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Angels of Death: Inside the Biker Gangs' Crime Empire

3 reviews
Julian Sher, William Marsden

Da Capo Press, 2007

the biker underworld
Avery interesting insight into the goings on of the hell angels. It made me change my mind about the image of them as has been portrayed in the movies.

The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native ...
William Marsden

Hard Press, 2006

"Round the Horne" (BBC Radio Collection)

BBC Audiobooks Ltd, 2002

Angels of Death: Inside the Biker Gangs' Crime Empire

14 reviews
Julian Sher, William Marsden

Da Capo Press, 2006

Riveting and Dangerous
The Angels of Death is riveting book about the Hells Angels quest for global domination. Reads like a thriller where the most exciting part is about ATF's undercover operation. Well recommended and hard to put down.

The Travels of Marco Polo: The Venetian (The Programmed Classics)

Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1948

Chosen as one of the ten best adventure books of all time by National Geographic Adventure. An adventure narrative reissue from the original 1926 edition. Marco Polo chronicles the thirteenth-century Venice, his birthplace, to Asia. Marco Polo tells of the foreign peoples he meets as he travels by foot, horse, and boat through places including Persia, the land of the Tartars, Tibet, India, and, most important, China. There he stays at the court ...

The Travels of Marco Polo (Modern Library Classics)

27 reviews
Marco Polo

Modern Library, 2001

We are all Marco Polos now
In the late 13th century, three Venetian merchants, two brothers and the son of one of them, visited China, which was then ruled by the Mongols. The Mongols distrusted the native Chinese and hired foreigners such as the young man as minor officials. The Venetian merchant-turned-official traveled extensively through North and South China, South-East Asia and India. After he returned to Venice, he ...

The Road to Hell: How the Biker Gangs are Conquering Canada

5 reviews
Julian Sher, William Marsden

Seal Books, 2005

Fantastic Read
This is a factual account of the recent development and evolution of biker gangs -- specifically, the Hells Angels -- in Canada. Well-written and brilliantly researched, the authors do an excellent job of providing details about the Hells' infiltration of ports in Halifax, Montreal, and Vancouver, their domination of the illicit drug and porn industries, and their expanding business empire. ...

The Travels of Marco Polo The Venetian

1 review
William (translated and edited by)(re-edited by Thomas Wright) Marsden

Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1948

Barely believable adventures.
Marco writes well enough of his travels and you feel that you are there. You can actually follow the trail if you have a map. He describes the flora and fauna of each region and describes the economics and industry of the region. Example: "The women of the superior class are in like manner free from superfluous hairs; their skins are fare, and they are well formed." It is interesting to see ...

Stupid to the Last Drop: How Alberta Is Bringing Environmental Armageddon to Canada (And Doesn't Seem to Care)
William Marsden

Knopf Canada, 2007

A bestselling investigative journalist takes a tour of the Alberta oil and gas industry, revealing how Canada’s richest province is squandering our chance for a sustainable future. In its desperate search for oil and gas riches, Alberta is destroying itself. As the world teeters on the edge of catastrophic climate change, Alberta plunges ahead with uncontrolled development of its fossil fuels, levelling its northern Boreal forest to get ...

Greek and Roman Artillery: Technical Treatises (Oxford University Press Academic Monograph Reprints)

2 reviews
Eric William Marsden

Clarendon Press, 1971

Must have for a true siege weapon geek
Marsden really did a fantastic job with this book. It is very technical. He provides the original text on one page then on the next the translation. He also provides a lot end notes with diagrams to explain what the original authors where trying to tell us. Excellent book for those who like the down and dirty mathematics and physics of siege engine building.