An account of aerial combat in World War I, revealing the terrible risks run by the men who fought and died in the world's first air war.
James Hamilton-Paterson turns his literary and analytical skills to the wider picture of Britain's lost industrial and technological civilisation.
In 1945 Britain was the world's leading designer and builder of aircraft - a world-class achievement that was not mere rhetoric.
Seven-Tenths is James Hamilton-Paterson's classic exploration of the sea. A beautifully-written blend of literature and science, it is here brought back into print in a revised and updated edition which includes the acclaimed essay Sea Burial.
James Hamilton-Paterson investigates the 'innocent' habits of consumers and how they contribute vastly to climate change.