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At the height of its power the British Empire was so vast it covered almost a quarter of the planet’s land area. Trace the story of this colossal force from its 15th-century origins to modern day. Through amazing images, illustrations and articles, explore a controversial period in world history and follow one nation’s unstoppable quest for global dominance. Featuring: Origins of Empire - Explore the events that kick-started Britain’s quest
..."It is the legendary empire that inspired some of the most celebrated art and literature of all time and is cited as the start of modern civilisation. The Roman Empire was a political and military force to be reckoned with, and their influence spread far across Europe and the Mediterranean. Remnants of their civilisation and infrastructure still exist today, reflecting the lasting nature of their legacy. The Book of the Roman Empire takes
...Relive the steam era with thrilling tales and dramatic images from the world of great locomotives! Steam’s Lost Empire III will bring you 50 years of Trains’ best writing including 9 feature articles and more than 100 historic photos. Check out firsthand accounts of working on steam locomotives, studies of significant locomotive classes by authorities in the field, historic and dramatic photos, and more compelling stories!
High above the planet Florinia, the Squires of Sark live in unimaginable wealth and comfort. Down in the eternal spring of the planet, however, the native Florinians labor ceaselessly to produce the precious kyrt that brings prosperity to their Sarkite masters. Rebellion is unthinkable and impossible. Living among the workers of Florinia, Rik is a man without a memory or a past. He has been abducted and brainwashed. Barely able to speak or care
...5) Empire
NEWS! Empire brings you world-exclusive movie news and first-look pictures of the films you want to watch and care about. REVIEWS! Empire delivers the most independent and authoritative movie reviews in the world - period. ACCESS! Empire's incredible insider-access brings you the interviews with A-list Hollywood stars that no-one else can get. All served with an irreverent sense of humour and unparalleled movie knowledge...
One moment Joseph Schwartz is a happily retired tailor in Chicago, 1949. The next he's a helpless stranger on Earth during the heyday of the first Galactic Empire.
Earth, as he soon learns, is a backwater, just a pebble in the sky, despised by all the other 200 million planets of the Empire because its people dare to claim it's the original home of man. And Earth is poor, with great areas of radioactivity ruining much of its soil—so
...Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back: The 40th Anniversary Special explores the myths, legends, and reality behind the critical and box-office smash hit that has been a fan-favorite since its release in 1980. Learn how iconic sequences, such as the battle of Hoth, the Millennium Falcon’s pursuit through the asteroid field, and Luke Skywalker’s epic duel with Darth Vader in Cloud City, were brought from script to screen. Featuring on-set interviews
...Biron Farrell was young and naïve, but he was growing up fast. A radiation bomb planted in his dorm room changed him from an innocent student at the University of Earth to a marked man, fleeing desperately from an unknown assassin.
He soon discovers that, many light-years away, his father, the highly respected Rancher of Widemos, has been murdered. Stunned, grief-stricken, and outraged, Biron is determined to uncover the reasons behind
...Steam’s Lost Empire II features 10 compelling stories celebrating the biggest and fastest locomotives in railroading history from well-known authors including David P. Morgan, Robert A. LeMassena, and Lloyd Stagner.
15) March to the sea
Prince Roger MacClintock, Tertiary Heir to the Throne of Man, was a spoiled rotten, arrogant, whiny, thoroughly useless young pain in the butt. But that was before an assassination attempt marooned the Royal Brat and his bodyguards on the planet Marduk, and before they had to march half way around the entire planet, through 120-degree heat and five-hour rainstorms in jungles full of damnbeasts, capetoads, killerpillars, and atul-grak, not to mention
...16) Shardik
It is 1924—a time of rebuilding, from the slow reconstruction of Washington’s most honored monuments to the reclamation of devastated cities in Europe and Canada. In the United States, the Socialist...
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