Chris Ward

619 Squadron came into existence when Bomber Command was expanding during the spring of 1943, its high number, like that of the famous 617 Squadron, reflecting the fact that it was not a reforming unit, but was brand new with no history behind it. Like some other squadrons created within Bomber Command at this time, and later, in the autumn of 1943, it would not be awarded an authorised crest and motto during its relatively brief period of service, arriving on the operational scene as it did with just two years of conflict left. The squadron was formed at Woodhall Spa in April 1943 under the banner of 5 Group, and it would serve as a standard "squadron of the line", beginning operations in June 1943, during the most intense weeks of the five-month-long Ruhr offensive. From that point on, the squadron took part in all the main bombing campaigns, including the devastating four-raid series against Hamburg under Operation Gomorrah at the end of July. The squadron then participated in attacks against Italy, Peenem nde and the start of the Berlin offensive in August. Autumn saw the crippling attacks on Hannover, Mannheim and Kassel in September and October, followed by the main Winter Offensive from November 1943 to the end of March 1944, including the sixteen further raids on Berlin. At the start of 1944, the squadron moved to Dunholme Lodge, from where it participated in the Transportation Plan and other pre- and post-invasion campaigns, including those against oil refineries, railways and flying-bomb storage and launching sites along with tactical support for the ground forces. The squadron played a full part in the second Ruhr offensive from October 1944, during which period the Command bludgeoned its way across Germany delivering the heaviest blows of the war against its industrial and communications systems. The squadron took up residence at Strubby towards the end of 1944 and remained there until the end of hostilities. 619 Squadron ended the war with a fine record of service, having made a telling contribution to Bomber Command's part in the ultimate victory. Chris Ward's Bomber Command Squadron Profiles series continues with a comprehensively-illustrated, in-depth operational history of this fine unit.

Reader, what an exciting opportunity you will have to unravel the mind of the two main characters Kane and Xavier as you follow these main characters who both struggle with life lessons and growing up in the inner city project life. As things build to a climax in these young characters' lives, both struggle with their versions of morality and what's real. Throughout the story, reader, you too, of course, will be able to relate to certain situations that the characters are faced with throughout their different paths to the crossroads. That's right-the Crossroads, the same place in time that the most important paths are chosen. However, in the case of these characters, every decision, every word, and every thought affects the other character's path to the Crossroads. Reader, brace yourself for the first of a two-part series of an exhilarating, mysterious, exciting, and thrilling story of two paths to one destination. Prepare for twists, turns, and betrayal which will captivate your attention. I hope you will not just read but relate to the transparency of the characters and the deep connection to their own realities as the series continues. Thank you.

A brand new edition with never before seen images Barack Obama's story inspired a nation, but you've never seen it told like this Pick up this wildly entertaining and factual look at the life of our 44th president from writer Chris Ward and artist Azim Akberali (Wrath of the Titans) and see why everyone from CNN to Howard Stern is buzzing. Stimulate the economy by getting this collector's issue today With new material Special cover by famed artist Dave Ryan.

Two great books from the Everyman Chess Library, Starting Out: The Nimzo Indian by Chris Ward and Starting Out: The Queen’s Indian by John Emms, brought together in one volume. The Nimzo-Indian is one of the soundest and most popular defences against 1 d4, offering Black the chance to unbalance the game early on and play for a win without undue risk. Advocates include virtually all of the world's top players, including Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Vishy Anand and Anatoly Karpov. In this revolutionary book, Grandmaster Chris Ward revisits the basic principles behind the Nimzo-Indian and its many variations. Throughout this easy-to-read guide the reader is helped along by a wealth of notes, tips and warnings from the author, while key strategies, ideas and tactics for both sides are clearly illustrated. This book is ideal for the improving player. The Queens Indian is one of Black’s most dependable and respected defences to the queen's pawn opening. It is an established favourite amongst world-class Grandmasters such as Vladimir Kramnik, Vishy Anand, Michael Adams and Judit Polgar, not to mention Anatoly Karpov, who has been a loyal Queens Indian supporter and theory developer for over three decades. Rather than classically occupying the central squares with pawns, Black adopts a hypermodern approach and endeavours to control this key area with pieces. This procedure leads to rich and varied positions that will appeal to players who like complex play. In this easy-to-read guide, Grandmaster and Queens Indian expert John Emms goes back to basics, studying the essential principles of the Queens Indian and its numerous variations. Throughout the book there are an abundance of notes, tips and warnings to guide the improving player, while key strategies, ideas and tactics for both sides are clearly illustrated.

The year is 1939 and Hitler invades Poland intent on its destruction, an epic worldwide conflict has begun. The Jewish Ostrowski family have lived in the capitol Warsaw for generations. As the bombs rain down on the city the patriarch Benjamin tells his son he must escape Poland with his two children before the Nazis seal off the country. Caleb agrees but is shocked beyond belief when told he must leave his young beautiful wife Dassah behind. Caleb flees Poland and begins a tortuous and epic journey through Romania, Bulgaria and Greece on the way to a proposed new life in England. Heartbroken Dassah stays behind in Warsaw and dedicates her life to looking after the elder members of the family. Benjamin tells her she has only one goal and that is to survive the War and reunite with Caleb and the children. Dassah does unimaginable things to survive and ends up beaten and battered in a cattle wagon on the way to Treblinka concentration camp where hundreds of thousands of Jews have already been gassed to death. Can Caleb make it to England and then make a worthwhile contribution to the war effort. His guilt at leaving Dassah behind creates new problems for him as he struggles for sanity and a reason to live. Can Dassah survive the horrors of Treblinka. A sensational story of love and perseverance that will bring tears to your eyes Stunning powerful narrative, a brilliant array of characters leading to an incredibly dramatic ending.

This is it The final book in the Bermondsey five book series. It's been a rollercoaster of action, love, murder and so much more And now we conclude. Paul and Lexi Bolton, their son Oliver, Callum Bolton who is in Broadmoor High Security Psychiatric Hospital for the criminally insane, his mother Sharon, Detective Inspector Karen Foster and her sidekick Jeff Swan and many more. Paul returns to the UK from America and with Oliver sets out to rebuild the nightclub empire. They still own the Den and they use that as their base. Sharon visits Callum in Broadmoor and sets off a chain of events that end in terrifying violence and death. Callum finds love in the arms of a psychopathic murderer called Abi. Karen Foster is still looking for love and thinks she may have found it while investigating a people trafficking case from Romania. Jeff Swan worships Karen and continues to be by her side through thick and thin. A sensational end to a gripping gangster series that has sold thousands. How will the story end? Read on and be shocked once again with a glorious story of violence, love and betrayal

Three classic titles from the Everyman Chess Starting Out Series in one volume. ----- Starting Out: Pawn Endgames by Glenn Flear --- Starting Out: Minor Piece Endgames by John Emms --- Starting Out: Rook Endgames by Chris Ward ----- Endgames involving only kings and pawns are the most fundamental of all chess positions, and a firm understanding of them is required in order to become confident of tackling more complex endings that preceded them. As is commonplace with the renowned Starting Out series, there are an abundance of notes, tips and warnings throughout the book to help the improving player. ----- In Starting Out: Pawn Endgames, Grandmaster and distinguished endgames expert Glenn Flear focuses on the very basics of pawn endings. Beginning with the simplest of positions and only gradually working through to more challenging material, Flear outlines the key principles and rules, and demonstrates how these work in practical examples. As one of the priorities of such endings is to promote pawns to queens, Flear additionally deals with queen endings that arise naturally from the simpler form. ----- In Starting Out: Minor Piece Endgames Grandmaster and notable endgame authority John Emms begins with the absolute fundamentals of minor piece endings. This slowly but surely arms the reader with the essential knowledge and confidence to move onto slightly trickier positions. Using examples from practical play, Emms highlights the correct procedures as well as the typical mistakes made by both attacker and defender. ----- In Starting Out: Rook Endgames Grandmaster Chris Ward begins with the absolute fundamentals of rook endgames. He gradually arms the reader with the indispensable knowledge and confidence needed to move onto slightly trickier positions. Using examples from practical play, Ward highlights the correct plans as well as the typical mistakes made by both attacker and defender.

In honor of Black History Month, comic book publisher Bluewater Productions will offer a special trade paperback featuring biographies of leading African-American personalities. The 96-page anthology includes the unabridged issues featuring Barack Obama, Colin Powell, Oprah Winfrey, and Condoleezza Rice. These biographies were previously published as individual issues of Bluewater's biographical comic titles "Female Force" and "Political Power".

This comic series has gotten national attention and press on such places as CNN, Fox News, & People Magazine. The highly successful Female Force comic book series continues with a new installment focusing on Condoleezza Rice. It is a a special one-shot that chronicles Rice's life from her childhood to her accomplished career as the 1st African American woman to hold the United States Secretary of State position. This issue will document how Condoleezza Rice became one of the most powerful women in the past decade. As featured on CNN, FOX News, Time Magazine, The Washington Post, LA Times, OK Magazine, and MSNBC Female Force is a series that features biographies on strong, independent women in modern politics. Read about the world of Condoleezza Rice in comic book form

The highly successful "Female Force" comic book series continues with a new installment focusing on Condoleezza Rice! This special one-shot chronicles Rice's life from her childhood to her accomplished career as the first African American woman to hold the United States' Secretary of State position.

3 Chess classics in one one volume. It's Your Move: This book provides the reader with a selection of puzzles to solve. However, unlike other books of the White to play and mate in three' variety, it simulates real game scenarios, offering readers a choice of tempting alternatives and requiring them to pick the best. It's Your Move Improvers: In this highly original and instructive test yourself book Chris Ward invites readers to solve a selection of carefully chosen puzzles. In this, the second book in the series, the positions are aimed at improving players, specifically the low level club players who are looking to hone their skills in order to climb further up the chess ladder. The reader is given a choice of five plausible plans for each position and has to decide which is the most likely to succeed. The answers then identify the most promising plan and explain why the other choices are less attractive. It's Your Move Tough Puzzles: The puzzles might be a bit more difficult this time but, in the same style of the previous two books, the reader is once again helped by the choice of five plausible plans and has to decide which is the most likely to succeed.

Most of the deeds of Bomber Command's war are well documented. In the main, the wartime record of each squadron's service, written with reasonable accuracy at the time, is available for scrutiny. As a result, many heroes have emerged since the end of the war, and the full extent of the various roles performed by Bomber Command's squadrons is a matter of history. There is just one exception. Such was the secrecy surrounding the activities of the moon squadrons at Gibraltar Farm, which became RAF Tempsford, that records, initially at least, were a luxury only occasionally indulged in. Brief hand-written entries allow a glimpse into this end of the Special Operations Executive, an organisation, which dispensed information on the strictest need-to-know basis. It was not unusual in the early days for a pilot to arrive at Tempsford on posting, only to kick his heels for days and even weeks, before being given an insight into the station's activities and his part in the grand plan. Later on, the demand to service resistance organizations saw crews pressed into service with much greater alacrity, but the level of security never wavered. The greater one's insight into SOE and SIS matters, the more insistent becomes the question, how did they do it? In 1943 and 1944, with all the latest electronic gadgetry to hand, giant armadas of bombers were failing to find the centre of huge urban areas like Berlin, Stuttgart, Hanover, Leipzig and Nuremberg. Meanwhile, Whitley crews in 1940 and 1941 manage to navigate to Poland, southern Germany and Austria, and find a tiny pinpoint deep in the countryside, whilst the diminutive Lysanders were able to locate and land in specific fields deep in Occupied Europe. Chris Ward's 138 Squadron Profile, drew in part on the unique insight of F/O Freddie Clark, who flew from Tempsford between late January and early April 1944. Each sortie was an operation in its own right, and had to be dealt with individually. This Profile provides the necessary facts, supplemented by the personal stories of some of those who took part, and includes a large number of photographs including a collection relating to the squadron's 'C' Flight, manned by Polish aircrew, between April and November 1943.

These three titles, brought together for the first time in one volume, explain the important ideas behind every major opening, provide an understanding of the middlegame to the aspiring player and tips to all players wishing to improve their endgame play. Chris Ward unravels the secrets of the Sicilian, the mysteries of the Modern and the fundamentals of the French. He emphasises the need to understand the key elements of each opening rather than simply memorise a series of complicated variations which leave you stranded if the opponent varies from the expected route. ----- Andrew Kinsman uses examples from practical play to develop tactical and positional skills and awareness to enable you to make the most of your opportunities in the middlegame. ------ Glenn Flear explains the fundamental principles which must be mastered in the endgame. Taking examples from his own games and those of other players, he shows how drawn positions can be converted into victories and lost positions saved at the last moment.- ---- * Deals with every important opening --- * Explains the basic ideas of tactical and positional play --- * Provides numerous exercises for readers to test themselves --- * Explains the important principles of every type of ending --- * Easy step-by-step guide to better endgame play --- * Revolutionary layout to help readers absorb key ideas ---