A comprehensively updated edition of an identification guide that was named a Guardian Best Nature Book of the YearNow in a comprehensively revised and updated new edition
Blackmore uses her examination of the past to shed light on the present day
there's something for everyone in this beautiful gift treasury -- a must for every family bookshelf
Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
the telegraph is transforming modern communication and the car will soon displace the horse
Dethroned History of sport A comprehensively updated edition ofIn July 1947, India's last Viceroy, Lord Louis Mountbatten, stood before New Delhi's Chamber of Princes to deliver the most important speech of his career. He had just three weeks to convince over 550 sovereign princely states some tiny, some the size of Britain to become part of a free India. Once Britain's most faithful allies, the princes could choose between joining India or Pakistan, or declaring independence. This is a saga of intrigue,