We regularly employ classically-derived expressions in our everyday language, yet many of us have little understanding of the origin of these common phrases. This title offers a look at the stories behind the expressions. It provides an introduction to classical mythology, & also offers insights into our language. ...

It has been one of those days. You've worked like a Trojan, displaying titanic strength & stoic endurance to overcome the Herculean labours that have faced you in order to meet that deadline. We regularly employ classically-derived expressions in our everyday language, yet many of us have little understanding of the origin of these common phrases. But an incomplete classical education need no longer be your Achilles heel. Opening Pandora's Box offers a light-hearted yet fascinating look at the stories behind the expressions. For example, did you know that the phrase 'the face that launched a thousand ships' originates from the story of the kidnapping of Helen of Troy, but the actual line comes from a poem by Christopher Marlowe? Opening Pandora's Box provides a useful introduction to classical mythology as well as giving an insight into our language. ...

Through a time-travel tunnel, linking Ireland & Egypt, Isis sent a small group of masters to prepare for the day when her mysteries would once again be released to the world to restore balance & enhance life. They established the Order of the White Rose to guard the sacred objects & the secrets of Isis. ...

Recounts the adventures of the top-secret government department ' The Ministry of Letters', the place where all the letters & all the words in the world are created. This title tells the story of ' Operation Alphabet', one of the most famous adventures ever to have happened to the letters who work in the Ministry. ...

David Glantz challenges the time-honoured explanation that poor weather, bad terrain & Hitler's faulty strategic judgement produced German defeat, & reveals how the Red Army thwarted the German Army's dramatic & apparently inexorable invasion before it achieved its ambitious goals. ...

Operation Fortitude was the ingenious web of deception spun by the Allies to mislead the Nazis as to how & where the D-Day landings were to be mounted. The story of how this web was woven is one of intrigue, personal drama, ground-breaking techniques, internal resistance, & good fortune. It is a tale of double agents, black radio broadcasts, phantom armies, Ultra decrypts, & dummy parachute drops. These diverse tactics were intended to come together to create a single narrative so compelling that it would convince Adolf Hitler of its authenticity. Operation Fortitude was intended to create the false impression that the Normandy landings were merely a feint to disguise a massive forthcoming invasion by this American force in the Pas de Calais. In other words, the success of D-Day ? the beginning of the end of the Second World War ? was made possible by the efforts of men & women who were not present on the Normandy beaches. One of the most creative intelligence operations of all time
- Kim Philby
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2, 000 blood-crazed rebels. 26 elite British soldiers. One mans explosive true story.

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Matt Sherman (Cary Grant) is skipper of the U.S.S. Sea Tiger, a submarine forced out to sea by an enemy air attack. He is less than impressed by his newly-arrived junior officer, Lieutenant Nick Holden (Tony Curtis), who nevertheless manages to scavenge t ...

Dodge the spray to save the day! Play the classic operation game with a splashy twist!  Save Sam by removing all 5 ailments & placing them in the lifesaver ring while racing in & out of the spray zone before time runs out.
Includes:: • 1 x Operation Splash Game mat (25 x 45 inches) • Sprinkler nose with integrated timer • 5 x Shaped foam ailments • Giant tweezers • Life Saver ring Connect the mat to a hose & twist Sam’s nose to start the sprinkler & timer; you have 25 seconds to come to his rescue. Great way for players to showcase their timing & coordination while getting drenched! Product Information: • Operation Splash Game • Brand: Hasbro • Players: 1+ • Age: 4+  
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During the Second World War, it is hard to imagine a situation where the British High Command could think that one of the only ways they could attack Hitler was to send ten canoeists with limpet mines to paddle one hundred miles up the Gironde estuary, in the middle of winter, in an attempt to sink German blockade ships in Bordeaux harbour. Yet this is precisely what happened in 1942. The man who gave the go-ahead for the audacious commando raid – Lord Louis Mountbatten, head of Combined Operations – fully anticipated that all ten men would die in the attempt. Mountbatten wasn’t far wrong – two ripped their collapsible canoes as they were manhandling them out of the submarine; two drowned when their canoes capsized entering the Gironde estuary; & a further six were captured by the Germans & later executed. By complete chance, the two canoeists who managed to escape – Major ‘ Blondie’ Hasler & Marine Bill Sparks – stumbled into the arms of the French resistance. Once in their care... ...