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Hereford and Oxford in the century following the Restoration were
two widely contrasting sees. Hereford was old, dating from ad 676,
and large, sprawling over Herefordshire, half of Shropshire and
small parts of other border counties. The Oxford diocese, on the
other hand, dated from just 1542 and was compact, merely covering
the county of Oxfordshire. This interesting book concerns a
much-overlooked period in history, drawing on little-known original
sources to build a picture of the administration of these disparate
dioceses. There are fascinating insights into the working of the
church courts (which controlled people's lives in a way and to an
extent that would be unacceptable today), portrayals of the key
figures in both sees, and an analysis of diocesan patterns of
welfare and education provision. William Marshall's research also
reveals that there was a strong commitment to repair - or to build
new - places of worship, and to make good the damage caused to
Church infrastructure during the civil wars of the 1640s. The
closing chapters go on to examine the work of the bishops, their
social origins, their academic standards, their efficiency and
diligence. As a group, they certainly cut a more energetic and
conscientious figure than has often been supposed, and for the most
part, the author argues, they were competent men who saw and
acknowledged the weaknesses of the Church and sought to address
them. In a departure from commonly held wisdom, what emerges from
William Marshall's research is that in many places the Church at
the time was very much alive, and even vigorous. Its worst failings
were, he claims, in its social welfare and in the tedium of its
worship for the mass of the people, but here, at this time, it was
certainly neither asleep nor decadent.
Our Might Always: The 355th Fighter Group in World War II is an
exhaustive history in day-by-day combat diary format with over 800
rare images of the 355th including fifty color profiles of P-47s
and P-51s. The 355th was third in combined German aircraft
destroyed during World War II, first in ground credits, and fifth
in air-to-air victory credits within the 8th Air Force. The book is
extensively researched with respect to Luftwaffe units engaged, the
data tables are extremely detailed and extensive for aircraft,
pilots, victory credits, pilot rosters, losses, aces scores and
unit awards.
The first in Marshall's unforgettable, classic series of police
procedurals - suspenseful and hilarious in equal measure.
Yellowthread Street is the sort of place that breeds more crime
than any cops can handle. Among the gangsters and the goldsmiths of
Hong Bay, Chief Inspector Feiffer and his police department had
their hands full . . . tourist troubles, a US sailor turned
stick-up artist, and the jealous Chinese who solved his marital
difficulties with an axe. Then the Mongolian with a kukri brought
an extra touch of terror to the district . . . Yellowthread Street
brings to vivid life a seamy world where people called Osaka Oniki
the Disemboweller, Shotgun Sen and The Chopper feel at home, a
world of surreal possibility recorded with unique humour and a
poignant sense of humanity.
In the seamy Hong Bay district of Hong Kong, crimes of every shape
and size are commonplace. But not letter bombs. Not till Mr Leung
and Mr Ramaswamy are successively spread bloodily over the office
walls. When Detective Inspector Spencer narrowly escapes becoming
victim number 3, the Yellowthread Street police are grimly
determined to track down the culprit - before the Special Branch
get to him. But unless they can find the link between the neatly
timed warning letters, the ghosts in the Chinese graveyard and the
strange mission of Mr Conway Kan the millionaire, the killer will
go free... Gelignite is another tense and exciting drama from the
pen of a master. Full of real police procedure, suspense and fine
irony, but with whole extra dimensions of the surreal and the
poignant, the Yellowthread Street novels have no real compare - a
hidden masterpiece of crime fiction.
"With personal interviews of players and owners and with over
two decades of research in newspapers and archives, Bill Marshall
tells of the players, the pennant races, and the officials who
shaped one of the most memorable eras in sports and American
history. At the end of World War II, soldiers returning from
overseas hungered to resume their love affair with baseball.
Spectators still identified with players, whose salaries and
off-season employment as postmen, plumbers, farmers, and insurance
salesmen resembled their own. It was a time when kids played
baseball on sandlots and in pastures, fans followed the game on the
radio, and tickets were affordable. The outstanding play of Joe
DiMaggio, Stan Musial, Ted Williams, Bob Feller, Don Newcombe,
Warren Spahn, and many others dominated the field. But perhaps no
performance was more important than that of Jackie Robinson, whose
entrance into the game broke the color barrier, won him the respect
of millions of Americans, and helped set the stage for the civil
rights movement. Baseball's Pivotal Era also records the attempt to
organize the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Mexican League's success in
luring players south of the border that led to a series of lawsuits
that almost undermined baseball's reserve clause and antitrust
exemption. The result was spring training pay, uniform contracts,
minimum salary levels, player representation, and a pension
plan--the very issues that would divide players and owners almost
fifty years later. During these years, the game was led by A.B.
""Happy"" Chandler, a hand-shaking, speech-making, singing Kentucky
politician. Most owners thought he would be easily manipulated,
unlike baseball's first commissioner, the autocratic Judge Kennesaw
Mountain Landis. Instead, Chandler's style led one owner to
complain that he was the ""player's commissioner, the fan's
commissioner, the press and radio commissioner, everybody's
commissioner but the men who pay him.""
A planeful of passengers dead from cyanide poisoning. Twelve bodies
riddled with bullets in the sewers of Hong Kong. And one evil
genius who outwits the cops at every turn . . . The voice on the
phone is cool - and vicious. His threat: a continued escalation of
terrorism until his blackmailing demands are met. For Chief Harry
Feiffer and his crew at the Yellowthread Street Police Station in
the most notorious section of Hong Kong, that is only the beginning
of the nightmare. As the city is paralyzed with fear, and tempers
within the police department reach breaking point, Feiffer is
thrust into the spotlight - as the prime suspect! This title in
William Marshall's acclaimed crime series offers suspense,
atmosphere, and pungent humour.
Postman Lawrence Shang was watching a film called The Axeman of
Shanghai when his life abruptly ended. Carpet trader Edward Peng
was enjoying The Last Picture Show. Death in both cases was
instantaneous, caused by a small calibre handgun used at a range of
two feet. With their deaths begins a series of apparently
motiveless murders in one cinema after another across the Hong Bay
district of Hong Kong - and a nightmarish investigation for Harry
Feiffer, Detective Chief Inspector, Royal Hong Kong Police Force,
and his staff at the Yellowthread Police Station. The Hatchet Man's
next victim is a sailor off an American ship. Then a German is shot
in an auction room. There's an unaccountable killing on a train
near the Chinese border. And the crazy old Mrs Mortimer from the
Old People's Home steps in front of a tram . . . And for Harry
Feiffer, time is running out. Full of real police procedure,
suspense and fine irony, but with whole extra dimensions of the
surreal and the poignant, the Yellowthread Street novels have no
real compare - a hidden masterpiece of crime fiction.
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Juno's Journey
Alexander William Marshall
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Discovery Miles 2 830
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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The distinctive feature of this Federal Courts casebook, and the
main difference between it and other Federal Courts books, is its
systematic focus on remedial issues, especially the problems that
arise when a litigant tries to enforce federal constitutional
rights against state officers in the federal courts. Departing from
the traditional approach of Federal Courts books, the book begins
with a chapter on 1983 litigation, and includes a comprehensive
treatment of habeas corpus. The book stresses economy of means,
clarity of presentation, and attention to the real-world Federal
Courts issues that students need to understand and anticipate. This
edition covers the principal cases decided by the Supreme Court
over the past four years, including Hertz Corp. v. Friend (chapter
3), Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation and Massachusetts v.
EPA (chapter 4), Watson v. Philip Morris and Haywood v. Drown
(chapter 7), Boumediene v. Bush, Danforth v. Minnesota, Schriro v.
Landrigan, Panetti v. Quarterman, and Magwood v. Patterson (chapter
9).
In the early stages of World War Two, the Italian Forces in
Abyssinia, East Africa, consisting of 200,000 troops and nearly 400
aircraft constituted a grave threat to Kenya and the Sudan. To meet
this threat three South African Air Force (SAAF) fighter squadrons
were deployed to East Africa to counter the attacking Italian Air
Force. The three squadrons operated mostly old and antiquated
bi-planes in the form of Hawker Furies, Gloster Gauntlets and
Gloster Gladiators. Between then they did also operate a number of
Hawker Hurricane Mk. Is, of which some still had fabric wing
surfaces and two-bladed wooden propellers. These aircraft were also
passed along between the various units, depending on the area that
had the highest requirement. Among the three squadrons, 1 Squadron
primarily used Gloster Gladiators, while 2 Squadron used Furies and
Gladiators, with 3 Squadron being the primary users of the
Hurricanes. These units were joined by 4 Squadron, training on
Furies and Curtiss Mohawks, before moving to Egypt for operations
in the Desert. 3 Squadron later converted to these Curtiss Mohawks,
and eventually ended up with a mix of Mohawks, again supplemented
by Gladiators. 41 Squadron, an Army-Cooperation unit, also
converted to a fighter squadron after the major campaign was
completed and served as a holding unit in East Africa, flying
Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIs. One Detached Flight, operating Mohawks
during the final part of the campaign, was renumbered as B-Flight
of 3 Squadron and joined the primary unit for the last major
operations in East Africa. The squadrons operated on all fronts in
Somaliland and Abyssinia, and made a considerable contribution
towards the victory that was achieved in that campaign. Commenting
on the part, that the SAAF Fighter Squadrons played in the
campaign, Sir Archibald Sinclair said: "When the Italian come to
draw up a list of the factors that caused them to lose the East
African Empire, they will place the South African Air Force
somewhere near the top of the list". This volume covers the combat
history of these fighter squadrons during the campaign, as well as
the colors and markings of their aircraft. Primary sources, such as
Squadron war Diaries and Pilot Logbooks. were used in the
preparation of the text contained herein. This volume contains 23
full-color plates and 112 b&wphotos, indicating the people and
aircraft operated by these squadrons. This volume will be followed
by two further volumes, tracing the onwards history of these
squadrons as well as additional SAAF Fighter Squadrons during the
campaign in North Africa and Malta, and the campaign in Sicily,
Italy and the Balkans. The authors have already written eight books
covering the colors and markings of the SAAF and SA Army equipment
in a series of booklets entitled South African Colours and
Markings, numbers 1 to 8.
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