Author: Jane Killick
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy (Books)
Publisher: Boxtree

Author: Stephen Skinner
Genre: Business, Finance & Law
Publisher: The History Press

In August 1963, one of the best-selling aircraft of British civil aviation, the BAC One-Eleven, took to the skies for the first time. With an order book for sixty aircraft, more than half were from the United States, which was an unprecedented situation for a British civil aircraft. The first project for the newly formed British Aircraft Corporation, the One-Eleven was wholly designed and built by BAC, and remained in production throughout the entire seventeen-year history of the organisation, performing strongly even when profits were at a low. After flying commercially in Europe for the last time in March 2002, here the One-Eleven is celebrated in style fifty years after its maiden flight. In this revised edition, Stephen Skinner combines original research with fascinating black-and-white and colour images, as well as detailed appendices, to consider what transpired in those five decades and the place the One-Eleven holds in British aviation history.

Author: Graziano Freschi
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Tempus

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Author: Ben Thompson
Genre: History
Publisher: Faber & Faber

In 1964, Mary Whitehouse launched the Clean Up TV Campaign to fight what she called the 'propaganda of disbelief, doubt and dirt' being broadcast by radio and television, politicians, pop stars and playwrights. The movement, with Whitehouse as figurehead, became the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association. Drawn from the Association's archive, this collection of letters reveals something of both the state of the nation's cultural life and of Mrs Whitehouse herself, its embattled moral guardian.

Author: Steve Turner
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers

The Band That Played on "They kept it up to the very end. Only the engulfing ocean had power to drown them into silence. The band was playing 'Nearer, My God, to Thee.' I could hear it distinctly. The end was very close." --CHARLOTTE COLLYER, TITANIC SURVIVOR The movies, the documentaries, the museum exhibits. They often tell the same story about the "unsinkable" "Titanic," her wealthy passengers, the families torn apart... Full description

Author: James Spada
Genre: Arts & Photography
Publisher: Citadel Press

Author: David Sedaris
Genre: Fiction
Publisher: Phoenix

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Author: Roland Fuller, Allen Levy
Genre: Business, Finance & Law
Publisher: New Cavendish Books

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Author: Mike Dash
Genre: History
Publisher: W&N

If you happen to pass Houtman's Abrolhos, the tiny uninhabited archipelago just off Australia's west coast, you'll find out why it's known as Batavia's Graveyard . For there amid the brightly coloured coral, you can still see the sun-bleached bones of the victims of one of the worst civilian maritime massacres. It's not often that the evidence speaks so clearly and yet it's a racing certainty almost no one in Britain had ever heard of the Batavia. As ever when no Brits are involved, we just aren't that interested. But this could all change with Batavia's Graveyard. Mike Dash had a surprise bestseller in 1999 with Tulipomania, the story of the fascination with the tulip in seventeenth century Holland, and Batavia's Graveyard is another slice of Dutch history from the same period.

In 1628, the Batavia, the newest ship in the Dutch East India Company's fleet set sail on its maiden voyage to Java, with its hold crammed full with gold, silver and precious stones. Also on board was a man called Jeronimus Cornelisz, a member of the extreme Protestant sect, the Mennonites, and a dangerous psychotic with it. Cornelisz orchestrated a mutiny on board, but before his plans could be carried out the boat came to grief on Houtman's Abrolhos. And there the fun and games started. The Batavia's captain, Francisco Pelsaert, having got wind of the mutiny, headed off to get help in the only open boat, leaving the survivors to fend for themselves. Which is where Cornelisz steps in; realising that if he wants to remain undiscovered he will need to first kill all the survivors who weren't part of the mutiny before taking out the rescue party on its arrival, he splits the survivors into two groups. The strongest are sent to live on a nearby atoll where Cornelisz anticipates they will starve to death. Then the killing begins. The denouement, when it comes, is too perfectly timed even for Hollywood. It may be X-rated, but this really is the sort of story you just couldn't make up.--John Crace

Author: Max Hastings, Simon Jenkins
Genre: Arctic, Antarctic & Other Lands
Publisher: Pan

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Author: Hastings, Max & Jenkins, Simon Bradley

Author: Charles mckean
Genre: History
Publisher: Granta

Battle for the North The first Tay Bridge collapsed into the sea in 1879. Its fall shook society's confidence in Victorian engineering. This book follows the career of engineer Thomas Bouch, ostracised from the engineering community when his bridge crashed into the Tay estuary. It also offers conclusions about why the first Tay Bridge collapsed. Full description

Author: Peter C Smith
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: New Eng. Lib.

WW2, 1st edition 1st printing paperback, vg+, true In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Author: Smith, Peter C. Kohler
Publisher: New English Library Ltd

Author: John Costello, Terry Hughes
Genre: History
Publisher: HarperCollins

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Author: Donald Macintyre
Genre: History
Publisher: Pen & Sword Maritime

The Battle of the Atlantic - a name coined by Churchill - was the unremitting assault that went on throughout the war on Allied merchant ships that were the lifeline of Great Britain and, from 1941, Russia by aircraft, surface ships but, above all, by the U-boat. Captain Macintyre, who was a distinguished participant in the battle, tells the story with precision and clarity. He describes the measures employed to defeat the amazingly successful 'wolf-pack' tactics of the U-boats, the convoy system and individual convoys, the contribution of the Royal Canadian Navy, the technological advances in radar and asdic, depth charges and aerial support, and does not shirk from describing how desperately close at times was the outcome. Not only does he analyze the strategic issues, above all the importance of the convoy system and of continuous air-cover, he also describes the battle from the viewpoint of the participants themselves. The long drawn-out duel between escort and U-boat is made vivid by quotation from the log-books of some of the ablest escort-commanders and from the combat-reports of the German U-boat ' aces '. Complementing these eye-witness accounts, nearly 50 unfamiliar photographs, drawn from German as well as British sources, make the courage and endurance of all those who fought in the Atlantic the more immediate.

Author: Barrie Pitt
Genre: History
Publisher: Time-Life Books

This definitive series chronicles the major junctures, personalities, campaigns, and strategies of the world's most consuming war.
Part of a huge Time-Life Series that chronicles in full the events of WWII - this is about The Battle of the Atlantic.
Germany attemps to strangle Britain--U-boats--Bismarck--convoys--Allied counterattack.

Author: Andrew Williams
Genre: History
Publisher: BBC Books

1st 2002 BBC edition hardcover fine book in fine price clipped dw condition. In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Author: Costello, John & Terry Hughes
Publisher: Pen and Sword Maritime

Author: Pitt, Barrie Pitt
Publisher: Time Life

Author: Gail And Crooke, Stan Cameron
Genre: History
Publisher: Picton Press - Liverpool

Battle of the Atlantic : an anthology of personal memories from those involved with the Battle of the Atlantic
Subjects:
Great Britain. Royal Navy
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Atlantic Ocean
Description
Anti-submarine trawlers -- Queen Mary (ship) -- U-boat hunters -- HMS 'Nasturtion' -- S.S. Winnipeg II -- H.M.S. Wolfe -- Tanker W.B. Walker -- Battle of the Atlantic -- SS 'Ardeola' -- 'Gloucester castle' -- MV 'William Wilberforce' -- 'Alden Gifford' -- HMS Bulolo -- HMS 'Loosestripe'

Author: Tarrant, V.E.
Publisher: Arms & Armour

Author: Von Mullenheim-Rechberg
Genre: Battleships
Publisher: Cassell military

Does this apply to my actual book? Amazon details: 1st edition 1st print Arms and Armour 1991 hardcover fine book in fine dw In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Author: Martin Middlebrook, Patrick Mahoney
Genre: History
Publisher: Penguin

On Wednesday, December 10, 1941, two British battleships were sunk off Malaya by a Japanese air torpedo attack. They did not request the air support that could have saved them. 840 men died, and the survivors have not forgotten. This is the story of this torpedo attack.

Author: David Sedgwick
Genre: Arts & Photography
Publisher: Sandgrounder

The people of Britain are under attack. We are being brainwashed. We are being brainwashed completely, ceaselessly and cynically... So just who is doing the brainwashing? How are they doing it and for what purposes? David Sedgwick’s latest book takes the reader on a disturbing journey deep into the realms of mistruth and deception to reveal, for the very first time, the many tricks and subterfuges used by the British Broadcasting Corporation. Every time we engage with BBC content, the author argues, we are exposing ourselves to a very dark art: the art of brainwashing. Wilful, deceitful and incessant, Orwellian parallels define the modern corporation and should chill the soul of all who cherish freedom and liberty. Mind control is here. This is not fiction. BBC: Brainwashing Britain? is a shocking expose of mass propaganda, its components, and aims. You may never look at Auntie in the same way ever again.NOTE: Social media quotes are reproduced in their original form and US media quotes use US spelling and may therefore both contain 'errors.'

Author: Jeffrey Archer
Genre: Crime, Thrillers & Mystery
Publisher: Macmillan

Brand New!! Re-check ISBN before Purchase

Author: Dr D G Hessayon
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: PBI Publications

Author: Dr D G Hessayon
Genre: Home & Garden
Publisher: Pan Britannica Industries Ltd

This book tells you how to choose the right plants for your rooms and how to look after them. It provides the key to common failures and enables you to enjoy in full the fascinating hobby of house plant cultivation. Fully illustrated in colour and black and white. Colour illustrated booklet.

Author: Maclean, Alistair Deayton
Publisher: Xlibris, Corp.

Author: Jim Smith
Publisher: May Fair Books Limited

Back cover text: “Beat The Clock” has enraptured Britain’s biggest television audience for years.
And for years people have been saying ‘If only I could remember those games for our next party.’ But we never do.
Now Jim Smith, who creates the programme for ‘Sunday Night at the London Palladium’, has set down fifty games which with the simplest of ‘props’ can be played in your own home with all the fun and boisterousness of the ATV show.

Author: Brinnin, John Malcolm Brinnin

Author: John Malcolm Brinnin
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Bracken Books

Illustrated with 331 photographs supporting the author's detailed observations and reminiscences of 64 Atlantic crossings, this handsomely produced and beautifully illustrated book provides an accurate record of life aboard the greatest transatlantic passenger liners ever built. The author describes these great luxury liners from their keel-laying to launching, from the installation of their magnificent interiors to the laying down of vintage cellars. The daily life of passengers is fully described from their social and recreational activity in sumptously appointed rooms to their meals chosen from extensive menus and served in some of the most elegant dining rooms ever designed and built.

Author: Michel Mohrt, Guy Feinstein
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Illustrated with 331 photographs supporting the author's detailed observations and reminiscences of 64 Atlantic crossings, this handsomely produced and beautifully illustrated book provides an accurate record of life aboard the greatest transatlantic passenger liners ever built. The author describes these great luxury liners from their keel-laying to launching, from the installation of their magnificent interiors to the laying down of vintage cellars. The daily life of passengers is fully described from their social and recreational activity in sumptously appointed rooms to their meals chosen from extensive menus and served in some of the most elegant dining rooms ever designed and built.

Author: Peter R Lewis
Genre: Art, Architecture & Photography
Publisher: The History Press

Another Look at the Tay Railway Bridge Disaster from 1889 with a different conclusion to the original accident report.

Author: Jesse Kornbluth, Jessica Papin
Genre: Health, Family & Lifestyle
Publisher: Warner Books

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Author: R.D. Layman
Genre: Science & Nature
Publisher: Conway Maritime Press Ltd

Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, drawings. "Before the flight-deck aircraft carrier evolved, there were many attempts by the navies of the world to take flying machines to sea. This book describes by particulars and brief histories the surface craft that over a span of 73 years were employed experimentally or operationally in efforts to adapt aerial devices to the service of naval warfare. Many of these were influential in the development of shipboard aviation; others were less so but are included because of their interest. The book concentrates on vessels employed principally, or solely, for aeronautical purposes, and omits detailed particulars of ships whose usage involved no permanent conversion. However, although the book is devoted largely to vessels predating the flight-deck carrier, the first three ships are described, since they represent the culmination of nearl y three-quarters o f a century of theory, experiment and practical experience. (This book) follows the successful approach of the 'Conway's Fighting Ships' series, divided by country with general introductions followed by tabular data and histories of all the ships. The book is illustrated with some very rare photos of these little-known vessels and their aircraft."

Author: Peter Evans' 'Nigel Dempster
Genre: Memoirs (Books)
Publisher: Orion Mass Market Paperback

A behind-the-scenes look at the marital woes of the British royal family reveals all of the scandalous details. By the authors of Heiress: The Story of Christina Onassis. 100,000 first printing. $100,000 ad/promo.

Author: Norman Wymer
Publisher: Phoenix House

Author: Norman Wymer
Genre: Subjects

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Author: Norman Wymer
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: Phoenix House Ltd

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Author: Dr John Lynch
Genre: Business, Finance & Law
Publisher: The History Press

Belfast has a long and proud shipbuilding heritage, this industry holding a strong place in Belfast's identity and popular culture. There were three main shipbuilders, Harland & Wolff, Workman Clark and the little-known McIllwain & Co., all of whom had fascinating and often turbulent histories. Despite this, little is known about the vessels they produced, beyond the world-famous story of Titanic. In this impeccably researched book, Dr John Lynch endeavours to change this, revealing the fascinating stories of the many ships to be built and launched from Belfast over 140 years. Including an alphabetical ship index, building lists, details on vessel name changes and many illustrations of the ships, this book also details the yards themselves and key characters in shaping their journeys from hey-day to decline.

Author: Mervyn Pritchard
Genre: History
Publisher: Queens Island Press

This book is a visual journey through the SS Nomadic, as she was, after returning home to Belfast in July 2006. Built in 1911 at Harland and Wolff alongside RMS Titanic the SS Nomadic was designed to be the passenger tender for the 1st and 2nd class passengers for White Star Line's Olympic Class liners. As such much of her design inside and out echoed that of her much larger companions and serves as a time capsule of Edwardian style and beauty. As the last ship from the White Star Line still in existence SS Nomadic is historically important in her own right as well as in her capacity as a direct link to the Titanic, having carried out such passengers as Molly Brown, Benjamin Guggenheim and Sir Cosmo and Lady Lucile Duff-Gordon to the ill fated liner. This book, the first about SS Nomadic to be published in English, takes you, the reader on a poignant tour through the whole of the ship in great detail providing a unique illustrated guide to all areas of the ship, both public and off limits crawl spaces. Containing 148 pages of text and richly illustrated with full colour pictures it is a must for Titanic and ship enthusiasts and makes a wonderful present.

Author: Stephen Cameron
Genre: Business, Finance & Law
Publisher: Colourpoint Books

INTRODUCTION: Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland sits astride the river Lagan as it makes its way towards Belfast Lough and the Irish Sea. The city is a bit of a strange place. You both love and hate it, a place where the locals just about tolerate each other, but yet strangely reach out a hand of friendship to a visitor. At times Belfast can also seem a very drab and dirty place, but it has so much to offer, not only to the locals but to those visitors who care to come to our City. Belfast is buzzing! Just look around at the investment and building work that has been going on in just the past few years, at the Cathedral Quarter and the new Titanic Quarter. Sadly, however, over recent years the industrial heart of the city has diminished from its former glory. Today in Belfast heavy industry is the exception rather than the rule. Yet this city and its hard working citizens have, over the years, placed Belfast at the top of the industrial league.At one time it boasted having the largest rope works in the world, there was a massive glass works and, maybe not that politically correct in today's health conscious society, the Gallaher Tobacco Company was at the forefront for smokers, with its Blues, Greens and Condor brands.Firms like Mackies, Davison's Sirocco works, airplane manufacturers Short Brothers and Harland, and even the short lived Delorean car plant were all testaments to Belfast build and quality. What Belfast did have and what was to make it world famous was shipbuilding. It could proudly boast to have the largest shipyard in the world, that of the massive East Belfast shipyard of Harland and Wolff. It was in this yard that the work force continually constructed and launched bigger and bigger ships, practically each one of them becoming the largest ship in the world at its respective launch. It was here in 1912 that probably the most famous or infamous ship, the Titanic, departed from the Lough and into the realms of the history books. Belfast shipyards also have the unique distinction of giving the world not one ship named Titanic but two.In 1888 the shipbuilding firm of McIlwaine and McColl, launched a 1,608 ton, schooner with a triple expansion steam engine and named the vessel Titanic.The earliest records of this fledgling industry date back to around the year 1630, when King Charles I was on the throne, Urban VIII was Pope and, in Belfast, local Presbyterian ministers commissioned the building of a ship, The Eagle Wing, that was unsuccessfully to transport them away from these shores. Shipbuilding was formally established on the shores of the river Lagan in 1791 when a Scot by the name of William Ritchie, having been invited by local businessmen to advise them about the possibility of setting up a shipbuilding yard, saw the potential himself and set up his own firm, becoming the founding father of that trade in Belfast. From that date shipbuilding was to grow to such levels that Belfast became the envy of the world. Individuals were to make their mark in the passage of time but mostly the growth was to be attributed to families and their connections.Douglas Carson, the well known and respected Belfast historian and public speaker, begins his talk entitled "The Family Tree of Titanic" by informing his audience, "that the beginnings of what was to become the giant shipyard of Harland and Wolff in East Belfast was a family firm and it grew out of a family with a larger family growing around it.This is quite correct. One of the first families was that of the previously mentioned William Ritchie. They were to be the instigators and pioneers of shipbuilding from those early days. Following mergers with Ritchie's own family and others there is a direct connection to another major Belfast shipyard, that of Workman Clark, this yard being bought over eventually by Harland and Wolff and absorbed into his own shipyard. The Pirrie family, starting with Captain William Pirrie around 1820 and finishing with his grandson William Pirrie, who became Viscount Pirrie of Belfast, were to shape the port of Belfast and produce the finest ships in the world.Included in the Pirrie family were Alexander Carlisle, brother in law of Pirrie junior, who was a Managing Director and Chief Naval Architect in the shipyard and Thomas Andrews, a nephew of the young Pirrie who would take over the designing reins from Carlisle and ultimately lose his life while representing Harland and Wolff on the maiden voyage of the Titanic.The Hickson family of Tralee, Ireland, were to produce a son, Robert, who would first be involved in the family lumber and shipping business, before moving north to Belfast to take over a struggling Iron Foundry. He would unsuccessfully try his hand at shipbuilding and eventually be forced to sell his small yard for GBP4,900 to an Englishman, Edward Harland. Harland's family connections were to see him take his distant cousin Gustav Wolff as a Partner with financial assistance from another relative Gustav Schwabe, who was the uncle of Wolff. The Wilson's were another family that would become involved in the story of shipbuilding when Walter and his brother Alexander became pupils at the Harland and Wolff yard and eventually Walter, who was the first pupil of Hickson, would become a Partner in the firm of Harland and Wolff.Others who would shape the destiny of Harland and Wolff were the Bibby family, owners of the Bibby Line. They were to place the very first order with Edward Harland for the Venetian, which was launched in 1859. The Bibby Line were also part of a consortium which had the Anvil Point constructed, probably the last ship built at the yard.The Ismays too played an important role, with the father Thomas and son Bruce deciding to build practically every ship in their White Star Line in Belfast. In my first book, "Titanic Belfast's Own", I looked specifically at the construction of the Titanic and the local people who both worked and sailed on her. I have to stress that this book is not meant to be an in-depth history of Harland and Wolff. That has been fully detailed and recorded in the very well researched and written Shipbuilders to the World by Michael Moss and John D. Hume.Rather, in this book, I wish to explore how shipbuilding first started and expanded here in this 'wee town', the city of my birth, that with no natural resources, neither any deposits of coal or iron ore, but yet gifted individuals and workmen, would produce some of the most beautiful and graceful ships that were ever to be launched. Ships built here included the Oceanic, Majestic, Teutonic, the three Olympic class liners and even the proposed 1928 Oceanic III, a 1,000 ft, 60,000 ton monster of a ship that would never get off the drawing board.In researching this subject, much was drawn from the company records of Harland and Wolff, which are held at the Public Record Office in Belfast. In those priceless records however, there are several large gaps, which were the result of a disastrous fire at the Record Office in Dublin in the 1920s. This blaze destroyed many invaluable records including census returns. Also many of Harland and Wolff 's records were destroyed when the shipyard was targeted and very heavily damaged as a result of the air raids in the Belfast Blitz on the 15 April 1941.If all of that wasn't bad enough, William Pirrie, the Chairman of the Belfast shipyard, in late 1902, decided that the growing mountains of paperwork and official books accumulating in the yard should be reduced and he introduced a system of document disposal. He sent a memorandum dated January 1903 to the senior Managers ordering the destruction of old books and papers held by their respective departments. This practice is something that today is widely carried out by larger companies.I feel that it would be fitting to end this exploration of the contribution that Belfast shipbuilders and workmen made, with the demise of those family connections, on the death of William James Pirrie, first Viscount Pirrie of Belfast in June 1924.

Author: David S. Davies
Genre: Television
Publisher: Ash Tree Publishing

Jeremy Brett's portrayal of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective is widely recognised as the best yet seen. Before his untimely death in 1995, Brett had made the part his own, all the time battling against the manic depression which had plagued him for many years. Bending the Willow' examines how this brilliant actor channelled the demons of his debilitating illness into his iridescent portrayal of Sherlock Holmes. In this fascinating and perceptive study, David Stuart Davies draws on the many conversations he had with Jeremy Brett and key people involved with the Granada Television series and the stage play The Secret of Sherlock Holmes'. The result is the first detailed assessment of all of Jeremy Brett's performances as Sherlock Holmes. Fully illustrated with more than fifty photographs, some never before published, Bending the Willow' is an important addition to the libraries of Sherlock Holmes followers, and Jeremy Brett fans alike.

Author: Charlie Wyatt
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Capital Transport Publishing

The author began as a conductor on London’s trolleybuses in 1951 and became a driver in 1955, working out from Finchley depot. In this publication, he recounts what it was like to work beneath the wires of the largest trolleybus system in the world and relates many of the amusing incidents and characters encountered over the years. 174 b/w and 15 colour photos.

Author: Robin J. Brooks
Genre: History
Publisher: Countryside Books

Berkshire began the Second World War in 1939 with virtually no military airfields. However, this quickly changed and a massive building programme was soon underway, initially intended to provide training facilities for bomber crews. As the newly built airfields became operational, some were taken over by the USAAF including Greenham Common, Membury and Welford and they were involved in the planning and eventual execution of operation Overlord, the Allied D-Day assault upon Fortress Europe. White Waltham near Maidenhead will always be remembered as the headquarters of the legendary Air Transport Auxiliary, whose male and then increasingly female pilots - including Amy Johnson - ferried every type of aircraft from the factories to the front line airfields. Not only did the ATA prove that girls had excellent flying skills, but also that they were capable of piloting solo the largest bombers. This book describes the history of each airfield, highlights some of the major operations carried out from them, and marks their overall contribution to the great war effort. The effects of the war on the daily lives of the people living in Berkshire are also described. Reading and Newbury in particular realised the constant dangers they faced from random daylight attacks by German planes. Robin Brook's action-packed account will bring back vivid memories for many. It is a sharp reminder of the time when the skies never ceased to throb with the drone of departing and returning aircraft.

Author: Douglas Ward
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Macmillan

Comprehensive guide to the worldwide cruise fleets for the industry and passengers

Author: Editions Berlitz

Author: Editions Berlitz

Author: Jack Altman
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Berlitz Publishing

Author: Various
Genre: Travel & Holiday
Publisher: Berlitz Publishing

Author: Jens Ostrowski
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Books On Demand

Through his spiritual accompaniment of the remaining passengers on the sinking Titanic, Father Joseph Peruschitz became one of the many silent heroes of this historic catastrophe. "Appointment Titanic" gives us a special insight into the life and work of Father Peruschitz, his plans and last hours here intensively researched for the first time by the author. Titanic, Father Joseph Peruschitz became one of the many silent heroes of this historical catastrophe. "Vocation Titanic" gives us a special view on life and labor of Father Peruschitz, his plans and last hours, for the first time intensively researched by the author. (Translated summary)

Genre: Fiction
Publisher: Pan Books

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Author: Barry Took, Mat Coward
Genre: Humour
Publisher: Boxtree Ltd

Round the Horne was the radio show which kept the nation in stitches from 1965 to 1968. Starring Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee, the weekly comedy brought us such classic characters as Rambling Syd Rumpo, Kenneth Horne Master Spy and the unforgettable Julian and Sandy. With its mixture of surreal humour, verbal games, parody and double entendre, the show pushed the boundaries of comedy at a time when permissiveness was changing society's values.The Best of Round the Horne features 20 classic scripts, chosen by series co-writer Barry Took. Most of them are being published for the first time, along with exclusive material which was cut before broadcast. The book includes an introduction to each script by the show's archivist Mat Coward, who has also annotated each script with a wealth of extra information. The book provides a unique collection for fans of the series.

Author: Sidney Louis Mayer
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Magna Books

Originally Published in Berlin, SIGNAL, was the Nazi's photographic magazine printed in 20 languages. With hundreds of war photos and maps, many in color.
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Signal was a wartime magazine launched by Hitler to popularise the Third Reich to the countries around it. It was published in twenty languages and reached a circulation of two-and-a-half million in 1943. Following the German soldiers on all fronts were many official photographers and their work appears throughout this book, with propaganda showing how the German regime would be good for Europe. Due to the weight of this book there will be additional postage costs.
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Signal was a magazine published by the German Wehrmacht from 1940 through 1945. Signal was a modern, glossy, illustrated photo journal and army propaganda tool, meant specifically for audiences in neutral, allied, and occupied countries. A German edition was distributed in Switzerland and to various other countries with a strong German military presence, but Signal was never distributed in Germany proper. The promoter of the magazine was the chief of the Wehrmacht propaganda office, Colonel Hasso von Wedel. Signal was published fortnightly (plus some special issues) in as many as 25 editions and 30 languages, and at its height had a circulation of 2,500,000 copies. It was available in the United States in English until December 1941. The magazine also included articles about economics, science, arts, and advertising for the most well-known German companies (BMW, Agfa, Audi, Siemens ...). The contents of the different editions could vary, sometimes avoiding subjects that could upset or worry the population of that country. The magazine kept its independence from the Propaganda Ministry, remaining under control of the army. Still, there is a political message, one of a unified Europe (under the so-called 'New Order') fighting together against the Bolshevism, this idea was symbolized by the different foreign units and volunteers fighting on the German side.

Author: Alison Pressley
Genre: History
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd

The author has collected the reminiscences of a variety of people who grew up in Britain during the 1950s, such as Jenni Murray, Maureen Lipman, Edwina Currie and Jon Snow. They reflect on memories such as liberty bodices, jiving and crisp packets with blue paper twists of salt inside.

From the Author
My book is meant to be fun - no heavy social analysis!
I'm delighted that people have enjoyed this book. It was meant to be fun, to be a celebration of a type of childhood (innocent, free) that has since, alas, mostly vanished. Political correctness does not apply! The book concentrates on white people simply because I am white and my friends are white. We just didn't know any black people in 1950s Britain; why pretend that we did? It's not a crime, surely. We were children, and that was the way society was, then.

Author: Sean Dettman
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: The East London History Society

On 3 March 1943, Britain suffered its greatest wartime civilian loss of life when 173 people perished at the Bethnal Green tube shelter during an air raid. But why did it take over two days for news of the disaster to reach the public. Why did the Home Office censor this information from the press and insist there was no panic? Furthermore why did the British Government promise and independent inquest investigating the disaster to both residents of Bethnal Green and the House of Parliament, only to withhold the findings? More importantly, was this the intention of the Home Secretary from the beginning. Throughout this book compiled of many primary sources and first-hand, candid accounts the author tries to answer these questions and more.

Author: James Rusbridger, Eric Nave
Genre: World War II
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd

Fine cloth copy in a near fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 302 pages; Description: 302 p, [16] p of plates : ill, ports, facsims ; 24 cm. Subject: Churchill, Winston S. (Winston Spencer) , 1874-1965. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) , 1882-1945. World War, 1939-1945 - Diplomatic history. Pearl Harbor, Attack on - 1941.

Author: alexander-walker
Publisher: Pavilion Books

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Author: Castle, Colin M.

Author: Colin M. Castle
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: Murdoch Carberry Publishing

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Author: Castle, Colin M.

Author: Betty Armitage, Edited by Nicholas Webley
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Thorogood

The diary of Betty Armitage, a theatrical dresser and seamstress who retired to Norfolk just before WWII. It looks at the events of the war - the Battle of Britain, the Blitz, privation and survival and the American forces "invasion" from a country perspective.

Author: Hoffman, William & Grimm, Jack A. Nelson

Author: Bradley Sheard
Genre: Science & Nature
Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press Inc.

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Author: Alan W. Cooper
Genre: History
Publisher: Goodall Publications Ltd

First published to acclaim in 1983, this book is set to impact upon the book-buying public, eager for accounts of this period of World War history. Relaying the later operations of 617 Squadron, this book steers away from typical accounts of the group, which dwell on this predominant feature of their service history.

617 Squadron carried some of the most outstanding exploits of the air war out, after they had executed their famous Dam's Raid in May 1943. These included special low-flying attacks on canals, factories, rocket sites, viaducts, and, of course, the attack on the German battleship Tirpitz. The standard set to serve in 617 Squadron is shown in the success of such operations. They were led firstly by Wing Commander Bruce Gibson, who set this standard, followed by Squadron Leader Mick Martin, and the incomparable Wing Commander Leonard Cheshire, who developed the accuracy of marking and bombing to a very high degree. He in turn was succeeded by Wing Commander Willie Tait who led all three attacks on the Tirpitz, and from then on was known as 'Tirpitz' Tait.

All the leaders of the Squadron were outstanding airmen, each having more than a hundred operations to his credit. This book is a timely reminder that there was a lot more to the Squadron's history than their exploits on the Dams.

Author: Gallico, PAUL & LUDLAM

Author: Paul Gallico
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: The Book Club (1979)

Author: Paul Gallico
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Macmillan

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Author: Arnold Kludas
Genre: History
Publisher: Steiger

The book shows contemporary illustrations, unique photos and longitudinal sections of German ocean passenger ships.
Translation from German summary:
Library of Ship Types shows for the first time in a systematic breakdown the development of all important types of commercial shipping.
In this volume Arnold Kludas introduces 106 German passenger ships from the period 1850 to 1895, which have operated on overseas routes.

- Short CVs of the ships with all important technical data
Illustrations of the ships
- Exemplary drawings and plans of major ships
Information on purpose and economic importance
- details, ship and mechanical engineering developments
Lists of the largest German and international passenger ships
Register of ship names.

For the friend and lover of old ships, for the model maker
and collectors, the new LIBRARY OF SHIP TYPES, will soon be indispensable.

In this volume, the moving age of German passenger shipping from 1850 to 1895 comes alive on the example of 106 ships; from the modest HELENA SLOMAN to the AUGUSTAVICTORIA class steamers, the ships with which German shipbuilders and shipowners for the first time found their way to the world level.
At the same time, it combines the eventful history of the big shipping companies of that time, the often dramatic fate of their ships and the rapid development of technology.
All this is offered here in a systematically clear structure:
through brief CVs of the ships with all the important data,
by detailed construction drawings and technical explanations and a detailed appendix with the exact lists of the largest passenger ships and the ship's name register.

-The library of ship types
-From HELENA SLOMAN to the first two-screw high-speed steamers
- Explanations and abbreviations
Passenger ships from 1850 to 1895
-Schiffspläne
List of the largest German passenger ships from 1850 to 1983
List of the world's largest passenger ships from 1819 to 1983
-Literaturverzeichnis and photo proof
Directory of ship names

Author: Dave Turner
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Malvern House Publications

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Author: Dave Turner
Publisher: Malvern House Publications

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Author: Mark Chirnside
Genre: Reference
Publisher: The History Press

The White Star Line’s Celtic (1901), Cedric (1903), Baltic (1904) and Adriatic (1907), collectively known as the ‘Big Four’, served for a combined 110 years. Together they carried around 1.5 million passengers on the Liverpool to New York and Southampton to New York routes during their time in service. Arguably the most successful series of ships the company ever produced, they have been overlooked in maritime literature until now. In this ground-breaking book, Mark Chirnside relates the history of the ‘Big Four’, in many ways the forerunners of the famous ‘Olympic’ class ships. Features including a gymnasium and Turkish and electric baths were trialled on Adriatic before their use on Olympic, Titanic and Britannic. Charting their history from civilian passenger ships to armed merchant cruisers and troop ships in the First World War, The ‘Big Four’ of the White Star Fleet explores the adventures and experiences passengers and crew had on board over the decades.

Author: Mark Chirnside
Genre: Reference
Publisher: The History Press

The White Star Line’s Celtic (1901), Cedric (1903), Baltic (1904) and Adriatic (1907), collectively known as the ‘Big Four’, served for a combined 110 years. Together they carried around 1.5 million passengers on the Liverpool to New York and Southampton to New York routes during their time in service. Arguably the most successful series of ships the company ever produced, they have been overlooked in maritime literature until now. In this ground-breaking book, Mark Chirnside relates the history of the ‘Big Four’, in many ways the forerunners of the famous ‘Olympic’ class ships. Features including a gymnasium and Turkish and electric baths were trialled on Adriatic before their use on Olympic, Titanic and Britannic. Charting their history from civilian passenger ships to armed merchant cruisers and troop ships in the First World War, The ‘Big Four’ of the White Star Fleet explores the adventures and experiences passengers and crew had on board over the decades.

Author: Christopher Simon Sykes
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Harper Perennial

The Big House The highly praised biography of an archetypal great house and the family who lived there for over 250 years. Full description

Author: Beaver, Patrick Auerbach

Author: Braynard, Frank O. & Miller
Publisher: Turner

The S.S. United States book is the first comprehensive work on the vessel in decades. This volume includes many rarely seen photographs from the liner's golden years to her forlorn and lonely twilight years. Follow Frank Braynard, the nation's leading maritime historian, and Robert Hudson Westover as they chronicle the life of the S.S. United States. The United States, which still holds the West-bound speed record on the North Atlantic, is the greatest ocean liner this country has ever built, and this book stands as a fitting tribute and celebration of her maiden voyage.The Big Ship: The Story of the S.S. United States is the fascinating behind-the scenes story of one of the fastest ships in the world and one of the most luxurious passenger liners to cross the Atlantic. With new introductory material by the SS United States Conservancy, this classic volume includes photographs of celebrity passengers and of the majestic liner from her golden years, when she spurred the rebirth of America’s maritime glory, to her twilight years. Follow Frank Braynard, one of the great American maritime historians, as he chronicles the life of the S.S. United States, the incredible feat of engineering that still holds the westbound speed record on the North Atlantic. This book stands as a tribute of her maiden voyage, a celebration of her recent rescue efforts by the Conservancy, and an inspiration for future generations to restore the legacy of the greatest ocean liner this country has ever built.

Author: Frank O Braynard
Genre: History
Publisher: Turner

The S. S. United States book is the first comprehensive work on the vessel in decades. This volume includes many rarely seen photographs from the liners golden years to her forlorn and lonely twilight years. Follow Frank Braynard, the nations leading maritime historian, and Robert Hudson Westover as they chronicle the life of the S. S. United States. The United States, which still holds the West-bound speed record on the North Atlantic, is the greatest ocean liner this country has ever built, and this book stands as a fitting tribute and celebration of her maiden voyage. The Big Ship: The Story of the S. S. United States is the fascinating behind-the scenes story of one of the fastest ships in the world and one of the most luxurious passenger liners to cross the Atlantic. With new introductory material by the SS United States Conservancy, this classic volume includes photographs of celebrity passengers and of the majestic liner from her golden years, when she spurred the rebirth of Americas maritime glory, to her twilight years. Follow Frank Braynard, one of the great American maritime historians, as he chronicles the life of the S. S. United States, the incredible feat of engineering that still holds the westbound speed record on the North Atlantic. This book stands as a tribute of her maiden voyage, a celebration of her recent rescue efforts by the Conservancy, and an inspiration for future generations to restore the legacy of the greatest ocean liner this country has ever built.

Author: Derek Niemann
Genre: History
Publisher: Short Books Ltd

Birds in a Cage This is the inspiring true story of how a passion for birds enabled four young men to escape the horror of internment in a German PoW camp - and brought about an extraordinary moment of cooperation and mutual understanding between them and their captors. Full description

Author: Alton Douglas
Genre: History
Publisher: Brewin Books

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Author: Eric Armstrong
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Paddle Steamer Preservation Society, Scottish Branch

The story of the paddle steamer Waverley.

Author: Michael McCaughan
Genre: History
Publisher: Blackstaff Press Ltd

A photographic history of the construction of the "SS Titanic" in Belfast and its subsequent sinking in 1912. The text and photographs focus on the design, construction and fitting out of the "Titanic", as well as the men, the bosses, their work and living conditions.

Author: Paul J Kemp
Genre: History
Publisher: Arms and Armour Press

50 years on from their heydey in the major sea battles of World War II, the German and British Battleships Bismarck and Hood are described and illustrated with major coverage given to their demise 72 hours apart in the North Atlantic. The Bismarck was "discovered" on the sea bed recently - the search being the subject of a major book - and this, combined with the forthcoming anniversary of her loss, has brought the subject of her war and her sinking - or was she scuttled? - to the fore again. This photo album adds text to describe the design, role and operation of each vessel and provide an account of the May 1941 action.

Author: Ash, Russell & Lake, Brian Bonnard
Publisher: Pavilion Books

Author: Serge Bile
Publisher: Mango

#1 New Release in Caribbean & West Indies History ― Discover the True Story Behind One of the Black Passengers on the Titanic
An Incredible Tragedy: Joseph Laroche was an anomaly among the passengers of the Titanic. He was exceptionally well-educated in a time when few black men had access to an education―and when even fewer were able to travel on a luxurious ship in first or second class.

Who was Joseph Laroche? Where was he going, and what was his story?

Rediscovered History: This biography recounts the life of Joseph Laroche, his part in the history of Haiti, and how he, as a 24-year-old father of two (soon to be three) children, ended up on the last ship of that era of glamourous travel. He was a direct descendant of the father of Haitian independence and related to two Haitian presidents. As an engineer, Laroche contributed to the construction of the Parisian railway and had a promising future ahead of him.

A Brilliant Biography: Ivorian-French writer Serge Bilé is the author of this fresh perspective on the tragedy that still fascinates millions and has inspired dozens of history books. With thorough research in Haiti and France, Bilé unearths the story of the intriguing figure of Joseph Laroche. This is a story of multi-cultural black history and of the political and natural forces that converged on one man.

Readers who were fascinated by the true stories behind Hidden Figures and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks will love this engaging tale.

Author: Mckee, Alexander Crosby

Author: Evelyn August, Mike Brown
Genre: Health, Family & Lifestyle
Publisher: Osprey Publishing

As the haunting air raid sirens of World War II echoed around blacked-out-streets, the people of Britain would huddle in any safe place possible... A collection of over 500 games, pensees, puzzles, jokes and literary snippets which provided families and strangers with entertainment, amusement, comfort and distraction during thees long dark nights. (his)

Author: Marion Hill
Genre: History
Publisher: The History Press

Bletchley Park People

Author: Winston G. Ramsey

"Volume one of a trilogy spanning the air war on Britain, The Blitz Then and Now, this book covers the first year, the period from phoney war to total war: September 3, 1939 to September 6, 1940. Beginning with the endless air raid warnings and a sense of unreality, it was a phase which was to culminate in Hitler threatening to raze Britain's cities to the ground."

Publisher: After the Battle

The day-to-day, blow-by-blow account of the Night Blitz. Beginning with the first mass raid on London on September 7th, 1940, the story is continued through the winter of 1940-41 with the description of Luftwaffe operations over Britain. The author's account of each night's operations brings into focus the details of the escalating attacks as one raid exceeded another in size, damage or deaths. Every German crash on land is listed with its crew, and footnotes are included on all those which are known to have been investigated or excavated since the end of the war, together with photographs of discoveries. Over twenty features and special articles by historians and eyewitnesses intersperce the daily happenings, illustrating life at the time on both the civilian and Service fronts, and contrasting descriptions by German airmen give the reader an insight into what it was like to be on the other side. The book presents a record of a period which changed the face of Britain and cost the lives of 40,000 on her people.

Publisher: After the Battle

The period in question began quietly with the Luftwaffe busy elsewhere, yet the increasing attacks on Germany by the Royal Air Foce provoked a response in the form of the so-called Baedeker offensive of 1942. And it is against this background of the hammer blows dealt out to German towns and cities that the Blitz on Britain during 1942 - 1944 period must be viewed. Hitler's frustration at not being able to hit back, like for like, led to the appointment in 1943 of a Blitz supremo to mete out retaliation. This finally came in 1944 with the Steinbock raids - known better as the "Baby Blitz" - yet it was only an interim measure. As the manned bomber attacks faded, so a new and fearsome method of attack by robot bomb began with weapons of vengence The V1 and V2 period is fully documented with the basic facts and figures balanced by eyewitness accounts. The three volumes of "The Blitz Then and Now" are dedicated to the 60,000 British civilians who died and the 86,000 who were injured.

Author: Margaret Gaskin
Genre: History
Publisher: Faber and Faber

A thrilling account of ‘the second great fire of London’ - the 29th December, 1940. The image of St Paul’s amid clouds of black smoke immediately became the ultimate symbol of Britain’s Blitz defiance. But the reality of this night, in all its unprecedented destruction and indomitable humanity, is almost lost amid myth and counter-myth. Now, in a stunningly vivid and immediate work of historical storytelling, M. J. Gaskin tells the true story of London’s desperate hours. And Blitz shows how, across the Atlantic, Americans agonized over the cost of aiding Britain’s struggle against the Nazis – and the cost of letting her fall.

Author: Karen Farrington
Genre: History
Publisher: Aurum Press Ltd

The Luftwaffe's targetting and destruction of Coventry city remains the biggest and most destructive air raid on British soil during the Second World War. Seen as a centre of British armaments production, the German high command wished to inflict terror and panic on the British public, a plan that had paid dividends during their relentless conquest of France that year. Attacking over two nights in November, 1940 they systematically bombed and destroyed the bulk of the city, making thousands homeless, and killing over 400 men, women and children. Such was the devastation, panic and disorder it wrought, that Winston Churchill ordered a news blackout for three weeks in order to quell the unease and morale-sapping effect that the raid had. But people at the time acted with great bravery to save those trapped in bombed out and burning buildings, as well as caring for those badly injured (of which there were thousands), and fighting the Nazi planes coming in to attack the city itself. Now, for the very first time we interview those veterans who survived the raid and helped fight the flames and bombs to tell the story of this iconic event. Such was the effect it had on the country that when Bomber Command began night time raids against German cities - Hamburg, Cologne and most famously, Dresden - the call 'Remember Coventry!' went up.

Author: Bernard Edwards
Genre: History
Publisher: Images (Booksellers & Distributors) Ltd

Imperial Japan's wartime atrocities left a bloody stain on the waters of the Pacific...This is a story that might have quietly slipped beneath the waves of history had Bernard Edwards not written this important book. Blood & Bushido vividly recounts the barbaric actions of Japan's navy in the wake of its attacks on Allied shipping, including the ramming of lifeboats, the machine-gunning of survivors and the bayoneting and beheading of captives. As Edwards explains, the ancient Japanese warrior code of Bushido-under which capture is forbidden was in stark and lethal contrast to the humane code of conduct usually honored by seafarers. Anyone unfortunate enough to fall victim to the Imperial Navy paid a terrible price. Drawing on the dramatic accounts of Allied survivors, Blood & Bushido serves as a reminder of the Imperial Navy's inhumane acts and a tribute to those who perished because of them.

Author: Anna Palmer
Genre: Health, Fitness & Dieting (Books)
Publisher: CSF Medical Communications Ltd

Book by Palmer, Anna, Williams, Bryan

Author: Kitty Hauser
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Granta Books

O.G.S. Crawford (1886-1957) was a man who thought history held the answers to everything, and that to study it was to know humanity's glorious future. At first a field archaeologist, digging with his young fellow Edwardians into the mysterious mounds and ditches of rural England, he became a photographer/observer flying over the Western Front during the First World War - an experience that taught him the new skills of interpreting the earth from above and made him a pioneer of aerial archaeology. Then he fell in love with Marxism, was befriended by H.G. Wells, and travelled to the Soviet Union as one of its disciples.In the 1930s, it seemed to him that contemporary Britain would soon disappear, conquered by history's inevitable march to world socialism, and he made a photographic study of everyday things - churches and advertising hoardings - as future evidence of how unenlightened British society had once been in its worship of God and the motor car. Later there came angry disillusionment and a book, too bitter to be published, called "Bloody Old Britain". In recounting Crawford's extraordinary story, Kitty Hauser uses many of his photographs and penetrates neglected but fascinating aspects of British life and belief that have themselves become history.

Author: Robert Orrell
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd

Life on an oil rig can be arduous and brutal, as Bob Orrell discovered when he worked as a radio operator on the doomed Hewett A, drilling for gas in the North Sea amidst some of the world's wildest and most hostile waters.

He recounts his life onboard with uncompromising clarity: the humour, conflict, camaraderie, atrocious weather, and appalling accidents are all brought vividly to life.

When the gas-filled platform suffered a disasterous blowout, rescue boats and helicopters battled against gale-force winds and raging seas to evacuate the surviving members of the crew. Ultimately, the author found himself and one colleague abandoned as the rig continued to spew oil and gas...

Author: John Hendy
Genre: History
Publisher: Ferry Publications

The turbine steam ship Princess Irene and her identical sister the Princess Margaret were built in 1914 for a service neither would ever see. They were ordered by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, but following the outbreak of war in Europe, the Royal Navy hastily converted them for a totally unseen role. They emerged in the early months of 1915 as the minelayers HMS Princess Irene and HMS Princess Margaret. After just two months in service, whilst swinging on No.28 buoy off Port Victoria Pier on the River Medway in Kent, the Princess Irene was destroyed by a catastrophic internal explosion. This is her story. This book was originally published by Ferry Publications in 2001. This will be the 2nd edition marking the centenary of the Princess Irene's loss.

Author: Moore, Terry Hughes
Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson

Author: C.H. Milsom
Genre: Travel & Holiday
Publisher: Print Centres Ltd

Blue Funnels in the Mersey (A Sea Breezes publication) [Mar 01, 1988] Milsom,...

Author: Milsom, C.H. (Compiler)

Author: Tom Hughes
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Patrick Stephens Ltd

For more than ten decades the Western Ocean was the setting for intense rivalry btween shipowners in Western Europe and North America, competing for the prestige, passenger traffic and financial rewards which would accrue to the company operating the largest, fastest and most luxurious liners on the North Atlantic. This struggle for supremacy led to the building of a long line of ships which, when commissioned, epitomised all that was finest in naval architecture and marine engineering. The story of these liners, the triumphs and vicissitudes of their seagoing careers, is told in this detailed and profusely illustrated account.

Author: Hughes, Tom Bolton

Author: Ivy Bannister
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Goose Lane Editions

On September 2, 1998, a fire in the cockpit sent Swissair Flight 111 plunging into the sea off Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia. All 229 men, women and children on board perished, including Ivy Bannister's sister, Patty. Set in Dublin, New York and the South Shore of Nova Scotia, Blunt Trauma is the true story of how one family's life was ravaged by the terrible event.

When Ivy Bannister switched on BBC radio from her home in Dublin the following morning, she had no idea that that the first thing she'd hear would change her life forever. An ocean away from the tragedy that claimed her sister's life, Ivy soon left her family to be with her 80-year-old mother in New York City. What follows is a poignant day-by-day account of how she coped with the tragic death of her sister, and the painful practicalities of identifying remains and disposing of possessions.

Blunt Trauma takes a powerful look at tragedy, grief and acceptance in an intimate, fast-paced, and sometimes startling story that shows the past as illuminated by the present and explores how catastrophe shatters imperfect familial relationships.

Author: Lothar-Gunther Buchheim
Genre: Fiction
Publisher: Fontana Press

WW2, paperback vg++ In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Author: BUCHHEIM, LOTHAR-GUNTHAR

Author: Paul Chambers
Genre: Biography
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Amazing story about one of the victims of the fire at King's Cross Underground in 1987. It took 16 years to identify the body and this is the story of how they did it.

Author: Trevor Rees-Jones
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Little, Brown

Little. Brown Edition.

Author: Alastair Cormack, Anne Cormack
Genre: History
Publisher: Orkney View

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Author: David Yates
Genre: History
Publisher: Pen & Sword Maritime

This is the untold story of the Falklands War as experienced by a below-decks seaman on one of the most important ships to be despatched to the South Atlantic. It is a no-holds-barred account as seen through the eyes of a Royal Navy matelot who shared the terror of the first encounter with Argentinean forces when South Georgia was retaken from the invaders in Operation Paraquat. Then HMS Antrim lead the first attack into the North Falklands Sound where she destroyed enemy defences and later became part of the main force anti-aircraft defences in the infamous 'Bomb Alley' or San Carlos Water. During one of the many air attacks the ship was struck by a bomb that destroyed her defensive missile system, but through pure chance the bomb did not explode and remained aboard wedged in the aft 'heads'. All around the stricken ship other RN vessels were taking extreme punishment from the almost continuous onslaught from low-flying Argentinean jets. HMS Antelope, HMS Coventry and the Atlantic Conveyer were all lost within a short period whilst the army was trying to establish a bridgehead.

Author: Leonard Cheshire
Genre: History / Biography
Publisher: Goodall Publications Ltd

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Author: Richard Overy
Genre: History
Publisher: Allen Lane

VG black cloth with white stamping in good dustjacket, slight rubbing to spine head, foredge fold indistinct. Block tight and crisp, 2 slight smudges on edges. 2 sections of photo plates. First printing.

Author: Jacky Hyams
Genre: Biography
Publisher: John Blake Publishing Ltd

World War Two is finally over. Millions all over the country are starting to wonder if peacetime really is much of an improvement on the War. Food shortages, endless queues, power cuts, rationing and freezing winters make it extremely difficult to make ends meet as husbands return from battlefields to families they hardly know. Yet some East Enders are living large...in a bombed out damp and squalid Hackney slum, one family are leading a life of luxury, a loadsamoney world funded by illegal betting, where virtually everything is available, thanks to a thriving black market. The Hyams family has a retinue of unofficial servants: a chauffeur, a cleaner and an army of delivery men. They take seaside holidays in posh hotels and dine on the finest foods and delicacies money can buy...but at the core of their daily life, an ever-growing nightmare lurks, threatening to wreck their luxurious existence. In this honest and sincere memoir, Jacky Hyams revisits the 'live for today' world of her childhood, a world where money was no object, growing up in a household underpinned by betting, booze and bribes.

Author: Harold Darling
Genre: History Travel Nostalgia
Publisher: Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.

Recollectibles delight popular culture collectors and graphic designers with their interesting design and intriguing subjects. Each book has a unique and engaging cover that is sure to charm people everywhere.
The book has chapters on: the lure of travel; the grand tour, favoured countries and preferred cities; the major destinations (1890s-1940); the modes of travel (railway, automibile, ocean liner and aeroplane); the hotels; luggage & luggage labels.

Author: Roger, Owen, Gareth Moore
Genre: Actor & Entertainer Biographies
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd.

Above all else, Sir Roger Moore was a proper gentleman's gentleman. In this funny, heartwarming, and absolutely fascinating look back at the James Bond franchise, there is little in the way of dirt to be dished ("I'll simply leave it there," is Sir Roger's approach to two of his leading ladies who were, one assumes, less than agreeable) so don't pick this up expecting a kiss-and-tell expose. What you're getting instead is a guided tour of 007's cinematic journey, given by one of the men who actually packed the Walther PPK himself. There are a lot of smiles to be had as Sir Roger recounts his story, talking about the various players, props, characters, and other Bondanalia that he and his fellow 007s ran into over the years. The book has a lot of great photos, most of them from behind the scenes, and is chock full of anecdotes that could only come from the man himself. This book belongs on the coffee table of every Bond fan, and should be enjoyed by the casual reader as well.

Author: Douglas Hall
Genre: Biography
Publisher: New Cavendish Books

The Book of Churchilliana is much more than just a tribute to Winston Churchill. Alongside a definitive collection of memorabilia, Douglas Hall provides the reader with a unique historical view on the man whose abiding image for millions is that of the indomitable bulldog with his world-famous v-sign and trademark cigar the inspiring leader who masterminded the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in the Second World War. It is almost impossible to do justice to the many different facets of this truly remarkable individual. As a soldier and politician who excelled as an artist and Nobel prize-winning author his qualities have been celebrated by the nation for years. As a result, memorabilia in the form of portraits, ceramics and all manner of accessories have never waned in popularity and have come to be known as Churchilliana. Churchilliana covers the wild and wacky (ashtrays, zippos, jam spoons and cartoons) to more official memorabilia such as, paintings, sculptures, plaques and correspondence. A

Author: Lesley Bellow
Genre: Welsh History
Publisher: Bramley Books

Author: Constance M. Burge
Publisher: Gardners Books

Everything you ever wanted to know about The Charmed Ones - Piper, Paige and Phoebe and their world of Wicca. This complete guide features a series overview, character profiles and interviews with the crew and cast. This Charmed companion also includes The Beginners Book of Wicca a discussion of the basic tenets of Wicca and how they relate to the show; The Book of Shadows a compilation of the spells used on each show; and The Book of Evil a complete who's who of the various demons that appear in the hit show. Complete with b/w photograghs throughout and a 16 page full colour photo insert, The Book of Three is a must for every Charmed fan!

Author: Col. H. C. Wylly
Publisher: Naval & Military Press

Author: Ryan O'neal
Genre: Arts & Photography
Publisher: The Robson Press

The true story of one Hollywood's greatest and most tumultuous love affairs.

Author: Arthur L. Clamp
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: Westway Publications

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Author: Ken Dornstein
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Sceptre / Hodder & Stoughton

The Boy Who Fell Out of the Sky In this stunning, emotionally charged memoir, Dornstein pens a heartbreaking but profoundly hopeful book about finding beauty in the midst of tragedy. Dornstein weaves his own coming-of-age story with that of his brother David, who was killed in the 1988 crash of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

On December 21, 1989, David Dornstein died in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie in Scotland. He left behind a younger brother, Ken, desperate to understand his death, and pick up the pieces of what he left behind. But far from being a simple rescue mission, Ken’s quest became a labour of love, an obsession, and an emotional journey to much stranger places than he ever could have imagined …

A heartrending, profoundly moving memoir with the narrative pull of a detective story.

Author: HOWDEN, J.R.

Publisher: Lutterworth Press

Publisher: Lutterworth Press

Publisher: Lutterworth Press

Publisher: Lutterworth Press

Publisher: Lutterworth Press

Publisher: Lutterworth Press

Publisher: Lutterworth Press

Publisher: Lutterworth Press

Publisher: Lutterworth Press

Publisher: Lutterworth Press

Publisher: Lutterworth Press

Includes loose leaf ‘Modern Cycling’ supplement

Publisher: Lutterworth Press

Publisher: Lutterworth Press

Publisher: Lutterworth Press

Publisher: Lutterworth Press

Publisher: Lutterworth Press

Publisher: Lutterworth Press

The Boy’s Own Paper [v82 #3, December 1959] ed. Jack Cox (Lutterworth Press, 1/-, 96pp, cover by Robert Hodgson)
Pages 41 through 58 are taken up with ads and book reviews. Details supplied by Terry Zobeck.
7, 8, 9, 11 · Post · [The Readers] · lc
12, 15 · Model Railways · [The Readers] · lc
17 · The Island of Birds · [The Editor] · ar
18 · The Ice Trap · Hammond Innes · ss
20 · [cartoons] · Anon. · ct
22 · The Long Haul · F. G. Turnbull · ss The (London) Evening News Jan 11 1955
24 · When Christmas Dinner Is Served—in Space · Isaac Asimov · ar
27 · Come Fly with Me! · Stan Stennett · ar
28 · Liquid Gold · S. C. George · ss
32 · Fire and Water · Showell Styles · ss
35 · Are You a Good Captain? · Denis Foster · ar
36 · Model Car Racing on Electric Tracks · D. J. Laidlaw-Dickson · ar
59 · Town and Country Quiz · [Misc.] · qz
60 · Guardian of Honour [Part 2 of 6] · John Bancroft · sl
64 · Low Gears in Dorset · Anon. · ar; on cycling.
69 · Laugh with BOP · Anon. · hu
72 · Shop Window: Gifts for Christmas · Anon. · ar
76 · Opening at Chess · John Bee · ar
94 · Stamps · L. N. & M. Williams · ar
96 · Competition Crossword · Gordon Douglas · pz

Author: MONSARRAT, NICHOLAS (edited by)

Author: Martin Gilbert
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

In August 1945, the first of 732 child survivors of the Holocaust reached Britain. First settled in the Lake District, they formed a tightly knit group of friends whose terrible shared experience is almost beyond imagining. This is their story, which begins in the lost communities of pre-World War II central Europe, moves through ghetto, concentration camp and death march, to liberation, survival, and finally, fifty years later, a deeply moving reunion. Martin Gilbert has brought together the recollections of this remarkable group of survivors. With magisterial narration, he tells their astonishing stories. The Boys bears witness to the human spirit, enduring the depths, and bearing hopefully the burden and challenge of survival. 'Martin Gilbert is to be congratulated on producing a masterly and deeply moving tribute to those who had the courage and luck to survive' Literary Review

Author: Arthur Ward
Genre: Home & Garden
Publisher: Ebury Press

In 2009, Airfix, the most famous plastic model construction kit company in the world, celebrated its 70th birthday. Founded in 1939 by Hungarian Nicholas Kove, Airfix holds a unique appeal for boys (and girls) of all ages and has been part of the fabric of childhood for generations. Packed with photos of the kits from the 1950s to the present,The Boys' Book of Airfix is a nostalgic look at one of the greatest brands ever.
In addition to the history behind the models, from the first Airfix kit - a model tractor - right up to today's exciting Doctor Who releases, it tells the story of the dramatic twists and turns of the Airfix saga. In the autumn of 2006 it looked as if the great name might disappear for ever when its owners languished in receivership, only for the company to be heroically rescued by Hornby. If you were ever responsible for sending an Airfix Messerschmidt to a fiery doom from your bedroom window, this book is for you!

Author: George Bradshaw
Genre: History
Publisher: Old House Books

As air travel entered its exhilarating golden age, a growing number of Britons were taking to the skies - and what better publisher to help them plan their trips than Bradshaw, already famous for its comprehensive railway handbooks? Published in 1934, this is the very first edition of "Bradshaw's Air Guide". Redolent of glamour and adventure, it includes information on international airports, passenger details, fares, timetables and a fantastic vintage double-sided map of flight routes in the UK and around the world.

Author: Frank O. Braynard
Genre: History
Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.

Historic photos and illustrations capture the world's most famous ocean liner. Views of ship in dry dock and on trial runs, its captain and chief officers, the gigantic engine and rudder, staterooms, grim-faced survivors aboard the rescue ship Carpathia, wreckage on the ocean floor, and more.

Author: Arno Hartog
Publisher: Ed. Temmen

Author: Dick Schaap, Dick Schaap
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Patrick Stephens Ltd

The Holland America Line is among the world's most famous shipping companies, and in 1973 it celebrates its centenary. The Line has an established reputation for its comfortable and reliable trans-Atlantic services, with such well-known ocean liners as the Statendam, the Rotterdam and the Nieuw Amsterdam, to name but a few of their magnificent ships. A Bridge To The Seven Seas is much more than just the history in words and pictures of a highly respected and world-famous shipping line; it also includes several hundred illustrations, both in colour and black and white, reflecting many of the social changes and events of the last hundred years. It is the result of the close teamwork and co-operation between two writers with the same name: Dick Schaap, the author, from Amsterdam and Dick Schaap, the translator, from New York. The Dutchman is associated with the monthly magazine Avenue and the American is a sports book writer and belongs to the fourth generation of "Schapen" born in the United States; his ancestors were Dutch emigrants. Dick Schaap (Holland) interviewed numerous people in America and in The Netherlands to collect material for this important book. The chapters vividly depict the romance of sailing; the history of a shipping company; the effects that the 1929 Stock Market crash had on the shipping world; the tension, danger and sadness at sea during two world wars; and the fascinating future of cruising and travel. The work on the book began with a request from the Holland America Line: "We have an attic full of old photos, posters, paintings, folders, and other material on ships. Surely we can use it in some way?". All in all, this unique book offers the maritime enthusiast a superb insight into the story of the Holland America Line and gives a colourful picture of a hundred years of shipping between Europe and the United States.

Author: Christopher Horlock
Genre: History
Publisher: SB Publications

Lovely photographs of Brighton from 1900 to the 1990s.[200]

Author: David Rowland
Genre: History
Publisher: SB Publications

How Brighton suffered and survived the perios etween July 1940 and March 1944, when there were fifty six raids on the town, is revealed through the recollections of the men and women who lived through them.

Author: Simon Jeffs
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Amberley Publishing

The London to Brighton Line was built to serve the leisure market rather than industry. It initially carried nineteenth-century pleasure-seekers from the capital to fashionable Brighton, and subsequent services such as the Brighton Belle, the Sunny South Express and the Gatwick Express continued in that tradition. However, it also became a commuter line with fast services that made it possible to work in the City but live in the expanding suburbs to the south of London, or, later, in Surrey or Sussex. As well as steam locomotives, atmospheric traction was used on the Brighton Line, and, from 1909, electrification, which had reached Brighton by 1 January 1933 as well as the diesel locomotives still in use today. In this book, Simon Jeffs looks at the various forms of traction used on the Brighton Line, which give it a special identity even to this day.

Author: Paddy Ashdown
Genre: History
Publisher: Aurum Press Ltd

The complete story of the remarkable canoe raid on German ships in Bordeaux Harbour – by the man who himself served in the Special Boat Squadron.

In 1942, before El Alamein turned the tide of war, the German merchant fleet was re-supplying its war machine with impunity. So Operation Frankton, a daring and secret raid, was launched by Mountbatten’s Combined Operations and led by the enigmatic ‘Blondie’ Hasler – to paddle ‘Cockleshell’ canoes right into Bordeaux harbour and sink the ships at anchor.

It was a desperately hazardous mission from the start – dropped by submarine to canoe some hundred miles up the Gironde into the heart of Vichy France, surviving terrifying tidal races, only to face the biggest challenge of all: escaping across the Pyrenees. Fewer than half the men made it to Bordeaux; only four laid their mines; just two got back alive. But the most damage was done to the Germans’ sense of impregnability.

Paddy Ashdown, himself a member of the Royal Marines’ elite Special Boat Squadron formed as a consequence of Frankton, has always been fascinated by this classic story of bravery and ingenuity - as a young man even meeting his hero Hasler once. Now, after researching previously
unseen archives and tracing surviving witnesses, he has written the definitive account of the raid. The real truth, he discovers – a deplorable tale of Whitehall rivalry and breakdowns in communication – serves only to make the achievements of the ‘Cockleshell’ heroes all the more heroic.

Author: Hobday, P.W. (Drawings By.)

Author: Alan Allport
Publisher: Profile Books

In the bleak first half of the Second World War, Britain stood alone against the Axis forces. Isolated and outmanoeuvred, it seemed as though she might fall at any moment. Only an extraordinary effort of courage - by ordinary men and women - held the line.

The Second World War is the defining experience of modern British history, a new Iliad for our own times. But, as Alan Allport reveals in this, the first part of a major new two-volume history, the real story was often very different from the myth that followed it. From the subtle moral calculus of appeasement to the febrile dusts of the Western Desert, Allport interrogates every aspect of the conflict - and exposes its echoes in our own age.

Challenging orthodoxy and casting fresh light on famous events from Dunkirk to the Blitz, this is the real story of a clash between civilisations that remade the world in its image.

Author: Ted Enever (Author)
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: The History Press; 3rd ed., rev. and expanded edition (19 July 1999)

Ted Enever traces the Park's early history and provides a guide to the key wartime buildings and what went on behind the scenes. In this fully revised new edition, he describes the Bletchley Park Trust's battle to acquire the Park and thus preserve this historic site for the nation. This was recently achieved with the Trust having the go-ahead to create an integrated heritage park involving the community. Visitors will continue to be able to gain an insight into Bletchley Park's unique wartime role, and can now enjoy the newer exhibits including the Churchill Collection and the rebuilt Colossus computer. Illustrated with pictures of the buildings, together with some rare contemporary photographs, Britain's Best Kept Secret will be of interest to them, as well as to historians and others interested in the Second World War.

Author: Gavin Stamp
Genre: Art, Architecture & Photography
Publisher: Aurum Press Ltd

Beautifully elegiac...a memento mori of British civic pride lost to the shopping centres and ring roads of the 1960s...This masterful book should be placed in every council planning committee in the country' Tristram Hunt, BBC History Magazine The destruction of Britain's city centres by the combined efforts of the Luftwaffe and postwar planners, is legendary. Mediaeval churches, Tudor alleyways, Georgian terraces and Victorian theatres vanished for ever, to be replaced by concrete office-blocks and characterless shopping malls. Now, for the first time, Gavin Stamp shows us exactly what we have lost. Reproduced in this haunting volume are hundreds of top-quality photographs of cities from Plymouth to Dundee, all of streets and buildings that are gone for ever. In the accompanying text Stamp traces their creation and destruction, remembering the massive campaign to save the Euston Arch, wantonly demolished in 1962, and mourning the loss of lovely mediaeval Coventry, which was already doomed by the city planners even before German air-raids intervened.Alternately fascinating, enraging and heartbreaking, this is an extraordinary evocation of Britain's architectural past, and a much-needed reminder of the importance of preserving our heritage. One of Britain's best-known architectural historians, Gavin Stamp is author of numerous books including Lutyens Houses. He is an energetic campaigner against demolition of important buildings and writes for numerous publications, including Country Life, Apollo and Private Eye.

Author: John Minnis
Genre: Art, Architecture & Photography
Publisher: Aurum Press Ltd

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Author: Hurd, Sir Archibald (Editor)
Publisher: Odhams Press, London

Author: David Edgerton
Genre: Business, Finance & Law
Publisher: Allen Lane

The familiar image of the British in the Second World War is that of the plucky underdog taking on German might. This title shows the conflict in a different view, with Britain as a very wealthy country, formidable in arms, ruthless in pursuit of its interests and sitting at the heart of a global production system.

Author: John Minnis
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Aurum Press Ltd

The beautifully restored St Pancras Station is both a magisterial example of Britain?s finest Victorian architecture, and an exception that reminds us of the dramatic demolition our rail network has suffered. In the name of progress hundreds of buildings were pulled down and replaced, often by nothing more than a concrete bunker or bus shelter Now, in this stunning book, John Minnis reveals the extent of the loss. From the most cavernous engine sheds, like Old Oak Common, through the eccentric country halts on the Tollesbury line and the Meccano-like gantries of the Liverpool Overhead Railway, to the soaring viaducts of Belah and Cumlin, Britain?s Lost Railways offers a sweeping pictorial lament for our lost railway heritage. Not one building displayed in this book ? often in a hitherto unpublished photograph ? still exists. All that remains of them are pictures and memories; fragments of the past that serve as a testimony to an age of ingenuity and ambition when the pride we invested in our railways was reflected in the grandeur of the architecture we built for them. This hardback book has 192 pages and measures: 24 x 19.5 x 2cm.

Author: Cowsill, Miles Cowsill
Publisher: Ferry Publications

Author: Anthony Pritchard
Genre: Home & Garden
Publisher: Shire Publications

With the end of the Second World War it was not long before increasing wealth, cheaper cars, and social pressures made a family car the aspiration of thousands. Ford, Hillman, Standard, Morris and Vauxhall became household names, and the streets of Britain's suburbs began to fill with modern-looking saloon cars, designed to transport mother, father and 2.4 children with ease, if not speed. This highly-illustrated book looks at the British cars that were available to the post-war family, and also some of the foreign makes that had an important place in the market, and which had a great influence on the British-made cars that followed.

Author: Michael Allen
Genre: Reference
Publisher: G T Foulis & Co Ltd

Amazon Review by
sandra196310
4.0 out of 5 starsA good book overall
31 January 2017
Format: Hardcover|Verified Purchase
A good book overall. Covers a lot about the engineering developments behind the cars of that era which is quite fascinating looking back from a 21st century viewpoint. If you are looking for a book that lists loads of cars from the 50s then this one not for you. It complements books of that type. Worth the purchase.

Author: R. H. Thornton
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: The Syndics of The Cambridge University Press

Maritime Industry history [ Mercantile Marine / Company History]19th c 20th c from the coming of steam.- increasing competition - tankers - nuclear - politics labour relations etc . illustrated 16 b/w photo-plates[ green cloth + gilt titles & blind embossed titles to boards

Author: Robert E. Forrester
Genre: Art, Architecture & Photography
Publisher: Routledge

British Mail Steamers to South America, 1851-1965. A History of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company and Royal Mail Lines. , hardcover, 248pp. Printed boards, no d/j. A nice clean copy.

Author: A. J. Tennent
Genre: History
Publisher: Periscope Publishing Ltd

Containing 258 pages, this is a tennents reference book on the loss of every British merchant ship sunk by German submarine in the great war.

Author: A.J. Tennent
Genre: History
Publisher: A.J.Tennent

This softback book measures 15 cm x 21 cm and contains 258 pages

A super easy to follow but complete and detailed listing of all British Merchant Ships sunk by U Boats during the 1914 - 18 war

Besides the ship information which is listed in company order there is a ship index at the rear of the book

Author: MILLER, WILLIAM
Publisher: P. Stephens

Author: William H. Miller
Genre: Business, Finance & Law
Publisher: Patrick Stephens Ltd

In the past 25 years over 160 passenger liners have served under the red Ensign, but of a fleet that was once the envy of the world perhaps only a dozen are still operated by British companies. This book is a nostalgic retrospective look back at the ships and the famous firms that operated them, but at the same time it will be seen as a convenient reference work with many photographs, technical data, construction details and a brief history of each vessel documenting the passing of an age. Covering in affectionate detail the twilight of the era of the great British passenger liner, it will be welcomed by all maritime enthusiasts and anyone who has felt the romance and allure of a great passenger ship.

Author: ODHAMS PRESS
Publisher: Odhams Press Ltd.

Author: FISCHER, R. (PHOTOS) & WALTON, J. (INTRO.)
Publisher: Crowood Press (UK)

Author: Richard Fischer
Genre: Bestsellers
Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd

An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 0 pages; Description: 96 p. : col. Ill. ; 25 cm. Subjects: Seaside resorts --Great Britain --Pictorial works. Peirs -- Great Britain --Social life and customs --20th century --Pictorial works.

Author: Norman L. Middlemiss
Genre: Business, Finance & Law
Publisher: Shield Publications

Scarcest of the 3 volumes. Volume 1 of 3 covering the shipbuilding yards of the last 100 years. In this volume, Tyne & Blyth (incl Swan Hunter), Wear, Hartlepool, Tees & Whitby, illus.

Author: UDEN, GRANT

Author: Grant Uden
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Macmillan

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Author: HARDY, A. C.

Author: A. C. Hardy
Publisher: A & C Black

95 pages. 330g. Blue cloth boards a little faded, rubbed to edges and sunning to spine, water staining throughout book. Near Good with contents tight. Illustrated with sepia tone photographs. Describes and illustrates 43 different types of merchant ships. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Author: H.M.S.O
Publisher: Patrick Stephens Ltd

Author: H.M.S.O.
Publisher: Aztex Corporation

Author: Miles Cowsill
Genre: Small Business & Entrepreneurship
Publisher: Ferry Publications

This work was published to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Company and includes a detailed account of the building of the Normandie, Barfleur and the introduction of the Val de Loire. The text is in English and French.

Author: F.J.N. Wedge - Compiler
Publisher: Brown, Son & Ferguson

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Author: Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd.
Publisher: Brown, Son & Ferguson

Author: Denis Griffiths
Publisher: P. Stephens

Author: Angus Buchanan (Author), Michael Williams (Author)
Publisher: Redcliffe Press Ltd

Author: Denis Griffiths
Genre: History
Publisher: P. Stephens

The railway line proposed between London and Bristol whas the longest yet contemplated. 'Why not', asked Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 'make it a longer and have a steam boat from Bristol to New York'?'. The "Great Western" was the result, a ship which ushered in a new aerial transatlantic travel. Yet this book is the 1st to record in details through both anecdote and engineering records, her complete history from conception to scrapyard. Packed with revealing commentary as well as many fine illustrations it offers a fascinating insight into the Victorian Maritime world.

Author: Rob Powell
Genre: Arts & Photography
Publisher: Watershed

Catalogue of an exhibition held at Watershed, Bristol, 11 June-27 July, 1985 , Plymouth Art Centre 3-31 Aug.1985 and National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford 10 Sept.-6 Oct., 1985. 80 pages, illustrated

Author: POWELL, ROB

Author: Alwyn Crawshaw
Genre: Watercolor Painting
Publisher: COLLINS

Author: Alan Rose
Publisher: Perigee Trade

Author: Ulrich Keller
Genre: Arts & Photography
Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.

In 1889 the Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interocéanique declared bankruptcy. The French firm's optimistic and ill-planned attempt to construct a canal across the Isthmus of Panama had resulted in the death of 22,000 workers (most from yellow fever, typhoid fever, and malaria); the complete loss of one and a half billion francs for the company's 800,000 shareholders; and the bitter failure of Chief Engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps — the man responsible for the Suez Canal. On August 15, 1914, the S.S. Ancon took nine hours and forty minutes to traverse the lock-and-lake waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. What occurred in the quarter century between 1889 and 1914 is a larger-than-life true story of adventure, revolution, ordeal, and accomplishment: the building of the Panama Canal — perhaps the greatest engineering marvel of the early twentieth century.In 164 magnificent historic photographs and a well-researched text, noted photohistorian Ulrich Keller tells the compelling story of this hitherto unparalleled technological achievement. Selected from an archive of over 10,000 images amassed by Ernest Hallen (Official Photographer of the Isthmian Canal Commission), these historic prints document the Canal's construction and its way of life: 450 miles of railroad; housing for 60,000 based on a caste system; the exotic settings; tremendous hardships and health risks; leisure activities; the Canal Zone's internal government, administration and policing; dredging operations, including spectacular movements of earth and water; unheard-of engineering feats and disastrous failures; and finally, victory!Photographers, historians, engineers, and tudents of industry and technology will immediately recognize this volume as an important primary source of industrial archaeology. Photography enthusiasts and lovers of true adventure will delight in the vibrant, you-are-there sensation imparted by the photos and Ulrich Keller's exceptionally informed text and meticulous captions. The Building of the Panama Canal in Historic Photographs takes the reader back to a different era, and one of the proudest episodes in what the author calls "the 'heroic' age of industry."

Author: Rod Green
Genre: History
Publisher: Carlton Books Ltd

Conceived in 1907, Titanic was two years in design and 37 months in construction at the great Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She was the biggest ship the world had ever seen, and thought by many to be indestructible. But she sank, tragically, just five days into her maiden voyage, en route to New York in 1912. Some 1,500 people died.This book, for the first time, takes the story of the ship right back to the beginning, and the decision to build her in the first place. Then we go into the shipyard, where 4,000 tradesmen rivet by rivet and plate by plate turned the plans and blueprints into a towering hulk of an ocean liner. Once the outer shell was complete, the luxurious passenger accommodation was fitted out, which included dining rooms, a squash court, a gymnasium, libraries, smoking rooms and even Turkish baths. The men that built her knew every bolt and rivet, every dove-tail joint, every vibration of the engine. For them, Titanic would always be the world's greatest ship.This is an extraordinary story of modern engineering but also of human endeavour and, ultimately, fallibility. Illustrated throughout with blueprints, cross-sections and haunting photographs of the Titanic in construction, "Building the Titanic" adds a new and fascinating dimension to the history of the world's most famous ship.

Author: Rod Green
Genre: History
Publisher: Carlton Books Ltd

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Author: Brian Salter
Publisher: Shire Publications

The building-block has been a familiar and much-loved presence in children's toy-boxes for centuries. In the twentieth century, however, new production techniques allowed it to evolve into a multiplicity of systems which enabled any child to be both architect and skilled builder, capable of constructing realistic and sturdy miniature buildings. This beautifully illustrated book is devoted to British building toys, from the well-known to the more niche brands. Photographs of sets, completed buildings and box art and advertising material make this book a feast of nostalgia for anyone who grew up in the middle years of the last century, and an invaluable source of information for any collectors who keep the memory of these toys alive today.

Author: Mick Flynn
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Summer 2006, Afghanistan: an apparently deserted village, and a rapidly ticking clock...The relentless Taliban ambush which followed saw several British soldiers dead, two armoured vehicles destroyed - and Corporal of Horse Michael Flynn awarded an MC to go alongside his Conspicuous Gallantry Cross. Mick Flynn has never backed away from a challenge. From his uncompromising South Wales childhood - within a whisker, at one point, of Cardiff Prison - to the streets of Belfast, where he first learned the bitter realities of armed conflict, he's had no difficulty finding and facing trouble. Whether on the storm blasted Falklands cliff tops, where he witnessed the Sir Galahad going down in flames, or in the searing deserts of Iraq, where he and his crew pinned down an entire division of enemy tanks, he has carried the attack with a coolness that has earned him the respect of princes, generals and his fellow soldiers. Mick Flynn has seen action in every major British war zone of the past thirty years and still serves with the legendary Blues & Royals today. Bullet Magnet is his story - the story of an extraordinary modern warrior who mixes warmth and humour, and at times heartbreaking poignancy, with truly breathtaking fighting skills.

Author: Manuel Pino Toro
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Thousands followed the emotional and courageous story of the 33 Chilean miners, trapped underground for 68 days, 2300 feet below ground, and the international rescue team that marshalled know-how and resources to save them. Buried Alive is a riveting and heart-warming story of how the world came together to do the impossible.

Author: PENRY-JONES, J.

Author: Arthur Spurgeon
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Cassell

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Author: Travis Elborough
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Granta Books

In December 2005, London lost one its most famous symbols: the Routemaster bus - a bus designed and made in London, by Londoners for Londoners, which was to London what the gondola is to Venice. In terms of postcards, books, films, and cheap souvenirs, and in the eyes of the world, the Routemaster represented the city just as much as Big Ben. It was the last bus to be have conductors as well as drivers, the last bus to ring familiar shouts that are at least a century old: Fares please, Full up inside but room on top, Next stop the British Museum! The last bus, in other words, to be a proper bus. In this fond history, Travis Elborough tells the story of the routemaster's invention, rise and decline, of the people who worked on it, and of the enthusiasts who were mad about it. The streets will never be the same again.

Author: Edwin Green, Michael S. Moss
Genre: Merchant Marine History
Publisher: Methuen & Co.

By the end of the 1920's the Royal Mail group of shipping companies owned nearly 15% of the British merchant fleet at a time when over half the world's shipping was in British hands, and the company and its energetic chairman, Owen Phillips, Baron Kylsant of Carmarthen were both honoured as outstanding examples of British enterprise, farsightedness and integrity. A decade later, the group was in ruins and Kylsant reviled as a fraudster. This book tells in great detail the complete story of the rise and fall the subsequent reconstruction of the Royal Mail group.

Author: RAF Police Sergeant Will Barrow, Isabel George
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Virgin Books

Author: Will Barrow Hardback Thousands of lives have been saved by this very special spaniel. He is a best friend in dog's clothing. An RAF dog with his mossy feet firmly on the ground. A brave dog who has served his colleagues and his country with unstinting devotion. A dog in a million. This is the story of the partnership of Buster and Will, told by Will himself, describing how each came to save the other's life. This is a relationship that produced some heroic feats in the dust and desert heat of Afghanistan - and beyond. Buster, uniquely, has served five tours of duty - more than any other military dog. "With some dogs you share a boil in the bag breakfast and maybe a blanket on a cold desert floor. Some you wouldn't leave in charge of your Grandma unless you wanted to find out just how fast the old girl could run. But, if you're very, very lucky there will be the one dog you would lay down your life for - and for me that dog is Buster." As told to Isabel George. Publisher: Vir...

Author: Bernard Ireland
Publisher: Ian Allan

Author: J Miller
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles Encyclopedias
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley

This is the new edition of this insider's guide to identifying trash, treasure or tomorrow's antiques, from antiques guru Judith Miller. Ever wondered if your junk might be someone else's antique or treasure? From coins to kitchenware, fashion to football memorabilia, find out all you need to know to enjoy collecting and make a tidy profit. Pick up expert advice, top tips and tricks of the trade from antiques expert Judith Miller. She'll guide you through identifying tomorrow's red-hot collectables so you can make the right investment now; which items to hold onto while they increase in value; and, what to sell to maximise your profits. 'Super-easy to use, may save or make you a bob or two' - 5-star rating, "Web User Magazine".

Author: Consumers' Association
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton General Division

Author: Terence Kelly
Genre: History
Publisher: Pen & Sword Military

First published in Great Britain as “Living with Japanese” in 1997 by Kellan Press

Taken prisoner in Java, Terence Kelly's captivity was full of incident. He was witness to barbaric cruelty and suffering particularly on the journey packed into a filthy cargo ship under atrocious and inhumane conditions. Once in Japan, he was a slave in the Hitachi shipyards where he got to know other Japanese and learn their language. His book reveals more about the psyche of his captors than other similar works. His Hiroshima camp was unique and was possibly the best camp in which the Japs held POWs. Many of the inmates were influential men, who knew the Far East and had held important posts. The interaction between POWs and captors was fascinating and his book offers a rare insight into the Japanese character, as unthinkable defeat and humiliation became a reality. Kelly's account of the A-Bomb attack and the chaos that followed it is fascinating and rare.

Author: Miles Cowsill
Genre: Local & Urban History
Publisher: Ferry Publications (Wales)

Serves as a celebration of the old ASN from its founding until 1991.