Gerald Durrell: The Authorised Biography

Biographies & Memoirs

BOTTING, Douglas

Arts & Literature

Harpercollins

The year 2000 marks the 100th anniversary of the maiden flight of the first experimental Zeppelin airship. A further 115 giant airships were built and flown by the Zeppelin company (based at Friedrichshafen on the shores of Lake Constance in Germany) - mostly for the purposes of war - but the most successful and best loved was the second to last of them, Dr Hugo Eckener's round-the-world airship, Graf Zeppelin, the dream machine. Based on the reports and recollections of those on board, including Lady Grace Drummond Hay, an attractive young aristocratic English widow, and the man at the heart of the story, the airship's creator and commander Hugo Eckener, the book is both a romantic travel adventure and the story of a great scientific achievement. The Graf Zeppelin was almost as famous in its day as Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St Louis and the Wright brothers'first aeroplane. There are plans afoot in Germany to re-develop the airship, now that the true cause of the famous Hindenberg crash in 1937 has been identified. Based on the Graf Zeppelin's amazing round-the-world flight in 1929 - the first-ever passenger circumnavigation by air - the book tells the story of the Zeppelin one of the most spectacular technological and operational marvels of its age.

Dr. Eckener's Dream Machine: The Historic Saga of the Round-the-World Zeppelin

History

Europe

By the authors of "Nazi Gold", this book describes the exploits of the secret American Counter Intelligence Corps, both during and after World War II. It recounts their work against enemy espionage, their role in hunting down Nazi war criminals, and their spy network behind the Iron Curtain.

America's Secret Army

Politics & Social Sciences

SAYER, IAN

Politics & Government

HarperCollins, Publishers

Dr.Eckener's Dream Machine: The Historic Saga Of The Round-The-World Zeppelin

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd

list of color plates, acknowledgments, preface, 22 chapters, bibliography, list of monochrome illustrations, index. ``Scientist, explorer and diplomat, Humboldt (1769-1859) was the last truly Universal Man. He left his name on the maps of five continents; over a thousand places in the world are named after him and even on the moon a crater bears his name. In private he was emotional, unflinchingly hardworking, homosexual, gentle and, in later years, pathetically poor. The author has followed Humboldt's routes in South America and Asia. The book is lavishly illustrated with forty pages of full-color illustration and over 130 monochrome pictures. Many of the engravings which illustrated Humboldt's own works are reproduced here, together with other contemporary prints and paintings of the places he visited and the people he met, supplemented where appropriate with modern photographs." from the jacket flap.

Humboldt and the cosmos

Professionals & Academics

Harper&Row

Includes details on birdwatching, backpacking, and hiking in Great Britain, from the Scottish islands and highlands to the forests of England

Wild Britain: A Traveler's and Naturalist's Guide

Travel

Prentice Hall General

The Pirates of the Spanish Main

Children's Books

Puffin

Gavin Maxwell a Life

An illustrated study of human sexual attraction takes a close-up look at the mysterious forces that trigger sexual chemistry, discussing such topics as varying concepts of beauty, the role of hormones and scent, and aphrodisiacs

Sex Appeal: The Art and Science of Sexual Attraction

Self-Help

Botting, Kate

St Martins Pr

Chronicles the fate of the wealth of the Third Reich buried in the Bavarian mountains near the end of the war and looted by former Nazis and American soldiers in the chaos of defeat

Nazi Gold: The Story of the World's Greatest Robbery--And Its Aftermath

Americas

Congdon & Weed

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