As part of the massive Allied invasion of Normandy three airborne divisions were dropped behind enemy lines to sew confusion in the German rear & prevent panzer reinforcements from reaching the beaches. In the dark early hours of D-Day this confusion was achieved well enough as nearly every airborne unit missed its drop zone creating a kaleidoscope of small-unit combat. Fortunately for the Allies the 505th Regimental Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne Division hit on or near its drop zone. Its task was to seize the vital crossroads of Ste Mere Eglise & to hold the bridge over the Merderet River at nearby La Fiere. Benefiting from dynamic battlefield leadership the paratroopers reached the bridge only to be met by wave after wave of German tanks & infantry desperate to force the crossing. Reinforced by glider troops who suffered terribly in their landings from the now-alert Germans the 505th not only held the vital bridge for three days but launched a counterattack in the teeth of enemy fire to secure their objective once & for all albeit at gruesome cost. In No Better Place to Die Robert M. Murphy provides an objective narrative of countless acts of heroism almost breathtaking in its you are there A detail." ...

When is an island not an island? Peter Caton takes us to all four corners of England Scotland & Wales to find out. Sharing our nations fascination with islands Peter sets out to be the first person to visit all 43 tidal islands which can be walked to from the UK mainl&. Along the way he faces many challenges: precipitous cliffs vicious dogs disappearing footpaths lost bus drivers fast tides quicksand & enormous quantities of mud but also experiences wonderfully scenic journeys by road rail & on foot. He contrasts the friendly welcome from most islanders & owners with the reluctance of others to permit visits & tells how he was thrown off one secret isl&. An entertaining narrative illustrated with colour photographs No Boat Required contains a wealth of information as the author unearths many little known facts & stories. It tells of the solitude of the many remote islands & the difficulties of balancing the needs of people & wildlife. We learn of the islands varied histories
- stories of pirates smugglers murder & ghosts of battles with Vikings an island claimed by punks & another with its own king. He writes of the beauty of the islands & our coast & reflects on how these may be affected by climate change. In No Boat Required Peter Caton takes us to explore islands some familiar but most which few of us know exist & even fewer have visited. He finds that our tidal islands are special places many with fascinating & amusing stories & each one of them different. It adds up to a unique journey around Britain.
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Alex Lakes day job is all about helping people especially children. She cares about them passionately & does everything in her power to rescue them from those who mean them harm. When the case of three-year-old Ottilie Wade comes to her attention Alex finds herself completely unable to detach from the child the way she should. She feels an overpowering need to make a real difference in little Ottilies life but no one is prepared to believe that Ottilie is in danger. In the end Alex makes a decision that has consequences for her her family & Ottilie
- consequences that no one least of all Alex could have foreseen.
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What if you knew a child was in danger
- & no one believed you? Alex Lake's day job is all about helping people especially children.
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The memoir of SOE agent Benjamin Cowburn is rightly regarded as a classic of wartime literature. In simple gripping detail Cowburn explains the methods of special agents who were dropped into France during the war & the ways that agents would set about establishing secure networks with the French Resistance. He also shows how agents were able to travel across France how they set up transmitters & contacted their British headquarters for orders & how they arranged airplane pick-ups & deliveries of supplies. His account sheds light on the views of both the Resistance fighters facing torture at the hands of the Gestapo & their besieged French countrymen. He notes the tensions within the different command centres in particular between the French leader-in-exile Charles de Gaulle & his British counterparts who were all eager to control the efforts of the Resistance. Cowburn gives fascinating general lessons in the art of spying from establishing a worthy target to executing an operation but also tells the full story of his own sabotage operations including the effective destruction of cylinders for thirteen locomotives in the dead of night. As in so many operations mistakes were made which could have led to numerous arrests. In this case the details of the operation had accidentally been left on a blackboard in the school where they had planned the raid but were luckily scrubbed out by the headmaster's wife. On another occasion Cowburn snuck itching powder into the laundry of Luftwaffe agents to cause a disruption. This new edition contains an Introduction by M.R.D Foot & a Foreword by Sebastian Faulks.A top 500 Amazon title!! ...

Llewelyn Moss hunting antelope near the Rio Grande stumbles upon a transaction gone horribly wrong. Finding bullet-ridden bodies several kilos of heroin & a caseload of cash he faces a choice -- leave the scene as he found it or cut the money & run. Choosing the latter he knows will change everything. & so begins a terrifying chain of events in which each participant seems determined to answer the question that one asks another: how does a man decide in what order to abandon his life? ' No Country for Old Men is a severed head & shoulders over anything else written in America this year' Independent on Sunday 'A Western thriller with a racy plot & punchy dialogue perfect for a lazy Sunday' The Times '[ An] utterly absorbing chilling tale.. . One of the most sinister characters in modern American fiction' Herald 'A fast powerful read steeped with a deep sorrow about the moral degradation of the legendary American West' Financial Times ' It's hard to think of a contemporary writer more worth reading' Independent ...

From bestselling parenting author Elizabeth Pantley comes a potty-training plan that is foolproof & easy to implement. The No-Cry Potty Training Solution" is a realistic stress-free plan to help your child become independent in the bathroom. Pantleys potty training solutions are realistic as they have been tested by actual families in every parenting situation: busy households single parents working parents with limited time & money twins & multiples & children of varying age & temperament." ...

Two female agents of Operation Cream Cake
- double agents & honey traps against the KGB
- are murdered. Bond must find the others

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When he was only nine years old Satish Kumar renounced the world & joined the wandering bortherhood of Jain monks. Dissuaded from this path by an inner voice at the age of eighteen he became a compaigner for land reform working to turn Gandhis vision of a renewed India into reality. Fired by the example of Bertrand Russell he undertook an 8 000-mile peace pilgrimage walking from India to America without any money through mountains deserts storms & snow. It was an adventure during which he was thrown into jail in France faced a loaded gun in America
- & delivered packets of peace tea to the leaders of the four nuclear powers. In 1973 he settled in England taking on the editorship of Resurgence magazine & becoming the guiding light behind a number of ecological spiritual & educational ventures. Following Indian tradition in his fiftieth year he undertook another pilgrimage: again without any money he walked to the holy places of Britain
- Glastonbury Lindisfarne & Iona. Written with a penetrating simplicity No Destination is an exhilarating account of an extraordinary life.

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Lizzie hasnt realised that shes dead yet. She cant understand why everyone is ignoring her when all she wants is a little sympathy? She has been in an accident after all. Next day at work she meets two spirits whove been sent to break the news. ...