The magnificent Vickers Supermarine Spitfire together with its able partner the Hawker Hurricane saved Britain from Nazi invasion in the summer of 1940 & irrevocably changed the course of the Second World War This new book from Philip Kaplan celebrates one of history's most important weapons in a glorious new light A British national icon the Spitfire is the best-known symbol of the war years for generations of Britons From the deep haunting growl of its Rolls-Royce engine to the elegant style of its elliptical wing it is perhaps the most famous & revered combat aeroplane ever built Kaplan investigates just what it is that fuels the Spitfire's compelling mystique During wartime it held an unrivalled reputation amongst Allied & Axis airmen Today it continues to hold aviation enthusiasts in thrall Kaplan highlights the immeasurable contributions of Spitfire designers Reginald J Mitchell & Joseph Smith test pilots Jeffrey Quill Mutt Summers & Alex Henshaw & ace Spitfire pilots including Al Deere Sailor Malan & Pierre Clostermann All added to the legend of this lovely but deadly little fighter The origin & evolution of the plane are tracked & the story of the marvellous Merlin engine that powered so many Spitfires through those challenging war years & beyond is brought to life Kaplan considers the phenomenon of the burgeoning warbird movement a worldwide effort to restore preserve & display scores of Spitfires & many other military aircraft types for hundreds of thousands of air show visitors the world over There are only a few airworthy Mark I Spitfires today & this book centres round the Mk Ia AR213 whose total restoration to flying status was completed in 2008 Much of its colourful background is described as is the experience of flying it in the words of both Tony Bianchi & Jonathan Whaley who have flown it for many years & arguably know it better than anyone In this the eighth decade of Mitchell's brilliant fighter Spitfire An Icon of the Skies is dedicated to the craftsmen & women who built it ...

Book three in the stunning Neyler family saga It is 1931 & once again Europe is heading towards disaster Life must go on however ...

At the beginning of 1917 the three empires fighting on the Eastern Front were reaching their breaking points but none was closer than Russia After the February Revolution Russia's ability to wage war faltered & her last desperate gamble the Kerensky Offensive saw the final collapse of her army This helped trigger the Bolshevik Revolution & a crippling peace but the Central Powers had no opportunity to exploit their gains & a year later both the German & Austro-Hungarian empires surrendered & disintegrated Concluding his acclaimed series on the Eastern Front in World War I Prit Buttar comprehensively details not only these climactic events but also the successor wars' that raged long after the armistice of 1918 New states rose from the ashes of empire & war raged as German forces sought to keep them under the aegis of the Fatherland These unresolved tensions between the former Great Powers & the new states would ultimately lead to the rise of Hitler & a new terrible world war only two decades later ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play John Wayne Marlene Dietrich & Randolph Scott shine in this all-star adventure classic about gold & greed in an Alaskan boomtown during the 1890s When honest ship captain Roy Glennister (Wayne) gets swindled out of his mine claim he turns to seductive saloon singer Cherry Malotte (Dietrich) for assistance in his battle with no-good town kingpin Alexander Mc Namara (Scott) It&s an adventure as wild as the Northwest Territory itself featuring an all-out fight to the finish between Wayne & Scott that&s considered one of the most spectacular action sequences ever filmed! Actors Marlene Dietrich Randolph Scott John Wayne Margaret Lindsay & Harry Carey Director Ray Enright Certificate PG Year 1942 Screen Fullscreen 1331 Languages English Subtitles French ; Italian ; Spanish ; German ; Arabic ; Danish ; Dutch ; Finnish ; Greek ; Hebrew ; Norwegian ; Portuguese ; Russian ; Swedish ; Turkish Duration 1 hour & 24 minutes (approx) ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Almost a decade after creating the phenomenally successful drama A Family at War acclaimed writer John Finch explored the peacetime consequences of the Second World War&s aftermath for two very different families in this major series from Granada Television The Spoils of War ran for three series all twenty episodes are included in this set The war in Europe is over & Germany lies devastated Though there is hope for a brighter future six years of conflict has changed life considerably for both the Warringtons owners of the ironworks in the town of Whitstanton & for the working-class Haywards As both families come to terms with the uncertain fragmented world that emerges during peacetime they share joys & disappointments as the future unfolds both in Britain & in Germany ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Feature-length live-actionanimated adventure featuring the kind-hearted sea sponge & his friends Squidward Mr Krabs Patrick the Starfish & Sandy the Squirrel The film follows Sponge Bob (voice of Tom Kenny) & the rest of the gang including his arch-enemy Plankton (Doug Lawrence) as they track down the formula for the famous Krabby Patty which has been stolen by a fiendish pirate called Burger Beard (Antonio Banderas) ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Feature-length live-actionanimated adventure featuring the kind-hearted sea sponge & his friends Squidward Mr Krabs Patrick the Starfish & Sandy the Squirrel The film follows Sponge Bob (voice of Tom Kenny) & the rest of the gang including his arch-enemy Plankton (Doug Lawrence) as they track down the formula for the famous Krabby Patty which has been stolen by a fiendish pirate called Burger Beard (Antonio Banderas) ...

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Did you know that we are born with the power to choose what's real in our world? What would it mean to discover that everything from the DNA of life to the future of our world is based upon a simple ' Reality Code' that may be changed & upgraded by choice? Revolutionary discoveries in the power of belief suggest that we're about to find out! For more than 20 years Gregg Braden a former senior aerospace computer systems designer has searched for this understanding He illustrates how the secret of spontaneously healing our false beliefs was left in the coded language of our most cherished traditions Join Gregg as he shares the power of this mystery in our lives & invites us to the spontaneous healing of our own beliefs ...

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