Champagne and Meatballs: An Autobiography of Sorts
Brought to light and introduced by editor and historian Larry Hannant, Champagne and Meatballs is Bert Whyte's fascinating memoir written months before his death in Moscow in 1984. Brash, funny, irreverent, and entertaining, it highlights an important perspective on world history while delving into the story of the man who was brave enough to live it.
World Club is a four-level, topic-based course that is informative and fun and perfectly bridges the gap between primary and secondary learning. This series encourages students to become independent learners providing real help for mixed-ability classes. Recommended for returnee programs.
Reginald Hill - Under World When young Tracey Pedley vanished in the woods around Burrthorpe, the close-knit community had their own ideas about what had happened, but Deputy Chief Constable Watmough has it down as the work of a child-killer who has since committed suicide -- though others wondered about the last man to see her alive and his fatal plunge into the disused mine shaft. Returning to a town he left in anger,
In this work, the author explores the ancient Maya from the earliest traces of settlement to the Spanish conquest of Central America in the 16th century. He covers the full range of Maya culture, including religion and philosophy, and examines the interaction between different Maya societies.
World War I was a bloodletting so vast and unprecedented that for a generation it was known simply as the Great War. Casualty lists reached unimagined proportions as the same ground -- places like Ypres and the Somme -- was fought over again and again. Other major bloody battles remain vivid in memory to this day: Gallipoli and the Battle of Jutland are but two examples. Europe was at war with itself, and the effect on Western civilization was profound, its repercussions felt even today. World War I saw the introduction of modern technology into the military arena: The tank, airplane, machine gun, submarine, and -- most lethal of all -- poison gas, all received their first widespread use.
