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H. Nigel Thomas
Two gay men with a lifetime of secrets face their insular, homophobic island's rancour.
Growing up in neighbouring villages on the tiny island nation of St Vincent, teenage best friends…
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Nigel Thomas
An illustrated study of the uniforms and personal equipment worn by the personnel of the Kriegsmarine, the German Navy of the Third Reich, from 1935-45.
Featuring rare photos, detailed colour illustrations and insignia tables, this study explores the contribution made by Czech and Slovak troops fighting alongside Allied forces during World War II.
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Featuring an introduction by Kaie Kellough and a new afterword by the author. First published in Canada in 1993, Spirits in the Dark is a pioneering intersectional novel of the…
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Nigel Patrick Thomas, Karen Winter
This introduction to social work with children and young people who are looked after (in care or accommodated) by statutory or voluntary agencies, is the only textbook on the subject…
This text offers a clear and balanced introduction to social work with children and young people who are looked after away from home. The book explains the context in which…
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th European Performance Engineering Workshop, EPEW 2011, held in The English Lake District in October 2011.
Children, politics and communication questions many of the conventional ways in which children are perceived. It is about how they communicate and engage, how they organise themselves and their lives…
Children, family and the state examines different theories of childhood, children’s rights and the relationship between children, parents and the state.
H Nigel Thomas
No Safeguards, the first book in a trilogy, follows Jay’s life from age six to twenty-six and to a lesser extent that of his brother Paul. We witness the destructive…
In Fate’s Instruments Paul, a naeive 20-something Montreal man, marries the boyfriend he met in a small Guatemalan town and brings him to Montreal where their drama, complicated by fate…
From Folklore to Fiction joins in the ever enlarging dialectic for studying and understanding the black American reality. The introduction to this book presents a review of scholarship on Afro-American…
H Nigel Thomas,H Nigel Thomas
When at age 51, Joshua Eclair emerges from amnesia in a hospital in Montreal, he must explore what makes him want to erase his identity, and must undertake the process…
The past sits uneasily on the characters of these stories, whether on their native Isabella Island or in Montreal, where some of them now live. Life is ultimately lived according…
These stories from Montreal present a gallery of characters, Caribbean immigrants desperate and triumphant, always struggling against the odds, as they make their way through the maze of urban life.
Less than an hour after Millington receives his permanent resident visa, he wonders if his husband Jay would now end their marriage. And Jay has multiple reasons to. Millington is…
Robert Sanders,Nigel Thomas
First published in 1997. Area Child Protection Committees are at the heart of interagency child protection services in Britain. Drawing on original research, this book provides the first detailed analysis…
The fourth volume in a series of titles on the German army of World War II. It details the various unit uniforms and insignia as well as the significant events…
The first of a three-part study of the organization, uniforms, insignia and equipment of the German Army of World War I. It covers the troops who fought at Mons, Arras…
This second volume in a series of three covers the troops that fought in the massive battles of attrition of the mid-war years - Champagne 1915, Verdun, the Somme, and…
This volume examines the troops that fought during the climax of the war on all fronts - the last great battles of attrition in the West and the collapse of…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Analytical and Stochastic Modelling Techniques and Applications, ASMTA 2017, held in Newcastle-upon-Tyne UK, in July 2017.The 14 full…
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Nigel Thomas,Andy Smith
Examines the complex relationships between modern sport, disability and other aspects of wider society. This book presents an introduction and a critical exploration of the key issues surrounding disability sport…
Nigel Thomas,Laszlo Szabo
The Royal Hungarian Army was Germany’s largest ally on the Eastern Front, but information about the Hungarian Army in English is rare. Deployed in Ukraine at the beginning of the…
This book constitutes the proceedings of the Fifth European Performance Engineering Workshop, EPEW 2008, held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, in September 24-25, 2008. The 17 papers presented in this…
A detailed study of the German Army s elite motorized branch of infantry, crucial to the blitzkrieg, designed to be inseparable from the Panzers in every front of World War…
This illustrated study details the organization, battle orders, combat history, uniforms, and insignia of the World War II units recruited by Nazi Germany from ethnic minorities in the USSR.
The armies of Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands and Belgium bore the first crushing impact of Hitler’s mighty Blitzkrieg war machine in Western Europe, in a campaign that astonished and terrified…
In 1917 Poland was recognised as a state by Russia, but the Bolshevik coup threatened this. This book explains and illustrates the armies that fought in the epic struggle for…
Peter Abbott,Nigel Thomas
The 1930s were a time of growing tension for the smaller states of Eastern Europe. Since the end of the First World War they had enjoyed an independence which most…
A fully-illustrated history of the Polish forces that fought for both sides during World War I, which then came together to win their independence against Bolshevik Russia during the Russian…
Nigel Thomas,Stephen Andrew
The first of a series of five books on the German army of World War II, this volume looks at their acheivements from 1935 to 1940, from pre-war campaigns in…
This is the third volume in a series of five books on the German army of World War II. Covering the Eastern Front, the book includes the organization, campaigns and…
Presents an analysis of the Soviet Army at the outbreak of World War II, including the Red Army’s campaigns against Japan on the Manchurian plains as well as in Finland…
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Focusing on the uniforms and organization of Soviet troops during the campaigns of the Caucasus, Stalingrad and Kursk, this book offers a breakdown of the armed forces which conducted the…
The second volume in a series of five books on the German army of World War II. It looks at the units that fought in North Africa and the Mediterranian…
Given the merciless way in which the war on the Eastern Front of World War II was conducted, it is difficult to envisage anyone changing sides during the conflict. This…
Presents a detailed analysis of the Soviet armed forces during the final days of the war, covering the soldiers that successfully turned the tide against the Nazi onslaught and pushed…
This is the final volume of a series of five books on the German Army of WW2.
Nigel H. Thomas
Pedro Moore leaves the nurturing yet destitute home of his grandmother on a Caribbean island to join his mother Isis who works as a domestic in Montreal. There he has…
Nigel Tattersfield
Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) was the foremost wood engraver not only of his generation, but of all subsequent generations, and the quality of his work has remained unsurpassed. This book celebrates…
Nigel Thomas,Dusan Babac
An account of the 1915-18 campaigns in the Balkans, which involved the British, French, Russian, Italian, Serbian, Montenegrin, Greek, Rumanian, German, Austrian and Bulgarian troops. It describes and illustrates all…
Nigel Thomas,Peter Abbott
Part of the Men-At-Arms series, this book looks at the Partisan forces of World War II.
Nigel Thomas,Peter Abbott,Mike Chappell
At 4am on Sunday 25 June 1950 powerful North Korean forces invaded South Korea, advancing down the Uijongbu Corridor towards the Southern Capital of Seoul. South Korean troops resisted bravely…
