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  1. Abominable Science! : Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids

    Loxton, Daniel; Prothero, Donald R.
    Columbia University Press 2013

    “A sharp analysis of the quest for unreal critters―cryptids, as they are called―and the people who pursue them . . . entertaining and thoroughly documented.” —The Wall Street Journ...

  2. Above the Battle

    Lyell Munro, Ronald
    Pen and Sword

    In April 1943, a young officer arrived at Penshurst to join ‘C’ Flight, 653 Squadron. He was no ordinary pilot and this was no ordinary RAF outfit. Lyell Munro was a soldier and 65...

  3. Abraham Lincoln

    Ekendahl, Staffan
    Norstedts

    Lincolns hela liv är som en saga. Han föddes i en fönsterlös hydda i skogen, fick knappt ett års skolgång men läste själv allt han kom över och blev vid 28 års ålder självlärd advo...

  4. Absent-Minded Beggars

    Bennett, William
    Pen and Sword

    The British Army suffered one of its greatest crises when in December 1899 the Boer irregulars inflicted three reverses in South Africa in 'Black Week'. A nation grown accustomed t...

  5. An Account of Egypt

    Herodotus
    Duke Classics 2014

    Regarded by many as the first major historian, Herodotus was a Greek scholar and traveler who set down his impressions of foreign countries and his analysis of wars and other signi...

  6. An Accrington Pal

    Corbett, Steve
    Helion and Company

    September 1914, and the whole of Europe was at war following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his beloved wife Sophie by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo on 28th June 1...

  7. Accrington Pals

    Turner, William
    Pen and Sword

    Accrington Pals is being re-released due to popular demand after being out of stock for sometime. The first book to be published in the now highly acclaimed Pals series. The Accrin...

  8. Accrington Pals

    Turner, William
    Pen and Sword

    Follow the footsteps of the Pals in their journey from Lancashire to their training camps in England and Wales and to the villages and battlefields of France. A comprehensive accou...

  9. Accrington's Pals: The Full Story

    Jackson, Andrew
    Pen and Sword

    Andrew Jackson's new history tells the story of the Great War as it was experienced by the men of the 11th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment (Accrington Pals), the 158th (Accring...

  10. Aces High

    Shores, Christopher; Williams, Clive
    Grub Street

    A revised collection of the biographies of the highest scoring Allied fighter pilots of World War II. All details of their combat are arranged in tabular form. Included are a selec...

  11. Aces High

    Shores, Christopher
    Grub Street

    This volume updates the information in the first volume and adds some new names. Information has been added on the pilots who gained success against the V-1 flying bombs during 194...

  12. Aces of the Luftwaffe

    Jacobs, Peter
    Pen and Sword

    The air battles of the Second World War were fought ferociously and with extraordinary skill and courage on both fronts. The fighter pilots of the Luftwaffe, the jagdflieger, in fa...

  13. Aces of the Reich

    Spick, Mike
    Pen and Sword

    In 1939, the Luftwaffe was arguably the world's best-equipped and best-trained air force. Its fighters were second to none, and their pilots had a tactical system superior to any o...

  14. Aces, Airmen and The Biggin Hill Wing

    Tan, Jon E C
    Pen and Sword

    During the Second World War, RAF Biggin Hill was one of Fighter Command’s premier stations. Throughout the Battle of Britain and beyond, it became a hotbed of talent and expertise,...

  15. Aces, Warriors and Wingmen: The Firsthand Accounts of Canada's Fighter Pilots in the Second World War

    Ralph, Wayne
    John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 2008 1. edition

    A celebration and a tribute to the warriors of the air who as young men served their country with unselfish devotion. Hear their words. Join these young Canadians in combat. A...

  16. Acoustemologies in Contact: Sounding Subjects and Modes of Listening in Early Modernity

    Open Book Publishers

    In this fascinating collection of essays, an international group of scholars explores the sonic consequences of transcultural contact in the early modern period. They examine how c...

  17. An Active Service

    Dorney, Richard
    Helion and Company

    An Active Service' traces a young Sid Dowland from civilian life into the tough environment of the Guards Depot in the 1930's and then on to a Guards service Battalion in London an...

  18. AD69

    Fields, Nic
    Pen and Sword

    With the death of Nero by his own shaky hand, the ill-sorted, ill-starred Iulio-Claudian dynasty came to an ignominious end, and Rome was up for the taking. This was 9 June, AD 68....

  19. Aden Insurgency

    Walker, Jonathan
    Pen and Sword

    During the early 1960s the Cold War reached its climax. Britain's dwindling power in the Middle East was under siege from Arab nationalism, the Communist bloc and from American des...

  20. Admiral Byng

    Ware, Chris
    Pen and Sword

    Born the son of George Byng, a favorite of the king and himself an admiral and member of the admiralty board (and later First Lord of the Admiralty), John Byng seemed destined for...