A ROYAL BRIDE OF CONVENIENCE - Rebecca Winters - When Princess Francette first met her betrothed, Prince Raimundo, they hated each other. But to join their two powerful kingdoms, there had to be a royal wedding...of convenience!
EXPECTING THE CASCAVERADO - PRINCE'S BABY Meredith Webber - Carlos Deziguel is no ordinary doctor
The VW Camper Van has become one of the most iconic vehicles of all time. Of course, it was always more than just a camper van. Indeed, it started life in 1950 as a low cost, flexible, easy to maintain van to help the myriad of small businesses that were vital to the recovery of Europe
Is it possible to outrun a speeding bullet?
How do you slow time?
Can you be alive and dead at the same time?
If you thought mathematics was all about measuring angles in a triangle or factorizing equations, think again. In a series of intriguing, entertaining and often extraordinary scenarios How To Build A Brain brings to life key maths ideas that anyone can understand.
Each bite-sized chapter lays out the basics of some of the world's important mathematical ideas, including tricky concepts like irrational numbers, chaos theory, infinity and why greengrocers always stack their oranges like that.
Whether you want to get to grip with the great questions of number theory and geometry, the mysteries of prime numbers or Fermat's last theorem, or just make a million on the stock market, this is the perfect introduction to the fascinating world of modern mathematics.
Welsh emerged from Celtic and by the second half of the sixth century was a distinct tongue. It is by far the oldest language spoken in Britain today. It is among the oldest in Europe with its origins dating back at least 2500 (and maybe 4000) years ago. This book, with a brief history of Wales, and its customs, is an attractive, handy and informative portable guide for the tourist around Wales. It is inexpensive and an aide for people learning Welsh. Bright, friendly, and an invaluable help for anyone new to the country of Wales or wishing to learn the language. It provides a brief history of Welsh, Welsh customs, flag and symbols, The Welsh Assembly, and language requirements. It gives English phrases translated into Welsh, clear pronunciations for each phrase, useful phrases for every situation and a comprehensive vocabulary section. Includes just under 1000 helpful phrases to assist you learning Welsh.
Classics do not come in a particular shape and size. They are perhaps best defined as the models that have influenced motoring history and those whose legend has endured, and the British motor industry has produced many of the greatest models.
British sports cars wee in such demand overseas that very few of the classics, such as the Austin-Healey 3000, the MGB and the TR Triumphs, stayed at home. The likes of Lotus, Morgan and Caterham continue the tradition. The Austin Seven and its counterpart Mini of nearly 40 years later led the way in affordable motoring and yet also found great success in motor sport.
With the aid of glorious specially commissioned colour photography, Classic British Cars looks at what made these cars great
Of all the 'Big Four' companies to emerge in 1923, the Great Western Railway-God's Wonderful Railway - was the one that managed to retain its pre-Grouping ambience through to Nationalisation and, arguably, through the Western Region of BR, this individuality was perpetuated right through until the 1960s. The factors behind this survival are multifarious, but the fact that the company's name survived unchanged from the 1830s until Nationalisation in 1948 may well have been a factor. Come the Grouping in 1923, the only significant change was that the GWR got greater, taking over many of the smaller companies that had, particularly in South Wales, provided the company's only competition. Whatever the factors, the GWR and its successor in BR(WR) dominated railway transport to the south and west of London. However, from the Grouping onwards, economics also played their role, and from the early 1920s onwards there has been a gradual, but inexorable, decline in the provision of railway services in the region, a decline which can best be exemplified through direct photographic comparisons. In his second contribution to Ian Allan Publishing's hugely successful 'Then & Now' series, Lawrence Waters has travelled the length and breadth of the erstwhile GWR network, recording the shifting scene. Featuring some 300 locations, from the great urban termini like London Paddington to the rural branch line stations, the book explores how the GWR/BR(WR) network has evoived from the days of steam to today's high-speed era. With 'Then' photographs drawn from a number of sources, in particular the impressive archive held by the Great Western Society at Didcot, the book illustrates the fascinating process of continuity and changes, and how this has impacted on to the railway as seen today. All of the 'Now' photographs, taken over the past two years, have been specially taken for the book, resulting in the author having travelled many thousands of miles to record the changing railway scene. For all those interested in the GWR/BR(WR), Around the Great Western: Then & Now is an excellent examination of the changing role of railways over the past half century. It will appeal to railway enthusiasts and local historians alike.
When the Scottish journalist and lecturer Donald A. Mackenzie published Indian Myth and Legend, he brought to his subject a sensibility of the power of folklore and myth to tap into a deep well of shared human experience. Well-versed in the folk literature of many peoples, in this volume he gave his readers an introduction to India's complex and richly coloured mythology as found in the country's various sacred works, including the ancient invocatory hymns of the four Vedas, the later speculative and expository Aranyakas (`the Forest Books') and the great epic poems of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.
The tales from India retold in Indian Myth and Legend have qualities that have universal appeal and are among the most beautiful which survive from the civilizations of the ancient world. In no other country have the national poets given fuller and finer expression to the beliefs and ideals and traditions of a people or achieved as a result a wider and more enduring fame.
The third in Ian Allan Publishing's major volumes devoted to the changing railway scene over the past 30-40 years features the lines of the erstwhile Southern Railway.
Although the Southern Railway was the smallest of the 'Big four' companies, its network of lines was diverse. It included the dense concentratiosn of suburban and commuter electrified lines, boat trains to the Channel ports, the
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First steps. Everything you need to know to get you started on your online family history adventure.
Build your family tree. How to track down all of the names, dates and places for your ancestors.
Your familys story. Where they lived, worked and played and how they served community and country.
Making contact. Create and share your family tree and other discoveries and even find new family in the process.
Clear guidance on where to go online and what you'll find. Plus historical background to place your ancestors, and the family documents, memorabilia and personal images you might discover.
Dozens of case histories with simple step-by-step instructions and at-a-glance screen snapshots show you how to get the best out of websites and family history software.
A comprehensive directory of tractors from around the world featuring over 500 different makes and models.
A glorious celebration of the tractor, illustrated with over 600 photographs ranging from the earliest Oil Pull to the latest John Deere.
Includes a fascinating introduction on history of tractor manufacture, from its origins in the early 20th century through to the new millennium.
This ultimate dictionary of astronomy was co-created by a team of professional astronomers, containing over 3, 500 entries covering the theories and principles of astronomy. As well as definitions of all major astronomical objects along with major telescopes and observational techniques.
Beautifully illustrated with a nostalgic feel, Knitting Vintage has a foot firmly in the present. Reinventing retro patterns for modern fashion trends, the book is divided into chapters according to decades, and includes 30 knitting projects of various skill range and complexity, ranging from a 1920s flapper-style tasselled top and a 1950s beaded cardigan to a 1960s handbag and 1980s legwarmers. Each project uses modern yarns but draws on key fashion looks from bygone eras and encourages the use of vintage accessories and notions. Historical background is given on the main fashion themes of each decade and mood boards depict illustrations, photographs, materials and colourways that were used as inspiration for the projects. The book concludes with a directory on sourcing vintage haberdashery, and knitting patterns.