Vanguard Of Empire

Author : Roger Craig Smith
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vanguard of Empire written by Roger Craig Smith and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1993 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Smith has assembled a portrait of the small vessels invented and refined in the shipyards of Spain and Portugal half a millennium ago. He focuses on the advances in maritime technology that made the European conquest of the New World possible. Shipwrights worked by trial and error to make ships that would travel faster and farther, carrying larger and larger cargoes. Pilots developed new methods of celestial navigation and learned the patterns of wind and sea currents. Long voyages taxed the physical and emotional well-being of the crew, requiring new methods of supply and sustenance. In addition to covering these developments, Smith's book shows how ships were built, outfitted, and manned, illustrating what life at sea was like in the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Focusing on the advances in maritime technology that made European expansion possible, this book will shed light on a neglected aspect of the European conquest of the New World.

Author : Scarlyte
Publisher : Scarlyte
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vanguard Second empire written by Scarlyte and published by Scarlyte. This book was released on with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten years have passed since the terrible destruction of Vanguard by the creatures of The Deep, a decade marked by the re-established reign of Serylin, who has rebuilt the Empire and embarked on the restoration of the Faction. Just when it was thought that the monsters of The Deep had been defeated, Shawmit makes a terrifying revelation: these creatures are immortal. With a diabolical new plan, Shawmit threatens mankind. Serylin and Hindaya, putting aside their differences, unite in what promises to be the last great battle for mankind's survival.

Author : William A. Birdthistle
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199398569
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Empire of the Fund written by William A. Birdthistle and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Machine generated contents note: -- Part I - Anatomy of a Fund -- 1. Purpose -- 2. Structure -- 3. Economics -- Part II - Diseases & Disorders -- 4. Fees -- 5. Soft Dollars -- 6. Fair Valuation -- 7. Late Trading -- 8. Market Timing -- 9. Selective Disclosure -- Part III - Alternative Remedies -- 10. Retirement Accounts -- 11. Target Date Funds -- 12. Exchange-Traded Funds & Alts -- 13. Money Market Funds -- Part IV - Cures -- 14. A Healthier Use of Mutual Funds

Author : David Mack
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1471106659
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Harbinger written by David Mack and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine Alias combined with Star Trek and you a have the idea behind for VANGUARD, a new concept for Star Trek fiction that takes it in a compelling new direction, presenting a new perspective on the classic Original Series era, with novels running parallel to Kirk's original five-year mission. VANGUARD is a Starfleet space station charged with the exploration and colonization of a region of space that holds a highly coveted, mysterious, and potentially cataclysmic secret - one that the Federation must solve before anyone else. The race is on and at the centre of this intrigue is an eclectic mix of Starfleet and civilian protagonists unlike any crew previously seen in Star Trek. Their turbulent lives aboard the station and on the ships they travel are painted against the backdrop of an evolving storyline that will gain momentum as the series progresses and the layers of ancient mystery are steadily peeled back, one after another.

Author : Joshua Bloom
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520966457
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Black against Empire written by Joshua Bloom and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely special edition, published on the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party, features a new preface by the authors that places the Party in a contemporary political landscape, especially as it relates to Black Lives Matter and other struggles to fight police brutality against black communities. In Oakland, California, in 1966, community college students Bobby Seale and Huey Newton armed themselves, began patrolling the police, and promised to prevent police brutality. Unlike the Civil Rights Movement that called for full citizenship rights for blacks within the United States, the Black Panther Party rejected the legitimacy of the U.S. government and positioned itself as part of a global struggle against American imperialism. In the face of intense repression, the Party flourished, becoming the center of a revolutionary movement with offices in sixty-eight U.S. cities and powerful allies around the world. Black against Empire is the first comprehensive overview and analysis of the history and politics of the Black Panther Party. The authors analyze key political questions, such as why so many young black people across the country risked their lives for the revolution, why the Party grew most rapidly during the height of repression, and why allies abandoned the Party at its peak of influence. Bold, engrossing, and richly detailed, this book cuts through the mythology and obfuscation, revealing the political dynamics that drove the explosive growth of this revolutionary movement and its disastrous unraveling. Informed by twelve years of meticulous archival research, as well as familiarity with most of the former Party leadership and many rank-and-file members, this book is the definitive history of one of the greatest challenges ever posed to American state power.

Author : Scarlyte
Publisher : Scarlyte
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 75 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fall of the Vanguard Empress written by Scarlyte and published by Scarlyte. This book was released on with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In ancient times, when the main cities belonged to the most fearsome factions on the planet, namely Vanguard and Junk Towers, a woman had a much bigger goal in mind: to conquer the whole world, both the advanced factions and the most remote regions of the planet. However, his real objective hid a dark secret: that of taking revenge on an entire people. Immerse yourself in this compelling story to uncover this woman's motivations and the consequences of her quest for power.

Author : Daniel R. Headrick
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400833590
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Power over Peoples written by Daniel R. Headrick and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2012-06-28 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major history of technology and Western conquest For six hundred years, the nations of Europe and North America have periodically attempted to coerce, invade, or conquer other societies. They have relied on their superior technology to do so, yet these technologies have not always guaranteed success. Power over Peoples examines Western imperialism's complex relationship with technology, from the first Portuguese ships that ventured down the coast of Africa in the 1430s to America's conflicts in the Middle East today. Why did the sailing vessels that gave the Portuguese a century-long advantage in the Indian Ocean fail to overcome Muslim galleys in the Red Sea? Why were the same weapons and methods that the Spanish used to conquer Mexico and Peru ineffective in Chile and Africa? Why didn't America's overwhelming air power assure success in Iraq and Afghanistan? In Power over Peoples, Daniel Headrick traces the evolution of Western technologies—from muskets and galleons to jet planes and smart bombs—and sheds light on the environmental and social factors that have brought victory in some cases and unforeseen defeat in others. He shows how superior technology translates into greater power over nature and sometimes even other peoples, yet how technological superiority is no guarantee of success in imperialist ventures—because the technology only delivers results in a specific environment, or because the society being attacked responds in unexpected ways. Breathtaking in scope, Power over Peoples is a revealing history of technological innovation, its promise and limitations, and its central role in the rise and fall of empire. Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions.

Author : Victoria Jackson
Publisher : Vanguard
ISBN 13 : 1593157347
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Saving Each Other written by Victoria Jackson and published by Vanguard. This book was released on 2012-10-16 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the surface, Victoria Jackson is the American Dream personified: from a troubled childhood and unfinished high school education, she overcame immeasurable odds to create a cosmetics empire valued at more than half a billion dollars. Married to Bill Guthy—self-made principal of infomercial marketing giant Guthy-Renker—Victoria’s most treasured role is mother to three beautiful, beloved children, Evan, Ali, and Jackson. Suddenly, Victoria’s dream life is broken as she begins to battle a mother’s greatest fear. In 2008, her daughter, Ali, began experiencing unusual symptoms of blurred vision and an ache in her eye. Ali’s test results led to the diagnosis of Neuromyelitis Optica. NMO is is a little understood, incurable, and often fatal autoimmune disease that can cause blindness, paralysis, and life-threatening seizures, and afflicts as few as 20,000 people in the world. At the age of 14, Ali was given a terrifying prognosis of four to six years to live. Saving Each Other: A Mother Daughter Love Story begins just as Victoria and Bill learn of Ali’s disease, starting them on a powerful journey to save Ali, their only daughter, including bringing together a team of more than fifty of the world’s leading experts in autoimmune and NMO-related diseases to create the Guthy-Jackson Charitable Foundation. Told in alternating viewpoints, Victoria and Ali narrate their very different journeys of coming to terms with the lack of control that neither mother nor daughter have over NMO, and their pioneering efforts and courage to take their fight to a global level. Bringing their story to light with raw emotion, humor, warmth, and refreshing candor, Saving Each Other is the extraordinary journey of a mother and daughter who demonstrate how the power of love can transcend our greatest fears, while at the same time battling to find a cure for the incurable.

Author : Raffaele D’Amato
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 147281827X
Total Pages : 49 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Imperial Roman Warships 193–565 AD written by Raffaele D’Amato and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-23 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The period of relative peace enjoyed by the Roman Empire in its first two centuries ended with the Marcomannic Wars. The following centuries saw near-constant warfare, which brought new challenges for the Roman Navy. It was now not just patrolling the Mediterranean but also fighting against invaders with real naval skill such as Genseric and his Vandals. With research from newly discovered shipwrecks and archaeological finds as well as the rich contemporary source material, this study examines the equipment and tactics used by the navy and the battles they fought in this tumultuous period, which includes the fall of Rome and the resurgence of the Eastern Empire under Justinian the Great. Using spectacular illustrations, carefully researched ship profiles, and maps, this third volume in Osprey's Roman Warships miniseries charts the ultimate evolution of the Roman fleet in one of the most fascinating periods of its history.

Author : Angus Konstam
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472851595
Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Gunboats of Victoria's Empire written by Angus Konstam and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-03-17 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully illustrated history of the iconic ocean-going gunboats of British 'gunboat diplomacy', the hundreds of little warships that for 50 years demonstrated the power of the Royal Navy worldwide, and which maintained and enforced the rule of the British Empire at its peak. In recent years the phrase 'gunboat diplomacy' has been used to describe the crude use of naval power to bully or coerce a weaker nation. During the reign of Queen Victoria, 'gunboat diplomacy' was viewed very differently. It was the use of a very limited naval force to encourage global stability and to protect British overseas trade. This very subtle use of naval power was a vital cornerstone of the Pax Britannica. Between the Crimean War (1854–56) and 1904, when the gunboat era came to an abrupt end, the Royal Navy's ocean-going gunboats underpinned Britain's position as a global power and fulfilled the country's role as a 'global policeman'. Created during the Crimean War, these gunboats first saw action in China. However, they were also used to hunt down pirates in the coasts and rivers of Borneo and Malaya, to quell insurrections and revolts in the Caribbean or hunt slavers off the African coast. The first gunboats were designed for service in the Crimean War, but during the 1860s a new generation of ships began entering service – vessels designed specifically to fulfill this global policing role. Better-designed gunboats followed, but by the 1880s, the need for them was waning . The axe finally fell in 1904 when Admiral 'Jackie' Fisher brought the gunboat era to an end in order to help fund the new age of the dreadnought. This exciting New Vanguard title describes the rise and fall of the gunboat, the appearance and capability of these vital warships, and what life was like on board. It also examines key actions they were involved in.