Once he was Hero of the Beach...and of the Doom Patrol. Now Flex Mentallo Man of Muscle Mystery returns to investigate the sinister dealings of his former comrade The Fact & a mysterious rock star whose connection to Flex may hold the key to saving them both. Dont miss this deluxe hardcover collecting the four-issue miniseries from the team behind ALL-STAR SUPERMAN including a special sketch section & recolored art. ...

This heavy duty mailing box from Flexocare is easy to assemble with its self adhesive closure making it ideal for mailing electrical items gifting & glassware. The receiver will be able to use the tear strip to open without damaging the contents. Approximate size of the made up box is 241 x 166 x 94 mm. ...

Meticulously researched & illustrated with more than 2000 colour photographs taken by the author Flies is a landmark reference book that will be indispensable to any naturalist biologist or entomologist. Most photographs in this encyclopedic reference were taken in the field & show the insects in their natural environment. All of the world fly families are covered & the book contains species such as the common house fly the elusive African stalk eyed flies & giant robber flies of North Vietnam the strikingly beautiful Andean flower flies & giant hedgehog flies to the deadly tsetse flies & malaria mosquitoes. Flies is broken up into three parts: Life Histories Habits & Habitats of Flies; Diversity; & Identifying & Studying Flies. The 20 pages of profusely illustrated keys linked to the unprecedented photographic coverage of the worlds fly families & subfamilies enable the reader to identify most flies quickly & accurately & to readily access information about each family as well as hundreds of distinctive genera & species. ...

Coroner Jenny Cooper investigates.. .A tragic accident or a terrible crime? When Flight 189 plunges into the Severn Estuary Coroner Jenny Cooper finds herself handling the case of a lone sailor whose boat appears to have been sunk by the stricken plane & drawn into the mysterious fate of a ten year-old girl Amy Patterson a passenger on 189 whose largely unmarked body is washed up alongside his. While a massive & highly secretive operation is launched to recover clues from the wreckage Jenny begins to ask questions the official investigation doesnt want answered. How could such a high tech plane -- virtually impregnable against human error -- fail? What linked the high powered passengers who found themselves on this ill-fated flight? & how did Amy Patterson survive the crash only to perish hours later? Under pressure from Amys grieving mother & opposed by those at the very highest levels of government Jenny must race against time to seek the truth behind this terrible disaster before it can happen again.. . ...

Coroner Jenny Cooper investigates.. .A tragic accident or a terrible crime? When Flight 189 plunges into the Severn Estuary Coroner Jenny Cooper finds herself handling the case of a lone sailor whose boat appears to have been sunk by the stricken plane & drawn into the mysterious fate of a ten year-old girl Amy Patterson a passenger on 189 whose largely unmarked body is washed up alongside his. While a massive & highly secretive operation is launched to recover clues from the wreckage Jenny begins to ask questions the official investigation doesn't want answered. How could such a high tech plane -- virtually impregnable against human error -- fail? What linked the high powered passengers who found themselves on this ill-fated flight? & how did Amy Patterson survive the crash only to perish hours later? Under pressure from Amy's grieving mother & opposed by those at the very highest levels of government Jenny must race against time to seek the truth behind this terrible disaster before it can happen again.. . ...

On 1 June 1943 Flight 7777 a Douglas DC-3 en route from Lisbon to Britain was shot down over the Bay of Biscay by German aircraft. Among the dead was the actor Leslie Howard who had returned from Hollywood to England to help the British war effort. Also on board was Howard's tax adviser Alfred Chenhalls who smoked cigars & looked remarkably like Winston Churchill. Did the Germans believe that Churchill was on board Flight 777? Other aircraft flying that route went unmolested by the Luftwaffe in spite of the German air presence over the Bay of Biscay. These flights were operated by Dutch crews flying aircraft of KLM which were on charter to BOAC & it was an experience Dutch crew that was lost that day. Ian Colvin carried out an exhaustive investigation into the incident including interviewing former Luftwaffe personnel & this book first published in 1957 is the result of his endeavours. ...

It is the bitterly cold winter of 1944/45. The Red Army is advancing on Eastern Prussia the easternmost province of Germany at the start of its inexorable advance towards Berlin. Millions of East Prussians are desperate to flee but the Nazis order them to stay & fight. Finally with the Russian guns in earshot they are allowed to leave. They soon realise that they are surrounded cut of f from the rest of Germany. Many of them take the perilous route over a frozen lagoon the only route left open. With them are thousands of the most superb horses in the world the Trakehner bred over the past two centuries in East Prussia. They flee in large herds or are harnessed to wagons or sleighs & face the same dangers as their guardians & owners. With little to eat the target of Soviet bombers & tanks many of them die on the way. Only a few hundred reached the West. They had saved their owners & their owners had saved them rarely has there been such a bond between men & horses. But the story is not over. Given the harsh conditions the hunger deprivation & poverty of the immediate post-war years can the breed be built up again? ...

On the Appalachian Mountains above her home a young mother discovers a beautiful & terrible marvel of nature. As the world around her is suddenly transformed by a seeming miracle can the old certainties they have lived by for centuries remain unchallenged? Flight Behaviour" is a captivating topical & deeply human story touching on class poverty & climate change. It is Barbara Kingsolver's most accessible novel yet & explores the truths we live by & the complexities that lie behind them." ...

The incredible story of Gyles Mackrell & his Burmese elephant-assisted wartime rescue mission. In the summer of 1942 Gyles Mackrell
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Born in the United States but separated since they were boys twin brothers Max & Harry Kelso found themselves fighting on opposite sides when the Second World War broke out Max as one of the Luftwaffes most feared pilots Harry as a Yank ace in the RAF! Two brothers united by blood -- divided by war In the early days of World War Two nations were forced to choose sides in the epic battle that would change history forever. But for two brothers fate had already made the choice. Separated as boys Max & Harry Kelso have grown up to become ace fighter pilots -- Max as one of the Luftwaffes most feared pilots & Harry as a Yank with the RAF. Now the machinery of war has set in motion an intrigue so devious so full of danger that they will be forced to question everything they value: their lives & ultimately their loyalties. Against impossible odds it is their courage alone that will decide the course of the war itself! ...