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A new edition of Hamilton-Paterson's award-winning debut novel from 1989, based on the life of Elgar, set in 1923. From the author of "Empire Of The Clouds".

1961. A squadron of Vulcan aircraft, Britain's most lethal nuclear bomber, flies towards the east coast of the United States. Highly manoeuvrable, the great delta-winged machines are also equipped with state of the art electronic warfare devices that jam American radar systems. This title deals with the lives of British pilots.

How did Britain so lose the plot that today there is not a single aircraft manufacturer of any significance in the country? What became of the great industry of de Havilland or Handley Page? This book tells the story of machines and the men who flew them: heroes such as Bill Waterton, Neville Duke, John Derry and more.

The true story of the development and missions of the spy plane SR-71 'Blackbird', the fastest manned aircraft in the world. From the author of "Empire Of The Clouds".

JULY STOP PRESS 2015

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MUSIC / History & Criticism

Ein Meeres-Mosaik zum Staunen: Historie, Mythologie, Literatur, Zoologie und Exkurse über die Absurditäten internationale Fischfangabkommen vereinen sich mit ganz persönlichen Erlebnissen des Autors zu einem Netz lebenspraller Geschichten, in das man sich als Leser mit wachsender Begeisterung verstricken läßt.

Was ist an Sonnenuntergängen romantisch? Warum fasziniert uns der grüne Blitz und wieso glauben wir, er beeinflusse unser Liebesglück? Halten wir Delfine zu Recht für unsere Freunde? James Hamilton-Paterson durchleuchtet das Meer in all seinen Facetten, und er liefert erhellende und unterhaltsame Erklärungen zu zahlreichen maritimen Phänomenen - von Tieren über Inseln und Schiffe bis hin zu Mythen und Fabelwesen: Mondregenbogen und Narrenschif...

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An escaped lunatic who thinks he is Schumann interrupts a quiet family picnic, a Croat refugee gifted at the guitar enters and unsettles a woman's life, and a Chinese master-teacher struggles with a pupil who would dare to modify a musical canon. This book includes short stories.

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Taking humanity's complex relationship with the sea as its starting point, "Seven Tenths" is an enticing meditation on the sea as the physical birthplace of the human race and the emotional source of its dreams.

I am extremely enthusiastic about this book. I think it will quickly become a classic. Like Sargent's and Varian's texts, it will be a centerpiece of the core cirriculum for graduate students."--John H. Cochrane, University of Chicago