On a switchback ride through the USA, riding pillion with America's founding fathers, Jonathan Freedland searches out the qualities that made America the land at the end of his childhood rainbow, the place his grandfather & he conspired to run off to because of its open promise & unbounded potential. Noisy, crass, greedy, riddled with crime, riven by race, obsessed by money: America, exporter of junk to the UK. Or is it? From Lesbianville in New Hampshire to Tent City in Arizona, from the high kitsch celebration of Liberace to the Bible Belt austerity of Iowa, from the paranoid militia of rural Montana to Florida's Condo Canyon, this is a journey to the heart of modern America -- to Normal, Illinois. On his travels Freedland reveals how Americans control of their own lives, shape their own communities & vibrantly assert their rights. & there's even a twist: the spirit that inspires the American secret is actually our own -- a British revolutionary fervour mislaid across the Atlantic. This what has made America the diverse, freedom-loving, self-sufficient, independent icon to the world: the place where socialism never took hold because it is inherent in the founding vision, where capitalism at the same time has reached its apogee; where many cultures contribute to the national fabric & yet the sense of belonging to the nation & reverence for its symbols is unmatched across the globe. It's time Britain shared the vitality: time to reclaim the revolution & bring it home. ...

We talk about the weather a lot. It exasperates, confounds & on occasion delights us. Our national conversation is dominated by the weather, but how much do we really know about it? In Bring Me Sunshine, Charlie Connelly sets off on the trail of our island obsession. He breezes through the lives of meteorological eccentrics, geniuses, rainmakers & cloud-busters & brings vividly to life great weather events from history. He sheds light on Britain's weirdest wind, why we have the wettest place in England to thank for the trusty pencil, the debt that umbrella owners owe to Robinson Crusoe & why people once thought firing cannons at clouds was a great idea. Having adventured round the shipping forecast areas for his bestselling Attention All Shipping, Connelly is the perfect guide through a melange of gales, blizzards, mists, heatwaves & the occasional shower of fish. By turns informative, entertaining & hilarious, Bring Me Sunshine answers all your weather questions as well as helping you to distinguish your graupel from your petrichor. ...

We talk about the weather a lot. It exasperates, confounds & on occasion delights us. Our national conversation is dominated by the weather, but how much do we really know about it? In Bring Me Sunshine, Charlie Connelly sets off on the trail of our island obsession. He breezes through the lives of meteorological eccentrics, geniuses, rainmakers & cloud-busters & brings vividly to life great weather events from history. He sheds light on Britain`s weirdest wind, why we have the wettest place in England to thank for the trusty pencil, the debt that umbrella owners owe to Robinson Crusoe & why people once thought firing cannons at clouds was a great idea. Having adventured round the shipping forecast areas for his bestselling Attention All Shipping, Connelly is the perfect guide through a melange of gales, blizzards, mists, heatwaves & the occasional shower of fish. By turns informative, entertaining & hilarious, Bring Me Sunshine answers all your weather questions as well as helping you to distinguish your graupel from your petrichor. ...

Oli Sykes is not one to bite his tongue, & when it comes to music, Bring Me the Horizon take no prisoners. One of the most polarising & eclectic bands to emerge from the UK rock scene, Bring Me the Horizon have refused to sit still. Taking their sound from its brutal roots & bonecrunching riffs to ever more unexpected places, they have expanded the horizons of their own music whilst fighting their way from niche scene-clubs to main stages worldwide. But the band has been the source of much controversy to match its acclaim. With notoriously fractious, rowdy live shows driven by the effervescent energy of frontman Oli Sykes, the band have overcome Sykes` drug addiction, onstage assaults, clashes with critics, & the pressure of being considered figureheads of a new musical movement to become Britain`s best metalcore b&. Behind the noise, there is a restless, pulsing creative spirit which, coupled with a brilliant business acumen; saw the band break out of the underground to become a sensation. For the first time, this book details their rise from hardcore shows in their native Sheffield to sellout arena tours across the globe. Together, they have been through hell, & have come out the other side swinging. For Bring Me the Horizon, the sky is the limit now. ...

The 2012 Man Booker-winning sequel to the Wolf Hall, itself a Man Booker winner in 2009, paints an intriguing picture of Anne Boleyn through Thomas Cromwell`s statesman eyes. Henry has broken ties with Rome & established his own church for his & Anne`s sake, but she has failed what`s required of her: to bear a son to secure the Tudor line. Henry`s attentions turn elsewhere
- namely to Wolf Hall & Jane Seymour
- & Cromwell soon realises the potential implications; not just for himself, but for Engl&. In Bring up the Bodies, Hilary Mantel explores one of the most infamous periods of English history: Anne Boleyn`s demise. Painting a vivid picture of Tudor Engl&, the book is already considered the work of a writer at the peak of her powers.

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The greatest literary sensation of recent times
- & now the inspiration for a major BBC series, starring Mark Rylance & Damian
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In February 2011, Andrei Netto, a reporter for O Estado de Sao Paulo, one of Brazil`s main newspapers, traveled without permission into a region of Libya controlled by the regime, aiming to cover the first armed revolution of the Arab Spring. One of the first foreigners to reveal to the world the extent of the uprisings, he spoke to hundreds of Libyans, including many of the students, shopkeepers, doctors, teachers, & intellectuals who armed themselves with rifles, grenades, & anti-aircraft guns to attack the armored vehicles of an illegitimate regime responsible for 42 years of torture, murder, & terrorism. This is their story. A unique & memorable account of a revolutionary war, Bringing Down Gaddafi provides previously unpublished information about the Libyan conflict, including the circumstances of Gaddafi`s death, behind the scenes diplomacy at the UN Security Council, & the supply of weapons to the Libyan rebels from abroad. Andrei Netto`s testimony alerts the world to the atrocities committed by both sides in the conflict ended with Muammar Gaddafi`s summary execution on the outskirts of his home city. Netto provides a powerful journalistic narrative with the spirit of a road movie & the elements of suspense worthy of a thriller. ...

Meet the little mole who thinks a lot & join him on his quest to bring down the moon. ” Hot-diggerty! Whatever`s that?” exclaims Mole as he burrows out of the ground one night & catches sight of the moon. He thinks it`s the most beautiful thing he`s ever seen & he wants it, so he sets about trying to pull it down
- to no avail. When all his efforts prove to be in vain, he suddenly notices the moon`s in a puddle at his feet & reaches to pick it up & breaks it. Poor Mole is inconsolable, until he is shown that the moon is not broken at all, but just as beautiful as ever, hanging in the sky like a bright silver coin. & it`s not as near as it looks!
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Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...

Topographic survey of France at 1:25, 000 in IGN`s excellent TOP25 / Série Bleue series. All the maps are GPS compatible, with a 1km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at 5’ intervals. Contours are at 5m intervals except for mountainous areas where the maps have contours at 10m intervals, vividly enhanced by hill shading & graphics for rocky terrain. Colouring with graphics indicates different types of vegetation or land use (deciduous or coniferous forests, moors, orchards, vineyards, etc). PLEASE NOTE: coverage of France at this scale is currently being revised – the format & the presentation of each title are indicated by the letters at the end of its Sheet Reference number (e.g. 0416ET, 3531ETR, 1923SB, etc.)MAPS WITH FULL TOURIST OVERPRINT & AN ENGLISH MAP LEGEND: all TOP25 maps & the SB editions of Série Bleue have an overprint highlighting waymarked walking trails including long-distance GR routes &, where appropriate, ski routes. Symbols indicate campsites, gîtes d’etape, refuges, equestrian centres & other recreational facilities or sites, tourist information centres, cultural heritage, etc. Towns & locations of particular interest are highlighted.- ET or OT = single-sided TOP25 map covering approx. 29x 21 km / 18x 13 miles.- ETR or OTR = waterproof & tear resistant TOP25 map covering the same area as the corresponding ET or OT number, but double-sided, printed on a smaller size sheet with a good overlap between the sides.- SB = Série Bleue map with full tourist overprint; these maps, first introduced in summer 2014, each cover approx. 29x 24km / 18x 15 miles.SÉRIE BLEUE maps with numbers ending in E (Est) or O (Ouest): most editions now indicate the GR routes, but do not show any other tourist information. Map legend is in French only. Each map covers approx. 14x 20km / 9x 12 miles. ...