Books History Books As the parachutists & glider troops of the US & British airborne divisions went in on the night of June 5, Allied shipping began massing out in the Channel. As dawn broke on June 6, waves of assault craft hit the Normandy beaches. British, American, Canadian, polish & Free French troops began to stream ashore to storm the defences of the Atlantic Wall in the teeth of overwhelming enemy firepower. By midnight on D-Day 150, 000 Allied troops were ashore & the process of consolidating the beachheads & pushing inland had begun. Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781398810662 •†Author:   Nigel Cawthorne  •†Publisher:   Arcturus Publishing •†Format:   Paperback •†Pages:† 290 •†Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 1 cm ...

Harvard professor Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call while on business in Paris: the elderly curator of the Louvre, Jacques Sauniere, has been brutally murdered inside the museum. Alongside the body, police have found a series of baffling codes. As Langdon & a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, begin to sort through the bizarre riddles, they are stunned to find a trail that leads to the works of Leonardo da Vinci
- & suggests the answer to a mystery that stretches deep into the vault of history. Langdon suspects the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion
- a centauries-old secret society
- & has sacrificed his life to protect the Priory's most sacred trust: the location of a vastly important religious relic hidden for centauries. But it now appears that Opus Dei, a clandestine sect that has long plotted to seize the priory's secret, has made its move. Unless Langdon & Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine code & quickly assemble the pieces of the puzzle, the Priory's secret
- & a stunning historical truth
- will be lost forever... Breaking the mould of traditional suspense novels, The Da Vinci Code is simultaneously lightning=paced, intelligent & intricately layered with remarkable research & detail. & in this exclusive edition Dan Brown allows the reader behind the scenes of the novel, which now incorporates over 150 photographs & illustrations throughout the text showing the rich historical tapestry from which he drew his inspiration. The visual sources, which provide both the backdrop & the stimulus for the novel's action, are revealed for the first time & uniquely complement the reading experience.




...

Harvard professor Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call while on business in Paris: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been brutally murdered inside the museum. Alongside the body, police have found a series of baffling codes. As Langdon & a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, begin to sort through the bizarre riddles, they are stunned to find a trail that leads to the works of Leonardo Da Vinci
- & suggests the answer to a mystery that stretches deep into the vault of history. Unless Langdon & Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine code & quickly assemble the pieces of the puzzle, a stunning historical truth will be lost forever.
...

While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. Solving the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci clues visible for all to see & yet ingeniously disguised by the painter. In an exhilarating blend of relentless adventure, scholarly intrigue, & cutting wit, symbologist Robert Langdon (first introduced in Dan Brown's bestselling Angels & Demons) is the most original character to appear in years. The Da Vinci Code heralds the arrival of a new breed of lightening-paced, intelligent thriller surprising at every twist, absorbing at every turn, & in the end, utterly unpredictable right up to its astonishing conclusion. Read by Jeff Hardin ...

Now in its 3rd edition, this bumper collection from the Daily Mail offers a range of fun & frantic quick-fire crosswords for

...

This new collection has everything you have come to expect from The Daily Telegraph's puzzles -- & more. 132 standard grids, graded according to difficulty. All solvers will find the step-by-step introduction invaluable, & solutions are included at the back of the book. ...

Ethan Gage wants to enjoy the fruits of victory after helping Napoleon win the Battle of Marengo. But an ill-advised tryst with Bonaparte's married sister has made that impossible. & the fantastic schemes of the wild Norwegian Magnus Bloodhammer soon have Ethan dodging hostile Indians on America's frontier. With President Thomas Jefferson's blessings, Ethan & Magnus embark upon an expedition into the Western wilderness
- keeping their eyes open for woolly mammoths. But another prize secretly impels them: the mythical hammer of the Norse god Thor, allegedly carried to North America more than a century before Columbus. Across a landscape no white man has ever traversed, Gage's skills will be tested as never before
- as he braves unimaginable peril en route to the most incredible discovery of all time.

...

Christian Knox is a girl who dreams
- of a life beyond that of a Paisley housewife, of a world of learning beyond her Ladies'
...

The story of the legendary bouncing-bomb attack on Nazi Germany's dams. It was not long before midnight on 16 May 1943 when the inhabitants of Gunne, the German town close to the Mohne Dam, heard the air-raid warnings. It was widely regarded as a precautionary measure but ninety minutes later, an immense tidal-wave was roaring down the valley towards them. Guy Gibson, who led 'X' Squadron of 19 specially adapted Lancasters equipped with Barnes Wallis's 'bouncing bomb', knew that the odds were stacked against him & his men. But they would not let him down. Some, like Squadron Leader Young whose bomb breached the dam, would return home as heroes. Others, like Pilot Officer Byers & his crew, would not, shot down just after crossing the North Sea whilst they were still miles away from their targets. A small number of those involved would survive crashed aircraft & live out the war in POW camps. The Dam Busters raids have gone down as perhaps the most famous air-strikes in history. Yet behind the story of courage & determination there lies another, darker side, both for the aircrews
- 40% of whom died in the mission
- & for those who lived below the dams in the path of the flood, many of whom were not even German. This new account tells the story of those dramatic events through the eyes of those who were there. Whether or not the reality matches the legend, one thing that emerges is the incredible bravery of those who flew the most dangerous mission they had ever undertaken & the trauma experienced by those unlucky enough to be its target.

...

Franky can't wait to move to his new town
- although he wishes he didn't have to leave his best friend Dani behind. But everything
...