<p>Ever wondered what our planet would be like with no manners? This book tells the story of three words: Please, Thank you, and Sorry, who are forced to leave Dictionary because they've fallen into disuse. In a last-ditch attempt to persuade people to use them again — and thereby to save them
The Gun That Changed the World
โ Scribed by Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov, Elena Joy
- Publisher
- Polity
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 232
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Mikhail Kalashnikov With Elena Joly ; Translated By Andrew Brown. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [167]-168) And Index. Includes Filmography.
xxv, 175 p. , [16] p. of plates : 22 cm.
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<div><B>Discover how fifty great firearms influenced and helped shape our world.</B><BR><BR>World history has always been interwoven with developments in firearms technology and so is peppered with legendary guns. Since the invention of gunpowder, nations have raced to create more useful and powerfu
Prologue. Locked and loaded -- Conception -- Trench broom -- The annihilator -- Ready ... aim -- Rebellion -- The Chicago piano -- Wild tigers -- Valentines and violins -- Attack and intimidation -- The war on crime -- Cops and robbers -- Public enemies -- Recoil -- Reload -- The end of an era -- Ep
257 pages ; 22 cm