Over a 100 years ago, London hosted the Olympics, far from the modern day budgets & stadiums of the modern era but the history was there, the US team fresh from a series of rows & boycotts took the Olympics by storm with the Germans increasingly getting angrier & angrier, this fascinating book is a very good read for those who want to know & learn about the Olympic past. 20.9cm x 13.4cm x 1.8cm, pages 272 ...

From the discovery of anti-gravity metal, Cavorite, two Victorian Englishmen travel to the Moon.

Encountering the extraordinary

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A lively & highly readable account of the origins, invention & discovery of just about everything on the planet, the truly global

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One hot summer night, a young woman falls from a rooftop to her death. Detective Alex King is called to the quiet terraced street.

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Frank Meyer had got out of ' the life' safely. He had put an end to his mercenary days, turned over a new leaf & settled down with his wife & children. It had been a hard decision but, encouraged by his boss & friend Joe Pike, he had walked away. Ten years later, a group of armed men break into his Los Angeles home & brutally gun down him & his family. It's a vicious, cold & professional job. The crew leave no trace behind except the bodies. But they have made one catastrophic, & almost certainly terminal, mistake
- Joe Pike. Because Pike is now determined to hunt down & eliminate everyone involved in the attack, one by one. & it doesn't matter that, as he starts to investigate, he discovers that these criminals are bigger & better organised than he ever could have imagined, because they are about to learn the first rule... Don't make Joe Pike mad...
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Books Modern Romance Books In this prequel to the Tik Tok phenomenon, They Both Die at the End, two new strangers spend a life-changing day together after Death-Cast makes their first fateful calls. Meet Orion & Valentino.  It’s the night before Death-Cast goes live, & there’s one question on everyone’s mind: Can Death-Cast actually predict death, or is it an elaborate hoax? Orion Pagan has waited years for someone to tell him that he’s going to die, given his serious heart condition. Valentino Prince has a long & promising future ahead of him & only registered for Death-Cast after his twin sister nearly died in a car accident. Orion & Valentino cross paths in Times Square & immediately feel a deep connection. But when the first End Day calls go out, their lives are changed for ever – one of them receives a call... the other doesn’t.   Told with acclaimed author Adam Silvera’s signature bittersweet touch, this story celebrates the lasting impact that people have on each other & proves that life is always worth living to the fullest.    Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781398521681 •†Author: Adam Silvera  •†Publisher:†  Simon & Schuster Children's UK •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 576 •†Dimensions:† 13 x 3.4 x 19.8 cm ...

Details: Even 100 years on from the First World War it haunts us still. No other conflict has revealed so dramatically
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A fascinating introduction to the British involvement in the First World War. 

Covering some of the most important

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Details: A brilliant & penetrating new history of the First World War by one of the world's foremost experts on the conflict.
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Details: The Great War was the first truly global war
- one in which the world suffered more than 37 million casualties.

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