In the early morning hours of 6 November 1943 SS Reichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler receives the coded message he has been waiting for ' The Eagle has landed'. It was to become known as the most daring enemy mission of the entire war: Operation Eagle Himmler's audacious plan to kidnap Winston Churchill on British soil. But despite spectacular secrecy there was to be no surrender without a fight.. . For in that remote corner of Norfolk an elite unit is gathered together. Ready to do battle for a nation against the most ruthless task force ever assembled. ...

The seventh novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Roman series. Trouble is brewing in Syria on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire. With the troops in a deplorable state centurions Macro & Cato are despatched to restore the competence of the cohort. But another challenge faces them as Bannus a local tribesman is brewing up trouble & preaching violent opposition to Rome. As the local revolt grows in scale Macro & Cato must stamp out corruption in the cohort & restore it to fighting fitness to quash Bannus
- before the eastern provinces are lost to the Empire forever...
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With a dull but awful roar the Mirage bloomed with dark crimson flame & sooty black smoke the wind ripped flames outwards in great streamers & pennants that engulfed all around them & David staggered onwards in the midst of the roaring furnace that seemed to consume the very air. Drawn to the sky as though to his natural element young David Morgan spurns the boardroom future mapped out for him by his family for the life of a jet pilot. Then he meets Debra the beautiful Israeli writer for whom he will fight in another countrys war at the controls of his Mirage. Yet the breathless action which brings them together is also the very tragedy that will threaten to tear them apart.. . ...

The Ninth Legion marched into the mists of northern Britain
- & they were never seen again. Four thousand men disappeared & their
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The Ninth Legion marched into the mists of northern Britain-and they were never seen again. Four thousand men disappeared & their eagle standard was lost. Its a mystery thats never been solved until now.. . So begins the story of The Eagle of the Ninth set against a backdrop of Roman Britain & featuring a young soldier Marcus Aquila who sets off into the unknown north to find out what happened to the lost legion. Following on from this are The Silver Branch in which two young soldiers uncover a plot to overthrow the Emperor & The Lantern Bearers which is set at a time when the Romans are leaving the shores of Britain & tells of Aquila who having served in the Roman army is now returning home to his farm-but when he gets there everything he knows & loves has been destroyed & so he sets out to seek revenge. To have three such exciting stories in one volume is a treat for fans old & new. ...

Federico Martin Bahamontes the Eagle of Toledo is rated by many as the greatest climber in cycling history. The first Spaniard to win the Tour de France & a six-time champion of the races gruelling King of the Mountains classification he became a national hero in a Spain struggling to rebuild after the devastation & atrocities of the Civil War. Indeed his success owed much to the conflict. When the Nationalist rebellion of General Franco finally overran the democratically elected Republic in 1939 vast swathes of the country were left impoverished & desperate. On the verge of starvation the young Bahamontes took to cycling as a means of running black market goods before realising that sport offered a more lucrative future. An impressive amateur career followed leading to his Tour debut in 1954 when he won the mountains competition on his first attempt. Success & a charismatic but temperamental racing style brought him fame at home & abroad
- as well as controversy. Today despite his appropriation by the Franco regime he remains the godfather of Spanish cycling & a sporting eccentric of phenomenal will power. He is also one of the few living witnesses to cyclings golden age &
- as Alasdair Fotheringham discovered when interviewing him for this compelling biography
- hes more than ready to tell the tale.


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Reluctant MI6 agent Alex Rider is relaxing in the south of France until a sudden ruthless attack on his hosts plunges him back into a world of violence & mystery
- & this time MI6 don't want to know. Alex is determined to track down his friends' attackers even if he must do it alone. But it's a path that leads to a long-buried secret
- & a discovery more terrible than anything he could have imagined.

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In this title Horowitz's world-renowned teen super-spy Alex Rider's fourth mission comes to life in a thrilling fast-paced & stylish graphic adaptation. Relaxing in the south of France reluctant MI6 agent Alex Rider is finally able to feel like any ordinary fourteen-year-old
- until a sudden ruthless attack on his hosts plunges him back into a world of violence & mystery. & this time MI6 don't want to know. Alex is determined to track down his friends' attackers even if he must do it alone. But it's a path that leads to a long-buried secret
- & a discovery more terrible than anything he could have imagined. Alex Rider has 90 minutes to save the world. This is a slick clean stylishly crafted & coloured graphic adaptation bringing to life all the adventure thrills & spills of this bestselling story. Following the triumphant international publication of Stormbreaker: The Graphic Novel" the whole graphic novel series has gained wide recognition among reviewers fans & literacy experts. Recent government initiatives encourage us to examine the reading habits of boys
- with literacy levels among children in the UK lower than ever. This is a series of books that may offer an accessible & compelling alternative for otherwise reluctant readers."


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In Halik Kochanskis extraordinary book the untold story of Poland & the Poles in the Second World War is finally heard. By almost every measure the fate of the inhabitants of Poland was the most terrible of any group in the Second World War. Following the destruction of its armed forces in the autumn of 1939 the Republic of Poland was partitioned between Nazi & Soviet forces & officially ceased to exist. Racial violence & ideological conformity were at the very heart of the new regimes. As the war progressed millions of Poles were killed with each phase unleashing a further round from the industrialised genocide of Treblinka to the crushing of the Warsaw Rising. Polish Jews were all to be murdered Christians reduced to a semi-literate slave class. In this powerful & original new book Halik Kochanski has written perhaps the most important missing work on the whole conflict: an attempt in a single volume to describe both the fate of those trapped within occupied Poland & of those millions of Poles who were able to escape. Reviews: A superb account of Poland during the second world war... The pain & loss.. .is poignantly evoked by Kochanski..." The Eagle Unbowed" a model history conveys with harrowing immediacy the plight of the Polish people in the conflict". (Ian Thomson " Spectator"). "A remarkable book...[ Kochanski] brings to the subject not only an impressive grasp of the military & political context but also a balance neutrality & honesty few could manage combined with the intelligence imagination & empathy necessary to grasp the true depth of the experience she recounts... This book is history at its best. It tells the whole story & tells it well with just the right mixture of detachment & empathy in crisp readable prose. But it also speaks to the imagination & makes the reader think
- & not just about the subject in hand". (" Standpoint"). " Until Halik Kochanskis " The Eagle Unbowed" nobody had written a comprehensive English-language history of Poland at war... She uncovers details that will surprise even history geeks... Ms Kochanski marshals an impressive & comprehensive array of English & Polish material". (" Economist"). " Polands war was so terrible as to almost defy summary.. .this book is opinionated fluid & forceful". (Oliver Bullough " New Statesman"). " An informative authoritative & wide-ranging account of the tragedy that befell Poland & its inhabitants Gentiles & Jews during the war & its aftermath... An engaging & important book". (Hubert Zawadzki (author of "A Concise History of Poland")). About the author: Halik Kochanski read Modern History at Balliol College Oxford & then completed a Ph D at Kings College London. She has taught at both Kings College London & University College London & presented papers to a number of military history conferences. She has written a number of articles & is the author of " Sir Garnet Wolseley: Victorian Hero" (1999). She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. She has been a member of the councils of the Army Records Society & Society for Army Historical Research & remains a member of both societies. She is also a member of the British Commission for Military History & the Institute for Historical Research. She is currently a judge for the Templer Medal book prize."
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In Halik Kochanski's extraordinary book the untold story of Poland & the Poles in the Second World War is finally heard. By almost every measure the fate of the inhabitants of Poland was the most terrible of any group in the Second World War. Following the destruction of its armed forces in the autumn of 1939 the Republic of Poland was partitioned between Nazi & Soviet forces & officially ceased to exist. As the war progressed millions of Poles were killed with each phase unleashing a further round from the industrialised genocide of Treblinka to the crushing of the Warsaw Rising. Polish Jews were all to be murdered Christians reduced to a semi-literate slave class. This powerful & original new book is perhaps the most important 'missing' work on the whole conflict describing both the fate of those trapped within occupied Poland & of the millions of Poles who were able to escape. Reviews: A remarkable book... Kochanski brings to the subject not only an impressive grasp of the military & political context but also a balance neutrality & honesty few could manage combined with the intelligence imagination & empathy necessary to grasp the true depth of the experience she recounts... This book is history at its best. It tells the whole story & tells it well with just the right mixture of detachment & empathy in crisp readable prose. But it also speaks to the imagination & makes the reader think
- & not just about the subject in hand". (" Standpoint"). " Until Halik Kochanski's " The Eagle Unbowed" nobody had written a comprehensive English-language history of Poland at war... She uncovers details that will surprise even history geeks... Ms Kochanski marshals an impressive & comprehensive array of English & Polish material". (" Economist"). " Poland's war was so terrible as to almost defy summary.. .this book is opinionated fluid & forceful". (Oliver Bullough " New Statesman"). " An informative authoritative & wide-ranging account of the tragedy that befell Poland & its inhabitants Gentiles & Jews during the war & its aftermath... An engaging & important book". (Hubert Zawadzki (author of "A Concise History of Poland")). About the author: Halik Kochanski read Modern History at Balliol College Oxford & then completed a Ph D at King's College London. She has taught at both King's College London & University College London & presented papers to a number of military history conferences. She has written a number of articles & is the author of " Sir Garnet Wolseley: Victorian Hero" (1999). She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. She has been a member of the councils of the Army Records Society & Society for Army Historical Research & remains a member of both societies. She is also a member of the British Commission for Military History & the Institute for Historical Research. She is currently a judge for the Templer Medal book prize."
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