Deemed unsuitable for the Channel Front, lend-lease Tomahawks and kittyhawks instead became the staple fighter of the Desert…

In the spring of 2007, hard on the heels of the worst winter in the history of Juneau, Alaska, Lynn Schooler finds himself…

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The resonant ruins of Pompeii are perhaps the most direct route back to the living, breathing world of the ancient Romans.…

In 1772, upon the death of her second husband, Mary Delany arose from her grief, picked up a pair of scissors, and, at the…

Japan's top aces doubled the best efforts of the Allies due to pre-war experience in China and Manchuria and their excellent…

Osprey's examination of the Battle of Chancellorsville (1863) of the American Civil War (1861-1865). Following the debacle…

Myitkyina was a vital objective in the Allied re-conquest of Burma in 1943-44. Following the disastrous retreat from Burma…

Osprey's Campaign title for Sekigahara (1600), which was the most decisive battle in Japanese history. Fought against the…

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The Korean War was brutal and frustrating, and the commanders and soldiers of the Eighth US Army showed ingenuity and…

Despite myth, the Japanese carrier force was not destroyed at Midway but survived to still prove a threat in the Pacific…

This book focuses on the feats of the American air aces of the Korean War, profiles the leading aces, and examines in detail…

The Thirty Years War, a religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants, raged across Europe between 1618 and 1648,…

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• Rok vydání 1709

Offers an account of the origins, events and outcome of the Battle of Poltava in 1709, at which Peter the Great's newly…

The siege of Malta during World War 2 is one of the great epics of aerial warfare. In 1942, it was described alternately as…

The storming of Badajoz was an epic action which involved Wellington's infantry in some of the most savage hand-to hand…

Osprey's overview of the First Battle of Ypres of World War I (1914-1918). In the autumn of 1914 the original British…

The Battle of Zama saw two great generals face off, as Hannibal led his Carthaginians against Rome's Scipio. This clash…

The first day of the battle of the Somme is still on record as the largest number of deaths in any one day in any war. This…

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The battle of Talavera in 1809 was one of the major battles of the Peninsular War and Arthur Wellesley's first victory in…

The full story surrounding the battle that represented the climax of the career of King Robert the Bruce, and has since…

In the 19th century China was gradually becoming another colony of the European powers which recognised her many riches that…

Latin Stories is an ideal first reader for students of Latin. It offers 100 self-contained passages of manageable length,…

The first Zeppelin attack on London came in May 1915 - and with it came the birth of a new arena of warfare, the 'home…

This work details the course of the Vittoria campaign, the pinnacle of Wellington's achievement in the peninsular, from the…

The Siegfried Line campaign was one of the most frustrating and bloody series of battles fought by the US Army in Northwest…

The only major conflict of Lord Dunmore's War, the battle of Point Pleasant was fought between Virginian militia and…

Osprey's examination of the last major Republican offensive of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). The Battle of the Ebro was…

• Rok vydání 1575

Osprey's examination of the campaign at Nagashino in 1575. When Portuguese traders took advantage of the constant violence…

Osprey's study of one of the decisive battles of the French and Indian War (1754-1763). On 5 July 1758 General Abercromby's…

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Although the Crusader was built first and foremost as a Navy interceptor, as has often been the tradition with US fighters,…

In mid-September 1943, as the opening move of the Allied campaign to liberate the mainland of Italy, an Anglo-American…

Kniha 9781608198061 Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? Roz Chast…

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Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Pevná, Počet stran: 320, Nakladatelství: Bloomsbury Publishing, ISBN-13: 9781399404525, Datum…

• Angličtina

Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Pevná, Počet stran: 272, Nakladatelství: Bloomsbury Publishing, ISBN-13: 9781635577303, Datum…

An illuminating biography of one of the most famous--and most famously unfinished--buildings in the world, the Sagrada…

A gorgeous and inspiring outdoor cookbook that goes back to basics, and then beyond, from the master of bushcraft, Ray…

This first bilingual edition of France's most enduring wartime novel introduces Vercors's famous tale to a generation…

This is the first volume of a two-part course, first written in response to a JACT survey of over 100 schools, and now…

Verbatim Theatre is the surprise success story of the modern stage. As the name suggests Verbatim plays are written using…

This edition of Sir Thomas More is the first to bring the play into the context of a major Shakespeare series, to provide a…

The complete screenplay of one of the world's most famous and controversial films "A definitive chronicle of the making of…

All boaters - whether at sea, on rivers or canals, and whether on dinghies, yachts, canalboats or motor-cruisers - need to…

• Rok vydání 1997

In 1997, Frank Furedi published a book called Culture of Fear. It was widely acclaimed as perceptive and prophetic. Now…

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Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Pevná, Počet stran: 320, Nakladatelství: Bloomsbury Publishing, ISBN-13: 9781399409773, Datum…

Born in 1899 to Russian Aristocrats, Tamara de Lempicka escaped the Bolsheviks by exchanging her body for freedom,…

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Jazyk: Angličtina, Vazba: Pevná, Počet stran: 320, Nakladatelství: Bloomsbury Publishing, ISBN-13: 9781472991348, Datum…

Well-researched biography of Che Guevara, using interviews with family and associates, and archives from Argentina, Mexico,…

Brian Wilson was the creative genius behind The Beach Boys. He turned a suburban California garage into a group that took…