Grub Street: 238 books
by Jane Grigson
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2008
This timeless classic of French cuisine brings age-old mastery of everything pork into your kitchen, one easy-to-follow step at a time.
Every town in France has at least one charcutier, whose windows are dressed with astonishing displays of delicious food: pâté, terrines, galantines, jambon,...
Billy Drake, Fighter Leader
The Autobiography of Group Captain B. Drake DSO, DFC and Bar, US DFC
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2009
Born in London of an English father and Australian mother and educated in Switzerland, Billy Drake was to become one of the most illustrious RAF fighter pilots of World War II, indeed of all time.
He flew in many theaters with various squadrons on different aircraft - starting with 1 Squadron...
Mannock
The Life and Death of Major Edward Mannock VC, DSO, MC, RAF
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2008
The definitive biography of the WWI fighter pilot Edward “Mick” Mannock—and a revealing investigation into his mysterious fate.
Although he was arguably the highest scoring RAF fighter pilot of the First World War, Edward “Mick” Mannock’s life, particularly his death, is still shrouded...
Victory Fighters
Winning the Battle for Supremacy in the Skies over Western Europe, 1941-1945
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2005
Victory Fighters is largely a collection of eyewitness accounts of the struggle that raged in the skies over occupied Europe after the Battle of Britain. Expertly selected and interwoven by Stephen Darlow, the book centers on the stories of six pilots and one navigator, the telling of which covers...
Air War for Burma
The Concluding Volume of The Bloody Shambles Series. The Allied Air Forces Fight Back in South-East Asia 1942-1945
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2014
In his monumental work Bloody Shambles, Volume Two, Christopher Shores described in detail the British retreat out of Burma, culminating at the end of May 1942. The monsoon then brought operations on land and in the air virtually to a halt for several months as the British and Indian forces prepared...
Home is the Halifax
An Extraordinary Account of Re-building a Classic WWII Bomber and Creating the Yorkshire Air Museum to House It
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2010
Between 1935 and 1945, Yorkshire became home to 41 military airfields, the majority located in the Vale of York. The area was often referred to as a land-based aircraft carrier. The author, aged 16, became involved in this vast aviation activity when he started work with the Handley Page aircraft...
Ship-Busters!
A Classic Account of RAF Torpedo-Bombers in WWII
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2009
Low-level strikes against enemy shipping by torpedo-carrying aircraft were perhaps the most dangerous forms of air attack developed during WWII, and few isolated actions had such a direct impact on naval and military actions.
This book tells the story of the RAF men involved, from the early...
Convoy Peewit
August 8th, 1940: The First Day of the Battle of Britain?
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2010
During the early hours of 8 August 1940 over twenty merchant ships set sail in Convoy CW9 “Peewit” and edged past Dover, hugging the shore in complete darkness. Whilst unseen to human eyes, the Germans had picked up the large convoy on its Freya radar at Cap Gris Nez and flashed warning messages...
South Wind Through the Kitchen
The Best of Elizabeth David
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2011
A posthumous collection of recipes and articles—recommended by her friends and fans—from “the best food writer of her time” (Jane Grigson, The Times Literary Supplement).
Before Elizabeth David died in 1992, she and her editor, Jill Norman, had begun work on a volume of “The Best of,”...
by Arto der Haroutunian
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2012
“Vegetable dishes from Nigeria, Finland, South America, Bulgaria and many other countries . . . practical and beautifully-written” (Mostly Food & Travel Journal).
By the internationally acclaimed author Arto der Haroutunian, Classic Vegetarian Cookery offers over 250 recipes from all...
Bread and Oil
Majorcan Culture's Last Stand
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2008
Coarse bread bathed in olive oil, then rubbed with tomato or garlic and salt, is common to all the Mediterranean cultures from France to Algeria, from Morocco to Greece. On the island of Majorca, it is known as pa amb oli, bread and oil.
Tomás Graves takes this healthy peasant staple as a...
by Arto der Haroutunian
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
“[A] ground-breaking collection of wonderful pilafs, soups, stuffed vegetables, relishes and pastries. A treasury of delicious dishes” (The Foodie).
Every one of the twelve cookbooks Arto der Haroutunian wrote became a classic; his thoughtful, erudite writing helped to explain to Westerners...
Brotherhood of the Skies
Wartime Experiences of a Gunnery Officer and Typhoon Pilot
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2010
A British fighter pilot recounts his battles—in both wartime and peacetime.
David Ince only managed to pass the RAF medical board on his third attempt—but this did not stop him from forging a highly successful aviation career. After flying Hurricanes and Mustangs at 41 OTU, he converted to...
Fast Jets and Other Beasts
Personal Insights from the Cockpit of the Hunter, Phantom, Jaguar, Tornado and Many More
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2017
Over a thirty-two-year military flying career which spanned a period when the RAF regularly replaced its fighter/bombers, Ian Hall had seven front-line flying tours on five different types. His story starts in Bahrain in the early 1970s, just before the massive contraction that saw the RAF withdraw...