Paul Thomas

In Book 1, we met a young teenager, Jason Lambert, who felt led by God to purchase an option for a piece of land. He then sold the option for a large sum of money and used the money to meet the needs of people God brought across his path. He met a young girl named Jenny who captured his heart in a way he couldn't understand. He then spent almost five years searching for her. Only after he had turned his search over to God did he find her. In Book...

From a hunchbacked dwarf to a paranoid poet-assassin, a history of Victorian England as seen through the numerous assassination attempts on Queen Victoria during her reign   During Queen Victoria's 64 years on the British throne, no fewer than eight attempts were made on her life. Murphy follows each would-be assassin and the repercussions of their actions, illuminating daily life in Victorian England, the development of the monarchy under Queen...

On April 26th, 1871, a police constable walking one of London's remotest beats stumbled upon a brutalized young woman kneeling in the muddy road. She stretched out her hand to him, collapsed in the mud, muttered, "Let me die," and slipped into a coma. Five days later, she died, her identity still unknown. Within hours of her discovery, scores of Metropolitan Police officers were involved in the investigation, while Scotland Yard sent one of its top...

The untold story of the artistic battle between James Abbot MacNeill Whistler and John Ruskin over Whistler's controversial, groundbreaking “Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket”. In November 1878, America's greatest painter sued England's greatest critic for a bad review. The painter won—but ruined himself in the process. The painter: James Abbot MacNeill Whistler, whose combination of incredible talent, unflagging energy, and relentless...

This book is an invaluable resource for those called upon to say Grace before or after a meal on formal occasions. Each one has been penned and used for a special event but can easily be adapted for your own use. These Graces have been used at the House of Lords, The House of Commons, various London Livery Companies and many other prestigious venues.

The Wehrmacht used reconnaissance and support vehicles widely in the Second World War and this book sets out to show the full range of both categories using over 200 rare images and descriptive text and captions in true Images of War Series fashion. Both tracked and wheeled vehicles were employed for reconnaissance and screening. These included light tanks mainly comprising of the Pz. Kpfw. I, armoured cars such as the six and eight wheeler Sd. Kfz.231,232,233,234...

With comprehensive captions and text this superb book is the latest in the best-selling Images of War Series and the second instalment of the Authors pictorial history of the German Panzers in the Second World War. The Panzer III saw almost continuous action from the annexation of Czechoslovakia, the invasion of Poland and then France and the Low countries, in North Africa, Italy, the Eastern Front and, finally, the retreat back into Germany. Between...

In the aftermath of The Great War, which saw the introduction of the tank, the more far sighted military leaders realized that the future of warfare hinged on a balance of mobility, firepower and protection. Tanks would need to be accompanied into battle by supporting arms, specifically infantry, artillery and engineers. An all fully-tracked field army was thought to be too expensive, so the semi-tracked support vehicle (commonly called a halftrack)...

When an athlete with an exceptional record of achievement and longevity comes to the end of their career, the numbers can speak for themselves. Ross Taylor has scored the most runs, made the most centuries and taken the most catches by a New Zealander in international cricket. He' s the first New Zealand cricketer to play 450 international matches. He' s the first player from any country to make 100 international appearances in all three formats...