Best Selling Books by Chris Ellis

Murder played out in the spotlight of maximum publicity Does celebrityhood preclude a fair trial? Can the famous get away with behaviour off limits to most ordinary mortals? Here in a fascinating diagnosis of the shifting nature of high-profile justice is the fullest ever analysis of infamous and celebrity murder cases that have come to trial. This A-list selection looks in depth at 25 notable murders involving those who live their lives in the full beam of press and media headlights, including film starlets, tv actors, music legends, comedians, fashion moguls, movie directors, playwrights and aristocracy from the start of the twentieth century to the present day. All, from Fatty Arbuckle to John Lennon, are well known, and in each instance the story of their death is retold and the degree to which fame and its entourage played their part in death''s final outcome examined. Among the cases included are: o The investigation surrounding the death of American film and TV star Robert Blake''s wife, shot in his car after they dined together in a restaurant o The murder of silent-film star Ramon Navarro in his own home by gay lovers o The death of soul legend Marvin Gaye, shot by his own father during a family row o TV personality Jill Dando''s shocking and untimely murder, gunned down on in broad daylight on her doorstep o Italy''s trial of Patrizia Gucci for the murder of her husband, Maurizio, inheritor of the fashion family''s fabulous fortune. The Mammoth Book of Celebrity Murder provides the clearest analysis yet of murder played out in the spotlight of maximum publicity.

The first of a nine-book series detailing two well-known units that fought together or head-on during World War II.

It''s the essential source book on tanks, an extensive pictorial history with unmatched technical illustrations and data throughout. Over 1000 photographs, with development notes, show all the tanks produced for military service by the major arms-producing countries during this crucial period. Even prototypes and experimental models appear. Arranged chronologically, from the early days of World War One to the Russian and German heavy tanks used in 1945, the entry for each vehicle has notes on design, production, and performance. Invaluable for the enthusiast and collector. A Selection of the Military Book Club.

The new Spearhead series is designed to look at the cutting edge of war, dealing with units capable of operating completely independently in the forefront of battle. Each volume in the series examines a historic unit''s origins, history, organization, order of battle, battle history, insignia and markings. The 21st Panzer Division gained greatest fame in North Africa, but also served in Normandy and on the Russian Front. Each Spearhead title includes an evaluation of the units combat effectiveness as seen by the unit, its opponents and subsequent researchers, and a research section including a bibliography and a listing of museums, websites, re-enactment groups and memorials.

This complete illustrated history of British, American and Commonwealth tanks, gun motor carriages and special-purpose vehicles between 1939 and 1945 provides a detailed history of each type, plus full pictorial coverage of the many variants which were produced on each chassis.

The extremely calculated nature of heinous crimes and their perpetrators means that many leave little to no evidence. Often these cases are left open with scant hope of resolution, usually to the horror of affected families and friends. But thanks to rapidly developing advances in forensic techniques—especially in the fields of psychological, psychic, and DNA profiling—an increasing number of cases are being reexamined and solved years after the crimes were committed. Collected here are the incredible true stories of how some the most horrific murderers in existence were caught using astounding and unusual methods, sometimes decades after the fact. Filled with alarming crimes and captivating investigative techniques, these stories are proof that there is no such thing as a perfect murder.

Beskrivelse af USA''s flådes kamuflage af flådens krigsskibe (både de små og store).

Hornby is a household name with a history that goes back over 80 years. This book looks at the Hornby range in depth, and shows how Hornby models can be used to build a model railway layout to suit the space available and all levels of modelling skill. Now completely revised and updated, it is packed with hints and tips for easy layout building, scenic structure modelling, track laying and wiring and extra detailing, and provides ideas for working at the simplest level, including a layout for very young enthusiasts, through to the more experienced modeller. Extra sections relating to recent developments in the hobby are included, along with new photography, new layouts and recent additions to Hornby rolling stock and the Skaledale range.

"Vehicles at War" shows how military vehicles, from humble cargo trucks to tanks, were developed over the years to meet the changing styles of transport and warfare in the industrialized age. The complete transformation from using the horse as chief mode of transportation to complete mechanization took approximately forty years, and was not at an end until the beginning of World War II. Even during that conflict, a not insignificant portion of European armies still used the horse as their major means of transport.

This book is filled with useful and practical language learning strategies designed to help doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers to learn an African language through their daily contact with patients in Africa. More than this, it gives advice on ways to reach some understanding of the culture, health beliefs and world views of the patient in a medical consultation. Although English/Zulu and the Zulu medical culture are used as the examples, the underlying themes are applicable to any culture. The book has retained the humor and wit of its predecessor, Learning Language and Culture in the Medical Consultation, but it has been considerably revised and expanded to include more material on the cross-cultural consultation and the AIDS pandemic, as well as appendices of vocabulary and "survival phrases" designed to facilitate communication and understanding in a medical context.

Text and photographs give instructions for assembling a variety of model airplanes.

Construction of a tank road through part of Salisbury Plain, from Warminster to Tilshead, has revealed archaeological remains dating from the Neolithic up to the modern use of the Plain for military training. Excavation adjacent to Battlesbury Camp hillfort has uncovered Late Bronze Age to Middle Iron Age settlement activity including ditches, roundhouses, four-post structures and numerous pits. Some of the pits contained human burials, and other deposits of artefacts and animal bones appear to have been formally placed. Detailed environmental investigation has provided information about both the nature of the on-site activities and the character of the surrounding landscape. Other sites investigated along the tank road included a round barrow and a multiple inhumation and cremation burial of Early Bronze Age date, a Middle Bronze Age enclosure, Late Bronze Age settlement sites, the ''Old Ditch'' Wessex Linear earthwork and evidence for Romano-British settlement and landuse.

Officially a part of the Luftwaffe, Germany''s parachute units were organized into the 7th Flieger Division in July 1938 under General Kurt Student. In the German invasion of France and the Low Countries in 1940 the parachute units stunned the world and laid the basis for an airborne mystique that has endured to the present day. The division also fought in Norway, Greece and Crete before surrendering in Italy in 1945. Each Spearhead title includes an evaluation of the units combat effectiveness as seen by the unit, its opponents and subsequent researchers, and a research section including a bibliography and a listing of museums, websites, re-enactment groups and memorials.

This lavish new volume explores Britain''s extensive railway heritage, offering a comprehensive history of their construction, use and subsequent preservation. The book outlines the development of Britain''s railways from the coming of steam through to the first age of the train, the ''big four'', wartime service, the nationalisation of the network and the advent of diesels and electrification. It incorporates evocative photographs and artworks from the extensive archives of the National Railway Museum. Examples of steam preservation lines featured in the book include the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, North Norfolk Railway, Bluebell Railway, Nene Valley Railway, Severn Valley Railway and Paignton and Dartmouth Railway, which are presented in a useful appendix, with contact details and opening times for attractions.

This is the illustrated story of New York artist Chris Daze Ellis''s successful transition from the subways to international studios and galleries. Follow his 30+ year career from his days as a teenage graffiti writer to his current life as a professional painter, mentor, and family man. This book, with more than 250 photographs, is a journey tracking the seminal moments in Daze''s life that shaped his art. View his aesthetic evolution, from "Graffiti High" (New York''s High School of Art and Design) and an "unsanctioned" street art phase to exhibitions with Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Train photos from the 1970s and ''80s, a broad representation of Daze''s studio and mural works, and personal photos guide the reader through an artistic portfolio spanning five decades. Contributions by graffiti writer Jay "J.SON" Edlin and essayist Claire Schwartz, and a foreword by graffiti historian and chronicler Sacha Jenkins, complete this volume.

Each title in this series examines two units - their organisation, order of battle and how this changed, their battle history, their insignia and markings, and their top people. This volume covers German 21st Panzer and British 7th (BR) Armoured Division.

Pictures and describes the formidable range of tanks, self-propelled antitank guns, infantry-support guns, and heavy artillery used by Germany''s panzer divisions

2. Verdenskrig. Britiske hær- håndbog for den britiske hær. Udkom oprindeligt i 1942 (TM-30-410) - beregnet til at give den amerikanske soldat "an overall picture of the British Army, its equipment, uniforms, insignia, organisation, ranks, armament, military intelligence in the field and its tactics" I bogen beskrives den britiske hær 1942, udrustning, uniformer, mærker, organisation, grader, taktisk efterretningstjeneste og taktik.