Ghost towns, empty streets, crumbling ruins and lost empires this book reveals these and other deserted places. Many places featured were once populated and now sit unoccupied, modern day ruins, sitting in decay.Stories, facts and photographs of 60 beautiful and eerie abandoned places from throughout the world. Time has stopped and nature is taking resident in these places mainly due to natural disasters, war or economic reasons.Places include:• Severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina, Six Flags Jazzland has been abandoned since. Several of the rides still stand, a testimony to the resilience of New Orleans.• Shicheng in China has been under water for 53 years since the Xin'an River Hydro Plant flooded the area. The city was founded 1,300 years ago.• Chernobyl was totally abandoned after the nearby nuclear disaster in 1986. Due to radiation, it has been left untouched ever since the incident and will be for many thousands of years into the future. Nature now rules the city in what resembles an apocalyptic movie.• Poveglia is an island in the Venetian Lagoon which under the rule of Napoleon Bonaparte became a dumping ground for plague victims and later an asylum for the mentally ill.• Plymouth was the capital of the island of Montserrat. The town was overwhelmed by volcanic eruptions starting in 1995 and was abandoned.• St Kilda a remote Scottish Island may have been permanently inhabited for at least two millennia, the population probably never exceeding 180. The entire population was evacuated in 1930.

Abandoned Places: 60 Stories of Places Where Time Stopped

Arts & Photography

Happer, Richard

Photography & Video

Collins

Ghost towns, empty streets, crumbling ruins and lost empires this book reveals these and other deserted places. Many places featured were once populated and now sit unoccupied, modern day ruins, sitting in decay. Stories, facts and photographs of 60 beautiful and eerie abandoned places from throughout the world. Time has stopped and nature is taking resident in these places mainly due to natural disasters, war or economic reasons. Places include: * Severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina, Six Flags Jazzland has been abandoned since. Several of the rides still stand, a testimony to the resilience of New Orleans. * Shicheng in China has been under water for 53 years since the Xin'an River Hydro Plant flooded the area. The city was founded 1,300 years ago. * Chernobyl was totally abandoned after the nearby nuclear disaster in 1986. Due to radiation, it has been left untouched ever since the incident and will be for many thousands of years into the future. Nature now rules the city in what resembles an apocalyptic movie. * Poveglia is an island in the Venetian Lagoon which under the rule of Napoleon Bonaparte became a dumping ground for plague victims and later an asylum for the mentally ill. * Plymouth was the capital of the island of Montserrat. The town was overwhelmed by volcanic eruptions starting in 1995 and was abandoned. * St Kilda a remote Scottish Island may have been permanently inhabited for at least two millennia, the population probably never exceeding 180. The entire population was evacuated in 1930.

Abandoned Places: Where Time Stopped

Follow the D-Day landings through a unique collection of historical maps, expert commentary and dramatic photographs. This is a unique insight into the D-Day landings 75 years on.
The Allied landings in Normandy on 6 June 1944 were the greatest amphibious assault in history, requiring almost two years of meticulous planning and the largest co-ordinated mapping effort the world has ever seen.
More than 200 illustrations demonstrate how the D-Day landings unfolded, along with detailed descriptions of what happened on that momentous day.
This collection of incredible maps uncover the events that led up to D-Day, the planning for the assault and the progress of the liberating forces afterwards. Dramatic photographs help to illustrate the key historical events that took place during Operation Overlord.

The Times D-Day: The Story of the Allied Landings

History

Chasseaud, Peter

Europe

Times Books UK

365 Reasons To Be A Proud American: Amazing Achievements To Make You Patriotic Every Day

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Jonescat Publishing Ltd

You can write beautiful English. I guarantee it. That or which? Where does the apostrophe go? What is an infinitive, and why do people get so wound up about splitting it? Oh man, not another grammar know-it-all banging on about petty rules that are only designed to trip me up and make him feel clever and that don’t matter anyway and- Woah, dragon! Even the experts don’t agree on everything. But there are very widely accepted standards on most elements of writing, including how to write clear business English. On the one hand, it’s good that we have these accepted ways of writing well. They can help you express yourself perfectly. That can be useful. Many employers use CVs with spelling mistakes as paper aeroplanes. These employers want to create a company that values quality. They know their customers care about details. So they want employees who can make a good impression and focus on the details. Because then they’ll make lots of cash. On the other hand, many of these rules are bonkers. They hinder clear and graceful writing. The best writers have been ignoring them for centuries. For example, the whole split infinitives brouhaha grew from the notion that English should emulate Latin. That’s a crackpot idea! And why should the original meaning of a word be the only correct one? Sometimes, on closer examination, what many people assume is a never-to-be-broken rule is actually a question of style. It’s not: are you right or are you wrong? It’s: do you want to write informally or formally? Sadly, to some people even the bonkers rules are traps. If you don’t spot them then they will pounce and tear you apart. Yeah, I hate those people too. I call them the Grammar Trappers. But if you spend a little time learning the tricks, then using them becomes second nature. ‘Mirror, Signal, Manoeuvre’ sounded baffling at first, but you don’t even think about it when you get in the car now. It’s like the old sign at the swimming pool: ‘No running, no bombing, no petting…’ If you follow those few simple guidelines, then the lifeguard won’t throw you out. You can dive in and have some fun. It’s the same thing with grammar. Get the rules in your head (or at your fingertips in a handy wee eBook) and the pool of language is yours. You can even do some petting if you know which corners to hide in… In my Grammar Boot Camp I run you through 31 of the most common grammar topics in written English. This book is short, but it covers 99 per cent of the Wobbles that Pooh and the rest of us have when writing. I give straightforward explanations and just enough technical stuff to help it all make sense. My examples are simple and clear. Occasionally I try to be amusing (forgive me). You can spend five minutes each day reading a tip and one month later you’ll have the confidence to master any sentence. They are wrong. So wrong. This little guide tells you exactly how. So you can beat the Grammar Trapper know-it-alls at their own game. Why listen to me? I have been a professional writer for 18 years. As a copywriter I have created advertising for brands you see every day. My finely crafted phrases have enticed you to buy stuff you probably didn’t need: whisky, Guinness, Pot Noodles, personal loans. Sorry about that. But I also write nice things like books about space, novels and children’s fiction. This book began life as a series of daily emails that I sent round to all the staff of an advertising agency I worked in. People loved it. They requested more tips, added examples and, sometimes, corrected me. So I know for a fact that this course works. You really will get something out of it. Even if you remember one solitary tip you’ll feel a little bit more confident when you next sit down to write. And if you remember a lot of things, then you’ll feel positively empowered. English is your language as much as it is anyone else’s. Here is where you take control of it. Who knows then what wondrous words will come when you call?

Grammar Boot Camp: Give your written English ripped abs in just one month

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

Love on the Springs of my Time-Travelling Bed

Literature & Fiction

It can be tricky to find the perfect words to celebrate your perfect day. You may want a poem for your wedding to celebrate love, friendship, commitment, joy, family, togetherness or any one of a thousand other emotions in a few beautiful words – it’s no easy task. Luckily the world’s greatest poets, whose business Love is, have found myriad wonderful ways to express the inexpressible. Shakespeare, Tennyson, Dickinson, Donne, Yeats, Keats, Burns, Lawrence, Tennyson, Whitman, Byron, Shelley, Wordsworth, Rossetti, Donne and more – here are the very best of their most moving, yearning, happy and exciting odes to Love and Marriage. We’ve included bible and non-religious readings as well as poems. All the famous ones are in here (yes, including the reading from Love, Actually!), and many more little-known, fresh and quirky selections. Which one will you choose for your perfect day? Which will be your partner’s favourite? Read them to each other and find out together…

100 Greatest Wedding Poems and Readings: The most romantic readings from the best writers in history

Poetry

The classics are classics for a reason - no one has written better-loved poems in the years since they were first published. So here is a vintage selection of the best of the very best poems from the greatest writers in history, especially for young readers. Shakespeare, Scott, Stevenson, Lear, Carroll, Rossetti, Tennyson, Longfellow - they’ve all written poetic wonders to entrance young minds. These poems are happy, entrancing, musical, thrilling, weird, wonderful and even scary. There are poems about nature, animals, adventure, voyages, the seaside, monsters, Christmas and, of course, there are plenty to read when it’s time for bed. You’ll probably remember a few of these from your own younger days, but there are also many lovely verses that will be new discoveries. Which will be your favourite? Which will be your child’s? Why don’t you read them together and find out...

100 Greatest Children's Poems and Nursery Rhymes: Classic Poems for Children from the World's Best-Loved Authors

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

You don't have to be Usain Bolt to be a champion of the world. This book describes 101 bizarre and eccentric events that call themselves "World Championships". They are open to anyone who dares to try but it also takes skill, a lot of passion and even more madness to become crowned champion of the world in these events. 
 Swamp snorkeling, extreme ironing, coal carrying and pantomime horse racing are just a few of the weird ways to gain ultimate glory. The book provides details on prizes, entry criteria, locations, who the current champions are, the rules of the game and the techniques a challenger has to master to become a weird "sports" world-beater. 
 For those who want to stay close to home, there are many championship events in North America. Try these: 
<ul>
<li> Outhouse racing, Virginia City, Nevada -- For 27 years, costumed teams have pushed, pulled and dragged decorated outhouses down a racetrack. </li> <li> Rock, paper, scissors, various locations -- 15 minutes of TV fame at Handemonium championships hosted by the official Rock, Paper, Scissors society. </li> <li> Shovel racing, Angel Fire, New Mexico -- Dare-devils race on a shovel down a snowy hill at speeds topping 70 mph. </li> <li> Freestyle alligator wrestling Hollywood, Florida -- Competitors have 8 minutes to remove an alligator from a deep pool of water onto land where they will try to outperform each other with dangerous stunts. </li> <li> Buffalo chip toss, Beaver County, Oklahoma -- Throw dried cow dung more than 185 feet, 5 inches to beat the current world champion. </li> </ul>
 With the inside knowledge found here, a lot of inspiration and perhaps even some practice, this book has what a challenger needs to become champion of the world. And who doesn't want that.

Bizarre Competitions: 101 Ways to Become a World Champion

Sports & Outdoors

Firefly Books

It’s a well-observed fact that human beings (well, men) can be a grumpy old bunch, always choosing to see that infamous metaphorical glass as constantly half empty rather than half full. Where’s the fun in that? 365 Reasons To Be Cheerful is, well, it’s exactly that. It’s a whole year’s worth of funny and unique events that happened on each and every day – a wild, weird and wonderful journey through the year highlighting the moments that changed the world for the better as well as the delightful, irreverant stories that will simply make you smile. 365 Reasons To Be Cheerful is designed specifically to look on the bright side of life every day of the year – the perfect pint-sized pick-me-up in these sobering, sombre times.

365 Reasons To Be Cheerful: Magical Moments to Cheer Up Miserable Sods… One Day at a Time

Puzzles & Games

Portico

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