Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher : Fontana Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : History
ISBN : IND:30000055109601
The Backroom Boys
Noam Chomsky
The Boys In The Backroom
The Boys In The Backroom Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle version is available to download in english. Read online anytime anywhere directly from your device. Click on the download button below to get a free pdf file of The Boys In The Backroom book. This book definitely worth reading, it is an incredibly well-written.
The Boys in the Backroom
Andrew Dallmeyer
Author : Andrew Dallmeyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1982-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0907540244
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Backroom Boys
Francis Spufford
Author : Francis Spufford
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-25
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780571266449
Backroom Boys by Francis Spufford Pdf
A brilliant, beautiful account of how British boffins triumphed across the decades in creating everything from computer games to Martian landers. The book contains chapters on the Beagle II, Elite - the 80s computer game, the Blue Streak missile, Concorde, mobile phone technology and the Human Genome Project, among others. Britain is the only country in the world to have cancelled its space programme just as it put its first rocket into orbit. Starting with this forgotten episode, 'Backroom Boys' tells the bittersweet story of how one country lost its industrial tradition and got back something else. Sad, inspiring, funny and ultimately triumphant, it follows the technologists whose work kept Concorde flying, created the computer game, conquered the mobile-phone business, saved the human genome for the human race - and who now are sending the Beagle 2 probe to burrow in the cinnamon sands of Mars. 'Backroom Boys' is a vivid love-letter to quiet men in pullovers, to those whose imaginings take shape not in words but in mild steel and carbon fibre and lines of code. Above all, it is a celebration of big dreams achieved with slender means.
The Backroom Boys
Graeme Sligo
Author : Graeme Sligo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Politics and war
ISBN : 192194112X
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The Backroom Boys is the remarkable, but little known, story of how a varied group of talented intellectuals, drafted into the Australian Army in the dark days of 1942, provided highlevel policy advice to Australia's most senior soldier, General Blamey, and through him to the Government for the remainder of the war and beyond. This band of academics, lawyers and New Guinea patrol officers formed a unique military unit, the Directorate of Research and Civil Affairs, under the command of an eccentric and masterful string-puller, Alf Conlon. The Directorate has been depicted as a haven for underemployed poets or meddlesome soldier-politicians. Based on wide-ranging research, this book reveals a fuller and more fascinating picture. The fierce conflicts in the wartime bureaucracy between public servants and soldiers, in which the Directorate provided critical support to Blamey, went to the heart of military command, accountability and the profession of arms. The Directorate was a pioneer in developing approaches to military government in areas liberated by the combat troops, as demonstrated by the Australian Army in New Guinea, and Borneo in 1945-46. It is an issue of enduring importance. The Directorate established the Australian School of Pacific Administration, and had an important role in founding the Australian National University. Its influence extended into post war Australia. The Backroom Boys emphasises the personality of Colonel Alf Conlon, as well as the talented men and women he recruited. Above all, this book shows how, unexpectedly, the Australian Army fostered a group of men and women who made a lasting contribution to the development of Australia in the decades after the war.
Backroom Boys
Edward Smithies
Author : Edward Smithies
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781474603393
Backroom Boys by Edward Smithies Pdf
When we remember the Second World War in the air, we think of fighter pilots and bomber crews. But what was it like for the men and women working as ground crew and in the aircraft factories who also played a crucial role in defeating Hitler? What was it like making history? What sense did these individuals have of what they were doing, either at the time or later? Did they feel they were caught up in the tide of great events? Or were they simply doing their demanding and often dangerous duty?
Don't You Know There's A War On?
Nigel Rees
Author : Nigel Rees
Publisher : Batsford Books
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849942898
Don't You Know There's A War On? by Nigel Rees Pdf
Nigel Rees presents a nostalgic and witty guide to wartime catchphrases, from the now ubiquitous 'Keep Calm and Carry On' to lesser-known gems such as 'lions led by donkeys'. Following his hugely popular survey of domestic sayings, More Tea Vicar?, Rees returns with a witty and fascinating examination of the catchphrases that saw us through wartime Britain and are still relevant in times of crisis today. Including domestic phrases of the time, propaganda, and slang developed by soldiers abroad, the book describes the provenance and development of these intriguing, quirky and sometimes crude phrases that were born out of times of conflict and have in many cases become part of our language.
Edward Heath Made Me Angry
Stuart Christie
Author : Stuart Christie
Publisher : ChristieBooks.com
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Anarchism
ISBN : 9781873976234
Edward Heath Made Me Angry by Stuart Christie Pdf
The Boys in the Back Room
Edmund Wilson
Author : Edmund Wilson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1941
Category : American fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015004319300
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Common Phrases
Max Cryer
Author : Max Cryer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781628731545
Common Phrases by Max Cryer Pdf
In day-to-day speech we use words and phrases without a passing thought as to why we use them or where they come from. Max Cryer changes all that by showing how fascinating the English language really is. Did you know that the former host of Today, Jane Pauley, claims to have coined the term “bad hair day,” or that a CBS engineer named Charley Douglass invented the name and use of “canned laughter” for television, or that “cold turkey” as a term for quitting something immediately was popularized by the novel and movie (starring Frank Sinatra), The Man with the Golden Arm? Here you’ll learn the origins of “credibility gap,” “my lips are sealed,” “the opera’s not over until the fat lady sings,” “supermarket,” “supermodel,” “there’s no accounting for taste,” “thick as thieves,” and hundreds more. For anyone who loves language, this new book will “take the cake.”
The Jewish Brigade - Volume 2 - TTG
Marvano
Author : Marvano
Publisher : Europe Comics
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-22T00:00:00+02:00
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9791032800881
The Jewish Brigade - Volume 2 - TTG by Marvano Pdf
This second volume begins in July 1945. Despite the peace agreement signed on the 8th May, Europe is in complete chaos... In the midst of all the violence, Ari and Leslie, still members of the Jewish Brigade, part company. Ari decides to guide his people towards a promised land that is finally becoming a reality, while Leslie continues his Nazi hunt. Both are trying to find a sense of meaning after the horrors of war.
Dictionary of Euphemisms
R. W. Holder
Author : R. W. Holder
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199235179
Dictionary of Euphemisms by R. W. Holder Pdf
This is a study of the language of evasion, hypocrisy, prudery and deceit. It dissects the human tendency to prefer vague, roundabout expressions rather than use words which are precise and disagreeably true.
The Complete Book of 1980s Broadway Musicals
Dan Dietz
Author : Dan Dietz
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-18
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781442260924
The Complete Book of 1980s Broadway Musicals by Dan Dietz Pdf
For Broadway audiences of the 1980s, the decade was perhaps most notable for the so-called “British invasion.” While concept musicals such as Nine and Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George continued to be produced, several London hits came to New York. In addition to shows like Chess, Me and My Girl, and Les Miserables, the decade’s most successful composer Andrew Lloyd Webber was also well represented by Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, Song & Dance, and Starlight Express. There were also many revivals (such as Show Boat and Gypsy), surprise hits (The Pirates of Penzance), huge hits (42nd Street), and notorious flops (Into the Light, Carrie, and Annie 2: Miss Hannigan's Revenge). In The Complete Book of 1980s Broadway Musicals, Dan Dietz examines in detail every musical that opened on Broadway during the 1980s. In addition to including every hit and flop that debuted during the decade, this book highlights revivals and personal-appearance revues with such performers as Sid Caesar, Barry Manilow, Jackie Mason, and Shirley MacLaine. Each entry includes the following information Opening and closing dates Plot summaries Cast members Number of performances Names of all important personnel including writers, composers, directors, choreographers, producers, and musical directors Musical numbers and the names of performers who introduced the songs Production data, including information about tryouts Source material Critical commentary Tony awards and nominations Details about London and other foreign productions Besides separate entries for each production, the book offers numerous appendixes, including a discography, filmography, and published scripts, as well as lists of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, black-themed shows, and Jewish-themed productions. A treasure trove of information, The Complete Book of 1980s Broadway Musicals provides readers with a comprehensive view of each show. This significant resource will be of use to scholars, historians, and casual fans of one of the greatest decades in musical theatre history.
Applied Cognitive Psychology
Paul Barber
Author : Paul Barber
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-14
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317309376
Applied Cognitive Psychology by Paul Barber Pdf
Originally published in 1988 Applied Cognitive Psychology draws on the psychology of perception, attention, and cognition to give an understanding of some everyday activities and skills. Paul Barber focuses on processes involved in selecting simple actions, face perception, reading, and tasks requiring attention skills. He uses practical problems as starting points for discussion, including mental overloading in air-traffic controllers, cooker-hob design, the use of Photokit/identikit, and reading from computer screens. The book also examines the strengths and limitations of the basic analytical approach of ‘information-processing’ in psychology. As well as providing a textbook for students of psychology and ergonomics, Applied Cognitive Psychology will still be welcomed by those from other disciplines – management studies, education, sports science – who need to understand skilled behaviour in applied settings.
Lucille Ball FAQ
Barry Monush,James Sheridan
Author : Barry Monush,James Sheridan
Publisher : Applause Theatre & Cinema
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781557839336
Lucille Ball FAQ by Barry Monush,James Sheridan Pdf
(Applause Books). Although countless books and articles have been written about Lucille Ball, most people know only the surface details of her personal life and some basic facts about her popular television series. Lucille Ball FAQ takes us beyond the "Lucy" character to give readers information that might not be common knowledge about one of the world's most beloved entertainers. It can be read straight through, but the FAQ format also invites readers to pick it up and dig in at any point. Background information and anecdotes are provided in such categories as: People Lucy found funny; Lucy at home: her various residences throughout the years; Movie/television/radio/theater projects that never materialized; Lucy's off-camera romantic attachments. James Sheridan and Barry Monush go beyond the well known facts, making this an indispensable book for all Lucille Ball fans!
Allen's Dictionary of English Phrases
Robert Allen
Author : Robert Allen
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 832 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2008-08-07
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780141917689
Allen's Dictionary of English Phrases by Robert Allen Pdf
Allen’s Dictionary of English Phrases is the most comprehensive survey of this area of the English language ever undertaken. Taking over 6000 phrases, it explains their meaning, explores their development and gives citations that range from the Venerable Bede to Will Self. Crisply and wittily written, the book is packed with memorable and surprising detail, whether showing that 'salad days' comes from Antony and Cleopatra, that 'flavour of the month' originates in 1940s American ice cream marketing, or even that we’ve been 'calling a spade a spade' since the sixteenth century. Allen’s Dictionary of English Phrases is part of the Penguin Reference Library and draws on over 70 years of experience in bringing reliable, useful and clear information to millions of readers around the world – making knowledge everybody’s property.
