Making full use of archival sources studies by other scholars & information provided by family members Vincent Orange has completed the first biography of Air Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding to cover his entire life. Soldier pilot wireless pioneer squadron commander spiritualist champion skier Stuffy Dowding is perhaps best known as the creator of the first radar-based air defence system & his no less remarkable management of such throughout the Battle of Britain. Dowding served in delightful & dangerous Iraq helped to pacify unrest in the Holy Land was involved in the R.101 airship disaster & oversaw the creation of Britains first eight-gun monoplanes the Hurricane & Spitfire. Controversially dismissed from Fighter Command & refused the RAFs highest rank he nevertheless became the first airman elevated to the peerage since Trenchard. Westminster Abbey was packed for his memorial service in March 1970 with more that 46 air marshals in attendance; & in 1988 HM the Queen Mother unveiled a statue in his honour. With his expert eye respected historian Orange has analysed & evaluated every episode of Dowdings exceptional career to produce what will be seen as the definitive biography. ...

Michelle Williams is young & attractive she has close family ties as well as a busy social life
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' You have talked so often of going to the dogs
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This is Orwells record of a period in the late Twenties when he lived among the tramps dregs & plongeurs of London & Paris. It is the white-hot reaction of a sensitive observant compassionate young man to poverty injustice & the callousness of the rich.. . It offers insights rather than solutions; but always insights have to precede solutions.. . No one has ever claimed Down & Out" is its authors best book yet many of his admirers describe it as their favourite Orwell. Its flaws are numerous but oddly endearing." ...

George Orwell's vivid memoir of his time living among the desperately poor & destitute Down & Out in Paris & London" is a moving tour of the underworld of society from the author of "1984" published with an introduction by Dervla Murphy in " Penguin Modern Classics". ' You have talked so often of going to the dogs
- & well here are the dogs & you have reached them.' Written when Orwell was a struggling writer in his twenties it documents his 'first contact with poverty'. Here he painstakingly documents a world of unrelenting drudgery & squalor
- sleeping in bug-infested hostels & doss houses of last resort working as a dishwasher in Paris' vile ' Hotel X' surviving on scraps & cigarette butts living alongside tramps a star-gazing pavement artist & a starving Russian ex-army captain. Exposing a shocking previously-hidden world to his readers Orwell gave a human face to the statistics of poverty for the first time
- & in doing so found his voice as a writer. Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950) better known by his pen-name George Orwell was born in India where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author & journalist Orwell was one of the most prominent & influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory " Animal Farm" was published in 1945 & it was this novel together with the dystopia of " Nineteen Eighty-Four" (1949) which brought him world-wide fame. All his novels & non-fiction including " Burmese Days" (1934) " Down & Out in Paris & London" (1933) " The Road to Wigan Pier" (1937) & " Homage to Catalonia" (1938) are published in " Penguin Modern Classics". If you enjoyed " Down & Out in Paris & London" you might like " Homage to Catalonia" also available in " Penguin Modern Classics". " Orwell was the great moral force of his age". (" Spectator"). " The white-hot reaction of a sensitive observant compassionate young man to poverty". (Dervla Murphy)."


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Join sprightly Frog & his energetic farmyard friends frolicking down by the cool of the pool
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There are so many things to see down by the station; engines buses taxi's & more. Bouncy illustrations innovative die cutting & popular rhymes make Books with Holes a must for every child. Available in three formats suitable for babies toddlers pre-schoolers & the nursery or classroom. ...

Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing & reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey. Down in the Jungle it's time for bed but Monkey wants a story & he sets off to find one in this charming funny story perfect for early readers. ...

Down in the jungle where nobody goes there is something very exciting going on! If you are very quiet you will see lots of very busy animals. But what they are getting ready for? Find out by peering through the die-cut holes on each page. Then join in the party spirit by singing along with this well-loved song & imitating the animals actions as you do! All children love this traditional rhyme & singing along will help to develop number skills. Bouncy illustrations innovative die cutting & popular rhymes make Books with Holes a must for every child. Available in three formats suitable for babies toddlers pre-schoolers & the nursery or classroom. Complete with Audio CD. ...

Down London Road is the unmissable sensual sequel to On Dublin Street by bestselling author Samantha Young. Johanna Walker knows what she wants. & that's a strong steady financially secure man who will treat her well & look after her & her little brother Cole
- something her parents have never done. But when she meets the gorgeous Cameron Mac Cabe a new bartender at work Jo can't deny the instant & undeniable attraction she feels. Cam doesn't fit into her strict specifications of her perfect partner at all
- but for once she is tempted to let her heart rule her head. & as their intense connection grows Jo has to stop hiding the truth about herself & her family. Is Cam prepared to accept Jo for who she really is? & is Jo willing to let someone into her life for keeps? Down London Road follows the lives of characters introduced in Samantha Young's bestselling romance prequel On Dublin Street. Praise for Samantha Young: Scotland's answer to E.L. James". (Sunday Post). " This extraordinary debut combines a true gift for storytelling with a liberal dose of racy encounters. But what really sets it apart is exquisite characterisation so vivid that the cast seeps into the reader's psyche". (Daily Record). Samantha Young is a 27-year-old Scottish book addict who graduated from the University of Edinburgh. She currently lives in Scotl&. Her previous novel On Dublin Street is also published by Penguin."

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