Our Fighting Services and How They Made the Empire, Wood Sir Evelyn
Автор: Williams Charles Название: The Life Of Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Evelyn Wood ISBN: 9354483445 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789354483448 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 27410.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The Life Of Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Evelyn Wood has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
Автор: Wood, Evelyn Название: Busy world of bees ISBN: 0993414524 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780993414527 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 9820.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
The best-known educator of the twentieth century was a scammer in cashmere. The most famous reading teacher in the world, as television hosts introduced her, Evelyn Wood had little classroom experience, no degrees in reading instruction, and a background that included a collaboration with the Third Reich. Nevertheless, a nation spooked by Sputnik and panicked by paperwork eagerly embraced her promises of a speed-reading revolution.
Journalists, lawmakers and two US presidents lent credibility to Wood's claims of turbocharging reading speeds. A royal-born Wood grad said she'd polished off Moby Dick in three hours; a senator swore he finished one book per lunchtime. Fudging test results and squelching critics, Wood's popularity endured even as science proved that her system taught only skimming, with disastrous effects on comprehension. As apps and online courses attempt to spark a speed-reading revival, this engaging look at Wood's rise from missionary to marketer exposes the pitfalls of wishful thinking.
The African campaigns of a notable Victorian soldier
There can be few students of the British Empire of the 19th century who are unfamiliar with the career of Evelyn Wood. In a time of outstanding military men, Wood was a national celebrity, for he fought with distinction in a number of conflicts in the Victorian Age from the Crimean War to the Indian Mutiny--where he won his Victoria Cross--and the Boer War and war in the Sudan at the turn of the century. Nevertheless, Wood arguably achieved his greatest fame during the 1870s when the British Army was engaged in sub-Saharan Africa in the wars against the Ashanti, Gaika (Kaffir) and Zulu tribal peoples. The Anglo-Zulu War is particularly fascinating to many aficionados of the history of the British Army and Evelyn Wood's actions on Hlobane Mountain and at the battle at Kambula are covered in detail in this book. The action at Kambula is particularly noteworthy, in contrast to the debacle at Isandlwana, as a demonstration of the successful defence of a fortified British camp, in the face of overwhelming Zulu numerical superiority, when that action was commanded by a talented and determined officer. Wood wrote a substantial autobiography (his first-hand accounts of these engagements are essential) and was also the subject of a contemporary biography which, of course, covered his entire life including later periods when his career became administrative. This special Leonaur edition, concentrating on Evelyn Wood's western and southern African campaigns has drawn its content from both these sources and is designed to present an entirely focused view of the man in active service command, at the height of his powers, in a single volume. The text is enhanced by illustrations, photographs and maps which did not accompany the original published material.
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Автор: Wood Evelyn Название: The Crimea in 1854, and 1894. ISBN: 124145082X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781241450823 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 32870.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Title: The Crimea in 1854, and 1894 ... With plans and illustrations ... by Colonel the Hon. W. J. Colville.
Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions
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Автор: Biederman Marcia Название: Scan Artist: How Evelyn Wood Convinced the World That Speed-Reading Worked ISBN: 1641601620 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781641601627 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 34250.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: How Evelyn Wood Convinced the World That SpeedReading Worked.
Автор: Hannah French Название: Sir Henry Wood: Champion of J.S. Bach ISBN: 1783273852 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781783273850 Издательство: Boydell & Brewer Рейтинг: Цена: 73920.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Sir Henry J. Wood (1869-1944), co-founder and chief conductor of the Proms, is often noted for his championing of the leading composers of the day, including Richard Strauss, Debussy, Rachmaninov, Ravel and Vaughan Williams. He also played pivotal role in advocating and performing the music of J.S. Bach.
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