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  • War Bows

    Longbow, crossbow, composite bow and Japanese yumi

    by Mike Loades ...
    A fascinating and lively history of four bows that changed warfare – the composite bow, the longbow, the crossbow and the Japanese bow, the yumi – by a world-renowned expert.War bows dominated battlefields across the world for centuries. In their various forms, they allowed trained archers to take down even well-armoured targets from great distances, and played a key role in some of the most ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • The Composite Bow

    by Mike Loades ...
    Series Book 43 - Weapon
    An ancient design, emerging from Central Asia in the second millennium BC, the composite bow was adopted by a staggering variety of cultures, from nomadic tribal peoples such as the Huns, Turks and Mongols, to mighty empires such as the Romans, Byzantines, Persians, Arabs and Chinese.Offering high power and portability, the composite bow was an ideal cavalry weapon, though it was also used by ... Read more

    $17.49 USD

  • Dogs

    Working Origins and Traditional Tasks

    by Mike Loades ...
    A walk through history with man's best friend, with stops in Alaska, the Middle East, and beyond—includes over 250 photos of canines at work.Handle various dogs engaged in their traditional tasks, Mike Loades takes us on his adventures in the Jordanian desert, where he shares the saddle of his camel with a Saluki, and in the green hills of Wales, where he works cattle with a Corgi. He mushes ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Crossbow

    by Mike Loades ...
    Series Book 61 - Weapon
    Technologically sophisticated and powerful, the crossbow has long enjoyed a popular reputation for villainous superiority because it could be used with little training as a weapon of assassination.Known to the Ancient Greeks and the Chinese as early as the 5th century BC, the crossbow developed both in Western Europe and in the Far East. Advances in trigger mechanisms, spanning and bow design ... Read more

    $17.49 USD

  • The Longbow

    by Mike Loades ...
    Series Book 30 - Weapon
    An iconic medieval missile weapon, the deadly longbow made possible the English victories at Crecy and Poitiers at the height of the Hundred Years' War. The longbow was the weapon at the heart of the English military ascendancy in the century after 1340. Capable of subjecting the enemy to a hail of deadly projectiles, the longbow in the hands of massed archers made possible the extraordinary ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Comedy Film Nerds Guide to Movies

    Featuring Dave Anthony, Lord Carrett, Dean Haglund, Allan Havey, Laura House, Jackie Kashian, Suzy Nakamura, Greg ... Schmidt, Neil T. Weakley, and Matt Weinhold

    by Graham Elwood, Chris Mancini, Dave Anthony, Lord Carrett, Dean Haglund, Allan Havey, Laura House, Jackie Kashian, Suzy Nakamura, Greg Proops, Mike Schmidt, Neil T. Weakley, Matt Weinhold ...
    A movie guide for film and comedy fans, by filmmakers and comedians, for the movie lover with a good sense of humor.Tired of the usual boring, dry movie discussion? The Comedy Film Nerds Guide to Movies is something new. Is it serious movie discussion? Is it funny? Do the writers know what the hell they are talking about? Yes, yes, yes, and yes. Okay, that's too many yes's, but you get the point. ... Read more

    $12.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Take Us to a Better Place

    Stories

    by Madeline Ashby, Hannah Lillith Assadi, Calvin Baker, Frank Bill, Yoon Ha Lee, Karen Lord, Mike McClelland, Achy Obejas, David A. Robertson, Martha Wells ...
    A profound and unforgettable original story collection about well-being and the future of health and the planet. With a foreword by bestselling author Roxane Gay and an introduction from Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Pam Belluck. Offered to readers free by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. TAKE US TO A BETTER PLACE: Stories is a collection of powerful, perceptive, and seamlessly crafted ... Read more

    Free

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Swords and Swordsmen

    by Mike Loades ...
    "A 'must have' book for anyone who has an interest in edged weapons . . . Loades holds the reader's full attention with each sword's story that he tells." —The Lone Star Book ReviewThis magnificent book tells the story of the evolution of swords, how they were made, how they were used, and the people that used them. It doesn't claim to give comprehensive coverage but instead takes certain ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Vengeance of Thor

    by Lord Dunsany ...
    Narrated by Mike Tortorello, Rita Tortorello, Daven Tillinghast ...

    Unabridged

    50 min

    Journey with us through realms of Wonder in these tales from the quill pen of Lord Dunsany. Brooding and epic stories... ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The New Dynamics of Ageing Volume 2

    by Jackie Reynolds, Michael Murray, Miriam Bernard, Anna Goulding, Andrew Newman, Lorna Warren, Alastair S Macdonald, Elizabeth Williams, Laura Brown, Tom Smith, Arlene J Astell, Janet Lord, Jan Oyebode, Wendy Martin, Christina Victor, Kate White, Randall Smith, Jane Seymour, Ailsa Cameron, Michael Calnan, Liz Lloyd, Miranda Davies, Mary Gilhooly, Mike Lewis, Ann Hockey, Judith Phillips, Ingrid Eyers, Susan Venn, Sara Arber ...
    Series series The New Dynamics of Ageing
    This volume and its companion, The new dynamics of ageing volume 1, provide comprehensive multi-disciplinary overviews of the very latest research on ageing. Together they report the outcomes of the most concerted investigation ever undertaken into both the influence shaping the changing nature of ageing and its consequences for individuals and society.This book concentrates on four major themes: ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    1950s Science Fiction 8 - 29 Classic Science Fiction Short Stories from the 1950s

    by Robert Silverberg, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Frank Herbert, Lord Dunsany, Walter M. Miller Jr, Bryce Walton, Mike Curry, Edward W. Ludwig, Charles Einstein, Miguel Hidalgo, Dean Evans, Robert Sheckley, Charles E. Fritch, William Oberfield, Frank M. Robinson, Evelyn E. Smith, C. M. Kornbluth, Lynn Venable, Fritz Leiber, Alfred Bester, Donald E. Westlake, J. F. Bone, Roger D. Aycock, Joseph Slotkin, David Mason ...
    Narrated by Scott Miller ...
    Series Audiobook box set - Lost Sci-Fi Decades

    Unabridged

    12 hours 31 min

    1950s Science Fiction 8 - 29 Classic Science Fiction Short Stories from the 1950sNever Trust a Thief! by Robert SilverbergMoon of Memory by Bryce WaltonMetamorphosis by Mike CurryInheritance by Edward W. LudwigShort Snorter by Charles EinsteinHomecoming by Miguel HidalgoProof of the Pudding by Robert SheckleyNot a Creature Was Stirring by Dean EvansSkin Game by Charles E. FritchThe Enorm... ... Read more

    $16.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Take Us to a Better Place

    Stories

    by Madeline Ashby, Hannah Lillith Assadi, Calvin Baker, Frank Bill, Yoon Ha Lee, Karen Lord, Mike McClelland, Achy Obejas, Martha Wells ...
    Narrated by Holter Graham, Joniece Abbott-Pratt ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 20 min

    A profound and unforgettable original story collection about well-being and the future of health and the planet. With a foreword by bestselling author Roxane Gay and an introduction from Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Pam Belluck. TAKE US TO A BETTER PLACE: Stories is a collection of powerful, perceptive, and seamlessly crafted fiction that tells multiple truths about the realities of our ... Read more

    Free

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook