Portrait Classics invite you to explore breathtaking buildings & spectacular landmarks with these exquisite 1000 piece jigsaw puzzles. This collection offers you a wonderful journey around the world. Collect all 3 puzzles including Big Ben, The Eiffel Tower & Manhattan Bridge. Puzzle measures: 12" x 36" ...

Portrait Classics invite you to explore breathtaking buildings & spectacular landmarks with these exquisite 1000 piece jigsaw puzzles. This collection offers you a wonderful journey around the world with 3 fantastic puzzles to collect (only 1 included) featuring Big Ben, The Eiffel Tower & Manhattan Bridge. ...

Captivating in its grace & beauty, thrilling in its speed & power, the Spitfire's heroic role in defending Britain made it a national icon of patriotic courage. Mc Kinstry tells the gripping Spitfire saga from its beginnings as the brainchild of brilliant designer R.J. Mitchell, through its epic battles in the Second World War, to its final days in the RAF of the 1950s. Using a wealth of unpublished material, this critically acclaimed book rediscovers the plane that gave Britain her finest hour. ...

The recently discovered first novel by the world famous author of Life: A User's Manual & A Void. Establishing themes that would resonate throughout his writing, Perec tells the story of a forger & killer, in an apt coda to one of the brightest literary careers of the twentieth century. ...

In May 2005, Natalee Holloway disappeared from a high school trip to Aruba. Five years to the day later, 21-year-old Stephany Flores Ramirez was reported missing in Lima, Peru. Implicated in both crimes was one young man: Joran van der Sloot. This book looks at the man tied to two of the most sensational cases of the decade. ...

Gabriel Allon, master art restorer & assassin, returns in a spellbinding new novel from the 1 New York Times bestselling author For Gabriel & his beautiful Venetian-born wife, Chiara, it was supposed to be the start of a pleasant weekend in London-a visit to an art gallery in St. James's to authenticate a newly discovered painting by Titian, followed by a quiet lunch at an Italian restaurant along the Str&. But a pair of deadly bombings in Paris & Hamburg has already marred this sparkling autumn day. & while walking along Wellington Street, the ever-vigilant Gabriel notices a man whom he believes is about to carry out a third attack. The man is exhibiting several traits common to suicide bombers-traits that Gabriel, one of the world's most experienced counterterrorism officers, knows all too well. Armed with a concealed Beretta pistol, he follows the man into the crowded Covent Garden market, determined to prevent the massacre of innocents he fears is about to take place. But before Gabriel can draw his weapon, he is knocked to the pavement by two undercover London police officers. A moment later he looks up to find a scene from his nightmares. Bodies & blood, Baghdad on the Thames.. . ...

Books Contemporary Fiction Books This was how things began: Boston on the cusp of fall, the Sackler Museum robbed of 23 pieces of priceless Chinese art. Even in this back room, dust catching the slant of golden, late-afternoon light, Will could hear the sirens. They sounded like a promise. Will Chen, a Chinese American art history student at Harvard, has spent most of his life learning about the West
- its art, its culture, all that it has taken & called its own. He believes art belongs with its creators, so when a Chinese corporation offers him a (highly illegal) chance to reclaim five priceless sculptures, it's surprisingly easy to say yes. Will's crew, fellow students chosen out of his boundless optimism for their skills & loyalty, aren't exactly experienced criminals. Irene is a public policy major at Duke who can talk her way out of anything; Daniel is pre-med with steady hands & dreams of being a surgeon. Lily is an engineering student who races cars in her spare time; & Will is relying on Alex, an MIT dropout turned software engineer, to hack her way in & out of each museum they must rob. Each student has their own complicated relationship with China & the identities they've cultivated as Chinese Americans, but one thing soon becomes certain: they won't say no. Because if they succeed? They earn an unfathomable ten million each, & a chance to make history. If they fail, they lose everything... & the West wins again.   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781529386417 •†Author: Grace D. Li •†Publisher:†  Coronet •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 384 •†Dimensions:† 12.8 x 3.2 x 19.6 cm
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The invention of photography in the mid-19th century gave people a completely different way to record what was happening around them, & people took to the new hobby with gusto. Professional & amateur photographers turned their lenses on to every subject imaginable & people flocked to have their photograph taken. Gathered together in this new series are selections of these photographic records, offering a dramatic, moving & fascinating portrait of three different eras in recent British history. This first title in the series covers the years from the death of Queen Victoria & the heyday of the Edwardian era to the end of the Second World War. The years 1900-1945 saw many changes in Britain; this comprehensive & beautifully illustrated history is packed with insight into the politics, the people & the events that filled the years from the turn of the century to the Labour victory in the election of 1945. ...

Belfast has had a long & varied history & its development through the centuries is immediately apparent in the hugely varied architecture & landscapes that you discover on a visit to the city. Ancient monuments from the Bronze Age can be found on the outskirts of Belfast & are in stark contrast to the intricate eighteenth & nineteenth century architecture that marks Belfast's standing as one of the major urban centres in the UK & Ireland at the time. These once again contrast with the heavy industries that made Belfast famous
- the linen mills & worldfamous Harland & Wolff Shipyard where the Titanic was built, being only two of many worth noting.
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Carmarthenshire
- the largest of the original old 13 counties of Wales & certainly one of the most fascinating. Here is a county
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