On the night of 22-23 April 1918 the Royal Navy carried out a raid on the German held ports of Zeebrugge & Ostend
- Operation Z-O.
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Blodin the Beast stalks the land breathing fire & razing villages to ruins. Who or what can end this tyranny? Only wise old Shanga weaving his strange carpet knows how to destroy the monster
- but he is too old to cross the mountains that never end... Michael Morpurgos timeless story of a young boys quest to save his people illustrated with Christina Balits glowing mosaic-like paintings will entrance children of every age.
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With roughly 95 000 blogs launched worldwide every 24 hours (Blog Pulse) making a fledgling site stand out isn't easy. This authoritative handbook gives creative hopefuls a leg up. Joy Cho of the award-winning Oh Joy! offers expert advice on starting & growing a blog from design & finance to overcoming blogger's block attracting readers & more. With a foreword from Grace Bonney of Design* Sponge plus expert interviews this book will fine-tune what the next generation of bloggers shares with the world. Learn how to:
- Design your site
- Choose the right platform
- Attract a fan base
- Finance your blog
- Maintain work/life balance
- Manage comments
- Find content inspiration
- Overcome blogger's block
- Choose the right ads
- Develop a voice
- Protect your work
- Create a media kit
- Leverage your social network
- Take better photographs
- Set up an affiliate program
- Partner with sponsors
- Build community
- Go full-time with your blog
- & more!


















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' Protected Witness Unit (PWU): Designed to hold prisoners who are giving evidence or assistance to the police in cases of serious crime. All inmates are known to staff simply as ' Bloggs' followed by a number...' In December 1995 the bodies of three men were discovered in a Range Rover in a quiet country lane in the Essex village of Rettendon. All three were well-known villains & had each been blasted in the head with a shotgun at point-blank range. One member of the gang decided to break ranks & tell all. The story Darren Nicholls told at first seemed too incredible to be believed. But as the evidence to support his version of events began to mount up the motives behind the brutal murder became increasingly clear. The plot Nicholls eventually uncovered involved everything from Irish terror groups & European smuggling rings to prostitution & police corruption. Bloggs 19 chronicles the rise of some of Britain's most powerful & notorious villains & of the man whose betrayal led to their downfall
- arguably the most important supergrass since the time of the Kray Twins.
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A follow on to the bestselling Blokes Guide to Pregnancy" this pocket bite size guide book has all the crucial advice for expectant blokes & outlines 100 absolute need to know tips for surviving pregnancy. Written in his customary no nonsense straightforward style
- these 100 tips are taken from interviews with 100 blokes who have lived to tell the tale. This is the only guide to be reading for all expectant dads out there."
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Welcome to a world turned upside down. One minute Doris from England is playing hide-&-seek with her sisters in the fields behind their cottage. The next someone puts a bag over her head & she ends up in the hold of a slave-ship sailing to the New World.. . In this fantastically imaginative inversion of the transatlantic slave trade
- in which whytes are enslaved by black people
- Bernardine Evaristo has created a thought-provoking satire that is as accessible & readable as it is intelligent & insightful. Blonde Roots" brings the shackles & cries of long-ago barbarity uncomfortably close & raises timely questions about the society of today."

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Provides an examination of Britain's relationship to America. Is it a 'special' relationship? & if so what manifests that unique connection? Through an analysis of its various manifestations
- from James Bond to Winston Churchill
- this book asks what this relationship consists of.

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George Nipe author of Last Victory in Russia" & " Decision in the Ukraine " has written a revealing & unprecedented re-analysis of the II.SS-Panzer-Korps operations during the Battle of Kursk in the summer of 1943. Unlike all previous books on the subject which refer almost exclusively to Russian accounts of the battle " Blood Steel & Myth" makes extensive use of original German source material. In so doing he convincingly exposes the conventional wisdom which through its constant repetition over the years has assumed mythic status as being fundamentally flawed & patently untrue. Based principally on Heer & Waffen-SS combat & intelligence reports from the southern sector of the Kursk salient as well as the individual accounts of veterans the book covers in detail the daily progress of Operation Citadel. With meticulous attention to detail the author illustrates the unfavorable circumstances & erroneous command decisions which doomed Germanys last major offensive in Russia irrevocably to failure. The personal notes conversations & official orders of generals Hausser Hoth & Manstein are all closely scrutinized to shed new light on this much celebrated but incorrectly recounted clash of arms with particular attention being paid to the "greatest tank battle in history" at Prochorovka. With " Blood Steel & Myth" George Nipe sets the record straight with all the conviction of an Eastern Front historian whose veracity & impeccable scholarship have been proven time & again. " Blood Steel & Myth" is heavily illustrated with hundreds of photos (many previously unpublished) & numerous maps to provide a strong visual component to this unique account of the Kursk Offensives southern front." ...

So what is the best thing to do when the bike goes down & you suffer a patch of Road Rash? How do you prevent infection & minimise scarring? Answers to these questions & practical advice on many other medical situations are contained in this new volume from Flash Gordon the motorcycling doctor. For years Flash Gordon MD has been dispensing practical medical advice with a liberal dose of dry humor through his Medical Motorcycling column in Motorcycle Consumer News. This collection of his articles has been organised into book form & enhanced with clever illustrations by Craig Harrison to bring his valuable insights to a wider audience. As a doctor who also rides motorcycles Flash Gordon combines knowledge gained from many years of medical practice with the straightforward no-nonsense style of a veteran motorcyclist. He has the knack of explaining medical conditions & injuries in plain language that makes sense. Though the advice is directed to motorcyclists all the medical information he provides is applicable to the general public. Being acquainted with typical behaviours of motorcyclists he explains how some of these habits can lead to problems in the future. The changes needed to avoid trouble down the road are sometimes very simple. He explains what signs to look for when a 3am visit to the emergency room is entirely justified & when a wait-&-see approach is indicated. Written in an entertaining & comfortable style this book provides much valuable insight into how to deal with or prevent a wide range of health problems. ...

A beautifully written insight into the stresses strains & successes of working for the London Ambulance service. Is there anyone who hasn't wondered about the state of the occupant of an ambulance screaming along with its sirens on & blue lights flashing? Have you? & have you wondered about the other people inside the ambulance maybe fighting to save the patient's life? Or have you considered that the ambulance may be another 'maternataxi' ordered by a woman who can't be bothered to book a real cab & who then complains she can't smoke on the way to hospital? & that the medical technician inside might just be desperate to get back home from a busy shift to have a cup of tea & catch up with his blog? Meet Tom Reynolds. Tom is an Emergency Medical Technician who works for the London Ambulance Service in East London. He has kept a blog of his daily working life since 2003 & his award-winning writing is by turn moving cynical funny heart-rending & compassionate. It is never less than compelling. From the tragic to the hilarious from the heartwarming to the terrifying the stories Tom tells give a fascinating
- & at times alarming
- picture of life in inner-city Britain & the people who are paid to mop up after it.

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