Continuing the brilliant World War Two fighter pilot series
- this time the theatre of war is the incredible story of the Siege
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Damien Brown thinks he's ready when he arrives for his first posting with Medecins Sans Frontieres in Africa. But the town he's sent to is an isolated outpost of mud huts surrounded by landmines; the hospital for which he's to be the only doctor is filled with malnourished children & conditions he's never seen; & the health workers
- Angolan war veterans twice his age who speak no English
- walk out on him following an altercation on his first shift. In the months that follow Damien confronts these challenges all the while dealing with the social absurdities of living with only three other volunteers for company. The medical calamities pile up
- leopard attacks landmine explosions performing surgery using tools cleaned on the fire
- but as Damien's friendships with the local people evolve his passion for the work grows. Written with great warmth & empathy B&-Aid for a Broken Leg is a compassionate deeply honest & often humorous account of life on the medical frontline in Angola Mozambique & South Sudan. It is also a moving testimony to the work done by medical humanitarian groups & the remarkable often eccentric people who work for them.



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By the blessing of the Omnissiah was the Mars Triumphant born
- from the forges of the Adeptus Mechanicus the mighty Baneblade
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From snowcapped mountains & pristine valleys to shimmering lakes & glittering glaciers few places on earth can match Banff Jasper & Glacier when it comes to sky-topping scenery. Oliver Berry Lonely Planet Writer Our Promise You can trust our travel information because Lonely Planet authors visit the places we write about each & every edition. We never accept freebies for positive coverage so you can rely on us to tell it like it is. Inside This Book 2 expert authors 798 hours of in-park research 133 miles of trails hiked 42 wild animals spotted Inspirational photos Clear easy-to-use maps Activities feature Helpful hiking & camping charts Comprehensive planning tools In-depth background ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

Perfect for day trips & short breaks the OS Landranger Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps. Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

Includes:: places of interest tourist information picnic areas & camp sites plus Rights of Way information for England & Wales.

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Bang! Space time matter...the Universe was born 13.7 billion years ago. Infinitely small at first it expanded more rapidly than anyone can contemplate. Brian May Patrick Moore & Chris Lintott explain how all this came about from the moment when time & space came into existence to the formation of the first stars galaxies & planets & to the evolution of human beings able to contemplate our own origins & ultimate destiny. Then on towards that destiny in the infinite future long after the Earth has been consumed by the Red Giant Sun. The story is told in clear straight forward terms in the strict order in which the events happened & uses no mathematics. Bang!" is an amazing story & this newly revised text brings it " Bang!" up to date. Is it fiction? The authors hope not since it is based upon lifetimes work by great scientists such as Albert Einstein Stephen Hawking & hundreds of other brilliant minds. Enjoy & let your imagination run riot." ...

In 2006 rock legend & experienced amateur astronomer Brian May joined the legendary expert Sir Patrick Moore & astrophysicist Chris Lintott to tell the story of the Universe from the moment time & space came into existence at the Big Bang through to the infinite future & the ultimate fate that awaits us. Following the spectacular success of the first two editions they got together again to update the information & pictures in this accessible introduction to the history of the universe. Many of the pictures of the Universe obtained by instruments such as the Hubble Space Telescope or the Very Large Telescope in Chile are beautiful enough to be considered works of art in their own right. This book presents them in context & uses extraordinary new artworks to explain the mind-blowing theories from the cutting edge of astronomy in a way that everyone can underst&. ...

Britain in the 1980s was a polarized nation. With the two main political parties as far apart as at any time since the 1930s the period was riven by violent confrontation beginning with the explosion of rioting that rocked Englands cities in 1981 & again in 1985; a year-long fight with the National Union of Mineworkers & then with print workers in Wapping. There was the war to retake the Falkland Islands & the re-escalation of the troubles in Northern Ireland which began with hunger strikes & peaked with the attempt to assassinate the entire Cabinet in the Brighton bombing. It was also a decade of political innovation
- in the life & death of the Social Democratic Party the mass privatization of state-owned industries the sale of council houses & the deregulation of financial markets
- & cultural ferment with the rise & fall of indie pop the emergence of house music Channel 4 & the growth of alternative comedy; & Prince Charless interventions on architecture. Graham Stewarts magnificent & comprehensive history of the eighties covers all these events & many more with exhilarating verve & detail & also examines the legacy of a decade that sowed the seeds of modern Britain.

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The Bang-Bang Club was a group of four young photographers friends & colleagues Ken Oosterbroek Kevin Carter Greg Marinovich & Joao Silva who covered the last years of apartheid taking many of the photographs that encapsulate the final years of white South Africa. Two of them won Pulitzer Prizes for individual photos. Ken the oldest & a mentor to the others died accidentally shot while working; Kevin the most troubled of the four committed suicide weeks after winning his Pulitzer for a photograph of a starving baby in the Sudanese famine. Written by Greg & Joao The Bang-Bang Club" tells their stories the story of four remarkable young men the stresses tensions & moral dilemmas of working in situations of extreme violence pain & suffering the relationships between the four & the story of the end of apartheid. This is an immensely powerful riveting & harrowing book." ...