Books with author Christopher Holt

Victory in the ground war of World War 2 could be decided through various means but it was the tank that ultimately took center stage. Tanks were an important weapons system in World War II. Even though tanks in the inter-war years were the subject of widespread research, production was limited to relatively small numbers in a few countries. However, during World War II most armies employed tanks, and production levels reached thousands each month. Tank usage, doctrine, and production varied widely among the combatant nations. By war's end, a consensus was emerging regarding tank doctrine and design.The combat system evolved much from its infancy witnessed during World War 1 (1914-1918) and grew to become a focal point of the many offensives had in the Second Grand War - spanning from Europe to the Pacific and all places in between. The conflict delivered into armored warfare history such classics as the German 'Panther' and 'Tiger' types, the Soviet T-34, the British 'Churchill' and the American 'Sherman'. Before the end, the Allies would be crowned the victors thanks largely to numerical superiority, setting the groundwork for a whole new generation of tanks to come in the Cold War years (1947-1991).By the end of World War 2, the tank was established as one of the most potent battle winners in history. Between 1939 and 1945 over 280,000 tanks of all types had been built by the major combatants – 105,000 by the Soviets alone. The tank had undoubtedly become the main weapon of the land-based army. This book covers in comprehensive detail the development, production and battlefield use by the forces of Great Britain, the Commonwealth, the USA, the Soviet Union, France, Germany, Italy and Japan, as well as the other combatant countries. Both allied and Axis powers like the Britain, United States, Soviet Union and Germany produced significant numbers of tanks before and during WWII. The following aspects are included in the book,-List of top 10 powerful tanks and variants-Specification of the tanks

From Dracula to Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Breaking Dawn, the undead never get old. So, acclaimed author Chris Hart gives horror fans and aspiring artists something they can really sink their teeth into: step-by-step instruction in drawing their favorite night creatures. All of the most popular bloodsuckers are here in their cold, clammy flesh: Victorian vampires, otherworldly vampires, alluring lady vampires, cool postmodern vampires—as well as vampire hunters and blood-chilling beasts of the vampire kingdom. Less experienced artists needn’t worry about biting off more than they can chew because Hart breaks every drawing down into easy-to-digest morsels. The stakes are high, but the Drawing Vampires books ensures budding illustrators’ efforts won't be in “vein.”

Sammy the snail has a real spending problem. His shell is so full that he is forced to store things above it. What will he do to solve his shell problem? Will his friends be able to help him along the way? Yard Sale Sammy is a fun book for ages 3 to 12 with a great message. It's written in the form of poetry and the author/artist has left hidden items in the colorful pages for the reader to find making it interactive as well.

The characters from manga-or Japanese comics-have begun to dominate the world of kids' cartoons and comics. Now kids can learn to draw their own manga-style characters with Kids Draw Manga, the newest addition to the Kids Draw series. Young artists will find a complete introduction to the basics of manga style, from the well-known shiny eye to manga-style noses, mouths, and body types. Pages of step-by-step drawings offer a diverse range of cool manga characters with appeal to both boys and girls, including a basic manga girl and boy, a schoolgirl, a mysterious swordsman, a hero knight, a flying robot soldier, and a laser fighter. More elaborate manga characters, like a spaceship commander and a dark-magic sorceress, are offered for kids who are either older or have worked through the book and are ready for the next level. As in all Kids Draw books, each dazzling spread is easy to follow, fun to look at, and guaranteed to charm a new generation of artists!• The 10th book in the best-selling Kids Draw series• Follows the success of Kids Draw Anime, which sold over 20,000 copies in one year• Capitalizes on the manga craze for kids: from Sailor Moon to Yu-Gi-Oh!• Author has sold more than 1.5 million books• Packed with colorful, fun spreads

“Immensely rich and exciting . . . Christopher Hill has that supreme gift of being able to show us the seventeenth-century world from the inside.”—Arthur Marwick in New Society Within the English revolution of the mid-seventeenth century which resulted in the triumph of the protestant ethic—the ideology of the propertied class—there threatened another, quite different, revolution. Its success “might have established communal property, a far wider democracy in political and legal institutions, might have disestablished the state church and rejected the protestant ethic.” In The World Turned Upside Down Christopher Hill studies the beliefs of such radical groups as the Diggers, the Ranters, the Levellers, and others, and the social and emotional impulses that gave rise to them. The relations between rich and poor classes, the part played by wandering “master-less” men, the outbursts of sexual freedom and deliberate blasphemy, the great imaginative creations of Milton and Bunyan—these and many other elements build up into a marvelously detailed and coherent portrait of this strange, sudden effusion of revolutionary beliefs. It is a portrait not of the bourgeois revolution that actually took place but of the impulse towards a far more fundamental overturning of society. “Brilliant . . . he depicts with marvelous erudition and sympathy the profound rationality of the Cromwellian ‘underground.’”—David Caute in New Statesman “Incorporates some of Dr. Hill’s most profound statements yet about the seventeenth-century revolution as a whole.”—Economist

When I was seventeen years old there were only three things that I knew for certain: I was a mixed up mixed kid, with weird hair and an unhealthy love of comics; I wanted to forget I’d ever heard the words depression and anxiety; and I was hopelessly in love with a girl named Annalise who was, in every way that you can be, a goddess. What can I say about Anna? She wasn’t the prom queen or the perfect girl from the movies, she was my weird, funny, messed up goddess. The girl of my dreams. The reason I’m writing these words.I’d loved Anna from a distance, afraid to actually talk to her, but then one day during lunch my best friend threw a french fry at my face and changed everything. The rest, as they say, is history. Our History. Our Story. Annalise helped make me the man I am today, and loving her saved my teenaged soul from drowning in the depths of a terrible Bleh, the worst kind of sadness that there is, a concept Anna taught me about a long time ago, when we were younger than young. So flip the book over, open up the cover and let me tell you Our Story, which is like Annalise, herself: complicated, beautiful, funny, and guaranteed to teach you something by the time you’re through. Maybe it’ll teach you the complexity of the word potato, something I never understood until the very last page.

It’s hip to draw squares! And that’s all kids need to know to be able to create almost anything at all. It’s amazing to watch as children transform the humble shape into a boy astronaut, a robot, a knight in armor, an airplane, a witch, a dinosaur, a vampire, a fire-breathing dragon, even a zoo-full of wacky animals. There are 60 great ideas to kindle kids’ imaginations.

Dogs, puppies, and wolves are among the most popular subjects in comic strips, animation, and children's book illustration—now kids age 6 and up can learn to draw canines of all sorts with these fun, easy-to-follow lessons from a master cartoonist and teacher. Roly-poly pups, villainous wolves, shaggy sheepdogs, and more tumble through the dynamic, kid-friendly pages, all age-appropriate with younger reading levels. Easy-to-follow step-by-steps teach kids to draw canines in repose, walking, and running, in a variety of situations and with a range of facial expressions. Spreads are easy to follow and fun to look at, guaranteed to charm a new generation of cartoonists!