In 1914 Sir Ernest Shackleton set forth to make history with the first-ever crossing of the Antarctic continent. He sailed into the Weddell Sea aboard the Endurance while a ship called the Aurora sailed into the Ross Sea to create a lifeline of vital food & fuel depots to supply the epic crossing. Yet all went tragically wrong when the Aurora broke free of her moorings in an Antarctic gale & stranded ten men ashore. Left with little more than the clothing on their backs & scavenged equipment the men vowed to carry on in the face of impossible odds. Meanwhile the rest of the Aurora crew cast adrift at the mercy of the elements battled for survival. The lost men struggled to save themselves & carry out their mission with little hope of rescue. ...

The 1920s were an amazing decade in motorcycle development. Lost Motorcycles of the 1920s" describes in as much detail as possible over 50 of these lesser known motorcycles providing a wealth of information on makes from Abbotsford & Alwin to Turner Weaver & the Xtra Car
- not forgetting the many transient but somewhat better known marques such as Blackburne Radco & Raleigh for example. Each model & make is described in detail & accompanied by as many illustrations as possible. " Lost Motorcycles" also offers some fascinating & helpful insights into the many facets of motorcycling during the 1920s
- the roads & garages suspension tyres & clothing for example
- all of which helps set these motorcycles in their period & gives a real feel for what motorcycling must have been like some 80 years ago. This title is absolutely invaluable to restorers & historians of early British motorcycles."


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Even the mysterious world of Harmony has people who dont quite fit in. Theyre drawn to places like Rainshadow Island a beautiful sanctuary where anyone can feel safe
- & where secrets are closely guarded. Schooled in an exotic form of martial arts & with the ability to detect the auras of dangerous psychic criminals Rachel Bonner & her dust bunny companion have found peace & quiet on Rainshadow Island operating a bookstore & cafe. But her tranquil new life is thrown into chaos when Harry Sebastian the descendant of a notorious pirate arrives to investigate strange developments in the privately owned woods known as the Preserve. Immediately drawn to the amber-eyed woman Harry must tread carefully. While Rachels special talents can help him track down dangerous rogues who have violated the Preserve they can also sense the heart of darkness within him. But desire can weaken the strongest of defenses
- & leave even the strongest man wanting more.. .

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In Lost Perthshire" Ann Lindsay takes us on a fascinating journey through the lost architectural geographical industrial & archaeological heritage of Perthshire. Perth has been the centre to a wide range of industries that flourished & then disappeared including printing ink making book binding boat building glove making salmon curing textiles bleaching dyeing cleaning & insurance (General Accident) many small whisky distilleries newspapers & small shops. All of these were fed by a network of mountain passes drove roads military roads & bridges ferries a flourishing harbour massive rail junction & a wartime aerodrome which have also vanished. Beyond this Ann Lindsay examines how Perthshires boundaries have moved over the last two centuries with much of the original Perthshire now lost due to its incorporation into different counties. Furthermore boglands have been drained glens have been flooded for Hydro electric dams forests have been planted rivers diverted & many upland villages farms & settlements have vanished while other previously sparsely populated areas now densely covered with buildings. In this fascinating yet poignant study Ann Lindsay introduces the many varied aspects of lost Perthshire showing how ancient & even relatively modern Perthshire landscapes
- from stone circles Roman ditches Pictish remains & monasteries to the Bridge of Earn hospital established for expected Dunkirk casualties
- have changed so dramatically often with little thought for conservation or preservation."

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Captain Scott perished with four of his fellow explorers on their return from the South Pole in March 1912. Almost immediately the myth was founded based on Scotts diaries turning him into an icon of courage in the face of impossible circumstances. But during the final months of that journey Scott also took a series of breathtaking photographs: panoramas of the continent superb depictions of mountains & formations of ice & snow & photographs of the explorers on the polar trail. But these photos have never been seen
- initially fought over neglected then lost
- until now that is. For the first time they are resurrected & are a humbling testament to the men whose graves still lie unmarked in the vastness of the Great Alone.

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In a very readable style the author traces the history of the countys railway lines from their opening in the 19th century their heyday around the turn of the century & in many cases their closure in the 20th century. This work is illustrated. ...

FROM THE 1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR Whilst visiting a former SAS comrade in Italy a distracted Ben nearly runs over a young boy
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Taken from their home in Pakistan to work in the Persian Gulf eight-year-old Rashid & his little brother Shari cling to each other. Then they are separated & forced to become jockeys in the lucrative camel-racing business. Rashid is starved & worked to exhaustion by harsh supervisors
- but he has a talent for racing & quickly becomes his stables star jockey. Soon he begins to forget what life was like when he had a proper home. He almost begins to forget about Shari.
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An atmospheric new Fry & Cooper thriller for fans of Peter Robinson & Reginald Hill A May Bank Holiday in the Peak District is ruined by the tragic drowning of an eight-year-old girl in picturesque Dovedale. For Detective Constable Ben Cooper a helpless witness to the tragedy the incident is not only traumatic but leads him to become involved in the tangled lives of the Neilds the dead girls family. As he gets to know them Cooper begins to suspect that one of them is harbouring a secret
- a secret that the whole family might be willing to cover up. Meanwhile Detective Sergeant Diane Fry has a journey of her own to make
- a journey back to her roots. As she finds herself drawn into an investigation of her own among the inner-city streets of Birmingham Fry realises there is only one person she can rely on to provide the help she needs. But that man is Ben Cooper & hes back in Derbyshire where his suspicions are leading him towards a shocking discovery on the banks of another Peak District river.

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We may think of the twenty-seven books of the New Testament as the only sacred writings of the early Christians but this is not at all the case. Lost Scriptures offers an anthology of up-to-date & readable translations of many non-canonical writings from the centuries after Christ--texts that have for the most part been neglected or lost for nearly two millennia. Here is an array of remarkably varied writings from early Christian groups whose visions of Jesus differ dramatically from our contemporary understanding. Readers will find Gospels supposedly authored by the apostle Philip James the brother of Jesus Mary Magdalen & others. There are Acts originally ascribed to John & to Thecla Pauls female companion; there are Epistles allegedly written by Paul to the Roman philosopher Seneca. & there is an apocalypse by Simon Peter that offers a guided tour of the afterlife both the glorious ecstasies of the saints & the horrendous torments of the damned & an Epistle by Titus a companion of Paul which argues page after page against sexual love even within marriage on the grounds that physical intimacy leads to damnation. In all the anthology

Includes:: fifteen Gospels five non-canonical Acts of the Apostles thirteen Epistles a number of Apocalypes & Secret Books & several Canon lists. Ehrman has included a general introduction plus brief introductions to each piece. Lost Scriptures gives readers a vivid picture of the range of beliefs that battled each other in the first centuries of the Christian era. It is an essential resource for anyone interested in the Bible or the early Church.

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