This is a highly readable and critical account of the growth and Stalinist degeneration of the Communist Party of Great Britain. Painstakingly compiled by two socialists from a different tradition, it includes an analysis of the CPGB errors in the 1926 General Strike and fascinating material on the party's attitude to the Stalinist trials of Russian Bolsheviks in the 1930s. A new introduction by Chris Bambery sets the work in a modern day context.
Merging institutional and technical aspects of the aviation industry, this book offers a comprehensive look at air transport economics grounded in theoretical principles. Its integrative approach provides students with a fresh perspective, making complex economic concepts accessible and relevant to real-world applications in aviation.
Quantocks means `the headland of the waters.¿ The headland in this case is a ridge of hills running for twelve miles between Taunton and the Severn Estuary. Although never more than four miles wide and sandwiched between the Somerset Levels and the Vale of Taunton Deane, they rise to over twelve hundred feet (the highest point being Wills Neck) and afford sweeping views over much of Somerset. The hills offer great variety for the walker: with ancient trackways over a gentlyrolling summit of heath running down to deep shady combes and picture postcard villages of rich red stone. Coleridge and Wordsworth both made the area briefly their home. Wordsworth envied the way Coleridge¿s mind had become `habituated to the vast¿ and both enjoyed almost daily walks in all weathers to see the endless views and vast skyscapes. All this in what has been described as a `pocket-edition¿ range of hills, much suited to this pocket-sized hardback book. In it writer and photographer Brian Pearce describes ten circular walks. All are `leisure walks¿ ¿ ideal for families and groups of friends, moderate in both length and difficulty and with opportunities to stop for refreshments, take in the views and, like the poets, be inspired by the scenery. On each page photographs entice the visitor to explore and then hold on to the book as a souvenir of a gem of the English countryside.
A collection of approximately 100 detailed period photographs from the Francis Frith archive with extended captions and full introduction, this volume should be suitable for tourists, local historians and general readers. It includes a voucher for a free mounted print of any photograph shown in the book.
