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The classic bestselling account of life in the French Foreign Legion.
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The image of the pirate is one that has never failed to capture the imagination, but behind the melodramatic portrayals of such villains as Long John Silver, with wooden leg and eye-patch, lies a m...
Take an action-packed flight through the history of aircraft and the intrepid pioneers who made a dream become reality. Featuring more than 800 of the greatest commercial and military aircraft ever...
World War II saw pilots from around the world battling in the skies over Europe, Asia and Africa, with victory resting upon their nerve, skill and the capabilities of some of history’s most i...
We are here to remember what happened and to declare solemnly that ‘they’ must never do it again. But who are ‘they’? This is a selection of three thought-provoking essays o...
Sandcastles, donkeys, piers and sticks of rock. Beach huts, paddle steamers, promenade shelters and ice cream cones. Our modern seaside is the sum of its parts and all those parts have their histor...
In this visual history book, purpose-made maps reveal the full story of the Second World War. From the rise of the Axis powers to the aftermath of the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima, this book sho...
Spitfire: A remarkable aircraft flown by very brave men. This is their story.
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Niall Ferguson recreates the excitement, brutality and adventure of the British Empire, showing on a vast canvas how the British Empire in the 19th century spearheaded real globalisation with steam...
Seasoned war reporter Tim Judah’s account of the human side of the conflict in Ukraine is an evocative exploration of what the second largest country in Europe feels like in wartime. Making h...
Taking as territory everything from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization, Bryson seeks to understand how we got from there being nothing at all to here being us. To that end, he has attached hi...
The Battle of Britain was a crucial turning point in the history of the Second World War. Had Britain’s defences collapsed, Hitler would have dominated all of Europe and been able to turn his...
This pocket guide gives the reader all of the essential information on 40 of history’s premier tanks, including the Tiger, Sherman, Panther and M1A1 Abrams. Each tank is presented with a deta...
Cecil Lewis’s classic account of the dangerous world of the fighter pilot reveals the author’s love of the skies and aviation in general and his bitter experience of the horrors of warf...
Eric Brown joined the Fleet Air Arm and went on to be the greatest test pilot in history, flying more aircraft types than anyone else. Here, he tells his amazing life story – from crashing in...
Charles Lamb fought and survived a war flying the obsolete and inelegant Fleet Air Arm bi-plane, the 90-knot Fairey Swordfish, popularly known as the Stringbag. The Stringbag was a deadly weapon in...