The author recreates by means of contemporary photographs juxtaposed with others taken by him over a number of years plus eyewitness accounts & narrative the atmosphere past & present of that once famous salient. He aims to present a moving tribute to the men who fought with great courage & tenacity in the horrendous conditions that prevailed in Flanders during what was known as the Great War. To them Wipers" was more than just a foreign city it was a way of life & for so very many a way to death." ...

Most people think they have Flanders
- the Dutch-speaking northern half of Belgium
- figured out: beer chocolate & the EU are

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Ricky Gervais has spent a lifetime exploring the finer details of the world of the Flanimals. Now he seeks to answer some of the most important questions in Flaminology in his own words. He deals with such thorny issues as: Where did all the Flanimals come from? What were they doing there? How do you get from a Humpdumbler to a Puddloflaj? What did the blunging discover in the dark forest? Are Flanimals for Christmas? All this & more in a unique talking book from the bestselling author of Flanimals. ...

Lurking deep down below where the other Flanimals are is a whole new land just waiting to be studied & explored. This is Flanimals of the Deep. Here the unique complex & completely mental life form discovered in books one & two just gets even weirder. & more fantastic. So if you feel well enough read on & prepare to be astounded all over again. As all life started in the water this book shows the greatest diversity of Flanimal life so far. From the lowly Mulgi & Flambois up to the more advanced creatures such as Bif Uddlers & Mulons. The book also features a Splug but this is not worth reading about. ...

Flanimania is set to explode again with the paperback publication of Ricky Gervais's bestseller. If you've ever wondered how The Plamglotis gets from A to B or what Munty Flumple really really likes then Flanimals" will prove the perfect guide. The multi-award winning creator of " Flanimals" Gervais sheds some light on his creation: ' It's based on a background in zoological knowledge
- there are little clues in the text like The Coddleflop's Latin name which is Ovarian Fliphanger. I've been interested in zoology as long as I can remember. I actually went to university to study biology but changed courses after two weeks to avoid the 9 o'clock lectures. I did philosophy instead. They both came in useful for this book. I've been trying to do it for about six years but nobody answered the door until I knocked on it with six Baftas.'"
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The latest volume in the glorious bestiary Flanimals" features the prolific class of flying crawling invertebrates collectively known as Blugs. There are an endless variety of Movs Bants & Zubs. The metamorphosis from Monk Worm to Frag Drier. & the evil incarnate that is the Bletchling. It is compulsive bedtime reading for children & disturbed adults alike. Night night. & mind the Blugs don't bite." ...

Glamorized mythologized & demonized
- the women of the 1920s prefigured the 1960s in their determination to reinvent the way they
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These sumptuous new hardback editions mark the 70th anniversary of Fitzgeralds death. Encompassing the very best of F. Scott Fitzgeralds short fiction this collection spans his career from the early stories of the glittering Jazz Age through the lost hopes of the thirties to the last twilight decade of his life. It brings together his most famous stories including The Diamond as Big as the Ritz" a fairy tale of unlimited wealth; the sad & hilarious stories of Hollywood hack Pat Hobby; & " The Lost Decade" written in Fitzgeralds last years." ...

Struck by a bolt of lightning & doused in chemicals Central City Police scientist Barry Allen was transformed into the fastest man alive. Tapping into the energy field called The Speed Force he applies a tenacious sense of justice to protect an serve the world as The Flash! The Fastest Man Alive returns to his own monthly series as part of the DC Comics--The New 52 event with the writer/artist team of Francis Manapul & Brian Buccellato. The Flash knows he cant be everywhere at once but he has seemingly met his match when he faces DC Comic hottest new Super Villain Mob Rule who really can be everywhere at once! As Mob Rule wages a campaign of crime across Central City including an electromagnetic blast that plunges the city into darkness The Flash learns the the only way he can capture Mob Rule & save Central City is to learn how to make his brain function even faster than before--but as much as it helps him it also comes with a steep price. This volume collects issues 1-8 of the monthly series. ...

FLASH! Illuminated by lightning a lifeless human hand seems to reach from a barrel of asphalt beside the Charlotte racetrack. Even for forensic anthropologist Dr Tempe Brennan never easily shocked it is a disturbing sight. & now she is under pressure to find answers before thousands arrive for the years big race. But before she can carry out a proper examination the FBI mysteriously confiscate & destroy the body. Its a dead end. Until Wayne Gamble a young engineer alerts Tempe to the disappearance of his sister & her boyfriend from Charlotte twelve years earlier & she determines to uncover what really happened to them. When a few days later Gambles body is found crushed under the wheels of a race car Tempe realises the situation is truly sinister. & that even her own life could be in terrible danger... ...