Featuring photographs by former Warrington railwayman Arthur Chester this is a survey of the busy railway hub where steam-hauled goods & passenger trains wove their way between east & west among the famous expresses of the West Coast line. Track layouts & operating notes are included. ...

December 2011 sees the premier of Steven Spielberg's much anticipated film War Horse" which is the most popular piece of fiction ever written about horses in war. " My Horse Warrior" first published in 1934 is equally wondrous fact. It is told by Winston Churchill's great heroic friend Jack Seely about the thoroughbred horse he took to France in 1914 surviving five years of bombs & bullets to lead a cavalry charge in 1918 before returning home where they rode on together until 1938 their combined ages (70+30) totalling 100. The book tells the whole history of Warrior from his birth in an Isle of Wight field to his amazing life as a famous war horse & how a combination of both the horse's extraordinary character & some unbelievable twists of fate helped him survive a war which claimed the lives of 8 million horses. This new edition " My Horse Warrior: The Original War Horse" is introduced by Jack Seely's grandson Brough Scott a well-known broadcaster & journalist. It

Includes:: the original illustrations which equine & war artist Sir Alfred Munnings drew especially for Jack Seely both during the war & at home afterwards."

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Matthew Hervey of the 6th Light Dragoons is urgently summoned to the Cape Colony when he learns that the Zulu warrior King Shaka is about to wage war. Soon Hervey his old friend Eyre Somervile & their escort of dragoons & mounted rifles are riding north. When they arrive at Shaka's kraal it is a horrifying place. The sentinels at the gates are corpses & it quickly becomes apparent that he has slaughtered thousands of his subjects
- warriors & women alike. When Shaka is killed by his own people & the region plunged into civil war Hervey & his men find themselves in the midst of terrible danger. Yet worse is to come. Separated from his troop Hervey must lead Shaka's queen across a hostile land where sanctuary has never seemed further away...
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In Warrior Cardio" world-renowned fitness expert Martin Rooney delivers the solution for what most people at the gym are seeking: an easy-to-follow workout & diet plan that burns fat & builds muscle in less time. This is a comprehensive look at cardiovascular training using scientifically proven techniques paired with a diet plan that delivers. The book

Features: a complete twelve-week fitness & diet program; hundreds of metabolic exercises with full color photos for each exercise; dozens of exciting workout routines including hurricanes complexes bodyweight & strength circuits; advanced warm-up & pre-hab techniques to prevent injury; & a Warrior Diet plan from nutrition expert John Berardi Ph.D. based around the Warrior 20: a group of the 20 essential foods that will help readers lose weight & gain muscle. Surprising research on the science behind cardiovascular fitness & training techniques ultimately " Warrior Cardio" offers a cutting-edge fitness program & diet program made simple that will allow anyone to bring out the Warrior within. If you want to be a better athlete or just train & look like one " Warrior Cardio" has what you need."

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Before he knew about the Roses 16-year-old Jack lived an unremarkable life in the small Ohio town of Trinity. Only the medicine he has to take daily & the thick scar above his heart set him apart from the other high-schoolers. At least until one day Jack forgets his medicine. Suddenly he is stronger fiercer & more confident than ever before. & it feels great
- right up to the moment when he loses control of his own strength & almost kills another player during the soccer team tryouts. An incident which proves to be just the beginning. Jack is about to learn the startling truth about himself: he is Weirlind; part of an underground society of magical people who live among us. At the head of this magical society sit the feuding houses of the Red & the White Rose whose power is determined by playing The Game
- a magical tournament in which each house sponsors a warrior to fight to the death. The winning house rules the Weir. As if his bizarre magical heritage isnt enough Jack discovers that hes not just another member of Weirlind: hes one of the last of the warriors & his power has manifested at a time when both houses are scouting for a player. Jacks performance on the soccer field has alerted the entire magical community to the fact that hes in Trinity. & until one of the houses is declared Jacks official sponsor theyll stop at nothing to get Jack to fight for them.. .

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Jan Zizka (1370-1424) was a formidable figure whose life & military career was set amidst the whirlwind of monumental revolutions
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Warrior of Rome I: Fire in the East" is Harry Sidebottom's historical debut. The year is AD 255
- the Roman Imperium is stretched
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Warrior of Rome II: King of Kings" is the second in Harry Sidebottom's vivid five-part series. AD256
- the spectre of treachery
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Warrior of Rome III: Lion of the Sun" by Harry Sidebottom is the bestselling third instalment in the " Warrior of Rome" series. Mesopotamia AD 260. Betrayed by his most trusted adviser the Roman Emperor Valerian has been captured by the Sassanid barbarians. The shame of the vanquished beats down mercilessly like the white sun as the frail old emperor prostrates himself before Shapur King of Kings. Ballista looks on helplessly but vows under his breath to avenge those who have brought the empire to the brink of destruction with their treachery. One day maybe not soon but one day I will kill you... But first he must decide what price he will pay for his own freedom. Only the fearless & only those whom the gods will spare from hell can now save the empire from a catastrophic ending. Ballista the Warrior of Rome faces his greatest challenge yet. Dr Harry Sidebottom is a leading authority on ancient warfare
- he applies his knowledge with a spectacular flair for sheer explosive action & knuckle-whitening drama. Fans of Bernard Cornwell will love Sidebottom's recreation of the ancient world. Praise for Harry Sidebottom: " Sidebottom's prose blazes with searing scholarship". (" The Times"). " The best sort of red-blooded historical fiction". (Andrew Taylor author of " The American Boy"). Dr. Harry Sidebottom is Fellow of St Benets Hall & Lecturer at Lincoln College Oxford
- where he specializes in ancient warfare & classical art."

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Warrior of Rome: The Amber Road is the sixth book in Harry Sidebottom's Warrior of Rome series. AD 264
- The Roman Empire is torn
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