Focusing on a prominent military division during World War I, this book offers a comprehensive history of the Guards from 1915 to 1917, the first of its kind since 1924. Utilizing original unit war diaries and significant memoirs, it presents an engaging narrative that analyzes the division’s experiences in key battles such as Loos, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, and Pilckem Ridge, highlighting their strategic importance and the challenges faced by the soldiers.
A novel which explores how much we can trust our memories and what this means for one man as his childhood memories threaten to undermine a life which has rarely been affected by self-doubt
This book offers valuable insights into the use of cacti as a food source for stock. It delves into the nutritional value of these plants, their cultivation, and the economic advantages of integrating them into livestock feeding. David Griffiths combines his extensive experience in animal husbandry with his passion for desert vegetation to provide a comprehensive guide for anyone interested in improving their livestock management practices.
The Prickly Pear and Other Cacti as Food for Stock is a pioneering work in the field of animal husbandry. Written by the experts at the United States Bureau of Plant Industry and the Department of Agriculture, this guide provides practical advice for using cacti as a source of food for livestock. It is a must-read for anyone interested in sustainable agriculture and animal nutrition.
James finds himself in his late twenties realising he has failed to engage fully with the world, being distanced from it by his comfortable financial circumstances and his lack of close friends. Nearly a decade after his father's death he discovers a letter to him which re-awakens his memories of a Kenyan childhood.
The main character, Malcolm, was born in the shadow of a disabled sister. His family's preoccupation with her establishes and reinforces in him a chronic inability to show emotion and share experiences.
React helps you create and work on an app in just a few minutes, but learning how to put all the pieces together is hard. How do you validate a form? Or implement a complex multistep user action without writing messy code? How do you test your code? Make it reusable? Wire it to a backend? Keep it easy to understand? The React Cookbook delivers answers fast.Many books teach you how to get started, understand the framework, or use a component library with React, but very few provide examples to help you solve particular problems. This easy-to-use cookbook includes the example code developers need to unravel the most common problems when using React, categorized by topic area and problem.You'll learn how to:Create a single-page application in React using a rich UIStructure code that can be worked on by large teamsIntegrate with backend services such as REST and GraphQLUse offline caching with technologies such as Redux or MobXSecure applications with technologies such as OAuthDeal with bugs and avoid common functional and performance problems
