Joseph Pilyushin a top Red Army sniper in the ruthless fight against the Germans on the Eastern Front was an exceptional soldier & he has a remarkable story to tell. His first-hand account of his wartime service gives a graphic insight into his lethal skill with a rifle & into the desperate fight put up by Soviet forces to defend Leningrad. He also records how during the three-year siege close members of this family died including his wife & two sons as well as many of his comrades in arms. He describes these often-terrible events with such honesty & clarity that his memoir is remarkable. Piluyshin who lived in Leningrad with his family was already 35 years old when the war broke out & he was drafted. He started in the Red Army as a scout but once he had demonstrated his marksmanship & steady nerve he became a sniper. He served throughout the Leningrad siege from the late 1941 when the Wehrmachts advance was halted just short of the city to its liberation during the Soviet offensive of 1944. His descriptions of gruelling front-line life of his fellow soldiers & of his sniping missions are balanced by his vivid recollections of the protracted suffering of Leningrads imprisoned population & of the grief that was visited upon him & his family. His gripping narrative will be fascinating reading for any one who is keen to learn about the role & technique of the sniper during the Second World War. It is also a memorable eyewitness account of one mans experience on the Eastern Front. Joseph Pilyushin was a married man of 35 when the Germans invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941. He joined the Red Army serving in 14th Rifle Regiment of the 21st Division of the NKVD which later became the 602nd Rifle Regiment of 109th Rifle Division. He took part in defensive battles around Leningrad from July 1941 till January 1944 & his unit was involved in the Leningrad-Novgorod offensive of 1944 as part of the 42nd Army. Near Gdov he was severely wounded & he was eventually discharged. He lost his first wife & two sons during the conflict. His wartime memoir At the Gates of Leningrad was first published in Russian in 1965. ...

Formed in 1965 the RAF's world-famous aerobatic team the Red Arrows has flown more than 4 000 displays in 53 countries. The RAF has given aviation photographer & journalist Keith Wilson privileged official access to the Red Arrows team offering the unique opportunity to photograph all aspects of the world of the Reds
- its pilots ground crew & support staff its Hawk aircraft & the precision flying by the pilots themselves during displays. The book is officially endorsed & published in association with the Red Arrows & the RAF.
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Acclaimed as the RAFs most famous formation aerobatic display team the Reds
- as they are affectionately known
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Born into a devoutly Maoist family in 1950s Shanghai & forced to work on a communal farm from the age of seventeen Anchee Min found herself in an alienating & hostile political climate where her only friendships were perilous & intense. Both candid & touching this compelling memoir documents her isolation & illicit love against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution. From her coming of age in the Red Guard to her recruitment into Madame Mao's burgeoning industry of propaganda movies Red Azalea explores the secret sensuality of a repressive society with elegance & honesty. ...

Deep inside everyone a red beast lies sleeping. When it is asleep the red beast is quite small but when it wakes up it begins to grow & grow. This is the story of a red beast that was awakened. Rufus is in the school playground when his friend John kicks a ball that hit him in the stomach & wakes up the sleeping red beast: 'I hate you
- I'm gonna sort you out!'. The red beast doesn't hear the teacher asking if he's OK. It doesn't see that John is sorry
- how can Rufus tame the red beast? This vibrant fully illustrated children's storybook is written for children aged 5+ & is an accessible fun way to talk about anger with useful tips about how to 'tame the red beast' & guidance for parents on how anger affects children with Asperger's Syndrome.

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Destined to be a classic.. .a sharply funny clear-eyed examination in the vein of Mary Mc Carthys The Group of the power & burden of privilege the reality of being a modern woman & the lasting bonds of female friendship.
- Vanity Fair Can a weekend change your life? Clover Addison Mia & Jane were college roommates until their graduation in 1989. Now twenty years later their lives are in free fall. Clover once a securities broker with Lehman Brothers living the Manhattan dream is out of a job newly married & fretting about her chances of having a baby. Addisons marriage to a novelist with writers block is as stale as her artistic career. Mias acting ambitions never got off the ground & she now stays home with her four children renovating & acquiring faster than her Hollywood director husband can pay the bills. Jane once the Paris bureau chief for a newspaper now the victim of budget cuts has been blindsided by different sorts of loss. The four friends have kept up with one another via the red book a class report published every five years in which alumni write brief updates about their lives. But theres the story we tell the world & then theres the real story as the classmates arriving at their twentieth reunion with their families their histories their dashed dreams & secret longings will discover over the course of an epoch-ending score-settling unforgettable weekend.
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When Carl Jung embarked on the extended self-exploration he called his confrontation with the unconscious the heart of it was The Red Book" a large illuminated volume he created between 1914 & 1930. Here he developed his principal theories
- of the archetypes the collective unconscious & the process of individuation
- that transformed psychotherapy from a practice concerned with treatment of the sick into a means for higher development of the personality. While Jung considered " The Red Book" to be his most important work only a handful of people have ever seen it. Now in a complete facsimile & translation it is available to scholars & the general public. It is an astonishing example of calligraphy & art on a par with " The Book of Kells" & the illuminated manuscripts of William Blake. The publication of " The Red Book" is a watershed that will cast new light on the making of modern psychology."

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' Destined to be a classic.. .a sharply funny clear-eyed examination in the vein of Mary Mc Carthy's The Group of the power & burden of privilege the reality of being a modern woman & the lasting bonds of female friendship.' Vanity Fair Can a weekend change your life? Clover Addison Mia & Jane were college roommates until their graduation in 1989. Now twenty years later their lives are in free fall. Clover once a securities broker with Lehman Brothers living the Manhattan dream is out of a job newly married & fretting about her chances of having a baby. Addison's marriage to a novelist with writers' block is as stale as her artistic 'career'. Mia's acting ambitions never got off the ground & she now stays home with her four children renovating & acquiring faster than her Hollywood director husband can pay the bills. Jane once the Paris bureau chief for a newspaper now the victim of budget cuts has been blindsided by different sorts of loss. The four friends have kept up with one another via the red book a class report published every five years in which alumni write brief updates about their lives. But there's the story we tell the world & then there's the real story as the classmates arriving at their twentieth reunion with their families their histories their dashed dreams & secret longings will discover over the course of an epoch-ending score-settling unforgettable weekend. ...

These bold & festive gift accessories will add a touch of glamour to any Christmas present. Each pack contains 15 red gift accessories; including 12 assorted self- adhesive bows 2 holographic- effect curling ribbons & 1 red curling ribbon (approx lengths 10m each). These accessories will look great with any gift wrap
- we would recommend the Snowman & Rudolph gift wrap.
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After the closest-fought season in F1 history Sebastian Vettel became the youngest-ever World Champion. His car the Red Bull RB6 the work of a team led by legendary F1 designer Adrian Newey was the envy of the paddock proving to be consistently faster than its rivals over the season. In this fascinating book the Red Bull RB6 receives the Haynes Manual" treatment providing an unprecedented insight into the design technology & engineering of an F1 car as well as the inner workings of Red Bull Racing." ...