Few modes of travel have the enduring appeal of steam railways. Today preserved lines locomotives & rolling stock attract not just expert enthusiasts but more casual visitors who are keen to savour the distinctive atmosphere of a lost era in transport history. Yet these relics are but one aspect of the long story of steam for they cannot reveal the human side of working life on the railways
- the experience of the railwaymen who operated the machinery of the steam age. It is this the human aspect of railway history that David Wragg has chosen as the subject of this landmark book. He has selected extracts from the personal reminiscences of railwaymen to create an allround portrait of the industry in its prime. He records their memories anecdotes & insights & he brings the routines of the steam railway vividly back to life. As this fascinating portrait of the industry reveals the men who worked on the railways during that era knew a different world from todays electric & diesel network. The railways were not simply a job for life but the job was their life. They could spend their entire careers advancing step by step through the industry from engine cleaner to fireman to driver & from working on a shunter to operating a famous named express. Fortunately for us the railwaymen of that time shared their experiences with one another through their employee magazinesand their books so they have left behind them a fascinating record of their work their attitudes & concerns. The observations eyewitness accounts operating procedures complaints anecdotes & simple descriptions of the long-lost daily routines of the steam railway are the raw material for David Wraggs remarkable book.
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I don't remember the first time I changed into a wolf. One night I passed out & awoke to find my body covered in yellow fur. My brain was beyond reacting. It took this in its stride as it had everything else in my new life. I got to my feet & went in search of food. As a curious & independent six-year-old Clayton didn't resist the bite
- he asked for it. But as a lone child werewolf his life is under constant threat. So when enigmatic Pack member Jeremy Danvers saves him Clayton is determined to protect his adoptive father no matter what the cost. So begins this gripping collection of four tales chronicling the bloody feuds of the American Pack & the coming of age of Clay Danvers a very powerful
- & very singular
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The two-engined Mosquito was one of the classic aircraft of the Second World War. Famously wooden-built its graceful lines & powerful performance have made it into an airborne icon. Its operational versatility as a fighter low level bomber & reconnaissance aircraft was unsurpassed. In this book we get the first-hand crew accounts of a selection of the actions & missions that the Mossie undertook. These include audacious raids on Nazi HQs & Gestapo jails
- real precision attacks carried out by ace fliers.
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In 1781 the British Empire suffered its most devastating defeat in a war that most believed Britain ought to have won. Common wisdom has held that incompetent military commanders & political leaders in London must have been to blame their arrogant confidence & outdated tactics proving no match for the innovative & determined Americans. But this is far from the truth. Weaving together the personal stories of ten prominent men who directed the British dimension of the war Andrew O' Shaughnessy dispels the myths emerging with a very different & much richer account of the conflict
- one driven by able & at times even brilliant leadership. In interlinked biographical chapters O' Shaughnessy follows the course of the war from the perspectives of King George III Prime Minister Lord North military leaders including General Burgoyne the Earl of Sandwich & others whose stories shed new light upon our understanding of how the war unfolded. Victories were frequent & in fact the British conquered every American city at some stage of the Revolutionary War retaining key strongholds even during the peace negotiations. Taking a wider lens to events O' Shaughnessy looks past the surrender at Yorktown to British victories against the French & Spanish demonstrating that ultimately many of the men who lost America would go on to save the empire.
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In 1979 a secret unit was established by the US Army. Defying all known military practice -- & indeed the laws of physics -- they believed that a soldier could adopt a cloak of invisibility pass cleanly through walls & perhaps most chillingly kill goats just by staring at them. They were the First Earth Battalion. & they really werent joking. Whats more theyre back & fighting the War on Terror. So unbelievable it has to be true -- this is the real-life account that inspired the film. Simultaneously frightening & hilarious The Times Not only a narcotic road trip through the wackier reaches of Bushs war effort but also an unmissable account of the insanity that has lately been done in our names Observer ...

Fast hard-hitting funny & honest this is the book that answers the question that all women discuss every day: Where are the interesting & available men? Forget the fiction. This is not self help or a dating manual
- This is Men!"
- controversial sassy & very entertaining
- Michael Moore meets real life Bridget Jones. Bestselling author Isabel Losada throws herself (literally) into all male environments to learn about how different Men! are from women. From learning to be a plumber & riding a Harley to interviewing psychologists scientists & dating hosts every page will have readers smiling & learning about Men! & about themselves. How do you define an interesting man? (or women?) How are male & female brains different? What do men fantasise about? What do the richest men in the city & the builders on the building sites want of women? How do women entice men from watching sport on TV & encourage them to really enjoy women instead? This is not a book for women who think that finding a man is the solution to their problems; rather it is an intelligent controversial & often hilarious journey through modern life & relationships by a unique & well-loved author."


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Its not just ladies who need looking after in life
- boys need a spot of care too! So why not give the man in your life a treat
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Its not just ladies who need looking after in life
- boys need a spot of care too! So why not give the man in your life a treat
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People are hungrier than ever for clear-cut answers to their most perplexing food questions but a private nutritionist or a membership in a diet club are expensive luxuries. What readers really need is an authoritative encyclopedic source at their fingertips. The Mens Health Big Book Of Food & Nutrition" is the ultimate guide to shopping dining & cooking for bigger flavor
- & a leaner body. It answers the ongoing demand for definitive information about the food we eat & taps into a readership hungry for final-word answers. Based on the same format as the hugely successful " The Mens Health Big Book of Exercises" & filled with easy-to-swallow eating strategies
- & backed by groundbreaking studies & interviews with the worlds most authoritative nutrition researchers
- " The Mens Health Big Book Of Food & Nutrition" will help readers discover just how easy it is to unlock the power of food & stay healthy for life."


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