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Samurai / by Murrell, Deborah Jane,1963-;
Describes the tactics, weapons, and courageous battles fought by the Japanese warriors known as samurai.
Subjects: Samurai; Military art and science;
© 2009., QEB,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Grunt : the curious science of humans at war / by Roach, Mary.;
Includes bibliographical references and Internet addresses.Second skin: what to wear to war -- Boom box: automotive safety for people who drive on bomb -- Fighting by ear: the conundrum of military noise -- Below the belt: the cruelest shot of all -- It might get weird: a salute to genital transplants -- Carnage under fire: how do combat medics cope? -- Sweating bullets: the war on heat -- Leaky SEALs: diarrhea as a threat to national security -- The maggot paradox: flies on the battlefield, for better and worse -- What doesn't kill you will make you reek: a brief history of stink bombs -- Old chum: how to make and test shark repellent -- That sinking feeling: when things go wrong under the sea -- Up and under: a submarine tries to sleep -- Feedback from the fallen: how the dead help the living stay that way.LSC
Subjects: Military art and science; Military art and science; Military research;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Knights : in history and in legend /
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-293) and index.LSC
Subjects: Knights and knighthood; Knights and knighthood; Military art and science; Middle Ages; Orders of knighthood and chivalry;
© 2009., Firefly Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Knights and castles / by Matthews, Rupert.;
"Knights and Castles is a beautifully designed reader all about incredible medieval fortresses and the people who lived in them. Children will love to find out about why castles were built, some of the coolest castles, and medieval people's lives in and around them both in peace and wartime."--
Subjects: Readers (Publications); Knights and knighthood; Castles; Military art and science; Civilization, Medieval;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Modernism : a very short introduction / by Butler, Christopher,1940-;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-114) and index.The modernist work -- Modernist movements and cultural tradition -- The modernist artist -- Modernism and politics."Why do cultures depend so much on mythical illusions to the past? Could the bicycle chained to the gate next door be a work of art? How do human beings really think, when they are not speaking? How do high and low culture relate to one another? Why do we need the 'progressive' and the 'new'?" "In this Very Short Introduction Christopher Butter looks at the many innovations created by Modernist thinkers and artists, showing how powerful ideas and formal experiment have produced the music, painting, and literature which has informed all aspects of 20th and 21st century life." "A thoroughly good idea. Snappy, small format ... stylish design ... perfect to pop into your pocket for spare moments' Lisa Jardine, The Times" "A very good Idea, these Very Short Introduction, a new concept from OUP' Nicholas Lezard, Guardian." --
Subjects: Nonfiction.; Modernism (Art); Modernism (Literature); Modernism (Aesthetics); 02.01 history of science and culture.; Modernism (Aesthetics); Modernism (Art); Modernism (Literature); Modernism (culture); Literature.; Arts.;
© 2010., Oxford University Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The center seat [videorecording] : 55 years of Star trek / by McFadden, Gates,on-screen participant.; Nichols, Nichelle,on-screen participant.; Nimoy, Leonard,on-screen participant.; Spiner, Brent,on-screen participant.; Wheaton, Wil,on-screen participant.; Mill Creek Entertainment,distributor.;
Gates McFadden, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig, Ronald D. Moore, Nicholas Meyer, Rick Berman, Denise Crosby, John de Lancie, Nana Visitor, Kate Mulgrew, Robert Picardo, Christopher Lloyd, Leonard Nimoy.This multi-episode documentary series takes viewers on the definitive in-depth journey behind the scenes of one of the greatest landmark franchises of all time: Star Trek. Celebrating the show's 55th anniversary, each episode focuses on a different chapter in the groundbreaking program's history. Interviews with the cast, crew, and experts including one of Leonard Nimoy's final in-depth Trek interviews reveal never-before-heard backstage stories and offer fresh insights. The Center Seat details how Star Trek began, where it's been, and how it's boldly going where no television series has gone before!E.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Historical television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Television mini-series.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Science fiction television programs; Science fiction television programs; Star Trek fans.; Star Trek films; Star Trek films; Star Trek films; Star Trek television programs; Star Trek television programs; Star Trek television programs;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Kingdom Come Deliverance [graphic novel] / by Murphy, Brett(Comic book writer),author.; Gandolpho, Wilson,artist.;
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Action and adventure comics.; Historical comics.; Military art and science;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Bounce! : a scientific history of rubber / by Albee, Sarah.; Ewen, Eileen Ryan.;
Includes bibliographical references."Follow the scientific history of rubber including who discovered it, where it came from, and how it is made. Back matter includes a timeline and a note about the social and environmental problems with producing rubber"--
Subjects: Rubber; Rubber industry and trade; Science; Inventions; Chemistry;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The edge of memory : ancient stories, oral tradition and the post-glacial world / by Nunn, Patrick D.,1955-author.;
Subjects: Legends.; Floods; Environmental sciences; Science; Ocean; Storytelling; Oral tradition.; Oral history.; Aboriginal Australians; Indigenous peoples; Tales; Tales;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The rise and fall of ancient Greece : the military and political history of the ancient Greeks including the Persian Wars, the Battle of Marathon and the campaigns of Alexander the Great and his conquest of Asia / by Rodgers, Nigel.;
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Subjects: Military art and science;
© c2008., Lorenz Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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