The undisputed market leader in sailing guides this fully revised & updated sailing manual with a foreword by Olympic gold medallist Sir Ben Ainslie features all of the latest developments in sailing & navigation technology & techniques In The Complete Sailing Manual former British national champion Steve Sleight offers a lifetime of expert advice & guidance in the form of complete tuition course on seamanship that is brought to life with breathtaking action photography & clear illustrations It offers extensive coverage of sailing practice including foiling catamarans apparent wind sailing long-distance cruising & electronic navigation Packed with essential information handy diagrams & step-by-step artwork this is only sailing handbook you need when out on the waves Previous Edition ISBN 9781405392761 ...

Rape Ravage & Rant are the German watchwords in this war Right Revenge & Retrenchment shall be ours' Alexander Scrimgeour 17th September 1914 Most published war diaries have been written by soldiers but Alexander Scrimgeour was a naval officer who was killed at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 at the age of 19 But he had already left a legacy
- his diaries in which he recounted every event with sincerity risking court martial to record several notorious incidents Among his revelations Scrimgeour discloses the real reason behind the sinking of the HMS Hawke the events preceding the capture of the infamous Baron Von & what he learned from dining with his Naval Commanders as the ship's interpreter He also chronicles his numerous love affairs & his anguish at the loss of close friends killed during the war Now publishing in paperback for the first time & updated with new material on his life before the First World War this new edition

Includes:: much previously unseen material chronicling Scrimgeour's life prior to joining the navy


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From the author of the worldwide bestseller Raising Boys this bind-up of the parenting classics The Secret of Happy Children & More Secrets of Happy Children by parenting expert & child psychologist Steve Biddulph tells parents everything they need to know about raising happy healthy confident children from babyhood to teens This bind-up brings all of Steve's parenting tips & secrets together for the first time This book shows parents how to be true to themselves while also bringing up secure children who feel loved & respected with self esteem & responsibility The book is aimed at a wide age group- from babies & toddlers to older children & teenagers Authoritative yet accessible the book is full of case histories & familiar conversations & scenarios as well as cartoons that help parents relate to Steve's message The book covers all the key issues in parenting including- how & why negative language affects children- stopping tantrums before they start- curing shyness- soft love'- why touch praise & time are vital- & firm love'- disciplining through teaching & being involved rather than punishment- childcare issues- finding a balance between work & your children's needs- raising sons & raising daughters- their different needs ...

The next elegant edition in the Knickerbocker Classic series is The Complete Sherlock Holmes comprised of 4 full-length novels & 56 short stories featuring the world's most famous pipe-smoking detective Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle between the years 1867 & 1927 the legendary Sherlock Holmes employed his mastery of deductive reasoning & expert sleuthing to solve an arraying of complex & harrowing cases From his home
- 221B Baker Street in London
- the legendary Sherlock Holmes (accompanied by his loyal companion & chronicler Dr Watson) baffled policemen & became famous worldwide for his remarkable observations & even more eccentric habits For Sherlock Holmes fans worldwide this stunning gift edition has a full cloth binding foil blocking on the spine ribbon marker & is packaged neatly in an elegant slipcase Featuring a foreword from renowned Holmes scholar Daniel Stashower (author of A Teller of Tales The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle & Sherlock Holmes in America) The Complete Sherlock Holmes contains every known Sherlock Holmes tale ever written From Holmes' first appearance in A Study in Scarlet (1887) & The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901-1902) through the collection of stories in the The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes this deluxe edition boasts the entire Holmes catalogue

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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY PD JAMESThis book contains all the investigations & adventures of the world's most popular detective Sherlock Holmes From ' The Adventure of the Gloria Scott' to ' His Last Bow' we follow the illustrious career of this quintessential British hero from his university days to his final case His efforts to uncover the truth take him all over the world & into conflict with all manner of devious criminals & dangerous villains but thankfully his legendary powers of deduction & his faithful companion Dr Watson are more than up to the challenge ...

From the cruel irony of &A member of the Family& to the fateful echoes of & The Go-Away Bird& & the unexpectedly sinister & The Girl I Left Behind Me& in settings that range from South Africa to the Portobello Road Muriel Spark probes the idiosyncrasies that lurk beneath the veneer of human respectability displaying the acerbic wit & wisdom that are the hallmarks of her unique talent The Complete Short Stories is a collection to be loved & cherished from one of the finest short story writers of the twentieth century ...

The complete short stories of the 20th century&s greatest visionary& Kafka is important to us because his predicament is the predicament of modern man& W H Auden This volume contains all of Kafka&s shorter fiction from fragments parables & sketches to longer tales Together they reveal the breadth of Kafka&s literary vision & the extraordinary imaginative depth of his thought Some are well known others are mere jottings observations of daily life given artistic form through Kafka&s unique perception of the world ...

First in a two volume collection of short stories by the acclaimed author of Empire of the Sun' Crash' & Super-Cannes' The new edition is introduced by Adam Thirwell With eighteen novels over four decades
- from The Drowned World' in 1962 to his final novel Kingdom Come' in 2006
- JG Ballard is known as one of Britain's most celebrated & original novelists However during his long career he was also a prolific writer of short stories; in fact many people consider that he is at his best in the short-story format These highly influential stories have appeared in magazines such as New Worlds Amazing Stories & Interzone & in several separate collections including The Terminal Beach' The Venus Hunters' Vermilion Sands' Low-Flying Aircraft' & Myths of the Near Future' Set out in the original order of publication & frequently the point of conception for ideas he further developed in his novels these stories provide an unprecedented opportunity to see the imagination of one of Britain's greatest writers at work This edition is part of a new commemorative series of Ballard's works featuring introductions from a number of his admirers (including Robert Macfarlane Iain Sinclair James Lever & Ali Smith) & br&-new cover designs from the artist Stanley Donwood

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The Complete Short Stories of Roald Dahl in the first of two unsettling & sinister volumes' They are brutal these stories & yet you finish reading each one with a smile or maybe even a hollow laugh certainly a shiver of gratification because the conclusion always seems so right' Charlie Higson from his introduction Roald Dahl is one of the most popular writers of the modern age effortlessly writing for children & adults alike In this the first of two volumes chronologically collecting all his published adult short stories we see how Dahl began by using his experiences in the war to write fiction but quickly turned to his powerful & dark imagination to pen some of the most unsettling & disquieting tales ever written In 27 stories written between 1944 & 1953 we encounter such classic tales as ' Man from the South' featuring a wager with appalling consequences; ' Lamb to the Slaughter' in which a wife murders her husband yet has a novel idea for throwing the police off the scent; & in ' The Sound Machine' the horrific truth about plants is revealed Enter the sinister twisted world of Roald Dahl whether you're young or old you'll never want to leave' Roald Dahl is one of the few writers I know whose work can accurately be described as addictive' Irish Times' The great magician' Spectator Look out for Volume Two introduced by Anthony Horowitz Roald Dahl the brilliant & worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie & the Chocolate Factory James & the Giant Peach Matilda & many more classics for children also wrote scores of short stories for adults These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed & were most recently the inspiration for the West End play Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today ...

The Complete Short Stories of Roald Dahl in the second of two unsettling & sinister volumes' Dahl finds the child in the adult & the adult in the child & with a little smile he sticks the knife in both' Anthony Horowitz from his introduction Roald Dahl is one of the world's most popular writers equally at home writing for both children & adults In this the second of two volumes chronologically collecting all his published adult short stories we experience Dahl's dark & powerful imagination in full flight in 28 stories written between 1954 & 1988 (including eight tales which are not available in any other printed edition) Here in ' Parson's Pleasure' a piece of furniture is the subject of a deceitful bargain; in ' William & Mary' a wife revenges herself on her dead husband; & in ' Royal Jelly' some new parents find an unusual & unsettling way to give their newborn its start in life Whether you're young or old once you've stepped into the brilliant troubling world of Roald Dahl you'll never be the same again ' One of the most widely read & influential writers of our generation' The Times ' The absolute master of the twist in the tale' Observer Look out for Volume One introduced by Charlie Higson Roald Dahl the brilliant & worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie & the Chocolate Factory James & the Giant Peach Matilda & many more classics for children also wrote scores of short stories for adults These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed & were most recently the inspiration for the West End play Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today ...