After being rescued by Blancheur, a Freyani, Chaya and her new friend embark on a quest during which they battle thieves and soldiers, and encounter monks, trolls, dryads, and zombies as they set out to rescue the dwarf wizard, Malthor, from the Crimson Keep. But Chaya is caught and while she is left to face death as a sacrifice to evil, Blancheur races to assemble a force to free his friend and destroy the castle in which she is being held.
In Dancing in the time of war, Alasdair White looks at the social side of the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 and tells why there were so many expatriates in Belgium at the time.
The Bois d’Hougoumont seldom gets a mention in the history books. Many authors have assumed that the wood was cut down well before the battle, but Alasdair White’s recent research into the age of some of the trees in the wood show that they pre-date the Battle of Waterloo
Down the years, the Maclean seannachies, or story tellers, have kept the clan's oral traditions alive. Fiona Maclean has retold some of the familiar and not-so-familiar stories in a style that will appeal to all clansmen and women from 8 to 80.
Down the years, the Maclean seannachies, or story tellers, have kept the clan's oral traditions alive. Fiona Maclean has retold some of the familiar and not-so-familiar stories in a style that will appeal to all clansmen and women from 8 to 80.
Remember those photographs you took doing something you’d rather forget with someone you can’t remember in a location you can’t recall? You discarded the originals, so it’s all in the past. Or is it?
In this paper Alasdair White seeks to take the established behavioural models relating to comfort zones, group and individual development, and managing change, and use them to create a methodology for understanding and managing performance.
During their academic careers, students go through a series of major changes and entering university is one of the most significant. From primary school through to the end of secondary school, they have been in a ‘protected environment’. Going to university changes all this.
This is probably the most detailed historical appraisal of Hougoumont currently available. Making use of unpublished documentary records and detailed analysis of contemporary maps, White pieces together what the farm would have looked like and provides answers to the great historical question of how just 1,200 allied soldiers held off more than 6,000 French troops at the Battle of Waterloo.
In the oppressive heat of summer, Luc Hansen, a senior agent in the European Union’s security and intelligence directorate, uncovers a covert CIA operation in which a neo-con group of ageing Americans are fomenting ethnic unrest in Europe...
In the oppressive heat of summer, Luc Hansen, a senior agent in the European Union’s security and intelligence directorate, uncovers a covert CIA operation in which a neo-con group of ageing Americans are fomenting ethnic unrest in Europe...
Following the murder of a young investigative journalist in France, Luc Hansen, an agent of the shadowy DER, the European Union’s security and intelligence directorate, uncovers a massive fraud and arms-smuggling operation orchestrated from within the heart of the European Commission in Brussels.
Following the murder of a young investigative journalist in France, Luc Hansen, an agent of the shadowy DER, the European Union’s security and intelligence directorate, uncovers a massive fraud and arms-smuggling operation orchestrated from within the heart of the European Commission in Brussels.
From the disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812 to his defeat on the battlefield of Waterloo three years later, Napoleon's fall has a certain inevitability about it. Alasdair White explores the events of 1815 and sets them in perspective, showing how close Napoleon came to an improbably victory despite his many failings.
From the disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812 to his defeat on the battlefield of Waterloo three years later, Napoleon's fall has a certain inevitability about it. Alasdair White explores the events of 1815 and sets them in perspective, showing how close Napoleon came to an improbably victory despite his many failings.
The Bois d’Hougoumont seldom gets a mention in the history books. Many authors have assumed that the wood was cut down well before the battle, but Alasdair White’s recent research into the age of some of the trees in the wood show that they pre-date the Battle of Waterloo
This is probably the most detailed historical appraisal of Hougoumont currently available. Making use of unpublished documentary records and detailed analysis of contemporary maps, White pieces together what the farm would have looked like and provides answers to the great historical question of how just 1,200 allied soldiers held off more than 6,000 French troops at the Battle of Waterloo.
