Aircraft Carriers
On 9 May 1912 the first airplane take-off from a ship was made from the deck of the HMS Hibernia. In July 1918, seven Sopwith Camels launched from the converted battlecruiser HMS Furious damaged the German airbase at Tønder and destroyed two zeppe...
Fisherman's Ocean
Here at last, in layman's terms, is a fisherman's guide to the habitat and behaviour of saltwater fish. The author, an oceanographer and avid fly fisherman, explains the marine environment and the factors that affect where game fish congregate, ho...
Confronting the Storm
In Confronting the Storm, David passionately argues for a shift from the predominant legacy thinking that struggles with our greatest challenges to a regenerative and collaborative mindset within leaders. Humanity is at a fork in the road so new, ...
Mary Queen of Scots
Mary, Queen of Scots is seen as one of Scotland's heroes. She was queen regnant of Scotland from 1542-1667 but was held in various houses for eighteen and a half years by Queen Elizabeth and beheaded for plotting to assassinate Elizabeth. This boo...
Submarines
In 1776, American Patriots attempted to destroy the British flagship Eagle using a man-operated semi-submersible, the Turtle, in New York harbour. The attack failed, but the idea stuck. Almost 90 years later, the CSS Hunley successfully rammed int...
Lighthouses
Lighthouses may stand watchfully over serene waters one day and be bombarded by immense waves the next. They may look out on the most spectacular views, mark the entrance to a busy harbour or be placed in some of the world's most desolate location...
Advocacy
Advocacy, first published in 2007, explains how to win cases in court. Focusing on the techniques and methods of successful advocates, David Ross QC shows how to prepare a case for court. Writing in simple, clear language he gives the benefit of h...
Battleships
For more than 400 years, the big-gun warship stood as the supreme naval war machine. It was not only a major instrument of warfare, but a visible emblem of a nation's power, wealth and pride. Battleships features 52 of the greatest warships to hav...
Abandoned Industrial Places
The decaying remnants of obselete industries and defunct commerce - whether coal mines, shipyards, factories, shopping centres, power plants, warehouses or mills - lie scattered in desolate locations throughout the world. These left-over structure...
Wales
This popular history of Wales, now in its third edition, tells the story of Wales from Celtic origins to joining the Union, up to Brexit and 2019. It is an account of its social, political and industrial development to the modern age. It is an ide...
Young Robert Burns
Ideal for children aged 6 - 12, this colour illustrated book explains the early life of Robert Burns and how he grew up to be Scotland's best known poet and lyricist.
Bridges
From abandoned structures that have long ceased to take you anywhere to today's feats of engineering, Bridges is a pictorial celebration of 150 suspension bridges, iron bridges, stone bridges, aqueducts, viaducts, railway bridges, footbridges and ...
Abandoned Train Stations
Mysterious ghost stations forgotten beneath the cities of Paris and London; desolate grand rail hubs in the Pyrenean mountains; metro stations in China that terminate in a wasteland; Abandoned Train Stations looks at some of the thousands of disus...
Rail Journeys
There is always a sense of adventure when going on a railway journey. Whether it is aboard the Orient Express from London to Istanbul, or travelling the Transcontinental railroad through the Canadian Rockies to the Pacific coast, or riding the Ser...
Story of Scotland's Flag and the Lion and Thistle
The story of the how Saint Andrew's Cross, or The Saltire, became Scotland's Flag. Part of the Corbies series of books. Ideal for explaining aspects of history to younger children. Recommended for age 7+.
Det Rätta Och Det Goda
Det rätta och det goda publicerades 1930 och utgör ett centralt bidrag till den moderna moralfilosofin. Den skotske filosofen David Ross skriver i inledningen till sin bok att syftet är att utforska naturen hos, relationerna mellan och implikationerna av etikens fundamentala begrepp, närmare bestämt "rätt" och "gott". Och än i dag, nästan 100 år senare, har den som tar moralfilosofi på allvar hjälp av hans noggranna diskussion. Förutom att Ross gediget analyserar de centrala begreppen argumenterar han för en lista över det som faktiskt är gott och önskvärt i sig, som dygd, kunskap och njutning. Dessutom klargör han vad det innebär att handlingar är riktiga, vad som faktiskt gör handlingar riktiga, och vilka våra centrala plikter är. Få böcker i moralfilosofi innehåller så mycket som denna moderna klassiker. David Ross (1877-1971) var professor filosofi i Oxford, ledamot i British Academy och översättare och redaktör för Aristoteles samlade verk.
Aristotle Physica
A new translation of Aristotle's classic work on the natural sciences.
Aristotle
Written by renowned Aristotle scholar Sir David Ross, this study has long been established as one of the foremost surveys of Aristotle's life, work and philosophy. With John L. Ackrill's introduction and updated bibliography, created for the sixth...
Aristotle Politica
Aristotle Politica
Aristotle Topica et Sophistici Elenchi
Aristotle Topica et Sophistici Elenchi
Aristotle Ars Rhetorica
Aristotle Ars Rhetorica
Nagarjuna's Seventy Stanzas
Nagarjuna's Seventy Stanzas
Art and Its Significance
This anthology has been significantly expanded for this edition to include a wider range of contemporary issues. The most important addition is a new section on multicultural theory, including important and controversial selections ranging from di...
Scotland: History of a Nation
Scotland: History of a Nation
Teammate
Of the many storylines to the Chicago Cubs incredible 2016 season was the late career renaissance of David Ross, the 39-year-old journeyman player affectionately known to his Cubs teammates as "Grandpa Rossy." Ross became the unlikely he...
Teammate
Of the many storylines to the Chicago Cubs incredible 2016 season was the late career renaissance of David Ross, the 39-year-old journeyman player affectionately known to his Cubs teammates as "Grandpa Rossy." Ross became the unlikely he...
An Ethic for Health Promotion
What is the goal of public health promotion today? If the leading causes of mortality are primarily attributable to lifestyle behaviours, is the purpose of research to develop the power to change those behaviours, in the same way that science has ...
The Right and the Good
The Right and the Good, a classic of twentieth-century philosophy by the great scholar Sir David Ross, is now presented in a new edition. Ross's book, originally published in 1930, is the pinnacle of ethical intuitionism, which was the dominant mo...
Military Aircraft, Tanks and Warships Visual Encyclopedia
From early jets to the F-22 Raptor, from the Centurion A41 tank to the Bradley M2, from aircraft carriers to nuclear submarines, Military Aircraft, Tanks & Warships Visual Encyclopedia is a fascinating guide to aircraft, tanks and ships from t...
The Nicomachean Ethics
'Happiness, then, is the best, noblest, and most pleasant thing in the world.' In the Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle's guiding question is: what is the best thing for a human being? His answer is happiness, but he means, not something we feel, but r...
Virgil's Aeneid
Virgil's Aeneid
George and Robert Stephenson
George and Robert Stephenson
Ships
From the dawn of civilization man has held a fascination with the sea, and over the centuries has built myriad ships and sailing craft for an equally diverse range of purposes. Ships: Visual Encyclopedia provides a fascinating at-a-glance guide to more than 1200 of the most important ships from the earliest times to the present day. From the Viking longship through the 16th century galleon to the super carriers and nuclear submarines of the 21st century, Ships: Visual Encyclopedia includes every conceivable type of ship in which man has gone to sea. As well as warships from every century, this book also examines those vessels that have explored the globe, conducted trade, and afforded great adventure, luxury and entertainment. From the smallest coastal traders up to the vast oil tankers of today, from the graceful clippers of the 19th century to the modern passenger liners, Ships: Visual Encyclopedia is the comprehensive guide to all the world’s ships, both military and civilian. Each
