Bücher von David Ross

In this gripping biography of Giuseppe (Beppe) Porcheddu his grandson, David Ross, pieces together the extraordinary strands of his short but action-packed life. Beppe was born into a prosperous family in Turin, Italy. His father, however, had been born in poverty but became one of Italy's greatest construction engineers. In 1917 Beppe volunteered to join the Alpine troops to fight the Austrians and Germans in the Italian Alps. Nearly killed by a grenade he made a miraculous recovery but could only walk with the aid of a stick. Despite a degree in architecture he was drawn to art. Self-taught, he soon achieved major acclaim and aged 27 he was knighted by the King for services to the arts. Marriage followed but with the rise of Mussolini, his anti-fascist views led to exile in France for him and his family. Returning to Italy during the build up to World War II, he relocated to the Italian Riviera where he was less well-known. Hiding his anti-fascism he became a key figure in the clandestine partisan resistance. He helped in the arming and organisation of the local partisans and his villa became a key meeting place. At great risk to himself and his family, Beppe sheltered two British Army officers who were escaped prisoners-of-war, one of whom was later to marry his daughter. Surviving arrest and interrogation by the Fascists, Beppe continued his partisan activities. With the end of the war, Beppe returned to his art but following the marriages of his daughters, he disappeared. With unique access to family papers and previously undiscovered records and letters, Ross has been able to shine a light on this complex, brave and highly-principled man and explore the theories into Beppe's mysterious disappearance.

Rund 400 Jahre lang galten die großen Schlachtschiffe mit ihren furcht­erregenden Kanonen als höchste Errungenschaft der ­Marine. Sie waren nicht nur ein wichtiges Instrument der Kriegsführung, sondern auch ein sichtbares Symbol der Macht, des Reichtums und des Stolzes einer Nation. Inzwischen wurde die Rolle der Schlachtschiffe von Flugzeugträgern und atomgetriebenen U-Booten übernommen, doch ihr Platz in der Historie bleibt gesichert. Dieses umfassende Werk erzählt die Geschichte der 52 wichtigsten Großkampfschiffe der Welt - von der portugiesischen Galeone San Martín aus dem 16. Jahrhundert bis zur britischen HMS Vanguard, die 1946 vom Stapel lief und als letztes Schlachtschiff der Welt gilt. Das Buch enthält neben zahlreichen Informationen und Daten mehr als 200 Illustrationen und Fotos, die jedes der vorgestellten Kriegsschiffe aus verschiedenen Perspektiven zeigen.

Zu einer Bahnreise gehört meist auch ein Gefühl von Abenteuer - ob an Bord des Orient-Express von London nach Istanbul, mit dem Rocky Mountaineer durch die kanadischen Rocky Mountains oder mit dem Serra Verde Express durch den brasilianischen Regenwald. Informieren Sie sich über die Alaska-Eisenbahn, die Fracht und Passagiere entlang der Küste Alaskas befördert; oder die 7.000 Kilometer lange Transsibirische Eisenbahn, die die Mongolei und Russland von Peking bis Moskau durchquert. Mit 200 herausragenden Farbfotografien führt dieses Buch zu einigen der geschichtsträchtigsten, spektakulärsten und entlegensten Orten der Welt.

Burgen und Schlösser bieten uns einen umfangreichen Einblick in die Geschichte vergangener Jahrhunderte. Ob als Wehranlage, Lustschloss oder royales Domizil - sie zieren viele Stadtbilder oder fungieren als Wahrzeichen. Dieser Bildband präsentiert mehr als 200 herausragende Farbfotos von Burgen und Schlössern aus aller Welt. Entdecken Sie unter anderem Schloss Neuschwanstein, Deutschlands Touristenmagnet Nummer eins, die königliche Residenz Windsor Castle in England sowie viele weitere faszinierende Prunkbauten und Ruinen. In kurzen Textabschnitten erfahren Sie Wissenswertes zuGeschichte, Ausstattung und Zweck der steinernen ZeitzeugenBildband im Querformat mit partieller Goldfolienprägung.

Have you ever looked at your business or life and thought "How the hell did I end up here?"You are:Feeling overwhelmed and not making any progressUnsatisfied financiallyScratching around with no clear plan on where you are heading.It''s ok, you''re not alone. Many business owners end up in the same boat, looking for the latest guru or the next big thing to save the day. If you haven''t achieved what you wanted when you first went into business, maybe now is the time to take a different approach. That approach needs to be consistent and sustainable, while providing a pace of growth that doesn''t see your business and life stuck in neutral.In Awesome Business Awesome Life, you will discover the 5-step structured approach to achieving what you originally set out to do when you started your business. You will gain clarity around where your business is at now, where you want it to be, and how to implement the strategy to get it there. The book will also allow you to:Know your business value and find easy cashflow and profit wins immediately.Understand the key numbers every business owner MUST know.Create a clear Action Plan to make sure the right things get done.Develop a cycle of constant improvement and accountability.This isn''t a boring textbook, rather a practical, easy-to-follow guide for you to achieve truly awesome things. Whether you are new to business; established but wanting more; or planning your exit, the structure you learn in this book will get you there.

British and European soccer attendances from boom to bust and back again. The stories behind the crowds in all 55 UEFA countries including lower divisions and non-league. Records, stats and history of the big - and not so big - games. David Ross, author of the acclaimed 'ROAR of the Crowd,' the definitive history of Scottish football attendances, has now turned his attention to Europe. This book looks at the history of league (and in many cases non-league) attendances in every European country. From the great post-war boom to the decline of the 1980s and the subsequent rise again in the past two decades, he traces the patterns of each country's progress.

This adaptation of Dickens' famous epic novel of the French revolution tells the story of English lawyer Sydney Carton and French aristocrat Charles Darnay, both caught up in the bloodshed of the French Revolution.

A Training Guide on Running.

This book presents mathematical models that arise in current photographic science. It then proceeds to develop a mathematical model, using mathematical tools such as ordinary differential equations, partial differential equations, and stochastic processes.

'Painstaking preparation means that luck will run your way'. Advocacy explains how to win cases in court. Focusing on the techniques and methods of successful advocates, David Ross QC shows how to prepare a case for court. Written in simple, clear language he gives the benefit of his many years of local and international experience as he describes * how to hold a court's attention * how to start and stop a witness * how to cross-examine all types of people, from liars to experts * the methods of taking objections to questions * how to address a jury * how to follow etiquette and behave ethically * how to win impossible cases. All the principles of advocacy are explained, from the striking start to knowledge of human affairs, and Advocacy is rich with examples taken from real cases.