After writing two highly praised travel books Sara Wheeler was accepted by the American government to be the first foreigner on their National Science Foundations Antarctic Artists & Writers Program. She spent seven months on the continent travelling from the fabled Ross Ice Shelf to the Pole itself the remoter reaches of the West Antarctic ice sheet & the balmy Antarctic Peninsula. Terra Incognita is a meditation on the landscape myths & history of one of the remotest parts of the globe as well as an encounter with the international temporary residents of the region
- living in close confinement despite the surrounding acres of white space
- & the mechanics of day-to-day life in extraordinary conditions. Through Sara Wheeler the Antarctic is revealed in all its seductive mystery.

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Meet the men who for decades have ruled the football terraces. They are the faces behind the biggest firms in football history; behind the rucks the rules & the respect. They have caused chaos for the public & the press & struck fear into rival fans that have crossed their path. In this ground-breaking book the men behind the mobs have joined forces to reveal their experiences as key figures in the most notorious terrace fights. Never before has such a wide-ranging book on this phenomenon appeared because never before have the men of violence been prepared to co-operate. From the bovver boys of the sixties & seventies to the football casuals of the eighties the names central to the biggest firms
- the names that were to become the stuff that terrace legends were made from
- have all been tracked down & interviewed. They tell their stories in this essential book.

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The Terracotta Army is one of the greatest & most famous archaeological discoveries of all time. 6 000 life-size figures of warriors & horses were interred in the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of China
- each is individually carved & they are thought to represent real members of the emperors army. This is the remarkable story of their creation the man who ordered them made their rediscovery & their continuing legacy as a pre-eminent symbol of Chinese greatness. The First Emperor Qin Shi Huang was king of the Chinese state of Qin & the first man to unite China into a single empire. He built the first Great Wall & brought a single written script to the whole country. He was an inspired & ruthless ruler but one also beset by paranoia & a desire for immortality. He is still considered the founding father of the modern state of China. On his death in 210 BC he was buried in a giant mausoleum near modern-day Xian. Legends of the treasures contained therein still tantalize the imagination today. In 1974 local farmers digging a well for water broke through into the burial mound & found the first of the Terracotta warriors. Further excavations have revealed the full splendour of the buried army. But the majority of the mausoleum is yet to be opened including the burial chamber itself
- myth tells us that amongst the treasures yet to be uncovered is a vast map of the First Emperors kingdom with rivers marked with channels of flowing mercury. The story of the First Emperor & the Terracotta Army is a fascinating one not least for the discoveries yet to be made.

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The Terracotta Dog opens with a mysterious tete-a-tete with a Mafioso some inexplicably abandoned loot from a supermarket heist & some dying words that lead Inspector Montalbano to a secret grotto in a mountain cave where two young lovers dead fifty years & still embracing are watched over by a life-size terracotta dog. Montalbanos passion to solve this old crime takes him heedless of personal danger on a journey through the islands past & into a familys dark heart amid the horrors of World War II. Andrea Camilleris Inspector Salvo Montalbano has garnered millions of fans worldwide with his sardonic engaging take on Sicilian small-town life & his genius for deciphering the most enigmatic of crimes. The novels of Andrea Camilleri breath out the sense of place the sense of humour & the sense of despair that fill the air of Sicily. To read him is to be taken to that glorious tortured island Donna Leon Both farcical & endearing Montalbano is a cross between Columbo & Chandlers Philip Marlowe with the added culinary idiosyncrasies of an Italian Maigret Guardian ...

A beautiful terracotta clock with roman numeral numbers around the dial & a centre sun suitable for outdoor use. A perfect addition to your garden. Approx. 30cm (12 in diameter). Please note this product cannot be returned to store. Please refer to your delivery paperwork for the returns procedure." ...

Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) has become the tool to design any type of public security systems in particular due to the strongly increased security demands for mobile systems. In this book the authors show how TETRA can be strongly enhanced & these improvements will most probably be part of future TETRA standards. The areas examined include channel assignment & multiple access techniques video transmission wireless LAN integration & the establishment of multiple wireless mesh networks. Since the requirements for these networks is security the authors show that innovative techniques such as those based on chaotic signals can be used in order to maximize security. The book is a vital reference point for researchers with ambition to find the general solution for modern problems of public safety. ...

In June of 1876 on a hill above a river called the Little Bighorn George Armstrong Custer & all 210 men under his direct command were annihilated by 2 000 Sioux & Cheyenne. The news of this stunning defeat caused an uproar & those involved promptly began to point fingers in order to avoid responsibility. Custer who was conveniently dead took the brunt of the blame. The truth however was far more complex. A TERRIBLE GLORY is the first book to tell the entire story of this fascinating battle & the first to call upon new findings of the last 25 years
- which have changed how this event is perceived. It is also the first book to reveal the details of the cover-up
- & unravel one of the greatest mysteries in military history. Scrupulously researched A TERRIBLE GLORY will stand as a landmark work. Brimming with authentic detail & an unforgettable cast of characters
- from Sitting Bull & Crazy Horse to Ulysses Grant & Custer himself
- this is history with the sweep of a great novel.



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There's nothing unusual about the Brockets. Normal respectable & proud of it they turn up their noses at anyone strange or different. But from the moment Barnaby Brocket comes into the world it's clear he's anything but ordinary. To his parents' horror Barnaby defies the laws of gravity
- & floats. Desperate to please his parents Barnaby does his best to keep both feet on the ground
- but he just can't do it. One fateful day the Brockets decide enough is enough. They never asked for a weird abnormal floating child. Barnaby has to go.. . Betrayed frightened & alone Barnaby floats into the path of a very special hot air balloon
- & so begins a magical journey around the world with a cast of extraordinary new friends.


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There's nothing unusual about the Brockets. Normal respectable & proud of it they turn up their noses at anyone different. But from the moment Barnaby Brocket comes into the world it's clear he's anything but ordinary. To his parents' horror Barnaby defies the laws of gravity
- & floats. Barnaby tries to keep both feet on the ground but he just can't do it. One fateful day the Brockets decide enough is enough. They never asked for a weird abnormal floating child. Barnaby has to go... Betrayed frightened & alone Barnaby floats into the path of a very special hot air balloon
- & so begins a magical journey around the world with a cast of extraordinary new friends.

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Readers will need to be very brave to enter the strange world of these weird & wonderful trolls! With their googly eyes warty skin scratchy feet & matted hair you wont forget them once you meet them! With fun text delightful illustrations fantastic touch-&-feel elements on every page & a spectacularly smelly ending this is one adventure that will keep fearless readers coming back for more. ...