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Globe Pequot Press The Force Of Fate
Vendor: Whsmith.co.uk Price: 19.99 £ (+3.99 £)The ninth volume in the thrilling adventure series featuring Nathan Peake, British naval officer and spy, finds a young America divided against itself . . .1806: The United States faces an existential threat from within. Vice President Aaron Burr, feeling cheated of the presidency, conspires to destroy the Union - and if he can't become president legally, to set himself up as the leader of a breakaway republic in the West. At the same time, President Jefferson's plan to outlaw the Atlantic slave trade provokes a secessionist movement in the southern states. A mere twenty-three years after achieving independence from Great Britain, the United States is in serious danger of falling apart.To further complicate matters, a French fleet escapes the British naval blockade and heads westward across the Atlantic. Onboard is Emperor Napoleon's younger brother, Jerome, intent on exploiting America's internal divisions to his and his country's advantage.And in their wake, on a mission to assist the beleaguered President Jefferson, is the newly promoted commodore Nathan Peake with a small squadron of British warships led by the seventy-four-gun Scipio.Nathan has his own problems to contend with, however, and at times they appear overwhelming. They include his pregnant lover who is under suspicion of being a French agent, his secretive and complicated association with the Bonaparte family, his own dissident officers, the pro-slavery faction in the British Navy, and an American double agent intent on exploiting the national crisis for his own personal gain.The scene is set for an epic clash between the forces of progress and reaction, manifest destiny and personal ambition. And as the 1806 Battle of the Atlantic reaches into the mouth of the Chesapeake, the eastern seaboard is about to be hit by one of the worst hurricanes in history.
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Globe Pequot Press Tested By Fate
Vendor: Whsmith.co.uk Price: 16.55 £ (+3.99 £)It's 1784 and Nelson is sent to the Caribbean to enforce the hated Navigation Acts. While there, he marries Fanny Nisbet. Ordered next to the Mediterranean, he engages in a string of spectacular naval battles: Cape St Vincent, Tenerife, and the Nile. The ravages of war take their physical toll on Nelson, even as he gains the fame and honor he desperately craves.
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Globe Pequot Press The Sea Of Silence
Vendor: Whsmith.co.uk Price: 20.23 £ (+3.99 £)This is the seventh novel in the Nathan Peake series of nautical historical fiction set during the wars with Revolutionary and Napoleonic France. The war moves to the Americas as Captain Nathan Peake, freed from service in the Royal Navy, is secretly commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson to command a naval operation in the Caribbean Sea and frustrate plans to establish a new French Empire on the North American mainland which would pose an existential threat to the infant United States.With Europe temporarily at peace, Napoleon Bonaparte has dispatched his victorious army with a vast fleet to the Caribbean. Its aim is to re-impose French authority in the region, and then occupy a vastswathe of territory stretching from New Orleans to the Canada border and westward from the Mississippi to the Rocky Mountains. But first they must re-conquer Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) where they are opposed by rebel slaves led by the African general Toussaint L'Ouverture. Nathan is sent from England with a small squadron crewed by British and American sailors tasked with disrupting French supply lines at sea and running guns to the rebel forces. But if they are caught they will be disowned by the British and US governments and very likely hanged by the French as pirates.This adventure will lead Nathan into a running battle with the French Navy in the troubled waters off Saint-Domingue, an increasingly desperate involvement in one of the most brutal colonial conflicts in history, a dangerous liaison with Pauline Bonaparte, sister of Napoleon and wife of the French commander, and a battle of ideas and ideologies that persists to the present-day.
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WisBlock Starter Kit | WisBlock Basic Kit RAK19007 + RAK4631
Vendor: Aliexpress.com Price: 27.26 £WisBlock Starter Kit | WisBlock Basic Kit RAK19007 + RAK4631
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WisBlock Starter Kit | WisBlock Basic Kit RAK19007 + RAK4631-R
Vendor: Aliexpress.com Price: 27.26 £WisBlock Starter Kit | WisBlock Basic Kit RAK19007 + RAK4631-R
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Globe Pequot Press The Art Of The Zombie Movie
Vendor: Whsmith.co.uk Price: 32.20 £Whether George Romero's implacable, slow-moving monstrosities or the fleet-footed terrors of 28 Days Later, over the last several decades the zombie has ascended into the upper echelon of the of the movie monster pantheon-an elite tier once reserved only for vampires, werewolves, and Frankenstein's monster. Featuring over 500 posters, lobby cards, pressbooks, stills, and props from zombie movies across the whole of cinema history, The Art of the Zombie Movie is an eye-popping, entertaining visual history of zombie films written by six-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author Lisa Morton. Included here is the story of the origin and global reach of the zombie feature film; special features, quotes, and interviews from key creators; a survey of such varied subgenres as Blaxploitation, sci-fi, cowboy, and comic zombie films; and a selection of foreign zombie movies from Mexico, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Japan, and other countries. With unprecedented range and detail, this comprehensive collection of zombie movie art begins in 1932 (when The White Zombie, the first true entrant in the genre, was released), explores the renaissance that was launched by George Romero's Night of the Living Dead, and traces the countless variations, innovations, and reinventions that continue to ensure that the zombie genre will never truly die.
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Globe Pequot Press Hawkwood
Vendor: Whsmith.co.uk Price: 17.47 £ (+3.99 £)Fourteenth-century Italy: The Hundred Years' War is over and the country is in upheaval as desperate cities struggle against both each other and venal Papal rule. Unable to rely on their own citizens to fight their battles, the cities and Popes are forced to pay vast amounts of money to mercenary captains to fight on their behalf.Newly-knighted Sir John Hawkwood is headed for France to make his fortune. A valiant Englishman, shrewd and relentless on the battlefield, Hawkwood soon finds himself fighting for and against any state of Italy prepared to pay handsomely. If none will pay, he and the White Company brutally seize what they desire. As he leaves stains of his presence up and down the country, those who curse Hawkwood at their defeat can soon be those who praise him for their deliverance.It is a world of massacre and pillage in which life is less than cheap and no one can be trusted. To survive, a man has to be quick thinking, fleet of foot, and strong in his sword arm . . . and Hawkwood is such a man.
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WisBlock Starter Kit | WisBlock Basic Kit RAK19007 + RAK11310
Vendor: Aliexpress.com Price: 20.89 £WisBlock Starter Kit | WisBlock Basic Kit RAK19007 + RAK11310
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Clockwise
Vendor: Whsmith.co.uk Price: 16.99 £ (+3.99 £)Disc 1: 1 - Cedar's Blues, 2 - Clockwise, 3 - Fiesta Espanola, 4 - Hindsight, 5 - I'll Let You Know, 6 - I'm Not So Sure, 7 - Holy Land, 8 - Bolivia, 9 - Martha's Prize, 10 - Black
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Clockwise
Vendor: Whsmith.co.uk Price: 9.99 £ (+3.99 £)1980s British comedy starring John Cleese as school headmaster Brian Stimpson who is obsessed with organisation and punctuality. However, his best laid plans to attend a headmasters' conference go wrong when he misses his train. He turns back home to find alternative means of transport, hijacking a car belonging to one of his pupils. As the journey descends into further chaos, Stimpson begins to lose his schoolmasterly poise.
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Clockwise
Vendor: Whsmith.co.uk Price: 15.99 £ (+3.99 £)Disc 1: 1 - Kore II, 2 - Idiom II, 3 - King of Denmark I/Loper, 4 - King of Denmark II, 5 - Clockwise, 6 - Array, 7 - Hologram Best, 8 - King of Denmark III, 9 - Kore I
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Clockwise
Vendor: Whsmith.co.uk Price: 15.99 £ (+3.99 £)1980s British comedy starring John Cleese as school headmaster Brian Stimpson who is obsessed with organisation and punctuality. However, his best laid plans to attend a headmasters' conference go wrong when he misses his train. He turns back home to find alternative means of transport, hijacking a car belonging to one of his pupils. As the journey descends into further chaos, Stimpson begins to lose his schoolmasterly poise.
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Globe Pequot Press Trafalgar: The Fog Of War
Vendor: Whsmith.co.uk Price: 18.39 £ (+3.99 £)Trafalgar: The Fog of War
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Globe Pequot Press Ghosts Of Glencoe
Vendor: Whsmith.co.uk Price: 17.47 £ (+3.99 £)Ghosts of Glencoe is a riveting multi-generational adventure of self-discovery. The novel spans a mere four months, set at a unique junior boarding school, and played out in the rugged Adirondack mountains of New York.This is a hero's journey for two flawed protagonists, one fifteen, the other sixty-three. Both struggle to be accountable to themselves and to those who love them, for their hubris, betrayals, for the shadows they created and still carry. In their tortuous path to absolution, both discover one is never too young to teach, nor too old to learn.In the fall of 2002, dramatic events engulf three ninth graders (not the best of friends), their passionate Scottish headmaster, and an unlikely pair of escapees from a nearby prison. The inevitable collision of these forces demonstrates that age and experience have no monopoly on bravery or vulnerability. Only after superficial differences are peeled away can the teens summon the strength to find common ground to confront their frailties under the most trying conditions-lost in the snowy mountains with rescuers urgently trying to find them and the convicts desperately plotting to eliminate them.A page-turning adventure set in wilderness that is as much a factor as the characters themselves, Ghosts of Glencoe entertains, educates, and illustrates how the mountaineering mantra-Fellowship of the Rope-embodies the imperative that if we don't hang together, we will surely hang alone.
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Globe Pequot Press How To Write Melodies
Vendor: Whsmith.co.uk Price: 17.99 £ (+3.99 £)Melody is the true heart of music-the identity of a composition, the vessel that carries the lyrics, the tune that you keep whistling on your way home from a concert. Composing melodies is often thought of as a mysterious process-a lightning bolt of inspiration delivered by the songwriter's muse-but in fact melody is an art that can be learned, honed, and perfected. This book teaches that art in an engaging and thoroughly accessible fashion. Starting from basics, it covers the essentials-rhythm, intervals, scales, and harmony-and builds on these simple principles to offer a wealth of advanced techniques and tricks. Every musical example in the book is accompanied by a downloadable audio track, allowing songwriters to increase their understanding of melody through both sight and sound.How to Write Melodies is the only guide you'll ever need for demystifying and perfecting the art of melody writing.
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Globe Pequot Press Norman Lear: His Life And Times
Vendor: Whsmith.co.uk Price: 30.00 £In the 1970s, writer and producer Norman Lear forever altered the television landscape by boldly tackling race, class, sexuality, politics, and religion-topics previously considered too taboo to be the subject of comedy on the small screen. Nearing the age of 100, the mastermind behind such groundbreaking situation comedies as All in the Family, Maude, Good Times, Sanford and Son, The Jeffersons, and One Day at a Time is far from finished, having earned back-to-back Emmys in 2019 and 2020. Lear: His Life and Times is the unforgettable story of an extraordinary seven-decade career. Veteran author and entertainment journalist Tripp Whetsell offers an intimate portrait of the writer and producer that is the product of years of research and numerous interviews. Whetsell shows how Lear created the gold standard for television comedies, producing shows that were the first to give underrepresented members of society an authentic prime-time voice, while encouraging audiences to confront their own humanity and shortcomings. In the process, he explores one of television's most transformative periods, of which Lear was one of the chief architects and catalysts. This affectionate and candid tribute combines show-business history with an illuminating consideration of the inner workings of "the man in the white hat"-a figure who singlehandedly redefined an entire medium by reflecting the world around him.
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Globe Pequot Press Peter Asher: A Life In Music
Vendor: Whsmith.co.uk Price: 31.00 £Spanning more than fifty years of modern music history, Peter Asher: A Life in Music highlights every turn in Peter Asher's amazing career. Over a dozen years of research has gone into telling his story, with numerous interviews conducted with Asher, along with first-hand observations of him at work in various recording studios around Los Angeles. The author also had access to Asher's archives, which offered rare photographs and other career memorabilia to help illustrate this biography.Over one hundred artists, friends, and colleagues agreed to be interviewed, and they help to provide insight into Asher's personality and working methodology. Included are singers Jackson Browne, David Crosby, Marianne Faithfull, Carole King, Kenny Loggins, Graham Nash, Aaron Neville, Randy Newman, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt, JD Souther, and James Taylor; producers Lou Adler, Mike Curb, Richard Perry, Al Schmitt, and Sir George Martin; musicians Hal Blaine, Andrew Gold, Danny Kortchmar, Paul Shaffer, and Waddy Wachtel; and actors Kevin Kline and Robin Williams. Many of these participants also provided previously unseen photographs. Asher was also one of the first producers to list the musicians that played on his sessions, realizing how important they were to the success of each project. These mini-portraits not only contribute to the telling of his story, they ultimately give the reader a history lesson on the last fifty years of popular music. Of course, Asher's life and work did not occur in a vacuum, and David Jacks places his progress in context with what was occurring in the culture that surrounded him, from the pervasive doldrums that America was experiencing right before the Beatles (and Peter and Gordon) exploded upon its shores to the civil rights tensions that surrounded the interracial tour Dick Clark sent through the Southern US in 1965, to the end of the 1960s and the public's need for a soothing confessional tone in their music after a decade of turmoil, which artists like James Taylor provided.Asher has also had a unique insider's view into the changing world of the music business-from the mid-1960s explosion of British artists to the 1970s corporate takeovers of independent labels, from the MTV era of the mid-1980s to the modern era of 360 degree deals and digital streaming. He is practically alone in his success as a hit-making artist, a hit-making producer, and a manager for hit-making talent. His ability to produce projects with such a broad range-rock, pop, folk, country, rhythm and blues, jazz, dance, Latin, classical, comedy, and Broadway and movie soundtracks-is almost unheard of. And in a business rife with shady characters, his intelligence, honesty, and business sense has earned the respect of all he's worked with. Still producing exciting work in the entertainment industry, Peter Asher has quite a story to tell. Illustrations, unspecified; Halftones, Color including Color Photographs; Halftones, Black & White including Black & White...
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Globe Pequot Press Franklin'S Trees
Vendor: Whsmith.co.uk Price: 14.99 £ (+3.99 £)"All that is within me cries out to go back to my home on The Hudson River," President Franklin Roosevelt once declared. For it was at his home in Hyde Park, New York that FDR could indulge in his favorite avocation-"tree farmer." This book introduces children to FDR's love of nature through a lifetime in which he oversaw the planting of over a million trees on his estate. It tells of a childhood hiking the trails through his forest, later widening those trails into roads after polio deprived him of the use of his legs and only able to get around by car. It describes the creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression, which came to be known as "Roosevelt's Tree Army." It also tells the story of how FDR sent England's Prime Minister Winston Churchill a Norway spruce one Christmas to cheer up the English people. Today, FDR's love of trees is remembered at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Historic Site in Hyde Park, New York, where many of the trees he planted still rise on the grounds and surrounding forest.
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Globe Pequot Press Letters From An Actor
Vendor: Whsmith.co.uk Price: 17.47 £ (+3.99 £)The legendary 1964 Broadway run of Hamlet directed by John Gielgud is one of the most famous productions of Shakespeare's most important play. Audacious for its time in concept and execution, it placed the actors in everyday clothes within an unassuming "rehearsal" set, with the Ghost of Hamlet's father projected as a shadow against the rear wall and voiced by the director himself. It was also a runaway critical and financial success, breaking the then-record for most performances of a Broadway show. This was in no small part due to the starring role played by Richard Burton, whose romance with Elizabeth Taylor was the object of widespread fascination.Present throughout, and ever attentive to the backstage drama and towering egos on display, was the actor William Redfield, who played Guildenstern. During the three months of the play's preparation, from rehearsals through out-of-town tryouts to the gala opening night on Broadway, Redfield wrote a series of letters describing the daily happenings and his impressions of them. In 1967, they were in 1967 collected into Letters from an Actor, a brilliant and unusual book that has since become a classic behind-the-scenes account that remains an indispensable contribution to theatrical history and lore.This new edition at last brings Redfield's classic back into print, as The Motive and the Cue-the Sam Mendes-directed play about the Gielgud production that is based in part on the book-continues its successful run on London's West End.
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Globe Pequot Press Mill Reef At Seventy-Five
Vendor: Whsmith.co.uk Price: 96.00 £Mill Reef at Seventy-Five
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