Stand to attention for the definitive visual guide to 5 000 years of military history The Military History Book" chronicles the changing technology & tactics of war from 5 000 years ago to the present day in stunning visual detail. Bringing military history to life like never before find out all about the battles leaders & weapons of war that have changed the course of history & shaped the world. From the siege towers & catapults of ancient times to Samurai armour Russian Kalashnikovs & right up to the unmanned drones & stealth bombers used by todays armed forces the evolution of battlefield technology is showcased in amazing detail. Plus get up close with virtual tours of iconic pieces including the T-34 Tank the Lockheed F-117 Stealth Bomber & the AH-64 Apache helicopter. " The Military History Book" is the perfect gift for military enthusiasts of all ages." ...

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Land Rovers have been used by the military since they were introduced in Series I form in 1948. The Land Rovers rugged go-anywhere reputation has led to its use in a vast number of military roles from general-purpose workhorse to special forces reconnaissance vehicle ambulance communications vehicle & weapons platform. in addition a number of one-off prototypes have been produced for various trials. This manual provides a unique insight into the world of military Land Rovers with an emphasis on military operation & equipment. ...

Sergeant Pete Decker is driving through a housing estate one night when he discovers an abandoned toddler in blood-stained pyjamas. As Decker & his partner Marge Dunn hunt for the childs parents the bee-stings they notice all over the childs arm guide them to a honey farm set in the barren scrubland surrounding Los Angeles. Its a tough landscape populated by hard-working people with little time for city folks so the two detectives arent surprised when there is no welcoming party. Nothing though has prepared them for the incredible stonewalling from the locals nor for the grisly sight that greets them in the farmhouse. But Decker & Dunn are professionals to the core & delving deeper find a gruesome mystery far more lethal than the ordinary hornets nest... ...

Anne Mc Entegart wanted to support the War Effort. Her Royal Air Force officer husband was working abroad & her only child was in Canada evacuated for safety. Aged thirty-eight Anne left London & her life as the wife of an officer to work on the land & deliver milk for Walter Gossling at New Park Farm just outside the village of Brockenhurst in the New Forest. Though not an official member of the Womens Land Army Anne milked cows & stacked corn alongisde the land girls on the farm. Engagingly detailing the brim-full days of farm life during the build-up to the D-Day & after this book celebrates the people & places
- not to mention a wayward pony
- which made up the wartime Brockenhurst community. The Milk Lady at New Park Farm is a World War Two diary of farmwork friendship & fulfilment among the ponies & corn sheaves of the New Forest.

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In spring 1842 Eliza is shocked when she is sent to work in the Manchester cotton mills
- the noisy suffocating mills. The work
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How far would you go to hide the truth? Julia Thayne is a valued & loving wife a successful mother & a beautiful woman. She is everything most other women strive to be. But beneath the surface is a terrible secret that threatens to tear her perfect world apart. Joshua is Julia's husband
- a dynamic devastatingly handsome man with great style charisma & humour. He is utterly devoted to his wife & children but as the ghosts of Julia's past begin to move into their marriage he finds himself losing the struggle to keep them together. Then two telephone calls change everything. Julia moves from London to a remote mill house in Cornwall determined to break free from the past & save her fractured relationship with Josh. But it is here that she makes her own fatal mistake & once more her marriage is rocked to its very foundation...
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This novel based on George Eliots own experiences of provincial life is a masterpiece of ambiguity in which moral choice is subjected to the hypocrisy of the Victorian age. As the headstrong Maggie Tulliver grows into womanhood the deep love which she has for her brother Tom turns into conflict because she cannot reconcile his bourgeois standards with her own lively intelligence. Maggie is unable to adapt to her community or break free from it & the result on more than one level is tragedy. ...

Drawing on George Eliots own childhood experiences to craft an unforgettable story of first love sibling rivalry & regret The Mill on the Floss" is edited with an introduction & notes by A.S. Byatt author of " Possession" in " Penguin Classics". Brought up at Dorlcote Mill Maggie Tulliver worships her brother Tom & is desperate to win the approval of her parents but her passionate wayward nature & her fierce intelligence bring her into constant conflict with her family. As she reaches adulthood the clash between their expectations & her desires is painfully played out as she finds herself torn between her relationships with three very different men: her proud & stubborn brother; hunchbacked Tom Wakem the son of her familys worst enemy; & the charismatic but dangerous Stephen Guest. With its poignant portrayal of sibling relationships " The Mill on the Floss" is considered George Eliots most autobiographical novel; it is also one of her most powerful & moving. In this edition writer & critic A.S. Byatt author of " Possession" provides full explanatory notes & an introduction relating " The Mill on the Floss" to George Eliots own life & times. Mary Ann Evans (1819-80) began her literary career as a translator & later editor of the " Westminster Review". In 1857 she published " Scenes of Clerical Life" the first of eight novels she would publish under the name of George Eliot including " The Mill on the Floss" " Middlemarch" & " Daniel Deronda". If you enjoyed " The Mill on the Floss" you might like Thomas Hardys " Jude the Obscure" also available in " Penguin Classics"." ...

This is the Penguin English Library Edition" of " The Mill on the Floss" by George Eliot. If life had no love in it what else was there for Maggie? Tragic & moving " The Mill on the Floss" is a novel of grand passions & tormented lives. As the rebellious Maggie's fiery spirit & imaginative nature bring her into bitter conflict with her narrow provincial family most painfully with her beloved brother Tom their fates are played out on an epic scale. George Eliot drew on her own frustrated rural upbringing to create one of the great novels of childhood & one of literature's most unforgettable heroines. " The Penguin English Library"
- 100 editions of the best fiction in English from the eighteenth century & the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War."
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