In a follow-up to his popular Championship Sambo: Submission Holds & Groundfighting" Steve Scott teaches you 85 essential armlocks for jujitsu judo sambo & mixed martial arts. The armlocks taught in this Encyclopedia apply to gi & no-gi combat sports allowing you to use them in a wide variety of situations including self-defence & street applications. Steve Scott makes it easy to learn the most effective & popular armlocks of modern grappling sports by organising them into four broad categories: the cross-body armlock the bent armlock the straight armlock & the armpit lock. In addition to teaching how to set-up & apply each of the locks he shows you how to defend against common armlocks fight from both the mount & guard lever your opponents arm free for an attack & vary your grip for maximum power. For those new to grappling you will also learn the core skills of applying armlocks controlling position & training smart plus a glossary of grappling terms & a Rules of the Room guide to common sense rules on the mat." ...

Superb volume covering numerous American tanks & armoured vehicles Stackpole present this beautifully illustrated volume of more than 1 000 photos of American tanks & armoured vehicles. From Shermans to Hellcats all varieties of American armour are covered in extensive detail. This volume completes Zalogas two-volume photo history of American armour in Europe covering the Battle of the Bulge the Rhine crossings & the final battles inside Germany. Included are numerous photographs of German tanks. Printed on high-quality glossy stock Armored Victory 1945 is perfect for modellers & World War II enthusiasts. ...

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The Second World War campaigns in North Africa on the Eastern Front & in northwest Europe were dominated by armoured warfare but the battles in Italy were not. The mountainous topography of the Italian peninsula ensured that it was foremost an infantry war so it could be said that tanks played a supporting role. Yet as Anthony Tucker-Jones demonstrates in the battles fought from the Allied landings in Sicily in 1943 to the German surrender after the crossing of the Po in 1945 tanks self-propelled guns & armoured cars were essential elements in the operations of both sides. His selection of rare wartime photographs shows armour in battle at Salerno Anzio & Monte Cassino during the struggle for the Gustav Line the advance on Rome & the liberation of northern Italy. & they reveal the full array of Axis & Allied armoured vehicles that was deployed
- most famous among them were the German Mk IVs Panthers & Tigers & Allied Stuarts Chafees Shermans & Churchills. This volume in Anthony Tucker-Joness series of books on armoured warfare in the Second World War gives readers a vivid impression of the Italian landscapes over which the campaign was fought the wide range of military vehicles that were used & the gruelling conditions endured by the men who fought in them.
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This latest volume in Anthony Tucker-Jones's series of photographic histories of armoured warfare records in graphic detail the role played by tanks infantry fighting vehicles & self-propelled artillery during the decisive campaign in northwest Europe in 1944-5. In a sequence of over 200 archive photographs he shows how American British & Canadian & Polish armoured divisions spearheaded the assault on the Third Reich & how the Wehrmacht mounted a desperate armoured defence. Tanks were required to operate in the dust of Normandy the mud & waters of the Scheldt & Rhine rivers & the snows of the Ardennes & the forests of Germany. A succession of crucial armoured engagements was fought
- during the D-Day landings Operation Goodwood & the struggle for the Bourguebus ridge the Falaise pocket the Seine crossing Arnhem the German attack in the Ardennes the Rhine crossing in the Reichswald & during the rearguard actions & the last-ditch tank battles fought by the panzers in the Ruhr before the German surrender. Anthony Tucker-Jones's photographic survey of the ultimate tank battles of the Second World War illustrates the range of armoured fighting vehicles that were developed during the conflict & it features the specialised vehicles deployed in Europe for the first time such as the Buffalo DUKW Weasel & Terrapin.
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The North African campaign the struggle of the Italians & Germans against the Allies in Egypt Libya & Tunisia between 1940 & 1943 was a war of movement & manoeuvre of dramatic changes of fortune & it was a war in which mechanized forces excelled. Compared with the heavily populated landscapes of northwest Europe the empty open spaces of North Africa appeared to be ideal operating terrain for tanks yet the harsh desert conditions tested men & machinery to the limit as Anthony Tucker-Jones demonstrates in this remarkable selection of wartime photographs. The use of armour during the entire course of the campaign is covered from the initial Italian offensive the arrival of Rommels Panzergruppe Afrika the battles fought along the North African shore which culminated in El Alamein then the Allied advance into Tunisia which led to the final defeat of the German & Italian armies. The images give a fascinating inside view of combat but they also reveal the daily routines of tank warfare 65 years ago & give a vivid impression of what it was like to fight in & live with the tanks of the day. After a career in the intelligence community Anthony Tucker-Jones became a freelance defence consultant & a prolific writer on intelligence terrorism & military affairs. His most recent books are Hitlers Great Panzer Heist Falaise: The Flawed Victory Stalins Revenge: Operation Bagration & the Annihilation of Army Group Centre Operation Dragoon: The Liberation of Southern France 1944 & Armoured Warfare on the Eastern Front. ...

Luminously written thrilling unexpectedly erudite & beautifully structured Geoffrey Wansell Daily Mail When Ellie Pascoe finds herself under threat the men in her life assume its because shes married to a cop. But while they trawl after shoals of red herrings Ellie is blasted off course with a motley crew of women on a voyage of discovery whose perils make Scylla & Charybdis look like a pair of Barbie dolls. Irish arms Colombian drugs & men who will stop at nothing create a tidal wave which threatens to sweep her away. She heads out of town in search of haven but instead finds herself at the very edge of the storm in a remote clifftop house undermined by the sea. Fat Andy eventually smells a Security Service rat & comes steaming to the rescue but for once its too little too late. Ellies on her own (apart from her Middle England friend Daphne; an octogenarian aid-worker & her vapid secretary; a gorgeous South American money launderer; an ancient crone; & a female cop who gets up her nose) & must reach deep down into her reserves to find the strength to survive. ...

Armstrong's Handbook of Human Resource Management" is the classic text for all students & practitioners of HRM. Providing a complete resource for understanding & implementing HR in relation to the needs of the business as a whole it

Includes:: in-depth coverage of all the key areas essential to the HR function. The 12th edition has been radically updated to create a cutting-edge textbook which encourages & facilitates effective learning. Comprehensive online support material is provided for the instructor student & now also the practitioner providing a complete resource for teaching & self-learning. The text has been updated to include all the latest developments in HRM & now

Includes:: two new sections covering HR skills & toolkits."



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The liberation of Europe & the destruction of the Third Reich is a story of courage & enduring triumph of calamity & miscalculation. In this first volume of the Liberation Trilogy Rick Atkinson shows why no modern reader can understand the ultimate victory of the Allied powers without a grasp of the great drama that unfolded in North Africa in 1942 & 1943. Beginning with the daring amphibious invasion in November 1942 An Army at Dawn follows the British & American armies as they fight the French in Morocco & Algeria & then take on the Germans & Italians in Tunisia. Battle by battle an inexperienced & sometimes poorly led army gradually becomes a superb fighting force. Central to the tale are the extraordinary but fallible commanders who come to dominate the battlefield: Eisenhower Patton Bradley Montgomery & Rommel. ...

Arne & Carlos the innovative knitting designers who have given us '55 Christmas Balls to Knit' & ' Knitted Dolls' have now created a wonderful collection of cute & cuddly springtime knits all in their own inimitable style. With the emphasis placed very firmly on having fun the dynamic duo provide easy-to-follow patterns for knitted eggs bunnies chicks & rabbits all based on traditional Scandinavian designs. All the projects are quick & easy to make & can be used to decorate the home or to give away as gifts (if you can bear to part with them). Suitable for adults as well as children you will be enthralled & delighted by the range of projects in the book all accompanied by fabulous photos & you will not fail to find something that you just have to knit. ...