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Legendary Beasts of Britain
Written by Julia Cresswell
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: July 9, 2013
Price: $12.95
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Written by Julia Cresswell
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: July 9, 2013
Price: $12.95
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The British Army 1939-45 (1)
North-West Europe
Written by Martin Brayley
Illustrated by Mike Chappell
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $13.95
The Second World War was Britain's last as a world power. For a year it saw Britain standing alone against the fascist dictatorships; winning it cost the sacrifice of the entire national wealth. This first book of three describes the uniforms developed for European service. It traces the appearance of the... Read more >
North-West Europe
Written by Martin Brayley
Illustrated by Mike Chappell
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $13.95
The Second World War was Britain's last as a world power. For a year it saw Britain standing alone against the fascist dictatorships; winning it cost the sacrifice of the entire national wealth. This first book of three describes the uniforms developed for European service. It traces the appearance of the... Read more >
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The British Army 1939-45 (3)
The Far East
Written by Martin Brayley
Illustrated by Mike Chappell
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $13.95
The lightning Japanese offensives in the Far East in 1941/42 inflicted a series of costly defeats on the ill-prepared and badly supported British Commonwealth forces in Malaya and Burma. The 'forgotten' 14th Army on the India-Burma border slowly built up its strength and its tactical expertise; and Wingate's 'Chindits' proved that... Read more >
The Far East
Written by Martin Brayley
Illustrated by Mike Chappell
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $13.95
The lightning Japanese offensives in the Far East in 1941/42 inflicted a series of costly defeats on the ill-prepared and badly supported British Commonwealth forces in Malaya and Burma. The 'forgotten' 14th Army on the India-Burma border slowly built up its strength and its tactical expertise; and Wingate's 'Chindits' proved that... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
British Territorial Units 1914-18
Written by Ray Westlake
Illustrated by Mike Chappell
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $13.95
In his Army Reforms of 1906/07 the Secretary of State for War, Richard Burdon Haldane, provided for an expeditionary force - the Regular Army supplemented by the old Militia - and a new organisation intended for home defence, the Territorial Force. This new 'Citizen's Army' was formed by the transfer of... Read more >
Written by Ray Westlake
Illustrated by Mike Chappell
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $13.95
In his Army Reforms of 1906/07 the Secretary of State for War, Richard Burdon Haldane, provided for an expeditionary force - the Regular Army supplemented by the old Militia - and a new organisation intended for home defence, the Territorial Force. This new 'Citizen's Army' was formed by the transfer of... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Gypsies of Britain
Written by Janet Keet-Black
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $12.95
This title tells the story of the Romany Gypsies in Britain. Where they came from, how they arrived. It explores their travelling way of life and their traditional occupations, including harvesting, making baskets, dealing in horses, fortune telling and rat catching to royalty. Their impact on traditional museum dancing. It reveals... Read more >
Written by Janet Keet-Black
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $12.95
This title tells the story of the Romany Gypsies in Britain. Where they came from, how they arrived. It explores their travelling way of life and their traditional occupations, including harvesting, making baskets, dealing in horses, fortune telling and rat catching to royalty. Their impact on traditional museum dancing. It reveals... Read more >
Also available as an
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Gypsies of Britain
Written by Janet Keet-Black
Format: eBook, 56 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $7.95
This title tells the story of the Romany Gypsies in Britain. Where they came from, how they arrived. It explores their travelling way of life and their traditional occupations, including harvesting, making baskets, dealing in horses, fortune telling and rat catching to royalty. Their impact on traditional museum dancing. It reveals... Read more >
Written by Janet Keet-Black
Format: eBook, 56 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $7.95
This title tells the story of the Romany Gypsies in Britain. Where they came from, how they arrived. It explores their travelling way of life and their traditional occupations, including harvesting, making baskets, dealing in horses, fortune telling and rat catching to royalty. Their impact on traditional museum dancing. It reveals... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
New College School, Oxford
A History
Written by Matthew Jenkinson
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $11.99
New College School is one of the oldest continually functioning schools in the United Kingdom and, indeed, the world. It was founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, to provide choristers for the chapel of New College, Oxford. Since then the School has had a peripatetic existence, occupying... Read more >
A History
Written by Matthew Jenkinson
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $11.99
New College School is one of the oldest continually functioning schools in the United Kingdom and, indeed, the world. It was founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, to provide choristers for the chapel of New College, Oxford. Since then the School has had a peripatetic existence, occupying... Read more >
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Royal Coronations
Written by Lucinda Gosling
Format: Trade Paperback, 70 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $12.95
In 1953, Britain celebrated the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, an event greeted at the time with widespread, nationwide enthusiasm. Sixty years on, the images and memories of the event still resonate, partly for their nostalgic appeal, but also as a reminder that while the monarchy of the modern age has... Read more >
Written by Lucinda Gosling
Format: Trade Paperback, 70 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $12.95
In 1953, Britain celebrated the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, an event greeted at the time with widespread, nationwide enthusiasm. Sixty years on, the images and memories of the event still resonate, partly for their nostalgic appeal, but also as a reminder that while the monarchy of the modern age has... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Royal Coronations
Written by Lucinda Gosling
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $7.95
In 1953, Britain celebrated the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, an event greeted at the time with widespread, nationwide enthusiasm. Sixty years on, the images and memories of the event still resonate, partly for their nostalgic appeal, but also as a reminder that while the monarchy of the modern age has... Read more >
Written by Lucinda Gosling
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $7.95
In 1953, Britain celebrated the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, an event greeted at the time with widespread, nationwide enthusiasm. Sixty years on, the images and memories of the event still resonate, partly for their nostalgic appeal, but also as a reminder that while the monarchy of the modern age has... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Tudor Garden
1485-1603
Written by Twigs Way
Format: Trade Paperback, 60 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $12.95
Contrived, colourful, and cultured, the garden of the Tudor period was a paradise on earth, given over to pleasurable pastimes. Artificiality was the fashion of the age, with clipped and twined plants vying for space between brightly painted woodwork, and patterned beds of coloured soils. Renaissance discoveries reared their head in... Read more >
1485-1603
Written by Twigs Way
Format: Trade Paperback, 60 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $12.95
Contrived, colourful, and cultured, the garden of the Tudor period was a paradise on earth, given over to pleasurable pastimes. Artificiality was the fashion of the age, with clipped and twined plants vying for space between brightly painted woodwork, and patterned beds of coloured soils. Renaissance discoveries reared their head in... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
The Tudor Garden
1485-1603
Written by Twigs Way
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $7.95
Contrived, colourful, and cultured, the garden of the Tudor period was a paradise on earth, given over to pleasurable pastimes. Artificiality was the fashion of the age, with clipped and twined plants vying for space between brightly painted woodwork, and patterned beds of coloured soils. Renaissance discoveries reared their head in... Read more >
1485-1603
Written by Twigs Way
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $7.95
Contrived, colourful, and cultured, the garden of the Tudor period was a paradise on earth, given over to pleasurable pastimes. Artificiality was the fashion of the age, with clipped and twined plants vying for space between brightly painted woodwork, and patterned beds of coloured soils. Renaissance discoveries reared their head in... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
British Frigate vs French Frigate
1793-1814
Written by Mark Lardas
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $15.95
In the Age of Fighting Sail (1650-1820), ambitious officers of the navies of many nations sought command of a frigate. Speedy, nimble and formidably armed, frigates often operated independently, unlike the larger ships of the line. Legendary sailors such as Edward Pellew and Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand, Comte de Linoise, found that... Read more >
1793-1814
Written by Mark Lardas
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $15.95
In the Age of Fighting Sail (1650-1820), ambitious officers of the navies of many nations sought command of a frigate. Speedy, nimble and formidably armed, frigates often operated independently, unlike the larger ships of the line. Legendary sailors such as Edward Pellew and Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand, Comte de Linoise, found that... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Helmand
Diaries of Front-line Soldiers
Foreword by Simon Weston
Format: Trade Paperback, 248 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $15.95
A glimpse into life on the front line in Afghanistan told through the diaries of the British Marines
During their tour of Afghanistan in 2008, a number of soldiers kept personal diaries of their experiences, and now, for the first time, Osprey Publishing has collected them together to provide a gripping... Read more >
Diaries of Front-line Soldiers
Foreword by Simon Weston
Format: Trade Paperback, 248 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $15.95
A glimpse into life on the front line in Afghanistan told through the diaries of the British Marines
During their tour of Afghanistan in 2008, a number of soldiers kept personal diaries of their experiences, and now, for the first time, Osprey Publishing has collected them together to provide a gripping... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Helmand
Diaries of Front-line Soldiers
Written by Simon Weston
Format: eBook, 248 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $9.95
A glimpse into life on the front line in Afghanistan told through the diaries of the British Marines
During their tour of Afghanistan in 2008, a number of soldiers kept personal diaries of their experiences, and now, for the first time, Osprey Publishing has collected them together to provide a gripping... Read more >
Diaries of Front-line Soldiers
Written by Simon Weston
Format: eBook, 248 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $9.95
A glimpse into life on the front line in Afghanistan told through the diaries of the British Marines
During their tour of Afghanistan in 2008, a number of soldiers kept personal diaries of their experiences, and now, for the first time, Osprey Publishing has collected them together to provide a gripping... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Immobile Empire
Written by Alain Peyrefitte
Format: Trade Paperback, 688 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $24.00
In 1793, Lord George Macartney and an enormous delegation—including diplomats, doctors, scholars, painters, musicians, soldiers, and aristocrats—entered Beijing on a mission to open China to British trade. But Macartney’s famous refusal to perform the traditional kowtow before the Chinese Emperor was just one sign that the two empires would not see... Read more >
Written by Alain Peyrefitte
Format: Trade Paperback, 688 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $24.00
In 1793, Lord George Macartney and an enormous delegation—including diplomats, doctors, scholars, painters, musicians, soldiers, and aristocrats—entered Beijing on a mission to open China to British trade. But Macartney’s famous refusal to perform the traditional kowtow before the Chinese Emperor was just one sign that the two empires would not see... Read more >
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eBook.
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The Immobile Empire
Written by Alain Peyrefitte
Format: eBook, 672 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $13.99
In 1793, Lord George Macartney and an enormous delegation—including diplomats, doctors, scholars, painters, musicians, soldiers, and aristocrats—entered Beijing on a mission to open China to British trade. But Macartney’s famous refusal to perform the traditional kowtow before the Chinese Emperor was just one sign that the two empires would not see... Read more >
Written by Alain Peyrefitte
Format: eBook, 672 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $13.99
In 1793, Lord George Macartney and an enormous delegation—including diplomats, doctors, scholars, painters, musicians, soldiers, and aristocrats—entered Beijing on a mission to open China to British trade. But Macartney’s famous refusal to perform the traditional kowtow before the Chinese Emperor was just one sign that the two empires would not see... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Jews in Britain
Written by Michael Leventhal
Format: Trade Paperback, 70 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $12.95
The Jewish community is the oldest ethnic minority in the country. This book tells the epic story of Jews in Britain over a thousand years. Many came as wealthy traders - others as desperate refugees. Sometimes they were feared and had to lead secret lives. At other times they stood shoulder... Read more >
Written by Michael Leventhal
Format: Trade Paperback, 70 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $12.95
The Jewish community is the oldest ethnic minority in the country. This book tells the epic story of Jews in Britain over a thousand years. Many came as wealthy traders - others as desperate refugees. Sometimes they were feared and had to lead secret lives. At other times they stood shoulder... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Jews in Britain
Written by Michael Leventhal
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $7.95
The Jewish community is the oldest ethnic minority in the country. This book tells the epic story of Jews in Britain over a thousand years. Many came as wealthy traders - others as desperate refugees. Sometimes they were feared and had to lead secret lives. At other times they stood shoulder... Read more >
Written by Michael Leventhal
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $7.95
The Jewish community is the oldest ethnic minority in the country. This book tells the epic story of Jews in Britain over a thousand years. Many came as wealthy traders - others as desperate refugees. Sometimes they were feared and had to lead secret lives. At other times they stood shoulder... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Naval Miscellany
Written by Angus Konstam
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $9.95
For armchair admirals, history buffs, and naval enthusiasts everywhere, A Naval Miscellany is an indispensable and entertaining collection of fascinating and often little-known facts, anecdotes, lists, curiosities and stories from our naval past. Forgotten heroes, amazing blunders, surprising trivia, and strange-but-true stories overlooked by historians - it is all here in... Read more >
Written by Angus Konstam
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $9.95
For armchair admirals, history buffs, and naval enthusiasts everywhere, A Naval Miscellany is an indispensable and entertaining collection of fascinating and often little-known facts, anecdotes, lists, curiosities and stories from our naval past. Forgotten heroes, amazing blunders, surprising trivia, and strange-but-true stories overlooked by historians - it is all here in... Read more >
Walter Pater
Lover of Strange Souls
Written by Denis Donoghue
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: May 8, 2013
Price: $11.99
A TWENTIETH-CENTURY intellectual of the first rank presents the case for the nineteenth-century aesthetician whose elegant subversions delivered us to modernism. Walter Pater (1839-1894) was an obscure Oxford don until 1873, when his first book, The Renaissance, exposed his argument favoring sensation over though and, in doing so, ignited a hard... Read more >
Lover of Strange Souls
Written by Denis Donoghue
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: May 8, 2013
Price: $11.99
A TWENTIETH-CENTURY intellectual of the first rank presents the case for the nineteenth-century aesthetician whose elegant subversions delivered us to modernism. Walter Pater (1839-1894) was an obscure Oxford don until 1873, when his first book, The Renaissance, exposed his argument favoring sensation over though and, in doing so, ignited a hard... Read more >
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The Life of Elizabeth I
Written by Alison Weir
Format: eBook, 560 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2013
Price: $13.99
Perhaps the most influential sovereign England has ever known, Queen Elizabeth I remained an extremely private person throughout her reign, keeping her own counsel and sharing secrets with no one--not even her closest, most trusted advisers. Now, in this brilliantly researched, fascinating new book, acclaimed biographer Alison Weir shares provocative new... Read more >
Written by Alison Weir
Format: eBook, 560 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2013
Price: $13.99
Perhaps the most influential sovereign England has ever known, Queen Elizabeth I remained an extremely private person throughout her reign, keeping her own counsel and sharing secrets with no one--not even her closest, most trusted advisers. Now, in this brilliantly researched, fascinating new book, acclaimed biographer Alison Weir shares provocative new... Read more >
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The British Airman of the Second World War
Written by Stuart Hadaway
Format: Trade Paperback, 70 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $12.95
This title will provide an introduction to the extraordinary range of conditions and challenges experienced by British airmen during the Second World War. The airman of the Royal Air Force served in every corner of the globe during this conflict, operating over oceans and deserts, jungles and cities. Rather than take... Read more >
Written by Stuart Hadaway
Format: Trade Paperback, 70 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $12.95
This title will provide an introduction to the extraordinary range of conditions and challenges experienced by British airmen during the Second World War. The airman of the Royal Air Force served in every corner of the globe during this conflict, operating over oceans and deserts, jungles and cities. Rather than take... Read more >
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Coin Finds in Britain
A Collector's Guide
Written by Michael Cuddeford
Format: Trade Paperback, 310 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $12.95
The purpose of this book is to provide the reader with an overview of the types of coins commonly found in the soil of Britain. Coin finds occur with surprising regularity and are commonly uncovered by gardeners and building workers, but more often by archaeologists and metal detector users. Although there... Read more >
A Collector's Guide
Written by Michael Cuddeford
Format: Trade Paperback, 310 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $12.95
The purpose of this book is to provide the reader with an overview of the types of coins commonly found in the soil of Britain. Coin finds occur with surprising regularity and are commonly uncovered by gardeners and building workers, but more often by archaeologists and metal detector users. Although there... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Coin Finds in Britain
A Collector's Guide
Written by Michael Cuddeford
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $7.95
The purpose of this book is to provide the reader with an overview of the types of coins commonly found in the soil of Britain. Coin finds occur with surprising regularity and are commonly uncovered by gardeners and building workers, but more often by archaeologists and metal detector users. Although there... Read more >
A Collector's Guide
Written by Michael Cuddeford
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $7.95
The purpose of this book is to provide the reader with an overview of the types of coins commonly found in the soil of Britain. Coin finds occur with surprising regularity and are commonly uncovered by gardeners and building workers, but more often by archaeologists and metal detector users. Although there... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Golden Age of Air Travel
Written by Nina Hadaway
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $12.95
Air travel has always held a strong allure for many. Today, low-cost, no-frill airlines enable lots of people to fly easily and to visit different countries around the world. For much of its history, however, air travel was only available to the wealthy. This book explores the golden age of air... Read more >
Written by Nina Hadaway
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $12.95
Air travel has always held a strong allure for many. Today, low-cost, no-frill airlines enable lots of people to fly easily and to visit different countries around the world. For much of its history, however, air travel was only available to the wealthy. This book explores the golden age of air... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
