Bøker av David Porter

Packed with more than 200 full-colour artworks and photographs of American, British, Canadian, Australian, French, Polish and other Western Allied nations tanks with exhaustive specifications, World War II Tanks: Western Allies 1939-45 is a key reference guide for military modellers and World War II enthusiasts.

Join U.S. naval officer David Porter aboard the USS Essex as he embarks on a voyage of nearly two years to the Pacific Ocean in 1812. The Journal of a Cruise Made to the Pacific Ocean provides a fascinating firsthand account of the experiences of a naval officer during the War of 1812, including battles at sea, encounters with indigenous peoples, and descriptions of exotic locations such as the Galapagos and Marquesas Islands. This book will captivate naval history enthusiasts, lovers of adventure literature, and anyone interested in the history of the Pacific region.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This book provides a detailed account of the trial of Commodore David Porter, one of the most controversial figures in early American naval history. The author examines the evidence and arguments presented at the trial, shedding light on the complex political and personal dynamics that contributed to Porter's downfall. It is a fascinating glimpse into the legal and political culture of the early nineteenth century.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Former MP David Porter's third novel is set in an East Anglian care home for one-time MPS, Lords and senior civil servants, that boasts its own 'Commons Chamber' to relive their glory days.Prone to falls, James Ellington reluctantly moves in to satisfy his family and is at once immersed in a nightmare world of deluded, confused, decrepit shadows of their former selves. After attack from a mobility scooter and meat cleaver by a loopy fellow resident, he uncovers dastardly plans from the management (his former Parliamentary 'Honourable Friend') herding elderly people past their best.Deadly serious, yet rich in comic people, events and mishaps, the story comes from his Parliamentary experiences and the inevitable consequences of living so long.His novels, Old Men's Dreams and Detestable Things and short story anthologies Wild Beasts and Plague, Scoffers Will Come and The Scapegoat Keeper are available in paperback or Kindle.

A highly illustrated reference guide organized by campaigns within each theatre Features manpower strengths, organization, reinforcement details and full colour campaign maps More than 150 colour diagrams, maps, and photographs

FIVE MINUTES TO LIVE by author David Porter is full of suspense and adventure. This christian fiction is the first book of the Matt Davenport Chronicles and is based on true Biblical events that will prove to keep you wanting more. Matt Davenport is an everyday good guy, happy to support his friend and secret crush, Jessica. So when she asks him to be her plus-one at a dinner where she'll be giving a talk about ground-breaking new science, Matt is expecting a fun-but normal-night. But their night on the town is anything but normal. Their ride is interrupted by a car collision-and a kidnapping-as Jessica is torn from the wreck and dragged away. Suddenly, Matt finds himself in a race to save his friend and protect her scientific discovery, alongside a stranger with mysterious ties to Israel's Mossad. The chase takes Matt from the U.S. to Tel Aviv, facing mercenaries and enemies at every turn. As he struggles to decipher clues that will lead him to his friend, it becomes clear that Jessica's scientific discovery poses a threat to Israel's security, one that dangerous people want to exploit. To rescue his friend and prevent the science from falling into the wrong hands, Matt has to figure out who to trust...especially the small voice inside him that's trying to guide him to Jessica and safety...before it's too late.

Organised chronologically, and packed with 250 profile artworks, Soviet Tank Units 1939-45 offers an highly-illustrated guide to the main armoured fighting vehicles used by the Red Army during World War II.

Scoffers Will Come is the second collection of short stories from David Porter, one-time drama student, children's theatre performer, drama teacher, examiner/assessor, political organiser and Member of Parliament. Accompanying the anthology, Wild Beasts and Plague (2018), here are new stories and re-dreamed tales from the 1960s to the present day and beyond. They play through strange and normal times, absurdity and surrealism, dark humour, tragedy, suffering, thwarted plans and growing old - the lot of human life. They wind through life's quirks, character idiosyncrasies, from natural settings to the obscure in the style he's developed over a lifetime of writing, public speaking, performing and presenting. 'Walk in My Shoes Publications' is the imprint of a man suffering the deformed feet of the condition, Charcot Marie Tooth disease. The short story compilations and the dark revenge novel Old Men's Dreams (2015) are available in paperback and Kindle versions.

Wild Beasts and Plague is a collection of short stories from the 1960s to the present day and beyond set around life's recurring and challenging themes including revenge, jealousy, growing old, inadequacy, thwarted ambition, memories, death and the dark side of life. Herein lies madness, humour and absurdity, the past, present and future, surrealism, fantasy and ideas whose time may have been and gone. Or not. From the pen of David Porter, some-time drama student, children's theatre performer, drama teacher, examiner, political organiser and Member of Parliament, they are drawn from real and imagined life, all speaking volumes of the way we live, react to each other and finally, die off.

From the first successful Jesuit mission to China in 1583, China's cultural practices transfixed the attention of Western philosophers, theologians, architects, artists, entrepreneurs, and social critics. This book traces recurrent patterns in the European imaginative constructions of China through four illuminating spheres of encounter: linguistic, theological, aesthetic, and economic.

Using extensive background research as well as interviews with the principal characters, Fixed provides the first in-depth reconstruction of the point-shaving scandal involving the 1978-1979 Boston College basketball team, from the genesis of the plot in the summer of 1978, through the uncovering of the scheme during an unrelated investigation in 1980, to the trial that captivated the sports world in the fall of 1981 and its aftermath. This multi-layered story of greed and betrayal combines sports, gambling, and the Mafia into an irresistible morality tale with a modern edge.

Willa Cather's fiction frequently plays out on "the divide", the high prairie land of Nebraska, where the author herself lived as a child. This book suggests that Cather's own life played out on a divide as well, deliberately measured out between different roles and personae that made their way into her writing.

This workbook features a range of activities to help students learn and revise non-technical English vocabulary, essential for the study of any subject at a UK university. Containing a range of word games, crosswords, quizzes and exercises, this workbook will help build vocabulary confidence in a fun, memorable way.