Albert Ball's individuality & his insistence on fighting alone set him apart from other fighter pilots during World War One. His invincible courage & utter determination made him a legend not only in Britain but also amongst his enemies, to whom the sight of his lone Nieuport Scout brought fear. In 1914 he enlisted in the British army with the 2/7th Battalion (Robin Hoods), of the Sherwood Foresters, Notts & Derby Regiment. By the October of 1914 he had reached the rank of Sergeant & then in the same month was made a Second-Lieutenant to his own battalion. In June 1915 he paid for private tuition & trained as a pilot at Hendon. In October 1915 he obtained Royal Aero Club Certificate & requested transfer to the Royal Flying Corps. The transfer granted, he further trained at Norwich & Upavon, being awarded the pilot's brevet on 22 January 1916. On 16 May 1916
- flying Bristol Scout 5512
- he opened his score, shooting down an Albatros C-type over Beaumont. On 29 May 1916 he shot down two LVG C-types, whilst flying his Nieuport 5173. Captain Albert Ball made his final flight on 7 May 1917 when he flew SE5 A4850 as part of an eleven-strong hunting patrol into action against Jagdstaffel 11, led by Lothar Von Richthofen. It was a very cloudy day. Albert was pursuing Lothar's Albatros Scout who crash-landed, wounded. Then Albert was seen by many observers to dive out of a cloud & crash. He died minutes later in the arms of a French girl, Madame Cecille Deloffre. He rose from obscurity to the top rank of contemporary fighter pilots in only 15 months. In that period he had been awarded the MC, DSO & two Bars & was credited with at least 44 victories. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross. Colin Pengelly served in the RAF between 1958 & 1963. He then worked for the Admiralty from 1964 to 1997 & took early retirement. His interest in military aviation history started in 1952 & in the 1960s he assisted in the researches for Air Vice Marshal Collishaw's work into British Air Casualties 1914/18. He has previously published The First Bellerophon in 1965. He lives in Weston-super-Mare

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The temptation to resort to violence runs like a thread through Albert Camus works, & can be viewed as an additional key to understanding his literary productions & philosophical writings. His short life & intellectual attitudes were almost all connected with brutality & cruel circumstance. At the age of one he lost his father, who was killed as a soldier of the French army at the outbreak of the First World War. He passed his childhood & youth in colonial Algeria, no doubt experiencing degrees of inhumanity of that difficult period; & in his first years in conquered France he was editor of an underground newspaper that opposed the Nazi occupation. In the years following the Liberation, he denounced the Bolshevist tyranny & was witness to the dirty war between the land of his birth & his country of living, France. Camus preoccupation with violence was expressed in all facets of his work as a philosopher, as a political thinker, as an author, as a man of the theatre, as a journalist, as an intellectual, & especially as a man doomed to live in an absurd world of hangmen & victims, binders & bound, sacrificers & sacrificed, crucifiers & crucified. Three main metaphors of western culture can assist in understanding Camus thinking about violence: the bound Prometheus, a hero of Greek mythology; the sacrifice of Isaac, one of the chief dramas of Jewish monotheism; & the crucifixion of Jesus, the founding event of Christianity. The bound, the sacrificed & the crucified represent three perspectives through which David Ohana examines the place of ideological violence & its limits in the works of Albert Camus. ...

Albert Einstein & Sir Arthur Eddington takes a look at the scientific partnership that changed our understanding of the universe. It explores the early work of both men including Einstein's Theory of Relativity & his famous equation E=MC2, how Eddington was instrumental in helping to prove Einstein's theories, & how his support helped the great Einstein bring his brilliant theories to fruition. How have some of the most successful scientific pairings in history changed the advancement of science & led to discoveries that might never otherwise have been made? Dynamic Duos explores the fascinating scientific partnerships between some of the world's leading scientists. From Darwin & Wallace to Einstein & Eddington, without these 'dynamic pairings' some of the most spectacular discoveries & critical theories in the history of science might never have been made. An informative series for children aged 9+. ...

Everyone has heard of Albert Einstein & everyone knows that he was a genius. Yet only a few people understand his work. In fact, he was just one of many brilliant scientists grappling with the deepest problems of theoretical physics during the first half of the twentieth century. He may not have been the most important or influential of them
- the point is arguable
- but there is no doubt he was the most revolutionary. Almost single-handed, he transformed the way the world thinks about light, matter, space & time. In the sixty years since his death Einstein has become a legend. The profound obscurity of his theories has contributed to this, as has his archetypal mad scientist appearance. His philosophical & political utterances
- both real & imagined
- are regularly used to clinch arguments online or in the pub. So how can a modern reader separate myth from reality? This short book attempts to do just that! ANDREW MAY has a degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University & a Ph D in astrophysics from Manchester University. He went on to work in the shadowy world of defence science & now earns his living as a freelance writer & defence consultant. He is author of Isaac Newton pocket GIANT (2015).



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Albert Jack now turns his attention to the mysteries that have haunted us throughout history. Albert Jack's Ten Minute Mysteries

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Although he is mostly remembered for his part in the campaign in Italy from 1943 to 1945, Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring was also chief of staff of the Luftwaffe in 1936-37, playing a crucial role in the shaping of the service for the coming war. As commander of Luftflotte 1 in Poland & Luftflotte 2 in France & the Low Countries, he was responsible for supporting the armoured spearheads of the German Army as they undertook their Blitzkrieg campaigns. With the Fall of France, the Battle of Britain began & Luftlotte 2 was the main force in the air attack against the British air defences, with Kesselring planning many raids. Following the war Kesselring was tried & convicted of war crimes following a number of massacres of civilians in Italy. He was sentenced to death, later commuted to life imprisonment before being released on the grounds of ill health in October 1952. Here Pier Paolo Battistelli provides a detailed study of one of the most famous German commanders of World War II. ...

An uplifting story about a bear without a smile from the bestselling creator of Percy the Park Keeper. When Albert le Blanc arrives in Mr Jolly's toy shop, the other toys think he's the saddest-looking bear they have ever seen. They decide to put on a show to cheer him up. Albert tries to tell them he's not sad, he just looks sad, but they are all too busy making preparations! As a finale, Sally the hippo puts on a lipstick & performs ballet, but she falls on top of Albert & leaves a huge lipstick grin on his face. Everyone laughs!especially Albert! ...

An uplifting story about a bear without a smile from the bestselling creator of Percy the Park Keeper. When Albert le Blanc arrives in Mr Jolly's toy shop, the other toys think he's the saddest-looking bear they have ever seen. They decide to put on a show to cheer him up. Albert tries to tell them he's not sad, he just looks sad, but they are all too busy making preparations! As a finale, Sally the hippo puts on a lipstick & performs ballet, but she falls on top of Albert & leaves a huge lipstick grin on his face. Everyone laughs!especially Albert! ...

The wonderful sequel to Albert le Blanc, from the highly-regarded creator of the Percy the Park Keeper books. Albert le Blanc's friend, Sally the toy hippo, has been bought by a little girl. Every day, they walk past the shop & Sally gives Albert a wink, as he sits in the window. Albert waves back & wonders if he will ever be chosen as a child's best friend. The, one day -- disaster -- Sally tumbles out of the girl's rucksack & is snatched away by a stranger before anyone can stop them. Stuck inside the toy shop, not daring to move, it seems there is nothing Albert can do to help his friend! Will there be a happy ending for Sally? &, will there ever be a happy new home for Albert? ...

The wonderful sequel to Albert le Blanc, from the highly-regarded creator of the Percy the Park Keeper books. Albert le Blanc's friend, Sally the toy hippo, has been bought by a little girl. Every day, they walk past the shop & Sally gives Albert a wink, as he sits in the window. Albert waves back & wonders if he will ever be chosen as a child's best friend. The, one day -- disaster -- Sally tumbles out of the girl's rucksack & is snatched away by a stranger before anyone can stop them. Stuck inside the toy shop, not daring to move, it seems there is nothing Albert can do to help his friend! Will there be a happy ending for Sally? &, will there ever be a happy new home for Albert? ...