What are the key 50 events you really need to understand to grasp the developments of our world? In this highly entertaining read Hugh Williams distils world history into an insightful overview. By selecting fifty key people, places, battles, objects & events, he casts a clear eye over the way the world has developed & how we live today. Injecting life into familiar historical landmarks as well as bringing lesser-known events to the forefront, Hugh shapes the fifty things into themes as all-encompassing today as they were over two thousand years ago: wealth, religion, conquest, discovery & freedom. The Fifty Things include? Origin of Species Model T Ford The Russian Revolution Plato Conquest of Mexico Mao Tse Tung Crucifixion of Jesus Via Egnatia Worldwide web Ozymandias 9/11 Nelson Mandela Coronation of Charlemagne American Declaration of Independence Franco-Prussian War Mahabharata The Black Death & many more? ...

Sex shouldn?t be satisfying, it should be mind-blowing. With this simple & accessible guide to BDSM (bondage, dominance, sadism & masochism) you can turn every night into an erotic fantasy. Sex should set you on fire, so that an unrecognisable shade of yourself comes alive in the smoulder. Thats the Fifty Shades of Grey philosophy ? & if you, like the millions of other readers around the world, are ready to free your inner goddess, unlock your sex life & discover new heights of pleasure, Fifty Ways to Play is the key you need. From turning your bedroom into a ? Red Room of Pleasure & Pain? to exploring the fine art of Japanese rope bondage, these 50 edgy & erotic adventures make incredible sex incredibly easy. This is BDSM ? for nice people. Husband & wife team Debra & Don Macleod, whose previous books have been awarded ? Best in Bed? by Womens Health Magazine, show you how to perform the sexual acts that others have only read about ? acts that will form incredible bonds between you & your partner, that will allow you to connect for the first time or reconnect as never before ? & will blow your mind every time. In short, Fifty Ways to Play will revolutionise your sex life. ...

Fifty Years of Flying Fun covers, in a roughly chronological order, over fifty continuous years of flying.

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To celebrate 50 years of watching Manchester City, Steve Mingle presents an array of memories spanning the whole period. The Best & Worst of Everything

Includes:: heroes & villains, triumphs & disasters, moments of genius & heinous cock-ups.

Amongst all this, Steve selects his favourite hard men, pie-eaters & comedy moments as well as providing hard statistical input
- who have really been City's penalty kings? Who do we wish we could have played every week?

It's a fascinating book packed with memories good & bad, full of debating points for City fans of all ages.

This hardback book has 286 pages & measures: 24 x 16 x 2.6cm








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Two sisters on trial for murder. They accuse each other. Who do you believe?

'911 what's your emergency?'





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Every weekend, in basements & parking lots across the country, young men with good white-collar jobs & absent fathers take off their shoes & shirts & fight each other barehanded for as long as they have to. Then they go back to those jobs with blackened eyes & loosened teeth & the sense that they can handle anything. ...

Sold by his father for four guineas, Patrick Devlin knows just how cheap life is in a world of slavery, violence & greed. Devlin is taken as a servant by Captain John Coxon of the Royal Navy, whose job in this uneasy peacetime is to protect the stupendous wealth of the East India Company. But when pirates sink Coxon's ship, Devlin willingly trades his servile existence for their life of dangerous liberty. & when Devlin sets off in pursuit of a secret cargo of French Bullion, it is Coxon
- disgraced & hungry for revenge
- who is despatched to bring his former dog to heel.

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Barbara Clark is a former nurse & mother of three children, two with special needs, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer. This book tells the story of how she found her cancer, & what it was that gave her the will to battle on & take on, the disease & the authorities who were prepared to let her die for want of a drug. ...

The mysterious world of elite combat units blown wide open... Find out how elite teams prepare for Close Quarter Battle. Discover how they launch assaults against pirate boats. Learn the secrets to directing air attack against a key intelligence target. Read how units manage to enter hostile territory undetected, & carry out long-ranges reconnaissance mission deep behind enemy lines. In his new book, former SAS hero Chris Ryan delves into the secretive world of elite warfare, revealing the nuts & bolts of some of the toughest, sharpest & most legendary fighting units in existence around the world today. Drawing on his experience as a soldier in the Regiment for a decade, as well as his recent unique access to some of the world's hardest & most sophisticated special police units for his TV show Elite World Cops, Chris Ryan explores the secrets of the trade. From the HALO insertion technique to mounting ambushes & escape-&-evasion tips, Chris Ryan's Fight to Win is the ultimate guide to elite forces training & operations. ...

This book

Includes:: a chronology of all the major fighters from World War 1 through to post-war modern fighters,

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