The loss of British bombers over Occupied Europe began to reach alarming levels in 1941. Could it be that the Germans were using a sophisticated form of radar to direct their night fighters & anti-aircraft guns at the British bombers? British aerial reconnaissance discovered what seemed to be a rotating radar tower on a clifftop at Bruneval near Le Havre. The truth must be revealed. The decision was taken to launch a daring raid on the Bruneval site to try & capture the technology for further examination. The planned airborne assault would be extremely risky. The parachute regiment had only been formed a year before on Churchill's insistence. This night raid would test the men to the extreme limits of their abilities. Night Raid tells the gripping tale of this mission from the planning stages to the failed rehearsals when the odds seemed stacked against them to the night of the raid itself & the scientific secrets that were discovered thanks to the paras' precious cargo
- the German radar. Its capture was of immense importance in the next stages of the war & the mission itself marked the birth of the legend of the ' Red Devils'.
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The loss of British bombers over Occupied Europe began to reach alarming levels in 1941. Could it be that the Germans were using a sophisticated form of radar to direct their night fighters & anti-aircraft guns at the British bombers? British aerial reconnaissance discovered what seemed to be a rotating radar tower on a clifftop at Bruneval near Le Havre. The truth must be revealed. The decision was taken to launch a daring raid on the Bruneval site to try & capture the technology for further examination. The planned airborne assault would be extremely risky. The parachute regiment had only been formed a year before on Churchill's insistence. This night raid would test the men to the extreme limits of their abilities. Night Raid tells the gripping tale of this mission from the planning stages to the failed rehearsals when the odds seemed stacked against them to the night of the raid itself & the scientific secrets that were discovered thanks to the paras' precious cargo
- the German radar. Its capture was of immense importance in the next stages of the war & the mission itself marked the birth of the legend of the ' Red Devils'.
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During one long hot summer five-year-old Pea & her little sister Margot play alone in the meadow behind their house on the edge of a small village in Southern France. Her mother is too sad to take care of them; she left her happiness in the hospital along with the baby. Peas father has died in an accident & Maman burdened by her double grief & isolated from the village by her Englishness has retreated to a place where Pea cannot reach her
- although she tries desperately to do so. Then Pea meets Claude a man who seems to love the meadow as she does & who always has time to play. Pea believes that she & Margot have found a friend & maybe even a new papa. But why do the villagers view Claude with suspicion? & what secret is he keeping in his strange empty house? Elegantly written haunting & gripping The Night Rainbow is a novel about innocence & experience grief & compassion & the dangers of an overactive imagination.
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Cimmeria Academy has been more than a school for Allie it's been a safe haven. But no longer. The school
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Cimmeria Academy has been more than a school for Allie it's been a safe haven. But no longer. The school
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A collection of tales to invade & paralyse the mind as the safe light of day is infiltrated by the shadows of the night. As you read the clutching fingers of terror brush lightly across the nape of the neck reach round from behind to clutch & lock themselves white-knuckled around the throat. This is the horror of ordinary people & everyday objects that become strangely altered; a world where nothing is ever quite what it seems where the familiar & the friendly lure & deceive. A world where madness & blind panic become the only reality. ...

This is an invaluable user-friendly guide to discovering & navigating the night sky every month. The Night Sky Month by Month" offers charts for observing stars & constellations in both the northern & southern hemispheres at any time of the year. Positions of stars & planet locations for each month are included plus get tips on what equipment to use & how. Packed with specially-commissioned artworks & photography with illustrated overviews introducing each month with a guide to the main attractions such as bright stars & prominent constellations this will inspire both beginners to star-gazing as well as amateur astronomers." ...

This is an exciting title in this informative series of books containing over 100 full-colour stickers that children can match to the illustrations. These beautifully illustrated sticker books double as spotters guides with accurate & simple descriptions that allow children to seek out constellations planets comets & other features of the night sky. Small size allows the books to fit neatly into a pocket so children can spot on the go. ...

Bulgaria 1934. A young man is murdered by the local fascists. His brother Khristo Stoianev is recruited into the NKVD the Soviet secret intelligence service & sent to Spain to serve in its civil war. Warned that he is about to become a victim of Stalins purges Khristo flees to Paris. Night Soldiers masterfully re-creates the European world of 1934-45: the struggle between Nazi Germany & Soviet Russia for Eastern Europe the last desperate gaiety of the beau monde in 1937 Paris & guerrilla operations with the French underground in 1944. Night Soldiers is a scrupulously researched panoramic novel a work on a grand scale. ...

This is a wonderfully colourful & deeply poignant memoir of growing up in a 'single end'
- one room in a Glasgow tenement
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