Twenty-eight years after its first publication the best-selling Watchmaking" continues to inspire & encourage the art of watchmaking especially among new generations of enthusiasts. As a supreme master of his art George Daniels' advice is constantly sought by both students & watch repairers his understanding of the problems that can beset the would-be watchmaker especially in an age of mass production & his expert knowledge of the history of watchmaking being second to none. Here the making of the precision timekeeper is described step by step & illustrated at each stage with line drawings & brief explanatory captions. The text is easy to follow & care has been taken to avoid complicated technical descriptions. As Daniels is particularly interested in the development of the escapement
- many are described in this book several of his own design
- the reader is encouraged to explore this aspect of watchmaking in even greater detail. This classic handbook still remains indispensable to generations of watchmakers & repairers & also provides a fascinating insight to the enthusiast & watch-collector who until its publication had often been able only to admire the superb craftsmanship of a fine watch without understanding how it works."

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SAS Captain Alex Temple is on an urgent mission. Someone has been murdering MI5 officers & it looks as if the killer is an insider one of the Regiment's own. Alex's task is to track down & eliminate the killer & to assist him he is assigned an MI5 liason officer
- the attractive but abrasive Dawn Harding. The body-count is mounting & a deadly & relentless manhunt begins. Soon Alex will learn the bitter truth: in the shadowy battlegrounds of the Intelligence wars there is no good & no evil
- only winners & losers. This relentless unputdownable thriller helps establish Chris Ryan as the master of no-holds-barred action storytelling.

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A long time ago Joe Pike asked for help. In return he would one day be called upon to return the favour no questions asked. That day has come. Joe Pike is asked to protect the life of Larkin Conner Barkley a spoiled rich girl who happens to be a federal witness in a major case. But someone is leaking information about their whereabouts & the killers are getting all too close. So Pike hatches a plan: disappear into the anonymous underbelly of Los Angeles turn the tables & hunt down the hunters. Enlisting the help of Elvis Cole Pike uncovers a web of lies & betrayals; even the cops arent who they seem. But as the body count rises it becomes clear that Pikes biggest threat may be the girl herself
- an edgy yet intensely vulnerable soul determined to destroy herself unless Joe can fill the void in her bruised heart.
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William & Thomas are off on their madcap adventures around the village of Little Hardleigh once again. More than once Williams ghostly skills help to solve some heinous crime or puzzling mystery. Be it Secret Messages Hidden Paintings or Runaway Hot-Air Balloons the pair are always on the case with an ink-stained notebook & a fresh jar of ginger nuts to h&. & theres even a little sprinkling of Movie Magic coming to Hardleigh Hall! Loaded with clue summaries suspect lists & lots of action readers can help William & Thomas in their efforts to become great detectives ...

Written by Alan Moore Art & cover by Dave Gibbons DC Comics presents this special edition of the WATCHMEN TP complete with re-colored cover art by artist extraordinaire Dave Gibbons. Created especially for the international market this edition is also available to retailers in the U.S. & Canada exclusively through Diamond. One of the most influential graphic novels of all time & a perennial bestseller WATCHMEN has only grown in stature since its original publication. Along with the new cover this volume features the high-quality recolored pages from WATCHMEN: THE ABSOLUTE EDITION restored by Wild Storm FX & original series colorist John Higgins. It all begins with the paranoid delusions of a half-insane hero called Rorschach. But is Rorschach really insane or has he in fact uncovered a plot to murder super-heroes & even worse millions of innocent civilians? On the run from the law Rorschach reunites with his former teammates in a desperate attempt to save the world & their lives but what they uncover will shock them to their very core & change the face of the planet! Following two generations of masked superheroes from the close of World War II to the icy shadow of the Cold War comes this groundbreaking comic story
- the story of The Watchmen. Retailers: Please see this month's Previews order form for information on the WATCHMEN FLOOR DISPLAY. On sale December 3
- 334 pg FC $19.99 US

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I know about water! It's wet I drink it & have a bath in it. But where does my tap water come from & why does the sea taste salty? Learning about water is introduced from a starting point that your child will already know encouraging them to find out about their daily life & the world around them. Eyeknow" books have a surprise on every page; packed with eye-catching photography & lift-the-flap novelties to aid learning. Your child will love to get involved with the activities & as they flip the flaps & fold out the pages they'll find out all about water." ...

This year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of Baths inscription with UNESCO as a World Heritage site. It is recognised for a number of Outstanding Universal Values (OUVs) including its extensive Roman remains its Georgian town planning that is documented as a masterpiece of human creative genius its landscape setting & the location of the only naturally occurring hot springs in the country. This exciting new book will focus on twenty-five locations throughout the city that have been identified as embodying elements of these OUVs & will be richly illustrated throughout with historical images from the archives of Bath in Time. The book will set out to interpret & identify the uniqueness that is Bath & will serve as a valuable guide to anyone wanting to explore the city & uncover the fascinating stories behind each location. ...

The Water-Babies A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby" is a childrens novel by the Reverend Charles Kingsley. Written in 1862-1863 as a serial for " Macmillans Magazine" it was first published in its entirety in 1863. The book was extremely popular during its day & was a mainstay of childrens literature through the 1920s." ...

Harper Collins is proud to present its new range of best-loved essential classics. ' In fact the fairies had turned him into a water-baby. A water-baby? You never heard of a water-baby. Perhaps not. That is the very reason why this story was written.' Poor Tom is an orphan employed by the underhand Grimes as a chimney sweep. While cleaning a chimney one day Tom becomes lost & appears in Ellie's bedroom. She mistakes him for a thief & he flees in fright down to the edge of a stream where he falls asleep. In his dreamlike world he becomes a water baby swimming with the other water babies & discovering an aquatic playground full of strange & wonderful characters. ...

Bernard Cribbins reads Charles Kingsley's much-loved tale about a little chimney-sweep who is turned into a water baby. Tom the chimney-sweep has a hard life. He is beaten by his master the cruel Mr Grimes & forced to climb up dark flues where he bruises his knees & elbows & gets soot in his eyes. He is always hungry for there is never enough to eat & always dirty as there is nowhere for him to wash. One day he is so tired from sweeping flues that he comes down the wrong chimney & lands in the bedroom of a beautiful young girl where he is mistaken for a thief & runs away. He falls asleep near a river
- & when he wakes up the fairies have transformed him into a water-baby. He loves his new life swimming in the stream & having adventures but he has no one to play with. So he sets off on a journey to the sea to find the other water babies...
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