Using USS Vicksburg as his mobile headquarters, General Jacob Smith directed a scorched-earth campaign, burning villages and executing prisoners. Tuttle, who was serving aboard the Vicksburg, witnessed first-hand the capture of Emilio Aguinaldo, leader of the insurrection, and the crushing of the rebellion in the southern islands.

Back in the USA, the Philippine Insurrection was at the center of a debate between imperialists and anti-imperialists, with both President William McKinley and Senator Albert Beverage lending their considerable weight to the former group. Beverage believed that the US should annex the Philippines since, in his view, the inhabitants were uneducated and not capable of governing themselves. Conversely, Mark Twain asserted that for the US to govern another nation without consent would constitute a violation of the principles of the Declaration of Independence and lead to the corruption of the US’s democratic institutions. Away from the debating halls and opinion columns, Fred Tuttle’s fascinating eyewitness account reveals, in shocking detail, what an imperialist policy meant on the ground.　

Dale Thomas served for two years in the United States Army. He holds a bachelor’s degree in history and education from Kent State University and a master’s in history from Case Western Reserve University. After teaching for thirty-one years, he took up writing and has had six books published on topics ranging from the American Civil War and Abraham Lincoln to World War I and the Ohio presidents. Dale has served as a director for the Cleveland Civil War Roundtable and the Olmsted Historical Society, and has judged student projects on History Day at Case Western Reserve University.

The British parliament was at the heart of the process. It sanctioned each railway and was instrumental in imposing regulations and setting new standards for operation. With the success of early schemes came a greater incentive to invest in new proposals, and such was the clamour for new railways that parliament had to select the most promising concepts, thereby laying the foundations for the railway network.

This first volume of The Great Railway Speculations concentrates on the early years of the creation of the Midland Railway Network, between 1825 and 1847, when the risks were high and returns higher, and the government, realising the momentous changes that were afoot, tried to keep pace.　

Ray Shill was educated at Handsworth Grammar School and Liverpool University and spent his working career at British Railways and Central Trains. He started writing books in 1992 and has been published on topics that include canals, railways and industry.

There’s the full gamut of Jowett specials featured here, covering pre-Second World War models through to modified versions of the post-war Bradford van. The Javelin and the Jupiter are also featured. Jowett Specials: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is a celebration of them all, and the intrepid, mechanically minded owners who built them.　

Representing both his country and the Royal Air Force, you might think he would have gained enough maturity by now to get through this tour without too much drama… Alas, no. During his three-year fantasy ride, pushing the world’s most intoxicating jet to its red-hot limits and loving every moment, Tug narrowly avoids causing an unholy trinity of diplomatic incidents. Seriously, what did you expect?

So jump into the cockpit with Tug and experience the unrivalled camaraderie of the US Marine Corps, see how wondrous the exalted F-18 Hornet truly is, and find out what happens when a Yorkshire boy accustomed to the glamour of RAF Valley on the Isle of Anglesey is thrown into the California dreamland. This is the Wild West in the wildest of jets, and I can tell you, for a fighter pilot, it doesn’t get better than this.　

Known as Mr Ocean Liner, Bill Miller has written over 100 books on ocean liners – early ships, ships in war, cruise ships and smaller passenger ships. He has also written over 100 articles and is a frequent and popular guest speaker on cruise liners. To date, he has made over 450 voyages. Miller has also appeared in many television shows and documentaries.

From Vulcan to Spitfire and Back: A Life in Aviation is a humorous, unguarded, and often self-deprecating account of what it was like to be part of an RAF squadron during the Cold War—everything from burning pianos to a mid-air collision in a Tornado. It is also about the simple joys of flying, whether in the cockpit of the enormous delta-winged Vulcan or behind the sprightly controls of the inimitable Spitfire, and the camaraderie that comes with it, both in military and civil aviation.　

Bill Perrins was born and brought up in Belfast, Northern Ireland, during the height of the Troubles. He joined the Royal Air Force during the mid-1970s and became a pilot on Vulcan bombers, which he flew during the Falklands War of 1982. Subsequently he became a qualified flying instructor prior to moving on to Tornado F3 fighters. After leaving the RAF he flew various commercial aircraft including Boeing 747s and Dreamliners, and several iconic planes at airshows, including Spitfires, the Vulcan, the P51 Mustang, and Soviet-era Yaks.

本書超越了媒體的報導，深入剖析了《Oops!…I Did It Again》、《I’m A Slave 4 U》、《Gimme More》和《Toxic》等劃時代金曲背後的藝術內涵。本書將她的整個音樂作品匯集於一冊，展現了她對全球音樂界產生的巨大而深遠的影響。所以，讓我們深入了解她的九張錄音室專輯、B面歌曲等等，探索歌曲背後的故事以及它們在塑造一代人以及鞏固小甜甜布蘭妮在流行音樂史上的地位方面的重要意義。(Zoe)

About Steve Bishop Steve Bishop is renowned as the UK’s leading Britney Spears expert. In 1999 he founded ukbritney.tv, one of the internet’s largest and longest-running fan sites, and has dedicated over two and half decades to sharing and celebrating Britney’s work. He has been featured on various UK TV shows, including Channel 4’s The E-Millionaire Show (2000), Channel 5’s Swapheads (2002) and GMTV (2023), commenting on Britney’s music and life. He also acted as a consultant for Britney’s appearance on Channel 4’s V Graham Norton (2003). Steve owns an extensive collection of Britney’s music and merchandise, and having enjoyed multiple personal encounters with the pop icon, he continues to champion her influence on music and culture.

Ever since his silver screen debut back in 1954, Godzilla has maintained a mighty hold on the collective imaginations of cinema lovers around the world. Originally conceived as a powerful metaphor for Japan’s fears of nuclear destruction, the character has undergone a complex metamorphosis over an incredible seven decades and more than three dozen films. From allegory to superhero, from atom-age menace to children’s matinee star, from arthouse to grindhouse and back again, Godzilla has survived by adapting and reacting to the changing cultures and generational expectations of the countries—and the filmmakers—that bring him to life.

In this exploration and celebration of Godzilla’s first 70 years, the full story of Japan’s kaiju icon is revealed through detailed histories, behind-the-scenes anecdotes, cultural connections, and contextualizing thematic analyses. Beginning with his postwar origins and continuing through his many rises, falls, revitalizations, and reinterpretations, this comprehensive companion to the Godzilla franchise seeks to place the character in his proper historical perspective and, by doing so, shed light on the depth, the flexibility, and the fun that’s kept him relevant and beloved for generations.　

Daniel DiManna is a film historian, author, artist, voice actor, and lifelong student of Kaijulosophy (a thing he totally made up but thinks sounds kinda cool). An award-winning marketing writer by day and an unapologetic monster-nerd by night, Daniel is the author/creator of the Godzilla Novelization Project, a fan-driven endeavor to write novel adaptations of every Japanese G-flick. His writing has been published in G-Fan, Prehistoric Magazine, Kaiju Ramen Magazine, and on various websites. He can also be heard guesting on multiple kaiju-related podcasts. Daniel lives in Sylvania, Ohio, surrounded by DVDs, books, and an unhealthy number of monster toys.

Alice’s letters to her mother were originally published in 1884. This edition includes various appendices and commentaries published shortly after her death, and an afterword on the subsequent tragedies suffered by several members of her family.　

John Van der Kiste has published over ninety books, including historical and royal biographies covering the Stuart, Georgian and Victorian eras in Britain, and the German, Austrian and Russian dynasties, including Queen Victoria’s Children; The Romanovs: Alexander II and his family; The End of the Habsburgs; biographies of Emperors William II and Francis Joseph, and titles on contemporary rock music, including biographies and studies of the work of The Beatles, ELO, Led Zeppelin, and Steve Winwood; and works on local history and true crime. He has reviewed books and records for national, local and independent publications, and contributed to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. He lives in Devon and his recreations include reading, music and painting.

Born in the west of Ireland, Aubrey Malone was educated at University College, Dublin, graduating with a BA in English and philosophy. He followed this with an MA in English, in which he majored in the literary style of Ernest Hemingway. Malone was a teacher for ten years, before becoming a freelance journalist with various newspapers and magazines. He has written over fifty books, including the best-selling The Cynic’s Dictionary (Prion). He works predominantly in non-fiction, though he has published two novels and a few collections of poetry and short stories. This is his second biography of Hemingway, his first having been published by Robson Books in 1999.

Though considered in her lifetime one of the foremost female novelists of her generation, Bury gained notoriety as the suspected author of the scandalous Diary Illustrative of the Times of George IV, published anonymously in 1838; it overshadowed her legacy and by the turn of the century her work had been largely forgotten. This biography addresses this loss, rediscovering Bury’s remarkable life of privilege and struggle, success and shame, and of literature, love and high society.　

Margaret Storrie’s lifelong interest in the Scottish Highlands and islands started when undertaking fieldwork and postgraduate research on historic landscapes in the Ardnamurchan peninsula, Isle of Islay and Outer Hebrides. Having started her academic career at Glasgow University, she then moved to Bedford College in Regent’s Park and thereafter to Queen Mary University of London. Margaret is the founding editor of two academic journals, including Scottish Archives, and author of Islay: Biography of an Island (3rd edition, 1997).

Additionally, Hughes’s work as a screenwriter—often completing scripts over a single weekend—contributed vastly to the success of many films, some of which he is not sufficiently credited for. As the 1980s ended, Hughes demonstrated his versatility as a filmmaker by making comedies targeting adult audiences over teens—films that have found their place in the hearts of many. This book celebrates the movies of John Hughes and the good times they have brought us, while examining the man behind the legacy.　

David Juskow is a film professor at Montclair State University in New Jersey. He has written for Maxim and Men’s Health magazines and the Huffington Post. He has also written for and appeared on SNL’s TV Funhouse and HBO’s Crashing.

During a career spanning sixty years, The Who have released nearly 300 tracks, most during the period of their classic lineup (1964–1978) with lead vocalist Roger Daltrey, guitarist Pete Townsend, bassist John Entwistle and drummer Keith Moon. On the one hand their songs are about sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll, while on the other they reach much deeper, holding society to account on contemporary subjects, and in one example, the 1972 song ‘Relay’, imagining a futuristic network that has been credited as a prophesy of the internet.

The Who: Song By Song is a forensic examination of every song in the band’s totemic discography, including different versions and background facts. Find out what inspired the songs, how they developed, and what happened during the recording sessions of one of the greatest rock bands of all time.　

Christian Suchatzki became a Who fan in 1969 after he heard ‘I’m Free’ on one of his father’s records. Since then he has followed and chronicled the band’s activities in minute detail. He was the editor of the Who fanzine Long Live Rock and wrote a Who biography for Germany’s leading record collector magazine Oldie-Markt. In 1997 he published The Who Complete Discography, with an updated edition released in 2008. Occasionally Christian has contributed to other Who projects such as Christoph Geisselhart’s Who biography Maximum R&B and Mat Snow’s book 50 Years of My Generation. He runs the fan website The Who Fan & Information Center (www.the-who.net).

Wayne Studer is the author of Rock on the Wild Side: Gay Male Images in Popular Music of the Rock Era (1994: Leyland Publications). A Ph.D. in American Studies, lifelong music lover, and longtime Pet Shop Boys fan, he has since 2001 maintained the website ‘Commentary: Interpretation and Analysis of Every Song by Pet Shop Boys.’ In 2006 he served as an onscreen commentator for the television documentary Pet Shop Boys – A Life in Pop. Now retired, Wayne devotes himself to writing, cactus gardening, and enjoying life with his husband George.

Bill Voccia is a long-time die-hard AC/DC fan and collector, having accumulated one of the world’s largest AC/DC memorabilia collections since becoming a fan in 1980. He has contributed to several AC/DC-themed publications, primarily focusing on AC/DC collectibles, and was previously responsible for managing content and providing historical information for the band’s official website, acdc.com. He also enjoys performing across the world with his AC/DC tribute band, Live Wire.

Wayne Studer is the author of Rock on the Wild Side: Gay Male Images in Popular Music of the Rock Era (1994: Leyland Publications). A Ph.D. in American Studies, lifelong music lover, and longtime Pet Shop Boys fan, he has since 2001 maintained the website ‘Commentary: Interpretation and Analysis of Every Song by Pet Shop Boys.’ In 2006 he served as an onscreen commentator for the television documentary Pet Shop Boys – A Life in Pop. Now retired, Wayne devotes himself to writing, cactus gardening, and enjoying life with his husband George.

Après quelques années passées ainsi, à découvrir le monde à travers des livres, elle décide d’aller y voir de plus près et accompagne des groupes de vacanciers, des Etats-Unis à la Turquie, de l’Egypte à la Thaïlande. De retour, elle devient journaliste de presse écrite, se spécialise en presse jeunesse et dans le décryptage de sujets d’actualité. Depuis une dizaine d’années, l’écriture de documentaires lui permet d’assouvir une curiosité toujours intense pour l’histoire, la marche du monde et la botanique. Pour équilibrer ce travail rigoureux, elle écrit des romans jeunesse où la réalité se soumet joyeusement à l’imagination.