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There is a great parallel between the great ocean liners and the great skyscrapers-a fascinating comparison between these two categories of design, engineering and creative genius. Bill Miller here in 'Sailing and Soaring' tells the wonderful story in words and photographs of the liners and skyscrapers from 1906 to 2010.
Diary of Jan Gellner, Czech navigator, after being trained in the first air observer course within the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan in Canada, he began his tour with the No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Bomber Squadron RAF. During 37 bombing sorties on Vickers Wellington over the occupied European territory and Germany he earned the DFC.
An expert analysis of how many of our great Neolithic monuments influenced the landscape and communities that built up around them
This book tells the story of the men and machines of the North Eastern Railway during the Great War. 18,339 members of staff, 34% of the workforce, were released for military service - 2,236 of those men died, and 300 received military decorations. There was even a North Eastern Railway Pals Battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers.
Ernest Sheasby arrived in the small village of Corfe Castle in Dorset around 1896. After ten years in employment, he set up shop with a horse and carriage business. The Story of Sheasby's South Dorset Coaches lists most of the 120 vehicles that were operated during the company's ninety-nine years as well as a biography of the Sheasby family.
Boatbuilding has been a traditional skill in Cornwall for many hundreds of years. Pasco's Boatyard at St Just in Roseland has been in the forefront of this tradition of boatbuilding, repairing, mooring and storing boats for well over a quarter of a millennium. So much so that it is part of the fabric of the south-west area of Cornwall.
The story of the airship - written by the Captain of the Hindenburg, who tragically died in 1937
Edward IV, (1442-1483) was King of England from March 1461 until October 1470, and again from April 1471 until his death in April 1483. In a turbulent world, Edward Duke of York-with good title to the throne-overthrew the corrupt government of the weak and feeble-minded Henry VI, setting the foundation stones for a strong and prosperous England.
The Great War told through the combat exploits of a single battalion
Details the final weeks of the Second World War, including the surrender of Germany and the liberation of much of Europe
Whether a beginner or an experienced photographer wanting to broaden your horizons, Digital Railway Photography will help you get the best from your camera with clear advice and how to avoid common pitfalls. Whether you have an entry level compact camera or an all-singing high-end digital SLR, you will find no nonsense advice and practical tips.
The first proper biography of Jasper Tudor, the architect of a victory at Bosworth and thus the Tudor dynasty
The story of Britain's lesser known fighter aeroplanes of the First World War, all of which played their part in winning the war.
This book tells the story of British cruiser warfare and naval strategy in the Southern Atlantic in 1914 and 1915. The campaign to bring a German squadron to battle met with disaster (the Battle of Coronel) before final victory at the Falklands Islands. Individual raiders like the Emden, Dresden and Konigsburg were also hunted and destroyed.
A study of the organisational structure, uniforms and insignia of Germany's feared military police formations during the Second World War
The gripping true story of Finn Eriksrud - a Mosquito pilot who fled Norway to take on the Luftwaffe over his occupied country.
The first book to cover the social and political causes and consequences of Rome's major conflicts on land and sea during the Republican period
Thrilling rare and previously unpublished special operations flown by the RAF during World War 2
Agatha Christie's disappearance in December 1926 as seen in a new light: a real life mystery as gripping as any of her novels
A fresh new biography of Kaiser Wilhelm II, German Emperor from 1888 until his abdication at the end of the First World War, and his exile in the Netherlands
Impossible to detect by radar or intercepted by fighters, the Luftwaffe embarked on top secret projects to create supersonic and stealth flying wings to end the war
The first detailed account of RAF operations in the Middle East and Far East regions following VJ-Day in the Second World War
Before the Battle of Britain was the Battle for France - and the first deployment of the Hurricane, in this gripping wartime diary
The first book to examine the social and political effects that women - both the virtuous and scheming - had on Rome
The first proper biographies of the three younger sisters of Kaiser Wilhelm II, each whose lives were wrecked by tragedy
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