In 1996 Roger Deakin the late great nature writer set out to swim through the British Isles From the sea from rock pools from rivers & streams tarns lakes lochs ponds lidos swimming pools & spas from fens dykes moats aqueducts waterfalls flooded quarries even canals Deakin gains a fascinating perspective on modern Britain Detained by water bailiffs in Winchester intercepted in the Fowey estuary by coastguards mistaken for a suicide on Camber sands confronting the Corryvreckan whirlpool in the Hebrides he discovers just how much of an outsider the native swimmer is to his landlocked fully-dressed fellow citizens This is a personal journey a bold assertion of the native swimmer's right to roam & an unforgettable celebration of the magic of water ...

The Sunday Times Number 1 Bestseller A fabulous story superbly told cannot be bettered' Max Hastings Some battles change nothing Waterloo changed almost everything' On the 18th June 1815 the armies of France Britain & Prussia descended upon a quiet valley south of Brussels In the previous three days the French army had beaten the British at Quatre-Bras & the Prussians at Ligny The Allies were in retreat The blood-soaked battle of Waterloo would become a landmark in European history to be examined over & again not least because until the evening of the 18th the French army was close to prevailing on the battlefield Now brought to life by the celebrated novelist Bernard Cornwell this is the chronicle of the four days leading up to the actual battle & a thrilling hour-by-hour account of that fateful day In his first work of non-fiction Cornwell combines his storytelling skills with a meticulously researched history to give a riveting account of every dramatic moment from Napoleon's escape from Elba to the smoke & gore of the battlefields Through letters & diaries he also sheds new light on the private thoughts of Napoleon & the Duke of Wellington as well as the ordinary officers & soldiers Published to coincide with the bicentenary in 2015 Waterloo is a tense & gripping story of heroism & tragedy
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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 Waterloo is a film on an epic scale with a cast to match Rod Steiger Christopher Plummer Orson Welles & Jack Hawkins all contribute brilliant performances of great men against a magnificent backdrop of battle & bloodshed Napoleon&s final bid for power & glory & his narrow defeat at Waterloo Actors Rod Steiger Christopher Plummer Virginia Mc Kenna Jack Hawkins Dan O& Herlihy Orson Welles Michael Wilding Terence Alexander Ian Ogilvy John Savident Susan Wood & Rupert Davies Director Sergei Bondarchuk Certificate Exempt from Classification Year 1970 Screen Widescreen 2351 Languages English
- Dolby Digital Surround Duration 2 hours 8 minutes (approx) (approx)
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Waterloo Quelle Affaire! designed by Alessio Cavatore & illustrated by Peter Dennis is a hex-based boardgame that allows two players to recreate what is arguably the most famous battle in history The units in the game are activated by cards that represent the Commanders of the various army corps as well as Stratagem cards that add more fun strategy & unpredictability to the battle These cards are full of"es both from history & from famous Napoleonic movies “ By God sir I have lost my leg – By God sir so you have” or “ We shall match them with our lancers!” Nobody can resist reading these with the right accent… The challenge You win the game by destroying half the total combat strength of the enemy army This task is easier for the French when only one army faces them However if Wellington’s forces survive long enough for the Prussians to finally arrive the tip of the scale will swing in favour of the Allies & the French are probably going to find themselves fighting for their life & nobody can be sure exactly when the Prussians are going to appear in the East… ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play It is World War II & Jim Colter (Sir John Mills) has joined the army leaving his wife Tillie behind She has been wanting to have a child for a long time but Jim has not permitted it Whilst he is away she meets & falls for Ted Purvis (Stewart Granger) the local ladykiller When Jim&s sister writes to him informing him of what is happening he breaks out of camp without leave & sets off to find his wife With the military on his tail & his wife involved with an ex-boxer he will be in need of great dexterity & luck to win her back ...

The first of two ground-breaking volumes on the Waterloo campaign this book is based upon a detailed analysis of sources old & new in four languages It highlights the political stresses between the Allies the problems of feeding & paying for the Allied forces assembling in Belgium during the undeclared war & how a strategy was thrashed out It studies the neglected topic of how the Allies beyond the Rhine hampered the plans of Bl cher & Wellington thus allowing Napoleon to snatch the initiative from them Napoleon s operational plan is likewise analysed & the way in which Soult misinterpreted it & accounts from both sides help provide a vivid impression of the fighting on the first day 15 June This volume ends with the joint battles of Ligny & Quatre Bras the next day ...

Fully researched & updated Waterlow's Solicitors' & Barristers' Directory contains the latest contact details on solicitors barristers & legal professionals in England & Wales 1400 pages ...

' Reading Brodsky's essays is like a conversation with an immensely erudite hugely entertaining & witty (and often very funny) interlocutor' Wall Street Journal Watermark is Joseph Brodsky's witty intelligent moving & elegant portrait of Venice Looking at every aspect of the city from its waterways streets & architecture to its food politics & people Brodsky captures its magnificence & beauty & recalls his own memories of the place he called home for many winters as he remembers friends lovers & enemies he has encountered Above all he reflects with great poetic force on how the rising tide of time affects city & inhabitants alike Watermark is an unforgettable piece of writing & a wonderful evocation of a remarkable unique city Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature ...

Watermelon Marian Keyes's very first novel tells the extremely funny & wonderfully touching tale of a woman who thought she had it all
- until the day she discovers that it's all gone ' Failed relationships can be described as so much wasted makeup ' On the day she gives birth to her first child Claire Walsh's husband James tells her he's been having an affair & now's the right time to leave her Right for who exactly? Exhausted tearful & tiny bit furious Claire can't think what to do So she follows the instincts of all self-respecting adults in tricky situations & runs home to Mum & Dad But while her parents are sympathetic Claire's younger sisters are less so Helen wants to share the new toy (she means baby Kate) While Anna is too busy having out-of-her-head experiences So when James slips back into her life desperate to put things right Claire doesn't know whether to take a chance on a past she'd feared she'd lost for ever or face an uncertain future on her own But is she as on her own as she really believes?'A warm & hilarious page turner' Good Housekeeping' Reading a novel by Marian Keyes is like sitting at the kitchen table with your nicest most confiding friend' Daily Mail' Gloriously funny' The Sunday Times' Funny but poignant' Marie Claire' When it comes to writing page-turners that put a smile on your face & make you think Keyes is in a class of her own' Daily Express
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