Michael Morpurgo has created a sweeping & dramatic story in the time of Bonnie Prince Charlie. This spellbinding tale is complemented perfectly by Michael Foreman's illustrations. Robbie Mc Leod & a wolf cub both orphaned venture far from their birthplace a land of rebellious fighters & vicious redcoats. There is little constancy in Robbie's adventurous life save for the companionship of his wolf. But when at last Robbie finds a place where he can peacefully make his home he knows in his heart that the wolf must find his own natural home too... ...

Alan Maund lived in Worcestershire all his life & had an enthusiasm for steam. He travelled extensively in Britain & built up a large railway photographic archive from the late 1950s onwards. This book is made up entirely of Alan's collection of photographs from across the Midlands. It will appeal to railway enthusiasts modellers & those with an interest in local history. Alan started using colour film in 1959 & colour slides make up the majority of the photographs. Many enthusiasts in this era had a policy of filming steam only & ignoring the new diesel interlopers but not Alan; they do make appearances even including some early electric classes. A particular passion of Alan's was small industrial steam locomotives & he restored a Kerr Stuart ' Wren' class 0-4-0 to working order between 1959 & 1961. So in addition to larger British Railways locomotives their smaller relations are also seen across the Midlands. Alan passed on in 1982 & his widow Wendy gave Alan's collection of railway photographs to film-maker & author Michael Clemens whose late father was a friend of Alan's. Alan's collection lives on today at film shows around the country & now in this book. ...

These 70 fabulous recipes can all be on the table in less than 30 minutes some in as little as 10 minutes. They are the perfect solution when you're tired after a day's work but want to make a delicious & nourishing meal for your family. There are recipes for chicken beef lamb pork seafood & vegetables plus a few fast desserts. ...

Although the Spitfire is undoubtedly best known for its exploits against the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain its later war service with Fighter Command on all fronts against the Axis alliance was equally as important. This volume features the exploits of pilots who turned the tide against the Luftwaffe on the Western European & Mediterranean fronts as well as the Japanese in the Far East flying Spitfire Mk VIs VIIs VIIIs IXs XIIs & XIVs. Names like Johnnie Johnson Neville Duke & Donald Kingaby plus a myriad of lesser known British Polish Canadian American Australian Czech Free French New Zealand & Norwegian pilots & their aircraft are all covered in this book. ...

This book focuses on a crucial but hitherto neglected part of Raphaels oeuvre: the work he & his pupils executed in Rome during the seven years from 1513 to the artists death in 1520. Nearly ninety works including paintings such as Saint Cecile" & " Portrait of Baldassere Castiglione" as well as many significant drawings illustrate the ways in which Raphael employed an astonishing range of technical devices many of which were highly novel & enjoyed considerable subsequent influence: Raphaels workshop methods eventually became a model for the great artistic enterprises of the seventeenth century notably those of Rubens Bernini & Pietro da Cortona. The book also clarifies & focuses on the work of his two most important pupils Gianfrancesco Penni & Giulio Romano. The text surveys Raphaels late paintings in chronological order explores his range of styles & investigates the role of his workshop in the design & production of his pictures. The essayists words & the sublime works of art that accompany them will provide a deeper knowledge of one of the masters with Leonardo & Michelangelo of High Renaissance art." ...

Ammianus Marcellinus was the last great Roman historian & his writings rank alongside those of Livy & Tacitus. The Later Roman Empire chronicles a period of twenty-five years during Marcellinus' own lifetime covering the reigns of Constantius Julian Jovian Valentinian I & Valens & providing eyewitness accounts of significant military events including the Battle of Strasbourg & the Goth's Revolt. Portraying a time of rapid & dramatic change Marcellinus describes an Empire exhausted by excessive taxation corruption the financial ruin of the middle classes & the progressive decline in the morale of the army. In this magisterial depiction of the closing decades of the Roman Empire we can see the seeds of events that were to lead to the fall of the city just twenty years after Marcellinus' death. ...

The classic work about improving creativity from world-renowned writer & philosopher Edward de Bono. In schools we are taught to meet problems head-on: what Edward de Bono calls 'vertical thinking'. This works well in simple situations
- but we are at a loss when this approach fails. What then? Lateral thinking is all about freeing up your imagination. Through a series of special techniques in groups or working alone Edward de Bono shows how to stimulate the mind in new & exciting ways. Soon you will be looking at problems from a variety of angles & offering up solutions that are as ingenious as they are effective. You will become much more productive & a formidable thinker in your own right. If more bankers & traders had read " Lateral Thinking" & applied the ideas of Edward de Bono to their own narrow definitions of risk reward & human expectations I suspect we would be in much better shape than we are". (Sir Richard Branson). Edward de Bono invented the concept of lateral thinking. A world-renowned writer & philosopher he is the leading authority in the field of creative thinking & the direct teaching of thinking as a skill. Dr de Bono has written more than 60 books in 40 languages with people now teaching his methods worldwide. He has chaired a special summit of Nobel Prize laureates & been hailed as one of the 250 people who have contributed most to mankind. Dr de Bono's titles include classic bestsellers such as " Six Thinking Hats" " Lateral Thinking" "I Am Right You Are Wrong" " Teach Yourself How To Think" " Teach Your Child How To Think" & " Simplicity"
- all now re-issued by Penguin."

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George Orr is a mild & unremarkable man who finds the world a less than pleasant place to live: seven billion people jostle for living space & food. But George dreams dreams which do in fact change reality & he has no means of controlling this extraordinary power. Psychiatrist Dr William Haber offers to help. At first sceptical of Georges powers he comes to astonished belief. When he allows ambition to get the better of ethics George finds himself caught up in a situation of alarming peril. ...

In Latin Alive Joseph Solodow tells the story of how Latin developed into modern French Spanish & Italian & deeply affected English as well. Offering a gripping narrative of language change Solodow charts Latins course from classical times to the modern era with focus on the first millennium of the Common Era. Though the Romance languages evolved directly from Latin Solodow shows how every important feature of Latins evolution is also reflected in English. His story

Includes:: scores of intriguing etymologies along with many concrete examples of texts studies scholars anecdotes & historical events; observations on language; & more. Written with crystalline clarity this book tells the story of the Romance languages for the general reader & to illustrate so amply Latins many-sided survival in English as well.

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