From agriculture to building roads & mills, Nova Scotians embraced the ideals of innovation & progress & promoted modern programs of government. This title presents an overview of rural colonial Nova Scotia & provides insights into the formation of modern liberal practices of government & self-government in British North America. ...

Endorsed by world-renowned Feng Shui Master Pun Yin, the Spirit of the Ancestors Altar Kit empowers you through remembrance of those whose lives gave birth to yours, a loving family that transcends the boundaries of life & death. Spirit of the Ancestors Altar Kit is inspired by the ancient Asian belief in venerating ones ancestors to help one feel grounded, secure & watched over by divine forces. The kits centrepiece is a beautiful, portable altar designed by award-winning artist Amy Zerner; it features a framed slot for holding the pictures or names of biological ancestors, past acquaintances, or anyone who has helped guide & encourage the user. In addition, the set contains ready-made images of spiritual figures to consult or to draw on for strength; prayers & rituals to achieve calmness, clarity, courage, peace, support & wisdom; & two packages of sandalwood incense with a special incense burner to enhance the connection between you & your soul family; & a 44-page instruction manual. Best of all, this unique altar can easily travel from place to place; it takes seconds to set up or pack away. So you can access it & find comfort wherever you are, at anytime. The size of this book is 23.1cm in height & 17.8cm wide with 44 pages ...

Details: Trees are symbols of life itself. We cut them down at our peril. Here is a leafy anthology of 12 traditional
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The spirit of the game was first nurtured on the playing fields of the English public school, & in the pages of Tom Brown's Schooldays. The author tells the story of how Sport has lost its original spirit & how it has emerged in the 20th century to ...

Presents the photographs of wildlife around the world. This title captures the animals' spirit: the tiger's eye gleaming brightly in the jungles of India; polar bear cubs seeing the world for the first time; &, the rare mountain gorill's of Africa. ...

Who first coined the word alcohol? Spirits & drink historians Anistatia Miller & Jared Brown know. They have been on a spirituous journey since they first launched their website Shaken Not Stirred: A Celebration of the Martini. Fifteen years of travel around the world, a few worn out library cards later, they hav ...

The iconic Spitfire found fame during the darkest early days of World War II. But what happened to the redoubtable fighter & its crews beyond the Battle of Britain, & why is it still so loved today?

In late spring 1940, Nazi Germany’s domination of Europe had looked unstoppable. With the British Isles in easy reach since the fall of France, Adolf Hitler was convinced that Great Britain would be defeated in the skies over her southern coast, confident his Messerschmitts & Heinkels would outclass anything the Royal Air Force threw at them.

What Hitler hadn’t planned for was the agility & resilience of a marvel of British engineering that would quickly pass into legend – the Spitfire.

Bestselling author John Nichol’s passionate portrait of this magnificent fighter aircraft, its many innovations & updates, & the people who flew & loved them, carries the reader beyond the dogfights over Kent & Sussex.

Spanning the full global reach of the Spitfire’s deployment during WWII, from Malta to North Africa & the Far East, then over the D-Day beaches, it is always accessible, effortlessly entertaining & full of extraordinary spirit.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781471176883
• Author: John Nichol
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 434
• Dimensions: 23.5 x 15.5 x 3cm















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This book follows the story of one of the most iconic aircrafts from World War II. Illustrated with colour & black & white photographs, it gives you an insight into the contribution of the legendary Spitfire, from conception to production, as well as its pivotal role during the war. Also included are 5 pieces of classic memorabilia, with guidance documents, aircraft logbook, a collectable postcard & a permanent pass. A must-have for aviation enthusiasts. ...

It is 1940 & Britain is at war with Germany. In London, eighteen-year-old Susan Banks longs to do her duty. Her secret ambition is to learn to fly
- to serve her country & realise her dream. But she knows it is out of the question for a girl like her; a foundling, unwanted & unloved & dependent on strangers for her welfare. Just as she fears she will be trapped forever in a life of servitude & loneliness, she meets Tony Richards, a flying instructor based in Hampshire. & when she is forced to flee London, she heads out into the country. She is taken in by the kindly landlord of the local inn & his daughter. As Susan works hard to earn her keep, & her friendship with Tony
- now recalled to duty
- blossoms into love, she dares to hope that things are at last looking up for her. But then she receives devastating news
- Tony is missing in action. & Susan wonders if she'll ever see the man she loves again & realise her dream of becoming a Spitfire girl...



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We had returned to a different world. We had taken off in peace at nine-thirty & landed in war at noon. Jackie Moggridge was just nineteen when World War Two broke out. Determined to do her bit, she joined the Air Transport Auxiliary. Ferrying aircraft from factory to frontline was dangerous work, but there was also fun, friendship & even love in the air.

At last the world was opening up to women...or at least it seemed to be. From her first flight at fifteen to smuggling Spitfires into Burma, Jackie describes the trials & tribulations, successes & frustrations of her life in the sky.

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