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. ...

This is a complete history of Norwich City including facts figures highs & lows & a short biography on each personality. It is a must read for all Norwich supporters that appreciate those whose time at Norwich have done so much to shape a brilliant club. Hall of Fame
- Norwichs All Time Greats" looks at some fascinating facts & figures about the Hall of Fame in general before examining each personality in more detail though a short biography. The biographies look at each characters career focusing specifically on their achievements their records & their memorable moments with Norwich City illustrating just why Canary supporters hold them in such great esteem. Written in chronological order it takes you on a journey through the complete history of Norwich City reliving the many successes & also the lows through the Famers involved in that era."
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Comes with an exclusive CD of previously unreleased material Sex & drugs & rock & roll Is all my brain & body need Sex & drugs & rock & roll Is very good indeed Famous for his funny provocative visceral lyrics Ian Dury was a rock-&-roll poet & legendary force on the London music scene from 1970 onwards. In the course of his unstoppably creative career he studied art with Peter Blake before turning his mind to music. When he teamed up with a band called The Blockheads a new era in New Wave music exploded into being as they turned out hits like ' Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll' ' Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick' & ' Billericay Dickie'. Here for the first time are Ian Dury's collected lyrics
- not only material that was released but also material that has been gathered by his daughter Jemima from old demos song fragments & other sources that until now have remained hidden. The renowned designer & artist Jake Tilson who was also Ian Dury's brother-in-law has put the lyrics together with the original scrawled notes (complete with coffee stains) typewritten songs & miscellany of scraps that inspired them. Hallo Sausages is arranged chronologically: the six chapters cover every phase in Ian Dury's career from his early days in the seventies right up to his death in 2000. Each chapter is introduced by Jemima who paints a warm insightful & humorous portrait of the man behind the outrageous words.
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Have you ever seen something that wasn't really there? Heard someone call your name in an empty house? Sensed someone following you & turned around to find nothing? Hallucinations don't belong wholly to the insane. Much more commonly they are linked to sensory deprivation intoxication illness or injury. People with migraines may see shimmering arcs of light or tiny Lilliputian figures. People with failing eyesight paradoxically may become immersed in a hallucinatory visual world. Hallucinations can be brought on by a simple fever or even the act of waking or falling asleep when people have visions ranging from luminous blobs of colour to beautifully detailed faces or terrifying ogres. Those who are bereaved may receive comforting 'visits' from the departed. In some conditions hallucinations can lead to religious epiphanies or even the feeling of leaving one's own body. Humans have always sought such life-changing visions & for thousands of years have used hallucinogenic compounds to achieve them. As a young doctor in California in the 1960s Oliver Sacks had both a personal & a professional interest in psychedelics. These along with his early migraine experiences launched a lifelong investigation into the varieties of hallucinatory experience. Here with his usual elegance curiosity & compassion Dr Sacks weaves together stories of his patients & of his own mind-altering experiences to illuminate what hallucinations tell us about the organization & structure of our brains how they have influenced every culture's folklore & art & why the potential for hallucination is present in us all a vital part of the human condition. ...

The Spartan-II program has gone public. Tales of super-soldiers fending off thousands of Covenant attacks have become the stuff of legend. But just how many Spartans are left? While the Master Chief defends a besieged Earth & the myriad factions of the Covenant continue their crusade to eliminate humanity an ultrasecret cell of the Office of Naval Intelligence known as Section Three devises a plan to buy the UNSC vital time. Theyre going to need hundreds of willing soldiers though.. .and one more Spartan to get the job done. The planet Onyx is virtually abandoned & the perfect place to set this new plan in motion. But when the Master Chief destroys Halo something is triggered deep within Onyx: Ancient Forerunner technology stirs & fleets of UNSC & Covenant race to claim it to change the course of the Human-Covenant War. But this reawakened & ancient force may have plans of its own.. . ...

The Human-Covenant war rages on as the alien juggernaut sweeps inexorably toward its final goal: destruction of all human life. Halo has been destroyed & the threat it posed to sentient life neutralized. But victory has come at a terrible cost for the UNSC. Thousands of valiant soldiers fell in the battle to prevent the alien construct from falling into the enemy's clutches. Now everything depends on the Spartan known as the ' Master Chief'. Yet even with the aid of the artificial intelligence Cortana the Master Chief will be hard-pressed to rescue survivors & evade the Covenant ships patrolling the remains of Halo in debris-strewn space. Ahead lies a dangerous voyage home through a gauntlet of Covenant forces. For the sake of all the Master Chief & his war-torn squad must not only survive but take the fight to the enemy with a decisive first strike. ...

Three angels are sent down to bring good to the world: Gabriel the warrior; Ivy the healer; & Bethany a teenage girl who is the least experienced of the trio. But she is the most human & when she is romantically drawn to a mortal boy the angels fear she will not be strong enough to save anyone-especially herself-from the Dark Forces. Is love a great enough power against evil? ...

The Human-Covenant War a desperate struggle for humankind's very survival has reached its boiling point on the mysterious ring world called Halo. But the fierce Covenant warriors the mightiest alien military force ever known are not the only peril. As the fortress world of Reach & its brave defenders were bombarded to rubble a single cruiser fled the carnage with the battle's only human survivors
- Captain Keyes his small crew of Marines & the last SPARTAN super-soldier the Master Chief. With the cruiser's artificial intelligence Cortana concealed in his battle armor the Master Chief crash lands on Halo in the midst of a massive Covenant occupation. Curiously the alien soldiers appear to be searching for something hidden on the ring. Built by a long-dead race Halo harbours many deadly secrets but one overshadows them all. Now the Master Chief must lead the scattered troops in a brutal race to unravel Halo's darkest mystery
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