Bøker av Michael Pearson

Fantastic facts about the Black Country, new in paperback

Slims Masterstroke at Meiktila. The Burma Campaign has a strong following.Describes Slims daring strategy to outflank the Japanese as they withdrew to Rangoon.To succeed Slim needed to maintain complete secrecy and overcome massive supply problems. The methods employed are described.The success of the plan brought about the early defeat of the Japanese in Burma. This is an overdue study of a major campaign with huge implications for the outcome of the War.

Pearson's canal companions encourage visitors, explain the lie of the land and provide a lasting souvenir of journeys made. This new 9th edition of the Stourport & Black Country Rings and Birmingham Canal Navigations Canal Companion marks a new format: theextent has increased from 96 to 160 pages, maps from 41 to 48 and photographs from 65 to 153.

This companion recaptures the north for Pearson's, exploring the Calder & Hebble, Aire & Calder and Leeds & Liverpool. Featuring for the first time the deservedly popular 'Liverpool Link', and the river Aire and Selby canal. Over 200 miles of characterful inland waterways expertly interpreted to inspire discovery, on foot, afloat or by bicycle.

Technological developments on many fronts have created in our society some extremely difficult moral predicaments. Previous generations have not had to face the dilemmas posed by, for example, the availability of safe abortions, sperm banks and prostoglandins.

A re-creation of the American Revolution from the British point of view --and a dramatically different picture of the birth of our nation.