A high-octane polemic against carswhich are ruining the world, while making us unhappy and unhealthyfrom a talented young writer at the Economist. Briskly written, well researched, and with a knack for landing the significant...Lasīt vairāk
What does the rise of artificial intelligence mean for creative industries? As digital technologies in language modeling and generative visualization become increasingly sophisticated, questions about originality and the role these emerging...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 21-Mar-2024, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Fonthill Media Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781781558980)
In November 1923, the Royal Navy dispatched what was named the Special Service Squadron on a ten-month tour around the British Empire. Led by the battlecruiser HMS Hoodthe pride of the Royal Navy and the largest ship in the world at the timeand com...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 11-May-2023, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Fonthill Media Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781781558874)
Largely overshadowed by Bismarck and Tirpitz, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were Germanys most successful battleships of the Second World War. This is the story of the two ships from their conception through to their involvement in the invasion of Norwa...Lasīt vairāk
The automobile was one of the most miraculous inventions of the 20th century. It promised freedom, style, and utility. But sometimes, rather than improving our lives technology just makes everything worse. Over the past century cars have filled the...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 26-May-2022, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Fonthill Media Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781781558393)
Following the First World War the major naval powers entered into an agreement restricting the construction of capital ships and limiting the numbers that signatories were allowed to maintain, so numerous ships were scrapped or disposed of and the ma...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 24-Feb-2022, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Fonthill Media Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781781558379)
A comprehensive and meticulously researched landmark work charting the construction, operational history and post-war use of the airfields of the RAF and USAAF in the United Kingdom during the Second World War. Supported by a wealth of 690 photograph...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 10-Dec-2020, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Fonthill Media Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781781558140)
The Yamato and her sister ship the Musashi represented the ultimate development in the battleship. Together, the two ships were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed. Named after the Yamato Province, Yamato was desig...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 10-Sep-2020, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Fonthill Media Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781781557860)
On 24 May 1941, within minutes of battle being joined the pride of the Royal Navy, HMS Hood, had been sunk and its newest battleship outfought. However, the Bismarck had also been seriously wounded. This book analyzes the battle and sheds light on it...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 23-May-2019, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Fonthill Media Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781781557235)
For over twenty years the battlecruiser HMS Hood toured the world as the most iconic warship in the Royal Navy. Unmatched in her beauty and charisma, Hood is one of historys greatest warships. During the twilight years of the British Empire the...Lasīt vairāk
