Strap on your goggles & prepare to time travel with Retronaut to the past as you`ve never seen it. A space suit for dogs. Munchkins enjoying a cigarette break on the set of The Wizard of Oz. Ku Klux Klan members taking a spin on a ferris wheel. These images, & thousands more, make up the captivating world of the Retronaut, the Internet`s most popular destination for vintage photography. In the words of Retronaut founder & chief curator, Chris Wild, the past is as exciting as a visit to a foreign country. Here, Wild has selected more than 400 of the best photographs from the site`s most visited eras & themes, mashing up Victoriana with vintage advertising from the 60s & 70s with amazing inventions like pants for cows & breast wasershers for women. ...

Aaron Becker, creator of the award-winning Journey & its stunning, celebrated sequel, Quest, presents the final chapter ...

The eagerly-anticipated finale of Aaron Becker`s wordless trilogy
- a spectacular, suspenseful & moving story that brings its
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It is spring 1839, & almost 20, 000 men from Britain & the East India Company are preparing to invade Afghanistan for the first time. Their objective? To return Shah Shuja ul-Mulk to the throne. Entering Afghanistan through its famously-tricky mountain passes, the British achieved their aim swiftly. But now, after effectively occupying the country for two years, a violent uprising is ensuing as Afghans answer the call for jihad. The rebellion gave rise to the First Anglo-Afghan War; a conflict that's regarded as Britain's worst military defeat of the 19th century. In a campaign that would have uncomfortable parallels in the next two centuries, one of the world's most powerful & best-equipped armies had been defeated by determined local tribesman. Return of a King is award-winning author & historian William Dalrymple's wonderfully-researched account of the First Afghan War, told through those on both sides of the front line. One of our Top Reads for 2013, this is a story, of Britain's most notorious imperial disaster, that deserves to be re-told. Add this to your cart today! ...

In the spring of 1839, the British invaded Afghanistan for the first time. Led by lancers in scarlet cloaks & plumed shakos, nearly 20, 000 British & East India Company troops poured through the high mountain passes & re-established on the throne Shah Shuja ul-Mulk. On the way in, the British faced little resistance. But after two years of occupation, the Afghan people rose in answer to the call for jihad & the country exploded into violent rebellion. The First Anglo-Afghan War ended in Britain`s greatest military humiliation of the nineteenth century: an entire army of the then most powerful nation in the world ambushed in retreat & utterly routed by poorly equipped tribesmen. Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2013, Return of a King is the definitive analysis of the First Afghan War, told through the lives of unforgettable characters on all sides & using for the first time contemporary Afghan accounts of the conflict. Prize-winning & bestselling historian William Dalrymple`s masterful retelling of Britain`s greatest imperial disaster is a powerful & important parable of colonial ambition & cultural collision, folly & hubris, for our times. ...

Once again Mr Sherlock Holmes is free to devote his life to examining those interesting little problems which the complex life of London so plentifully presents.` Evil masterminds beware! Sherlock Holmes is back! Ten years after his supposed death in the swirling torrent of the Reichenbach Falls locked in the arms of his arch enemy Professor Moriarty, Arthur Conan Doyle agreed to pen further adventures featuring his brilliant detective. In the first story, ` The Empty House`, Holmes returns to Baker Street & his good friend Watson, explaining how he escaped from his watery grave. In creating this collection of tales, Doyle had lost none of his cunning or panache, providing Holmes with a sparkling set of mysteries to solve & a challenging set of adversaries to defeat. The potent mixture

Includes:: murder, abduction, baffling cryptograms & robbery. We are also introduced to the one of the cruellest villains in the Holmes canon, the despicable Charles Augustus Milverton. As before, Watson is the superb narrator & the magic remains unchanged & undimmed.

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After five hundred years of colonial suppression & a brutal civil war, the Maya in Guatemala finally have a chance to live in peace. Latin America`s longest civil war ended on December 29, 1996, with a peace accord between the conservative government of President Arzu & the Marxist guerrilla group URNG. Now the Maya are searching the killing fields for their dead, rediscovering their own magnificent culture & history, & are finally free to practice their ancient religion at remote altars on mountaintops, in caves & ravines, or near waterfalls, & to begin to heal their souls. Magnum photographer Thomas Hoepker has visited Guatemala six times since 1991. He has captured many aspects of this remarkable period of transition in an array of astonishing, full-color shots that will disturb, enchant, & ultimately instruct. ...

Proud, passionate Eustacia Vye marries Clym Yeobright in the hope that he will help her escape her cramped rural existence. But when their relationship falters Eustacia turns to her old lover Damon Wildeve, leading to a disastrous climax on the brooding wilds of Egdon Heath. ...

Perfect for fans of STAR WARS or comic-book fiction such as CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS. Story & illustration are combined within this fun graphic novel. After surviving his first year at Jedi Academy, Roan thought his second year would be a breeze. He couldn`t have been more wrong. Roan feels like he`s drifting apart from his friends, & it`s only made worse when Roan discovers he`s not the amazing pilot he thought he`d be. When the school bullies take him under their wing, he decides they aren`t so bad after all
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Ronald Blythe`s 1969 book ” Akenfield”
- a moving portrait of English country life told in the voices of the farmers & villagers
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