This is the story of how private foreign enterprise in the form of Swedish Lloyd & Swedish America Line who formed a British company called ' Hoverlloyd' galvanised the British Government in to supporting this new concept in transport through the formation of a British Rail subsidiary called ' Seaspeed' It is a story told by those who were there of how young adventurous men & women most of whom were in their twenties & early thirties took on the exciting challenge of getting an operation in which they all believed had a great future off the ground It tells of the difficulties & near disasters through lack of experience that nearly wrote off the industry in the early days; the clashes of cultures between the free enterprise & Government operations; & why after so much early promise the great adventure with the giant car & passenger carrying hovercraft came to an end The story begins with the history of Saunders Roe & their involvement as a result of the discovery by Christopher Cockerell in 1953 that big weights could be supported on a cushion of low pressure air & that the concept could be practically applied Much has already been written about Christopher Cockerell later Sir Christopher & the development of the hovercraft by Saunders Roe as well as the hovercraft industry to the present day Those relevant parts showing the frustrations & disappointments they too suffered are repeated in this book together with new material that has come to light to provide a comprehensive narrative of the hovercraft industry & the giant SRN4 cross-Channel operations ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play " What on the surface might appear to be a platitude is a serious invitation for the fans of the " Mad Axeman" & one they are happy to take him up on Where else could aficionados of high-class guitar rock see such an emotional & energetic show? & one featuring a line-up that leaves connoisseurs of the international music scene rapturously clicking their tongues in appreciation During their world tour of 20152016 the line-up set up their Temple of Rock in the Joy Eslava theatre in central Madrid Michael Schenker & his crew chose this unique location with care for the recording of this concert The musicians clapped along with the fans as they sung along to hits old & new with great enthusiasm All musical phases of Michael Schenker&s career were included & the evening became a joyful party as well as a clear message of how positively Michael Schenker&s music can enrich the listener&s life Michael Schenker played various guitars including for the first time his new double-neck Flying-M with 2 necks each with 6 strings with each neck tuned differently Musicians Michael Schenker
- Guitar Doggie White
- Vocals Wayne Findlay
- Guitar Keyboard Francis Buchholz
- Bass Herman Rarebell
- Drums Also available on CD & Blu-ray




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From the creators of Exploding Kittens & Wolfgang Warsch (The Mind) comes a brand new family-friendly party game for people who are bad at charades Perform ridiculous & hilarious actions at different intensities Win points by matching your intensity with another player
Includes: 139 cards & 58 tokens 5 minutes to learn 15 minutes to play 2
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On Anarchism is an essential introduction to the Noam Chomsky's political theory On Anarchism sheds a much needed light on the foundations of Chomsky's thought specifically his constant questioning of the legitimacy of entrenched power The book gathers his essays & interviews to provide a short accessible introduction to his distinctively optimistic brand of anarchism Refuting the notion of anarchism as a fixed idea & disputing the traditional fault lines between anarchism & socialism this is a book sure to challenge provoke & inspire Profoundly relevant to our times it is a touchstone for political activists & anyone interested in deepening their understanding of anarchism or of Chomsky's thought' Arguably the most important intellectual alive' New York Times Noam Chomsky is the author of numerous bestselling & influential political books including Hegemony or Survival Failed States Interventions What We Say Goes Hopes & Prospects Gaza in Crisis Making the Future & Occupy Nathan Schneider is the author of Thank You Anarchy Notes from the Occupy Apocalypse & God in Proof The Story of a Search from the Ancients to the Internet ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play One starry night a shepherd boy is taken on a secret magical night-flight to witness a Christmas miracle Rachel is eight & for the first time is allowed to join her brothers & sisters to visit their grandfather
- Amos as he carries out his annual ritual of a night in the hills where he worked as a young shepherd boy Grandfather is delighted to see the children & a special bond is established between him & Rachel He tells them how she reminds him of a magical night; he then proceeds to recount it He explains how ahead of the other shepherds protecting their flock with him he is flown away by the Angel Gabriel to be the first visitor to the newly-born Christ child This magical re-working of the nativity by the leading writer Michael Morpurgo is rich with human poignancy as we share this very special experience As broadcast on BBC One On Angel Wings is from the Executive Producer of The Snowman & Father Christmas with music by Julian Nott (Wallace & Gromit Peppa Pig The Very Hungry Caterpillar)
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Winner of the 2017 Forward Prize for Best Collection Winner of the 2017 Poetry Book Society Choice Award Shortlisted for the 2017 Costa Poetry Award Set against a backdrop of ecological & economic instability Sinead Morrissey's sixth collection On Balance revisits some of the great feats of human engineering to reveal the states of balance & inbalance that have shaped our history The poems also address gender inequality & our inharmonious relationship with the natural world A poem on Lilian Bland
- the first woman to design build & fly her own aeroplane
- celebrates the audacity & ingenuity of a great Irish heroine Elsewhere explorers in Greenland set foot on a fjord system accessible to Europeans for the first time in millennia as a result of global warming But if life is fragile then its traces are persistent insistent & in ' Articulation' we are invited to stop & wonder at the reconstructed skeleton of Napoleon's horse Marengo 'whose very hooves trod mud at Austerlitz' suspended in time 'for however long he lasts before he crumbles'

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On Beauty is neither a history of art nor a history of aesthetics but Umberto Eco draws on both these disciplines to define the ideas of beauty that have informed us from the classical world to modern times In terms of form & style On Beauty has been conceived for a vast & diverse readership Packed with examples from painting sculpture architecture film photography the decorative arts & literature it offers a rich & intelligent panorama of this huge subject In On Beauty Eco is at his most captivating & eclectic we read not only of Botticelli & Michelangelo but of how much the fashion of the 1960s owes to ancient Egyptian dress & how ancient Roman & eighteenth-century hairstyles have much in common It makes the familiar new & sheds a brilliant light on the unfamiliar On Beauty is illustrated in full colour throughout & produced to the highest standards ...

Zadie Smith's On Beauty is a funny powerful & moving story about love & family Why do we fall in love with the people we do? Why do we visit our mistakes on our children? What makes life truly beautifulset in New England mainly & London partly On Beauty concerns a pair of feuding families
- the Belseys & the Kipps
- & a clutch of doomed affairs It puts low morals among high ideals & asks some searching questions about what life does to love For the Belseys & the Kipps the confusions
- both personal & political
- of our uncertain age are about to be brought close to home right to the heart of family' The novel I didn't want to finish I was enjoying it so much' John Sutherland Evening Standard' Thrums with intellectual sass & know-how' Literary Review' Delightfully entertaining filled with humour generosity & contemporary sparkle' Alex Clark Daily Telegraph ' My novel of the year Delicious' Liz Jones Evening Standard' Satirical wise & sexy' Washington Post' Heartstopping' The Times Literary Supplement'A triumph Smith's comedy shines' Daily Mail' Ambitious hugely impressive beautifully observed' Guardian



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In this book one of America's most distinguished psychologists describes his experiences in helping people to discover the path to personal growth through an understanding of their own limitations & potential What is personal growth? Under what conditions is it possible? How can one person help another? What is creativity & how can it be fostered? These are some of the issues raised which challenge many concepts of traditional psychology Contemporary psychology derives largely from the experimental laboratory or from Freudian theory It is preoccupied with minute aspects of animal & human behaviour or with the mentally ill But there are rebels of whom the author counts himself as one along with Gordon Allport Abraham Maslow & Rollo May who feel that psychology & psychiatry should be aiming higher & be more concerned with growth & potentiality in man The interest of such a psychology is in the production of harmoniously mature individuals given that we all have qualities & possibilities infinitely capable of development Successful development makes us more flexible in relationships more creative & less open to suggestion & control This book philosophical & provocative summarizes Dr Rogers' experience Non-technical in its language it is not only for psychologists & psychiatrists but for teachers & counsellors religious & social workers labour-management specialists & anyone interested in 'becoming' ...

Arianna Huffington uses stories from her own life from contemporary women she admires & from women in history & literature to show how to be bold how to make yourself bulletproof & how to act without dreading the reactions of others As a mother politician & businesswoman Huffington discusses how to be strong be your best self & stop looking over your shoulder for approval In chapters such as Fearlessness at Work Fearlessness in Relationships Fearlessness in Parenting & Fearlessness in Aging she delivers instructive & much-needed lessons about how to flourish as a fearless woman in today's world ...