In 1786 the French Navy had just emerged from its most successful war of the eighteenth century having frequently outfought or outmanoeuvred the Royal Navy in battle & made a major contribution to American independence The reputation of its ship design & fighting skills never stood higher yet within a few years the effects of the French Revolution had devastated its efficiency leading to defeat after defeat Fine ships continued to be built but even under Napoleon's dynamic influence the navy never recovered sufficiently to alter the balance of sea power It was only after 1815 that the navy revived espousing technical innovation & invention to produce some of the most advanced ships of the age This book is the first comprehensive listing of these ships in English & follows the pattern set by the companion series on British warships in the age of sail in providing an impressive depth of information It is organised by Rate classification & class with significant technical & building data followed by a concise summary of the careers of each ship in every class Thus for the first time it is possible to form a clear picture of the overall development of French warships in the latter half of the sailing era ...

The book we've all (certainly every woman between 25 & 75) been waiting for Classy chic convincing funny wise well-written & very timely It's the ultimate non-diet book which nonetheless shows us how to eat with balance control & above all pleasure Chuck out all the radical diet books think about what you eat & why & then enjoy eating the right things (and some of the wrong ones) intelligently & in smaller portions Eat like a French woman with your head not your stomach Guiliano French-born & bred gets the tone absolutely right She succeeds in that rare high-wire act of being really serious about her subject but without taking herself too seriously; manages to encourage & inspire & amuse without being bossy or earnest This is a book that will make you laugh out loud & yet have you following several of her practical precepts within days
- everyone who reads it becomes evangelical (French women don't go to the gym they climb the stairs) It combines just the right balance of memoir wisdom wit delicious recipes & French common sense Guiliano emphasizes the virtues of freshness variety personal taste enjoyment & above all portion control (research shows that dishes served in US restaurants are 25 larger than those served in restaurants in France!)
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Skoldo Book One introduces French grammar & language at a level suitable for 6
- 10 year olds Its use of short conversations questions
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This is the fourth book in the Skoldo Primary Modern Language series It aims to develop confidence in spoken French through little conversations & to explain the way the French language works through grammar There are extra-curricular subjects such as the life cycle of a frog Peter & the Wolf a poem the formation of clouds la Fontaine's story of the Crow & the Fox & teeth There are also revision pages & extentions of vocabulary to help build up a wide understanding of the French language The book has been designed to be versatile to suit schools' andd pupils'needs It can be used as a work book or a text book The layout is clear & everything is well explained & easy to follow ...

Skold Book Two introduces French grammar & language at a level suitable for 8
- 12 years olds It use of short conversations questions
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The Restoration Court knows Lady Dona St Columb to be ripe for any folly any outrage that will alter the tedium of her days But there is another secret Dona who longs for freedom honest love
- & sweetness even if it is spiced with danger To escape the shallowness of court life Dona retreats to Navron her husband&s remote Cornish estate There she seeks peace in its solitary woods & hidden creeks But she finds instead a daring pirate hunted by all Cornwall a Frenchman who like Dona would gamble his life for a moment&s joy Together they embark upon a quest rife with danger & glory one which bestows upon Dona the ultimate choice sacrifice her lover to certain death or risk her own life to save him
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The Restoration Court knows Lady Dona St Columb to be ripe for any folly any outrage that will alter the tedium of her days But there is another secret Dona who longs for freedom honest love
- & sweetness even if it is spiced with danger To escape the shallowness of court life Dona retreats to Navron her husband&s remote Cornish estate There she seeks peace in its solitary woods & hidden creeks But she finds instead a daring pirate hunted by all Cornwall a Frenchman who like Dona would gamble his life for a moment&s joy Together they embark upon a quest rife with danger & glory one which bestows upon Dona the ultimate choice sacrifice her lover to certain death or risk her own life to save him
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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 In this brilliantly funny dark comedy Mr Jack & Sweet Stephen cruise aimlessly through the streets of LA speculating about lie death divine will & the force of power that predetermines their existence Mr Jack attempts to illustrate to his sidekick the delicate & natural forces of the universe Sweet Stephen s superficial charm & bloodsucking lifestyle sends him & Mr Jack on a voyage that is relentless engaging & darkly hilarious Matthew Modine (VISION QUEST MARRIED TO THE MOB) as Mr Jack & Callum Blue (SMALLVILLE DEAD LIKE ME) as Sweet Stephen The film reunites Modine & Adam Baldwin playing Tommy the cop (CHUCK) for the first time since Kubrick s FULL METAL JACKET & Zach Galifianakis (THE HANGOVER) performance as a drug-dealing porn shop owner is brilliant & funny Director Gregory Dark (SEE NO EVIL) delivers a powerful & entertaining journey brimming with quirky memorable characters Paul Adelstein (PRISON BREAK PRIVATE PRACTICE) Liza Weil (GILMORE GIRLS) & Don Mc Manus (OCEANS THIRTEEN) round out the talented cast who came together over Robert Dean Klein s (DARK RIDE) colourful & unique screenplay ...

renetic is a fast & furious word game of the elements Players race against the clock with just 45 seconds to form as many words as possible using the element symbol tiles adding together the Atomic numbers of each tile used to create a word For example Ba na na banana 78 points! Amazingly there are over 10000 words that can be created using combinations of the element symbol tiles from the frenetic periodic table game board Fun frantic action is guaranteed The first player to score 1000 points wins! Suitable for 2 or more players from 8 frenetic offers wide appeal with everyone playing all the time & combines skill strategy as well as an element of luck at a frenzied pace Quick setup with easy to follow how-to-play booklet will have you enjoying frenetic with family & friends instantly with the frenzied game play lasting anything from just 15
- 45 minutes Beware how addictive it becomes! No need to be worried you don&t have to be techies or a genius to play & win
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Digitally Remastered In modern-day London a sex criminal known as the Necktie Murderer has the police on alert & in typical Hitchcock fashion their trail is leading to an innocent man who must now elude the law & prove his innocence by finding the real murderer Jon Finch Alec Mc Cowen & Barry Foster head the British cast in this thriller that alternates suspense scenes with moments of Hitchcock&s distinctive black humour Frenzy marked Hitchcock&s return to his native England after almost twenty years A morbid blend of humour & horror Hitchcock makes the film intensely suspenseful & at times forces the audience to identify with the vicious murderer Actors Jon Finch Alec Mc Cowen Barry Foster Billie Whitelaw Anna Massey Barbara Leigh-Hunt Bernard Cribbins Vivien Merchant George Tovey Clive Swift Michael Bates Jean Marsh John Boxer Madge Ryan Elsie Randolph & Alfred Hitchcock Director Alfred Hitchcock Certificate 18 years & over Year 1972 Screen Widescreen 169 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (20) Mono Additional Languages German Subtitles English for the hard of hearing ; German ; Swedish ; Danish ; Finnish ; Dutch ; Norwegian Closed Captions Yes Duration 1 hour & 51 minutes (approx)
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