In November 1942 the RAF formed special Strike Wings to attack the heavily defended & seemingly invulnerable convoys that brought Germanys vital supplies of iron ore from Scandinavia down the coast of Europe to feed its war machine. The outcome was a series sea/air battles at close quarters fought with increasing ferocity until the last days of the war. The Germans tried everything against the Beaufighters & Mosquitos of the Strike Wings
- fighters intense flak parachute mines & even flame-throwers
- & the casualties were appallingly heavy on both sides. rn In this classic account of one of the neglected yet crucial theatres of the air war Roy Nesbit himself a survivor of strike aircraft of Coastal Command describes these complex battles from British & German records assisted by first-hand accounts from some of the brave airmen who took part. He also analyzes the effects of the tactics employed on the German war economy with some startling conclusions. The result is a fascinating clearly written & vivid history of events that were little publicized during the war for reasons of security. rn His book

Includes:: detailed diagrams of some of the key attacks & features some astonishing photographs taken in action.



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The Striker is the sixth novel in Clive Cussler's Isaac Bell series. It is 1902 & a bright inexperienced young man named Isaac Bell only two years out of his apprenticeship at the Van Dorn Detective Agency has an urgent message for his boss. Hired to hunt for radical unionist saboteurs in the coal mines he is witness to a terrible accident. & it begins to become clear that the trouble doesn't stop with the men he's looking for. Much bigger stakes are in play. Little does he know just how big. Given exactly one week to prove his case Bell quickly finds himself pitted against two of the most ruthless opponents he has ever known men of staggering ambition & cold-bloodedness.. .who are not about to let some wet-behind-the-ears detective stand in their way. In The Striker we meet Isaac Bell early in his career in an adventure that would show him just how dangerous & exciting his chosen profession would turn out to be. From the master of adventure & action & creator of the Dirk Pitt Adventure series comes The Striker the sixth exciting installment in the Isaac Bell detective series. Following The Thief & The Race The Striker is another nail-biting action-packed historical thriller from Top 10 bestselling author Clive Cussler. Praise for Clive Cussler: Cussler is hard to beat". (Daily Mail). " The guy I read". (Tom Clancy). " The Adventure King". (Daily Express). Clive Cussler is the author or co-author of a great number of international bestsellers including the famous Dirk Pitt[registered] adventures such as Arctic Drift; the NUMA[registered] Files adventures most recently Medusa; the Oregon Files such as The Silent Sea; the highly successful Fargo adventures; & the Isaac Bell series which begins with The Chase. This is the sixth book in The Isaac Bell Adventures; other titles include The Wrecker The Spy The Race & The Thief all of which are available from Penguin." ...

Nat has grown up travelling around the world with his Dad. Hes played football everywhere theyve lived & honed his skills on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro. Now they are settling back at home in Engl&. Then at a community day at his favourite football team Hatton Rangers currently struggling at the bottom of the Premiership Nats talent is spotted by the clubs scout. To his & his fathers amazement he finds himself talking to the manager about a place on the first team squad. There is just the little detail of his age
- hes big for 13 but surely they cant get away with him posing as a 16-year-old the minimum age for a professional player? But the clubs veteran striker takes an immediate dislike to Nat & warns him off trying to get a place on the team. Nats suspicions are aroused & soon he begins to think there is something more to Hatton Rangers poor performance & a local reporter begins to have suspicions about Nat. What seems like every boys dream is quickly confronted by the tough reality of the world of professional football in this superbly exciting thriller.
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Yunis can't believe that he's United leading scorer. It should be the happiest time of his life but his father wants him to give up football & work hard at school. Can Yunis convince his dad that he can do both or will he have to hang up his boots forever? Stay on the ball this season with all the action from Football Academy. ...

Novelist satirist poet photographer painter alchemist & hellraiser
- August Strindberg was all these & yet he is principally known
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An imaginative tight edge-of-your-seat supernatural thriller which follows an historical mystery through to its nail-biting contemporary conclusion. Present Day: Cadair Idris Snowdonia. Hannah Wilde flees to Llyn Gwyr a remote mountain farmhouse her husband bleeding to death on the passenger seat beside her. In the back of the car sits their seven year old daughter. Hannah's father is missing. Her mother is already dead. Mysterious strangers are converging on the mountain. & Hannah must decide who to trust
- & who to sacrifice
- if she's to defeat the predator who has stalked five generations of her family. 1979: Balliol College Oxford. Charles Meredith a brilliant obsessive professor clashes with a beautiful French woman in Balliol's library. When the woman disappears & her identity is exposed as a sham Charles is dragged into a terrifying pursuit. 1873: Godollo Hungary. Lukas Balazs prepares for his vegzet night the celebration that symbolises his entry into adulthood. But the festivities are about to go horribly wrong & only Lukas knows why. A centuries-old secret is about to unravel.. . Jakab is coming.

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John Williams is indisputably one of the most accomplished & celebrated musicians of his generation. A master of the classical genre he has been pivotal in bringing the guitar to a wider audience with the group SKY & through collaborations involving the music of South America Africa & jazz. The product of unprecedented cooperation from Williams his family friends & professional associates Without Strings is the first telling of the fascinating life of a world-renowned musician & equally the story of a man & the making of his identity. John Williams might never have come to the guitar allowing his extraordinary talent to blossom without the foresight ambition & subtle discipline of his father & teacher Len Williams & to a lesser extent his mother Melaan. Williams has almost certainly exceeded any dream his father dared have for him as a classical guitarist. But while fulfilling that ambition did he also in his own quiet way rebel against the authoritarian nature of his father? As it tells Johns story this book challenges its readers to consider the influence of his father for good & ill as it contributed to making John Williams the successful complex & compassionate man he was to become. ...

For three Las Vegas women the Strip is an adults-only playground a neon-splashed boulevard where excitement seduction & betrayal never go to sleep: Kristin Fox
- the bestselling writer of controversial & sexy bestsellers who hungers for passion outside the pages of her money-making fiction. Jennifer Payne -- the insightful marriage & family therapist who has an answer for every relationship problem except the one happening in her own bedroom. Billie Shelton -- the casino showroom headliner who has been saved remade & quietly shattered by a darkly obsessive Svengali husb&. & they share one magnificent man: Cam Lawford the ultimate stud-for-hire who has gone from roaring crowds in sports stadiums to willing & generous women in luxury hotels. But who knew the business of sex & satisfaction could be such a dangerous game? J.J. Salem lays bare the high-octane glamour & gritty reality of a world where lovers & gamblers play to win. THE STRIP is a wild wicked & gloriously promiscuous novel that will keep you up all night.
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Gregor Jack MP well-liked young married to the fiery Elizabeth
- to the outside world a very public success story. But Jacks carefully
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Make notes & jot down your daily thoughts in this &8220; Stripe” A4 Notebook. The book features lined perforated paper allowing you to tear out the pages to A4 size. The pad features a wiro-bound spine meaning you can turn the pages over with ease. ...