On the eve of Granny Hazels burial in the back garden a stranger in his time machine
- a machine that bears an uncanny resemblance
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Second volume of the highly detailed illustrated history of the American Half-Track M2 This second volume opens with a description of the Half-Tracks incarnation as a weapons carrier with all variants & versions presented on 75 pages of drawings along with a collection of photographs. The next chapter discusses further development of the vehicles versions which were not mass produced illustrated with photographs & fabric drafts. Also included is a description of the usage of the Half-Track during World War II when it was utilised by the US Army & the USMC mainly for supplies of l&-lease. Polish Armed Forces also used these vehicles both in the West & in the East even after the war had ended. This monograph contains a chapter about camouflage & the different markings of the Half-Traks versions in 12 superb colour plates. For modellers there is a list of models & accessories & the book comes complete with 34 pages of 3D colour graphics colour photographs of museum exhibits & current riding restored vehicles. This book is bilingual with Polish & English text & captions. About Gun Power This series focuses on the armour armoured vehicles & artillery. Every book contains a chapter about the designs history drawings in modelling scales colour plates presenting camouflaging schemes & a modelling chapter. The part covering the designs development history is illustrated by a large number of photographs. The plans show different variants all non-standard versions & modifications of the vehicles or guns in several views & depict the details in the highest possible quality. Specifically for the modellers the included colour profiles are printed in the same scale. A separate comprehensive modelling chapter goes through the models & accessories sets available. ...

Terrifying serial killer thriller set in the gritty Glasgow of the near future from the bestselling author of the Logan Mc Rae series. There are worse things than the death penalty! They call them halfheads: convicted criminals surgically mutilated & lobotomized by the State then sent out to do menial jobs in the community so everyone will know what happens when you break the law. There are no appeals no reprieves & no one ever comes back. Until now. Dr Fiona Westfield one of the most prolific serial killers Glasgow has ever seen is waking up. Surrounded by blood & death & darkness. William Hunter has risen through the ranks since putting Westfield away; now hes Assistant Network Director in charge of police actions. But a routine murder investigation is about to embroil him in an appalling conspiracy. The vast connurb blocks on Glasgows deprived south side are ready to explode. Eleven years ago the VR riots killed millions -- now someone wants to start them all over again. & Will is being dragged back into a past he desperately wants to forget! ...

Jessie Price is young & beautiful & has travelled the drovers roads from South Wales to Londons Smithfield Market. She is anxious to escape from her wicked boss Jed Lambert & becomes a milkmaid in London. Her ambition to own her own dairy grows & she is helped by young Albie who has fallen in love with her. Meanwhile Non Jones is desperately unhappy. She knows that her husband Caradoc loves her despite the hostility of his family. Non is miserable when Caradoc leaves her & their son to go to London on the drove & when she receives news of a terrible accident her world falls apart. Jessie is fighting to make her business a success but is devastated when Albie is arrested & sent to Newgate prison. She knows that he is innocent & will rely on Non to speak for him in court. But Non has many worries of her own & hasnt given up hope that she will be reunited with Caradoc whatever it takes... ...

After a live performance at the Hollywood Bowl The Pythons made their last performance together in 1983 in the hugely successful MONTY PYTHON'S MEANING OF LIFE. Writing & acting in films & television then took over much of Michael's life culminating in the smash hit A FISH CALLED WANDA (for which he won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor) & the first of his seven celebrated television journeys for the BBC. He co-produced wrote & played the lead in THE MISSIONARY opposite Maggie Smith who also appeared with him in A PRIVATE FUNCTION written by Alan Bennett. Such was his fame in the US he was enticed into once again hosting the enormously popular show Saturday Night Live in one edition of which his mother makes a highly successful surprise guest appearance. He filmed several journeys for television & became chairman of the pressure group Transport 2000. His family remains a constant as his & Helen's children enter their teens. ...

This work takes us back to a time when the railways of Calderdale (West Yorkshire) carried top link express trains Saturday excursions packed with holidaymakers bound for Blackpool & the east coast & a seemingly endless procession of freight trains; when Heckmondwike Cleckheaton Ripponden Queensbury & Dewsburys market place were all served by the railway network & when Mytholmroyd Sowerby Bridge & Mirfield were important railway centres. The first chapter sets the scene by outlining the development & decline of Calderdales railways as well as the passenger & freight services operating over its tracks. ...

This is the book every loyal Shaymen fan should possess. Featuring club history player profiles match summaries & statistics it is illustrated throughout with colour photographs some of which have never been published before. Halifax Town was formed in 1911 following a letter by E.A. Jones which appeared in the pages of the Halifax Courier" & two subsequent public meetings at the now long since defunct Saddle Hotel. The intention was to build up the club & take it to the higher echelons of the Football League. Instead the club found itself floundering for much of the time amid poor attendances poor results & dire financial straits. Some folk might argue the club was not worth the bother. But for those who embraced it over the years they could not
- or would not
- live without it. Over the years Halifax Town have written themselves into the record books though not always for the right reasons. The supporters have suffered more than most for if the yearly struggles were not hard enough to take then what of the clubs liquidation in 2008? Major successes over 97 years could be counted on two fingers
- promotion in 1969 & the Conference title in 1998
- though the back-to-back promotions the reformed club has achieved under Neil Aspin must not be overlooked. This book chronicles the history of Halifax Town from its humble beginnings the highs & lows & everything in between in fascinating detail as well as profiling all the clubs managers star players memorable matches & history of the grounds. In addition every game played by both Halifax Town & FC Halifax Town is listed with season-by-season grids covering the major first-team matches as are separate lists of every player to have turned out for club. A second section also covers the formation & first three seasons of FC Halifax Town thus encapsulating the full 100 years since the original club was formed. Illustrated throughout with colour photographs some of which have never been published before the result is a volume that is an essential addition to the bookshelves of any Halifax Town fan. Put simply this is a book that provides everything any Town fan & indeed any football fan would want to know about the club. It is as the title suggests the complete record of Halifax Town."



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This vibrant series covers over 170 destinations worldwide including our new range of UK specific titles from cosmopolitan urban delights to sun-kissed beach idylls. Bursting with insightful & easily accessible information these guides are full of practical information on how to make the most of a city break or longer holiday. The compact format quickly locates the top must see & do attractions. It spans a wide range of destinations including those served by budget airlines. It offers the most comprehensive list of UK city titles currently available. It has practical listings to suit varied budgets & tastes. It has imaginative suggestions that reveal each destination's hidden gems. It is organised by recognisable areas making orientation easy. ...

This book not only tabulates the hallmarks that enable the identification of silver items but also traces the history of English silver describing some famous makers & provides hints on spotting fakes. There is a helpful chapter on Sheffield plate. ...

All the best armchair travellers are sceptics. Those of the fourteenth century were no exception: for them there were lies damned lies & Ibn Battutah's India. Born in 1304 Ibn Battutah left his native Tangier as a young scholar of law; over the course of the thirty years that followed he visited most of the known world between Morocco & China. Here Tim Mackintosh-Smith retraces one leg of the Moroccan's journey -- the dizzy ladders & terrifying snakes of his Indian career as a judge & a hermit courtier & prisoner ambassador & castaway. From the plains of Hindustan to the plateaux of the Deccan & the lost ports of Malabar the author reveals an India far off the beaten path of Taj & Raj. Ibn Battutah left India on a snake stripped to his underpants by pirates; but he took away a treasure of tales as rich as any in the history of travel. Back home they said the treasure was a fake. Mackintosh-Smith proves the sceptics wrong. India is a jewel in the turban of the Prince of Travellers. Here it is glittering grotesque but genuine a fitting ornament for his 700th birthday. ...