Overwhelmed by the German Blitzkreig, the British Expeditionary Force faced annihilation. Miraculously, & thanks to decisive generalship, over 300, 000 troops got back to our island fortress to fight another day. There was much more to the Dunkirk story than evacuating the beaches in the little ships & boats. ...

At 2am on the morning of the 3rd of June 1940, General Harold Alexander searched along the quayside, holding onto his megaphone & called ? Is anyone there? Is anyone there?? before turning his boat back towards Engl&. Tradition tells us that the dramatic events of the evacuation of Dunkirk, in which 300, 000 BEF servicemen escaped the Nazis, was a victory gained from the jaws of defeat. For the first time, rather than telling the tale of the 300, 000 who escaped, Sean Longden reveals the story of the 40, 000 men sacrificed in the rearguard battles. On the beaches & sand dunes, besides the roads & amidst the ruins lay the corpses of hundreds who had not reached the boats. Elsewhere, hospitals full of the sick & wounded who had been left behind to receive treatment from the enemys doctors. & further afield ? still fighting hard alongside their French allies
- was the entire 51st Highland Division, whose war had not finished as the last boats slipped away. Also scattered across the countryside were hundreds of lost & lonely soldiers. These ?evaders? had also missed the boats & were now desperately trying to make their own way home, either by walking across France or rowing across the channel. The majority, however, were now prisoners of war who were forced to walk on the death marches all the way to the camps in Germany & Pol&, where they were forgotten until 1945.
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Two ex-spies battle it out for love & money in this slick corporate caper starring Julia Roberts & Clive Owen. After leaving the world of espionage behind, CIA officer Claire Stenwick (Roberts) & MI6 operative Ray Koval (Owen) find themselves on opp ...

Two ex-spies battle it out for love & money in this slick corporate caper starring Julia Roberts & Clive Owen. After leaving the world of espionage behind, CIA officer Claire Stenwick (Roberts) & MI6 operative Ray Koval (Owen) find themselves on opp ...

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This is the Duran Duran story, from their conceptual birth in Hollywood (Birmingham, England not LA) through to their current contemporary relevance.

Influencing such acts as the Dandy Warhols & Scissor Sisters, via encounters with Andy Warhol, cobras, pink flamingos, Liz Hurley, Cannes, cherry lipstick, Aston Martins, Sri Lanka, Studio 54, synthesizers, Chic, supermodels, Michael Jackson, Bono & a giant eyeball.

From the songs & the videos, the hype & the awards, to the near-death experiences & the breakdowns, its all here in resplendent rock n roll glory.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9780233003924
• Author: Steve Malins
• Publisher: Andre Deutsch
• Format: Hardback
• Pages: 312
• Dimensions: 20.5 x 14 x 3cm











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A guide to Durham & Northumberland that features a variety of mapped walks. It contains 50 walks of 2-10 miles, accompanied by background reading on the history & wildlife of the area, & an introduction to each walk that is annotated with local points of interest & places to stop for refreshments. ...