Three times an Ashes winner Trevor Bailey is regarded next to Ian Botham as Englands premier all-rounder since the Second World War. He was a schoolboy prodigy at Dulwich College & won cricket & soccer blues at Cambridge University & an FA Amateur Cup winners medal with Walthamstow in 1951-2. At the heart of the story is the fighting spirit of a loyalist that served England
- & his home county Essex
- so well in a crisis. He was at his greatest when the tensions ran high especially in one of the most celebrated of rearguard actions against Australia at Lords in 1953. Bailey played in 61 Tests in which he became then only the second Englishman after Wilfred Rhodes to score 2000 runs & take 100 wickets. His cricket acumen in retirement brought him to the attention of another listening public as a broadcaster on the BBCs Test Match Special programme.

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The RAFs first Cold War strategic bomber the Vickers Valiant was procured as an insurance measure in case either the Vulcan or Victor was found to have a serious flaw. The Valiant was the equivalent of the US B-47 Stratojet & it blazed the trail for the British airborne nuclear deterrent as the aircraft enjoyed a far more active service career than later V-bombers. It was the launch platform for all British free fall nuclear weapons tests both in the Pacific & in central Australia it took part in the Suez campaign in 1956 & it was the only V-bomber to drop (conventional) weapons in anger until the Falklands operation in 1982. The Valiant was modified to serve in the electronic warfare strategic reconnaissance & airborne tanker role however it had to be grounded in early 1965 when the aircraft succumbed to metal fatigue. ...

Warrior-maiden & consort of the blood god Khorne the name Valkia the Bloody is feared among all the tribes of the north
- friend
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The heavens are stained with the blood of men As the Valkyries sing their song. Njals Saga Jan Fabel is a troubled man. His relationships with the women in his life are becoming increasingly complicated: his partner Susanne is looking for a deeper commitment. His daughter is considering joining the police & his ex-wife holds him responsible. If that werent enough after a gap of ten years a female serial killer
- the Angel of St Pauli
- again makes the headlines when an English pop star is found in Hamburgs red-light district dying of the most savage knife wounds. Links emerge with a series of apparently unrelated events. A journalist murdered in Norway. The death of a Serbian gangster. & a long-forgotten project by East Germanys Stasi conceived at the height of the Cold War involving a highly-trained group of female assassins known by the codename Valkyrie. Fabels hunt for the truth will bring him up against the most terrifyingly efficient professional killer. The ultimate avenging angel. Fabel soon realizes the real danger he faces in hunting the Valkyrie.. . That he might just catch up with her.

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During the 1950s at the time Elvis Presley was rocking the world with Hound Dog & the USA was aiming to become the worlds only superpower plans were being drawn at North American Aviation in Southern California for an incredible Mach-3 strategic bomber. The concept was born as a result of General Curtis Le Mays desire for a heavy bomber with the weapon load & range of the subsonic B-52 & a top speed in excess of the supersonic medium bomber the B-58 Hustler. If Le Mays plans came to fruition there would be 250 Valkyries in the air; it would be the pinnacle of his quest for the ultimate strategic bomber operated by Americas Strategic Air Comm&. The design was a leap into the future that pushed the envelope in terms of exotic materials avionics & power plants. However in April 1961 Defence Secretary Mc Namara stopped the production go-ahead for the B-70 on grounds of rapid cost escalation & the USSRs new-found ability of destroying aircraft at extremely high altitude by either missiles or the new Mig-25 fighter. Nevertheless in 1963 plans for the production of three high-speed research aircraft were approved & construction proceeded. In September 1964 the first Valkyrie now recoded A/V-1 took to the air for the first time & in October went supersonic. This book is the most detailed description of the design engineering & research that went into this astounding aircraft. It is full of unpublished details photographs & firsthand accounts from those closely associated with the project. Although never put into full production this giant six-engined aircraft became famous for its breakthrough technology & the spectacular images captured on a fatal air-to-air photo shoot when an observing Starfighter collided with Valkyrie A/V-2 which crashed into the Mojave Desert. The loss of the $750 million aircraft & twolives stopped future development although there were several attempts to redesign it as an airliner to compete against the European Concorde. ...

Who are the two strange pilots & what is the secret treasure hidden in the lonely valley where the children land? Nothing could be more exciting than a daring night flight on Bill's plane! But Philip Dinah Lucy-Ann & Jack soon find themselves flying straight into a truly amazing adventure. ...

Nothing could be more exciting than a night flight on Bill's plane. But in The Valley of Adventure Philip Dinah Lucy-Ann Jack & Kiki the parrot fly straight into terrible danger. In The Sea of Adventure the children find themselves marooned on a desolate coast playing a dangerous game of hide-&-seek with an unknown enemy. ...

Having travelled through the Dance of the Gods to the land of Geall the six members of a magical circle
- a sorcerer a witch a
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With a cover design by founder of Biba Barbara Hulanicki Valley of the Dolls took the world by storm when it was first published in 1966. Never had a book been so frank about sex drugs & show business. It is often sited as the bestselling novel of all time. Dolls
- red or black; capsules or tablets; washed down with vodka or swallowed straight. For Anne Neely & Jennifer it doesn't matter as long as the pill bottle is within easy reach. These three beautiful women become best friends when they are young & in New York struggling to make their names in the entertainment industry. Only when they reach the peak of their careers do they find there's nowhere left to go but down
- to the Valley of the Dolls.

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The exploits & excesses of three pill-popping showbiz heroines: Anne the smalltown girl supposedly modelled on Grace Kelly who captivates a millionaire but falls for an English cad; Jennifer the beautiful Marilyn Monroe clone who possesses everything
- except immortality; & Neely the ruthless Judy Garlandesque understudy-turned-superstar. As friends
- & enemies
- they learn the hard way that fame fortune beauty & stardom dont always equal happiness. Jacqueline Susanns sensational novel staked her claim as a pop pioneer perfectly crystallized the decadence of the 1960s
- & ushered in a whole new genre of mass-market fiction.



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