Looking to take up a new sport? Or just thinking about ways to keep fit & healthy? This book is a great introduction to all the important tennis skills you'll need Full of skills tips & photos showing key techniques you'll discover everything
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- while also finding out something about tennis stars of the past & present Perfect for readers aged 9 & up The series Sports Skills covers rules equipment famous competitors & major competitions through specially commissioned step-by-step photography that clearly shows skills & techniques needed for a sport

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From ancient times to the present day the story of England has been laced with drama intrigue courage & passion
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The Great Thinkers is a collection of some of the most important ideas of Eastern & Western culture
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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 Great Walks in the Lake District DVD Collection GREAT WALKS 2 LAKE DISTRICT with Cameron Mc Neish & Bill Birkett Join one of Britain&s best known hill-walkers journalist & author CAMERON MCNEISH & writer & photographer BILL BIRKETT as they explore more of the beautiful Lake District In this DVD they visit - -CRINKLE CRAGS & BOWFELL A classic mountain outing in some of Lakeland’s roughest walking terrain Almost nine miles this walk takes in Little Stand before reaching the rocky ridge of Crinkle Crags A stiff pull up to the massive classically shaped summit of Bowfell is followed by a short diversion to Esk Pike & a beautiful descent via Mosedale to Cockley Beck -The FAIRFIELD HORSESHOE This deservedly popular Lakeland round visits eight summits – four of them over 2500 feet Among the tops visited during the ten mile circular walk are Dove Crag & Fairfield both of which reward walkers with exciting views & Nab Scar which has romantic associations with the Lake Poets -GREAT GABLE Although under six miles this walk involves nearly 900 metres of ascent The stunning route takes in the impressive Taylorgill Force & Styhead Tarn before passing Napes Needle one of Lakeland’s most dramatic landmarks The ascent to the summit of Great Gable is rewarded with wonderful views before descending to Green Gable Base Brown & back to Seathwaite ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play In 1833 Isambard Kingdom Brunel was appointed engineer of the newly founded Great Western Railway Using archive footage & photographs our series of programmes follows it s development the London to the West Country lines that are remembered with such affection as journeys to holiday destinations; the Steam Locomotives designed by Gooch Churchward & Collett; the grand terminals of Paddington & Temple Meads & the countless country halts Before Nationalisation features the GWR in the 1920 s to the introduction of the King Class the world s fastest train streamlining & through the war years & in to nationalization & the formation of British rail Into The Sixties covers the start of the withdrawal of Steam with the last Suburban steam from Paddington we see the withdrawal of the first Grange & witness the last of the Kings In The End of Steam we see the Pannier Tanks Castles working at Paddington & Reading Station with a variety of Halls Castles Manors & Prairies & we also take a tour of the Swindon shed & works ...

Great Western Trail Rails to the North introduces a new railway system for players to compete on as they grow their cow herding businesses With this expansion players deliver their herds to northeast United States with stops in Chicago Detroit & New York City amongst other cities in an effort to become the most successful cow rancher this side of the Mississippi Be advised that business is much more difficult on this rail so players will want to take advantage of friendly hospitality by establishing branchlets & helping form towns In addition to the new railway system players will also discover new station master tiles private buildings & an expanded player board to offer more strategic depth in their decision making ...

Two young explorers join Fabien Cousteau & his team to get up close & personal with great white sharks in this start to a series of graphic adventure novels 112 pages f-c--NO sfx matte finish Cousteau Fabien ...

This fascinating film is the official record of Captain Scott&s expedition to the South Pole captured by Herbert Ponting & featuring a score by Simon Fisher Turner ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Introduced & presented by David Attenborough this specially compiled documentary

Includes:: the most memorable images from his vast selection of natural history programming Featuring sequences from landmark series Attenborough&s successful team has hand picked 90 minutes of the most celebrated natural history moments Highlights include David&s encounter with the mountain gorillas of Rwanda killer whales hunting seals & a beautiful selection of the most colourful & interesting birds Actors David Attenborough Certificate Exempt from Classification Screen Fullscreen 43 Languages English
- Dolby Digital Surround Subtitles None listed Duration 1 hour & 30 minutes (approx)


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The ultimate street atlas of London It features incredibly detailed street level maps with over 40 categories of information covers 1660 square miles in & around London &

Includes:: over 95000 street names This is the definitive reference atlas for London Scale 110000 Central area 120000 Main area 163360 Urban maps Coverage at 120000 scale (32 inches to 1 mile) is from Welwyn Garden City in the north to Gatwick Airport in the south & from Windsor in the west to Gravesend in the east The 110000 (63 inches to 1 mile) scale extends from Highbury in the north to Clapham in the south & from Shepherd's Bush in the west to Beckton in the east Also features London Underground map Airport plans Full index to street names & places of interest also hospitals schools colleges & stations First published in 1976 under the Geographia imprint the Greater London Street Atlas has gone from strength to strength with improvements made to the contents & the map quality over the years For 2016 the atlas has undergone a full revision involving exhaustive research using a variety of sources (including extensive ground surveys) resulting in thousands of updates being made to the map detail

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