Eight hundred years have passed since King Connavar of the Rigante
and his bastard son, Bane, defeated the invading army of Stone.
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Dave Courtney, whose autobiography, Stop the Ride, I Want to Get Off, was a huge bestseller, reveals all from another ...

As a native of Scotl&, bestselling author Iain Banks has decided to undertake a tour of the distilleries of his homeland in a bid to uncover the unique spirit of the single malt. Visiting some of the world's most famous distilleries & also some of its smallest & most obscure ones, Banks embarks on a journey of discovery which educates him about the places, people & products surrounding the centuries-old tradition of whisky production. Using various modes of transport
- ferries to the islands, cars across the highlands, even bicycles between bus-stops
- Banks' tour of Scotland combines history, literature & landscape in an entertaining & informative account of an exploration in which the arrival is by no means the most important part of the journey.

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As a native of Scotl&, bestselling author Iain Banks has decided to undertake a tour of the distilleries of his homeland in a bid to uncover the unique spirit of the single malt. Visiting some of the world's most famous distilleries & also some of its smallest & most obscure ones, Banks embarks on a journey of discovery which educates him about the places, people & products surrounding the centuries-old tradition of whisky production. Using various modes of transport
- ferries to the islands, cars across the highlands, even bicycles between bus-stops
- Banks' tour of Scotland combines history, literature & landscape in an entertaining & informative account of an exploration in which the arrival is by no means the most important part of the journey.

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In Ra W Voices: True Stories of Hardship & Hope, Vanessa Feltz meets men & women who have overcome great difficulties to change ...

Born in Nabraska of Irish Quaker parents, educated at Dulwich College, & in the `mean streets' of Los Angeles about which he wrote, Raymond Chandler-writer, oil executive, poet, recluse, charmer, gentlman, drunk-was full of contradictions as his origins. His seven Philip Marlowe stories had sold 5 million copies by the time of his death in 1059. Since the first authorised biography 20 years ago, much new material can be revealed about the man & his life. For this major new biography, Tom Hiney has had some access to unseen personal papers, as well as previously unrecorded reminiscences by those who knew him well & he vividly evokes the strange early years, brings alive the danerous glamour of the Hollywood era, & puts Chandler`s writing in the context of the crime & corruption in Prohibition LA. He gived illuminating details of friendships with Ian Fleming, Somerset Maugham, the Spenders, Alfred Hitchcock & fully records for the first time his relationship with Cissy, his wife of 30 years, 17 years his senior, & his paradoxical relations with other women. ...

Born in Nabraska of Irish Quaker parents, educated at Dulwich College, & in the `mean streets' of Los Angeles about which he wrote, Raymond Chandler-writer, oil executive, poet, recluse, charmer, gentlman, drunk-was full of contradictions as his origins. His seven Philip Marlowe stories had sold 5 million copies by the time of his death in 1059. Since the first authorised biography 20 years ago, much new material can be revealed about the man & his life. For this major new biography, Tom Hiney has had some access to unseen personal papers, as well as previously unrecorded reminiscences by those who knew him well & he vividly evokes the strange early years, brings alive the danerous glamour of the Hollywood era, & puts Chandler`s writing in the context of the crime & corruption in Prohibition LA. He gives illuminating details of friendships with Ian Fleming, Somerset Maugham, the Spenders, Alfred Hitchcock & fully records for the first time his relationship with Cissy, his wife of 30 years, 17 years his senior, & his paradoxical relations with other women. ...

As far back as stories go, pioneers have reached for the skies. In the last two hundred years, they have mastered the air & made the modern world possible. Today they are bringing outer space within our reach. They're inventors & toymakers, amateurs & adventurers, visionaries, dreamers &, yes, crackpots. Some have called them irresponsible, even dangerous. But I have met many of them. I have worked with them, & funded them, & flown with them. I admire them, & trust them, & I think they & their kind are our future.

In this book I look at the history of flight through the stories & people who have inspired me. These are tales of miraculous rescues; of records made & broken; of surprising feats of endurance & survival, including some of my own adventures, as well as developments in the future of air (and space) travel. This is a story of pioneers, & of course it

Includes:: the world famous Montgolfiers & the Wright brothers. But I also want to describe some of the lesser-known trailblazers -- people like Tony Jannus, who in 1914 created the world's first scheduled commercial flight, flying his passengers over the waters of Tampa Bay at an altitude of just fifty feet; the



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As far back as stories go, pioneers have reached for the skies. In the last two hundred years, they have mastered the air & made the modern world possible. Today they are bringing outer space within our reach. They're inventors & toymakers, amateurs & adventurers, visionaries, dreamers &, yes, crackpots. Some have called them irresponsible, even dangerous. But I have met many of them. I have worked with them, & funded them, & flown with them. I admire them, & trust them, & I think they & their kind are our future.

In this book I look at the history of flight through the stories & people who have inspired me. These are tales of miraculous rescues; of records made & broken; of surprising feats of endurance & survival, including some of my own adventures, as well as developments in the future of air (and space) travel. This is a story of pioneers, & of course it

Includes:: the world famous Montgolfiers & the Wright brothers. But I also want to describe some of the lesser-known trailblazers -- people like Tony Jannus, who in 1914 created the world's first scheduled commercial flight, flying his passengers over the waters of Tampa Bay at an altitude of just fifty feet; the



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As far back as stories go, pioneers have reached for the skies. In the last two hundred years, they have mastered the air & made the modern world possible. Today they are bringing outer space within our reach. They're inventors & toymakers, amateurs & adventurers, visionaries, dreamers &, yes, crackpots. Some have called them irresponsible, even dangerous. But I have met many of them. I have worked with them, & funded them, & flown with them. I admire them, & trust them, & I think they & their kind are our future.

In this book I look at the history of flight through the stories & people who have inspired me throughout my life. In these pages you will find stories of miraculous rescues; of records made & broken; of surprising feats of endurance & survival, including some of my own adventures, as well as developments in the future of air (and space) travel. It is a story of pioneers, & of course it

Includes:: the world famous Montgolfiers & the Wright brothers, but I also want to describe some of the lesser-known trailblazers. People like Tony Jannus, who in 1914 created the first scheduled commercial flight in the world, flying his passengers over the waters of Tampa Bay at an altitude of just fifty feet! The



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