It is 1827: Britain & the Mediterranean Captain Sir Laughton Peto recently engaged to Matthew Herveys sister is sailing his mighty line-of-battle ship towards Navarino Bay & war with the Turks. Six months on & Matthew Hervey is in London recovering from another bout of malaria & the wound from his battle with the Zulu. All is set fair for his marriage to the eminently suitable Lady Lankester & his return to active duty at the Cape. But trouble lies ahead as familial commitments clash with affairs of the heart & Hervey finds himself embroiled in a military inquiry that could result in public humiliation. As the cataclysmic battle of Navarino Bay looms ever closer for Peto & his crew Hervey faces a crisis that could change both his life & his military career... ...

Like many a restless teenager before him Charles Nordhoff craved excitement & in 1844 when barely 14 he managed to talk his way into the US Navy. A bookish lad who had been apprenticed to a printer Nordhoff was better educated than most of his fellow seamen & was well equipped to describe what became a three-year round-the-world adventure. He was lucky in his ship USS Columbus a large 74-gun ship of the line that had been chosen to undertake a diplomatic mission to China & then to Japan in an abortive attempt to open the latter to American trade. In the course of this voyage Nordhoff was to see many countries of south-east Asia & the Far East before crossing the Pacific visiting South America rounding Cape Horn & finally returning to Norfolk Virginia having crossed the Equator six times. Apart from its descriptions of exotic climes much of the interest in the book lies in a boys view of naval life & how the ship was run. The US Navy was small & followed very conservative principles with an emphasis on discipline routine & training that would have been familiar a century earlier. However it was also subtly different: more humane in its treatment of the crew less draconian in punishment & a promoter of what would be considered Victorian moral values. The book offers a valuable & entertaining account of life in the last days of the sailing warship. ...

The third book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s
- the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime
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Looks at a day in the life of Bob. Find out what he does on the moon: cleaning & tidying welcoming vistors performing tricks for tourists & much more. He knows almost everything there is to know about the moon
- but there's something going on behind his back that he hasn't spotted. Age 3+.
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The race to the moon was won spectacularly by Apollo 11 on 20 July 1969. When astronauts Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin took their giant step across a ghostly lunar landscape they were watched by some 600 million people on Earth 250 000 miles away. A Man on the Moon" is the definitive account of the heroic Apollo programme: from the tragedy of the fire in Apollo 1 during a simulated launch through the euphoria of the first moonwalk to the discoveries made by the first scientist in space aboard Apollo 17. Drawing on hundreds of hours of in-depth interviews with the astronauts & team this is the story of the twentieth centurys greatest human achievement minute-by-minute in the words of those who were there." ...

The fully revised & updated 2012 edition of the Man United Miscellany is essential reading for fans in the red half of Manchester. Written by respected football journalist Andy Mitten editor of popular fanzine United We Stand this goldmine of information reveals all manner of facts feats & stories from the proud history of one of English footballs most famous clubs. A rich source of quirky trivia the book explains how Old Trafford & the Stretford End took their names tells the story behind the clubs most famous terrace chants & reveals how the future James Bond nearly came to be on its books too. In addition it also relives Uniteds greatest comebacks introduces the die-hard fan who changed his name in honour of the club &

Includes:: special chapters celebrating the wit & wisdom of legends Sir Matt Busby Eric Cantona George Best & Sir Alex Ferguson. Alongside these meticulously researched entries are biographical sections on other club heroes like Duncan Edwards Bobby Charlton Bryan Robson Roy Keane & Denis Law as well as detailed season-by-season records to satisfy even the most ardent of statisticians. With its extensive array of facts feats & anecdotes to chew over this labour of love is the perfect Christmas present for the Man United fan in your life
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Every day thousands of animals die in laboratory experiments. Some say these experiments provide essential scientific knowledge while others will do anything to prevent them. James & Lauren Adams are stuck in the middle. They're CHERUB agents. Trained professionals with one essential advantage: adults never suspect that children are spying on them. For official purposes these children do not exist. ...

Man Walks Into A Bar is a one-stop shop for anyone who likes to hear & tell jokes. The jokes are ordered thematically
- wives husbands
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Man Walks Into A Bar 2" is the second volume of the hugely popular joke series
- a one-stop shop for anyone who likes to hear
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Did you hear about the scarecrow that won the Nobel Prize? He was outstanding in his field. What kind of cheese can hide a horse? Mascarpone. What about the red ship & the violet ship that collided at sea? Over one hundred sailors were marooned. Did you hear about the paranoid vegetarian? He always feared the wurst. A blonde Essex girl walked into a bar with an Englishman & Irishman & a Scotsman & started to change the lightbulb. The barman asked Is this some kind of joke?. This is the third in the bestselling series of hilarious joke books
- packed full of every kind of joke to make you laugh until your sides split. From elephants to mothers-in-law priests to chickens knock knock to doctor doctor & much more besides A Man Walks into a Bar 3" contains over 2 500 great new gags. Even Queen Victoria would be amused."
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