After the fall of France in 1940, Germany attempted to strangle Britain into submission by attacking the Atlantic Convoys, which brought much need supplies & war material from the USA & Canada. This book discusses the development of the Condor, & analyzes the various Allied responses. ...

Traces the history & development of the ubiquitous Austin FX4 London Taxi, built between 1958 & 1997. From the origins of the Hackney carriage, this book follows the evolution of the taxi through early 20th century designs by William Beardmore of Glasgow to the dominance of later vehicles commissioned from Austin by Mann & Overton in 1929. ...

All 22 episodes from the first season of the crime drama series, starring Cameron Daddo as special effects wizard Rollie Tyler & Christina Cox as his assistant Angie Ramirez, as they use their technical skills to help NYPD detective Leo Mc Carthy (Kevin Dobson) bring down some of the city's toughest criminals. In this series, Rollie has to trick a terrorist into believing his bomb has gone off so he can find the location of the real device, & Angie tracks down the killer of her UFO-obsessed best friend, revealing a deadly military conspiracy to transport stolen plutonium. Episodes are: ' The Illusion (Part 1)'; ' The Illusion (Part 2)'; ' Zero Hour'; ' High Risk'; ' Payback'; ' The Ring'; ' Dingo'; ' White Light'; ' The Brotherhood'; ' French Kiss'; ' Eye of the Dragon'; ' Target'; ' Supernote'; ' Medea'; ' Shivaree'; ' Gemini'; ' Double Image'; ' Quicksilver'; ' Get Fast'; ' Bad Influence'; ' Reunion'; & ' Script Doctor'. ...

For Juan Kerruish, a boy only ever noticed by the school bullies, his world is about to turn upside down. When he meets Bea the Fynoderee, a creature thought to exist only in myth, he discovers that he carries a message from the past that could change the course of the future. ...

A collection of material brought together by master director Orson Welles, that serves to examine the idea of forgery & fakes. In it he features the work of forger Elmyr de Hory (who claims that most of the major collections of paintings in the world contain one of his fakes) & Clifford Irving (who wrote a fake autobiography of famous recluse Howard Hughes). There are stories of Welles' relationship with the granddaughter of a famous Yugoslav forger & personal reflections on the essence of artistic originality. Also featured are examples of fake & forgery from his own career (including the scandal provoking radio broadcast ' War of the Worlds'). ...

Frederick Horsman Varley was among the members of the Group of Seven. One of the greatest Canadian portraitists of the twentieth century, he is an example of an artist who, despite his fame as a portrait painter, remains better known for his landscapes. This volume presents Varley's portraits. ...

Seventeen years had passed since Jean Timberlake's body had been found at the foot of the sea wall. At the time, Bailey Fowler, an ex-boyfriend of hers, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter. Now he'd changed his tune. Kinsey Millhone was called in to solve the case
- then she stumbled on the dark secrets of a family's buried past.
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