During the build up to the Allied invasion of Northern Europe Battle of Britain hero Tom ' Ginger' Neil was assigned as an RAF liaison to an American fighter squadron. Acting as a British representative Neil was tasked with negotiating & overcoming the countless culture clashes that existed between the two allies. From encountering unfamiliar planes & uncomfortable attitudes towards the British to meeting the King of Yugoslavia & General George Patton & falling in love Neil's time with the Americans was anything but dull. As the Allies pushed east Neil commandeered an abandoned Spitfire as his own personal aeroplane. Erasing any evidence of its provenance & stripping it down to bare metal it became the RAF's only silver Spitfire. Love affair & culture clashes on hold he took the silver Spitfire into battle alongside his US comrades until
- with the war's end
- he was forced to make a difficult decision. Faced with too many questions about the mysterious rogue fighter he contemplated increasingly desperate measures to offload it including bailing out mid-Channel. He eventually left the Spitfire at Worthy Down never to be seen again. The Silver Spitfire is the first-hand gripping story of Neil's heroic experience as an RAF fighter pilot & his reminiscences with his very own personal Spitfire.

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The Silver Spoon the most influential & successful Italian cookbook of the last 50 years is now available in a brand new revised edition. Originally published in 1950 it became an instant classic selling over one million copies in eight editions. Considered essential in every household it continues to be one Italy's the most popular wedding presents. The Silver Spoon was first conceived & published by Domus Italy's famed design & architectural magazine. A select group of cooking experts were commissioned to collect hundreds of traditional Italian recipes & make them available for the first time to a wider modern audience. In the process they updated ingredients quantities & methods to suit contemporary tastes & customs at the same time preserving the memory of ancient recipes for future generations. They furthermore included modern recipes from some of the most famous Italian chefs resulting in a style of cooking that appeals to the gourmet chef & the amateur enthusiast alike. A comprehensive & lively book its uniquely stylish & user-friendly format makes it accessible & a pleasure to read. The new edition features new introductory material covering such topics as how to compose a traditional Italian meal typical food traditions of the different regions & how to set an Italian table. Its over 2000 recipes are illustrated with newly commissioned photographs & contains a new section of menus by celebrated chefs cooking traditional Italian food. ...

This is a picture-packed approach that demystifies everything. Screen shots show you what your screen should look like & I have included plenty of pictures to show you which buttons to press. Uniquely I have also included dont worry boxes so that you just learn without any worries. I focus on teaching you the essential basics that get the jobs done quickly & turn you into a confident proficient word processor. ...

A boy living by a Scottish loch sees a beautiful silver swan land on the water. She remains at the loch mates & there are soon five cygnets too. The boy watches them in awe & pride. When snowy winter sets in all the birds & animals around the loch must scavenge desperately for food. The fox also has cubs to feed...A remarkably dramatic & compassionate story about Nature magnificently told & stunningly illustrated with sweeping pastel landscapes. ...

The classic tale of a journey through war-torn Europe. Alone & fending for themselves in a Poland devastated by World War Two Jan & his three homeless friends cling to the silver sword as a symbol of hope. As they travel through Europe towards Switzerland where they believe they will be reunited with their parents they encounter many hardships & dangers. This extraordinarily moving account of an epic journey gives a remarkable insight into the reality of a Europe laid waste by war. ...

If you meet Ruth or Edek or Bronia you must tell them I'm going to Switzerland to find their mother. Tell them to follow as soon as they can" Having lost their parents in the chaos of war Ruth Edek & Bronia are left alone to fend for themselves & hide from the Nazis amid the rubble & ruins of their city. They meet a ragged orphan boy Jan who treasures a paperknife
- a silver sword
- which was entrusted to him by an escaped prisoner of war. The three children realise that the escapee was their father the silver sword a message that he is alive & searching for them. Together with Jan they begin a dangerous journey across the battlefields of Europe to find their parents."

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Princess Evie is crazy about her ponies. But Princess Evie's ponies aren't like any other ponies
- oh no! Her ponies are magic
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Great for boys with a huge collectability factor bolstered by the collectors' cards in the back of the books & links to an excellent interactive website. Malvel's evil knows no bounds! He has used his dark magic to turn Elenna's faithful wolf Silver into a terrifying Beast. Can Tom & Elenna rescue their friend or will they lose him forever...? ...

The day was dove grey & silk. A melancholic cloth that whispered & rustled. Who could say what it foretold. Dublin 1840: Rhia Mahoney watches in despair as her fathers linen warehouse goes up in flames. Her family is ruined. Her imagined future full of pattern & colour plum brocades & beetle-green taffeta crumbles to ashes. Seeking work as a governess in dismal London Rhias life is changed beyond all imagination when her uncle a shipping merchant commits suicide. Rhia cannot
- will not
- believe he would take his own life but before she can investigate she is accused of a crime she didnt commit & forced to board a prison ship bound for New South Wales. The voyage is one of dry biscuits & endless sea made bearable by the womens daily chore: to sew scraps of cloth into an elaborate quilt. What Rhia does not realise is that with every stich she binds herself closer to a journey of discovery that will not end in Australia.. . Weaving death love & adventure into a vivid tale of the world at the height of Empire The Silver Thread is plotted like a murder mystery but narrated with the skill & style of a literary storyteller.

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Desmond & Deirdre Doyle will have been married for twenty-five years in October. It falls to the Doyles' eldest daughter Anna to decide how best to commemorate her parents' Silver Wedding. No use asking her sister Helen living in her London convent or her brother Brendan who has chosen another form of exile on a bleak farm in the West of Irel&. But it is unthinkable not to have a party even though for the Doyles family occasions are more difficult than for most. For each of them is keeping up a front nursing a secret wound or smarting over a hidden betrayal. & as the day draws nearer so the tension mounts until finally the guests gather at the party itself... ...