A generation after the events of The Long Earth mankind has spread across the new worlds opened up by Stepping. Where Joshua & Lobsang once pioneered now fleets of airships link the stepwise Americas with trade & culture. Mankind is shaping the Long Earth
- but in turn the Long Earth is shaping mankind.. .A new ' America' called Valhalla is emerging more than a million steps from Datum Earth with core American values restated in the plentiful environment of the Long Earth
- & Valhalla is growing restless under the control of the Datum government... Meanwhile the Long Earth is suffused by the song of the trolls graceful hive-mind humanoids. But the trolls are beginning to react to humanity's thoughtless exploitation.. . Joshua now a married man is summoned by Lobsang to deal with a gathering multiple crisis that threatens to plunge the Long Earth into a war unlike any mankind has waged before.

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After their fantastic trip round the world in 2004 fellow actors & bike fanatics Ewan Mc Gregor & Charley Boorman couldn't shake the travel bug. & after an inspirational UNICEF visit to Africa they knew they had to go back & experience this extraordinary continent in more depth. & so they set off on their 15 000-mile adventure experiencing some of the toughest terrain in the world
- & meeting some of the friendliest people. Containing over one hundred exclusive photographs
- including some taken by Ewan & Charley & many more by internationally renowned photographer Julian Broad
- this beautifully illustrated edition vividly documents a trip of a lifetime.


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The year is 1955. A time when international travel is reserved for the privileged few Andy Marshall an 18 year old National Service conscript from Plymouth finds himself posted to the other side of the world. Soon after his arrival at RAF Changi Singapore he is sent on detached duty to a staging post on a remote island in the South China Sea close to the mainland of Borneo. His nine month tour of duty there is filled with a succession of bizarre experiences as he attempts to adjust to living & working with the 30-strong complement of Airmen led by an eccentric Station Commander. Andy returns to Changi where his unusual exploits both on & off duty continue unabated. Throughout his service in the Far East he is left to reflect on the wisdom of a last-minute marriage proposal prior to his departure from Engl&. His two years of service for Queen & Country completed he returns home to re-adjust to civilian life only to discover the lengthy period of separation from his fiancee has had a profound effect on their relationship. Meanwhile his thoughts are filled with memories of the his time overseas particularly the camaraderie amongst his fellow men. A re-union of former colleagues takes place but with surprising consequences...A Long Way from Home is a work of fiction inspired by the authors personal experiences. It paints a wickedly humorous & perceptive picture from an era when National Service was accepted almost without question. Given the continuing debate of the desirability of re-introducing some form of compulsory military service this novel throws a light on how over half a century ago one young man coped a long way from home. ...

I ought to tell you at the beginning that I am not quite normal having had a violent experience at the age of nine Jessica Vyes violent experience colours her schooldays & her reaction to the world around her- a confining world of Order Marks wartime restrictions viyella dresses nicely-restrained essays & dusty tea shops. For Jessica she has been told that she is beyond all possible doubt a born writer. With her inability to conform her absolute compulsion to tell the truth & her dedication to accurately noting her experiences she knows this anyway. But what she doesnt know is that the experiences that sustain & enrich her burgeoning talent will one day lead to a new- & entirely unexpected- reality. ...

The first-person account of a 26-year-old who fought in the war in Sierra Leone as a 12-year-old boy. My new friends have begun to suspect that I havent told them the full story of my life. Why did you leave Sierra Leone?" " Because there is a war." " You mean you saw people running around with guns & shooting each other?" " Yes all the time." " Cool." I smile a little. " You should tell us about it sometime." " Yes sometime." This is how wars are fought now: by children hopped-up on drugs & wielding AK-47s. There are more than fifty conflicts going on worldwide & it is estimated there are some 300 000 child soldiers fighting. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them. What is war like through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one become a killer? How does one stop? Child soldiers have been profiled by journalists & novelists have struggled to imagine their lives. But until now there has not been a first-person account from someone who came through this hell & survived. Ishmael Beah now twenty-five years old tells a riveting story: how at the age of twelve in Sierra Leone he fled attacking rebels & wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen hed been picked up by the government army & Beah at heart a gentle boy found he was capable of truly terrible acts. This is a rare & mesmerizing account told with real literary force & heartbreaking honesty." ...

In a gorgeous quay-side hotel in Cornwall the long weekend is just beginning.. . Claire Marlowe owns ' The Townhouse by the Sea' with Luca the hotel's charismatic chef. She ensures everything runs smoothly
- until an unexpected arrival checks in & turns her whole world upside down. & the rest of the guests arrive with their own baggage. There's a couple looking for distraction from a family tragedy; a man trying to make amends for an affair he bitterly regrets.. .and the young woman who thinks the Cornish village might hold the key to her past. Here are affairs of the heart secrets lies & scandal
- all wrapped up in one long hot weekend.

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This authoritative book is aimed particularly at those who participate in racing pigeons at distances of over five hundred miles but will also be of value to all pigeon fanciers. John Clements succeeds in making the reader view the humble pigeon in a different light & ensures that he or she gains a deeper appreciation of the enormous joy & satisfaction that can be gained from long-distance pigeon racing. ...

First published in 1976 Robert Hardy's Longbow" which has achieved an enviable reputation as a classic book on the subject tells the story of this weapon throughout British history with drama vigour & enthusiasm. As well as describing the longbow's colourful past in battles such as Crecy Poitiers & Agincourt & in the Robin Hood legend & the Wars of the Roses the book

Includes:: information on the archers themselves & their equipment training way of life & terms of service."

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The Longest Climb" is the utterly compelling account of Dominic & his teams expedition from the Dead Sea to the peak of Everest. His team Everest Max were the first ever to make this extraordinary journey. Following an old Victorian route Dominic cycled through Jordan Syria Turkey Iran Pakistan & India on his way to Tibet & the bottom of the worlds highest mountain. From trying to find a wireless connection in Damascus & setting fire to the teams support vehicle in order to thaw the engine in Iran to deciding whether or not to share the little oxygen they had & risk their own lives in order to try to save another climber & beating their Austrian nemesis Gerry Winkler to the top " The Longest Climb" is a high-octane combination of the huge personal risk fascinating cultural insight & momentary farce that make up a major expedition. But " The Longest Climb" is not simply a memoir of an expedition. It is also the moving account of Dominics struggle to finally accept the heartbreaking loss of his father to cancer when Dominic was just six. As he fights illness broken equipment lack of money & the hardest season of Everest history to make the top Dominic also discusses what has driven him up this mountain. The answers are as affecting as they are extraordinary." ...

6 June 1944. 156 000 troops from 12 different countries 11 000 aircraft 7 000 naval vessels 24 hours. D-Day
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