Search results for ""Author David Zimmerman""
Soho Press Inc Caring Is Creepy: A Novel
Book SynopsisIn rural Georgia, a willful teenager allows a man on the run to hide out at her home, lodging him in a secret room.
£12.34
Kehrer Verlag One Voice: Portraits from the Tibetan Diaspora
Book SynopsisPortrait series representing a cross-section of Tibetan exile society; nomads, tradesman, writers, and revolutionaries.
£32.00
University of Toronto Press Ensnared between Hitler and Stalin
Book SynopsisEnsnared between Hitler and Stalin examines the lives of the scientists and scholars who sought refuge in the Soviet Union in the 1930s.Table of ContentsList of Images Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Scholars and Scientists 2. German Scientists in the Soviet Union before Hitler 3. Scientists and Communists 4. Scientists in Flight to the Soviet Union 5. Living in Stalin’s Soviet Union 6. Refugee Scholarship in the Soviet Union 7. The Great Terror 8. Into Stalin’s Frying Pan 9. From Stalin’s Frying Pan into Hitler’s Fire 10. From the Great Terror to the Shoah 11. Survival and Triumph 12. The Ensnared in the Cold War 13. The Long Ordeal Conclusion: The Ensnared and History Notes Bibliography Index
£47.60
University of British Columbia Press Maritime Command Pacific The Royal Canadian Navys
Book SynopsisOne of Canada’s leading military historians recounts the story of the Canadian navy’s Pacific fleet during the tense years of the early Cold War.Trade ReviewAny scholar of Cold War naval policy will benefit from reading this book. David Zimmerman sets out to correct the absence of works on the Canadian West Coast Fleet. … The book is superbly organized … [and] serves as an excellent example of examining all elements of a navy and not simply the fleet and strategy. Additionally, the book is a welcome break from the U.S.-centric perspective. -- Sean Getway, independent scholar * Pacific Historical Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 The Legacy of War and Demobilization2 From Peace to Cold War, 1945-503 Defending the West Coast in the Nuclear AgeCold War Expansion5 Reorganization of Pacific Command and West Coast Defence Planning, 1958-616 The Golden Age7 The Cold War on the Pacific Coast, 1958-65Conclusion; Notes on Sources; Notes; Index
£69.70
Anvil Press Publishers Inc Socket
Book Synopsis'Socket' tells the gripping tale of Ronald Percy, an international aid worker who travels to Ethiopia to assist with an irrigation project for the African Development Organization. Upon arrival, he is unable to locate his agents or company representatives, and soon finds himself enmeshed in a web of bureaucracy and state corruption. 'Socket' was selected as the Grand Winner from over 400 entries in the 2001 International 3-Day Novel-Writing Contest. " The language is vivid and economical, and the plot charges ahead with relentless momentum." - Broken Pencil "The story is so tightly written that you can't put it down." - Giest Magazine Winner 2001 3-Day Novel-Writing Contest
£6.99
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe Killer Germs
Book SynopsisOffers a retrospective of the havoc-wreaking microbes of the past as well as an engrossing exploration of emerging threats, including a chapter on bioterrorism. This book helps readers discover what makes smallpox the most potentially devastating of all bioweapons, and how prepared we are to fight it.
£19.79
