World War II: Visual Encyclopedia profiles the soldiers who served, as well as key events & the technology of war. Find the facts about the most cunning strategists, the longest battles, the fastest fighter planes, & much more in this spectacular visual dictionary. Key information is available at a glance, with data boxes, facts & stats to dip into alongside cutting-edge CGI technology that bring these infamous events to life. Packed with profiles of the people, places & events, from Winston Churchill to Pearl Harbor, World War II: Visual Encyclopedia explores this historic event that shaped our world. ...

With the centenary of the outbreak of the ` The Great War` coming in 2014, World War One, A Very Peculiar History commemorates the events of the time by looking at some of the incredible lengths, no matter how risky or bizarre, people went to to defend their country. From front pigs to hairy beasts, author Jim Pipe looks at the nicknames coined at the time, while providing mind-boggling lists & figures about the battles, the equipment used & the harsh conditions the troops faced. Laced throughout this chronological description of the events leading up to & during the war are tales of human endeavour, charity & daring
- some scary, some quirky, & some truly unbelievable. So take time to take in the sheer scale of sacrifice, destruction & political tension that World War One resulted in, because we won`t be able to ask, first-h&, what it was like to fight in World War One for much longer.
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World War Two, A Very Peculiar History explores the most destructive event of the twentieth century, a war that defined & shaped the world we live in today. Jim Pipe introduces the nations, as well as individuals, that participated & the politics that drove them, alongside the Cherished Library-style fascinating trivia & quirky facts. In this book you can learn about mad British schemes & the atomic bomb, Nazi hunters & wartime songs, as well as comprehensive chapters about the origins & causes of World War Two, the rise of Hitler & the Third Reich, how the war was handled at home & much, much more. World War Two, A Very Peculiar History is also packed with captivating anecdotes & interesting panels of mind-boggling information about the World War II. Fact boxes, a full glossary, timeline & index make the book both fun & informative to use. The text is enlivened with black-&-white line drawings & full-colour endpapers. ...

Widening his perspective from country (examined in previous volume, ” The State We`re In”) to world, Will Hutton calls for Britain & Europe to offer alternatives to the American Way. Under President Bush America has been forthright in its isolationism
- until the attack on the World Trade Center
- but whatever happens next, it is undoubtedly true that Bush will pursue a policy of America first. Hutton argues for a countervailing balance
- economically & socially
- to the American model. Only, he argues, by making Europe a strong bloc
- & that means adopting the euro
- will we have the leverage to influence the USA as we would wish, in an attempt to make Europe a safer, more prosperous place.





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This is a nation-by-nation guide to whisky. Whisky is a drink that improves as it sleeps, the spirit that is the 'water of life' itself. Explore its wonderful depth, variety, & complexity, its classics & exciting new forms with this unique guide to the world's best whiskies. Sample over 700 whiskies, with unrivalled tasting notes & information on malts, blends, & grains. Visit the best distilleries, discover their history & uncover the secrets of their craft. Take a tour around key regions, producers & pubs
- & raise a glass to the finest wee drams the world of whisky has to offer.
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The saga that has enthralled the millions of readers of The Pillars of the Earth continues with World Without End. On the day after Halloween, in the year 1327, four children slip away from the cathedral city of Kingsbridge. They are a thief, a bully, a boy genius & a girl who wants to be a doctor. In the forest they see two men killed. As adults, their lives will be braided together by ambition, love, greed & revenge. They will see prosperity & famine, plague & war. One boy will travel the world but come home in the end; the other will be a powerful, corrupt nobleman. One girl will defy the might of the medieval church; the other will pursue an impossible love. & always they will live under the long shadow of the unexplained killing they witnessed on that fateful childhood day. Ken Follett`s masterful epic The Pillars of the Earth enchanted millions of readers with its compelling drama of war, passion & family conflict set around the building of a cathedral. World Without End takes readers back to medieval Kingsbridge two centuries later, as the men, women & children of the city once again grapple with the devastating sweep of historical change. World Without End is followed by the third of Ken Follett`s Kingsbridge novels, A Column of Fire. ...

Following Rivers of Gold & The Golden Age, World Without End is the conclusion of a magisterial three-volume history of the Spanish Empire by Hugh Thomas, its foremost worldwide authority World Without End is the climax of Hugh Thomas`s great history of the Spanish Empire in the Americas. It describes the conquest of Paraguay & the River Plate, of the Yucatan in Mexico, the only partial conquest of Chile, & battles with the French over Florida, & then, in the 1580s, the extraordinary projection of Spanish power across the Pacific to conquer the Philippines. More significantly, it describes how the Spanish ran the greatest empire the world had seen since Rome
- as well as conquistadores, the book is people with viceroys, judges, nobles, bishops, inquisitors & administrators of many different kinds, often in conflict with one another, seeking to organise the native populations into towns, to build cathedrals, hospitals & universities. Behind them
- sometimes ahead of them
- came the religious orders, the Franciscans, Dominicans, Augustinians, & finally the Jesuits, builders of convents & monasteries, many of them of astonishing beauty, & reminders of the pervasiveness of religion & the self-confidence of the age. Towering above them all, though moving rarely from the palace of the Escorial outside Madrid, is the figure of King Philip II, the central figure in the book. The Venetian ambassador thought him `the arbiter of the world`. Once the Philippines had been consolidated, Philip`s advisors contemplated an invasion of China: the Jesuit Father Sanchez called it `the greatest enterprise which has ever been proposed to any monarch in the world`. It was an enterprise never undertaken, but never explicitly abandoned. Was it a great or a terrible empire? In contrast to other empire builders, the Spaniards entered upon arguments with each other about their right to rule other peoples, & their ruthlessness was often tempered by humanity. Hugh Thomas`s conclusion is unequivocal: ` The speed with which the sixteenth-century conquistadores conquered such large territories on two vast continents, & the comparable success of missionaries with large populations of Indians, stands as one of the supreme epics of both valour & imagination by Europeans.`


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World Wooden Jigsaw has been handcrafted & cut, then primed & painted in child-safe, non-toxic, bright colours. A small work of art in its own right, the jigsaw both entertains & educates, allowing children to appreciate geography by piecing it together with their own hands. The item is presented in an attractive box & supplied with its own natural cotton drawstring bag for transporting the pieces around. Suitable for ages 6 & up. Products meet & exceed required European Toy Safety Standard. ...

Each journey is accompanied by a map of the route & is described in terms of the technical challenges of building the railroad as well as the stunning views to be seen while travelling on the trains. Some of the railway journeys featured include the Harz narrow-gauge railroad in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany; the Indian Pacific which runs across Australia from Perth to Sydney; India's Darjeeling Himalayan Railways; & the spectacular railroads in the Canadian Rockies. ...

Ever wanted to run along The Great Wall of China, up the Empire State Building, across the Sahara Desert or join thousands of runners in a major city road race. These running races are included in the list of 500 of the most classic running races in the world. The global sport of running has captured people's imagination since the first competitive race several thousand years ago. Hundreds of running races are held ever day & the biggest of those are watched by millions of people. Races featured range from ten second sprints to several days worth of running over hundreds of miles. There are running races included from every continent & most are open to anyone in the world. Whether you are interested in a five km race around a city centre or a marathon across mountain ranges this book has a race for you. Cross country
- experience the mud & the drama of the English cross country championships Mountain
- run to the top of Mount Olympus in Greece Multi-terrain
- get sweaty in Brazil completing the Jungle marathon Road
- join thousands of others running marathons through the world's greatest cities Snow
- run a marathon to the North Pole Stage
- compete as part of a team in the famous Ekiden relays in Japan Stair
- catch the view from the top of the Empire State building Track
- compete against Britain's best in the famous British Milers Club races Trail
- explore the ancient world whilst running on the Great Wall of China Ultra
- challenge yourself in the heat of the Death Valley The diversity of races is also matched by the number of countries featured with races from over 100 countries included in the list of ultimate running races. This list of ultimate running races is compiled by Angela Mudge (world champion mountain runner) along with contributions from some of the world's leading runners including Kilian Jornet, Mara Yamauchi, Ryan Sandes & Jonathan Wyatt.









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