Perfect for day trips & short breaks the OS Landranger Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps. Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

Includes:: places of interest tourist information picnic areas & camp sites plus Rights of Way information for England & Wales.

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Qais Akbar Omar's young life coincided with one of the most convulsive decades in Afghan history: invasion & civil war the rise of the Taliban & the arrival of international troops in 2001. A Fort of Nine Towers named for the place his parents first sought shelter from war is Qais's memoir about his family & their remarkable survival. When the fighting came this group of tenacious & deeply loving people was buffeted from one part of Afghanistan to the next 'like kittens in the jaws of a lion'. They set up camp on the plains in the Buddha caves of Bamiyan & later with Kuchi nomads before they were finally able to return to Kabul -- where in many senses their trials were just beginning. As he shares this long journey through terror loss heartbreak & sudden moments of joy Qais's spirit never ceases to shine. This is an extraordinary book about a beautiful & civilized country ravaged by war & about the power of stories to embolden console & bind a family together in the face of almost unimaginable odds. ...

This is the definitive book on fashion in the 1940s covering everything from French style under the Occupation & the make do & mend mentality through issues of dress patriotism & propaganda & the development of faux fabrics & rationing to the rise of American fashion houses & the creation of Christian Diors New Look. International attitudes emerge from some 250 illustrations including period advertisements images of real clothes & first-hand accounts from contemporary publications. ...

During World War II the Germans occupied the undefended Channel Islands from the end of June 1940 until the end of the war creating a series of defensive positions that was considered the strongest stretch of the Atlantic Wall. The Channel Islands fortifications can be seen as the pinnacle of German engineering during the war. This book describes the design construction & manning of these defensive positions as well as the occupation of the Channel Islands by the Germans. It also explores the living conditions on the islands the only part of Great Britain to be occupied by the Nazis through to the liberation of the Islands by the Allies. ...

For over 300 years Fortnum & Mason has been internationally renowned for its style elegance English charm & above all as a purveyor of foods of the finest top quality including a distinguished range of honey & preserves. This beautiful pocket book celebrates Fortnum's outstanding heritage in preserving. From the fascinating history of its preserves & why Fortnum & Mason continues to use time-honoured methods in their manufacture to how the store came to house a colony of bees on its rooftop this is a charming collection of anecdotes & stories alongside over 50 delicious recipes using honey & preserves. From Scallops with Honey Soy & Chilli Beef & Stout Puff Pastry Pie & a Marmalade-glazed Ham to delicate teatime treats & elegant puddings there is a something for every occasion & every time of the day. Beautifully illustrated with colour photography & line illustrations throughout you can now enjoy a taste of Fortnum's at home. ...

The Great Reawakening did not come quietly. Suddenly people from all corners of the globe began to develop terrifying powers
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Israel six decades after its founding remains a nation in thrall to an original martial impulse. Born of idealism under David Ben Gurion & his proteges Dayan Sharon & Peres Israel came to prioritize security at all costs & to seize land & water whenever opportunity arose. The security state erected around the nation is the most efficient ruthless intelligent & skilful in the region. & it is very little understood. Patrick Tyler believes that the way to understand it is to understand the men & women who have created sustained & directed it. Less an anatomy of institutions & administrations than a searching biographical study of the outsize personalities who headed its operations & in consequence steered Israels course since its foundation this book is a landmark in the revelation of the inner workings of the Israeli nation-state. ...

In March & April 1942 more explosives were dropped on the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta ' smaller than the Isle of Wight ' than on the whole of Britain during the first year of the Blitz. Malta had become one of the most strategically important places in the world. From there the Allies could attack Axis supply lines to North Africa; without it Rommel would be able to march unchecked into Egypt Suez & the Middle East. For the Allies this would have catastrophic. As Churchill said Malta had to be held 'at all costs.' FORTRESS MALTA follows the story through the eyes of those who were there: young men such as twenty-year-old fighter pilot Raoul Daddo-Langlois anti-aircraft gunner Ken Griffiths American Art Roscoe & submariner Tubby Crawford
- who served on the most successful Allied submarine of the Second World War; cabaret dancer-turned RAF plotter Christina Ratcliffe & her lover the brilliant & irrepressible reconnaissance pilot Adrian Warburton. Their stories & others provide extraordinary first-hand accounts of heroism resilience love & loss highlighting one of the most remarkable stories of World War II.
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The war to end all wars is coming. The Endlords are preparing themselves for invasion. Now should be the time when city men & clansmen come together to fight the dark forces of destruction yet they feud amongst themselves unaware of the danger facing them. Only the Sull are preparing for war against the Endlords. They are an ancient dwindling race & they fear this fight might be their last. Sull legend speaks of The One Who Bears Loss the warrior who will slay the Endlords & they believe this warrior will be one of their own. Ash March is their most valued & sacred warrior & it is Mal Naysayers duty to bring her home to save her people. But thousands of leagues to the north Raif Severance is learning that he alone can kill Endlords swiftly. An outcast & outlaw Raif must betray his clan & forsake his beliefs & raise the Fortress of Grey Ice. Look out for more information on this book & others on the Orbit website at www.orbitbooks.co.uk ...

The Romans have vanquished the rebel alliance; Calgus Lord of the Northern Tribes is the prisoner of the chieftains he once led. & the Roman leader has an audacious plan to capture Dinpaladyr the barbarians' fortress of spears. Marcus Aquila
- burning for revenge on an enemy that has killed one of his best friends
- rides north with the Petriana cavalry. He believes his disguise as Centurion Corvus of the 2nd Tungrians is still holding. But he is just a few days ahead of two of the emperor's agents sent from Rome to kill him. Pitiless assassins who know his real name & too much about his friends.

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