for the PDS (the successor party to the East German Communists). He contends that the Stalinization of the GDR itself was the product not just of the Cold War but of a longer inter-systemic struggle between the competing primacies of politics and economics and that the end of the GDR has to be seen as a consequence of the global collapse of the social imperative under the pressure of the re-emergence of the market-state since the mid-1970s. The PDS is therefore stuck in dilemma in which any attempt to "arrive in the Federal Republic" (Brie) is criticized as a readiness to accept the dominance of the market over society whereas any attempt to prioritize social imperatives over the market is attacked as a form of unreconstructed Stalinism. The book offers some suggestions as to how to escape from this dilemma by returning to the critical rather than monumentalist and antiquarian traditions of the workers' movement.

The PDS, Stalinism and the Global Economy

The Crisis of the German Left

An alien lands in a boy's backyard and becomes a member of the family. Unfortunately, what the alien thought would help the family, actually poses a threat to them all.

Summer on Earth

In the information age, where the contest of ideas is paramount, being able to get others to accept your idea is what makes the difference between success and failure. Yet the art of persuasion was refined 2000 years ago in the Lyceum of Ancient Greece where Aristotle, the master of rhetoric, taught the timeless secrets of ethos, logos, and pathos. A modern master of communication, Peter Thompson rediscovers those secrets and presents them to you in Persuading Aristotle - principles that you can use day in and day out, every time you face someone who you need to see things your way. Thompson shows you how to draw upon the logic of your argument, your empathy with your audience, your imagination and your credibility and how to best persuade different types of listeners.

The Timeless Art of Persuasion in Business, Negotiation and the Media

Persuading Aristotle

In a race to the planet of Tharn to help Princess Jeeva's home world, Marcus Cobb's life almost ends. There, he finds his old enemy the Lowi and their creches, but now there is a far more dangerous offshoot, developed by them. A being with a mind of its own and an agenda that the creches know nothing about.

THE BIOPODS of RESUS NINE

Robert Macklin

'Morrison was the first Australian to break into Fleet Street's elite corps of foreign correspondents. Everyone who followed owes him an enormous debt. He set the benchmark: courage, truthfulness and the need to be there, face to face. His amazing life, splendidly and succinctly told, is an inspiration. If Morrison has been largely forgotten, this book will change that forever.' - Phillip Knightley, author of The First Casualty, a history of war correspondents This is the compelling story of 'Chinese Morrison', who bestrode continents, helped bring down a dynasty and chronicled his times so brilliantly that he not only wrote history but changed it as well. In 1882, at the age of 19, George Ernest Morrison's strong sense of courage and devotion to reporting the truth led him to expose the Australian Kanaka slave trade. It marked the beginning of what was to be an illustrious career. In the decades that followed, Morrison achieved international fame for his work as a correspondent for the London Times in the decadent and dangerous Chinese capital of Peking, not least when he helped to organise the defence of the legations during the 55-day siege of the Boxer Uprising. Then, as adviser to the fledgling Chinese Government, he was a pivotal figure in the fall of the last Emperor and the birth of the Chinese Republic. Peter Thompson and Robert Macklin have written a powerful and gripping biography of an Australian journalist and adventurer who paused only to tell his stories and to plan his next foray among the great events and leading figures of his day.

The Life and Adventures of Morrison of China

The Man Who Died Twice is the compelling story of Morrison of Peking', who bestrode continents, helped bring down a dynasty and chronicled his times so brilliantly that he not only wrote history but changed it as well. George Ernest Morrison's strong sense of courage and devotion to reporting the truth led him, at only 20, to expose the Australian Kanaka slave trade. He then walked, alone and unaided, from the Gulf of Carpentaria to Melbourne only 21 years after explorers Burke and Wills had perished in the same endeavour. And in attempting the first crossing of New Guinea, he was almost killed in an ambush which left two spear tips embedded in his body. However, it was Morrison's work as a correspondent for the London Times in the decadent and dangerous Chinese capital at the turn of the century that brought him international fame, not least when he helped to organise the defence of the legations during the 55-day siege of the Boxer Uprising. Then, as adviser to the fledgling Chinese government, he was a pivotal figure in the fall of the last Emperor and the birth of the Chinese Republic. Peter Thompson and Robert Macklin have written a powerful and gripping biography of an Australian journalist and adventurer who paused only to tell his stories and to plan his next foray among the great events and leading figures of his day.

The Life and Adventures of Morrison of Peking

The Man who Died Twice

Slavoj Zizek

The concept of hope is central to the work of the German philosopher Ernst Bloch (1885–1977), especially in his magnum opus, The Principle of Hope (1959). The "speculative materialism" that he first developed in the 1930s asserts a commitment to humanity's potential that continued through his later work. In The Privatization of Hope, leading thinkers in utopian studies explore the insights that Bloch's ideas provide in understanding the present. Mired in the excesses and disaffections of contemporary capitalist society, hope in the Blochian sense has become atomized, desocialized, and privatized. From myriad perspectives, the contributors clearly delineate the renewed value of Bloch's theories in this age of hopelessness. Bringing Bloch's "ontology of Not Yet Being" into conversation with twenty-first-century concerns, this collection is intended to help revive and revitalize philosophy's commitment to the generative force of hope. Contributors. Roland Boer, Frances Daly, Henk de Berg, Vincent Geoghegan, Wayne Hudson, Ruth Levitas, David Miller, Catherine Moir, Caitríona Ní Dhúill, Welf Schröter, Johan Siebers, Peter Thompson, Francesca Vidal, Rainer Ernst Zimmermann, Slavoj Žižek

Ernst Bloch and the Future of Utopia, SIC 8

The Privatization of Hope

Robert Snowden

Tom Troscianko

Basic Vision: An Introduction to Visual Perception demystifies the processes through which we see the world. Written by three authors with over 80 years of research and undergraduate teaching experience between them, it leads the reader through the intricacies of visual processing, with full-colour illustrations on nearly every page.

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