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By: Stephen Wynn
ISBN: 9781783030323
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2017
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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The first book devoted to the history of this important town during the First World War.
(Hardback)
By: P. G. Rogers
ISBN: 9781473895683
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2017
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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The daring raid on the Medway in June 1667, when the Dutch navigated the treacherous shoals and sandbanks of the Thames estuary and the Medway and attacked King Charles' ships laid up below Chatham, was one of the worst defeats in the Royal Navy's history. P.G. Rogers' vivid account of the raid and its significance sheds a fascinating light on the English navy of Pepys's day.
(Hardback)
By: Lawrence Paterson
ISBN: 9781526740021
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2019
UK Publication Date: 30th October 2019
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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The first ever full account of all the Luftwaffe's naval operations.
By: Derek Tait
ISBN: 9781473828100
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2017
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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The only book to exclusively cover Edinburgh in the First World War from the commencement of war in July 1914, to the Armistice in November 1918.
(Hardback, New Edition)
By: Robert Opie
ISBN: 9780954795481
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2002
Publisher: The Museum of Brands
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An evocative, vivid and vibrant look at British history, this book uses Robert Opie's collection of ephemera to give us a glimpse of a bygone age.
Egyptian Hieroglyphs for Complete Beginners: The Revolutionary New Approach to Reading the Monuments
(Hardback)
By: Bill Manley
ISBN: 9780500051726
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2012
UK Publication Date: 26th March 2012
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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Presents a fresh approach to reading ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, this introduction assumes no previous knowledge of grammar or ancient languages, but guides readers through the inscriptions, from simple to more complex, supported by full explanations and translations. It explains the mysteries of hieroglyphs without jargon or technical terms.
(Hardback)
By: Chris Naunton
ISBN: 9780500295298
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2020
UK Publication Date: 1st October 2020
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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A celebration of Egyptologists intimate diaries and journals, brilliantly capturing the excitement of the golden age of Egyptology.
By: Nicky Nielsen
ISBN: 9781526754011
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2020
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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Shows how the fascination with pharaonic Egypt is not a modern phenomenon, the Greeks and Romans were already smitten.
(Hardback)
By: Stephen Robinson
ISBN: 9781922539205
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2022
Publisher: Exisle Publishing
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Shanghai, 1937. As invading Japanese troops are poised to capture one of the worlds greatest cities, the Chinese Army retreats but one battalion stays behind to fight. These Eight Hundred Heroes defended Sihang Warehouse with intense bravery and their incredible heroism became an enduring myth that helped define modern China.
By: Richard Doherty
ISBN: 9781473822788
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2014
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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The Eighth Army remains a hugely popular subject. The book throws new light on both the campaigns and fierce fighting as well as the principal characters and commanders.
(Hardback, Main)
By: Carrie Gibson
ISBN: 9781611856330
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2019
UK Publication Date: 1st August 2019
Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
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A sweeping saga of the Spanish history and influence in North America over five centuries, from the acclaimed author of Empire's Crossroads.
(Paperback)
By: Philippa Jones
ISBN: 9781504800778
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2017
Publisher: IMM Lifestyle Books
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By: Simon Howlett
ISBN: 9781847970862
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2009
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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This book details the evolution of British post-war jungle webbing equipment and examines the items used specifically during the Malayan Emergency and later, the Borneo Confrontation.
By: Brian Lavery
ISBN: 9781472835604
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2018
UK Publication Date: 1st November 2018
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)
By: Kenneth W. Harl
ISBN: 9781526630421
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)
By: "Taffrail"
ISBN: 9781473882126
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2016
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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A reprint of a classic of Great War naval literature, still the only comprehensive book on the subject.
By: Richard Ballard
ISBN: 9781526768599
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2020
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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Death of two kings, Henry V and Charles in 1422 both with historic claims to the French fiefs. Succession of Richard II, scholarly and religious but no statesman or soldier.
(Paperback)
By: Rahila Gupta
ISBN: 9781846270666
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2008
Publisher: Granta Books
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Slavery in Britain did not end with William Wilberforce. They may be largely invisible to us, but living in our midst are thousands of slaves. This book seeks out five escapees and persuades them to tell us their stories.
(Paperback)
By: Andrey Pogozhev
ISBN: 9781526776495
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2020
UK Publication Date: 30th April 2020
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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Rare memoir of a Soviet soldier's escape from a concentration camp. First-hand record of a daily struggle for survival.
(Paperback)
By: Ewen Southby-Tailyour
ISBN: 9781473872103
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2017
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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Uncovers the true story behind three daring but unsuccessful British SF operations to destroy Argentina's Exocets.
By: Rafael A. Permuy Lopez
ISBN: 9781473878914
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2017
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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The Spanish Civil War saw the first use in combat of the German Messerschmitt Bf 109, Heinkel He 111, and the Dornier Do 17 in special 'experimental' units.
(Paperback, 6th ed.)
By: David Robie
ISBN: 9781877484513
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2025
Publisher: Little Island Press
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(Hardback)
By: Mikhail Zygar
ISBN: 9781906257279
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2019
Publisher: Fontanka
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(Hardback)
By: Dilip Sarkar
ISBN: 9781399065368
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2023
UK Publication Date: 30th January 2023
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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A unique collection of images relating to the airmen of the RAF and the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm who fought the Battle of Britain.
