This is an essential guide to the exciting missions of teenage spy Alex Rider featuring blueprints data files foldout posters & more. Resembling an MI6 secret dossier these classified documents reveal the inside story of British Intelligences secret weapon: 14-year-old Alex Rider. Packed with information about every aspect of his missions to date The Mission Files" is an unbeatable guide to the teen super-spys adventures. It

Includes:: five full-size double-sided posters & two booklets containing everything you need to know about codes & spycraft."

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The world of maths can seem mind-boggling irrelevant & let's face it boring. This groundbreaking book reclaims maths from the geeks. Mathematical ideas underpin just about everything in our lives: from the surprising geometry of the 50p piece to how probability can help you win in any casino. In search of weird & wonderful mathematical phenomena Alex Bellos travels across the globe & meets the world's fastest mental calculators in Germany & a startlingly numerate chimpanzee in Japan. Packed with fascinating eye-opening anecdotes Alex's Adventures in Numberland" is an exhilarating cocktail of history reportage & mathematical proofs that will leave you awestruck." ...

Alexanders epic quest continues into the heart of Asia & on towards the mystery of India. The Macedonian Army march ever onward in search of glory crushing resistance at every turn. The culture & beauty of Babylon is quickly ravaged & the Palace of Persepolis burnt to ashes & cinder. An empire is destroyed & a new & bloody era begins. But there are other things on Alexanders mind. An ambitious project to unite the peoples of the empire under one homeland begins to obsess him. There are rebellions & bloodshed but the curious beauty of Queen Roxanna gives Alexander the strength to fulfil his destiny... This is a truly compelling romantic & exciting book & a fitting conclusion to the bestselling Alexander trilogy. ...

Who could have been born to conquer the world other than a god? Mesmeric beauty consuming desires an insatiable hunger. Then premature death. This is the story of a boy born to a great king
- Philip of Macedon
- & his sensuous queen Olympias. It tells of the stern discipline of Philip & the wild passions of Olympias & how together they formed Alexander a young man of immense unfathomable potential capable of subjugating the known world to his power & thought of by his contemporaries as a god. Alexanders swift ascent to manhood as a protege of Aristotle & close friend of Ptolemy & Hephiaston & the start of his great adventure to conquer the civilised world is recounted in this awe-inspiring novel. This is a wonderful evocation of the far-off & fascinating civilisation of ancient Greece revealed in vibrant tones & scholarly detail.

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Continuing the epic saga of Alexander the Great Alexander: The Sands of Ammon brilliantly describes Alexanders quest to conquer Asia the limitless domain ruled by the Great King of the Persians. In a seemingly impossible venture Alexander & his men storm Persian fortresses & harbours crippling King Darius domain of land & sea. Even the legendary Halicarnassus is defeated by the Macedonian armies. Ruthlessly Alexanders war machine moves ever onward taking him up into the snow-covered Anatolian highlands. But there is danger ahead. Despite the defeat of Darius the Island City of Tyre & the Towers of Gaza prove to be formidable obstacles. Undeterred Alexander surges forth over land & sea to the mysterious land of Egypt. & there in the sands lies the Oracle of Ammon waiting to reveal an amazing truth to Alexander. One that will change his already amazing life. ...

In 1961 Scotlands biggest bus company W Alexander & Sons of Falkirk was divided into three separate businesses. A new Midland company took over what had been the southern area of the business & retained Alexanders blue livery & its Falkirk head office. It operated local services to the north & east of Glasgow & in Stirling Falkirk Alloa Perth & Oban. It also operated inter-urban services throughout this area & to Edinburgh & Dundee. Operations in Fife passed to a new Fife company with local services throughout the region & long-distance services to Glasgow. The Fife company had around 500 buses & adopted a new livery of Ayres red. It established its head office in Kirkcaldy. Alexanders northern region became the new Northern company. Its operations covered the east of Scotland from Dundee to the Moray Firth. As well as a comprehensive network of services throughout the area it had limited local operations in Dundee & Aberdeen & ran long-distance services south to Glasgow & east to Inverness. For the following 24 years the three companies operating territories remained largely unchanged. Each of them acquired many of the small number of independent bus operators in their areas as the 1960s progressed. The Scottish Bus Group was reorganised in June 1985 & this affected two of the Alexander companies. Midland lost its Glasgow area operations to a new company Kelvin while its operations in Perthshire went to another new company Strathtay. Northern lost its operations in & around Tayside to the new Strathtay business reducing the Northern fleet from 320 to 250 buses. Fife was unaffected by the changes. They were privatised in 1990-91 when Midland was sold to GRT Holdings & continues today as part of First Group. Northern & Fife were sold to Stagecoach which would later also acquire Strathtay. This book outlines the Alexander story in its early years then examines the effect of the split in the company in 1961 & the following years up to privatisation. It also

Includes:: a postscript looking briefly at the vehicles inherited by Stagecoach & First & at the former Alexander operations as they are today. Alongside various colour photographs the book will also features tables showing a summary by vehicle type of the three fleets in 1961 1985 & at the time of privatisation & a map copied from a 1960s timetable to illustrate the extent of the three companies operating areas.

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Non stop adventure & death defying chases in Will Adam's outstanding debut novel. It's 318 BC in the deserts of Libya & Alexander the Great is buried as only a God should be placed in a golden Sarcophagus in a catacomb of chambers each packed with diamonds rubies & gold. This was how he should have remained but time waits for no-one. 2007 & underwater archaeologist Daniel Knox has been on the trail of Alexander's Gold ever since he can remember. When a tomb is uncovered on the construction site of a new hotel Daniel believes he has found the clue to what he has been working towards for years. But the discovery has alerted two of the most dangerous men in the world & Daniel is now a marked man. ...

Alexander Mc Queen (1969-2010) was one of the most influential imaginative & inspirational designers at the turn of the millennium. His fashions both challenged & expanded the conventional parameters of clothing beyond utility to a compelling expression of culture politics & identity. Focusing on the most iconic & acclaimed designs of his prolific career this stunning book examines Mc Queen's inimitable technical virtuosity & its subversion of traditional tailoring & dressmaking practices. This book also focuses on the highly sophisticated narrative structures found in Mc Queen's collections & in his astonishing & extravagant runway presentations which suggested the most avant-garde installation & performance art. Intended as an assessment of Alexander Mc Queen's entire career this book

Includes:: in-depth studies of six collections that illustrate & encapsulate thematic chapters as well as an interview with Sarah Burton the new creative director of Alexander Mc Queen who had been the designer's right-hand design aide since 1996.

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Packed with breathtaking photographs this tribute to Alexander Mc Queen (1969-2010) celebrates the incredible creations of an iconic imaginative & inspirational fashion designer whose work turned heads & hearts all over the world. He was a major fashion figure famous throughout the world especially the US (where he is a celebrity-favourite with clients including Sarah Jessica Parker Penelope Cruz & Nicole Kidman) & Japan. Mc Queens dramatic designs also been worn by celebrities including Bjork Lady Gaga & Rihanna met with critical acclaim & earned him the British Designer of the Year award four times. This book is a must-have for fashion lovers everywhere. ...

A retrospective of Lees groundbreaking work & a salute to his artistry the book showcases the wonderful world of Mc Queen from his graduate collection at Central Saint Martins to his latest designs created just days before his untimely death & finally his ideas carried on through Sarah Burton including the royal wedding dress. Celebrating his work & vision Alexander Mc Queen: The Legend & the Legacy" traces the designers ascent to becoming one of the worlds most respected couturiers
- a story marked by celebrity friendships unrestrained creativity theatrical fashion shows & ultimately tragedy. The chronological organization allows the reader to understand Mc Queens most seminal collections & the progression & underlying themes of his ideas. This book is dedicated to Mc Queens work & talent & exhibits not simply visually electrifying fashion images but also reveals the deep reservoir of the designers imagination."
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