"The Country Wife" is a satirical comedy, which exposes the immorality of Restoration society in a way that has been both…

The composite bow is one of the most influential weapons of all time, having a profound impact on human history. An ancient…

The Tragedy of Mariam, the Fair Queen of Jewry is a Jacobean closet drama by Elizabeth Tanfield Cary. First published in…

A set of wargaming rules for colonial conflicts, combining history with a hint of Kipling and Hollywood.…

Timon of Athens has struck many readers as rough and unpolished, perhaps even unfinished, though to others it has appeared…

The SAS are among the best-trained and most effective Special Forces units in existence. This book is the incredible story…

The M113 is the most widely used and versatile armored vehicle in the world. Fielded in 1960 as a simple "battlefield taxi,"…

The first of a series of five books on the German army of World War II. This volume focuses on their achievements from 1935…

• Rok vydání 1968

Jose Costa has just attended the Anonymous Writers Congress in Istanbul and is on his way back to Rio when a bomb scare on…

This is a technical outline of the history of the sniper rifle, from its introduction in warfare during the Napoleonic wars,…

Featuring full-color artwork, archive photographs, and first-hand accounts from participants," Storming Monte la Difensa…

The definitive guide to the uke, its legends and history (plus a fantastic songbook)…

A total of 10,500 missiles were launched as part of the V1 attack, of which 3,957 were destroyed by the defences. Indeed, it…

Designed by a motorcycle racer turned small-arms engineer, George Patchett, the submachine gun that eventually became known…

An iconic piece of weaponry that is recognisable the world over, and a favourite of terrorist groups.…

Kniha 9781635579383 I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki: A Memoir Anton Hur…

In 1906, at a prosperous Long Island summer home, a family falls ill and typhoid is diagnosed. When Dr George Soper is…

In the summer of 1804, the eagle was chosen as the symbol of the French Army by Napoleon himself. The Emperor's sculptor,…

• Francouzština

Edmund White was forty-three years old when he moved to Paris in 1983. He spoke no French and knew just two people in the…

This fully illustrated study details Germany and Italy's failed development of World War II aircraft carriers, and the naval…

An instant cult classic, Michel Gondry's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was both a critical and commercial success.…

Miletus: one of the wealthiest and most important towns in ancient Greece. It was here, on the Aegean coast of Asia Minor,…

An elegantly packaged new edition of a classic Chinese folk tale collection that responds to the contemporary fascination…

New student edition, with annotations on every page and critical, contextual and staging insight provided.…

Available in PB for the first time, with a new preface and illustrated throughout.…

The British assault on Breed's Hill and the burning of Charlestown were the first major battles of the American Revolution;…

Osprey's study of James Wolfe's siege of Louisbourg during the French and Indian War (1754-1763). Louisbourg represented a…

Examines the 30 years of service of this aircraft, and its continued popularity at air shows.…

Featuring artwork, archival photographs and detailed maps, this book offers an analysis of the most innovative Allied…

This volume details the technical features and operational performance of the Soviet Su-25 'Frogfoot', which proved itself…

Following the destruction wrought on the Red Army Air Forces during the first days of Operation Barbarossa in June 1941, the…

Thrown into action following the Torch landings of late 1942, the 'green' American pilots flying the obsolescent P-40F…

Kniha 9781408831595 Return of a King William Dalrymple…

It is the 1970s in Northern California. A farmer and his teenage daughters, Anna and Claire, work the land with the help of…

"This is a book that was begging to be written. This is the kind of book that demands a future where we'll no longer need…

An illustrated study of the design, development and eventual fates of the uncompleted super-battleships intended to be built…

A practical primer to looking at architecture and all the elements that are included in buildings, from cornices and friezes…

• Čeština

All of us have lurking in our DNA a most remarkable gene, which has a crucial job - it protects us from cancer. Known simply…

This is a comprehensive guide to the armies that fought a devastating and decisive conflict in the Eastern Mediterranean…

The Lonesome West was first presented as a Druid Theatre company and Royal Court co-production in the summer of 1997. 'The…

The twin-engined He 111 was the mainstay of the Luftwaffe's bomber arm at the start of World War ll. Accompanied by the Ju…

• Čeština

The battle of Bosworth effectively put an end to the dynastic struggle known as the Wars of the Roses (1455-1485). Guiding…

Often overshadowed by the fighters that either protected or threatened them, two-seater reconnaissance aircraft performed…

This volume provides a detailed examination on the late-war changes to the German Army Panzer forces and the formation of…

• Čeština

In the AIRCRAFT OF THE ACES series, an illustrated aviation history of the Finnish fighter pilots in the Second World War.…

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This volume offers an account of the origins, events and outcome of the Battle of Cannae in 216 BC, the most famous battle…

'What a scene!' wrote Horace Walpole. 'An army in the night dragging itself up a precipice by stumps of trees to assault a…

Assesses Operation Dynamo from start to finish, referring to plans, forces and more. 2010 is the 60th anniversary of this…