During the eighteenth & early years of the nineteenth century the red tide of British expansion had covered almost the entire Indian subcontinent stretching to the borders of the Punjab There the great Sikh ruler Ranjit Singh had developed his military forces to thwart any British advance into his kingdom north of the River Sutlej Yet on the death of Ranjit Singh unworthy successors & disparate forces fought over his legacy while the British East India Company seized on the opportunity & prepared for battle In the winter of 1845 the First Anglo-Sikh War broke out From the start the two-month campaign was marred by Victorian arrogance & bluster on the British side & personal ambition intrigue & treason in the Sikh camp Five keenly fought contests ensued including the great battle of Ferozeshah where the British force found itself caught between two powerful Sikh armies & came close to destruction Declining to retreat Sir Hugh Gough the British Commander-in-Chief told his second in command My mind is made up If we must perish it is better that our bones should bleach honourably at Ferozeshah than rot at Ferozepore but they shall do neither the one nor the other' The fate of the British Empire in India would be decided that day Amarpal Singh writes a warts-&-all tale of a conflict characterised by treachery tragedy & incredible bravery on both sides In an innovative approach to history writing the narrative of the campaign is accompanied by battlefield guides that draw on eyewitness accounts & invite the reader to take a tour of the battlefields either physically or virtually Fully illustrated with period drawings modern-day photographs & new maps The First Anglo-Sikh War gives a forgotten conflict the meticulous attention it deserves ...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA Guardian literary highlight for 2015A Huffington Post ' One to Watch' in 2015' Astounding' LENA DUNHAM creator of Girls & author of Not That Kind of Girl' The First Bad Man brings together all of July's talents
- it's a book that must be read a book that must be purchased
- in duplicate
- one for you one for a friend Don't think you can loan this book
- you'll never get it back' A M HOMES author of This Book Will Save Your Life & May We Be Forgiven The first novel by the filmmaker artist & bestselling author Miranda July confirms her as a spectacularly original iconic & important voice today & a writer for all time The First Bad Man is dazzling & unforgettable



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An inspiring & practical introduction to art & artists for young children with full-colour reproductions of works by Turner Monet Singer Sargent Delauney & other artists & things to spot & think about in each of the artworks Also

Includes:: simple art activities inspired by some of the artists' methods & ideas

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Flanders June 1917 a British officer & celebrated poet is shot dead killed not by German fire but while recuperating from shell shock well behind the lines A young English soldier is arrested & although he protests his innocence charged with his murder Douglas Kingsley is a conscientious objector previously a detective with the London police now imprisoned for his beliefs He is released & sent to France in order to secure a conviction Forced to conduct his investigations amidst the hell of The Third Battle of Ypres Kingsley soon discovers that both the evidence & the witnesses he needs are quite literally disappearing into the mud that surrounds him Ben Elton's tenth novel is a gut-wrenching historical drama which explores some fundamental questions What is murder? What is justice in the face of unimaginable daily slaughter? & where is the honour in saving a man from the gallows if he is only to be returned to die in a suicidal battle? As the gap between legally-sanctioned & illegal murder becomes evermore blurred Kingsley quickly learns that the first casualty when war comes is truth ...

A beautiful cloth-bound gift edition containing 16 of the best-known New Testament stories retold for children by Enid Blyton one of the world's best-loved storytellers The perfect Christmas gift' Enid Blyton's retelling of Christ's own stories & the meaning of His time on Earth is full of love
- Christ's love for us our love for each other
- & Enid's caring & timeless love for children everywhere'
- from the introduction by Pam Rhodes Enid Blyton has been delighting readers for more than seventy years Find more retold religious stories in Noah's Ark & Other Bible Stories & The Land of Far Beyond Enid's best-loved characters include Noddy the wooden boy Timmy the dog from The Famous Five & the mischievous twins Pat & Isabel O' Sullivan from the much-loved boarding school series St Clare's The stories in this collection previously appeared in magazines & anthologies from the 40s & 60s Illustrated in black & white the collection contains the following stories which are episodes in the life of Christ The First Christmas The Shepherds in the Night The Three Wise Men The Angel's Warning The Little Boy Jesus Twelve Years Old The Twelve Disciples The Nobleman's Son The Loaves & the Fishes The Good Samaritan The Boy Who Left Home The Last Supper The Capture of Jesus The Story of Easter Jesus on the Cross Jesus Rises Again


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Druss The Legend Saviour of Skeln Pass Protector of Dros Delnoch The most famous
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From the author of the No 1 bestseller The Silk Roads A New History of the World The First Crusade is one of the best-known & most written-about events in history but in this new book Dr Peter Frankopan asks vital questions that have never been posed before This is the only book to address the history of the First Crusade from the perspective of the east examining the role of the Byzantine Empire & its ruler Emperor Alexios I Komnenos Peter Frankopan's focus on the imperial city of Constantinople & events in Asia Minor is the result of a major reinterpretation of eastern sources which reveal the crucial role of Byzantium in the genesis & execution of the First Crusade Frankopan's revelation of a close cooperation between the pope in Rome & the emperor in Constantinople constitutes an important revision & brand new evidence of the history of the Church This book questions the traditional view that the Catholic & Orthodox churches had broken definitively in 1054 Rather than viewing the Crusades as a conflict between Christianity & Islam the book reveals a complex triangular relationship between the west Byzantium & the Muslim world So The First Crusade constitutes a paradigm shift
- it radically re-shapes our understanding of the aims expectations & long-term implications of the First Crusade & the Crusades as a whole Most importantly it answers why was there a First Crusade?
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Together in one volume here are the first two Discworld novels featuring Rincewind the wizard & his Luggage Twoflower & innocent tourist & Cohen the Barbarian the world's oldest & greatest hero & not to mention Death who's not so bad once you get to know him ...

In 1994 the Cave of Chauvet-Pont-d' Arc was discovered filled with the oldest known drawings in existence at that time made 30000 years ago In that same cave prehistoric footprints were discovered those of an 8-year-old child & a wolf From these astonishing facts THE FIRST DRAWING was born In this beautiful picture book Caldecott Medal-winning authorillustrator Mordicai Gerstein imagines one possible way drawing was invented The young boy that stars in this story has such a vivid imagination that he sees images everywhere
- clouds stones & smoke look like animals to him His parents however don't share his enthusiasm & wish he would be more down to earth However the boy cannot contain his enthusiasm & one night grabs a smoky stick & "traces" the image he sees on a cave wall Lo & behold the world's first drawing The First Drawing is a story sure to inspire any artist young or old as well as anyone with a dream to do something new & different
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An easter EGGS-travaganza from bestselling authors Adam & Charlotte Guillain with illustrations by rising star Pippa Curnick Poor Easter Chick works so hard to make Easter eggs for everyone but the Easter Bunny always gets all the credit 32 pages Guillain Adam ...