It's James Bond's first day at Eton & already he's met his first enemy. This is the start of an adventure that will take him from the school playing fields to the remote shores of Loch Silverfin & a terrifying discovery that threatens to unleash a new breed of warfare. ...

Silversmithing for Jewellery Makers is a comprehensive examination of all the techniques surface treatments & innovations used by silver jewellery makers. Unlike more general silversmithing books that also include silver ornaments this book places a strong emphasis on the information that is relevant to jewellery makers giving them all they need to know about working with this unique & versatile material. It takes the reader through the basic skills as well as specialist techniques & treatments for silver jewellery making. Traditional techniques such as filigree are examined alongside contemporary designs that marry metals & mix materials to create unique textures & surfaces. This authoritative & lusciously illustrated book offers a comprehensive & inspirational insight into the art & craft of silver jewellery making for today's artisan. Profiles of contemporary practitioners punctuate every section along with galleries that show a range of finished works. Packed with instructional information & inspiration this book is aimed at the range of home-crafters & the Etsy.com market as well as professional jewelry makers who are looking for a more detailed insight into working with silver. The comprehensive resource section details the practicalities of learning about & selling jewelry in the contemporary accessories market. Silver is easy to work with affordable & results in elegant stylish jewellery that is above the level of the more crafty beads-&-colored-stones style of jewellery making. Being versatile & malleable means this is a material that jewellery makers can experiment with & also use with a combination of other materials to create unique stylish & highly sophisticated looking jewellery. Silversmithing & jewellery courses alike are highly subscribed & barring a highly respected 30 year old title no other book adequately addresses silver jewellery -making techniques for the modern maker. The majority of silversmithing books focus on ornaments & include a lot of information that is not relevant to the jewellery maker & there is a distinct gap in the market for this contemporary appraisal of the craft. With its comprehensive range of techniques & inspiration Silversmithing for Jewellery Makers is a must-have for all levels of jewellery makers & designers & guarantees a strong position on the backlist. ...

The former wartime airfield at Silverstone is Britain's most important motor racing circuit & is best known as the home of the British Grand Prix which was first staged there in 1948. This magnificent book tells Silverstone's entire history covering the great races influential characters & unforgettable events as well as the evolution of the circuit itself. The book is profusely illustrated including plenty of rare photographs that have not been published before. Produced with the full assistance of the British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) & Silverstone Circuits this is the last word on the history of the much-loved 'home of British motor racing'. ...

With the liberal use of many previously unpublished photographs contrasting past & present Silverstone Circuit Through Time shows how a wartime airfield developed stage by stage into the country's premier motor racing circuit the annual home of Formula One's spectacular British Grand Prix. Though touching on some of the great personalities associated with the place it is essentially a book about the circuit itself. There is much nostalgic emphasis on the 1950s & 1960s when love of the sport & a willingness to make the best of things had to compensate for the somewhat primitive facilities on offer. The remarkable turnaround of more recent years is also fully explored as a fairly ramshackle venue reflecting the dreamy surrounding countryside turned itself into a high-tech entertainment centre bristling with ambition for the future. ...

The second volume in Raymond E. Feist's highly acclaimed epic fantasy Riftwar Saga With the Kingdom of the Isles at peace Prince Arutha can at last look forward to marrying the Princess Anita in the city of Krondor. But the capital in the west harbours many shadows. When Jimmy the Hand a young thief in the Guild of Mockers upsets an assassination attempt on Arutha a sinister plot is uncovered. As the dead rise & assassins stalk the darkness Arutha must rally the Kingdom forces swiftly if he is to save his beautiful princess felled by a poisoned arrow on her wedding day & prevent a madman from destroying Midkemia. ...

George & Edie are travelling through un London a world of danger on the city streets & they are quite alone. Time is standing still & the rest of London is unaware of their plight unaware of the hidden world of living statues of Shackleton & the Queen of Time. In the concluding part of the breathtaking & critically acclaimed Stoneheart trilogy Edie & George look deeper into Edie's past & her future. ...

When a mysterious stranger suddenly turns up claiming to be Alfies guardian Alfies happy days living with Tims family are over. Soon Alfies trapped in a cage with a grouchy vampire & a mysterious creature called a scoffle. Hes been collected by werewolf hunter Sebarino Silvertooth whos captured extraordinary creatures in order to sell them to researchers. Can Tim & his parents with the help of Grandpa Werewolf & Noura help Alfie escape before he ends up in a lab... ...

Melanie Mc Grath's critically acclaimed East End family memoir now in paperback. In this remarkable book award-winning writer Melanie Mc Grath has given us a vivid & poignant memoir of the East End. Mc Grath spent years wondering about her East End roots. At the turn of the twenty-first century the places where her grandparents lived out their lives Poplar East Ham & Silvertown -- are virtually unrecognisable; her grandparents Jenny & Len Page long since dead & already half forgotten. Silvertown teems with stories of life in the docks & pubs & dog tracks of the old East End where Melanie Mc Grath's grandparents scraped a living. Here are the bustling alleys & lanes of Poplar in 1914 where eleven year old Jenny watches the men go off to fight; the Moses sweatshop on the Mile End Waste; the London docks then the largest port in the world; & Jenny having her teeth pulled out on her seventeenth birthday. Here too is the Cosy Cafe opened full of hope by Jenny & Len -- later a home to their troubled marriage -- & an East End landscape which is altered forever by the closure of the docks & the disintegration of this close knit community. The places Melanie Mc Grath describes have largely vanished now. This evocative & deeply moving family memoir recreates the lost East End & the struggles of those who live there. ...

Only eighteen black people live in Kingsmarkham. One of them is Wexfords new Doctor Raymond Akande. When the doctors daughter Melanie goes missing the Chief Inspector takes more than just a professional interest in the case. Melanie just down from university but unable to find a job disappeared somewhere between the Benefit Office & the bus stop. Or at least no one saw her get on the bus when it came. According to her parents Melanie was happy at home. She had recently broken up with her boyfriend but until now there had been no cause to worry about her. & no one liked to voice the suspicion that something might have happened that Melanie might be dead.. . ...

The creators of Captain America" & the " Boy Commandos" produced some of the hardest-hitting crime comics of the 1950s. Often featuring real-world criminals like Ma Barker Al Capone & Pretty Boy Floyd & true-to-life events like the St. Valentines Day Massacre these adventures were torn from post-prohibition headlines. Explosive enough to draw the attention of the congressional committee on juvenile delinquency they remain action-packed for todays graphic novel audience. These are the best of the Simon & Kirby Crime comics fully restored & collected for the first time." ...