Grub Street: 238 books
by David Twiston Davies
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2015
This “classic compilation” (The Field) of newspaper death notices “includes the great, the brave, the adventurous, and the eccentric” (Soldier Magazine).
David Twiston Davies’s latest, highly entertaining collection of 100 Daily Telegraph military obituaries from the last sixteen years...
Jaguar Boys
True Tales from Operators of the Big Cat in Peace and War
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
Originally intended as a trainer, the Anglo-French Sepecat jet, equipped with the very latest in weapon-aiming and navigational equipment, eventually became the backbone of the RAF’s tactical strike-attack and recce forces for a decade from the mid 1970s. In these pages, the Jaguar Boys – pilots,...
Alfie's War
A World War II Fleet Air Arm Lieutenant's Exciting Exploits on HMS Illustrious, in Greece and Crete
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012
Written in three parts, and as a sequel to Seven Seas, Nine Lives, Richard Pike continues the remarkable experiences of Captain AWF ‘Alfie’ Sutton CBE DSC and bar RN. During events which come as close to fiction as is imaginable, the first part describes how Alfie, badly injured and close to death...
by Elisabeth Luard
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2008
Recipes reflecting the rich traditions of twenty-five countries, passed down through generations.
Peasant cookery offers healthy, real food—and is as relevant now as it was centuries ago. In this remarkable book, Elisabeth Luard sets out to record the principles of European cookery and to...
Real Flavours
The Handbook of Gourmet & Deli Ingredients
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2012
Gourmand World Cookbook Award winner: An “elegantly written, amusing and engaging” reference for chefs (Country Living).
Real Flavours is an entirely rewritten and updated third edition of Glynn Christian’s Delicatessen Food Handbook, described by Nigel Slater as “one of the only ten books...
Finding the Few
Some Outstanding Mysteries of the Battle of Britain Investigated and Solved
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2009
An “extraordinarily researched” account of a quest to find MIA fighter pilots decades after World War II (Barrett Tillman).
1940: The air over Britain is filled with danger. Courageous and heroic men fly and fight, often sacrificing their lives to keep the nation free. Some of them will disappear...
Jasta Boelcke
The History of Jasta 2, 1916-1918
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2004
As August drew to a close in 1916, the German Air Service was reeling almost helplessly towards inevitable defeat on the Somme. The Artillery and Feldflieger Abteilungen, the Kampfstaffeln, had been quickly reduced to relative impotency by the overwhelming quantitative and qualitative superiority...
Meteor Boys
True Tales from the Operators of Britain's First Jet Fighter—From 1944 to Date
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2016
Through the first-hand experiences of pilots and ground crew, the author of Javelin Boys chronicles the history of the RAF’s first jet-engined aircraft.
As Britain’s first jet fighter, the Gloster Meteor has had a remarkably varied and lengthy life. But while many books have focused on...
Canberra Boys
Fascinating Accounts from the Operators of an English Electric Classic
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2017
The English Electric Canberra first came into production in the late 1940s and has since played a hugely significant part in world events. In Canberra Boys, Andrew Brookes takes us through its rich history with the help of those who operated this magnificent machine. Contributors include Roly ‘Bee’...
Harrier Boys Volume 2
New Technology, New Threats, New Tactics, 1990-2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
In the second volume of Harrier Boys, as with the first, the history of this remarkable aircraft in service with UK armed forces is illustrated through personal reminiscences of the people who worked with it. The book begins with explanations of the mature concept of operations with the Harrier GR3...
Australian Hawk Over the Western Front
A Biography of Major R S Dallas DSO, DSC, C de G avec Palme
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2006
Major Roderick Dallas is Australia’s leading air ace of all time and, with fifty victories, also one of the highest-scoring Commonwealth aces.
Even so, until this excellently researched volume, there has never been a full biography of this exceptional pilot, whose fighting career spanned...
Stuka Attack
The Dive Bombing Assault on England During the Battle of Britain
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2013
The Junkers 87 Stuka was an iconic weapon of World War Two and an aircraft name that was, and still is, instantly recognized worldwide. Its roles in Poland and the Battles of France and the Low Countries are almost legendary, but in the UK its import during the Battle of Britain is one that has never...
A Separate Little War
The BANFF Coastal Command Strike Wing Versus the Kreigsmarine and Luftwaffe 1944 - 1945
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2008
Every day for nine months from September 1944, young British Commonwealth and Norwegian airmen flew from Banff, Fraserburgh and Peterhead in northern Scotland to target German U-boats, merchant men and freighters in the fjords and leads of southwest Norway, encountering the Luftwaffe and flakships...
Arrival of Eagles
Luftwaffe Landings in Britain 1939–1945
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2014
A fascinating look at German planes that wound up in British territory during World War II, with photos.
During the Second World War, a great many Luftwaffe aircraft arrived in the United Kingdom or its coastal waters, but, as with the famous flight of Rudolf Hess, not all of them through “conventional”...