Tells the stories of the many women caught up in the turbulent events of the Jacobite Rising of 1745-46. Female support for the Stuart cause was significant, & with one famous exception, historians have ignored their participation. This book aims to redress the balance. ...

Dampness can become an enemy when it invades our interior space, when it persists, it spreads & damages our domestic fittings, finishes & furnishings, & it stimulates the spread of fungus & decay in the structure of our houses. This is a guide to the causes & treatment of dampness. ...

Simply mad about the girl... In spring a young man's fancy will turn to love & the Honourable Phillip Petrie is no exception. Daisy's chum is totally smitten with Miss Gloria Arbuckle, daughter of a millionaire Yank. But before the enthusiastic suitor can pop the question, his beloved is abducted by kidnappers. As a distraught Mr Arbuckle begins assembling the ransom, Phillip enlists Daisy to help him recover his missing sweetheart. Strictly forbidden to contact Scotland Yard, Daisy must resist the temptation to bring dashing Detective Inspector Alec Fletcher onto the case. But as she closes in on the abductors' rural hideway, she begins to suspect that Gloria isn't the only fair damsel whose life hangs in the balance... Praise for the " Daisy Dalrymple" series: ' Cunning...appropriate historical detail & witty dialogue are the finishing touches on this engaging 1920s period piece'
- " Publishers Weekly". ' As always, Dunn evokes the life & times of 1920s England while providing a plot that is a cut above the average British cosy. This will delight readers who love country-house mysteries'
- " Booklist". ' For fans of Dorothy L. Sayers' novels'
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Piecing together testimony from surviving original illustrators, former Eagle club members, famous fans such as film director & former Python Terry Jones & David Gedge of The Wedding Present, & those who keep the flame burning today, Tatarsky tells the story of Dan Dare & Eagle, & paints a portrait of a nation emerging from the Second World War, ready for life on other planets. ...

High-class call girls billed to Mastercard. A psychic 13-year-old dropout with a passion for Talking Heads. A hunky matinee idol doomed to play dentists & teachers. A one-armed beach-combing poet, an uptight hotel clerk & one very bemused narrator caught in the web of advanced capitalist mayhem. Combine this offbeat cast of characters with Murakamis idiosyncratic prose & out comes Dance Dance Dance. ...

Mid-August & two boys lie on the abandoned ski jump in Minnow Lake. Water laps onto the old plywood ramp. There is talk of mud, goosebumps, & frogs. The humid air transports the muted thump of a basketball from the local dance hall atop the escarpment. The quiet is punctured with the staggered pop of gun practice in nearby woods. ...

Provides dancers & dance teachers with an understanding of how they can use imagery to improve their dancing & artistic expression in class & in performance. This book features 300 illustrations that cover the major topics, showing exercises to use in technique, artistic expression & performance. ...

Kate, Sally, Maxine & Elsie work at the naval armament depot on the shores of Portsmouth harbour. The hours are long & the work difficult & dangerous but even in the dark days of World War II they still find time to enjoy themselves, at the ENSA concerts & hops in the local drill hall. However, beneath the careless laughter each girl nurses a secret. Kate is terrified that she carries a jinx, while Maxine has discovered a family secret which turns her bitterly against both her parents. Elsie is still grieving over the loss of her son Graham, killed in the Blitz. & spirited young Sally has lied about her age in order to get her job. Each faces a dilemma that will be resolved only after D-Day in June 1944. What happens then brings each woman face to face with her own strengths & failings &, ultimately, her own destiny. ...

Books Crime Books London, Autumn 1916. When he slips out of a house in the early hours of the morning, Simon Wilder is too preoccupied to realise that he is being stalked.  As he walks along the street, lights begin to dim as a warning that there's another Zeppelin attack. Guns begin to pound away as British aeroplanes attack the Zeppelin. Suddenly, it bursts into flame & lights up the whole sky. The crowds cheer as the great fireball drops slowly down & crashes in a field but the one person unable to watch is Simon Wilder.  While he is staring up at the sky, he is stabbed to death & left in an alleyway. It will prove to be a very puzzling case for Inspector Marmion & Sergeant Keedy...   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9780749019389 •†Author: Edward Marston •†Publisher:   Allison & Busby •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 383 •†Dimensions: 13.1 x 19.8 x 2.5 cm ...