Land Rovers have been used by the military since they were introduced in Series I form in 1948. The Land Rovers rugged go-anywhere reputation has led to its use in a vast number of military roles from general-purpose workhorse to special forces reconnaissance vehicle ambulance communications vehicle & weapons platform. in addition a number of one-off prototypes have been produced for various trials. This manual provides a unique insight into the world of military Land Rovers with an emphasis on military operation & equipment. ...

Sergeant Pete Decker is driving through a housing estate one night when he discovers an abandoned toddler in blood-stained pyjamas. As Decker & his partner Marge Dunn hunt for the childs parents the bee-stings they notice all over the childs arm guide them to a honey farm set in the barren scrubland surrounding Los Angeles. Its a tough landscape populated by hard-working people with little time for city folks so the two detectives arent surprised when there is no welcoming party. Nothing though has prepared them for the incredible stonewalling from the locals nor for the grisly sight that greets them in the farmhouse. But Decker & Dunn are professionals to the core & delving deeper find a gruesome mystery far more lethal than the ordinary hornets nest... ...

Anne Mc Entegart wanted to support the War Effort. Her Royal Air Force officer husband was working abroad & her only child was in Canada evacuated for safety. Aged thirty-eight Anne left London & her life as the wife of an officer to work on the land & deliver milk for Walter Gossling at New Park Farm just outside the village of Brockenhurst in the New Forest. Though not an official member of the Womens Land Army Anne milked cows & stacked corn alongisde the land girls on the farm. Engagingly detailing the brim-full days of farm life during the build-up to the D-Day & after this book celebrates the people & places
- not to mention a wayward pony
- which made up the wartime Brockenhurst community. The Milk Lady at New Park Farm is a World War Two diary of farmwork friendship & fulfilment among the ponies & corn sheaves of the New Forest.

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Nothing sings of leisurely weekend indulgence like supping chocolate thickshakes through a stripy straw the ice cream melting & oozing down the side of a cool soda glass. Or perhaps your favourite is a frothy frappe or a fizzy float? Recreate milkshake bar classics & experiment with inspired new creations in your own home with Hannah Miles delightfully nostalgic new book. Classic recipes include Cream Soda Floats Banana Caramel Milkshakes & a thick Chocolate Malt Shake. For a lighter option turn to the Fruity chapter which is full of brilliant blends: from a refreshing Watermelon Cooler to a delicate Apple Snow Shake. Fun recipes are perfect for the child in all of us
- from cute Doughnut or Raspberry Ripple Floats to a Honeycomb Shake
- while Indulgent recipes are for milkshakes which have definitely grown-up! Sip a sweet Salted Caramel Shake a decadent Cherry Garcia or a fragrant Rose Dream. Whatever your choice shakes are not just for summer they make a perfect treat or dessert for those happy days all year round!

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In spring 1842 Eliza is shocked when she is sent to work in the Manchester cotton mills
- the noisy suffocating mills. The work
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This novel based on George Eliots own experiences of provincial life is a masterpiece of ambiguity in which moral choice is subjected to the hypocrisy of the Victorian age. As the headstrong Maggie Tulliver grows into womanhood the deep love which she has for her brother Tom turns into conflict because she cannot reconcile his bourgeois standards with her own lively intelligence. Maggie is unable to adapt to her community or break free from it & the result on more than one level is tragedy. ...

Drawing on George Eliots own childhood experiences to craft an unforgettable story of first love sibling rivalry & regret The Mill on the Floss" is edited with an introduction & notes by A.S. Byatt author of " Possession" in " Penguin Classics". Brought up at Dorlcote Mill Maggie Tulliver worships her brother Tom & is desperate to win the approval of her parents but her passionate wayward nature & her fierce intelligence bring her into constant conflict with her family. As she reaches adulthood the clash between their expectations & her desires is painfully played out as she finds herself torn between her relationships with three very different men: her proud & stubborn brother; hunchbacked Tom Wakem the son of her familys worst enemy; & the charismatic but dangerous Stephen Guest. With its poignant portrayal of sibling relationships " The Mill on the Floss" is considered George Eliots most autobiographical novel; it is also one of her most powerful & moving. In this edition writer & critic A.S. Byatt author of " Possession" provides full explanatory notes & an introduction relating " The Mill on the Floss" to George Eliots own life & times. Mary Ann Evans (1819-80) began her literary career as a translator & later editor of the " Westminster Review". In 1857 she published " Scenes of Clerical Life" the first of eight novels she would publish under the name of George Eliot including " The Mill on the Floss" " Middlemarch" & " Daniel Deronda". If you enjoyed " The Mill on the Floss" you might like Thomas Hardys " Jude the Obscure" also available in " Penguin Classics"." ...

This is the Penguin English Library Edition" of " The Mill on the Floss" by George Eliot. If life had no love in it what else was there for Maggie? Tragic & moving " The Mill on the Floss" is a novel of grand passions & tormented lives. As the rebellious Maggie's fiery spirit & imaginative nature bring her into bitter conflict with her narrow provincial family most painfully with her beloved brother Tom their fates are played out on an epic scale. George Eliot drew on her own frustrated rural upbringing to create one of the great novels of childhood & one of literature's most unforgettable heroines. " The Penguin English Library"
- 100 editions of the best fiction in English from the eighteenth century & the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War."
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Meg Morrissey will not believe that her husband James committed suicide. A famous naturalist & founder of Green Scenes a pioneering magazine about environmental issues James was in high spirits because hed finally completed his long awaited autobiography. He didnt leave a suicide note. But even more suspiciously the record of his lifes achievement his magnum opus has gone missing. Troubled Meg calls in amateur sleuths George & Molly Palmer-Jones to investigate. George & Mollys interviews soon reveal that the life of the Morrissey family in their beautiful converted mill is not as idyllic as people are led to believe. Nor are relations with Jamess ex-wife Cathy as friendly as Meg would like to make out. & it emerges James had fallen for another woman. Despite this however he appears to have had no enemies. Who could have wanted him dead? The disappearance of the autobiography is highly suspicious & George & Molly wonder whether the motive for the killing is to be found within its pages. Could the famous environmentalist have uncovered a secret so damaging someone was prepared to kill for it? Or was it something in James Morrisseys private life that led to his death? George & Molly must try to fit together the missing pieces of information to reveal the cleverly suppressed motives which have driven someone to murder. ...

Disfigured by the blow of an abusive husband the widow Mary Mc Allister has spent almost sixty years secluded in a white marble mansion overlooking the town of Mill River Vermont. Her links to the outside world are few: the mail an elderly priest & a bedroom window with a view of the town below. Most longtime residents of Mill River consider the marble house & its occupant peculiar & few of them have ever seen Mary. But three newcomers
- a police officer & his daughter & a new schoolteacher
- are curious about the reclusive old woman. Only the town priest truly knows the Mill River recluse & the secret she keeps.. .a secret that once revealed will change the town & the lives of its residents forever. In the tradition of Kim Edwards (The Memory Keepers Daughter The Lake of Dreams) The Mill River Recluse is a story of triumph over tragedy one that reminds us of the value of friendship & the mysterious ways that love can come from the most unexpected places.

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