The autobiography of one of the greatest pilots in history In 1939 Eric Brown was on a University of Edinburgh exchange course in Germany & the first he knew of the war was when the Gestapo came to arrest him They released him not realising he was a pilot in the RAF volunteer reserve & the rest is history Eric Brown joined the Fleet Air Arm & went on to be the greatest test pilot in history flying more different aircraft types than anyone else During his lifetime he made a record-breaking 2407 aircraft carrier landings & survived eleven plane crashes One of Britain's few German-speaking airmen he went to Germany in 1945 to test the Nazi jets interviewing (among others) Hermann Goering & Hanna Reitsch He flew the suicidally dangerous Me 163 rocket plane & tested the first British jets WINGS ON MY SLEEVE is ' Winkle' Brown's incredible story ...

Exclusive to Something Different this colourful windchime has a lovely ladybird design Great use of colour Suitable for indoor & outdoor use Let the gentle sounds of the wind chime soothe & relax you on a summers day Suitable as gift for a garden lover Ethically Sourced Bright colourful design ...

The sky is full of birds & ALL of them are SWOOPING & SOARING except Penguin "I wish I could fly!" says Penguin sadly Owl Parrot & the other birds try their best to help but NOTHING seems to get their friend off the ground! How can Penguin achieve his deepest desire & fly? ...

It wasn't a thing it was a bit of shaped sky Somewhere in a place that is so far up there is no down a ship is waiting to take the nomes home
- back to wherever they came from & one nome Masklin knows that they've got to try & contact this ship It means going to Florida (wherever that is) then getting to the launch of a communications satellite (whatever that is) A ridiculous plan Impossible But Masklin doesn't know this so he tries to do it anyway & the first step is to try & hitch a ride on a new kind of truck a truck with wings
- Concorde The final title in the magnificent trilogy The Bromeliad

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When you're four inches high in a world full of giant people things never go very well for long After running into trouble at the quarry the nomes want to go home The problem is home' is somewhere up in the stars in some sort of Ship Masklin must find a way to get to the launch' of a communications satellite' (whatever that is) & so begins an incredible journey filled with peril planes honking geese & a walking sandwich The fantastically funny third book of the nomes from the author of the bestselling Discworld series ...

Wingspan is a competitive medium-weight card-driven engine-building board game from Stonemaier Games You are bird enthusiasts—researchers bird watchers ornithologists & collectors—seeking to discover & attract the best birds to your network of wildlife preserves Each bird extends a chain of powerful combinations in one of your habitats (actions) These habitats focus on several key aspects of growth Gain food tokens via custom dice in a birdfeeder dice tower Lay eggs using egg miniatures in a variety of colors Draw from hundreds of unique bird cards & play them The winner is the player with the most points after 4 rounds If you enjoy Terraforming Mars & Gizmos we think this game will take flight at your table ...

In this second expansion to Wingspan we feature the colourful & awe-inspiring birds of Oceania The Oceania bird cards are designed to be shuffled into the bird cards from the base game with or without other expansions This expansion

Includes:: new player mats & a new food type allowing players to explore different strategies in this new environment It also

Includes:: new bonus cards & more end-of-round goals as well as a new color of eggs



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In this first expansion to Wingspan we increase the scope of the world to include the regal beautiful & varied birds of Europe These birds feature a variety of new abilities including a number of birds with round end abilities abilities that increase interaction between players & birds that benefit from excess cardsfood Along with the new bonus cards theyre designed to be shuffled into the original decks of cards (and cards from future expansions) The European Expansion also

Includes:: an additional tray for storing the growing collection of birds (past present & future) as well as 15 violet eggs extra food tokens & a colorful new scorepad designed for both multi-player & single-player scoring Players 1-5 Playing time 40-70 mins Ages 10

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This new publication explores the whole career of Winifred Nicholson with a special emphasis on her theories of colour Using specific paintings to examine her ideas & writings about colour the book

Includes:: her late &prismatic& pictures which have never been properly explained Throughout her life Winifred Nicholson was interested in prisms & rainbows but when she was given some prisms by a physicist friend in the mid 1970s her painting took on a new direction Looking through a prism she saw objects with a rim of prismatic colour & explored & developed these ideas often painting pictures that verged on the abstract Nicholson&s &prismatic& pictures were a culmination of her life&s search to find "form&s secret & rhythmic law" She painted them in Greece in 1979 at her home in Cumbria & during her last painting trip to the Island of Eigg in the Hebrides in 1980 where she had an inspired period of painting & made some of her best loved pictures Published on the occasion of the exhibition & Liberation of Colour& at mima Middlesbrough Institute of Modern art the book illustrates many previously unseen paintings from private collections as well as some of Nicholson&s best known works & draws on new research including previously unseen archival material

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" Nicholson&s Scottish paintings encapsulate her concerns with light radiance & harmony which she expressed through flowers & the lyricism of the natural landscape"
- The Independent Throughout her long & varied career Winifred Nicholson (1893-1981) was concerned with light colour & radiance Best known for her sensitive & joyful flower paintings she married Ben Nicholson in 1920 & their mutually influential artistic relationship lasted despite separation until Winifred&s death In the late 1940s & early 1950s she made regular working trips to Scotland often accompanied by the poet Kathleen Raine Frequently staying on the islands of Eigg & Canna & in Sandaig on the mainland Winifred felt a deep affinity with the Scottish landscape & marvelled at the quality of light & the effects created by the ever-changing weather conditions Her last painting expedition was to Eigg in 1980 Winifred Nicholson in Scotland is based on personal correspondence & the recollections of relatives friends & painting companions The book examines Winifred Nicholson&s love for Scotland & illustrates her Scottish paintings
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