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  1. A History of Ottoman Poetry Volume VI

    Gibb, E. J. W.
    Gibb Memorial Trust

    The History of Ottoman Poetry, first published in six volumes between 1900 and 1909, was the principal product of E.J.W. Gibb’s devotion to Ottoman Turkish literature. By the time...

  2. Northrop Flying Wings

    Simons, Graham M.
    Pen and Sword

    Jack Northrop’s flying wings - or to give them their more correct title, all wing aircraft - were some of the most spectacular, graceful and elegant flying machines ever to grace t...

  3. Sweet William or the Butcher?

    Oates, Jonathan
    Pen and Sword

    'Butcher' Cumberland is portrayed as one of the arch villains of British history. His leading role in the bloody defeat of the Jacobite rebellion in 1745 and his ruthless pursuit o...

  4. Major & Mrs Holt's Definitive Battlefield Guide to the D-Day Normandy Landing Beaches

    Holt, Tonie; Holt, Valamai
    Pen and Sword

    Already the best-selling English-language guide to the area, universally known as ‘THE BIBLE’, this is the sixth, completely revised, up-to-date, much expanded edition of the DEFIN...

  5. How to Cook from A-Z

    Macdonald, Janet
    Grub Street

    This is a handbook for the starter cook. Ingredients and techniques are listed alphabetically for quick and easy reference, and it provides the basic methods and techniques for dea...

  6. The Victoria Crosses that Saved an Empire

    Best, Brian
    Pen and Sword

    The Indian Mutiny struck at the very heart of the British Empire. If India was lost the whole edifice of British domination across its colonies was in jeopardy. Everything was at s...

  7. US Carrier War

    Darling, Kev
    Pen and Sword

    This book covers all aspects of the operations made by US aircraft carriers, from their introduction into service during WW1 to the continuing conflicts in the Middle East. America...

  8. Keeping Long-necked Turtles Chelodina species

    Green, Darren
    ABK Publications

    Fully revised and expanded edition of Keeping Eastern Long-necked Turtles (1999). This book is a real must for the turtle enthusiast or beginner covering such topics as general car...

  9. Keeping Shingleback Lizards

    Lewis, Milton
    ABK Publications

    This book has been revised and expanded. It takes a look at shinglebacks and sub-species. It covers a range of topics that include general husbandry to handling and breeding Shingl...

  10. British Army: A Pocket Guide 2008 - 2009

    Heyman, Charles
    Pen and Sword

    The British Army Pocket Guide 2008-2009 is a comprehensive guide to the organization, equipment and tactics of today's British Army. This latest edition incorporates details of all...

  11. A Guide to Eclectus Parrots as Pet and Aviary Birds

    Ward, Ian; Marshall, Rob
    ABK Publications

    Features a comprehensive description and taxonomy details on the 10 Eclectus subspecies, including housing, feeding, breeding, incubation, and handrearing. Chapter on health and di...

  12. A Guide to Australian Dragons in Captivity

    Brown, Danny
    ABK Publications

    Detailed information on all aspects of captive husbandry relating to the most commonly kept species of Australian dragon lizards including individual chapters on Bearded, Crevice a...

  13. A Guide to Neophema and Neopsephotus Genera and their Mutations, Revised Edition

    Campaign, Alain
    ABK Publications

    General chapters discuss housing, feeding, breeding, as well as the numerous plumage and pigment details on the colors and mutations in these species. Chapter on health and disease...

  14. Beatrix Potter

    Norman, Andrew
    Pen and Sword

    Even before she emerged from the cot in her nursery Beatrix Potter was up against it. With her prodigious memory she recalled being placed under the tyranny of a cross old nurse wh...

  15. War Surgery 1914-18

    Heys, Steven; Scotland, Thomas
    Helion and Company

    This book is an analysis of surgical practice during the Great War, 1914-1918, focusing closely on the human aspects of the surgery of warfare and how developments in the understan...

  16. Waterloo Archive

    Glover, Gareth
    Pen and Sword

    In the first groundbreaking volume of a new series, acclaimed Napoleonic scholar Gareth Glover brings together previously unpublished material relating to the Battle of Waterloo. T...

  17. Wellington’s Highland Warriors

    Reid, Stuart
    Pen and Sword

    'Wellington’s Highland Warriors' covers the early history of the British Army’s Highland regiments, from the raising of the Black Watch in 1739 to the battle of Waterloo in 1815. S...

  18. Secret History of Chemical Warfare

    McCamley, Nick
    Pen and Sword

    This book offers a full examination and description of all the toxic chemical and microbiological agents, either tested, manufactured or used since 1914. It identifies the major r...

  19. Norwich in the Great War

    Browning, Stephen
    Pen and Sword

    On the eve of the Great War, Norwich was very much a city on the rise – an industrial and commercial powerhouse. It was certainly not, however, without its problems, not least the...

  20. Armed Forces of the European Union 2012-2013

    Heyman, Charles
    Pen and Sword

    This first edition of an entirely new publication will, for the first time, provide comprehensive information on what is one of the world’s largest military force groupings. The Eu...