It was in the closing year of the First World War on 1 April 1918 that the Royal Air Force was born from the amalgamation of the Royal Flying Corps & Royal Naval Air Service Since then the RAF has helped lead the world in the development of aviation & air warfare From the fighters & bombers of the Second World War through the early jet age & into modern remotely piloted air systems the last hundred years' development has been astronomical & the human story no less impressive Here Peter Jacobs gathers the most poignant objects of the RAF's proud history & displays them together in full splendid colour for the first time Aircraft memorials uniforms equipment & some items you would never expect
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When Millie's mother abandons her one late afternoon in 1854 fate brings the seven-year-old to Aggie's door
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region Free DVD Player in order to play The Rag Trade is a true British comedy classic which attracted enormous audiences when first broadcast in 1961 Widely praised not just for its hilarious script & energetic performances but for its ground-breaking strong female characters & its iconic catchphrase " Everybody out!" has earned its place in TV comedy history Penny-pinching Harold Fenner (Peter Jones) runs Fenner Fashions a small clothing workshop in London that makes high quality clothing where nothing ever runs smoothly Work life is constantly disrupted by the shop&s militant steward Paddy Fleming (Miriam Karlin) who leads the female workforce Paddy is after any excuse to take on Fenner & lead the women out on strike yelling Everybody out! Amongst the long-suffering workforce are Carole (Sheila Hancock) Little Lil (Esma Cannon) Shirley (Wanda Ventham) & Gloria (Barbara Windsor) & stuck in the middle of the whole situation is poor downtrodden foreman Reg (Reg Varney) trying to keep everyone happy & failing miserably! Actors Peter Jones Reg Varney Esma Cannon Miriam Karlin Ann Beach Directors Dennis Main Wilson Writers Ronald Chesney Ronald Wolfe Producers Dennis Main Wilson Language English Number of discs 4 ...

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The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists is a classic representation of the impoverished & politically powerless underclass of British society in Edwardian England ruthlessly exploited by the institutionalized corruption of their employers & the civic & religious authorities Epic in scale the novel charts the ruinous effects of the laissez-faire mercantilist ethics on the men women & children of the working classes & through its emblematic characters argues for a socialist politics as the only hope for a civilized & humane life for all This Wordsworth edition

Includes:: an exclusive foreword by the late Tony Benn

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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Only a short time after the first raid Rama goes undercover with the thugs of Jakarta & plans to bring down the syndicate & uncover the corruption within his police force Actors Iko Uwais Julie Estelle & Yayan Ruhian Director Gareth Evans Year 2014 Languages Indonesian Subtitles English ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Only a short time after the first raid Rama goes undercover with the thugs of Jakarta & plans to bring down the syndicate & uncover the corruption within his police force Actors Iko Uwais Julie Estelle & Yayan Ruhian Director Gareth Evans Year 2014 Languages Indonesian Subtitles English ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require either a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play A police raid on a Jakarta tenement building turns into a non-stop bloodbath when the drug dealer who owns it unleashes a furious barrage of fists bullets & blades leaving the few remaining survivors of the invading SWAT team to fight their way up to the top & end the psychotic criminal&s violent reign once & for all Expectant father Rama (Iko Uwais) is an honest cop with deadeye aim & killer fighting skills Following orders from his lieutenant -- a respected police veteran & mastermind of the ambitious raid -- Rama leads his heavily-armed team into the building silently & stealthily Their mission is to take down Tama (Ray Sahetapy) a vicious criminal kingpin who uses the building as a shelter for both his many customers & his small army of loyal dealers & killers Even the bravest cops in the city have never dared to breach Tama&s fortress & once the team&s cover is blown it quickly becomes apparent why; almost immediately half of the team is shredded in a vicious barrage of gunfire & machetes The exits have all been blocked & with Tama&s men closing in fast Rama&s only hope is to keep going up & take out anyone who gets in his path Meanwhile Tama realises that some of the cops have managed to survive the initial assault so he unleashes two of his best men to stop them dead in their tracks With his team cut down to a mere handful & his munitions exhausted the determined cop vows to complete his mission by whatever means necessary ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Double bill of Indonesian martial arts action films In & The Raid& (2011) a SWAT team becomes trapped inside an apartment block ruled by a ruthless gangster & his army of killers thugs & drug-dealers The largely rookie squad is led by an over-cautious Lieutenant into the building where it is quickly outsmarted & out-gunned Their objective is to bring to justice the drugs baron who resides on the building&s top floor but this proves far easier said than done In & The Raid 2& (2014) still smarting from his last assignment Jakarta cop Rama (Iko Uwais) is tasked with going undercover & infiltrating the criminal underworld to find out who&s really pulling the strings However with his family in danger from those seeking retribution for the pain Rama inflicted on their fellow gang members it&ll be a race against time to bring the entire criminal empire down single-handedly while covering up his true identity ...

Set mainly in Uzbekistan between 1900 & 1980 The Railway introduces to us the inhabitants of the small town of Gilas on the ancient Silk Route Among those whose stories we hear are Mefody-Jurisprudence the town's alcoholic intellectual; Father Ioann a Russian priest; Kara-Musayev the Younger the chief of police; & Umarali-Moneybags the old moneylender Their colourful lives offer a unique & comic picture of a little-known land populated by outgoing Mullahs incoming Bolsheviks & a plethora of Uzbeks Russians Persians Jews Koreans Tatars & Gypsies At the heart of both the town & the novel stands the railway station
- a source of income & influence & a connection to the greater world beyond the town Rich & picaresque The Railway chronicles the dramatic changes felt throughout Central Asia in the early twentieth century
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