1072 AD. The Normans have captured Engl&. The Turks have captured a Norman knight. & in order to free him a Frank warrior named Vallon must capture four rare hawks. In the company of a Sicilian scholar & an English falconer Vallon sets off a heart-stopping odyssey to the far ends of the earth
- from Greenland to Russia to Constantinople across raging Arctic seas & blood-drenched battlefields. Braving Viking warlords vengeful Normans & the unforgiving elements Vallon & his comrades must track down their quarry one by one in a relentless race against time. Ten years in the making Hawk Quest is high adventure in the grand tradition of Bernard Cornwell & Robyn Young an epic story packed with visceral combat marvellous period detail & gripping suspense. The scale is huge. The journey is incredible. The history is real. This is
- Hawk Quest

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While sailing in the Caribbean young Alex Hawke witnesses an act of unspeakable horror as modern-day pirates brutally murder his parents. It is a tragedy that will haunt him forever & shape his destiny. As a direct descendant of a legandary English pirate Lord Alexander Hawke is skilled in the ways of sea combat
- & one of Britain's most decorated naval heroes. Now Hawke returns to the Caribbean on a secret mission for the American government. A highly experimental stealth submarine is missing. She carries forty nuclear warheads & is believed to be in the hands of an unstable government just ninety miles from the US mainl&. In a race against time Hawke must locate the sub before a strike can be launched against the US
- & after a lifetime of nightmares finally avenge himself on the mean who slaughtered his family.. .

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The brutal murder of a promiscuous young wife & the disappearance of her baby son bring Superintendent Amos Hawke & Sergeant Tom Churchyard to a tiny moorland village in nineteenth-century Cornwall where the residents harbour dark secrets. The two policemen believe the murderer will be found within the isolated & insular community but unravelling the tangled web of lies & deceit proves frustrating. Is the answer to the mystery held by the young gypsy girl whose appearance on the scene has disturbing ramifications for Tom Churchyard? ...

Directly descended from some of the fastest most beautiful & most effective military aircraft of the 1930s the Hawker Hurricane was the RAFs first monoplane fighter & the hero of the Battle of Britain. This photographic study takes us under the skin of the aircraft to the very first principles of the design & construction of this beautiful fighter. Using archive & specially taken photographs many shot behind the scenes at AJD Engineering
- Hurricane restoration experts
- the author shows in detail how the Hurricane is put together revealing details rarely seen & providing a useful resource for the modeller & the aviation enthusiast.

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During the Battle of Britain the RAFs Hawker Hurricane fighter won lasting fame alongside the Supermarine Spitfire. Over 11 700 examples were eventually built of this versatile & deadly combat aircraft that fulfilled an incredible number of contrasting roles. This innovative manual provides a close-up look at the Hurricanes construction together with insights into what it takes to own & fly this classic fighter & how engineers keep it airworthy as well as the historical background of the aircrafts illustrious Second World War combat history. The RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flights two Hurricane IIc models are the centrepiece of this manual. ...

The revolutionary British-designed Harrier or ' Jump Jet' combat aircraft is capable of Vertical/ Short Take-off & Landing (V/STOL). During the Falklands War in 1982 RAF & Fleet Air Arm Harriers & Sea Harriers flew in action against the invading Argentinean forces. RAF Harriers have also seen active service over Bosnia in Desert Storm 1 & 2 & most recently in Afghanistan. The authors give detailed insights into the construction operation & maintenance of the entire Harrier family but with a particular focus on the RAF's GR3 Cold War warrior. ...

Does the sight of a soaring bird of prey make you catch your breath? Does the world of falconry intrigue you? Perhaps you are considering taking up this ancient sport? This book will guide you through the basics of choosing an appropriate species building suitable accommodation equipping your new bird ensuring proper diet & care & training your bird to fly free & hunt quarry. This is no small undertaking; beginners must be prepared for this sometimes overwhelming but always challenging sport. ...

Fearsome Hawkite has destroyed the crops of Gwildor & the people are starving. Tom must stop their suffering & free the Mistress of the Beasts. But can he convince the hostile villagers he is there to help
- & how will he fight a Beast in the air? Don't miss KRABB MASTER OF THE SEA
- ROKK THE WALKING MOUNTAIN
- KOLDO THE ARCTIC WARRIOR
- TREMA THE EARTH LORD
- AMICTUS THE BUG QUEEN




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December 1767. Alistair Douglas has been using the Decipherers a secret network of contacts in London to attempt to find two men implicated in a series of political murders in the mutinous American colonies. Rumours fly as anonymously printed attacks on the King & his ministers flow through the city. But frustratingly there are few leads. Douglas is therefore pleased when he is assigned to a new duty. He must travel to Paris & ensure the outlawed radical writer & politician John Wilkes returns to England -- the stipulation being that Wilkes must return of his own volition. It is soon clear there is a serious conspiracy afoot -- & John Wilkes is first on the list of suspects. But the Decipherers have reason to believe there is a highly placed intimate of the present government also involved.. . ...

Hawsmoor at Home should be covered in fingerprints & splashes of food as it's a great hands-on book to use every day. (Heston Blumenthal). ' When we started out we had a simple plan
- to open the best steak restaurant in London. We travelled the world searching for the perfect steak but discovered that beef from traditional breeds reared the old-fashioned way right here in Britain & cooked simply over real charcoal packed more flavour than anything we tried on our travels'. The critics have hailed Hawksmoor as one of the great restaurant openings of recent years. Their credo is simple: the best ingredients
- dictionary-thick steaks from Longhorn cattle traditionally reared in North Yorkshire by multi-award-winners " The Ginger Pig" dry-aged for at least thirty-five days simply cooked on a real charcoal grill. Their cocktails wines & desserts too have been applauded to the echo. " Hawksmoor at Home" is a practical cookbook which shows you how to buy & cook great steak & seafood & indeed much else (including how to cook the both the 'best burger in Britain' & the 'best roast beef in Britain'); how to mix terrific cocktails & choose wine to accompany your meal. Above all " Hawksmoor at Home" entertains & informs in the inimitable ' Hawksmoor' way."

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