In 1963 the Indonesian Army that threatened Borneo numbered 330 000 men plus three thousand Commandos. Of these six thousand were within 20 miles of the Borneo frontier. This grew to thirteen thousand in early 1965. From mid-way through 1964 British troops & their allies who were defending the border started to make offensive incursions into Indonesian Borneo
- these operations were codenamed Claret. Taken into account the confrontational nature of the campaign"
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With Jeannette Jacksons The Drop Zone Diet" youll lose an incredible 14 pounds in 14 days! Its rapid
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The Dropout offers a sly edgy new twist on themes from The Graduate & American Pie & is a 21st-century coming-of-age drama. 19-year-old Paul Barrett is having a tough time at university. His American girlfriend Meredith is a Silver Ring virgin who wont put out. Their best friend Neil has a worrying crush on Paul. When Meredith dumps Paul & Neil commits suicide Paul drops out of uni & retreats to the south-coast hometown he calls Boredom-on-Sea where he goes to work for his uncle Jack selling furniture to continental buyers. Two more women enter his life: Jenny his uncles foxy stepdaughter; & Christine Jacks gold-digging mistress the office receptionist. & Paul attracts another gay admirer. His life is heading to the brink
- & taking other lives with him. Pauls is the young voice of today
- always hoping to get laid it takes him a while to realise that what hes really looking for is love.

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For more than four decades Frank Langella has enjoyed a singular life & career. This extremely versatile actor is also a brilliant writer with a perceptive eye & a gift for the telling detail. Dropped Names: Famous Men & Women As I Knew Them" is a collection of illuminating portraits of the people he has met & known as well as deeply revealing memories told with a rare honesty. With sharp wit & a skillful narrative style Langella affectingly limns portraits of lost friends enemies idols & liaisons that are funny moving wicked sometimes shocking & totally addictive. Woven throughout are the threads of his own experiences from his early years in Bayonne New Jersey to his most recent successes. An entertaining & totally compelling read " Dropped Names" is a mesmerizing performance from a dazzling & original talent. We are taken on an exceptional journey with scores of renowned souls now lost to us but Langellas ability to contrast their public personas with their private selves brings them back to vivid life." ...

On 15 May 1957/58 Vickers Valiant V-Bomber XD818 under the command of Wg Cdr Kenneth Hubbard OC 49 Squadron RAF dropped Britains first live thermonuclear bomb. The success of Operation Grapple broadcast to the world that the UK had the resolve & the capability to protect her own democracy & that of her Commonwealth. It was a major breakthrough that ensured Britain maintained her place in the most senior influential positions of the United Nations & other corridors of world power & in the ensuing years provide Britains deterrent throughout the decades of the Cold War. The theme of this book is to explain how the RAF selected & trained the crews who would be responsible for the precision dropping of the several weapons that would detonate during Grapple. It also provides a complete background to the parts played by all other services during this unique period in British history. ...

The Raiders are a talented young skydiving team
- with a secret. They are also a highly trained group of covert operatives carrying
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The Raiders are a talented young skydiving team
- with a secret. They are also a highly trained group of covert operatives carrying
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The Raiders are a talented young skydiving team
- with a secret. They are also a highly trained group of covert operatives carrying
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A litter of kittens a train of camels a pride of lions: these are some of the animal collective nouns you may already know. But have you heard of a parcel of hogs an embarrassment of pandas or a business of ferrets? Then turn the pages of this book to discover a collection of lesser-known & sometimes more fanciful ones... ...

Droving has been hugely important in shaping farming practice across Northumberland for 1 000 years or more. The necessity of transporting sheep & cattle has changed the landscape & developed the roads & buildings & at one time animals would be herded from as far a field as Scotland & Irel&. Today the scene is very different but the legacy of the drovers can still be seen & enjoyed all over the region. Local archaeologists Ian Roberts Alan Rushworth & Richard Calrton have been determined to preserve this history on behalf of the Northumberland National Park Authority. Following the development of droving in Northumberland from prehistoric times through Middle Ages the eighteenth century & right up to date they offer the definitive history of this significant activity. ...