Product Description: Almost everyone who knows anything about maritime history has heard of the renowned clipper ship builder, Donald McKay. The Flying Cloud, the Great Republic and the Sovereign of the Seas are just a few of his many ships. This is the story of the man who built these ships rather than the ships themselves...read more

Product Description: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) checkride for sport pilots consists of two aspects—an oral questioning and a flight check—and this reference prepares readers for passing the certification process for three types of light sport aircraft (LSA)—airplane, weight-shift control, and powered parachute—as well as for Sport Pilot Instructor and the biennial Flight Review...read more

Product Description: An in-depth look at what it takes to maintain a light-sport aircraft (LSA) with a ROTAX 912 engine, this 78-minute DVD is presented by recognized ROTAX experts Phil Lockwood and Dean Vogel. Containing an overview of the basic engine components, including its unique electrical system, the DVD moves on to addresses a wide range of maintenance questions such as How do you check and change the oil? What are the advantages of different types of coolants? and What are appropriate operating temperatures? Tips and tricks for avoiding engine clattering, prolonging the engine's life, and reducing maintenance costs are also included, along with a booklet containing reference checklists...read more

Product Description: Designed to aid the applicant in studying for the Sport Pilot Knowledge Exam by providing answers and explanations for every question in the FAA exam database, this resource encourages self-testing and promotes memory recall and better understanding...read more

Product Description: Samuel Taylor Coleridge frequently bridged the gap between British and European Romantic thought. This study sets Coleridge's mode of thinking within a German Romantic philosophical context as the place where his ideas can naturally extend themselves, stretch and find speculations of comparable ambition...read more

Product Description: Designed as a study aid and primer for the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Sport Pilot Knowledge Exam, this resource provides guidance for every question in the FAA exam database. Each question is followed by the answer, an explanation of the answer, and a reference and subject code for further study in FAA materials...read more

Product Description: The sole handbook designed exclusively for Sport Pilot and Sport Pilot Certified Flight Instructor license candidates, this indispensable reference covers everything a pilot needs to know to pass the oral and flight check portions of a checkride...read more

Product Description: The correct procedures for completing a preflight inspection of a fixed wing light-sport aircraft are thoroughly explained and demonstrated in this 39-minute DVD. As pilots watch sport-pilot expert Paul Hamilton play the role of a student pilot embarking on his first flight, they understand how to determine if an aircraft is safe and ready to fly...read more

Product Description: This program shows you what to expect for, and how to pass your Sport Pilot checkride - with tips and insights from a Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE). The Sport Pilot Checkride DVD compresses a typical four-hour practical test into an engaging 78-minute presentation...read more

Product Description: Accurate weather information is essential to all pilots, but especially sport pilots flying ultralight and light sport aircraft. The material presented in this 80-minute DVD enables pilots to make informed decisions about whether conditions are conducive to flying by teaching them what factors need to be considered, including pilot capabilities, aircraft limitations, and weather conditions...read more

Product Description: This bracing study redefines romanticism in terms of its philosophical habits of self-consciousness. According to Paul Hamilton, metaromanticism, or the ways in which writers of the romantic period generalized their own practices, was fundamentally characteristic of the romantic project itself...read more

Product Description: This is the essential introduction to a crucial concept in literary studies. Fully updated in this second edition, Historicism enables readers to understand and apply historicist approaches in their own studies.

Product Description: Professor Hamilton's study offers a new interpretation of Shelley's major writings in relation to key aesthetic, philosophical and political themes of his day. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This photographic history of Belfast's Shankill Road and its inhabitants spans from Victorian times through to the 1960s. Vigorous, tough, fiercely proud, the Shakill is one of the most interesting areas of Belfast. Its social, trade, political and industrial life has long been of crucial importance to the city...read more

Product Description: Dorothy Wordsworth (1771-1885) published nothing in her lifetime, save short extracts from her journals and letters which her brother, William, included in his Guide to the Lakes. She spent most of her life caring for her brother and his family, working, traveling and studying with him and his friends who include de Quincey and Coleridge...read more

Product Description: This book describes the steps involved in the evaluation of radar design and performance without complicated math. Easily understood by both engineers and non-technical personnel, it contains a comprehensive discussion of the complex factors involved in the radar design process.

Product Description: In this collection of critical essays, four scholars of Romanticism address the problematic concept of "history" within the specific context of Romantic studies. In so doing, the authors interrogate the methods and assumptions of both "new" and "old" historicism, providing alternative ways of reading the literary past...read more