In the desperate battle for Malta in 1941-2 when German & Italian bombers pounded the island the arrival of Spitfire Mark Vs helped turn the tables in favour of the Allies. Flown from RN & USN carriers & some even direct from Gibraltar the Spitfires significantly enhanced the defences. For many years arguments have raged about the precise colour schemes carried by these aircraft. In this new book Malta-based aviation historian Brian Cauchi looks at all the evidence
- from photographs & personal memories through to surviving parts of these aircraft
- & presents his personal interpretation of the many colour schemes official & otherwise carried by these hard-pressed & hard-working warplanes.

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THE MALTESE FALCON (1930) set the standard by which the private eye genre is judged. Sam Spade is hired by the fragrant Miss Wonderley to track down her sister who has eloped with a louse called Floyd Thursby. But Miss Wonderley is in fact the beautiful & treacherous Brigid OShaughnessy & when Spades partner Miles Archer is shot while on Thursbys trail Spade finds himself both hunter & hunted: can he track down the jewel-encrusted bird a treasure worth killing for before the Fat Man finds him? ...

Perfect for day trips & short breaks the OS Landranger Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps. Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

Includes:: places of interest tourist information picnic areas & camp sites plus Rights of Way information for England & Wales.

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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. ...

Mama Panya is alarmed at the market when her son Adika invites all of their friends to come over for pancakes. However will she feed them all? This clever & heart-warming story about village life teaches children the benefits of sharing as well as introducing simple Swahili phrases. ...

Calling all mamarazzis! Every camera-toting mom will want this guide! Moms if you cant seem to take enough great photos of the children in your life this is the book for you. Now you can learn how to photograph children with the style clarity color & beauty you see in professional photographs. This fun guide combines humor with solid know-how to show you how to compose shots handle cameras from basic compacts to advanced d SLRs take portraits or candids create prints that impress & even work with kids! Packed with beautiful examples & written in a down-to-earth style from one mom to another this book will help mamarazzis everywhere take better photos. Moms are one of the fastest-growing segments of the camera-toting demographic & the blogosphere has a term for them mamarazzis Mixes information inspiration & fun for women who want to take better photographs of the children in their lives Explains how to set up a camera & use the controls on basic compacts up to advanced d SLR cameras Covers shot composition determining settings exposing images correctly the essentials of printing images how to process for clear & bright color & more

Includes:: stunning examples of portraits & candids of children Become a better mamarazzi with this fun & informative guide!

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Deep in Marxist Guerilla territory a hopeless war is being fought. The Berlin Wall is demolished. Marx is dead. Try telling that to Ramon & his desperate men hiding in the jungle cradling their AK 47s dusting off the slabs of Semtex & dreaming of world revolution. MAMista takes us to the dusty violent capital of Spanish Guiana in South America & thence into the depths of the rain forest; the heart of darkness itself. There four people become caught up in a struggle both political & personal a struggle corrupted by ironies & deceits & riddled with the accidents of war. They are four people who never should have found themselves bound together in a mission for revolution. Ralph Lucas the Australian doctor came to the jungle on charitable business strictly civilian. Tending frontline casualties of war with too few medical supplies & only a beautiful but untrained woman by his side was not on the agenda. Gerald Singer tough black warrior with an indomitable sense of humour was already in guerrilla territory. He can take it. Up to a point. Angel Paz part charming youngster part violent hoodlum has theories about everything. His arrogance will set in motion the last terrible endgame. But it is Inez who will suffer the most; for being a woman an educated woman. At guerrilla headquarters she was Ramons right-h&. In the jungle she is the butt of mens jokes & the subject of their fantasies. For the men in Washington this MAMista patrol is just one short entry in a busy worldwide agenda. But for the three men & one woman trapped in the jungle of our nightmares it is the sentence of death. Never has Deighton portrayed so accurately the terror & the tedium of war or the shifting alliances & betrayals between people who have nothing to lose but their lives. This new reissue

Includes:: a foreword from the cover designer Oscar-winning filmmaker Arnold Schwartzman & a brand new introduction by Len Deighton which offers a fascinating insight into the writing of the story.

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This is unputdownable short erotic fiction from the most outstanding writers in the field. Once again Maxim Jakubowski has put together a masterful selection of over 40 stories of sexual encounters from every corner of the world. From both acclaimed writers & exceptional newcomers this is powerful erotica which explores the full range of human sensual & sexual experience. Praise for previous editions: ' The overall standard is impressively high'
- Desire". ' Few publications will boast as many climaxes'
- " Observer"."

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This is an unputdownable short erotic fiction from the most outstanding writers in the field. Once again Maxim Jakubowski has put together a masterful selection of over 40 stories of sexual encounters from every corner of the world. From both acclaimed writers & exceptional newcomers this is powerful erotica which explores the full range of human sensual & sexual experience. ...

This is the years best & darkest tales of terror showcasing the most outstanding new short stories & novellas by both contemporary masters of the macabre & exciting newcomers. As ever this acclaimed anthology also offers the most comprehensive annual overview of horror around the world in all its incarnations; a comprehensive necrology of famous names; & a list of indispensable contact addresses for the dedicated horror fan & writer alike. The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror" remains the worlds leading annual anthology dedicated solely to presenting the best in contemporary horror fiction." ...