From distinguished poet & novelist James Cowman comes this essential volume, comprising of a collection of 49 of the most divine love poems by Rumi, as well as a comprehensive introduction to his life & times & his friendship with Shams of Tabriz. ...

A fragile peace is about to be broken…

King Alfred’s son Edward & formidable daughter, Æthelflaed, rule Wessex,

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Raiding an dlooting, enslaving & murdering, the Vikings burst forth from Scandinavia in the late eigth century CE, bringing terror to people from Ireland to Russia.

Ranging from their semi-mythological berserker warriors to their religion, extensive trading routes, demands for tribute & bitter blood feuds.

With more than 200 maps, photographs & artworks, Warriors of the Viking World traces the sudden emergence, violent history & legacy of the Norse people by examining these fearsome fighters through their origins, social structure, raids, weaponry, ships, trading networks & settlements.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781782747123
• Author: Ben Hubbard
• Publisher: Amber Books
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 224
• Dimensions: 28.5 x 21.5 x 1.5cm











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Ross Kemp has encountered conflict & warfare the world over, broadcasting from some of the most volatile military hot-zones. From meeting the world's deadliest gangsters, to perhaps his hardest assignment of all; embedded with the British Army in Afghanistan's Helmand province, where he witnessed some of the fiercest fighting of the conflict & was trained in the tactics they use to stay alive. Stationed with British forces for his award-winning television documentaries, Ross Kemp has not only experienced the terror & exhilaration of life on the frontline, but also the courage & leadership of today's servicemen & women. The plight of our Armed Forces is one especially close to his heart, & here for the first time Kemp tells the breathtaking stories of commandos, medics, submariners, fighter pilots, infantrymen, sailors & engineers in daring raids, stirring last stands & acts of extreme valour. British Fighting Heroes is Ross Kemp's personal tribute to some of the most remarkable men & women to have served in the British Armed Forces during the two World Wars, many of them unsung or forgotten. From Sgt Major Stan Hollis, D-Day's only VC winner, to Freddie Spencer Chapman the reluctant war hero who spent three years behind enemy lines in Burma fighting guerrilla warfare against troops, each account is an extraordinary tale of courage, adventure & patriotic sacrifice. The size of this book is 15.7cm in height & 16cm wide with 328 pages. ...

Presents an overview of one of the most famous of medieval conflicts. Shedding light on fifteenth-century history as a whole, the roots of the Tudor dynasty, & the background to Shakespeare's history plays, this book is aimed at those who are interested in this most turbulent period. ...

The world is in a mess. For more than a billion people, everyday life is played out against the backdrop of civil wars, military coups & failing economies. For them, the peaceful democracy taken for granted in the West seems an impossible pipe-dream. But solutions do exist
- it is up to us to achieve them.
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An alien fleet stands poised to invade Federation space. The only vessel available to hold it back is the Liberator, commanded by Roj Blake & his crew. As an intergalactic war breaks out, old enemies become allies, & friends will become separated. & Blake will be forced to leave behind all that matters to him... ...

Ordered to join the Pacific Squadron in 1854, the US Navy warship Decatur sailed from Norfolk, Virginia, through the Strait of Magellan to Valparaiso, Honolulu, & Puget Sound, then on to San Francisco, Panama, & Costa Rica, while serving in the Pacific until 1859, the eve of the Civil War. This book offers a social history of the warship. ...

This is an illustrated encyclopedia with more than 500 photographs. It is an illustrated guide for the most powerful military seafaring vessels, with over 500 stunning photographs. It discusses the history & evolution of warships, from the first man-powered vessels of the ancient world, through to the frigates of the Renaissance & to the fast-attack crafts used during the two world wars. It features fascinating chapters on the first sailing warships, the battleship & battleship cruiser, the destroyer, the aircraft carrier & the submarine. Historical paintings, & colour & black-&-white photographs bring each vessel to life, with detailed specifications about size, speed, power & capacity. The warship originated in antiquity as a means of asserting a country's power at sea, & was originally little more than a merchant ship from which archers, slingers & spearmen could bombard the enemy ship before boarding it. Developments in technology saw the change from oars & sails to steam, to the advent of gunpowder weapons & finally to the transformation in the 20th century of these warships' abilities in terms of firepower, protection & electronic capability. In this meticulously researched, illustrated volume, the history of the warship is laid out in an engaging & accessible style. Beginning with a comprehensive introductory chapter to the evolution of the warship, each fascinating chapter that follows focuses on a particular type of ship
- battleships, destroyers, aircraft carriers, submarines & more. Accompanied by archive & museum photographs, illustrations & paintings, some of the world's most famous & active warships are brought to life, making this the ultimate reference for anybody with an interest in naval or military history.
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When a plucky little warthog sets out on an adventure, he meets all sorts of fascinating creatures, from two angry bees, all the way up to nine scared monkeys. All children will love lifting the flaps to count the hidden animals & they will ADORE following the ten muddy footprints which lead to... one rather fierce-looking lion! ...