The electrifying WWII bestseller from the master of the game. On the 30th April 1945 Russian radar reported a light aircraft leaving the vicinity of the Tiergarten in Berlin. But who was on board & where was the plane going? Berlin was in ruins as the Russians moved relentlessly towards the concrete bunker where the Nazi adminstration had been destroyed. But one man Reichsleiter Martin Bormann Adolf Hitlers secretary & eminence grise had a daring plan to escape. Far away to the south--west at Schloss Arlberg above the River Inn five prisoners of war were contemplating their fate. Would they be murdered by their captors or liberated by the Russians? Unbeknown to them Bormann has his own plans. They are about to become part of a mystery that has fascinated the world for over sixty years. What exactly did happen to Bormann & his prisoners? ...

Valhalla Rising" is Clive Cusslers thrilling sixteenth Dirk Pitt adventure. Sabotage conspiracy & piracy in the air & below the waves finds Dirk Pitt plunged into his most dangerous adventure yet. When the luxury cruise lined Emerald Dolphin
- powered by a revolutionary new propulsion system
- becomes a raging inferno & sinks mysteriously it is lucky that NUMA special projects director Dirk Pitt is on hand to rescue the passengers & investigate the tragedy. Sifting through the undersea wreckage for signs of foul play Pitt is unaware of powerful dark forces player their hand against him. Forced to fight for his life
- & those of friends & colleagues
- against evermore ruthless enemies from a shadowy organisation Pitt finds himself caught between the secrets of the past & the intrigues of the future. A future that will hold the world to ransom... Filled with breathtaking suspense & dazzling action " Valhalla Rising" sees Clive Cussler at the height of his storytelling powers. " Valhalla Rising" is the sixteenth of Clive Cusslers bestselling " Dirk Pitt" novels
- the series that also

Includes:: " Atlantis Found" & his first novel " Mayday"
- in which our hero finds himself caught up in a web of shipwrecks & dark secrets. Praise for Clive Cussler: " Cussler is hard to beat". (" Daily Mail"). " The guy I read". (Tom Clancy). Bestselling author Clive Cussler has thrilled readers for four decades with his classic adventure novels filled with intrigue & plot twists. As well as the " Dirk Pitt" series there are also the "NUMA" & " Oregon Files" the " Isaac Bell" adventures & the " Fargo" series. Other " Dirk Pitt" titles available in Penguin paperback include " Atlantis Found" " Trojan Odyssey" " Black Wind" " Treasure of Khan" " Arctic Drift" " Crescent Dawn" & " The Kingdom"."







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Three times an Ashes winner Trevor Bailey is regarded next to Ian Botham as Englands premier all-rounder since the Second World War. He was a schoolboy prodigy at Dulwich College & won cricket & soccer blues at Cambridge University & an FA Amateur Cup winners medal with Walthamstow in 1951-2. At the heart of the story is the fighting spirit of a loyalist that served England
- & his home county Essex
- so well in a crisis. He was at his greatest when the tensions ran high especially in one of the most celebrated of rearguard actions against Australia at Lords in 1953. Bailey played in 61 Tests in which he became then only the second Englishman after Wilfred Rhodes to score 2000 runs & take 100 wickets. His cricket acumen in retirement brought him to the attention of another listening public as a broadcaster on the BBCs Test Match Special programme.

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The RAFs first Cold War strategic bomber the Vickers Valiant was procured as an insurance measure in case either the Vulcan or Victor was found to have a serious flaw. The Valiant was the equivalent of the US B-47 Stratojet & it blazed the trail for the British airborne nuclear deterrent as the aircraft enjoyed a far more active service career than later V-bombers. It was the launch platform for all British free fall nuclear weapons tests both in the Pacific & in central Australia it took part in the Suez campaign in 1956 & it was the only V-bomber to drop (conventional) weapons in anger until the Falklands operation in 1982. The Valiant was modified to serve in the electronic warfare strategic reconnaissance & airborne tanker role however it had to be grounded in early 1965 when the aircraft succumbed to metal fatigue. ...

Warrior-maiden & consort of the blood god Khorne the name Valkia the Bloody is feared among all the tribes of the north
- friend
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During the 1950s at the time Elvis Presley was rocking the world with Hound Dog & the USA was aiming to become the worlds only superpower plans were being drawn at North American Aviation in Southern California for an incredible Mach-3 strategic bomber. The concept was born as a result of General Curtis Le Mays desire for a heavy bomber with the weapon load & range of the subsonic B-52 & a top speed in excess of the supersonic medium bomber the B-58 Hustler. If Le Mays plans came to fruition there would be 250 Valkyries in the air; it would be the pinnacle of his quest for the ultimate strategic bomber operated by Americas Strategic Air Comm&. The design was a leap into the future that pushed the envelope in terms of exotic materials avionics & power plants. However in April 1961 Defence Secretary Mc Namara stopped the production go-ahead for the B-70 on grounds of rapid cost escalation & the USSRs new-found ability of destroying aircraft at extremely high altitude by either missiles or the new Mig-25 fighter. Nevertheless in 1963 plans for the production of three high-speed research aircraft were approved & construction proceeded. In September 1964 the first Valkyrie now recoded A/V-1 took to the air for the first time & in October went supersonic. This book is the most detailed description of the design engineering & research that went into this astounding aircraft. It is full of unpublished details photographs & firsthand accounts from those closely associated with the project. Although never put into full production this giant six-engined aircraft became famous for its breakthrough technology & the spectacular images captured on a fatal air-to-air photo shoot when an observing Starfighter collided with Valkyrie A/V-2 which crashed into the Mojave Desert. The loss of the $750 million aircraft & twolives stopped future development although there were several attempts to redesign it as an airliner to compete against the European Concorde. ...

This is a modern-day adventure story featuring Paulos supernatural encounter with angels
- who appear as warrior women & travel
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Who are the two strange pilots & what is the secret treasure hidden in the lonely valley where the children land? Nothing could be more exciting than a daring night flight on Bill's plane! But Philip Dinah Lucy-Ann & Jack soon find themselves flying straight into a truly amazing adventure. ...

Nothing could be more exciting than a night flight on Bill's plane. But in The Valley of Adventure Philip Dinah Lucy-Ann Jack & Kiki the parrot fly straight into terrible danger. In The Sea of Adventure the children find themselves marooned on a desolate coast playing a dangerous game of hide-&-seek with an unknown enemy. ...

Having travelled through the Dance of the Gods to the land of Geall the six members of a magical circle
- a sorcerer a witch a
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