In the months that followed I watched His Holiness working on a new book...I began to think that perhaps the time had come for me to turn my paws to a book of my own.. .one that tells my own tale... How I was rescued from a fate too grisly to contemplate to become constant companion to a man who is not only one of the worlds greatest spiritual leaders & a Nobel Peace Prize laureate but who is also a dab hand with the can opener. Not so much fly-on-the-wall as cat-on-the-sill this is the warm-hearted tale of a small kitten rescued from the slums of New Delhi who finds herself in a beautiful sanctuary with sweeping views of the snow-capped Himalayas. In her exotic new home the Dalai Lamas cat encounters Hollywood stars Buddhist masters Ivy-league professors famous philanthropists & a host of other people who come visiting His Holiness. Each encounter offers a fresh insight into finding happiness & meaning in the midst of a life of busy-ness & challenge. Drawing us into her world with her adorable but all-too-flawed personality the Dalai Lamas cat discovers how instead of trying to change the world changing the way we experience the world is the key to true contentment. Featuring a delightful cast of characters timeless Buddhist wisdom & His Holiness compassion pervading every chapter The Dalai Lamas Cat" is simply enchanting." ...

This is a finest top quality medium weight acid free cartridge pad. It has spiral bound which means it will lie flat as you work. The pad is suitable for sketching drawing pen & ink work & charcoal art. 25 sheets of acid free paper 149 x 210mm perfect for sketching in pen pencil or charcoal. ...

For many years artists have appreciated the qualities of Langton products. The paper is colour stable mould free & acid free. The paper has a cold pressed surface which is in between the roughest & smoothest texture of paper. The paper is therefore very versatile & popular for watercolour & line-wash work. It can be sued for pastels inks & acrylics. This pad of 12 sheets of A3 cold pressed watercolour paper is glued down one side. The quality is 300gsm & it is acid free. ...

Daler Rowney System 3 Acrylic Paint Introduction Set. Box of 10 x 22ml acrylic paints. System 3 Original is a high quality flow-formula acrylic coloured paint which offers an excellent painting experience. Colours include: Titanium White Lemon Yellow Cadmium Yellow Cadmium Red Crimson Ultramarine Blue Emerald Green Yellow Ochre Burnt Umber & Black. ...

System 3 Orignal are high quality versatile water based acrylic paints & offers an excellent painting experience. These acrylic paints offer all the virtues of light fastness permanence covering power & flexibility. The paints can be thinned with water for washes or used directly from the tube as a thicker bodied paint. Either way it dries quickly to form an insoluble film. This set contains 8 x 75 ml tubs in the following colours; Titanium White 009 Cadmium Yellow (hue) 620 Cadmium Red (hue) 503 Ultramarine 123 Sap Green 375 Yellow Ochre 663 Burnt Umber 223 Mars Black 036 ...

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The Daltons have escaped!A Words that all fans of Lucky Luke know well. But this is the story of the first time that the idiotic brothers break out of jail. Driven by Joes unshakable need to get revenge on Lucky Luke the outlaws terrorise several towns before hatching a genius plan: Get the Lonesome Cowboy his very own wanted poster. As the local populace begins turning on him Luke will display infinite patience in order to catch his quarry." ...

The night of May 16th 1943. Nineteen specially adapted Lancaster bombers take off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire each with a huge 9 000lb cylindrical bomb strapped underneath it. Their mission: to destroy three dams deep within the German heartland which provide the lifeblood to the industries supplying the Third Reich's war machine. From the outset it was an almost impossible task a suicide mission: to fly low & at night in formation over many miles of enemy-occupied territory at the very limit of the Lancasters' capacity & drop a new weapon that had never been tried operationally before from a precise height of just sixty feet from the water at some of the most heavily defended targets in Germany. More than that the entire operation had to be put together in less than ten weeks. When visionary aviation engineer Barnes Wallis' concept of the bouncing bomb was green lighted he hadn't even drawn up his plans for the weapon that was to smash the dams. What followed was an incredible race against time which despite numerous setbacks & against huge odds became one of the most successful & game-changing bombing raids of all time. ...

On the night of 16/17 May 1943 a select group of young RAF Bomber Command airmen carried out one of the most audacious & daring low level raids of the Second World War. Nineteen aircrews of No.617 Squadron flying modified Avro Lancasters each armed with a 'bouncing bomb' were detailed to attack specific dams viewed as essential to Germany's war effort. Two were indeed breached in an extraordinary display of skill & courage but at a cost of eight Lancasters lost. Of the 56 airmen flying these aircraft 53 were killed & 3 were captured. In Dam Busters: Failed to Return Fighting High Publishing brings together notable Bomber Command historians to recount the lives of some of the Dam Busters who were lost that fateful night. Drawing upon family archives official documents wartime memoirs & letters flying logbooks & relative & witness recollections & illustrated throughout with colour & black & white photographs & documents the authors piece together the extraordinary gripping yet ultimately tragic stories of these select young men. ...

The famous dams raid in May 1943 was made possible only by the fusion of cutting-edge technology with the raw courage of a h&-picked squadron of RAF airmen. The incredible bouncing bomb used to devastating effect by 617 Squadron on the Ruhr dams was the vanguard of a whole train of technical developments that made this & other precision raids possible. Using the Haynes Manual" approach Iain Murray describes the technology behind the bouncing bomb as well as the heavily modified Lancasters that were used to deliver the weapons." ...