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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Number 4 in a series of heart-warming pony tales packed with expert advice from three-times Olympic Medallist and Grand Slam winner, Pippa Funnell, on everything you ever wanted to know about horses.Chilly winter has reached Silver Shoe Farm, but everyone is excited for Christmas and the London International Horse Show. Then Magic Spirit falls ill and Tilly must nurse him back to health. It turns out that her special skills come in useful at the horse show too, where she helps soothe a fiery stallion who no one else can get close to.Collect all 18 titles in this series of irresistible, uplifting pony adventures, packed with expert, up-to-date advice from the author as well as a helpful glossary and black and white illustrations. For 8+.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - \*\*'Luminous and unforgettable' - Emma Chichester Clark\*\*\*\*'Utterly pitch perfect' - Debi Gliori\*\*\*\*'Heartwarming and heartbreaking' - Caryl Hart\*\*When a wise old tree takes a tiny sapling into his care, they both learn what it means to make memories and put down roots. He keeps her sheltered from storms and shaded from the scorching sun, and supported by his love, she grows and grows.There are so many things to see and to learn: how to appreciate the beauty of the world; how to be strong against the wind, but flexible enough to bend. Together, they make memories they'll hold on to forever.But when the old tree's leaves begin to fall, it's time for the sapling to grow up and take her own place in the world - and to learn how to hold on to the memories that mean so much.Filled with beautiful, luminous artwork, this heartfelt picture book is a story for everyone - both young and old.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - When a ghost train is seen rattling into Belle-on-Sea, Bridget Vanderpuff must use her incredible powers of invention and detection to solve the mystery on her second spooky adventure.Belle-on-Sea is getting ready for the Night of the Hungry Ghosts, the spookiest time of the year. Mr Vanderpuff's bake will be the centrepiece of the whole parade, but he needs a new creation and he's totally stumped. To make matters worse, salty old seadog, Captain Lufty, and his Hat Rat, Barry, have warned that something is coming to Belle-on-Sea. Something terrible.When a ghost train is seen rattling into town, and people start to go missing - first the librarian, then the Mayor - Bridget and Tom begin tracking the train's tracks, delighted to be in the thick of another mystery.Then the unthinkable happens: the ghost train takes Mr Vanderpuff! Someone - or something - is out to destroy Belle-on-Sea. But they've forgotten one important detail. This is Bridget's town.Bridget must save the missing people from their perilous prisons, rescue the parade, and come up with an idea for Mr Vanderpuff's Hungry Ghosts bake, before it's too late.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - \*A BookTrust Great New Book of 2024-2025\*REACH FOR THE STARS and learn all about SPACE in this fact-packed new book from the bestselling creator of the FANTASTICALLY GREAT WOMEN series! Mixing STEM topics with a sweet story of figuring out your place in the world, this is the perfect introduction to space for the next generation of space travellers, whoever they may be.Budding astronaut Luna Scope wants nothing more than to blast off into space and explore the cosmos, but how does she go from a cardboard rocket in her room to running experiments on the International Space Station Enter Granny, who's about to teach Luna just how to make her dream a reality. From discovering what shooting stars are really made of and learning how to complete a spacewalk, to rocket building lessons by Mary Jackson and space shuttle trips with Mae Jemison- Luna and her Granny take us on a crash course adventure into how to become a successful astronaut. Meeting incredible female space pioneers along the way, Granny takes Luna on a fact-filled space adventure showing her that ANYONE can be an astronaut if they dream big enough. In fact, just by standing on planet Earth, you're already closer than you think.From Kate Pankhurst, award-winning creator of FANTASTICALLY GREAT WOMEN, this is the first in a new series tackling popular non-fiction topics in fun new ways. Inspiring young readers to aim high, dream big and see that they too can reach for the stars!

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Cordelia has been crowned the Raven Queen. But with new power comes new danger. The unmissable sequel to The Raven Heir and conclusion to the epic middle-grade fantasy series perfect for fans of Abi Elphinstone and Piers Torday.Once their triplet Cordelia became the Raven Queen, Giles and Rosalind knew they would have to learn to behave at court. No more fighting for Rosalind and no more singing for Giles. What they didn't foresee was having to foil a plot against their sister.When Cordelia falls into an enchanted sleep and cannot be woken, Rosalind and Giles must quest across the kingdom to seek help from the ancient spirits of the land. But their family's greatest enemies lurk at every turn and it will take all of the triplets' deepest strengths to fight against them.A thrilling finale to the magical and mystical series.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'A wonderfully illustrated, jam-packed, must-have science book for all aspiring young physicists!' The Royal Institution'Lively, humorous and stuffed with enticing images and outrageous puns' The GuardianHave you ever wondered how to slow down time Or what would happen if you fell into a black hole Well, wonder no more. This book is bursting with fascinating physics facts that will explain everything you want to know, and more, about the curiosities of our cosmos.Featuring easy-to-follow experiments, eye-catching illustrations and plenty of laugh-out-loud moments, this book will demystify physics and bring science to life.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'These two feisty and funny women stole my heart. Perfect for bookclubs.' Faith HoganTwo women. A community under threat. Can they save their home In the peaceful Worcestershire village of Stonecastle, Matilda Reynolds lives a quiet, contented life with her animals for company. Then a fall lands her in hospital, and she must rely on her strange young neighbour, Connie, for help looking after her home.Connie is coming to terms with her own trauma, and she doesn't trust easily. But just as the two women embark on an unlikely friendship, the community that brought them together comes under threat.As they fight to save their beloved estate from a greedy developer, Connie and Matilda discover they have more in common than they thought.'An uplifting novel about the power of community and the human spirit.' Clare Swatman'I really rooted for Connie and Matilda. Both women are vulnerable in some way and Victoria writes so sensitively about this. A beautiful, poignant read.' Rebecca Ryan.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A glorious new uplifting rom com for fans of Judy Leigh, Hazel Prior and Maddie Please!It's never too late for one last adventure.Constance Fitzgerald may be approaching 70, but she's never been one for putting down roots. She's spent her life untethered and free, but when she finds herself newly engaged and a soon-to-be grandmother, Constance is forced to accept it may be time - perhaps - to settle down. Until a chance encounter throws open a window to her past, and Constance decides to head to the Highlands to find an old friend.'A glorious and heartwarming tale of two feisty seventy-year olds discovering lost love and everything in between. An absolute must-read.' Rebecca Netley'An uplifting, positive story. Eat Pray Love for the older generation' Judy Leigh.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A powerful thriller from New York Times bestseller C.J. Box, the award-winning author of the Joe Pickett and Cassie Dewell series, both now major TV shows.They're so sorry. They've made a terrible mistake. There's nothing they can do. They have to take your daughter away. You have three weeks to say goodbye.After years of trying for a child, Jack and Melissa McGuane adopted a beautiful baby girl. Nine months later, a call from the adoption agency plunges them into every parent's worst nightmare: the father never signed away his parental rights, and now he wants his daughter back. The biological father is a sullen eighteen-year-old with gangland connections, and, even worse, is the son of a well-connected federal judge who is prepared to use the full weight of his influence to get what he wants. Together they wage a harrowing campaign of intimidation and harassment aimed at destroying the McGuanes before they can fight back. Jack and Melissa know that the boy has no love for his daughter, but what they don't know is why he and the judge want the girl so badly. With three weeks until they must legally hand over their baby, just how far outside the law are they prepared to go to find out Reviews for Three Weeks to Say Goodbye'Full of suspense and menace.' Daily Mirror'One terrifying little tale. Box doesn't miss a trick in this suspense-filled thriller.' Toronto Globe and Mail.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Book of the Week on Radio 4, and in the Observer, Sunday Times, Daily Mail and The Week 'Riveting, and immaculately written' Sunday Telegraph 'A superb psychological study of a literary genius' Business Post 'A rounded picture. and gets to Dahl's flawed, human core' Country Life 'Crisply done and well-judged' TLSA brand-new biography of Roald Dahl, re-evaluating the received narrative surrounding the life of the much-loved author and creator of numerous iconic literary characters - from one of our finest contemporary biographers.Roald Dahl was one of the world's greatest storytellers. He considered his vocation to be as bold and exciting as an explorer's and, in his writing for children, he was able to tap into a child's viewpoint throughout his life. He crafted tales that were exotic in scenario, frequently invested with a moral, and filled with vibrant characters that endure in the public imagination to the present day.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Discover - or rediscover - the major achievements of Chinese culture and civilization.Great Books of China offers concise introductions - each of them accompanied by generous quotation (in English) from the book in question - to sixty-six works in the canon of Chinese literature.The books chosen reflect the chronological and thematic breadth of Chinese literary tradition, ranging from such classics as The Book of Songs and the Confucian Analects, through popular dramas and novels (The Romance of the Western Chamber; The Water Margin), twentieth-century political and biographical works (Quotations from Chairman Mao, the autobiography of the last emperor) and modern novels that are little known in the West (Memories of South Peking, Six Chapters from a Cadre School Life).Frances Wood presents a comprehensive, accessible and richly informative primer for the uninitiated; a box of delights that opens up an entire literary culture to the inquisitive reader.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Meet Sonny and his friends Honey, Meemo and Boo!Sonny is having a great time playing with his new paints. In fact, he's having SUCH a good time that he doesn't want them to help.Sonny says, 'NO!' And once he starts saying 'NO', it's hard to stop . . . When the others get upset, can Sonny find a way to make it up to them Join Sonny and friends in this bright and funny series that's perfect for pre-schoolers and great for reading aloud. Fans of Pip and Posy will adore this stylish board book, ideal for little ones learning how to play with friends.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A powerful account of the decline of the Cuban Revolution, told through the lives of five ordinary Cuban citizens.'Masterful. Dore uses oral history to tell a history of Cuba from the bottom up' Professor Linda Gordon'A vital addition to Cuba's rich oral tradition' Will Grant, BBC Cuba Correspondent'Opens wide a window on the last forty years of Cuban history' Professor Gerald Martin'To have gathered these life stories together with such grace, eloquence and trust is a towering achievement' Professor Ruth BeharCuba is not the country it used to be. The regime is disintegrating, and unprecedented protest marches are challenging the gerontocratic Communist Party leadership.How Things Fall Apart reveals the decay of this political system through the lives of five ordinary Cuban citizens. Born in the 1970s and 80s, these men and women recount how their lives changed over a tumultuous stretch of thirty-five years: first when Fidel opened the country to tourism following the fall of the Soviet bloc; then when Raúl Castro allowed market forces to operate, thinking it would stop the country's economic slide; and finally when President Trump's tightening of the US embargo combined with the Covid-19 pandemic to cause economic collapse. With warmth and humanity, they describe learning to survive in an environment where a tiny minority has grown rich by local standards, the great majority has been left behind, and inequality has destroyed the very things that used to give meaning to Cubans' lives.Born out of the first oral history project authorized by the Cuban government in forty years, Professor Elizabeth Dore gathers these stories to illuminate the slow and agonizing decline of the Cuban Revolution over the past four decades. For over sixty years the government controlled the historical narrative. In this book, Cubans tell their own stories.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - \*FOYLES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH\*'I really can't recommend this enough - especially if you are going on holiday' Tom Holland'Delightful . Lucy Lethbridge has written a glorious romp of a book' Kathryn Hughes, The Mail on Sunday'It is the paramount wish of every English heart, ever addicted to vagabondizing, to hasten to the Continent.'In 1815 the Battle of Waterloo brought to an end the Napoleonic Wars and the European continent opened up once again to British tourists. The nineteenth century was to be an age driven by steam technology, mass-industrialisation and movement, and, in the footsteps of the Grand Tourists a hundred years earlier, the British middle-classes flocked to Europe to see the sights.In Tourists, the voices of these travellers - puzzled, shocked, delighted and amazed - are brought vividly to life. From the discomfort of the stagecoach to the 'self-contained pleasure palace' of the beach resort, Lucy Lethbridge brilliantly examines two centuries of tourists' experience. Among a range of disparate characters, we meet the commercial titans of Victorian tourism, Albert Smith, Henry Gaze and Thomas Cook, as well as their successor, Vladimir Raitz, the creator of the modern beach holiday. The growth of popular tourism introduced new markets in guid Elektronisches Buch, souvenirs, cuisine and health cures. It smoothed over class differences but also exacerbated them. It destroyed traditional cultures while at the same time preserving them.From portable cameras to postcards and suntans, Tourists explores how tourism has reflected changing attitudes to modernity and how, from the grand hotel to the campsite, the foreign holiday exposes deep fears, hopes and even longings for home.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Tennessee Williams's mordantly funny and deeply troubled meditation on the desperate dismay of ageing and the iniquities of racial bigotry.' INDEPENDENT'It's a wonderfully weird play, starting claustrophobic, losing intensity as it introduces the locals. then regrouping for a devastating second half. This unruly, unforgettable play takes its unpredictable course to something that makes you feel afresh our powerlessness against time.' THE TIMESWhen Chance Wayne left the small town of St. Cloud, he did so with the ambition of being an actor: now, many years later, he returns as a gigolo and the companion of faded movie star Alexandra del Lago. But can Chance convince the town he did actually make it big and win over his childhood sweetheart Or will the mistakes of his past punish him still Sweet Bird of Youth is Tennessee Williams's 1959 Broadway hit that explores the social and political climate of 1950s America, at a time when sexual freedom was a critical issue.This edition includes an introduction by Alison Walls that explores the play's production history as well as the dramatic, thematic and academic debates that surround it.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - WINNER OF THE 2023 JAMES CROPPER WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING'Unparalleled.' THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE'A true masterpiece.' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT'A tour de force.' GUY SHRUBSOLE'Quietly courageous.' PATRICK BARKHAM'Lyrical, wholehearted and wise.' LEE SCHOFIELD'A knockout. I loved it.' MELISSA HARRISON'Honest, raw and moving.' SOPHIE PAVELLE'An extraordinary book by an extraordinary author.' CHRIS JONES'A book of wit, wonder and of wisdom.' NICK ACHESON'Beautiful.' NICOLA CHESTERA visit to the rapid where she lost a cherished friend unexpectedly reignites Amy-Jane Beer's love of rivers setting her on a journey of natural, cultural and emotional discovery.On New Year's Day 2012, Amy-Jane Beer's beloved friend Kate set out with a group of others to kayak the River Rawthey in Cumbria. Kate never came home, and her death left her devoted family and friends bereft and unmoored.Returning to visit the Rawthey years later, Amy realises how much she misses the connection to the natural world she always felt when on or close to rivers, and so begins a new phase of exploration.The Flow is a book about water, and, like water, it meanders, cascades and percolates through many lives, landscapes and stories. From West Country torrents to Levels and Fens, rocky Welsh canyons, the salmon highways of Scotland and the chalk rivers of the Yorkshire Wolds, Amy-Jane follows springs, streams and rivers to explore tributary themes of wildness and wonder, loss and healing, mythology and history, cyclicity and transformation.Threading together places and voices from across Britain, The Flow is a profound, immersive exploration of our personal and ecological place in nature.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -WINNER OF THE 2023 JAMES CROPPER WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING'Unparalleled.' THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE'A true masterpiece.' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT'A tour de force.' GUY SHRUBSOLE'Quietly courageous.' PATRICK BARKHAM'Lyrical, wholehearted and wise.' LEE SCHOFIELD'A knockout. I loved it.' MELISSA HARRISON'Honest, raw and moving.' SOPHIE PAVELLE'An extraordinary book by an extraordinary author.' CHRIS JONES'A book of wit, wonder and of wisdom.' NICK ACHESON'Beautiful.' NICOLA CHESTERA visit to the rapid where she lost a cherished friend unexpectedly reignites Amy-Jane Beer's love of rivers setting her on a journey of natural, cultural and emotional discovery.On New Year's Day 2012, Amy-Jane Beer's beloved friend Kate set out with a group of others to kayak the River Rawthey in Cumbria. Kate never came home, and her death left her devoted family and friends bereft and unmoored.Returning to visit the Rawthey years later, Amy realises how much she misses the connection to the natural world she always felt when on or close to rivers, and so begins a new phase of exploration.The Flow is a book about water, and, like water, it meanders, cascades and percolates through many lives, landscapes and stories. From West Country torrents to Levels and Fens, rocky Welsh canyons, the salmon highways of Scotland and the chalk rivers of the Yorkshire Wolds, Amy-Jane follows springs, streams and rivers to explore tributary themes of wildness and wonder, loss and healing, mythology and history, cyclicity and transformation.Threading together places and voices from across Britain, The Flow is a profound, immersive exploration of our personal and ecological place in nature.Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 400 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Can you imagine if it was possible to completely change the way you live your life To look at your life and ask yourself what you would do if it died. If your old life died. It ended. And then take what's left of your real life and live it properly. How can I do that, Michael Where do I start Chekhov's classic tale of love, art, sex, and attempted murder in a fresh adaptation by Simon Stephens, written to be performed by a solo actor.Comedic and tragic, Chekhov's examination of our shared humanity - our hopes, dreams, regrets - is thrust into sharp focus in Vanya. This fresh adaptation explores the kaleidoscope of human emotions, harnessing the power of the intimate bond between actor and audience to delve deeper into the human psyche.This edition was published to coincide with the West End premiere starring Andrew Scott in September 2023.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - I stand at my open window. I feel like I'm on the edge of reality.April 1982. The Falkland Islands are invaded by Argentine forces. The shockwaves reverberate around the world. For some, it's overdue: seen in the gradual sweep to decolonise the world it is thought of as an inevitable next step. For others, the act strikes at the very heart of British identity.Falkland Sound tells the incredible story of a small community plunged into the middle of an international crisis. About half the size of Wales, populated by fewer than two thousand people, with conditions so hostile that trees struggle to grow, everyday life on these strange and beguiling islands is changed forever as two powerful nations fight for the right to claim sovereignty.Brad Birch's lyrical new play turns modern history into a theatrical epic, depicting a community and way of life turned upside down. Falkland Sound is a play about empire, community, and what it means to live in someone else's metaphor. This edition published to coincide with the world premiere at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon in August 2023.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -'This powerful, vividly illustrated book proudly reframes Black British history'The Guardian'. a brilliant, fascinating history book'The Week Junior, Book of the Week'I started reading and couldn't put it down. It's the kind of book I wish I'd had when I was a kid'Joseph Coelho, Children's Laureate'This book is revolutionary'Kelechi Okafor, actor, writer and podcast hostAn eye-opening story of Britain, focusing on a part of our past that has mostly been left out of the history books: the brilliant Black history of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.Did you know that the first Britons were Black Or that some of the Roman soldiers who invaded and ruled Britain were Black, too Join this fascinating journey through the ages to meet those first Britons, as well as the Black Tudors, Georgians and Victorians who existed in every walk of life here. The incredible journey through time is brought to life through Atinuke's fascinating storytelling and illustrated scenes, detailed maps, and timelines created by illustrator Kingsley Nebechi.From science and sport to literature and law, celebrate the brilliant Black people who have helped build Britain. Learn about key and complex historical topics such as the world wars, slavery, the industrial revolution, Windrush and the Black Lives Matter movement. This fascinating book will change everything you thought you knew about our green-grey British isles.'We would recommend this book to any child, adult or teacher'Stop Hate UKLibri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - You need to meet the other special people. There are so many of us. You'll fall in love every day.Annie is happy at last - she's engaged to Bel, the love of her life, and counting down the days to their wedding. But then old friend, free spirit, and troublemaker Flo turns up unexpectedly, and announces she'll be staying with them until the big day. Their surprise reunion turns into a complicated love triangle with dangerous consequences that threaten to destroy Annie's Happily Ever After.Isley Lynn's thrilling romantic drama The Swell is a gripping story spanning decades of love, sacrifice and betrayal, which was shortlisted for The Women's Prize for Playwriting 2020. This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, in June 2023.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Anthony Neilson's 2004 play is half a lark, half deadly serious' TIME OUT'A profane, madcap, Alice-in-Wonderland trip morphs into something much more profound in Anthony Neilson's weirdly compelling 2004 study of mental instability' EVENING STANDARDLisa Jones is on a journey. It's a colourful and exciting off-kilter trip in search of one lost hour that has tipped the balance of her life. The inhabitants of the wonderful world she finds herself in - Dissocia - are a curious blend of the funny, the friendly and the brutal.This Student Edition of Anthony Neilson's 2004 play, which premiered at the Edinburgh International Festival, features a commentary and notes by anna six. It introduces students to debates surrounding mental health and situates Neilson within a British theatrical tradition, including through an interview with him.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Simone Weil (1909-1943) was one of the foremost French philosophers of the 20th century; a mystic, activist, and writer whose profound work continues to intrigue and inspire today.Mirror of Obedience collects together Weil's poetry and autobiographical writings translated into English for the first time. It offers a rare glimpse into a more personal and introspective Weil than we usually encounter. She was writing and re-working her poems until the end of her life and in a letter from London to her parents, dated 22 January 1943, she expressed the wish for her verses to appear together in print in chronological order, a wish which this volume honours.Weil was a thinker who wrote with discipline and spareness and cherished the poetic form for its power to compress language and distill meaning. In these poems and literary writings, we see her own efforts to craft poems as essential expressions of thought, bringing into view another aspect of Weil's quest for beauty and truth.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'This powerful, vividly illustrated book proudly reframes Black British history'The Guardian'. a brilliant, fascinating history book'The Week Junior, Book of the Week'I started reading and couldn't put it down. It's the kind of book I wish I'd had when I was a kid'Joseph Coelho, Children's Laureate'This book is revolutionary'Kelechi Okafor, actor, writer and podcast hostAn eye-opening story of Britain, focusing on a part of our past that has mostly been left out of the history books: the brilliant Black history of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.Did you know that the first Britons were Black Or that some of the Roman soldiers who invaded and ruled Britain were Black, too Join this fascinating journey through the ages to meet those first Britons, as well as the Black Tudors, Georgians and Victorians who existed in every walk of life here. The incredible journey through time is brought to life through Atinuke's fascinating storytelling and illustrated scenes, detailed maps, and timelines created by illustrator Kingsley Nebechi.From science and sport to literature and law, celebrate the brilliant Black people who have helped build Britain. Learn about key and complex historical topics such as the world wars, slavery, the industrial revolution, Windrush and the Black Lives Matter movement. This fascinating book will change everything you thought you knew about our green-grey British isles.'We would recommend this book to any child, adult or teacher'Stop Hate UK.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Hector, Gareth; Laurier, Jim (illustrator). Neuware - Using archival photographs sourced directly from Vietnam, specially commissioned diagrams and combat accounts from veterans, István Toperczer reveals how the MiG-21 defended Vietnam between 1966 and 1968.One of the most successful communist jet fighters ever built, the MiG-21 'Fishbed' was involved in a series of deadly duels with American fighters over North Vietnam as the USAF and US Navy ramped up strike missions during Operation Rolling Thunder, culminating in the destruction of over 70 US aircraft for the loss of 35 'Fishbeds.'Having honed their skills on the subsonic MiG-17, pilots of the Vietnam People's Air Force received their first examples of the legendary MiG-21 supersonic fighter in 1966. Soon thrown into combat over North Vietnam, the guided-missile-equipped MiG-21 proved a deadly opponent for the American crews striking at targets deep into communist territory. Although the communist pilots initially struggled to come to terms with the fighter's air search radar and weapons systems, the ceaseless cycle of combat operations quickly honed their skills. The best fighter then available to the VPAF, more than 200 MiG-21s (of various sub-types) were supplied to the North Vietnamese.In this study, leading VPAF authority István Toperczer analyzes the tactics used by the MiG-21 pilots over the bitter fighting in North Vietnam during Rolling Thunder. The highspeed 'hit and run' attacks employed by the communist pilots proved to be very successful, with both R-3S air-to-air missiles and heavy-caliber cannon inflicting a rising toll on American jets. Using first-hand accounts from MiG-21 pilots, battlescene artwork, combat ribbon diagrams, and armament views, the author details the important role played by the 'Fishbed' in the defense of North Vietnam.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'A spicy work of biographical conjecture . It's also a rousing reminder of the countless creative women who have been written out of history or have had to fight relentlessly to make themselves heard.' EVENING STANDARD'The great virtue of Lloyd Malcolm's speculative history lies in its passion and anger: it ends with a blazing address to the audience that is virtually a call to arms. It is throughout, however, a highly theatrical piece . In rescuing Emilia from the shades, [the play] gives her dramatic life and polemical potency.' GUARDIANThe little we know of Emilia Bassano Lanier (1569 - 1645) is that she may have been the Dark Lady of Shakespeare's Sonnets, mistress of Lord Chamberlain, one of the first English female poets to be published, a mother, teacher who founded a school for women, and radical feminist with North African ancestry.Living at a time when women had such limited opportunities, Emilia Lanier is therefore a fascinating subject for this speculative history. In telling her story, Morgan Lloyd Malcolm represents the stories of women everywhere whose narratives have been written out of history.Originally commissioned for Shakespeare's Globe with an all-female cast, Emilia is published here as a Methuen Drama Student Edition with commentary and notes by Elizabeth Schafer, Professor of Drama at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - I suppose I never questioned why I was only one piece beforeA woman trapped at home during an air raid.A mother who starts to see double.A whole life in one breath.Three short plays by Alistair McDowall introduce us to three women whose ordinary lives mask extraordinary internal worlds.This trilogy includes the plays Northleigh, 1940, In Stereo and all of it, written for and performed by Kate O'Flynn. This edition was published to coincide with the run at the Royal Court and the Avignon Festival in June 2023.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From bestselling crime novelist and renowned Irish TV journalist Sinéad Crowley, gripping dual timelines entwine in this heart-stopping story of old secrets and forbidden passion.An old house can hold many secrets. Hollowpark in the west of Ireland certainly does. At the heart of the gardens is an intricate maze, named after a deadly poison, Belladonna. If you know the way through, it's magical, a hiding place and playground like no other. If you don't, it's a place of fear and sinister riddles, where a young girl once went missing and was never seen again.Grace comes to Hollowpark as a nanny for young Skye FitzMahon. Soon the mysterious past of Hollowpark has seduced her. Who is the woman she sometimes glimpses in an upstairs window Or the apparition who keeps showing up unexpectedly, pleading, 'Find me'. And how can she fight her growing attraction to Skye's father Praise for Sinéad Crowley: 'Everything you'd want from a suspenseful mystery: vivid characters, a sumptuous setting and an expertly crafted thread of malevolence.' Irish Times 'Beautifully written, and deftly plotted. So compelling that the pages almost turned themselves. A terrific novel.' Liz Nugent 'Compelling, clever and deeply romantic, the plot has more twists and turns than the maze itself. A welcome return to fiction by one of Ireland's most accomplished crime writers. A joy to read.' Jane Casey 'Atmospheric, creepy, utterly engrossing and as twisty-turny as the maze itself.' Tammy Cohen.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Laurier, Jim; Hector, Gareth (illustrator). Neuware - A fascinating exploration of the feats of the RAF's photographic reconnaissance aircraft.The photographic reconnaissance (PR) versions of the Supermarine Spitfire saw service against the Axis Tripartite throughout World War 2. Its superior performance even led to the USAAF adopting the type for the Eighth Air Force's reconnaissance needs in Europe. PR Spitfires were responsible for some of the most significant intelligence finds of the war - from low-level oblique photographs of new German radars in France to locating the battleship Bismarck off the Norwegian coast before it attempted to sortie into the Atlantic. It has been estimated that as much as 80 per cent of Allied intelligence was gathered from aerial photographs, many of which were taken by cameras installed in PR Spitfires.In this volume, RAF PR specialist Andrew Fletcher details the important part played by the small number of 'photo-recce' Spitfires in the key theatres of World War 2. His detailed text, which includes numerous first-hand accounts, chronicles operations from the first months of the conflict through to VJ Day.