The substance of 4 years of travel from 1802-1806 by the author who was from the British isles, this book offers information on the place he visited. It recounts all that he saw & experienced while on his travels
- the customs of the people, the state of towns & the villages, the religion & rituals & the trade & commerce.
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In 1810 Mark Greenhow leaves his Northern England home to find his sister who is a missionary & has been reported as lost somewhere in North America. Mark's journey as a Quaker is hard, Canada is on the brink of war with the USA & the continent is vast. He is forced to rely on fur traders & their canoeing skills. ...

When Argentine forces invaded the Falklands in the early hours of 2 April 1982, Britain's military chiefs were faced with a real-life Mission Impossible. Drawing on interviews with the combatants, Falklands residents & British High Comm&, this book takes us to the beating heart of the legendary raid. ...

The Vulcan, the second of the three V bombers built to guard the UK during the Cold War has become an aviation icon like the Spitfire, its delta shape is instantly recognisable as is the howling noise it makes when the engines are opened for take-off.

Vulcan Boys is the first Vulcan book recounted completely first hand by the operators themselves. It tells the story of the aircraft from its design conception through the Cold War when it played out its most important job as Britain's nuclear deterrent; before unbelievably, at the end of its service life, also playing a significant role, with its bombs & missiles, in liberating the Falkland Islands for which it gained much celebrity. The individual accounts detail how hours at a time were spent on readiness, waiting to be scrambled to defend their country in the event of a third world war.

In addition how their aggressive skills were honed by carrying out Lone Ranger sorties flying to the States & westward around the world, & taking part in Giant Voice & Red Flag, competitive exercises against the United States Strategic Air Comm&. The attacks in the Falklands using Shrike missiles are described accurately & in great detail for the first time including the landing at Rio de Janeiro alongside a vivid account of Black Buck 2. Vulcan Boys is a fascinating & completely authentic read reminding us of the Cold War, how it was fought & the considerable effort required to prevent all-out nuclear war.

Ideal for anyone who's interested in military aircrafts.

This hardback book has 222 pages & measures: 24 x 16.5 x 2cm approx.







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Vulcan: God of Fire is a historical account of Britain's nuclear deterrent force, the development of atomic/thermonuclear weapons & the bombers. Further coverage

Includes:: the use of the Vulcan as a refuelling tanker & reconnaissance platform, & the Vulcan XH558, whose last flight was on 28 October 2015.

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What Europe needed after the Second World War was an ultra-reliable workhorse to get small businesses on the move again. &, with a little nudge from the Dutch, that's what Volkswagen provided in 1950 with its Transporter van. It was no fireball, but rock-solid quality meant it always delivered the goods. ...

There’s a big bad mood spreading through the wood! It starts with Bear, who upsets Mole, who snaps at Hedgehog, who’s prickly

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Two female army high-flyers. Both acquainted with Jack Reacher. Now they're both dead.

Found in their own homes,

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Rudi Graf used to dream of sending a rocket to the moon. Instead, he has helped to create the world's most sophisticated weapon:

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On 22 July 2012 Chris Froome made history as the first African-born cyclist to stand on the podium at the Tour de France. Ten days later at the London Olympic Games he won a bronze medal in the time trial for his adopted nation in Team GB colours. Froome s path to professional cycling, from mountain biking on dusty roads in the nature reserves of Kenya s Great Rift Valley
- alongside wild animals
- to the giddy heights of the Tour de France & the Olympics, has been unlike any other in the history of the sport. Born in Nairobi to British parents he was schooled in South Africa & studied economics at university. But he abandoned his degree to take up the offer of a professional cycling contract in Europe. A fish out of water, unused to the harsh northern hemisphere winters, with no idea of the tactics, discipline or etiquette of riding in the professional peloton, Froome encountered a shock entrance into the rough & tumble world of top level European bike racing. But miraculously, within two years he d signed for the biggest professional cycling team in the world British Cycling supremo David Brailsford s Team Sky finished second overall in the Tour of Spain by only 14 seconds & sacrificed his own ambitions to help team-mate Bradley Wiggins become the first British cyclist to win the Tour de France. On the Champs Elysees in Paris, Froome stood below Wiggins on the second step of the podium.

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