At the fortress of the eagles, three kings will fight…

Uhtred of Bebbanburg has won back his ancestral home but,

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At the beginning of the twentieth century, globalizing, booming economies married to technological breakthroughs seemed to promise a better world for most people. In this title, the author reveals how economic boom-&-bust, decaying empires &
- above all
- poisonous ideas of race led men to treat each other as aliens.

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The night after a shooting star is seen streaking through the sky from Mars, a cylinder is discovered on Horsell Common in London. At first, naive locals approach the cylinder armed just with a white flag only to be quickly killed by an all-destroying heat-ray, as terrifying tentacled invaders emerge. ...

In The War of the Worlds H. G. Wells invented the myth of invasion from outer space. Martians land near London, conquering all before them, & ruin the metropolis; the fate of civilization & even of the human race remains in doubt until the very last. ...

With a foreword by renowned World War I historian Dr Gary Sheffield, War on the Western Front examines the day-to-day lives of the brave men of the First World War, as they died in the trenches, from their recruitment & their training to their combat experience, vividly recounting the shock of life on the front.

This book has a collection of essays by well known First World War contributors such as Dr Stephen Bull, Ian Drury, Thomas A. Hoff, Martin Pegler & Ian Sumner.

World War I stands as a watershed in the evolution of modern warfare, with the development of sophisticated trench systems forming a battlefield over 400 miles long; innovations in weaponry & equipment; & the introduction of tanks in battle. Without the ordinary soldier, however, there could have been no war: The Great War was very much a conflict of infantrymen
- Tommies, Stormtrooper, Poilus & Doughboys.

War on the Western Front provides an extensive re-assessment of trench warfare, a revolutionary tactic that challenged the very idea of war, & details developments in weaponry & armoured vehicles, including terrifying innovations in the use of poison gas, flamethrowers & tanks.








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In EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY POCKET POETS series, this gift book with silk ribbon markers is an anthology of over one hundred poems encompassing the entire spectrum of feelings about war: pride, compassion, courage, anger, fear, excitement, anguish, even laughter. The poets range from Horace & Virgil to Stevie Smith, from Ancient China to Primo Levi. ...

The bestselling poetry anthology for GCSE & A-Level! This popular anthology for schools contains poems, extracts, historical documents & illustrations, as well as differentiated oral & written tasks. The poems cover wars from the late 18th ...

Will she get another chance at happiness?

Flora Cooke is struggling to raise her children alone amidst the ruins of war-torn

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Flora Cooke is struggling to raise her children alone amidst the ruins of war-torn Liverpool.

With her husb&, Tom, away

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Captain van Toch discovers a colony of newts in Sumatra which can not only be taught to trade & use tools, but also to speak. As the rest of the world learns of the creatures & their wonderful capabilities, it is clear that this species is ripe for exploitation. ...