Do you have a deep-rooted fear of flying or would you simply like to be more relaxed when you get on a plane? In this informative & accessible guide veteran airline pilot Captain Keith Godfrey & psychologist Dr Alison Smith welcome you aboard & take you through everything from take-off to touchdown helping you to feel more confident & at ease when journeying by air. Many of the questions that trouble nervous flyers are addressed; for example: What is turbulence? Why are there so many unusual noises during a flight & what are they? How does an aircraft stay in the air? What happens if an engine fails? How effective are air traffic controllers? ...

With a double-page spread devoted to each pattern featuring step-by-step instructions in full colour & ring-bound so that it will lie flat on the bench or table top beside the fly-tying vice this is the ideal reference book for anglers who wish to tie their own versions of the most successful patterns in current use. Peter Gathercole starts with an introduction to fly-tying basics materials equipment & techniques. He divides the flies themselves into five categories: Dry Flies Nymphs & Bugs Wet Flies Streamers & Hairwings & cover patterns that have a proven success record in catching trout salmon & grayling in rivers & lakes throughout the world. On each spread there is a key indicating which species the fly is designed to attract a brief description of when & how it should be used a full-colour photograph of the finished fly indicating the materials used for the body rib hackle etc. the range of hook sizes for which the pattern is suitable & on the facing page easy to follow step-by-step instructions for tying. A craft requiring patience practice & the right instruction this comprehensive guide has remained a highly popular choice among fly-fishermen since its original publication in 2003. ...

The ability to tie your own flies gives an added dimension to the anglers sport
- there is nothing so satisfying as seeing a trout
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In this touching novel for ages 10+ Lucy Christopher explores the remarkable bond between a young girl a boy & a damaged wild bird
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The Consolidated PBY Catalina was probably the most versatile & successful flying boat/amphibian ever built serving not just with the US Army Air Force Navy & Coast Guard during the Second World War but also with the air forces of Britain Canada Australia & New Zealand with the Danes Free French & Norwegians as well as Brazil Chile Indonesia & elsewhere. With a remarkable lifting capacity & endurance this long-range twin-engine aircraft could absorb a great deal of punishment & still return home after flights lasting an entire day & covering thousands of miles. It was employed as a maritime reconnaissance aircraft as a bomber & torpedo-bomber as an anti-submarine weapon as a mine-layer as a special operations machine & as a search & rescue craft by day & night. It ferried stores mail & people
- many of them sick & injured
- across all the worlds oceans & is rightly held in the deepest respect by all who had anything to do with them flying or being flown. In this book Andrew Hendrie tells the whole amazing story of the Flying Cats of their exploits & achievements of the heroism of many of their crews & the problems they had to endure. With numerous photographs as well as appendices listing technical data & individual aircraft histories this is the definitive history of the Catalina & its operations world-wide.

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Shipley Manor is ready to set sail but how will Polly & Tom fare on her maiden voyage? Harry Hopper Hawkins has set them off on a special mission but its hard work helping the world Get the Fizzle. What with interfering billionaires icebergs in the Caribbean flying alligators & armies of child-slaves things are getting pretty tricky. To top it off their old adversary Venetia Pike is back this time with even darker & more twisted ideas. Can Tom figure out her plot in order to save him & Polly & the very future of the Fizzle itself? ...

In an age of colourless bureaucrats Nigel Farage is a politician who is impossible to ignore provoking controversy & admiration in equal measure. A fun-loving iconoclast whose motto is work hard & play harder A Farages charismatic leadership & determination to battle the forces of anti-libertarianism have made him a Robin Hood figure to many & propelled his party UKIP into a position of real power in the country. Never one for a quiet life this paperback edition

Includes:: the story of Nigels extraordinary escape from death in a plane crash on the eve of the 2010 general election (the light aircraft he was flying in got caught up in a UKIP banner it was towing & crashed shortly after take-off badly injuring Farage & his pilot) his recovery & return to the leadership of UKIP in November 2010. Featuring sometimes hilarious & often terrifying encounters with a stellar supporting cast including Tony Blair Gordon Brown Nicolas Sarkozy Jose Manuel Barroso & UKIPs short-lived silver-gilt masco Robert Kilroy-Silk
- & told with Farages customary wit & humour Fighting Bull is a candid colourful life story by a fascinating & controversial character. It also shows that one fearless determined individual can still make a difference."


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Whilst we might choose our words carefully we rarely think about the origins behind the many phrases place names & expressions we use every day. Yet behind these words lies a fascinating story steeped in the weird & wonderful history & traditions of every day life. From hundreds of commonplace & more quirky terms to names of streets & cities this fascinating & fun book anwers the questions youve always wondered about the wondeful language we all use yet seldom think about. So if it is all Greek to you & seems like hocus pocus for Petes sake dont be left on tenderhooks have a gander at this idiosyncratic tome. Make no bones about it
- its the bees knees!
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The incredible biography of the most famous steam locomotive in the world. Think of the Golden Age of Steam & one train leaps to mind above all others: the Flying Scotsman Nigel Gresleys elegant masterpiece of a locomotive. She broke the world speed record in 1934 & has enthralled millions with her beauty & power. Uniquely her post-war career has been even more varied & exciting than her early triumphs. Now Andrew Roden tells the Scotsmans remarkable story from her construction & the glory days between the wars through the decline of steam & her rollercoaster fortunes in the subsequent years: nearly abandoned on a tour of the United States after the money ran out crossing the Australian interior then put up for sale yet again when the company that owned her went bankrupt in 2003. A massive public campaign saved her for the nation & the Flying Scotsmans restoration began in 2005 at the National Railway Museum. With the aid of numerous interviews with those involved with the Scotsman over the years Roden brings her story memorably to life. Above all he asks: why do grown men risk their life savings to own her? Why do thousands of people still line the trackside when shes due to race past? & just what is the eternal appeal of the Flying Scotsman? ...

The Flying Scotsman is probably the most famous railway locomotive in the world. It first caused a sensation for its beauty & its speed in 1923 & it soon became a national icon. The fastest & most comfortable way of travelling between London & Scotland The Flying Scotsman only got faster & more luxurious as competition from other routes airlines & the motor car threatened. From 1928 it began running non-stop an achievement that earned it yet more attention. This superbly illustrated book celebrates the much-loved locomotive the train that shared its name the route it took & how it captured the imagination of the nation. ...