David Chandler

En junio se cumple el bicentenario de ls gran batalla de Waterloo donde Napoleón sufrió su derrota final.El 18 de junio de 1815 Napoleón Bonaparte era finalmente derrotado en la más que famosa batalla de Waterloo. Ese dia marcaba el ocaso final del imperio napoleonico que habia hecho temblar a Europa desde 1799. Mas de 15 años de guerra continua que forjaron la leyenda imperecedera del general corso a traves de Francia a Rusia, pasando por Egipto, Italia o España.Las campañas de Napoleon de David Chandler es el libro mas importante y completo que se ha escrito jamas sobre todas las operaciones belicas del emperador. Una obra de la maxima altura cientifica, pero accesible a todos los lectores, sobre la carrera completa de Napoleon, que nos permite comprender las estrategias que le llevaron a disfrutar de tantos años de victorias y que tambien le condujeron a la derrota final.Un estudio de referencia que cuenta con mas de setenta mapas especialmente trazados para el, ademas de diversos apendices y diagramas que contribuyen al entendimiento de esa inigualable personalidad en el campo de batalla

* Aprenda a pintar con el medio más meditativo y accesible para el artista: la acuarela. * Inspirándose en pinturas pertenecientes a la colección de la Tate, descubra las técnicas de los maestros de la pintura a la acuarela y mejore sus propias habilidades.* Domine las tecnicas y los estilos de destacados artistas con la ayuda de la original serie de la Tate. Cada uno de los titulos de la serie se centra en un medio distinto e invita a los lectores a seguir el ejemplo de artistas muy influyentes a traves de 30 trabajos iconicos pertenecientes a la coleccion.Entre los artistas que se presentan en este libro se encuentran, entre otros, Paul Cezanne, Raoul Dufy, Maggi Hambling, John Marin, Gwen John, J. M. W. Turner, Eric Ravilious, Paul Sandby, John Singer Sargent, Paul Klee.

Sober on Shift - A Dad Between Calls By Dave ChandlerWhat happens when the person trained to save lives is fighting to save his own? Sober on Shift is a raw, unfiltered memoir of addiction, recovery, trauma and resilience told through the eyes of a veteran paramedic and father. Set against the relentless backdrop of emergency medicine, this book is not about heroism - its about survival. Its about showing up when youre broken, staying sober when everything inside you wants to escape and learning how to live when the job teaches you how easily people die. Dave doesnt write from theory or distance. He writes from the streets, the ERs and the quiet spaces between calls - the moments where the adrenaline fades, and the weight of what youve seen comes crashing in. From devastating tragedy at work and home to the long shadows of PTSD, from addiction and relapse to recovery and responsibility, this story follows a man learning how to stay present in a life that constantly pulls him towards numbness But this is also a book about fatherhood and friendship. Carrying love alongside trauma. About staying sober not just for yourself, but for the children who are watching how you live. The calls dont stop. The memories dont fade. The losses dont disappear. But neither does the responsibility to keep going. Written with honesty, humility and a little bit of humour, Sober on Shift refuses to glamorize addiction or romanticize trauma. It doesnt offer cliches or easy answers. Instead, it offers truth - messy, uncomfortable and human. It speaks to First Responders who live double lives, to people in recovery who fight quiet battles, and to anyone who had ever tried to hold themselves together while everything else was falling apart. This is not a story about being fixed. Its a story about staying. Staying sober. Staying present. Staying alive. Staying human. Because sometimes survival isnt dramatic. Sometimes its just choosing not to disappear.

Artists & Illustrators magazines Book of the Month Taking inspiration from iconic paintings in the Tate collection, discover the techniques of the masters and improve your own painting skills with 30 guided projects. As you work through the exercises, youll learn how to work wet into wet with Maggi Hambling, master colour temperature with John Singer Sargent and create rhythm and unity in your paintings with John Nash.Whether you are looking to reinvigorate your watercolour practice with new techniques, try your hand at a wide variety of painting styles, or discover a new, inspiring master of the art, this book offers something new for every watercolourist.

Malden est un voleur qui attire lattention plus quil laurait souhaité. Pour rejoindre lorganisation criminelle du terrible seigneur du monde souterrain, il doit sacquitter dune véritable fortune. Voler la couronne du burgrave suffirait a payer sa dette, mais des demons affames la protegent. Accompagne dun chevalier rebelle et dune dame ensorcelee, Malden devra affronter la plus terrifiante incarnation du mal...

Dupé par son ancien allié, Malden a lamentablement échoué en essayant de sauver le royaume de Skrae. Désormais, plus rien nempêche les hordes barbares denvahir ces terres. À la tête de son armée de f

Le destin a fait du hors-la-loi un hérosLa réputation de Malden, le plus talentueux des voleurs, nest plus à faire. Cet esprit indépendant na aucune envie de partir en croisade contre les forces du m

Enter a world of darkness and danger, honour, daring and destiny in David Chandlers magnificent epic trilogy: The Ancient Blades.It takes a thief to destroy a demonCircumstance made him a criminal.Destiny may make him a hero.As a thief, Malden is unparalleled in the Free City of Ness. But he has no desire to take up arms against the forces of horrific evil. By saving the life of the knight Croy, however, Malden has bound himself to an ancient, noble brotherhoodand he now possesses a magical weapon forged at the dawn of time one of only seven swords capable of destroying demons.Malden fears accompanying Croy and the barbarian Morget on their quest to dispatch a foul creature of nightmarenor does he want to disturb the vengeful dead. But with an assassin on his heels, the young cutpurse is left with no choice but to follow. And there is the comely sorceress, Cythera, to consider promised to Croy but in love with Malden not to mention the fabulous treasure rumoured to be waiting in the inescapable depths of the demons lair

Enter a world of darkness and danger, honour, daring and destiny in David Chandlers magnificent epic trilogy: The Ancient Blades. Croy is a knight errant, and bearer of an ancient blade with a powerful destiny. Hes also kind of, well, dim. He believes in honour. He believes that people are fundamentally good, and will do the right thing if you give them a chance. Unfortunately, Croy lives in the city of Ness. A thriving medieval city of fifty thousand people, none of whom are fundamentally even decent, and who will gleefully stab you in the back. If you give them a chance. Ness is also the home to Malden. Malden is a thief. He lives by his wits, disarming cunning traps, sneaking past sleeping guards, and running away very fast whenever people are trying to kill him. Which is often. One time Malden stole a crown. And then he had to steal it back to avoid a civil war. Croy got the credit, of course, because hes a noble knight. Another time the two of them went into the tomb of an ancient warrior race, and Croy accidentally started a barbarian invasion. Guess who had to clean that up? They probably wouldnt be friends at all if it wasnt for Cythera. Cythera is a witch. A mostly-good witch. And despite herself she cant stop thieves and knights falling in love with her At the same time.

Enter a world of darkness and danger, honour, daring and destiny in David Chandlers magnificent epic trilogy: The Ancient Blades. One thief against the world When allies become enemies, to whom can a clever thief turn? Armed with one of seven swords forged at the dawn of time, Malden was chosen by Fate to act as saviourand failed dismally. Deceived by the trickery of his one-time ally, Morget, the young thief employed his newfound might to help destroy the naturally barrier protecting the kingdom of Skrae and now there will be no stopping Morgets barbarian hordes from pillaging the land. Suddenly friends and former supporters alike covet the young heros magic while seeking his destruction from the treacherous King and leaders of the City of Ness to the rogue knight Cloy, who owes Malden his life. It will take more than Maldens makeshift army of harlots and cutpurses to preserve a realm. Luckily the sorceress Cythera fights at his side, along with the ingenious, irascible dwarf Slag. And the wily thief still has a desperate and daring plan or two up his larcenous sleeve