According to a recent international study the Lightning is the fifth most popular military aircraft of all time. It has many thousands of devotees who are a ready market for this timely & entertaining book which with over twenty individual stories from former Lightning pilots relates the highs & lows the dramas & the demands of those who operated this iconic aircraft from the sharp end. Tales include the recollections of an aerobatic display pilot an implausible yet true account of telepathic communication & an extraordinary episode when a Lightning pilot on an exchange programme with the French Air Force became embroiled in a mid-air collision. An unverified yet probably genuine world record is revealed in one of the chapters. In addition to the original photographs that accompany the text the renowned aviation artist Chris Stone (himself a former Lightning pilot) has provided a unique sketch as well as copies of some of his paintings. The style scope & pace of the writing in this book will appeal to the general reader as well as to the enthusiast. ...

The sequel to the best-selling The Lightning Boys Lightning Boys 2 continues the theme of tales from pilots & other crew connected with this iconic aircraft giving a rare insight into postwar fighter operations. In 20 separate stories to intrigue amaze & amuse the book has been compiled & written by Richard Pike himself a former Lightning pilot. The reader is taken to situations as diverse as intercepting 60 plus enemy aircraft a desperate struggle in a cockpit flooded by tropical downpours the difficulties of being affected by sudden & painful toothache at high altitude & the curious encounter with an unidentified flying object. Yet another chapter paints a dramatic reconstruction of a scene in Germany when a Lightning having entered an inadvertent out-of-control spin began an earthwards plunge towards a town centre. ...

The English Electric Lightning entered RAF squadron service in 1960 & continued flying in the interceptor role until 1988. It had a stunning world-beating performance with a top speed in excess of Mach 2 & a climb rate that would take it to 40 000 feet in a little over 3 minutes. The aircraft's safety record however left much to be desired. During a period in the early 1970s the attrition rate was the loss of a Lightning every month. There was a six per cent chance of a pilot experiencing an engine fire & a one in four chance that he would not survive. This book looks at Lightning accidents & incidents in chronological order using the official accident reports Board of Enquirey findings & first-hand accounts from pilots. It puts the reader very much 'in the cockpit'. ...

All I want is to be a success. Thats all I ask. Failing salesman Joe has a dream
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The O' Neils who have lost brothers & sons into the bowels of London's East End keep watch over their one remaining young male a boy named Seamus. Hardworking & good-hearted they cling together & help each other & a whole community. Meanwhile Rosh Allen mourns the loss of Phil her dearly-beloved husb&. Aided & impeded by her mother Anna she struggles to raise three fatherless children. With the help of a kind-hearted neighbour her wounds begin to heal & she begins to take the first faltering steps into 'normality'. Tess & Don Compton are on the verge of separation. An apparently greedy & selfish woman Tess wants a semi-detached house & all her own way. But what really lies behind her desire to live on the posh side of the street. Behind the three families two men are at work. One will do serious damage; the other will reunite a clan that goes all the way back to Ireland & to ancestors thrown ashore from the ships of the Spanish Armada. ...

Before World War II has even been officially declared ten-year-old Hazel Morgan & her eight-year-old brother Peter are evacuated leaving London for the safety of the Sussex countryside. With her children gone & her husband John in the army Rene Morgan misses her family terribly. When she learns that John has become a prisoner of war she has to take on the highly dangerous job of firewatcher. Meanwhile Hazel & Peter are desperate to go back home. Returning to the city they are overjoyed to be reunited with their mother & Gran. But their father is still far away & the worst of the war is yet to come. As the air raids increase the Morgans must face the terror of the Blitz together... ...

In The Lightworkers Way" Dr Doreen Virtue takes you on a spiritual adventure as she recounts her own life story of awakening her healing & clairvoyant power. You are a lightworker if you feel called to heal others; want to resolve the worlds social & environmental problems; believe that spiritual methods can heal any situation; feel compelled to write teach or counsel others; & know that you are here for a higher purpose even if you are unsure what it is or how to fulfil it." ...

The only in-depth guide to Liguria a mountainous region of dizzy passes & breath-taking views where mountains plunge down into the sparkling blue waters of the Mediterranean. Liguria will leave you awestruck by its beauty. The narrow strip of coast

Includes:: the gems of the world famous Italian Riviera the great port city of Genoa the glitzy resort of Portofino & the charms of the Cinque Terre. Yet in the hinterland there are many beautiful villages & mountain walks that have yet to be discovered by tourists. The walks vary in difficulty so are accessible to all. Many of the walks & cycle routes featured in the book are through beautiful wilderness. Unlike other guides to the region Liguria

Includes:: a detailed description of the mountains & their hilltop villages. With a strong regional identity all of its own Liguria is almost a country within a country. The spectacular scenery the mediaeval towns quaint fishing ports & the wonderful food have attracted some of the world's most famous writers among them Byron Mary & Percy Shelley Henry James Dickens Maupassant D H Lawrence Virginia Woolf & Dylan Thomas. Tourists flock to the Cinque Terre & Portofino but many of the other resorts have few foreign visitors so Liguria has the best of both world's to offer the visitor the big names on the Mediterranean destination list & mountain villages & small fishing ports which are almost exclusively Italian.



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In Like A Charm" Karin Slaughter brings together some of the best selling Crime writers in the World today to create a collection of thrilling short stories of murder betrayal & intrigue. Each story in " Like A Charm" is interlinked by a charm bracelet which makes its way into each tale bringing bad luck wherever it is found. The authors tales are set in their usual city & era of choice Val Mc Dermid in 1980s Manchester Denise Mina in Glasgow Karin Slaughter in Atlanta & all are original to this collection. " Like A Charm" is the first collection of Crime writing to have one specific item the charm bracelet as the focus for each story." ...

Rebelling against the domineering man she believes to be her father Elin Jones runs away from her Welsh home to find a job on Merseyside as a maid in the wealthy Oxley household. Seduced & left pregnant by the son of the family she feels forced to marry the butler but finds herself condemned to a life of abuse & poverty. Only her love for her daughter Laura keeps Elin going. Laura grows up with her natural fathers intelligence & drive as well as his talent for business & when she seizes the chance to buy an ailing company it is the start of a meteoric career. But Lauras personal life is less of a success & it will take a twist of fate to enable Laura & her mother to find love & happiness. ...