This book covers all aspects of the sport of falconry & hawking with chapters on history the birds themselves training housing tools & equipment equipment to be fitted to the bird hoods & hooding handling the new arrival condition manning & early training flying free & getting fit flying falcons out of the hood flying short-wings merlins game hawking moulting imping & coping lost hawks hack & hacking back dogs for hawking & making hoods bells bags & gloves. In addition there are two new chapters which replace & amplify the original text on health & disease & captive breeding as well as a new section on the author's own experiences of Arab falconry practice. The author gives details of the birds most commonly used in the sport & the character & individual temperament of the birds are revealed in his own case histories. Every technique is explained with step-by-step instructions & illustrations. ...

Karen Maitland the author of the hugely popular Company of Liars" has written a powerful historical thriller which takes you right back to the darkest corners of the 16th century. Intelligently written & meticulously researched " The Falcons of Fire & Ice" is a real treat for all fans of CJ Sansom & Umberto Ecos " The Name of the Rose". "A tour de force: dark & woven with the supernatural". (" Daily Mail" 1564 Lisbon). The Inquisition displays its power & ruthlessly spreads fear. Heretics are tortured & burned. Any who oppose the Churchs will realize that silence is preferable to a slow & agonizing death. Isabela daughter of the Falconer at the Royal Court is about to be caught in the Churchs terrifying schemes. The slaughter of two of the Kings precious white falcons sees her father arrested & imprisoned. As punishment he & his family will be killed unless the birds are replaced. Isabela young & headstrong decides that only she can save her father. These birds are impossibly rare & she will have to travel far & into strange lands to find them to clear her fathers name. It is a journey that will take her into a dark & dangerous world filled with menacing people driven by fearful beliefs. & unfortunately for Isabela the Church has sent a companion to ensure she never returns... Step back in time with Karen Maitlands " Dark Tales" & discover a world full of imagination in " The Falcons of Fire & Ice"
- "A thrilling horrible vision of the Dark Ages". (" Metro"). Karen Maitland travelled & worked in many parts of the United Kingdom before finally settling in the beautiful medieval city of Lincoln. She is the author of " The White Room" " Company of Liars" " The Owl Killers" & " The Gallows Curse". The latter three titles are available as Penguin paperbacks."
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When war & passion collide all but the brave will flounder Sabin Fitz Simon disgraced son of an earl finally has the chance to salvage his reputation when renowned knight Edmund Strongfist asks Sabin to join him on his journey to the Holy Land offering sword & services to the King of Jerusalem. The only thing Sabin must promise is to keep away from Strongfist's beautiful daughter Annais. Sabin obeys but his attraction to Annais's spirit courage & her wonderful harp playing become increasingly difficult to resist. As Sabin struggles to keep his heart in check he must also confront the trials of The Holy Land itself. A land in turmoil from constant warfare & the capture of its King Sabin is faced with taking command of the fortress of Montabard
- & marrying its recently widowed chateleine.
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OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities such as walking horse riding & off-road cycling. The series provides complete GB coverage & can now be used in all weathers thanks to OS Explorer Map
- Active a tough versatile version of the OS Explorer Map.
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OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Surveys most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

This fine map in the excellent Ocean Explorer" series covers the Falkland Islands region. Produced in the same format as the previous maps in the series one side provides a detailed map of the islands with key areas identified while the other side presents information of the areas wildlife geography & history along with providing a town plan to Stanley." ...

At the height of the bitter battle for Mount Longdon during the Falklands War 3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment's assault has stalled in the face of determined resistance. With his platoon held up by an Argentine machine gun it falls to Sergeant Ian Mc Kay to act. The machine gun has to be silenced to break the deadlock. Gathering a small group together Ian Mc Kay leads them in a headlong dash into the teeth of a withering fire. One by one they fall until only Ian Mc Kay is left charging on alone towards the Argentine gun & a place in history. His was the final act of a man who lived breathed & was shaped by the Parachute Regiment: an act which earned him a posthumous Victoria Cross. This is the story of Ian Mc Kay: the last British hero of the Twentieth Century. ...

In 1982 Argentina rashly gambled that a full-scale invasion of the Falklands Islands
- ownership of which had been disputed with
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When an MI5 operation goes disastrously wrong James Adams needs all of his skills to get out of Russia alive. Meanwhile his sister Lauren is on her first solo mission trying to uncover a brutal human trafficking operation. & when James does get home he finds that his nightmare is just beginning.. .CHERUB agents have one crucial advantage: adults never suspect that children are spying on them. ...

Rob & Jamie are great friends from childhood. They have grown up together & become top climbers but have since become estranged. Rob is nevertheless amazed & grief-stricken when he hears of Jamies death after a fall on a relatively easy Welsh rockface. The past though hides the secret clues behind the tragedy. Layer by layer Simon Mawer peels back what happened going not only into the friends childhoods but that of their parents
- who were also intimate. & there is no escaping that past
- vividly imagined scenes in the London of the Blitz reveal how through two generations Rob & Jamie & their respective parents have been addicted
- to desire & the heady dangers of climbing. Brilliantly structured as we move from past to present & back again this novel will make Simon Mawers literary reputation.


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