Author: William H. Jr. Miller
Genre: Art, Architecture & Photography
Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.

Some 200 superb photographs — in long shots and close-ups — capture exquisite interiors of world’s great "floating palaces" — 1890s to 1980s: Titanic, Île de France, Queen Elizabeth, United States, Europa, more. Informative captions provide key details.
Dover Original.

Author: Miller, William H. Jr.

Author: Adrian Corker
Genre: Movie Soundtracks (CDs & Vinyl)

Since I never give anything five stars, I automatically clicked on the fourth star when I started this review. Then I tried to think of something I didn't like about this movie, and couldn't. I finally clicked on that fifth star.

I love Robert Carlyle, and will watch anything he plays a part in. I also love Ray Winstone and Philip Davis. This move is chock full of terrific British actors. The pacing is marvelous, with lots of action and nail-biting tension, building to a stunning confrontation between Winstone and Carlyle. And Philip Davis does a fabulous job of portraying a desperate man driven to an insane outburst; his acting in that scene alone makes this movie worth watching.

The characters are realistic, three dimensional and imperfect. If you're the sort who loves the flawless knight in shining armor, this might not be your cup of tea, but if you're looking for a true-to-life adventure then you'll find it here. Yes, the plot is sometimes brutal, but it's this rawness which makes the story so realistic. No, it's not exactly a 'feel-good' movie, but that only makes it seem even more plausible.

Director Antonia Bird is excellent at weaving the hero's brief flashbacks into the tale, and Robert Carlyle portrays a disillusioned man, struggling to deal with the cognitive dissonance between his current life and his poorly buried past ideals, with his usual understated brilliance.

For an American viewer, the one flaw was the lack of subtitles. I watch a lot of British t.v. and movies, and I've got a pretty good ear for British accents, but there were a few times when I had a bit of trouble understanding the actors' lines.

Still, the movie itself is well worth watching. If you're into truly absorbing drama, great acting and directing, and a plot that keeps you on the edge of your seat, then you'll enjoy "Face".

Author: Various
Publisher: Fairplay Publications Ltd

Centenary issue of maritime periodical, Fairplay. Colourfully illustrated soft cover, black and white illustrations throughout, as well as a few in colour,

Author: Fairplay Publications

Author: Fairplay Publications

Genre: Home & Garden
Publisher: Four Seasons Publishing Ltd

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Author: Richard Danielson & John Hendy
Publisher: T.Stephenson & Sons Ltd

Author: Cardoso, Kirschbaum, Van Der Kooy
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Olympic Marketing Corp

The biting account of the intrigue within the Junta which led to the Argentine attack. Compiled from personal interviews, as well as documentary sources, Falklands - the secret plot exposes the scheming within the Military and the struggle within the United Nations.---Oscar Raul Cardoso, Ricardo Kirschbaum and Eduardo van der Kooy, distinguished journalists from Buenos Aires, are together responsible for the national politics columns of the newspaper, Clarin. All three visited the Falklands - Oscar Cardoso on the day after the invasion. From Washington, New York and Buenos Aires they have compiled accounts of the dramatic confrontation between Galtieri and Reagan on the eve of the sinking of the Belgrano - in the words of the captain himself.' (Quote from back wrapper blurb).

Author: Fursdon, Major General Edward
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd

Author: Christopher Dobson, Ronald Payne
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: Coronet Books

213 pages. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear present, but still a presentable copy. Britain's First Naval Campaign Since The Suez Crisis 1956 Concerns The Sovereignty Of The Falkland Isles- 200 Windswept Islands Set 8,000 Miles Away In The South Atlantic.

Author: Dobson, C./Miller, J./Payne, R.
Publisher: Routledge

Britain's First Naval Campaign Since The Suez Crisis 1956 Concerns The Sovereignty Of The Falkland Isles- 200 Windswept Islands Set 8,000 Miles Away In The South Atlantic.

Author: Mike Critchley
Genre: History
Publisher: Maritime Books

This is the first part of the Task Force in action in the Falklands. A book liberally illustrated with photographs, many of which are from the men of the Task Force.

Author: Peter Way (Editor)
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish

Book pp Complete. 1st printing. Unread in as new hardback bespoke folder.

Author: Linda Kitson
Publisher: History Press

This is a remarkable book. Linda Kitson was the only official war artist attached to the British Task Force, and she was able to remain with the troops not only for the duration of the war itself, but also for the immediate aftermath........

Author: Linda Kitson
Genre: History
Publisher: Mitchell Beazley in assoc. with Imperial War Museum

This is a remarkable book. Linda Kitson was the only official war artist attached to the British Task Force, and she was able to remain with the troops not only for the duration of the war itself, but also for the immediate aftermath........
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Review by Amazon Reader: J. McDonald
4.0 out of 5 starsThe Falklands War: a visual Diary.
5 February 2017
Format: Paperback Verified Purchase
I well remember the controversy when it was announced that Linda Kitson was to be the official war artist for the Falklands Campaign.

This large-format paperback presents a sizeable selection of her sketchbook drawings which capture a range of the activities and day-to-day detail of the lives of those soldiers who took part in operations during the war.
These are not “finished” drawings, rather this is drawing as reportage – direct, spare and immediate – drawings to catch the moment without elaboration or even the possible distraction of colour. Mainly contour line drawings with only subtle hints of shading in some cases, they are nevertheless accurately observed; “visual diary” is a very appropriate term for the images presented.
Each drawing is accompanied by a descriptive text provided by Kitson.

A fascinating book, no doubt of interest to more than just those who draw or are interested in art/illustration as it is an important historical documentation of the conflict.

Author: Peter Way (Editor)
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish

Author: Peter Way (Editor)
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish

Author: Mike Critchley (Introduction)
Publisher: Maritime Books, Liskeard, Cornwall

Author: Peter Lovesey

Author: Peter Lovesey
Genre: Fiction
Publisher: Arrow

The False Inspector Dew

Author: David Kynaston
Genre: History
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Card wraps.

Author: Janice Anderson, Edmund Swinglehurst
Genre: History
Publisher: Futura

World War I, the Depression and World War II, these are just a few major events that have changed, and indeed challenged, family life in Britain dramatically. Take for instance a girl born in the early part of the 20th century, she had little chance of eluding the role that was considered her destiny - to marry young, stay at home to look after her husband and raise a family. What would have once threatened a family's respectability in the early 1900s, today seem almost commonplace, for example - abortion, contraception, the single parent family or even gay relationships. This book takes an in-depth look at how families coped, and with the aid of fascinating photographs we can take a nostalgic walk back in time.

Author: Miller, William H. (2 Copies)

Author: William H. Miller
Genre: Business, Finance & Law
Publisher: Patrick Stephens Limited (Haynes Group)

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Author: Miller, William H. Jr.
Publisher: Dover Publications, New York

Author: Miller, James E. Miller
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.

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Author: Valentine Dyall
Publisher: Hutchinson or Arrow 1957 ?

Author: Jack Webster
Genre: History
Publisher: WJ Williams & Son Books Ltd

From a Comet to a Queen, from the amazement greeting the arrival of a new form of steam-powered passenger transport on the Clyde to the admiration, over a century later, for three majestic Royal Ladies destined to sail the much wider waters of the seven seas, this collection of photographs illustrate the range and variety of vessels claiming the proud description of Clyde Built.

Author: Elizabeth Battles
Publisher: Macmillan S.A.

Fantasy cruise book. If you didn't buy the book then, buy it now

Author: Adrian B. Rance
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Ensign Publications in association with Southampton City Museums

Rare. A biography of Hubert Scott-Paine; Solent Marine and Aviation Pioneer

Author: Richard Oliff
Genre: History
Publisher: Silver Link Publishing Ltd

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Author: V O Van Heest
Genre: Health, Family & Lifestyle
Publisher: In-Depth Editions

On June 23, 1950, a DC-4 with 58 souls on board flew from New York toward Minnesota. Minutes after midnight Captain Robert Lind requested a lower altitude as he began crossing the lake, but Air Traffic Control could not comply. That was the last communication with Northwest Airlines Flight 2501. The Navy and Coast Guard never located the wreck, rendering it impossible to determine a cause for this tragic accident.

Author: Joseph Haberstroh
Genre: Biography
Publisher: The Lyons Press

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Author: Bill Hammack
Publisher: Articulate Noise Books

Fatal Flight brings vividly to life the year of operation of R.101, the last great British airship—a luxury liner three and a half times the length of a 747 jet, with a spacious lounge, a dining room that seated fifty, glass-walled promenade decks, and a smoking room. The British expected R.101 to spearhead a fleet of imperial airships that would dominate the skies as British naval ships, a century earlier, had ruled the seas. The dream ended when, on its demonstration flight to India, R.101 crashed in France, tragically killing nearly all aboard. Combining meticulous research with superb storytelling, Fatal Flight guides us from the moment the great airship emerged from its giant shed—nearly the largest building in the British Empire—to soar on its first flight, to its last fateful voyage. The full story behind R.101 shows that, although it was a failure, it was nevertheless a supremely imaginative human creation. The technical achievement of creating R.101 reveals the beauty, majesty, and, of course, the sorrow of the human experience. The narrative follows First Officer Noel Atherstone and his crew from the ship’s first test flight in 1929 to its fiery crash on October 5, 1930. It reveals in graphic detail the heroic actions of Atherstone as he battled tremendous obstacles. He fought political pressures to hurry the ship into the air, fended off Britain’s most feted airship pilot, who used his influence to take command of the ship and nearly crashed it, and, a scant two months before departing for India, guided the rebuilding of the ship to correct its faulty design. After this tragic accident, Britain abandoned airships, but R.101 flew again, its scrap melted down and sold to the Zeppelin Company, who used it to create LZ 129, an airship even more mighty than R.101—and better known as the Hindenburg. Set against the backdrop of the British Empire at the height of its power in the early twentieth century, Fatal Flight portrays an extraordinary age in technology, fueled by humankind’s obsession with flight.

Author: Kathy Reichs
Genre: Crime, Thrillers & Mystery
Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd

Tempe Brennan, Kathy Reichs' forensic anthropologist heroine, often finds herself in physical jeopardy. In "Fatal Voyage", her fourth outing, someone is trying to kill her and also to destroy her professional reputation with trumped-up charges of unethical behaviour.
Tempe is called in when a plane full of college athletes goes down in the remoter parts of the forests of North Carolina. She finds herself investigating a spare foot she rescued from coyotes, a foot which is significantly more decomposed than the crash victims and which has symptoms of gout, a disease most of the dead young people had no time to contract. There is a locked house and walled courtyard out in the woods that do not appear on any maps and it seems almost as if her simple knowledge of their being there has offended the powerful of the world.
As always, Kathy Reichs manages to combine a detailed knowledge of who the dead were and how they died with a profound sense of the sadness of things. This is a book that never lets us forget amid the dissections and tests for genetic markers that each human death is that of a tragic and irreplaceable human being. Tempe is one of the more attractive of the current crop of women detectives simply because she is flawed and vulnerable as well as smart, righteous and brave. Reichs never lets you forget that crime novels should acquaint us with good people as well as human evil. --"Roz Kaveney"

When a plane crashes high in the mountains of North Carolina, Tempe Brennan is one of the first on the scene. As a forensic anthropologist for the state, she serves on the region's disaster response team. The task that confronts her is a sad and sickening one. Putting normal life on hold, she and her colleagues must painstakingly identify the victims. A chance discovery concerns her: a severed foot, well away from the main crash site. A deserted house close by is buried so deep in the woods that locals claim to know nothing of its existence. And her examination of the foot throws up more questions than it answers. Before she can make any progress, an anonymous accusation is levelled against her. Tempe must fight to save her professional standing. But she fears that, air tragedy aside, another corpse lies somewhere in the woods. Pitting herself against a conspiracy of silence, Tempe is determined to bring justice for her mystery victim...

Author: Kathy Reichs
Genre: Crime, Thrillers & Mystery
Publisher: Arrow

A severed foot is found miles from a plane crash in North Carolina, can Temperance Brennan solve the mystery

Author: Ernest K. Gann
Genre: Biography
Publisher: W&N

Fate Is The Hunter is a fascinating and thrilling account of some of the more memorable experiences Ernest K Gann had in the air. He's flown in both peace and war and come close to death many times. Here he reveals the characters he's known and the dramas he's experienced, portraying fate (or death) as a hunter constantly in pursuit of pilots. This is a fabulous account of both the history of aviation and one man's life in the air. This paperback book has 390 pages and measures: 19.7 x 12.8 x 2.4cm

Author: E. O'donnell
Publisher: Wolfhound Press (IE)

Father Frank Browne became famous in the wake of the Titanic disaster when his photographs, the only ones of the ship in sail, were published by newspapers all over the world. This new collection of Browne's photographs brings together a huge store of images of the great liners of the first half of the twentieth century with the lesser working vessels, such as ferries, mailboats, and tugs, and the people who worked and traveled on them.

Author: Francis Browne, E E O'donnell
Genre: Arts & Photography
Publisher: Messenger Publications

In 1912, Father Frank Browne SJ disembarked from the Titanic in Cork Harbour with the largest extant collection o pictures taken on board the ship during her maiden voyage. Some of these photographs of the liner and her passengers appeared on the front pages of the world's newspapers reporting the sinking of the ship a few days later, with the loss of over 1,500 lives. This volume relates the story of Father Browne's Titanic voyage, illustrated by photographs and memorabilia from his personal album - an invaluable archival treasure. The facsimile reproductions from that album, together with additional photographs, piece together the story of the great ship's voyage from Southampton up to her departure from Queenstown, her final port of call before disaster struck. Father Browne's first-hand account of his journey is included, along with some intriguing letters, such as correspondence from teh White Star Line and from fellow passengers. His poem, 'In Moriam', a menu card, telegrams, and press cuttings add further interest. The Foreword is by Dr Robert D Ballard, who discovered the wreck of the Titanic in its resting place in the depths of the ocean.

Author: Aphrodite Jones
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Pinnacle Books,U.S.

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Author: Douglas M. Charles
Genre: Business, Finance & Law
Publisher: University Press of Kansas

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Author: John Clarkson, Roy Fenton
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications

Basil Feilden was a gifted photographers who recorded Mersey shipping during its most glorious years. This album presents 127 of his best post-war images.

Author: Robert Malster
Genre: History
Publisher: Phillimore & Co Ltd

Felixstowe owes its existence to the 19th-century fashion for seaside holidays when the gentry and businessmen chose to build their summer residences in the parishes of Walton and Felixstowe. In earlier centuries Walton had been the more significant settlement, with a manor and a castle. Even the later fort guarding the Suffolk side of Harwich harbour was often considered to be part of Essex. When the Dutch landed on the Common in 1667 and were defeated by Landguard Fort's garrison, all England heard of the place and King Charles II himself paid them a visit.

Author: Simon Singh
Genre: Science & Nature
Publisher: Fourth Estate Limited

In 1963, a schoolboy browsing in his local library stumbled across a great mathematical problem: Fermat's Last Theorem, a puzzle that every child can now understand, but which has baffled mathematicians for over 300 years. Aged just ten, Andrew Wiles dreamed he would crack it. Many people had tried before Wiles and failed, including an 18th-century philanderer who was killed in a duel. An 18th-century Frenchwoman made a major breakthrough in solving the riddle, but she had to attend maths lectures at the Ecole Polytechnique disguised as a man. This is the story of the puzzle that has confounded mathematicians since the 17th century. The solution of the Theorem is one of the most important mathematical developments of the 20th century.

From the Back Cover
'I have discovered a truly marvellous proof, which this margin is too narrow to contain…'

With these tantalising words the seventeenth-century French mathematician Pierre de Fermat threw down the gauntlet to future generations. Fermat's last theorem looked simple enough for a child to solve, yet the finest mathematical minds would be baffled by the search for the proof.

Over three hundred and fifty years were to pass before a mild-mannered Englishman finally cracked the mystery in 1995. Fermat by then was far more than a theorem . Whole lives had been devoted to the quest for a solution. There was Sophie Germain, who had to take on the identity of a man to conduct research in a field forbidden to females. The dashing Evariste Galois scribbled down the results of his research deep into the night before sauntering out to die in a duel. The Japanese genius Yutaka Taniuama killed himself in despair, while the German industrialist Paul Wolfskehl claimed Fermat had saved him from suicide.

Andrew Wiles had dreamed of proving Fermat ever since he first read about the theorem as a boy of ten in his local library. Whilst the hopes of others had been dashed, his dream was destined to come true – but only after years of toil and frustration, of exhilarating breakthrough and crashing disappointment. The true story of how mathematics' most challenging problem was made to yield up its secrets is a thrilling tale of endurance, ingenuity and inspiration.

Author: Mike Louagie
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Lily Publications

This book compiled by Mike Louagie, with his outstanding library of photographs around the Belgium ports, offers an insight to the many ferries that have served from Ostend and Zeebrugge to the UK over the last 30 years. Featuring both black & white and colour photography with background text and captions.

Author: Graeme Somner
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: World Ship Society

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Author: Edwyn Gray
Publisher: Futura Publications

Author: Edwyn Gray
Genre: History
Publisher: Futura Publications

A revised edition of an account of peacetime submarine disasters from 1774 to the present day, previously published in 1986. Examines the development of the submarine from experimental stages in the late 18th century to the present day, and provides details of all disasters ever reported.

Author: Antoinette Deland

Author: Antoinette Deland

Author: Antoinette Deland
Genre: Fielding
Publisher: Fielding Travel

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Author: Frank O. Braynard, William H. Miller
Publisher: Patrick Stephens Ltd

Author: William H. Miller
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc

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Author: Frank O. Braynard, William H. Miller
Publisher: Patrick Stephens Ltd

Author: Frank O. Braynard, William H. Miller
Genre: Business, Finance & Law
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.

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Author: Frank O. Braynard, William H. Miller
Publisher: Patrick Stephens Ltd

Author: Frank O. Braynard, William H. Miller
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Patrick Stephens Ltd

Following the successful formula of their first two popular volumes in this series, the authors present another 50 famous liners, explaining how the vessels are selected and devoting a chapter to each one. Includes 350 photographs and drawings. 4,500 first printing.

Author: John Laffin
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books

Author: John Laffin
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: Sphere

1st edition 1st printing paperback, vg++, True Falklands War In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Author: Martin Middlebrook
Genre: Falklands War
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

This book presents the events of the Falklands War from the Argentinian point of view from initial decision to invade through to their defeat. The work concentrates on military events in the Falklands with special reference to incidents such as the sinking of the Belgrano. The book is based on interviews with Argentinians, servicemen from the actual army, navy and airforce units who fought in the Falklands plus Argentinian documents and published accounts which have been released since the war.

Author: Alan Burn
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd

VG condition book without dust jacket. Boards are clean with little wear. Book has clean and bright contents, no markings or inscriptions, 204pp with many B&W photos.

Author: Timothy Garton Ash
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Flamingo

The File: a Personal History A journalist renowned for his coverage of the downfall of communism in Eastern Europe produces a gripping personal account of state surveillance and individual betrayal in Cold War Germany. Full description

‘An invaluable document for our time, bravely and beautifully written; a chilling portrait of treachery and compromise and an unsolved human riddle that will not let me go.’ John le Carré

‘By far the wisest and most penetrating study of a communist "informer society" ever written by an outsider.’ Neal Ascherson, Independent on Sunday

In 1992, after the Berlin Wall came down, Timothy Garton Ash walked into the ministry which now looks after the records of the Stasi, the East German secret police, and asked if there was a file on him. There was – one marked ‘Romeo’. The File is the story of what was in the buff-coloured binder, and of the avenues – personal, political and historical – down which Garton Ash was led by it.

‘The File is history on the hoof: part reportage, part memoir, often crafted more like a novel than a piece of non-fiction. It is about "the quieter corruption of mature totalitarianism", about official record versus personal memory… Garton Ash knows exactly which buttons to press for our illumination.’ JULIAN BARNES, Sunday Times

‘Excellent and fascinating… An inspiring book.’ PHILIP HENSHER, Mail on Sunday

‘A masterpiece… It has found its place on that small shelf of books I would want to rescue if my house went up in flames.’ Paul OESTREICHER, Tablet

‘Real life Le Carré.’ Jeremy Paxman, Sunday Times Summer Reading

Author: Gerrard Garrett
Genre: Arts & Photography
Publisher: Lsp Books

Foreword by Carl Foreman. Profusely illustrated in black and white. Con le sinopsi di tutti i film dell'attore. Foto in bianco e nero . 8vo pp. 256 Brossura (wrappers) Molto Buono (Very Good)

Author: Homer Dickens
Genre: Arts & Photography
Publisher: Citadel Press

Author: John Griggs
Genre: Acting & Auditioning
Publisher: Secaucus N.J. : Citadel Press

1984, oversize trade paperback edition, Citadel Press / Lyle Stuart, NJ. 239 pages. Vintage stills, b&w photos throughout. Includes coverage of the star through the Sea Wolves, 1980. Gregory Peck was a fine actor from his early days in Keys of the Kingdom, Spellbound, The Yearling, and Gentleman's Agreement, to his later skilled performances in The guns of Navarone, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Omen, The Boys from Brazil, and others. This is a great title, showing the actor's many strengths.

Author: Lee Pfeiffer
Genre: Television Performer Biographies
Publisher: Citadel

Traces the films of Harrison Ford, from his debut in "Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round" through his success as Han Solo and Indiana Jones to his roles in "The Fugitive" and "Air Force One"

Author: Homer Dickens
Genre: Arts & Photography
Publisher: Citadel Press

255 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Author: Lou Valentino
Genre: Arts & Photography
Publisher: Citadel Press

Author: James Spada
Genre: Women
Publisher: Citadel Press

Book is in good condition for its age. Great as a gift! Shipped from UK.

Author: Lawrence J. Quirk
Genre: Actor & Entertainer Biographies
Publisher: Lyle Stuart

hard cover book

Author: Christopher Paul Denis
Genre: Women
Publisher: Citadel Press

Hardback in jacket as shown.

Author: Casey St.Charnez
Genre: Arts & Photography
Publisher: Citadel Press

Author: Lee Pfeiffer, Michael Lewis
Genre: Arts & Photography
Publisher: Citadel Press

Author: Lee Pfeiffer, Michael Lewis
Genre: Arts & Photography
Publisher: Citadel Press

Author: Lee Pfeiffer, Michael Lewis
Genre: Arts & Photography
Publisher: Citadel Press

Author: Lee Pfeiffer, Michael Lewis
Genre: Music, Stage & Screen
Publisher: Citadel Press

An analysis of all Tom Hanks' films, which provides behind-the-scenes information and details of casts, credits and original reviews. Includes photographs and details of international film advertising and promotion campaigns.

Author: Lawrence J. Quirk
Genre: Arts & Photography
Publisher: Citadel Press

234 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Author: Lawrence J. Quirk
Genre: Arts & Photography
Publisher: Citadel Press

234 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Author: Don Hale
Genre: Biography
Publisher: The History Press

[ THE FINAL DIVE THE LIFE AND DEATH OF 'BUSTER' CRABB BY HALE, DON](AUTHOR)PAPERBACK

Author: Betty O'Keefe, Ian MacDonald
Genre: History
Publisher: FineEdge.Com LLC

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Author: Phil Craig, Tim Clayton
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Sixty years ago, Europe lay at the feet of Adolf Hitler. In a series of whirlwind campaigns between September 1939 and June 1940, Germany defeated Poland, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and France. It had signed a treaty with the Soviet Union, driven the British Expeditionary Force off the continent of Europe at Dunkirk, and stood poised to invade Great Britain, the only remaining belligerent. Standing between Hitler and world domination was the just-elected prime minister, Winston Churchill...and a few thousand pilots in the Royal Air Force's Fighter Command. Defeat seemed inevitable. instead, a legend was born. Taking its readers on a breathtaking journey from open lifeboats in North Atlantic gales to the cockpits of burning fighter planes, Finest Hour recreates the tensions and uncertainties of the events of 1940 -- months when the fate of the world truly did hang in the balance. It is a powerful account, told through the voices, diaries, letters, and memoirs of the men and women who lived and loved, fought and died during that terrible yet ultimately triumphant year. The personal stories of these soldiers and airmen, diplomats and politicians, journalists and spies are combined with a fresh and often controversial account of the swirling political intrigues and betrayals of the period. Here are President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Ambassador Joseph Kennedy; journalists Edward R. Murrow and Whitelaw Reid; Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King and French Premier Paul Reynaud. Here are the Royal Navy's assault on the French fleet, the hushed-up catastrophe of the SS Lancastria, America's secret plans to cope with the expected defeat of Britain, and Winston Churchill's indomitable determination to bring the New World to the rescue of the Old. A testament to a year when a nation's darkest hour became its finest, a work that blends original historical research with the experiences of ordinary people living in desperate times, Finest Hour is a singular achievement, an indispensable contribution to the literature of World War II

Author: Graham Hancock
Genre: History
Publisher: Arrow

Fingerprints of the Gods: a Quest for the Beginning And the End

Author: Christian Wolmar
Genre: History
Publisher: Atlantic Books

Author: Christian Wolmar
Manufacturer: Atlantic Books

Author: GALLAGHER, THOMAS

Author: Susan Ottaway
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Pen & Sword Aviation

Fire Over Heathrow One and a half minutes after take-off on the clear and sunny afternoon of 8 April 1968, the Number 2 engine of BOAC Boeing 707 G-ARWE broke away from its mounting pylon and fell, tumbling in flames. Captain Cliff Taylor managed an extremely smooth touchdown about 400 yards beyond the Heathrow runway threshold and the aircraft came to a stop 1,400 yards further along the runway. The cabin crew had ... Full description

Author: Dennis Smith
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Broadway Books

Firefighters Now in paperback, bestselling author Smith gives readers a riveting chronicle of American heroism at its best. "Firefighters, " a powerful collection of stories as told by some of America's most decorated firefighters, is an unforgettable journey through the daily lives of these courageous men and women. Full description

Author: David Halberstam
Genre: History
Publisher: Hyperion Books

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Author: Gérard Piouffre
Genre: Reference
Publisher: The Vendome Press

Not so long ago, magnificent ocean liners unmatched in opulence by todays vessels sailed the seas from NewYork to Rio, Alexandria to Marseilles, and from Southampton to Singapore. In this enchanting book, presented in a slipcase made to resemble a battered steamer trunk, these legendary ships The Normandie, The Mauretania and The Majestic are gloriously resurrected through photographs, posters, watercolours, advertising art, memorabilia and more. Gérard Piouffre, author of Luxury Liners: Life on Board, leads readers on an illustrated tour of these great liners, from glamorous dining rooms and gleaming table services to elaborate staterooms and exquisite salons. Divided into six fantastic journeys, First Class is an unparalleled celebration of the elegance, sophistication and comfort of a bygone era in ocean travel.

Author: Peter Stansky
Genre: History
Publisher: Yale University Press

On September 7, 1940, the Blitz began. The strategic bombing of London, by over one thousand planes on that night alone, was recognised at the time as being a direct measure to break the country's resistance, 'softening' Britain's shores for the planned Operation Sealion. This book describes the impact that this terror had on the British people.

Author: Andrew MacDonald
Genre: History
Publisher: HarperCollins

A groundbreaking history of the first, horrific day of one of the most notorious, bloody offensives of all time, from its inept planning to its disastrous execution. It took several million bullets and roughly half an hour to destroy General Sir Douglas Haig's grand plans for the first day of the Somme, 1 July 1916. By day's end 19,240 British soldiers were dead, crumpled khaki bundles scattered across pasture studded with the scarlet of poppies and smouldering shell holes. A further 35,493 were wounded. This single sunny day remains Britain's worst-ever military disaster, both numerically and statistically more deadly than the infamous charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava in 1854. Responsible were hundreds of German machineguns and artillery batteries waiting silently to deal death to the long-anticipated attack. Someone had blundered. Working back from the "butcher's bill" of mass casualties on the battlefield, to the inept planning in London's Whitehall, the author penetrates the "fog of war" to explain how and why this was a human disaster waiting to happen. Told fully from both the British and German perspectives for the first time, this book sheets home blame for the butchery (a total of almost 60 thousand casualties) directly to widespread British intelligence and command failure. It further finds the outcome was very definitely a German victory over a so-called British defeat, and, again for the first time, identifies how talented German commanders mostly outclassed their opposite numbers and inflicted the galling bloodletting. Taking that terrible first day of battle as his focus, Andrew Macdonald casts new and damning light on the true causes of the disaster. Published in time for the hundredth anniversary commemoration of the Battle of the Somme in July 2016, this is a major contribution to World War I history and an epic story of courage, misery and endurance in its own right.

Author: Martin Middlebrook
Genre: History
Publisher: Pen & Sword Military

After an immense but useless bombardment, at 7.30 am. On 1 July 1916 the British Army went over the top and attacked the German trenches. It was the first day of the battle of the Somme, and on that day the British suffered nearly 60,000 casualties, two for every yard of their front. With more than fifty times the daily losses at El Alamein and fifteen times the British casualties on D-day, 1 July 1916 was the blackest day in the history of the British Army. But, more than that, as Lloyd George recognised, it was a watershed in the history of the First World War. The Army that attacked on that day was the volunteer Army that had answered Kitchener's call. It had gone into action confident of a decisive victory. But by sunset on the first day on the Somme, no one could any longer think of a war that might be won. Martin Middlebrook's research has covered not just official and regimental histories and tours of the battlefields, but interviews with hundreds of survivors, both British and German. As to the action itself, he conveys the overall strategic view and the terrifying reality that it was for front-line soldiers.

Author: William H. Miller
Genre: Home & Garden
Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.

Sumptuous volume recalls the glorious early years of elegant transatlantic travel. Over 190 historic photographs depict exterior and interior views of 101 great ocean liners, including the Virginian, Imperator, Vaterland, Bismarck, Lusitania, Mauretania, Balmoral Castle, Titanic, Olympic, Aquitania, and dozens more. ". . . worth the modest price of the book." ? Steamboat Bill.

Author: Miller, William H. Jr.
Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.

Author: Jack Cashill, James Sanders
Genre: Health, Family & Lifestyle
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers / WND Books

September 11, 2001, did not represent the first aerial assault against the American mainland. The first came on July 17,1996, with the downing of TWA Flight 800. This book looks in detail at what people saw and heard on this fateful night.

First Strike explains how a determined corps of ordinary citizens worked to reveal the compromise and corruption that tainted the federal investigation. With an impressive array of facts, Jack Cashill and James Sanders show the relationship between events in July 1996 and September 2001 and proclaim how and why the American government has attempted to cover up the truth.

Author: Goldie Hawn
Genre: Comedy (Movies & TV)

I loved The First Wives Club years ago when it first came out and I still love it. I had some rare downtime over the weekend and decided to watch this movie again. I sat down and watched it like I'd never seen it before. This movie is still a delight and I loved it from beginning to end. This is one of those movies that will make you laugh, cry, get angry and be happy. I loved that the friendship between Bette, Goldie and Dianne re-kindled, even though it was due to a tragic reason. These three women are so different from each other, but they had a special bond that didn't diminish due to the time that had passed. I hate that Cynthia didn't reach out to her friends before doing the unthinkable - but it was sweet that she mailed each of them a letter before to prove that they were always on her mind. This definitely got me to thinking about my friendship than span over 40 years - Friends forever!

I especially loved the song and dance at the end of the movie - I watched them sashay all the way down that street. Awesome movie!

Author: Spencer Lane
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

The incredible untold story of the first flight around the World in 1924 and a biography of the most controversial military officer ever, General Billy Mitchell, who saved military aviation from destruction by the politicians.

Author: Odhams Press

Author: Odhams Press

Author: Miles Cowsill, John Hendy
Genre: History
Publisher: Ferry Publications (Wales)

No Five Days in Greece Read a customer review or write one .

Author: Coles, Alan & Briggs, Ted
Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd

Of the 1400 men on board HMS Hood on 24 May 1941, only 3 survived a German shell which blew Hood''s reput ation forever. The prestige ship of the Navy was overrated, her construction was flawed and out of date as soon as she was launched.

Author: Milton H. Watson
Genre: Business, Finance & Law
Publisher: Patrick Stephens Ltd

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Author: Jack A. Nelson
Genre: History
Publisher: Apprentice House

Flashes in the Night captures the tragic story of the sinking of M/S Estonia in dark, cold Baltic waters on September 28, 1994. Caught in a storm during an overnight trip between Tallinn, Estonia, and Stockholm, Sweden, the ship sank in a matter of minutes. Debate continues over whether the cause was structural or sabotage, but the fact remains 852 souls were lost at sea in Europe's worst civilian disaster. Nearly one-third of those who escaped the ship died of hypothermia. A twenty-nine-year-old Swedish entrepreneur and a pretty nineteen-year-old Swedish girl are a major focus of this dramatic account. On that night when Kent Harstedt met Sara Hedrenius on the top rail of the sinking ship, they made a date for dinner in Stockholm-if they survived. Through that endless darkness, huddled in near-freezing water in their raft, they told each other jokes to stay awake and alive. Their date made world headlines. This is their story, and the story of the young British adventurer Paul Barney, along with riveting accounts of others who were a part of this harrowing life-or-death survival epic.

Author: Elspeth Wills
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Open Agency

A collection of 60 ships that made the Cunard name so famous from Samuel Cunards first commission to build a safe and comfortable boat in Britannia, to the worlds largest passenger vessel, Queen Mary 2. Commissioned illustrations, new research and unique photographs tell the story of Cunard's greatest liners. Whether its heart break or heroism, drama or dreams, each liner has a story to tell.

From the Publisher
This is the third book in the successful series exploring Cunard's heritage and history. The Fleet 1840 - 2004 follows on from Queen Mary 2, Book of Comparisons and Stars Aboard and takes an informative look at Cunard's greatest liners.

Written by renowned historical author and researcher Elspeth Wills, The Fleet 1840 - 2004 captures the character of the ships, as much of her new research is based on interviews with crew members or sourcing archive diaries and accounts of time on board the ship. It gives the book a personable feel as different eras of ocean travel are explored and explained.

Author: Fleet Air Arm Museum
Genre: History of Engineering & Technology
Publisher: Pitkin Guides

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Author: Ray Sturtivant
Genre: Aviation history
Publisher: Arms and Armour Press

Between the two World Wars, the Royal Navy's carriers were provided with aircraft flown by flights and later squadrons of what was then the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Air Force. In addition, many battleships and cruisers were provided in the thirties with an aircraft or two fitted with floats and launched from catapults. The service was never very large, and it was not until May 1939 that the Admiralty gained full control over it.

This 48-page softback contains 98 well-captioned photographs illustrating the aircraft and carriers then in use. Tables list all the relevant units, and there are side-view drawings of the main types of aircraft flown with some information on colour schemes.

Author: Crowdy, Michael F.R.S.A
Publisher: World Ship Society

Author: Stephen Kimber
Genre: History
Publisher: Seal Books

"Swissair 1-1-1 is declaring Pan Pan Pan. We have smoke in the cockpit." Seventeen minutes after the co-pilot's distress call, the Geneva-bound jet crashed into the Atlantic off Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia just over an hour after leaving New York on September 2, 1998, killing all 229 people on board.

Now, a year later, acclaimed journalist Stephen Kimber tells the moving story of the crash and its far-reaching human consequences. Kimber introduces us to a wide variety of people: from the victims and their families to the recovery teams, pathologists and investigators who are still searching for answers. As with any disaster, the effects are unpredictable and heartwrenching. In a fast-paced and compelling style, Flight 111 traces  the interconnected paths of the people whose fates were forever altered by what happened that night.

Author: Rosalba Emanuel-King
Publisher: 1st Book Library

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Author: Rosalba Emanuel-King
Genre: Fiction
Publisher: 1st Book Library

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Author: Nigel Cawthorne
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: John Blake Publishing Ltd

Flight MH370

Author: Elleston Trevor

Author: Brian Callison
Genre: Crime, Thrillers & Mystery
Publisher: HarperCollins Distribution Services

MV Cyclops to all ships: Torpedoed and sinking we are abandoning. That was in 1941. So how did the Cyclops come to be found by a naval survey vessel, virtually undamaged, twenty-five years later on a remote South Atlantic island hundreds of miles from her last radioed position?

Author: Dr D G Hessayon
Genre: Home & Garden
Publisher: Pbi Publications

The complete guide to the selection and care of flowering plants - annuals and border perennials, alpines and garden bulbs. Many varieties are shown, with instructions on what to choose plus the secrets of successful cultivation.

Author: William Langewiesche
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Penguin

On January 15, 2009, a US Airways Airbus A320 had just taken off from LaGuardia Airport in New York, when a flock of Canada geese collided with it, destroying both of its engines. Over the next three minutes, the plane's pilot Chelsey "Sully" Sullenberger, managed to glide to a safe landing in the Hudson River. It was an instant media sensation, the "The Miracle on the Hudson", and Captain Sully was the hero. But, how much of the success of this dramatic landing can actually be credited to the genius of the pilot? To what extent is the "Miracle on the Hudson" the result of extraordinary - but not widely known, and in some cases quite controversial - advances in aviation and computer technology over the last twenty years?


From the testing laboratories where engineers struggle to build a jet engine that can systematically resist bird attacks, through the creation of the A320 in France, to the political and social forces that have sought to minimize the impact of the revolutionary fly-by-wire technology, William Langewiesche assembles the untold stories necessary to truly understand "The Miracle on the Hudson", and makes us question our assumptions about human beings in modern aviation.

Author: Antoinette Deland

Author: John Hendy
Publisher: Ferry Publications

Author: Mark Dartford (Editor)
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish

Author: HOWARD, RONALD (Publisher)

Author: Ben Macintyre
Genre: Biography
Publisher: HarperCollins

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Author: Martyn Chorlton
Genre: History
Publisher: Crecy Publishing

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Author: Robert M. Schoch Ph.D.
Genre: Mind, Body & Spirit
Publisher: Inner Traditions

Forgotten Civilization

Author: Ken Small, Mark Rogerson
Genre: History
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

During the night of 27th April 1944, Exercise Tiger, a rehearsal for the D-day landings, took place off the coast of Devon. This supposedly routine exercise experienced a series of fatal blunders that allowed German E boats to intercept the convoy of landing craft. By dawn, nearly 1000 American servicemen, many young and untrained, had lost their lives. This story explains how and why the tragedy happened, and explores the elaborate cover-up that later took place. It is also the tale of one man's obsession to honour the memory of those Americans who died so needlessly.
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On April 28, 1944, a rehearsal for the D-Day landings off England's Devon coast went terribly wrong. A series of blunders allowed German E-boats to intercept the convoy of landing ships, and 946 Americans—many of them young and untrained—lost their lives. Yet until the publication of The Forgotten Dead, the true scale of this tragedy had never before come to light. This is the story of one man and his obsession to honor the memory of the 946 American soldiers who died needlessly that night. In the early 1970s, Ken Small, a hotelier, began beachcombing along Slapton Sands, near his hotel. He soon discovered unexpended bullets, U.S. dollars, and the personal possessions of U.S. servicemen. Gradually, he pieced together the events of that night and began the struggle to erect a memorial to honor the dead soldiers. This is the story of how he fought governments on both sides of the Atlantic to uncover the truth.

Author: David Zeni
Genre: Health, Family & Lifestyle
Publisher: Halsgrove

1st Edition 1998 Valentine's Day dedication on flyleaf

Author: Trinity Mirror Media
Genre: Art, Architecture & Photography
Publisher: Trinity Mirror Media

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Author: Julian Thompson
Genre: History
Publisher: Ebury Press

The harrowing and devastating stories of the men who fought in Burma in World War II.

Author: Roderick Bailey
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Ebury Press

Title: Forgotten Voices of D-Day <>Binding: Paperback <>Author: Roderick Bailey <>Publisher: Ebury Press

Author: Joshua Levine
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Ebury Press

Forgotten Voices of Dunkirk

Author: Roderick Bailey
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Ebury Press

Forgotten Voices of the Secret War The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a secret British organisation created early in the Second World War to encourage resistance and carry out sabotage behind enemy lines. This title tells the stories of SOE agents, HQ staff, diplomats, aircrew and naval personnel in their own words. Full description

Author: Roderick Bailey, The Imperial War Museum
Genre: History
Publisher: Ebury Press

Title: Forgotten Voices of the Victoria Cross <>Binding: Paperback <>Author: Roderick Bailey <>Publisher: Ebury Press

Author: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT (H.M.S.O.)

Author: Public Record Office
Genre: Maritime Reference
Publisher: PRO Publications

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Author: Alison Maloney
Genre: History
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Limited

The Forties A nostalgic, informative look at the most crucial decade of the 20th century. Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of The Forties - the war, technological developments, women's roles, family life, food and rationing, politics, sport, fashion and culture. Full description

Author: Tim Lawler
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: Fortnum & Mason plc

Highlights from the history of Fortnum and Mason.

Author: James Holland
Genre: History
Publisher: W&N

1st trade edition paperback vg++ condition. In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Author: Mark Aston
Genre: Society, Politics & Philosophy
Publisher: Wharncliffe Books

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Author: Alastair Walker
Genre: History
Publisher: The History Press

Over four years, four ships were lost under different circumstances and 4,000 lives with them ― but one thing linked them all: it was John Charles Bigham, Lord Mersey, who was appointed to head the inquiries into each disaster. Mersey is oftern referred to as a ‘company man’, or a government stooge. But is this the whole truth?
Everyone has heard of Titanic and Lusitania but more passengers died when the Empress of Ireland sank in May 1914. That inquiry turned into a head-to-head between an American lawyer and a British one. Did Mersey let the right man win? Was he fair to Captain Lord of the Californian when he blamed him for the loss of so many lives on Titanic? The U-Boat that sank the Falaba with the loss of 104 lives behaved very differently to the one that torpedoed the Lusitania just six weeks later. Did Mersey reflect that in his findings or was he more interested in propaganda than truth?

Author: David Hart-Dyke
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Atlantic Books

For the guided-missile destroyer HMS Coventry, war began in earnest on 1 May. On 25th May, Coventry was attacked by two Argentine Skyhawks, and hit by three bombs, which killed 19 of her crew and many others injured, including her Captain, David Hart Dyke. This is David's story.
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In March 1982 the guided-missile destroyer HMS Coventry was one of a small squadron of ships on exercise off Gibraltar. By the end of April that year she was sailing south in the vanguard of the Task Force towards the Falklands. As diplomacy failed, crisis became conflict. By the time the ship left Ascension Island, its company knew war was inevitable - a war in which they would be in the front line.

For Coventry, the war began in earnest on 1 May. Her job was to be 'on picket' to the north west of the islands. She was to provide early warning of approaching enemy aircraft from the west, and fend off any incoming threat to the highly valuable ships and aircraft behind her. On 25 May, Coventry was attacked by two Argentine Skyhawks, and hit by three bombs. The explosions tore out most of her port side and killed 19 of the crew, leaving many others injured - mostly by burns. Within twenty minutes she had capsized, and was to sink early the next day. In her final moments, when all those not killed by the explosions had been evacuated from the ship, her Captain, David Hart Dyke, himself badly burned, climbed down her starboard side and into a life-raft. This is his compelling and moving story.

Author: David Hart-Dyke
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Atlantic Books

In March 1982 the guided-missile destroyer HMS Coventry was one of a small squadron of ships on exercise off Gibraltar. By the end of April that year she was sailing south in the vanguard of the Task Force towards the Falklands. As diplomacy failed, crisis became conflict. By the time the ship left Ascension Island, its company knew war was inevitable - a war in which they would be in the front line.

For Coventry, the war began in earnest on 1 May. Her job was to be 'on picket' to the north west of the islands. She was to provide early warning of approaching enemy aircraft from the west, and fend off any incoming threat to the highly valuable ships and aircraft behind her. On 25 May, Coventry was attacked by two Argentine Skyhawks, and hit by three bombs. The explosions tore out most of her port side and killed 19 of the crew, leaving many others injured - mostly by burns. Within twenty minutes she had capsized, and was to sink early the next day. In her final moments, when all those not killed by the explosions had been evacuated from the ship, her Captain, David Hart Dyke, himself badly burned, climbed down her starboard side and into a life-raft. This is his compelling and moving story.

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For the guided-missile destroyer HMS Coventry, war began in earnest on 1 May. On 25th May, Coventry was attacked by two Argentine Skyhawks, and hit by three bombs, which killed 19 of her crew and many others injured, including her Captain, David Hart Dyke. This is David's story.

Author: CROALL, JAMES

Author: Pascal Halley
Genre: Bateaux
Publisher: MDV

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Author: Halley Pascal
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Maitres du Vent

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Author: John Maxtone-graham
Genre: Reference
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Title: France/Norway <>Binding: Hardcover <>Author: John Maxtone Graham <>Publisher: W W NORTON & CO

Author: Cliff Hayes
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: Frith Book Company

hard back book containing archive photographs of Preston

Author: Paul Harris
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: Frith Book Co

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Author: Nick Channer, Francis Frith
Genre: Art, Architecture & Photography
Publisher: Frith Book Company Ltd.

This work contains around 100 finely-detailed photographs of the churches of Berkshire from the world-famous Frith archive, with extended captions to pictures and full introduction. Includes voucher for a free mounted print.

Author: Stan Britt
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable

Author: WATSON, JULIAN & GREGORY, WENDY

Author: Julian Watson, Wendy Gregory
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Greenwich Local History Library

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Author: Ernest Lehman
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: Pan

The French Atlantic Affair

Author: LEHMAN, ERNEST

Author: Michael G. Welham, Jacqui Welham
Genre: Biography
Publisher: W.H. Allen / Virgin Books

Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: W.H. Allen / Virgin Books (Feb 1990)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1852271388
ISBN-13: 978-1852271381
Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 16 x 2.6 cm

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Should be listed under "Fiction." 29 Oct 2012
By Ned Middleton - Published on Amazon.com
It has never been disputed that, in April 1956, Commander "Buster" Crabb OBE GM RN went diving in Portsmouth Harbour beneath the Soviet Warship "Ordzhonikidze" and never returned. Ten days later he was reported dead by the British Admiralty - who denied all knowledge of any task he might have been undertaking. Fourteen months later a mutilated, decomposed and unidentifiable body was recovered from the sea and accepted as being that of Crabb.

This book, claims that Crabb did not die but was captured by the Russians and secretly taken to Moscow in a drugged state and later went on to become a serving officer in the Soviet Navy where he taught the latest diving techniques - all of which occurred with the full knowledge and connivance of the British Government.

As a professional Royal Navy Diver in a relatively junior rank (equivalent Lt Colonel), Commander Crabb would not have had access to the sort of secrets which would have interested the Soviets in 1956. The very notion that the Soviets should collude with the British government in an elaborate plan whereby all parties (i.e. the British, the Soviets, Crabb and his diving support staff) should embark on an operation where a twice-decorated Naval Commander should be deliberately sent under a Soviet warship with the intention that he should be captured in order to be spirited away to Moscow so that he might teach diving in the Soviet Navy is farcical in the extreme. Even the so-called documents which purport to support the author's contention could have been typed anywhere.

Even as far back in 1956 when the free world was frightened of growing Soviet nuclear power, Britain would have openly assisted the Soviet Union with matters as relatively mundane as professional "Navy" Diving in a show of peace and unity and all that.

This book belongs in the realms of fiction and should not be taken seriously.

NB: Also released under the title; "Frogman Extraordinary."

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Author: WALDRON, T.J. & GLEESON, JAMES

Author: T.J. Waldron And James Gleeson
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Pan Books Ltd.

The Frogmen is the thrilling story of some of the bravest men produced by the Second World War, who worked alone under water. Some clad in fantastic rubber suits with webbed feeet, walked or crawled on the muddy bottoms of harbours, looking for mines: some bestrode torpedoes and fixed mines to the hull of enemy ships: some slipped through the black waters in midget submarines. The Italians were the first to use frogmen and two-man torpedoes, operating against British ships at Gibralter and Alexandria. British counter-measures were immediately started, and the great possibilites of the new form of warfare were fully realised. Illustrated with B/W photos

Author: Malcolm R. Gordon
Genre: Business, Finance & Law
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd

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Author: Timothy Knatchbull
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Hutchinson

A powerful survivor's account of the IRA bomb that killed the author's 14-year-old twin brother, his grandparents and a family friend and was published on the 30th anniversary of the atrocity.

On the August bank holiday weekend in the UK in 1979, 14-year-old Timothy Knatchbull went out on a boat trip off the shore of Mullaghmore in County Sligo, Ireland. It was a trip that would cost four lives -- and change his own for ever.

The IRA bomb that exploded in their boat killed Knatchbull's grandfather Lord Mountbatten (cousin of the Queen), his grandmother Lady Brabourne, his twin brother Nicholas, and local teenager Paul Maxwell. In telling this story for the first time, Knatchbull is not only revisiting the terrible events he and his family lived through, but also writing an intensely personal account of human triumph over tragedy.

For thirty years, Knatchbull has lived with the echoes of that day: the death of the twin from whom he had been inseparable; the loss of his adored grandparents, whose funerals along with his twin's he and his parents were too injured to attend; the recovery from physical wounds; and the emotional legacy that proved harder to endure.

In From A Clear Blue Sky Timothy Knatchbull delves into his past, present and future, and reveals a story of courage and fortitude as he, his family, and their English and Irish friends dealt with the shocking assassinations and their aftermath. Taking place in Ireland at the height of the Troubles, it gives a compelling insight into that period of Irish history. But more importantly it brings home that although tragedy can strike at any moment, the human spirit is able to recover and evolve over time.

This book about truth and reconciliation, unflinching in its detail, asks searching questions about why human beings inflict misery on others, and holds lessons about how we can learn to forgive, to heal and to move on. It will resonate with readers the world over.

Author: L. A. Sawyer, W. H. Mitchell
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: World Ship Society

Book Part One (of 4) on the history of the long range Merchant Ship Building Programme of the US Maritime Coimmission published in 1979.

Author: L. A Sawyer
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: World Ship Society

For all 4 volumes:
When the USA entered the war in 1941 their shipyards began to step-up an immense shipbuilding programme which had begun in 1938 when a Commission had been organized to rebuild the US merchant fleet with a programme of 50 ships a year for 10 years. By 1939 this had been increased to 100 per year ; by 1940 to 200 ; by 1941 to 400 ; by 1942 to 800 ; and by 1943 to an amazing 1000 vessels per annum. Much of this tonnage was made up by 'emergency' types which included 2,700 'Liberty' ships. These and other types are described in these four volumes. (I) Includes the S/S AMERICA, the C1, C1-M and P types. (II) Includes the C2, R, C4 and C5 types. (III) Includes C3, V and L6 types ; plus wood and concrete ships. (IV) Includes the N5 and S types ; post-war liners including the S/S UNITED STATES, the C3-S-DX1 prototypes and miscellaneous ships. This volume provides numerical lists of all USMC hull numbers with the Yard Numbers and ship types. The four volumes are profusely illustrated with photographs, line drawings, etc., and provide an essential source of reference for wartime merchant ships.

Author: L.A. Sawyer, William Harry Mitchell
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: World Ship Society

Book Part One (of 4) on the history of the long range Merchant Ship Building Programme of the US Maritime Commission published in 1979.

Author: L.A. Sawyer, William Harry Mitchell
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: World Ship Society

For all 4 volumes:
When the USA entered the war in 1941 their shipyards began to step-up an immense shipbuilding programme which had begun in 1938 when a Commission had been organized to rebuild the US merchant fleet with a programme of 50 ships a year for 10 years. By 1939 this had been increased to 100 per year ; by 1940 to 200 ; by 1941 to 400 ; by 1942 to 800 ; and by 1943 to an amazing 1000 vessels per annum. Much of this tonnage was made up by 'emergency' types which included 2,700 'Liberty' ships. These and other types are described in these four volumes. (I) Includes the S/S AMERICA, the C1, C1-M and P types. (II) Includes the C2, R, C4 and C5 types. (III) Includes C3, V and L6 types ; plus wood and concrete ships. (IV) Includes the N5 and S types ; post-war liners including the S/S UNITED STATES, the C3-S-DX1 prototypes and miscellaneous ships. This volume provides numerical lists of all USMC hull numbers with the Yard Numbers and ship types. The four volumes are profusely illustrated with photographs, line drawings, etc., and provide an essential source of reference for wartime merchant ships.

Author: L.A. Sawyer, William Harry Mitchell
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: World Ship Society

For all 4 volumes:
When the USA entered the war in 1941 their shipyards began to step-up an immense shipbuilding programme which had begun in 1938 when a Commission had been organized to rebuild the US merchant fleet with a programme of 50 ships a year for 10 years. By 1939 this had been increased to 100 per year ; by 1940 to 200 ; by 1941 to 400 ; by 1942 to 800 ; and by 1943 to an amazing 1000 vessels per annum. Much of this tonnage was made up by 'emergency' types which included 2,700 'Liberty' ships. These and other types are described in these four volumes. (I) Includes the S/S AMERICA, the C1, C1-M and P types. (II) Includes the C2, R, C4 and C5 types. (III) Includes C3, V and L6 types ; plus wood and concrete ships. (IV) Includes the N5 and S types ; post-war liners including the S/S UNITED STATES, the C3-S-DX1 prototypes and miscellaneous ships. This volume provides numerical lists of all USMC hull numbers with the Yard Numbers and ship types. The four volumes are profusely illustrated with photographs, line drawings, etc., and provide an essential source of reference for wartime merchant ships.

Author: Sawyer, L A
Genre: Engineering & Transportation
Publisher: World Ship Society

Content very good condition, softcovers have some light rubbing and edgewear. Most books sent on same day as receiving order by 1st class post, securely packed in Jiffy bags. All international postage sent by Air Mail. Dispatched from North Wales, United Kingdom.

Author: Colin Wilson
Genre: History
Publisher: Virgin Books

Colin Wilson believes that thousands of years before ancient Egypt and Greece became powerful, there was a great civilization whose ships travelled the world. Whereas we have no way of viewing the universe as a whole, these "old ones" possessed a knowledge system that offered a unified view of the universe, which was then passed on to descendants who escaped to Egypt and South America. It was this knowledge system - alien to modern man - that enabled them to move stones weighing a thousand tons. In this exploration of the remote depths of history, Wilson sets out to reconstruct that ancient knowledge. He attempts to understand how the long-forgotten people thought, felt and communicated on a universal plane.

Author: Jay Kopelman, Melinda Roth
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Bantam

From Baghdad, with Love During the US-led attack on Fallujah, Iraq, Marines find a tiny puppy left behind when most of the city's population fled before the bombing. Despite military law that forbids the keeping of pets, the Marines de-flea, de-wormand feed him. Thus begins the dramatic rescue attempt of a dog named Lava and Lava's rescue of at least one Marine. Full description

Author: Robert Royan
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Publisher: Librario Publishing

Robert Royan joined the maritime training ship HMS Conway in 1944 at the start of a career in the Merchant Navy which was to last forty-six years. During that time he was to witness the build- up of the UK merchant fleet after the war and also the end of this sea-going era during as British crews faded away and the fleet increasingly operated under flags of convenience. We follow the young Robert Royan s two-year training course and early voyages as a cadet and trace his career through the ranks until he obtained a ship as master in 1970. His long service with Clan Line and its connections was recognised in 1988 when he was appointed Commodore. There were few ports of distinction at which the author did not dock during his career and his descriptions of visiting them make absorbing reading. The tension in Calcutta on the day Ghandi was assassinated was especially memorable as was having to deliver a ship to the breaker s yard on a beach in India. From small cargo ships to cruise liners, and the biggest container ship of the time, Robert Royan s deft handling of both vessel and crew illustrates what life at sea is all about. It is an account which brings back many memories to those familiar with the sea.

Author: S.C. George
Genre: History
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd

In June 1919 the German High Seas Fleet, one of the most powerful in history, sank in Scapa Flow. From 1924 the fleet was raised, ship by ship, and scrapped. This is the story of the salvage operation and the drama and ingenuity involved.

Author: BAKER, W.A.
Publisher: Watts

Author: W.A.Baker
Genre: Reference
Publisher: C.A.Watts & Co.

From Paddle-Steamer to Nuclear Ship

Author: Andrew Collins
Genre: History
Publisher: Signet Books

"Tracking down angels both heavenly and fallen, Collins's detective work takes him through entire libraries. . . . His conclusion is that we humans are not the first race to live on the planet. Reading books like this one can be as much fun as reading Conan Doyle or Agatha Christie." (Barbara Ardinger, Whole Life Times, May 2002)\n\n"A fascinating and in-depth look at . . . how actual events inevitably evolve into the stuff of indecipherable legend as centuries pass." (Sandy Moss, The Daily Courier, June 2, 2002)\n\n"An exciting and original intellectual quest . . . important new facts concerning the mysterious origins of human civilization." (Graham Hancock, author of Fingerprints of the Gods)\n\n"A magnificently researched work; its startling conclusions will undoubtedly reverberate over the coming decades." (Nigel Jackson, author of The Horned Piper)\n\n"A fascinating piece of research which does much to bring the biblical world of Eden back into the historical spotlight . . . a major contribution to the study of the genesis of civilization." (David Rohl, Egyptologist and author of A Test of Time)

Author: P. Moxon
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Ian Allan Ltd

. 1990, 96pp

Author: Dinah Burnett
Genre: History
Publisher: Dinah Burnett

The true story of Titanic survivor Nurse Alice Cleaver told by her daughter which contests the terrible allegations made against the character and actions of Nurse Cleaver in previous books on the Titanic disaster. Combining emotion with logical discussion and revealing hitherto unpublished compelling evidence this book sheds new light on the Titanic disaster and on the social history of the times. Includes photos, a map and facsimiles of original documents.

Author: Stephen Fry
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Penguin

Spanning 1979-1987, The Fry Chronicles charts Stephen Fry's arrival at Cambridge up to his thirtieth birthday. 'Heartbreaking, a delight, a lovely, comfy book' The Times 'Perfect prose and excruciating honesty. A grand reminiscence of college and theatre and comedyland in the 1980s, with tone-perfect anecdotes and genuine readerly excitement. What Fry does, essentially, is tell us who he really is. Above all else, a thoughtful book. And namedroppy too, and funny, and marbled with melancholy' Observer 'Arguably the greatest living Englishman' Independent on Sunday 'Extremely enjoyable' Sunday Times 'Fry's linguistic facility remains one of the Wildean wonders of the new media age. The patron saint of British intelligence' Daily Telegraph Welcome to Stephen Fry's The Fry Chronicles, one of the boldest, bravest, most revealing and heartfelt accounts of a man's formative years that you will ever have the exquisite pleasure of reading. Stephen Fry's film, stage, radio and television credits are so numerous and wide-ranging that there is not space here to do them justice. It is enough to say that he has written, produced, directed, acted in or presented productions as varied as Wilde, the TV series Blackadder and Jeeves and Wooster, the sketch show A Bit of Fry & Laurie, the panel game QI, the radio series Fry's English Delight and documentaries on subjects as varied as manic depression, disappearing animals and the United States of America. He's also the bestselling author of four novels - The Stars' Tennis Balls, Making History, The Hippopotamus and The Liar - as well as a volume of autobiography, Moab is My Washpot, and sundry works of non-fiction.

Author: Boris Dänzer-Kantof
Genre: Food & Drink
Publisher: Scriptum

From the first ships that earned their livelihoods taking passengers on pleasure trips, the cruise industry has understood the importance of producing attractive advertising and glamorous images of their vessels and destinations. This history of leisure cruising is extensively illustrated with such materials, ranging from 19th- and early 20th-century posters and photographs of inter-war tourists in exotic destinations to pictures of historic ships' interiors and portraits of the gargantuan 'super cruisers' of today.

Author: Boris Dänzer-Kantof
Genre: Food & Drink
Publisher: Scriptum

Step aboard the most beautiful cruise ships, from the 1930s to present day! Discover life aboard as well as numerous mythical ports of call, from the Caribbean to the Far East... It was in 1891 that Albert Balin, director of the Hamburg American Line, invented a travel concept that would soon enjoy world-wide success: the pleasure cruise... Largely democratized since the days of the first floating palaces of the 1930s, the cruise ship has become a veritable village resort, entirely conceived and designed for the pleasure of its passengers. The activities and festivities held aboard have become equally important as the excursions planned at port. Amply illustrated with archival and contemporary photos - largely unpublished - including archival documents, passenger travel diaries, and richly captioned brochures and posters, Full Steam Ahead takes the reader on a gloriously nostalgic journey aboard the first frail pleasure steamers to the largest cruise liners of all time - visiting (or revisiting) numerous legendary ports of call along the way, divided geographically: the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, the Great North and Poles, Latin America, East and South Africa, as well as the Far East. This hardback book has 192 pages and measures: 31.5 x 24.5 x 2.5cm

Author: N.L. Middlemiss
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Hyperion Books

Celebrating the centenary of the Furness Withy Group - one of the largest and greatest shipping groups in the world.
Profusely illustrated with photographs. A well-researched and authoritative history of the Furness-Houlder shipping lines. A full history of both these great fleets is followed by career details of 860 British-flag owned ships. With Appendixes and Indexes.

Author: PHILLIPS-BIRT, D