As gripping as any spy thriller Hastings's achievement is especially impressive for he has produced the best single volume yet written on the subject' Sunday Times Authoritative exciting & notably well written' Daily Telegraph A serious work of rigourous & comprehensive history royally entertaining & readable' Mail on Sunday In The Secret War' Max Hastings presents a worldwide cast of characters & extraordinary sagas of intelligence & Resistance to create a new perspective on the greatest conflict in history The book links tales of high courage ashore at sea & in the air to the work of the brilliant boffins' battling the enemy's technology Here are not only the unheralded codebreaking geniuses of Bletchley Park but also their German counterparts who achieved their own triumphs & the fabulous espionage networks created & so often spurned by the Soviet Union With its stories of high policy & human drama the book has been acclaimed as the best history of the secret war ever written SPECIFICATIONS testing NULL ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play During the six long years of World War 2 behind the fighting forces there was another war a secret war fought by scientists & engineers Produced by the BBC in conjunction with the Imperial War Museum ' The Secret War' lifts the veil of secrecy on the crucial role science & intelligence played behind the lines in winning World War 2 Presented by William Woollard (Top Gear Tomorrow's World) & largely based on the book ' Most Secret War' by Reginald Victor Jones (key consultant & interviewee of the series) it first aired in 1977 to critical acclaim This insightful & revealing documentary series covers the rivalry of the British & the Germans as they struggled to create a winning edge with innovations from radio navigation to naval mines & missiles Each technology is investigated in thorough scientific detail Yet throughout it is the triumph of the human spirit that sets this series apart The focus is on the science but the heroism of the everyday individual fighting against the odds through those terrible times shines through Actors William Woollard Format Import PALLanguage English Subtitles English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 2 ...

The USA Today bestseller A cleverly crafted novel & an enthralling story A triumph' DINAH JEFFERIES A Russian grand duchess & an English journalist Linked by one of the world's greatest mysteries Love Guilt Heartbreak 1914 Russia is on the brink of collapse & the Romanov family faces a terrifyingly uncertain future Grand Duchess Tatiana has fallen in love with cavalry officer Dmitri but events take a catastrophic turn placing their romance
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- in danger 2016 Kitty Fisher escapes to her great-grandfather's remote cabin in America after a devastating revelation makes her flee London There on the shores of Lake Akanabee she discovers the spectacular jewelled pendant that will lead her to a long-buried family secret Haunting moving & beautifully written The Secret Wife effortlessly crosses centuries as past merges with present in an unforgettable story of love loss & resilience Perfect for fans of Kate Morton & Dinah Jefferies

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From New York Times best-seller & science fiction & fantasy mistress of adventure Mercedes Lackey Book 5 in the pulse-pounding SECRET WORLD saga of modern-day humans with superpowers Ultima Thule has been destroyed—but somehow the Thulians mounted an even bigger force to destroy Metis The Metisians that escaped the carnage & destruction of their secret city now must somehow find somewhere safe to go—without getting snapped up by various world governments & now the Thulians have changed their tactics to “blitz guerilla warfar” sending wave after wave of their ships & troops to attack vulnerable targets all over Earth with no clue for ECHO as to where these things are coming from John Murdock & The Seraphym have become a force of nature but they can’t be everywhere at once & if they were regarded with suspicion before now they are regarded by ECHO’s allies with fear as well You could say “things can’t get worse” You would be wrong Red Djinni’s past is about to catch up with him So is Victoria Victrix’s The heroes of ECHO & CCCP have to save the world But first they have to save each other & the avalanche has begun About the Author Mercedes Lackey is the New York Times best-selling author of the Bardic Voices series & the Serrated Edge series (both Baen) the Heralds of Valdemar series & many more She&s the coauthor of the contemporary meta-hero SF series The Secret World Chronicle Among her popular Baen titles are The Fire Rose The Lark & the Wren & also The Shadow of the Lion & Burdens of the Dead with Eric Flint & Dave Freer She lives in Oklahoma Cody Martin is a coauthor with Mercedes Lackey of three other books in the metahero saga The Secret World Chronicle including entries Invasion World Divided Revolution & Collision He is an avid gamer but spends his extra time chained to a computer writing Originally from Scottsdale Arizona he currently resides in Florida Dennis Lee was born in Seoul Korea & grew up in Canada He has a degree in pharmacology & is a cell biologist when not writing Veronica Giguere started off as the voice artist for the Secret World Chronicle podcasts then quickly proved her writing chops & was taken on as a series coauthor Veronica remains active as a voice talent An educator with a background in mathematics & ocean engineering she has lent her voice to various research & campus promotional endeavors She makes her home in Florida ...

London 1883 All is quiet at 125 Gower Street Sidney Grice is swotting up on the anatomical structure of human hair whilst his ward March Middleton sneaks upstairs for her eighth secret cigarette of the day The household is perhaps too quiet So when a beautiful young woman turns up at the door imploring London's foremost personal detective to solve the mystery of her father's murder Grice can barely disguise his glee Mr Nathan Garstang was found slaughtered in his bed but there is no trace of a weapon or intruder A classic locked-room case But what piques Grice's interest is the crime's link to one of London's most notorious unsolved murders ...

Why was this amazing monument erected? How did our Stone-Age ancestors bring such massive stones to the site from so far away? How did they raise the enormous stones to their upright positions? What was Stonehenge used for & who lived around the site? This is the incredible true story of this awe-inspiring monument
- one of the greatest ancient sites in the world & a World Heritage Site This fascinating picture information book provides all the facts about the most important prehistoric monument in Britain
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The Secrets of the Amulet tells the story of the eleven year old Fredy Jonquil As a small town girl fitting in with the 'in crowd' was the most difficult task she could imagine Until she is taken in the middle of the night away from her home to the magical world Fredy is given an all powerful & mysterious amulet & entered a secret society deep in an enchanted forest Soon Fredy's life is in danger & she has to face a new reality that the future of her people the Seers lies in her hands A mystery
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In Vienna 1770 Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen unveils a strange & amazing invention The Mechanical Turk a sensational & unbeatable chess-playing automaton But what the Habsburg court hails as the greatest innovation of the century is really nothing more than a brilliant illusion The chess machine is secretly operated from inside by the Italian dwarf Tibor a God-fearing social outcast whose chess-playing abilities & diminutive size make him the perfect accomplice in this grand hoax Von Kempelen & his helpers tour his remarkable invention all around Europe to amaze & entertain the public but despite many valiant attempts & close calls no one is able to beat the extraordinary chess machine The crowds all across Europe adore the Turk & the success of Baron von Kempelen seems assured But when a beautiful & seductive Countess dies under mysterious circumstances in the presence of the automaton the Mechanical Turk falls under a cloud of suspicion & the machine & its inventor become the target of espionage persecution & aristocratic intrigue What is the dark secret behind this automaton & what strange powers does it hold? From the leaden dungeons of Venice to the imperial court in Vienna from the palaces of the Pressburg nobility to the alleyways of the Jewish quarter The Secrets of the Chess Machine is the breathtaking historical adventure based on a true story of a legendary invention ...

Best friends Georgie & Jem aren't just new at school; they're new at being full-time sisters too Georgie's mum & Jem's dad have finally bought a house together & they get to share a home at last just like they always wanted But being full time sisters is maybe a tiny bit harder than they expected At school there are new friends to make & a new class project to complete Everyone must write down their deepest secret so that their teacher Miss Eagle can set a giant ball alight & they can all watch their worries disappear But the ball of secrets mysteriously disappears & everyone's secrets are revealed Can Georgie & Jem discover who the secrets thief is & learn how to stick together in their new family? ...

A Sunday Times & Daily Telegraph Book of the Year' Fans of The Letter for the King will be delighted with its sequel' Sunday Times' Action-packed drama' Daily Mail One of the King's most trusted knights has vanished in the snow so young Sir Tiuri & his best friend Piak must journey into the shadowy heart of the forest to find him The Wild Wood is a place of mysteries rumours & whispered tales A place of lost cities ancient curses robbers princesses & Men in Green As the darkness surrounds him & reports grow of secret plots & ruthless enemies Tiuri finds himself alone & fighting for survival
- caught in a world where good & evil wear the same face & the wrong move could cost him his life' Thrilling' Metro' Deserves readers of all ages' Sunday Express
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