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This volume offers an insight into the iconic Mauser family of German bolt-action rifles. Drawing on first-hand accounts of the weapons in combat and ...
The formidable European longsword โ featuring a double-edged straight blade in excess of 40in, and capable of being used with one or both hands โ ...
Take a beautifully illustrated trip through the ancient tombs, artifacts, and technology that made the Ancient Egyptians one of the most fascinating c...
The 1st Battalion, The Rhodesian Light Infantry, was one of the most innovative and successful counter-insurgency units in modern history. Formed as a...
A colourful book with acetate overlays that shows children how ancient Roman people lived and worked, their food, their houses and apartments, and whe...
Adopted in 1938 and remaining in British service until 1991, the popular and reliable Bren was an iconic light machine gun, and arguably the most reco...
Patented in 1898 and produced from 1900, Georg Luger's iconic semi-automatic pistol became synonymous with Germany's armed forces throughout both worl...
A story of surf, friendship and the long road to adulthood.;;There is a lot to like about this exciting road novel Imagine Endless Summer as directed ...
North-West Europe, 1944โ45
This fully illustrated study assesses the origins, development, and combat record of the legendary Tiger and Churchill Tanks during World War II. The ...
The Viking Adventurer
Presents the saga of the Norse explorer who settled Greenland....
'My dead friend is sending me postcards. It's like a voice from hell.' 'I saw Castro die. A week later the postcards started. One a month - Indonesian...
During World War I, the British adopted the US-designed Lewis gun as an infantry weapon, realizing that its light weight and the fact that it could be...
Now the standard weapon for British soldiers across the globe, the SA80's early years were surrounded in controversy after a series of dismal performa...
Great Britain had introduced the tank to the world during World War I, and maintained its lead in armoured warfare with the 'Experimental Mechanised F...
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was ...
Presents instances of heroism on both sides in World War II....
Presents the history of the Roman army and describes some of the campaigns through which they conquered most of the known world....
Briefly discusses some of the more important explorations by adventurers such as Columbus, Cortรฉs, Pizarro, Cabot, Cartier, Magellan, Hudson, Marco P...
How did the French Revolution start? How did industrialisation spread in Europe? What and where was the Boxer Rebellion? This work answers these quest...
Describes many aspects of Viking life including their farms, religion, ships and navigation, wars and conquest, trade, towns, home life, arts and poet...
SHORTLISTED: 2020 Prime Minister's Literary Award, Young Adult Fiction The sea is inside his blood. Cursed, or blessed, on both sides. When sixteen-ye...
Learn about Leonardo, the great scientist, inventor and artist. Illustrated throughout in full color. Chapters are arranged in chronological order by ...
Introduces a variety of record-breaking people and places, including the longest wall, the first city, and the first person to climb Mount Everest....
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were the ultimate comedy team. They were partners in fun for thirty years; friends as well as co-workers, they claimed ne...
Describes the living conditions, plant and animal life, people, exploitation, and conservation of the tropical rain forests....
A copiously illustrated guide to the monarchs of the British Isles and Ireland from pre-Saxon times to the present, complete with concise genealogical...
Discusses the explorations of fourteen explorers, from Pytheas's voyage to Britain in 320 B.C. to Fuchs's crossing of the Antarctic in 1957....
Brief accounts of the exploits of nineteen leaders, including Alexander the Great, Cortez, and Napoleon, who, through intelligence and determination, ...
A biography of Queen Victoria, ruler of the British Empire for sixty-three years....
Discusses early explorers and the effects of their exploration on the cultures and economies of both old and new worlds....
The Irish Rebel Against British Rule
An account of the events and principals that precipitated the Easter Rising in Dublin and the rebellion's influence on British rule in Ireland....
A Fully Illustrated Guide to Over 140 Clans - Their History,Tartans , and Much More
"A fully illustrated guide to over 140 clans--their history, tartans, and much more."--Cover....
From the Big Bang to the Third Millennium
The Illustrated History of the World examines ancient civilizations and modern cultures rooted in them....
A biography of a man who overcame disadvantages of birth, reputation, and political circumstance to become the leader of his party and prime minister ...