Happy with her husb&-to-be & beloved son Isabel Dalhousie has feelings about parenthood that grow more tender daily. So when Jane a visiting academic adopted & sent to Australia as a baby asks for help in tracing her Scottish origins she cannot refuse. However habitually upright Isabel finds herself beset by temptation
- for instance to be suspicious of Professor Lettuce's latest subterfuge & of her niece Cat's weakness for the wrong man. & when the search for Jane's parents turns troubling she can hardly prevent herself from interfering too forcefully in family secrets. As she steers a course between love & laissez-faire our philosopher heroine succeeds in resisting all temptations but those which must be answered & teases a solution from every problem.
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The vast crescent of British-ruled territories from India down to Singapore appeared in the early stages of the Second World War a massive asset in the war with Germany providing huge quantities of soldiers & raw materials & key part of an impregnable global network denied to the Nazis. Within a few weeks in 1941-2 a Japanese invasion had destroyed all this almost effortlessly taking the impregnable fortress' of Singapore with its 80 000 strong garrison & sweeping through South & Southeast Asia to the frontier of India itself. This revolutionary absolutely gripping book brings to life the entire experience of South & Southeast Asia in this extraordinary period telling the story from an Indian Burmese Chinese or Malay perspective as much as from that of the British or Japanese. Effectively it is the story of the birth of modern South & Southeast Asia & the hopes & fears of the dozens of forgotten armies' marching through the jungle battlefields so many dying for causes swept away by the reality that emerged in 1945. Even as the British successfully fought back in the bloodiest battles in South & Southeast Asia's history there was no going back to colonial rule. ...

The Forgotten Army consists of the letters photos & sketches of a soldier fighting the Japanese in Burma that were sent home to the authors parents in Lancashire. Call-up documents medical certificate service pay book discharge papers letter index family tree news cuttings leaflets & 440 letters spanning military service in the army at home India Burma & Malaya. Copies of sketches illustrations photographs & paintings have been placed with original letters where reference is made. Sketches of the attack on Myitson & copies of illustrations printed in the magazine Soldier are the only drawings of wartime actions that have survived. Original portraits in watercolour pictorial scenes & photographs have been exhibited at various venues a larger number have never been on show. In additions to the letters sent to his family many more were written to his brother Harry serving with the Royal Corps of Signals. Strict censorship regulations on leaving England prohibited the disclosure of troop ships military activities locations & place names or information that may be of value to an enemy. Hostile encounters with Japanese forces during the Burma campaign were not allowed to be repeated until the closing days of the war. The last of the authors experiences as a soldier serving in uniform is related to letters to his wife. This is a continuous account of military service during World War 2 from the very first day in the army to the last. ...

In Forgotten Battles of the Zulu War Dr Adrian Greaves uses his exceptional knowledge of the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War to look beyond the well-known disaster at Isandlwana & the iconic action at Rorkes Drift to other fiercely fought battles. In so doing he covers little recorded engagements & battles such as Nyezane which was fought on the same day as the slaughter of Imperial troops at Isandlwana but has hitherto been eclipsed by it: likewise the battles at Hlobane & Gingindhlovu. The death of the Prince Imperial which caused shock waves round Europe & had serious repercussions for those involved is examined in detail. Close scrutiny of the defeat of the Zulu Army at Ulundi reveals new & shocking details about the battle which proved to be the culmination of the war. There is more than a hint of ominous events to come in the slaughter of Colonel Austruthers Redcoat column by Boers as they marched from Ulundi to Pretoria. This was the opening salvo of the First Boer War. This fresh angle on a dramatic period of our Imperial history from such an authority on an ever popular war will fascinate both experts & laymen alike. ...

The Author Gaz Fareham has gathered stories & exploits by Carp angling friends & colleagues who have all in their own way inspired him. These iconic anglers each with their own specific stories have shaped his own angling path. Some of the contributors have released little of their writings however this book brings together a collective of the unknown & the rare. This is a collection of stories allowing the authors belief in the roots of the pursuit of Carp fishing to shine through. ...

Latin America has often been condemned to failure. Neither poor enough to evoke Africas moral crusade nor as explosively booming as India & China it has largely been overlooked by the West. Yet this vast continent home to half a billion people the worlds largest reserves of arable land & 8.5 percent of global oil is busily transforming its political & economic landscape. This book argues that rather than failing the test Latin Americas efforts to build fairer & more prosperous societies make it one of the worlds most vigorous laboratories for capitalist democracy. In many countries including Brazil Chile & Mexico democratic leaders are laying the foundations for faster economic growth & more inclusive politics as well as tackling deep-rooted problems of poverty inequality & social injustice. They face a new challenge from Hugo Chavezs oil-fueled populism & much is at stake. Failure will increase the flow of drugs & illegal immigrants to the United States & Europe jeopardize stability in a region rich in oil & other strategic commodities & threaten some of the worlds most majestic natural environments. Drawing on Michael Reids many years of reporting from inside Latin Americas cities presidential palaces & shantytowns the book provides a vivid immediate & informed account of a dynamic continent & its struggle to compete in a globalized world. ...

27th April 1944. Exercise Tiger. German E-boats intercept rehearsals for the D-Day landings. One dark night in 1944 a beautiful stretch of the Devon coast became the scene of murderous horror. The villages around the area had recently been cleared of civilians & had become the focus of intense military activity. Tales began to leak out of night-time explosions & seaborne activity. This was practice for Exercise Tiger the main rehearsal for the Utah Beach landings Ken Small tells a gripping tale of wartime disaster & rescue in the words of the soldiers who were there & which was buried by officials until it became almost forgotten. But this man's curiosity turned into a fight to honour the memory of nearly 1 000 American soldiers & sailors who died needlessly in one of the great fiascos of World War II. ...

Lottie Lacey & her mother Louella share a house in Victoria Court with Mr Magic & his son Baz. Lottie is a child star dancing & singing at the Gaiety Theatre to an enraptured audience whilst Louella acts as Max Magic's assistant. But Lottie was in hospital for weeks after a road accident & has lost her memory. Louella tries to help but the white mist remains. Until Lottie meets a boy with golden-brown eyes who calls her Sassy" & accuses her of running away. It is after this meeting that the dreams start dreams of another life almost another world & Lottie sharing them with Baz begins to believe he knows more than he chooses to tell. But then Merle joins the act & Lottie feels Baz & Merle both older than she are in league against her. Then the dreams begin to grow clearer & Lottie realises she must find her past at no matter what cost." ...

In 1886 Elisabeth Nietzsche Friedrich's bigoted imperious sister founded a 'racially pure' colony in Paraguay together with a band of blond-haired fellow Germans. Over a century later Ben Macintyre sought out the survivors of Nueva Germania to discover the remains of this bizarre colony. Forgotten Fatherland vividly recounts his arduous adventure locating the survivors while also tracing the colorful history of Elisabeth's return to Europe where she inspired the mythical cult of her brother's philosophy & later became a mentor to Hitler. Brilliantly researched & mordantly funny this is an illuminating portrait of a forgotten people & of a woman whose deep influence on the twentieth century can only now be fully understood. ...

A history of the Antarctic Peninsula South Shetland Islands & the Weddell Sea the most visited places in Antarctica. In 12 years John has visited over 40 times & guides & lectures on adventure cruise ships. He delivers a selection of highly readable accounts of the merchantmen navy men sealers whalers & aviators who with scientists & adventurers drew the first ghostly maps of the white continent. ...