Bøger af Neil Thomas

Contains 8 (completely new) sets of very simple war-gaming rules covering all periods from Ancient to WWII. The rules only require a small number of figures and a 3' x 3' playing area, ideal for beginners. Includes 30 tactical scenarios that can be used with any period.

Following the success of his previous publications Wargaming: an Introduction and Ancient and Medieval Wargaming, Neil Thomas presents a new volume devoted to the intricacies of Napoleonic wargaming. Napoleonic Wargaming also includes historical background and the art of Napoleonic warfare to provide essential contextual information for players.

Ancient & Medieval wargaming

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The Royal Australian Navy's attache in Jakarta has only a few weeks to go on his posting. He believes that Chinese piracy will take up the rest of his time. But there is something very devious going on. The first inkling comes with the outright purchase of the East German Navy. The second is that the American NSA advisor agrees with him and they escape across the archipelago looking for the evidence that will convince their superiors that invasion is involved.

Consequences of the Battle at Sandy Creek It is 1812. Commodores Chauncey and Yeo are battling for naval control of Lake Ontario. Cameron MacNeil is hanged for treason and five others lose their lives. Alastair MacNeil, a modern-day descendent, wonders why, and uses some of the tortuous history from the period as penance for sins he believed he committed.

A set of simple, fast-playing rules for wargaming the conflicts that re-shaped Europe in the period 1815-78. This important, yet often-neglected period includes the Crimean War, the Italian Risorgimento, the wars of Bismarck's Prussia against Denmark, Austro-Hungary and France and the Russo-Turkish war.

Set on the beguiling Atlantic Ocean island of Bermuda, this thriller reveals financial scams, deceit and crimes that lie beneath the surface of respectability.

The Shorter MBA is a practical and succinct book which presents all the essential theory, practice and techniques taught to MBA students and is ideal for the busy practising executive. The book is divided into three main parts: personal development, management skills and business development.

Are you satisfied with the way your life is going - personally and financially? Do you want to life-coach yourself to success? In this inspiring book you will find techniques you can use now for achieving success in all areas of your life.

An intriguing crime mystery - the disappearance of an Englishman in France. Perfect for fans of Maigret. Set in St Remy de Provence, Southern France, 2006, an expat Englishman is missing. After a false start by the local police, Avignon's answer to Maigret, Commandant Ruppert, is brought in to pick up the investigation.

A fast-paced story of an ordinary man who becomes accidentally involved with villains in business and government in Hong Kong, Manila and Singapore. With a background of intrigue, corruption and tax avoidance, this intricate novel is set against events in the early 1980s in Britain's Hong Kong, the Manila of Marcos and Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore.

This tale of Welsh drovers taking a large herd of cattle from the 'wild west' of North Wales to London in the 1790s and stakes a claim for these interesting characters to be the first cowboys. What happens in Westerns happened here to Welsh drovers on their cattle drives.

Set in a private school a little in the past - at a time of turbulence following the death of the old headmaster - a sinister thread runs through the attempts to take the school forward, where issues of child protection risk being buried in the protection of profits.