2004
Spitfire Ace
Introduction The Few Achtung, Schpitfeuer! Plotting the Pilots Big Days, Big Battles The Triumph of the Few
William Pitt the Younger
Family Tree Map: French Satellites and French Conquests, 1792-1805 Prologue Part One Elder and Younger Cambridge and the World Ambition on Schedule Brilliant Beginnings Death of Two Governments The Youngest Chancellor Brief Exuberance From Plotter to Prime Minister The Struggle for Supremacy Part Two Power and its Limits Private by Nature Spreading His Wings Insanity …
Down and Dirty Pictures
Preface Introduction: The Story Till Now Made in USA (1989) The Anger Artists (1989) Risky Business (1990-1992) The Buying Game (1992-1993) He’s Gotta Have It (1993-1994) The House that Quentin Built (1994-1995) Pumping Up the Volume (1995-1996) Swimming with Sharks (1996-1997) Ace and Gary (1997) Crossover Dreams (1997-1998) The Bad Lieutenant (1998-1999) The King of …
Sessions with Sinatra: Frank Sinatra and the Art of Recording
Foreword Phil Ramone Introduction The Big Band Years, 1937-1942 Beginnings Discovery The First Recordings Dorsey Style The Voice The Songs The Microphone Wax Impressions The Columbia Years, 1943-1952 Making the Break Taking Charge Charting the Way Anatomy of a Recording Session “Body and Soul”: Evolution of a Performance The Columbia Studios The Concept of Albums …
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Tomorrow’s People
The Future: What is the problem? Lifestyle: What will we see as reality? Robots: How will we think of our bodies? Work: What will we do with our time? Reproduction: How will we view life? Education: What will we need to learn? Science: What questions will we ask? Terrorism: Shall we still have free will? …
A History of Spain
The Pride and Ornament of the World: Prehistory to AD 1000[rtoc] Origins Phoenicians, Greeks and Carthaginians Roman Hispania The twilight of Roman rule The kingdom of the Visigoths The ‘ruin of Spain’ Al-Andalus The Umayyad emirate ‘The other Spains’ The caliphate of Córdoba[/rtoc] The Ascendancy of Christian Iberia, AD 1000-1475[rtoc] The fall of the Umayyad …