For many of us the history of Africa is at best vague. We might think of Egyptian pyramids legendary queens (of Sheba or Cleopatra) & Zulu warriors. The truth however is one of remarkably diverse creative culturally rich civilisations. In this book which accompanies an 8-part BBC series Gus Casely-Hayford takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of this remarkable continent. We will encounter archaeological sites of staggering beauty that rival the Great Wall of China vast & ancient universities that predate Oxford & Cambridge kingdoms of extraordinary wealth artistic traditions that still inspire artists today great religious sites that surpass the Vatican & a country with more pyramids than Egypt. In recent years new archaeological & anthropological research has opened up the study of African history in ways previously unimaginable. Long-lost kingdoms are suddenly being brought back to life. Civilisations that had faded into myth are revealing their secrets. Using this latest research Gus Casely-Hayford is able to tell the history of Africas major kingdoms in an entirely new colourful & richly-informed way. Accessible & inspiring The Lost Kingdoms of Africa" is both a major addition to our understanding of this oft-overlooked history & a source of genuine delight & wonder." ...

Fact collides with fiction in Will Adams third pulse-pounding adventure featuring the enigmatic Daniel Knox. Twenty years after vanishing without a trace French archaeologist Roland Petitier makes a dramatic reappearance at a major Athens conference promising an astonishing find
- the legendary Golden Fleece. But before he can give his talk hes found dead in a hotel room; & an out-of-control policeman puts Petitiers onetime protege Augustin Pascal into intensive care then later accuses him of Petitiers murder. Only Augustins two closest friends Daniel Knox & Gaille Bonnard can prove his innocence. However rumours of the fleeces rediscovery have spread &. ambitious Georgian oligarch Nergadze is determined to get it first. He sends his psychopathic grandson Mikhail to Athens with orders to bring it back. Mikhail quickly becomes convinced that Dan Knox has it & slowly moves in for the kill!
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LOST LANES will take you on 36 meandering tours of the most beautiful & hidden destinations in southern Engl&. The book
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The Worlds Last Steam Locomotives is a joyful celebration of Colin Garratts forty years of professionally documenting these wonderful machines. During this time he has visited more than forty countries all over the world with eight expeditions to India & twenty to China. The result has been a matchless legacy of pictures which can be only be of increasing interest & value as time passes. Colins work is authentic
- no preserved or tourist revivals scenes appear within this book just real steam locomotives doing what they were designed & built to do. This is the finest possible visual tribute to the steam locomotive ever produced. With 224 pages & more than 300 colour photographs it documents machines of every conceivable shape size & colour often framed by some of the most memorable landscapes in the world. This is a book of great beauty & delight destined to become the jewel of any trainlovers collection.
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HE WAS THE KEEPER
- Arno Holmstrand is about to die his life cut short by an organization intent on laying claim to the secrets
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This volume covering the Eastern Region examines many of the fascinating lines in the region including the much mourned Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway rural branches like that to Eye the lines in east Lincolnshire & the Woodhead route with its electrification scheme. ...

A work filled with passion & violence with humanity & inhumanity. It is the story of the Northern Ireland troubles told through the lives of those who have suffered & the deaths which have resulted from the conflict. The authors
- three of them Belfast-born & the fourth an American
- are award-winning journalists. Over a seven-year period they examined every single death which was directly caused by the troubles. Their research has seen them interview witnesses scour published material & draw on a huge range of investigative sources. Lost Lives" traces the origins of the conflict from the firing of the first shots through the carnage of the 1970s & 1980s & up to the republican & loyalist ceasefires & beyond. All the casualties are here: the RUC officer the young soldier the IRA volunteer the loyalist paramilitary the Catholic mother the Protestant worker the new-born baby. Each account is impossible to ignore."

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Lost London" is the story of the city as told through the buildings parks & palaces that are no longer with us. Places like the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens the leading venue for public entertainment in the city for over 200 years or the Palace of Whitehall whose 1500 rooms made it the largest royal residence in Europe until it was destroyed by fire at the end of the 17th century. From bull rings to ice fairs plague pits to molly houses this is a fascinating journey through Londons forgotten past unearthing the extraordinary stories that lie beneath familiar streets as well as shining a light in the citys darkest corners." ...

This fascinating compilation of early London photographs takes us on a tour of one of the world's greatest cities but rather than picturing the historic scenes dating back to the 1850s in the traditional sepia & black & white monochrome new realism is given here by reproducing the images in full colour. We can therefore explore not only some of London's world renowned landmarks but also less frequently pictured aspects of the capital including its street characters local markets shops theatres & early cinema & the historic River Thames by whose banks London began as a Roman town nearly 2000 years ago. There is also a look at some of the local neighbourhoods where Londoners live & at the city's transport as horse & steam traction gives way to electricity & the internal combustion engine. Great exhibitions & royal events are featured as are wartime photographs recalling the inferno of the Blitz in the 1940s while a further sequence recalls London's old docklands. Principally sourced from ancient albums & private collections Lost London in Colour unites a wealth of rare & unpublished images to reveal that the London of a century & more ago was as colourful & vibrant a city as it is in the present day. ...

In York Winter 1906
- two brothers have been shot to death. Meanwhile Jim Stringer meets the Lost Luggage Porter humblest among
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