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This is an intimate and personal insight into the life of a lightkeeper including special wartime duties such as shooting mines and being vigilant for German submarines and spies. It's a remarkable stories of life and work at the edge, surviving the harshest of conditions and also containing humour, tragedy, bravery and dedication in equal measure.

This is the eventful and often exciting life of a sailing ship man in the final half century of commercial sail. It's a compelling accounts of heroic rescues and disastrous casualties and features his revealing personal letters and those of his family and friends.

A new, combined edition of two well-loved Caithness books

This contains an impressive amount of information with numerous illustrations and provides an up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of the theory, background and practical application of environmental and engineering geology. It draws on the combined 90 years experience of the two authors and incorporates case studies from around the globe.

An accessible guide for archaeologists and Quaternary scientists and geologists, an in depth explanations of challenges and issues arising from applying luminescence dating in specific environmental and archaeological contexts.

This is a fascinating mixture of historical, personal and engineering insights into the life and work of Thomas Telford and a modern guide to the Llangollen Canal and Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.

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British technological ambition in the 1950s and 1960s - the Golden Age of British Aviation. Cold War fears and Cold War politics - Cuban missiles, Gary Powers and Jack Profumo. What were the TSR2 and Chevaline? Why was one cancelled and the other developed?

Is a winner of the Karl Kraus medal by the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. It's been completely updated and revised second edition. A comprehensive guide to the characteristics and use of high resolution optical images from satellite-borne sensors and written by a team of international experts.

This is a meticulously researched and liberally illustrated account with exquisite drawings of key people and selected works. Biographic profiles for Modernist engineers, architects, artists, patrons and designers.

* Reissued as Volume I of The Diving Trilogy* Chronicles Rod's diving adventures from around the world * A spellbinding journey of danger and excitement beneath the waves

Addresses the complex issue and inter-relationship between farming practices and wildlife and provides a blueprint for supporting farmers to produce quality food and a wildlife-rich countryside - a sustainable balance between food production and wildlife.

The first book devoted to these two ubiquitous species. It takes the reader from the exciting breeding activities in the temperate north through their long migration south and journey back.

This provides latest developments in cement and concrete technology, case studies from the Middle East and keynote papers from international experts.

This highlights the important relevance of Protocol as it applies to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. Also provides factual and anecdotal examples of this vital aspect of statecraft and international diplomacy.

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A tale of 117 years of devotion to duty, peacefulness and calm, disrupted forever by a day of inexplicable violence. It also tells of a community's battle to have a lighthouse built and includes extracts from a lighthouse keeper's detailed diary written during WWI on Little Ross.

This a truly amazing and involving story which will be of huge appeal to all runners, extreme sports enthusiasts and everyone with an interest in wildlife and the natural world.

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