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A real-life contemporary treasure-hunt with at the heart of it the untold story of the colourful and adventurous Duleep Singh, the last Emperor of the Sikhs.

From its birth in 1959, the Mini grew to become a national treasure and huge success: Princess Margaret owned one, as did Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, the Beatles, Peter Sellers and Marianne Faithfull.

A historical investigation into one of the most serpentine attempts on Queen Victoria's life that reveals for the first time the true instigator at the heart of government.

Elijah is different. He's confused. And he used to be alive.When eighteen year old Elijah Solomon dies, so do all of his memories. A mysterious message sends his lost soul back to change the life of one girl, and relive a very intriguing world. It isn't easy having a second chance, Elijah soon realizes. Dreams reveal clues from his past he isn't prepared for. Seraphina Adams lives with her emotionally distant mother and battles the darkness in...

A generation before the coming of `The Munshi' (Abdul Karim) onto the royal scene, Queen Victoria had become dangerously enraptured by a handsome teenage maharaja. Duleep Singh, a recent convert to Christianity, came to England as an exiled boy-king who had once ruled over a vast swathe of territories nestled between British India and Afghanistan.

Every whisper built a picture of the threat to come - weapons that were terrifying in their murderous capabilities During the darkest days of the Second World War, the Allies listened intently to the messages of the enemy. Thousands of encoded messages were broken by Ultra, the code-breaking operation at Bletchley Park. These messages helped the Allies to make sense of the scrambled communications from the slave workers tasked with building Hi...

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An examination into the plight of the nation's rescue cats, from the unsentimental horrors through to the happy endings. 'Touching and wonderful' Joanna Lumley

Globalization and its consequences represent one of the most urgent and complex challenges of the twenty-first century. An Introduction to Global Studies presents students with the essential information necessary for an understanding of the complex set of interconnected issues confronting today's globalized world. In addition to exploring competing conceptions of globalization, the book reflects the interdisciplinary nature of the field of gl...

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The dramatic story of the men who fought a new and terrifying kind of war amidst the carnage of the trenches in World War I: the British pioneer volunteers who were the first tank-men into battle.

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A historical investigation into the mysterious bug that wiped out the vineyards of France and Europe in the 1860s - and how one young botanist eventually 'saved wine for the world'.

In the mid-1860s, grapevines in southeastern France inexplicably began to wither and die. Jules-É mile Planchon, a botanist from Montpellier, was sent to investigate. He discovered that the vine roots were covered in microscopic yellow insects. What they were and where they had come from was a mystery. The infestation advanced with the relentlessness of an invading army and within a few years had spread across Europe, from Portugal to the Crim...

Taking an interdisciplinary approach, An Introduction to Global Studies presents readers with a solid introduction to the complex, interconnected forces and issues confronting today′s globalized world.

In this fascinating, true tale of espionage, intrigue, and illicit love, Campbell explores the life of Maharajah Duleep Singh, last Emperor of the Sikhs, and a long-lost fortune locked away in his daughter's safety deposit box. 37 photos.