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  • British Battleships of the Victorian Era

    by Norman Friedman, David R Higgins ...
    This is a companion volume to Friedman’ s highly successful _British Battleship 1906–1946_ and completes his study of the Royal Navy’s capital ships. Beginning with the earliest installation of steam machinery in ships of the line, the book traces the technological revolution that saw the introduction of iron hulls, armour plate, shell-firing guns and the eventual abandonment of sail as auxiliary ... Read more

    $5.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Roer River Battles

    Germany's Stand at the Westwall, 1944–45

    by David R. Higgins ...
    An account of the ups and downs of a six-month-long WWII campaign with "a well detailed chronological order of the battles [and] interesting photographs" ( Armorama).A selection of the Military Book Club.Following the Allied breakout from the Normandy beachhead in July 1944, the vaunted German Army seemed on the verge of collapse. As British and US forces fanned out across northwestern France, ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Guderian 1941

    The Barbarossa Campaign

    by David R. Higgins ...
    An in-depth account of the advance of Heinz Guderian's Second Panzer Group across the central Soviet Union during Operation Barbarossa. During the first few weeks of Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, Heinz Guderian's Second Panzer Group played a leading role, cutting through the defenses on the border, then taking part in the massive encirclement battles near ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mark IV vs A7V

    Villers-Bretonneux 1918

    by David R. Higgins ...
    Series Book 49 - Duel
    In April 1918 history's first tank-vs-tank battle pitted the British Mark IV against the German A7V on the Western Front. Featuring full-colour artwork, this is the story of this momentous encounter, which foreshadowed the massed armoured warfare of World War II and beyond.The German A7V and the British Mark IV were similar in weight, size, and speed, but differed significantly in armour, armament ... Read more

    $19.89 CAD

  • The Hollywood Body Plan

    21 Minutes for 21 Days to Transform Your Body For Life

    by David Higgins ...
    'DAVID HIGGINS IS A LEGEND. HE PUT ME IN MY BEST PHYSICAL SHAPE AND HE EDUCATED ME ON STRETCHING, STRENGTHENING AND NUTRITION!' Margot Robbie'When I met David, I was broken, physically. He patiently and caringly put me together again. His combinations of strength, Pilates, stretching and active release ... are nothing short of spectacular.' Samuel L. Jackson'Working with DH is always fantastic ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Jagdpanther vs SU-100

    Eastern Front 1945

    by David R. Higgins ...
    Series Book 58 - Duel
    Featuring specially commissioned full-colour artwork, this engaging study casts new light on the background and details of this clash between two turretless tank destroyers as the two sides contested Hungary's vital oil resources in March 1945.As World War II in Europe reached its end, armour development and doctrine had experienced several years of massively accelerated change, especially within ... Read more

    $19.89 CAD

  • Reactionary Worldbuilding

    From Speculative Imagination to Political Practice

    Edited by Anindita Banerjee, Sherryl Vint, David M. Higgins, Jordan S. Carroll ...
    The first in-depth study of the dark side of worldbuilding, exploring the connection between speculative imagination and political practice.Speculative imagination brings to life an array of possible worlds that differ in crucial ways from the one governed by shared assumptions of the “normal,” “real,” or “inevitable.” This act of speculation—known as worldbuilding—has become undeniably resurgent ... Read more

    $95.99 CAD

  • Ann Leckie’s "Ancillary Justice"

    A Critical Companion

    by David M. Higgins ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book argues that Ann Leckie’s novel Ancillary Justice offers a devastating rebuke to the political, social, cultural, and economic injustices of American imperialism in the post 9/11 era. Following an introductory overview, the study offers four chapters that examine key themes central to the novel: gender, imperial economics, race, and revolutionary agency. Ancillary Justice’s exploration of ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

  • Reverse Colonization

    Science Fiction, Imperial Fantasy, and Alt-victimhood

    by David M. Higgins ...
    Series series New American Canon
    Reverse colonization narratives are stories like H. G. Wells’s War of the Worlds, in which technologically superior Martians invade and colonize England. They ask Western audiences to imagine what it’s like to be the colonized rather than the colonizers. David Higgins argues that although some reverse colonization stories are thoughtful and provocative, reverse colonization fantasy has also led to ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Plants in Science Fiction

    Speculative Vegetation

    Edited by Katherine E. Bishop, David Higgins, Jerry Määttä ...
    Series series New Dimensions in Science Fiction
    Plants have played key roles in science fiction novels, graphic novels, and film. John Wyndham's triffids, Algernon Blackwood's willows, and Han Kang's sprouting woman are just a few examples. Plants surround us, sustain us, pique our imaginations, and inhabit our metaphors - but in many ways they remain opaque. The scope of their alienation is as broad as their biodiversity. And yet, literary ... Read more

    $88.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mark IV vs A7V

    Villers-Bretonneux 1918

    by David R. Higgins ...
    Series Book 49 - Duel
    In April 1918 history's first tank-vs-tank battle pitted the British Mark IV against the German A7V on the Western Front. Featuring full-colour artwork, this is the story of this momentous encounter, which foreshadowed the massed armoured warfare of World War II and beyond.The German A7V and the British Mark IV were similar in weight, size, and speed, but differed significantly in armour, armament ... Read more

    $19.89 CAD

  • M48 Patton vs Centurion

    Indo-Pakistani War 1965

    by David R. Higgins ...
    Series Book 71 - Duel
    The British Centurion and the American M48 Patton, two leading tanks of the Cold War era, clashed in the 1965 Indo-Pakistan War. Expert author David P. Higgins assesses the strengths and limitations of the two tanks and explores their clashes in the largest tank battles seen since 1945.The two countries' tank regiments, many of which shared a proud legacy in the British Indian Army, fought one ... Read more

    $19.89 CAD