At the start of World War One the Imperial German Navy had a large number of surface warships deployed around the world. These posed a considerable threat to British mercantile interests particularly the import of food & fuel supplies. Their elimination was a matter of urgency. This book covers the major actions &

Includes:: the following: The escape of the Goeben & Breslau to Turkey where they became units of the Turkish Navy serving in the Black & Aegean Seas. The remarkable cruise of the Emden. Detached from the German East Asia Squadron she sank a Russian cruiser a French destroyer 21 merchant ships & destroyed cargo valued at GBP3 million. She was cornered & sunk by the Australian cruiser Sydney while raiding the Cocos Islands. The mystery of the Karlsruhe destroyed by an internal explosion. The German East Asiatic Squadron consisting of the armoured cruisers Schanhorst & Gneisienau & several light cruisers made passage across the Pacific to the west coast of South America where they encountered & sank two British cruisers the Monmouth & Good Hope. The Konigsberg operated from Germany's colony of Tanga. After sinking a British cruiser she hid in the upper reaches of the Rufiji River. After a lengthy naval & air campaign by British forces she was finally destroyed by the indirect fire from two RN Monitors. By the middle of 1915 the high seas had been mostly cleared of German surface warships but two armed German ships dominated Lake Tanganyika. Two British armed motor boats were shipped to the West African coast from England & made their way by river & overland haulage to the lake a 400 mile journey. The result was the destruction of the German lake boats & the invasion of Tanganyika by British forces. This operation became the inspiration for CS Forester's novel The African Queen & the film that followed.

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Darren Shan Mr Crepsley & Vancha Marsch are the hunters of the dusk. Their quarry
- the Vampaneze Lord. But friends old & new may
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Genie & Rian thought they'd beaten The Fortress & stopped the dreadful experiments. But now someone even more ruthless has taken over & wants to investigate why the experiments didn't kill Genie Magee. She is Fortress property he claims
- along with the other survivors. Now there's $10 000 reward on their heads armed roadblocks on the highway & the dreaded threat of ' Mosquito' that can shut down their brainwaves by using their genetic information against them. There's only one possible escape from the bounty hunters with shotguns & that's down the wild unforgiving river to a bleak future forever on the run. Or they must turn & face The Fortress find out its secrets & use them against it. Seize their lives back & fight for their very right to exist! The Repossession is shortlisted for the Leeds Book Award & longlisted for the Amazing Book Awards in Sussex. ' Forget Bella & Edward. Genie & Rian are the new IT couple in the teen fiction world!' Kooky Toon Book Corner blog Check out Sam's website: http://www.samhawksmoor.com
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At the end of the Second World War some of the highest ranking members of the Nazi party escaped from justice. Some of them are names that have resonated deeply in twentieth-century history
- Eichmann Mengele Martin Bormann & Klaus Barbie
- not just for the monstrosity of their crimes but also because of the shadowy nature of their post-war existence holed up in the depths of Latin America always one step ahead of their pursuers. The nature of their escape was as gripping as any good thriller. They were aided & abetted by corrupt Catholic priests in the Vatican they travelled down secret rat lines hid in foreboding castles high in the Austrian alps & were taken in by shady Argentine secret agents. The attempts to bring them to justice are no less dramatic with vengeful Holocaust survivors inept politicians & daring plots to kidnap or assassinate the fugitives. Guy Walters has travelled the world in pursuit of the real account of how the Nazis escaped at the end of the war the attempts sometimes successful to bring them to justice & what really happened to those that got away. He has interviewed Nazi hunters former members of Mossad & poured through archives across the globe to bring this remarkable period of our recent history to dramatic & vivid life.

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Anna Latham didnt know how complicated life could get
- until she became a werewolf. & now shes not just part of any pack but under
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17-year-old Lila has two secrets shes prepared to take to the grave. The first is that she can move things just by looking at them. The second is that shes been in love with her brothers best friend Alex since forever. After a mugging exposes her unique ability Lila decides to run to the only people she can trust
- her brother & Alex. They live in Southern California where they work for a secret organisation called The Unit & Lila discovers that the two of them are hunting down the men who murdered her mother five years before. & that theyve found them. In a world where nothing & no one is quite as they seem Lila quickly realises that she is not alone
- there are others out there just like her
- people with special powers -and her mothers killer is one of them...


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Eight years ago the Austrian emergency services were called to the scene of a bizarre car accident. Eight years ago two mangled bodies were found in the snow not far from the vehicle clawed & chewed it seemed by some ferocious animal. Eight years ago something unspeakable took Gerontius Moore's parents from him leaving him orphaned & alone... And now that something is back. Caught up in a hunt he was never meant to be a part of & finding help from a most unlikely source Gerontius must once more flee the clutches of an appalling beast before it learns its business is unfinished. Full moon or not the hunt is on. ...

Publishing alongside the world premiere of Christopher Nolans third Batman film The Dark Knight Rises" Will Brookers new book explores Batmans twenty-first century incarnations. Brookers close analysis of " Batman Begins" & " The Dark Knight" offers a rigorous accessible account of the complex relationship between popular films audiences & producers in our age of media convergence. By exploring themes of authorship adaptation & intertextuality he addresses a myriad of questions raised by these films: did " Batman Begins" end when " The Dark Knight began? Does its story include the Gotham Knight DVD or the Why So Serious viral marketing campaign? Is it separate from the parallel narratives of the Arkham Asylum videogame the monthly comic books the animated series & the graphic novels? Can the brightly campy incarnations of the Batman ever be fully repressed by " The Dark Knight" or are they an intrinsic part of the character? Do all of these various manifestations feed into a single Batman metanarrative? This will be a vital text for film students & academics as well as legions of Batman fans." ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Surveys most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...