A series of personal accounts by highly trained helicopter pilots, including those with distinguished careers in the military and commercial flying, who with divers, ensured that essential staff could operate in North Sea oil exploration and oil supply.
MARCUS AGRIPPA is lucidly written by the author of the acclaimed biographies Eager for Glory and Germanicus. Illustrated with colour plates, figures and... Læs mere
One of the most exciting periods of Britain’s history under the Romans remains largely unknown today. Yet, at the end of third century AD, two men successively ruled the island, together with parts of the Continental coast, as emperors of Britannia for a period of ten years.
Details background life in pre-War Malaya and the Japanese invasion of the Malay peninsula in December 1941 leading to the Fall of Singapore.
Study of the origins and causes of the first major war in Europe since WW2.
Covers the Great Eastern Railway from its beginnings to its absorption into the London and North Eastern Railway under the 1923 grouping of the... Læs mere
The only single-volume annual survey of naval developments around the world.
This book in the railway modelling series drills deeper into the tips and techniques that can be utilised by the modern modeller to produce a detailed and cohesive model railway.
This entertaining and accessible romp through Victorian culture challenges many traditional perceptions of the era.
Gabriele Esposito gives an overview of the armies of the Normans of 911–1194, discussing their their tactics, weapons and equipment.
The first English translation of Pierre-François Percy’s journal, describing life as Surgeon-in-Chief of Napoleon’s Grande Armée.
The career of this leading Nazi is admirably described here in words and copious images.