Modern methods of fishing aren't just for those in the know
- they can work for everyone. Knowing why fish behave as they do is
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At nightfall on December 7 1942 twelve British canoeists arrived by submarine off the coast of France tasked with infiltrating the dockyards of Bordeaux & wreaking havoc with the German shipping they found there. Manning fragile cockles through the turbulent waters of the Bay of Biscay & making an assault on a port bristling with German soldiers ordered to execute any Allied Commando they captured their prospects looked bleak. It was fully expected that all would die in the attempt. Featuring a cast of characters ranging from Blondie Hasler the ingenious & courageous leader of the raid to the Comtesse de Milleville who risked outrageous danger as she ran a secret resistance network Operation Suicide is an enthralling account of one of WWIIs most iconic missions. ...

Evie needs a good holiday. Not just because shes been working all hours in her job as a receptionist for two high-powered plastic surgeons
- but also because every holiday she has ever been on in her life has involved sunburn arguments & projectile vomiting
- & sometimes all three at once. Why cant she have a normal holiday like other people seem to have
- some sun sand sea & (hopefully) sex? So when Evies employers invite her to attend a conference with them in the south of France she cant believe her luck. At last the chance to hob nob with the rich & glamorous to party under the stars to live the life shes dreamed about. Its certainly the holiday of a lifetime
- but not quite in the way Evie imagines!



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Operation Torch was the code name given to the first Anglo-American amphibious operation of World War Two. It began on 8 November 1942 & was the invasion of Vichy French controlled Morocco & Algeria. Over 400 ships & 70 000 men were involved with overall command being the responsibility of American Lt Gen Dwight D Eisenhower. Air cover for the allied ground forces was initially provided by aircraft flown from Royal Navy & US Navy aircraft carriers. The RNs Fleet Carriers HMS Victorious HMS Formidable & HMS Furious & the escort carriers HMS Biter HMS Dasher HMS Argus & HMS Avenger which had every current operational Fleet Air Arm aircraft type embarked from the relatively newly introduced Seafires to Sea Hurricanes Fulmars Martlets Albacores & Swordfish plus Walrus from the Catapult Flights of battleships & cruisers. The US Navy carriers included the Fleet Carrier USS Ranger & the escort carriers USS Santee USS Suwannee & USS Sanamon plus USS Chenango which was carrying P-40F Warhawks of the USAAFs 33rd Fighter Group. US Navy aircraft involved were F4F Wildcats TBF Avengers & SBD Dauntlesses from the carriers with Curtiss SOC Seagulls & Vought OS2U Kingfishers from the battleships & cruisers. The airfield at Gibraltar was also packed with aircraft ready to be flown into the newly liberated Moroccan & Algerian airfields with over thirty squadrons of RAF & USAAF fighters & bombers amongst them. Facing this force was the Vichy French Armee de l Air & Aero Navale with almost 500 aircraft including the Dewoitine D.520 Morane Saulnier MS.406 Curtiss Hawk 75 Douglas DB-7 Martin 167 Loire et Olivier Le O 451 Bloch 174 & Potez 63.11 plus a range of fighter/fighter-bomber dive-bomber multi-engined bomber & transport aircraft from dozens of Luftwaffe units that were urgently sent to help. With the gaudy red & yellow Vichy French identification stripes & Torch Star markings the aircraft involved were not only an eclectic mix of types but a very colourful one too! ...

A long-time market leader in this discipline Slack has set the standards in Operations Management which other textbooks seek to emulate. Expert authorship an engaging writing style & an interesting collection of cases combine to communicate the importance of managing operations & processes within a successful organisation. Operations Management provides a strategic perspective whilst also examining the practical issues which organisations face on a day to day basis. It uses over 120 examples from all over the world reflecting the balance of economic activity between service (c.75%) & manufacturing (c.25%) operations. ...

In war-torn Iraq Strattons closest friend is killed whilst on operation leaving behind a grieving wife & child
- Strattons godson.
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General Stanley Mc Chrystal the innovative commander of international & US forces in Afghanistan was living large. Loyal staff liked to call him a 'rock star'. During a spring 2010 trip across Europe to garner additional Allied help for the war effort Mc Chrystal was accompanied by journalist Michael Hastings of ROLLING STONE. For days Hastings looked on as Mc Chrystal & his staff let off steam partying & openly bashing the Obama administration for what they saw as a lack of leadership. When Hastings' piece appeared a few months later it set off a political firestorm: Mc Chrystal was ordered to Washington where he was unceremoniously fired. In THE OPERATORS Hastings gives us a shocking behind-the-scenes portrait of Allied military commanders their high-stakes manoeuvres & often bitter bureaucratic in-fighting. He takes us on patrol missions in the Afghan hinterlands & to hotel bars where spies & expensive hookers participate in nation-building gone awry drawing back the curtain on a hellish complexity & he fears an unwinnable war. ...

Opium & its derivatives morphine & heroin have destroyed corrupted & killed individuals families communities & even whole nations. & yet for most of its long history opium has also been humanitys most effective means of alleviating physical & mental pain. This extraordinary book encompasses the entire history of the worlds most fascinating drug from the first evidence of poppy cultivation by stone-age man to the present-day opium trade in Afghanistan. Dr. Thomas Dormandy tells the story with verve & insight uncovering the strange power of opiates to motivate major conflicts yet also inspire great art & medical breakthroughs to trigger the rise of global criminal networks yet also revolutionize attitudes toward wellbeing. Opium: Realitys Dark Dream" traverses the globe & the centuries exploring opiums role in colonialism the Chinese Opium Wars laudanum-inspired sublime Romantic poetry American " Yellow Peril" fears the rise of the Mafia & the black market 1960s counterculture & more. Dr. Dormandy also recounts exotic or sad stories of individual addiction. Throughout the book the author emphasizes opiums complex valuable relationship with developments in medicine health & disease highlighting the perplexing dual nature of the drug as both the cause & relief of great suffering in widely diverse civilizations." ...

For ages 4-8. Baby Bugs ears are up. Baby Lolas are down. Baby Daffy is neat. Baby Taz is messy. This delightful board book illustrated by Drew Rose stars the whole Baby Looney Tunes gang who act out each pair of opposites. Learning has never been this much fun! ...

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