Ray Hamilton: 17 books

Have you ever wanted to know… • Which junction to take for Gibraltar? • How to save £35,040 a year on Dartford Crossing tolls? • How many assassins were buried within the concrete of the M25? (at least one) • Why it’s important that North Ockendon declares...

Six feet one in his stockings, broad-shouldered and without an ounce of extra flesh, Harvard Weldon suddenly halted before one of a line of deck chairs.

You can never know too much stuff. For example: • Today, the people of earth take more photos in two minutes than they did in the whole of the nineteenth century. • When the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre museum in Paris in 1911, one of the suspects was Pablo Picasso. •...

The Tour de France is one of the most prestigious and physically challenging sporting events in the world and is the jewel in professional cycling’s crown. This pocket-sized miscellany is packed with the Tour’s most memorable moments, with curious facts, amazing anecdotes and intriguing statistics from over a century of unforgettable racing.

HOP ON BOARD, SIT BACK AND ENJOY THE RIDE! Whether you pine for the romantic age of the steam engine, thrill at the speeds of today’s superfast trains, dream of travelling on the world’s great long-distance rail journeys or yearn to take the ‘Toy Train’ to Darjeeling, this book offers a fantastic, whistle-stop tour of train travel.

This pocket-sized miscellany, packed with fascinating facts, handy hints and captivating stories and quotes from the world of bikes, is perfect for anyone who knows the incomparable joy of cycling

THE HISTORY OF BRITAIN AS YOU’VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE. Take a whistle-stop journey through time to discover the remarkable people, places, artefacts and events that make up the story of Britain through the ages. Discover the stomach-churning scope of Henry VIII’s voluminous diet, learn...

Have you ever wondered... • How the Navy and the Marines came to be ‘royal’? • How Samuel Pepys helped professionalise the Navy while at the same time penning his famous diary. • What the origins of everyday expressions like ‘toeing the line’, ‘showing your true...

From Churchill to Sitting Bull, and from Agincourt to the Khyber Pass, history is rich in rousing rhetoric, inspiring quotations and heroic speeches from the most celebrated military leaders, writers and observers. Whether applauding great victories or standing firm against the horrors and injustices...

Do You Know… • Which British war leader was shot at by guerrillas in Cuba on his twenty-first birthday? • Which intelligence officer turned the tide of World War One in the Middle East after being initially rejected by the Army for being too small? Find out the answers to...

This pocket-sized miscellany, packed with fascinating facts, handy hints and captivating stories and quotes from the world of golf, is perfect for anyone who knows the incomparable joy of hitting the fairway.

Do you know… • What are the most unusual things left behind by passengers on British trains? • How China is using trains to recreate the ancient Silk Road? • How many of the sixty Sherlock Holmes stories feature travel by rail? The appeal of trains travels far and...

The editors at www.fantasticstoriesoftheimagination.com present Fantasy and Science Fiction from the Present, Past, and Future. The Cold Calculations by Michael A. Burstein, They Twinkled like Jewels by Philip José Farmer, Lingua Franca by Carole McDonnell, Dawn of Flame by Stanley G. Weinbaum, Don’t...

This new Beginner Book about manic skiing squirrels—by J. Hamilton Ray with illustrations by Pascal Lemaitre—has the feeling of an old classic read-aloud. "Nobody knew how the mania grew. First there was one, and then there were two. Three more came gliding from under the trees. LOOK! On the hill....