Books by John Ellis

This book, first published in 1973, examines seven revolutionary armies ranging from Cromwell¿s New Model Army to the Red Army of Mao Zedong. In each case it examines the mobilisation and organisation of the army, and the need to balance political ideals and aspirations with military cohesion and discipline, and social stability.

Homeopathy or homoeopathy is a pseudoscientific system of alternative medicine. It was created by Samuel Hahnemann. Its practitioners, called homeopaths, believe that a substance that causes symptoms of a disease in healthy people would cure similar symptoms in sick people; this doctrine is called "similia similibus curentur," or "like cures like". The term "homeopathy" was coined by Hahnemann which comes from the Greek: hómoios, "like" and páthos, "suffering". Hahnemann gathered and published a complete overview of his new medical system in his book, The Organon of the Healing Art, whose 6th edition, known as Organon of Medicine, is still relevant today. Homeopathic healing is considered controversial and it received a lot of critique over the years, but it still survived and is practiced today. Table of Contents: • Organon of Medicine by Samuel Hahnemann • Of the Homoeopathic Doctrines by J. G. Millingen • Homoeopathy as a Science by Edward Bayard • Personal Experience of a Physician by John Ellis

Based on current geopolitical upheavals and coming technological advancements, Dormant Curse is a cyberterrorism-conspiracy thriller that steers the reader through the twisted mind and actions of aChinese-cult leader hell-bent on pay-back. Dormant Curse is the mission; retribution for past atrocities, seizure of ever-scarce natural resources, and restoration of China to her former glory, are its goals. An overlooked security flaw in smartphone and tablet assembly allows the cult leader, a tormented victim of the Rape of Nanjing, to implant killer Trojan chips. Always-on and ever-present social networks provide the chip's activation path. Nothing is what it seems as strategic attacks manipulate the US public, mislead the press, and divert attention from the cult's true objectives--all while forcing the US military to back down. Greg Cannon, a young engineer with the NTSB, uncovers the cyberterrorists'attack method but an overzealous reporter exposes Greg's investigation before he can identify the source. Now alerted, the cult leader activates a sleeper assassin--the seductive and psychotic, Shelly Chambers--totake out Greg before he can avert Dormant Curse. It's an intense, high-stakes game as Greg, Shelly, and the cult are set on a collision course. Meanwhile, the Chinese, US, and Middle East governments are pulled into a momentous battle toward an unpredictable yet credible shift in global strata

Although it escaped bombing raids, Blackpool played an important role in the Second World War as a centre for training - with numerous airfields and factories surrounding the area.

Published in 1774, this tract considers the characteristics, cultivation and uses of the coffee plant. Written by John Ellis (c.1710-76), botanist, zoologist and London agent for Dominica, it includes the story of coffee's introduction into Europe. Ellis's 1770 work on transporting plants overseas is also reissued in this volume.

This vocabulary book lists the essential French words and phrases that pupils need to know for Key Stage 3 and Common Entrance at 13+.

Television, according to the author, makes us witnesses of often traumatic events and tries - and fails - to provide us with narratives that make sense of the world. This work explores its processes and its relationships with the cultures that provide it with raw material.

Ellis questions the assumption that cinema and television are interchangeable media. He sees cinema and broadcast TV not as competitive media, but as distinct forms, able to play interdependent social roles.