With the aid of stringy glue and scalpel-sliced fingers, young and old have turned display cabinets and bedrooms into mini-museums, or tiny battlefields. This book looks at the fascinating tale of this British company - a pioneer in the world of modelling - as well as its products, its changing fortunes over the years, and its links with popular culture. Accompanied by color images, Trevor Pask explores this thriving pastime, allowing Airfix kit lovers to indulge in a nostalgic journey and those new to the hobby an intriguing insight into its history.
From the 17th to the 12th centuries BCE, the five Great Kings of Egypt, Babylon, Hatti (the kingdom of the Hittites), Mitanni and Assyria ruled over vast, complex territories. One of the secrets to their control was frequent communication by letter. Many of these letters survive to the present day, offering fascinating insights into the people and politics of the ancient near Eastern kingdoms. Trevor Bryce uses the letters as the focus of a fresh look at this turbulent and volatile region in the late Bronze Age.
AUDIOBOOK: The Corpse's Tale
Dai Morgan has the body of a man and the mind of a child. He lived with
his mother in the Mid Wales village of Llan, next door to bright,
beautiful 19 year old Anna Harris.
The vicar found Anna's naked, battered body in the churchyard one
morning. The police discovered Anna's bloodstained earring in Dai's
pocket. The judge gave Dai life.
After ten years in gaol Dai appealed against his sentence and was
freed. Sergeants Trevor Joseph and Peter Collins are sent to Llan to
reopen the case. But the villagers refuse to believe Dai innocent.
The Llan police do not make mistakes or allow murderers to walk free.
Do they?
