This biography draws heavily on the personal diaries of the subject Robert Hichens (or Hitch as he was universally known). After a brief description of his early life time at Oxford his motor racing achievements (including trophies at Le Mans in his Aston Martin) & RN training the book focuses on his exceptional wartime experiences. Hitch was the most highly decorated RNVR officer of the war with two DSOs three DSCs & three Mentions in Despatches. He was recommended for a posthumous VC. We read of his early days in vulnerable minesweepers & the Dunkirk Dynamo operation (his first DSC). In late 1940 he joined Coastal Forces serving in the very fast MGBs soon earning his own command & shortly after command of his Flotilla. He was the first to capture an E-Boat. His successful leadership led to many more successes & his reputation as a fearless & dynamic leader remains a legend today. The book contains detailed & graphic accounts of running battles against the more heavily armed E-boats. Tragically he was killed in action in April 1943 having refused promotion & a job ashore. This book is on the Royal Naval College Dartmouth official reading list. ...

The main objective of this fascinating book is to train the trainer to ensure that he or she produces a socially acceptable dog that all members of the family including the children can enjoy both as a well-mannered confident companion & as a competent working gundog. ...

With a new foreword by Ken Blanchard An invaluable new strategy for creating enthusiastic employees from the author of the bestselling The One Minute Manager. Every day thousands of uninspired employees trudge to work
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A contemporary of Walter Gropius & Le Corbusier Gunnar Asplund pursued a unique architecture that displayed a blend of classical tradition vernacular architecture & Modernism. Above all he achieved a sensitive understanding of the relationship between architecture & its surrounding landscape & it is such contributions that have made him recognized as Swedens leading architect of the twentieth century. His abilities are amply demonstrated in masterpieces like the Woodland Cemetery. This comprehensive monograph

Includes:: extensive new colour photography as well as many original drawings. It was produced in collaboration with the archives of the Swedish Architectural Museum in Stockholm. There is no other book currently in print dedicated solely to the work of Gunnar Asplund.

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If the First World War had not happened when it did Channel Islander Clarence Ahier would almost certainly have led a mostly unremarkable life. But it did & in October 1915 aged just 23-years-old Clarence left his home & volunteered to join the British Army. He would spend the next two & half years serving as an artilleryman on the Western Front. Now this in itself is not remarkable
- millions of other young men did the same thing. But Clarence Ahier did do something remarkable & it was something to set him out from almost all his contemporaries. From the very beginning of his time at the front he wrote a graphic & moving account of his experiences of war. Clarences ultimate plans for his meticulously written journal are unknown. But having lain unnoticed for years it was recently discovered in a collection of dusty ephemera handed to a local history society. The complete journal consists of around 25 000 words with a focus on Clarences experience during the Battle of the Somme in the fighting around Ypres & after he was wounded for the second time the journey to India & his time there as a member of the garrison. This will be supported by additional explanatory text.
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Since the twin towers crashed to the ground on 9/11 there has been no end to claims that religion 'is dangerous' 'kills' or 'poisons everything'. & if religion is the problem with the world say the New Atheists the answer is simple: get rid of it. But are things really so straightforward? Tackling Hawking Dawkins Dennett Hitchens & a newcomer in the field
- the French philosopher Michel Onfray
- John Lennox points out some of the fallacies in the New Atheist approach arguing that their irrational & unscientific methodology leaves them guilty of the very obstinate foolishness they criticise in dogmatic religious folks. Erudite & wide-ranging Gunning for God packs some debilitating punches. However it also puts forward new ideas about the nature of God & Christianity that will give Dawkins' best friends & worst enemies alike some stimulating food for thought.

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With a narrative that grips the reader like a detective story Antonia Fraser brings the characters & events of the Gunpowder Plot to life. Dramatically recreating the conditions & motives that surrounded the fateful night of 5 November 1605 she unravels the tangled web of religion & politics that spawned the plot. Told with impressive scholarship & panache... The result is a narrative that is clear balanced & builds to its denouement with a sense of pace & tension worthy of a John le Carre novel John Adamson Sunday Telegraph ...

Fatal Fireworks on Guy Fawkes Night... Daisy Darlymple is delighted to accept an invitation from her old school friend. Gwen Tyndall lives at Edge Manor in the Cotswolds & Daisy's visit will coincide with their annual fireworks display on 5th November. But this year amid the festivities Gwen's father & another man are found dead. It would appear that Sir Harold turned the gun on himself after shooting his guest. But could this apparent suicide be murder? After all Sir Harold was notoriously bad tempered & there was no love lost between him & his children. & when Daisy & her husband uncover an explosive family secret it soon becomes clear that a trigger-happy killer will go to any length to keep it hidden... Praise for the Daisy Dalrymple series: Cunning...appropriate historical detail & witty dialogue are the finishing touches on this engaging 1920s period piece". (" Publishers Weekly"). " As always Dunn evokes the life & times of 1920s England while providing a plot that is a cut above the average British cosy. This will delight readers who love country-house mysteries". (" Booklist"). " For fans of Dorothy L. Sayers' novels". (" Library Journal")." ...

This book answers the most obvious the most important yet the most difficult question about human history: why history unfolded so differently on different continents. Geography & biogeography not race moulded the contrasting fates of Europeans Asians Native Americans sub-Saharan Africans & aboriginal Australians. An ambitious synthesis of history biology ecology & linguistics Guns Germs & Steel is one of the most important & humane works of popular science. ...

This is the ultimate record of guns through the ages. From rifles to sniper guns machine guns to grenade launchers a fully loaded guide to over 300 of the most important guns from the last 700 years. Discover revealing features on twenty 'key' guns from history including the Musket Gatling Gun & AK-47 assault rifle. Step inside famous gun maker factories from Colt & Smith & Wesson to Beretta & discover how guns were
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- developed & produced. Meet famous gunslingers & legendary sharpshooters from Dick Turpin & Billy the Kid to James Bond hear their stories & learn about the guns that made them famous. It's the ultimate visual history of guns.

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