The narrative description & condensed history of the Lancasters construction combat career & post-war service bought together to tell the complete concise history of the worlds most famous aircraft of all time & undoubtedly the finest bomber of World War 2. A superlative colour section of 50 photos of the BBMF Lancaster & the Canadian Warplane Heritage Lancaster (the only two Lancasters still flying) are featured in what is a unique photo section to complement the 150 mono contemporary images many of which have never been before published. Appendix sections detailed & expert captions & other material complement the exciting narrative which

Includes:: a special chapter on the Dam Busters to coincide with the release of the new movie by Peter Jackson & the unveiling of the Bomber Command Memorial in Hyde Park London.

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The quest for Camelots survival continues
- King Arthurs secret daughter Rhianna Pendragon has faced mortal danger ice-breathing
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The quest for Camelot's survival continues
- King Arthur's secret daughter Rhianna Pendragon has faced mortal danger ice-breathing
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Lancelot Brown changed the face of eighteenth-century England designing country estates & mansions moving hills & making flowing lakes & serpentine rivers a magical world of green. This English landscape style spread across Europe & the world. At home it proved so pleasing that Browns influence spread into the lowland landscape at large & into landscape painting. He stands behind our vision & fantasy of rural Engl&. In this vivid lively biography based on detailed research Jane Brown paints an unforgettable picture of the man his work his happy domestic life & his crowded world. She follows the life of the jovial yet elusive Mr Brown from his childhood & apprenticeship in rural Northumberland through his formative years at Stowe the most famous garden of the day. His innovative ideas & his affable & generous nature led to a meteoric rise to a Royal Appointment in 1764 & his clients & friends ranged from statesmen like the elder Pitt to artists & actors like David Garrick. Riding constantly across England Brown never ceased working until he collapsed & died in February 1783 after visiting one of his oldest clients. He was a practical man but also a visionary always willing to try something new. As this delightful & beautifully illustrated biography shows Brown filled England with enchantment
- follies cascades lakes bridges ornaments monuments meadows & woods
- creating views that still delight us today.

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Lancelot Brown changed the face of eighteenth-century England designing country estates & mansions moving hills & making flowing lakes & serpentine rivers a magical world of green. This English landscape style spread across Europe & the world. At home it proved so pleasing that Browns influence spread into the lowland landscape at large & into landscape painting. He stands behind our vision & fantasy of rural Engl&. In this vivid lively biography based on detailed research Jane Brown paints an unforgettable picture of the man his work his happy domestic life & his crowded world. She follows the life of the jovial yet elusive Mr Brown from his childhood & apprenticeship in rural Northumberland through his formative years at Stowe the most famous garden of the day. His innovative ideas & his affable & generous nature led to a meteoric rise to a Royal Appointment in 1764 & his clients & friends ranged from statesmen like the elder Pitt to artists & actors like David Garrick. Riding constantly across England Brown never ceased working until he collapsed & died in February 1783 after visiting one of his oldest clients. He was a practical man but also a visionary always willing to try something new. As this beautifully illustrated biography shows Brown filled England with enchantment
- follies cascades lakes bridges ornaments monuments meadows & woods
- creating views that still delight us today.

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A fabulous slice of wartime nostalgia a facsimile edition of the manual used by the Land Girls during the Second World War. With millions of men away to fight in the Second World War Britain was struggling for labour. In order to replace the agricultural workers now fighting the Nazis the Women's Land Army (originally founded in the First World War) was relaunched in June 1939 by the Ministry of Labour. The majority of the Land Girls already lived in the countryside but more than a third came from London & the industrial cities of the north of Engl&. By the end of the war over 100 000 women of the WLA or ' Land Girls' as they were more affectionately known had helped feed the nation in its darkest hour. First published in 1941 LAND GIRL was a practical guide for the city slickers who were recruited into the Women's Land Army & sent to work on farms in the English countryside to replace the men who had joined up. An amazing period piece hundreds of thousands of copies were printed & sold & it became one of the year's best selling books. ...

With the countrys men at war it falls to the land girls to pitch in & do their bit... Stella arrives at Hallows Farm in her Rayon stockings having just waved goodbye to the love of life
- naval officer Philip. Agatha has just graduated from Cambridge; life on the Farm is certainly going to offer her a different kind of education. Prue a hairdresser from Manchester is used to painting the town red not manual labour. Joe dreams of leaving the family farm & becoming a fighter pilot. But with the arrival of these three beautiful young women theres enough to keep him busy on the farm for the time being... Work is hard & the effects of war start to take their toll on the three women. But as the bonds of friendship start to form & excitement builds as the RAF dance looms maybe life in the countryside isnt so bad after all?
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Land Law: text cases & materials has been designed to provide students with everything they need to approach their land law course with complete confidence. Ready to be used as a st&-alone resource on all land law courses the authors combine stimulating commentary & well-chosen materials to present the subject in an interesting & dynamic way. Covering all core aspects of land law including legal estates legal interests equitable interests interests in the home leases easements covenants & security interests in land the book provides students with the detailed knowledge & analytical tools required to understand & engage fully with the current topical debates surrounding the subject. The book is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre offering detailed updates to the law following publication useful weblinks multiple choice questions with answers & feedback & guidance on answering end-of-chapter questions. ...

A New York Times bestseller & winner of the UK's John Creasey Award for Debut Crime Novel of the Year. Mesmerizing. Intensely felt & beautifully told". (New York Times). One Sunday nine-year-old Jess Hall watches in horror as his autistic brother is smothered during a healing service in the mountains of North Carolina. Wiley Cash uses this haunting image
- inspired by a horrific true event
- to spin us into a spellbinding heartbreaking story about cruelty & innocence & the failure of faith & family to protect a child. This is a novel thick with stories & characters connected by faith infidelity & a sense of hope that is both tragic & unforgettable."

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The world's most famous travelling reporter sets out for the Middle East in his latest adventure. Boom! Doctored petrol is blowing up vehicles all around the country. Determined to find the culprits Tintin heads for the Middle East but he is in for a nasty shock when he encounters a familiar face in the desert. Join the most iconic character in comics as he embark on an extraordinary adventure spanning historical & political events & thrilling mysteries. Still selling over 100 000 copies every year in the UK & having been adapted for the silver screen by Steven Spielberg & Peter Jackson in 2011 The Adventures of Tintin continue to charm more than 80 years after they first found their way into publication. Since then an estimated 230 million copies have been sold proving that comic books have the same power to entertain children & adults in the 21st century as they did in the early 20th. ...