The former edition of this History of Wood Engraving having become extremely scarce and commercially valuable, the publisher was glad to obtain the copyright and wood-blocks from Mr. Mason Jackson, son of the late Mr. Jackson, original proprietor of the work, with the view of reprinting it. It will be seen by the two distinct prefaces which accompanied the former edition, and are here reprinted, that there was some existing schism between the joint producers at the time of first publicatio...

The information contained in this booklet was gathered mostly during my several years in the service of the National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio, while in charge of the Department known as the Employment, Promotion and Discharge Department.I trust you may get some thought or suggestion from the information contained herein that will be of some assistance in steering you clear of many of thepit falls for the young people who are just starting their fight for recognition in this busy...

Have you ever felt unseen, unheard, misjudged, or misunderstood? In What About Me: Walking the Tightrope as a Black Man in America, D. John Jackson, a Fortune 50 corporate leader with over thirty years of engineering and business leadership, shares a simple, powerful message: Your life matters. Your dreams matter. And you can achieve them, no matter who you are or where you're starting out. Through the stories and lessons of his own personal journey, Jackson proves time and again that what...

Commander Adama and the remnants of humanity discover a second fugitive fleet, fleeing a different mortal enemy. Can the two armadas join forces, making common cause against the dreaded Cylons? And what would success mean for the quest for Earth? New York Times bestselling author and comics writer JOHN JACKSON MILLER (Star Wars, Star Trek, Halo) joins Dynamite for a miniseries timed for Battlestar Galactica's 40th anniversary year!

When the top secret code breaking activities at Bletchley Park were revealed in the 1970s, much of the history of the Second World War had to be rewritten. Code Wars examines the role of ULTRA (the intelligence derived from breaking secret enemy signals) on major events of the Second World War. It examines how it influenced the outcome of key battles such as D-Day, El Alamein, Crete, key naval battles, the controversy surrounding Churchill and Coventry, the shadowing of Hitlers V1 pilotles...

Many will recall the days last century when British Rail ‘blue’ dominated the liveries of most locomotives and rolling stock. The safety feature of yellow ends was the only concession. This external appearance was to be the norm for almost two decades until, in the 1980s, rail sectors were introduced and a little more variety crept in.It was not until the privatisation of the UK’s railways in the mid-1990s that this colour-scheme stranglehold was to be fully broken. The newly appoi...

A newly discovered account of life in the trenches that challenges our perception of how British troops viewed the First World War.There is no shortage of personal accounts from the First World War. So why publish another memoir? The principal reason is the tone of enthusiasm, pride and excitement conveyed by its author, Private John Jackson.Jackson served on the Western Front from 1915 until the war's end; he was present at Loos in 1917, on the Somme in 19...

Discover how Hera Syndulla and Kanan Jarrus, two of the lead characters from Star Wars Rebels, originally met in this thrilling novel set between Episodes III and IV.“The war is over. The Separatists have been defeated, and the Jedi rebellion has been foiled. We stand on the threshold of a new beginning.”—Emperor PalpatineFor a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights brought peace and order to the Galactic Republic, aided by their connectio...

After The Joker’s death, Batman and Gotham City face a mysterious new threat in this direct sequel to Tim Burton’s iconic Batman.The Joker is dead, but not forgotten. Gotham City is saved, but it is still not safe. By night, its new symbol of hope, Batman, continues his fight to protect the innocent and the powerless. By day, his alter ego, Bruce Wayne, wonders whether there may someday be a future beyond skulking the city’s rooftops or the cavernous halls...

The Annals tells the story of the Roman empire under the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which ruled Rome from 27 BC to AD 68. It begins with the death of the first emperor Augustus (27 BC-AD 14), and then covers in detail the reigns of his successors, Tiberius (AD 14-37), Caligula (AD 37-41), Claudius (AD 41-54), and Nero (AD 54-68).Tacitus was a Roman senator, who wrote the Annals in the early second century AD, during the reigns of Trajan (AD 98-117) and Hadrian (AD 117-138).

This collection includes classic works on the history of Rome from its foundation to the collapse of the empire into Western and Eastern:Julius Caesar:The Gallic WarsThe Civil WarTacitus:The HistoriesThe AnnalsAppian:Roman HistoryThe Civil WarsEdward Gibbon: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireTheodor Mommsen: The History of Rome

Tacitus is widely regarded as one of the greatest Roman historians by modern scholars.The surviving portions of his two major works—the Annals and the Histories - examine the reigns of the emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero, and those who reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors (69 AD).Tacitus' other writings discuss oratory, Germania and the life of his father-in-law, Agricola, the general responsible for much of the Roman conquest of Britain. Tacitus' works are a chief sour...