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Modern Methods of Construction is a Dissertation that reviews the changing methods of construction used in the Irish construction industry in recent years. Modern methods of construction are being widely used in lieu of traditional methods and this dissertation aims to determine the affect they are having on the construction industry. The dissertation assesses the issues that have hindered traditional construction methods and the factors that encouraged the growth of modern methods of construction. There also is an insight provided on modern methods of construction covering aspects...

As well as his fame as creator of Sherlock Holmes, and the author of historical novels and fantasy fiction, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was intensely interested in military matters and wrote multi-volume histories of the Boer War and the Great War in which his only son Kingsley served and died - of the Spanish 'flu. This volume covers 1915, a year of disappointment and setbacks for Britain, which saw the first use of gas by the Germans at 2nd Ypres; and a series of unsuccessful offensives - hampered by shell shortages - at Neuve Chapelle, Festubert, Aubers Ridge and finally the bloodbath at Loos....

As well as writing the Sherlock Holmes stories, historical novels and fantasy fiction, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was intensely interested in military operations and wrote multi-volume histories of both the Boer War and the Great War - in which his only son Kingsley served ( dying of the Spanish 'flu). This volume covers 1917. a year of difficulty and disaster for the Allies, which saw Russia leave the war and America enter it. On the western front, Doyle covers the battles of Arras, the victory at Messines and the appalling 3rd Ypres ( Passchendaele) and Cambrai when the brunt of the burden fell...