Pyrrhus of Epirus was rated by Hannibal as the second greatest general yet seen (placing himself third). Indeed Hannibal referred to Pyrrhus as his teacher although the two never met since he learnt so much of the art of war from his writings. Pyrrhus was born into the royal house of Epirus northwest Greece & was a second-cousin of Alexander the Great. His mother was forced to flee into exile to protect his life when he was a mere infant yet he prospered in troubled times & went from a refugee to become king. Always an adventurer with an eye for the main chance he was deeply involved in the cut-&-thrust campaigning coups & subterfuges of the Successor kingdoms. At various times he was king of Epirus (twice) Macedon (twice) & Sicily as well as overlord of much of southern Italy. In 281 BC he was invited by the southern Italian states to defend them against the aggressive expansion of the burgeoning Roman republic. His early victories over the Roman armies at Heraclea & Asculum (assisted by his use of elephants) were won at such a high price in casualties that they gave us the expression Pyrrhic victory. These battles were the first clashes between the hitherto-dominant Hellenistic way of warfare (as developed by Alexander) & the Roman legions & so full of tactical interest. He failed in Italy & Sicily but when on to further military adventures in Greece eventually being killed in action while storming the city of Argos. ...

Psycho is a word rarely bandied about in football today. There is no place on the pitch for player contact let alone the sort of hard robust tackling that could earn a player such a nickname. But 25 years ago things were different. Only when players really overstepped the mark were their names added to the referees little black book. & Pat Van Den Hauwe had a reputation as one of the hardest players in the game. In a career encompassing some 401 Football League appearances for Birmingham City Everton Tottenham Hotspur & Millwall he notched up two league titles & a European Cup Winners Cup medal
- but he also made his mark as one of the toughest & most feared defenders in the game. But Pat wasnt just a tough player on the pitch. The way he lived his life meant that he needed to be tough off the pitch as well. A hard nut reputation invites people into your life who want to see how far they can push you
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Python is one of the most powerful easy-to-read programming languages around but it does have its limitations. This general purpose high-level language that can be extended & embedded is a smart option for many programming problems but a poor solution to others. Python For Dummies is the quick-&-easy guide to getting the most out of this robust program. This hands-on book will show you everything you need to know about building programs debugging code & simplifying development as well as defining what actions it can perform. You'll wrap yourself around all of its advanced features & become an expert Python user in no time. This guide gives you the tools you need to:* Master basic elements & syntax* Document design & debug programs* Work with strings like a pro* Direct a program with control structures* Integrate integers complex numbers & modules* Build lists stacks & queues* Create an organized dictionary* Handle functions data & namespace* Construct applications with modules & packages* Call create extend & override classes* Access the Internet to enhance your library* Understand the new features of Python 2.5 Packed with critical idioms & great resources to maximize your productivity Python For Dummies is the ultimate one-stop information guide. In a matter of minutes you'll be familiar with Python's building blocks strings dictionaries & sets; & be on your way to writing the program that you've dreamed about! ...

Ready to learn Python programming? Are you new to programming with Python? Do you need a solid introduction to the fundamental concepts? You've found it in PYTHON PROGRAMMING FOR THE ABSOLUTE BEGINNER THIRD EDITION. As part of the for the absolute beginner series developed by computer science instructors exclusively for Course Technology PTR this book will teach you the basics of Python programming through simple game creation. You can then take the skills you learn & use them for more practical Python programming applications & real-world programming scenarios. Better still by the time you finish this book you will be able to apply the basic principles you've learned to the next programming language you tackle. ...

This is a brilliant lift-the-flap book from the Ladybird Baby Touch" series. Babies & toddlers will love this original tactile playbook from the innovative " Baby Touch" range. Have fun touching the different textures & playing peekaboo with the large flaps. The bright & bold illustrations are perfect for baby to enjoy. " Ladybird's Baby Touch" series is the perfect way to introduce babies to books & to the world around them. Encouraging interaction & play these books are lots of fun for the very youngest babies as well as toddlers. Look out for these other titles in the series: " Hello! Buggy Book"; " Peekaboo"; " Peepo Teddy!"; " Snuggle Cloth Book"; " Squeaky Book"; " Twinkle Lullaby"; " Baby Touch Numbers"; " Baby Touch Farm"; " Flip-Flap Book"; " Star Buggy Book"; " Baby Touch: Box of Books".. .as well as many more!" ...

Long ago the evil God Torak fought a war to obtain an object of immense power
- the Orb of Aldur. But Torak was defeated & the
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It is now nine weeks since Dr Dowan Purcell vanished without trace. The sixty-nine-year-old doctor had said goodnight to his colleagues at the Pacific Meadows nursing home had climbed into his car & driven away -- never to be seen again. His embittered first wife Fiona is convinced he is still alive. His second wife Crystal -- a former stripper forty years his junior -- is just as sure he is dead. Enter private investigator Kinsey Malone hired by Fiona to find out just what has happened to the man they loved. Enter also Tommy Hevener an attractive flame-haired twenty-something who has set his romantic sights on Kinsey. & Tommy is a man with a very interesting past.. .' Grafton is a delight to read her books being highly literatre with believable plots & three-dimensionally drawn characters' Irish Times ...

A nostalgic glance astern at the glory days of Peninsular & Oriental (P&O) both at sea & on shore. Drawing on personal recollections in the archives of P&O Heritage Ruth Artmonsky looks back at the company during the age of empire & a bygone time when travelling P&O captured the imagination of writers from Thackeray to Noel Coward. In addition the book takes a curators tour of the companys art collection which dates back to P& Os foundation in 1837. The result is an engaging & richly illustrated homage to one of most famous companies afloat in its 175th anniversary year. ...

In 1837 P&O or the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company won a lucrative mail contract to the Iberian peninsula. In 1840 they added Egypt & the Mediterranean to their routes. In 1843 P&O placed the first cruise advert in The Times & in 1844 were selling passages to Gibraltar Malta Athens Constantinople & Egypt to tourists clearly becoming the worlds oldest cruise company. In that year the author William Thackeray was offered a voyage if he would write about it for the company helping promote their services. By 1870 the Suez Canal had opened reducing the time to travel to India China & Australia & in 1904 P&O introduced the Vectis as a cruising yacht. By the 1920s cruising had become a huge part of the companys business & post-war the company grew this business on the back of its lucrative Ten-Pound Pom contracts with the Australian government. By 1981 Canberra was carrying almost half of all cruise passengers from the UK & in 1982 she sailed to war with Royal Marines & the Parachute Regiment. Post-Falklands P&O began to expand with new vessels. Today the company has seven cruise ships (Adonia Arcadia Aurora Azura Oceana Oriana & Ventura) all of which will be in Southampton on 3 July 2012 when 30 000 passengers will embark & disembark a record for the port. Celebrating 175 years in style this is the official history of P&O Cruises. ...

P&O Ferries Across Five Decades traces the roots history & development of how P&O Ferries came to be established as Britains biggest & leading ferry company. P&O Ferries today operates a fleet of 22 ships serving France Belgium the Netherlands the Republic of Ireland & Northern Irel&. This title traces how P&O Ferries has established itself over the last 50 years together with the history of Thoresen Car Ferries P&O Normandy Ferries the Transport Ferry Service & Townsend Car Ferries which later became Townsend Thoresen Britains leading & iconic ferry company serving Europe & Ireland during the seventies & eighties. The continental routes to Belgium & Holland & to Northern Ireland were originally the brainwave of Frank Bustard with his LST landing craft which opened services on the North Sea & Irish Sea after the Second World War. This operation was later nationalised & then sold to Townsend Thoresen. The routes from Hull to Holland & Belgium established by P&O in the sixties were pioneers of freight operations between the UK & continental Europe with their first ships the Norwaveand Norwind. Following the demise of Townsend Thoresen & the rebranding of operations as P&O European Ferries in 1987 the operations on the North Sea were later absorbed under one management in Dover under P&O Ferries. The book also

Includes:: a short history of P&O Scottish Ferries up until its demise in 2002 when the routes to Orkney & Shetland were taken over by North Link.P&O Ferries Across Five Decades is being published as part of the 175th anniversary of P&O in 2012

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