Amber Books Autumn 2017 Catalogue by Gunnar Lie & Associates

Modern Military Aircraft

• Features 75 of the most important military aircraft developed since World War II • Each aircraft is illustrated with a full colour artwork and brief service history

RobeRt JAckson is a former pilot and navigation instructor. now a full-time writer in military, naval and aviation affairs, he has over 80 books to his name, including Spitfire: The Operational Record, Air War at Night, B-17 Flying Fortress and Modern Military Aircraft. He lives in Darlington, county Durham, UK. pictUre creDitS: All © Aerospace Publishing Ltd. front: (clockwise from top) mcDonnell Douglas f/a-18D Hornet, sePecAt Jaguar, Sukhoi Su-27 flanker, mcDonnell Douglas/Boeing c-17 Back: Dassault/Dornier alpha Jet

Development • Weaponry • SpecificationS

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• Full specifications for each aircraft include powerplant, performance, weights, dimensions and armament

Modern Military Aircraft

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• From illuminated ice cubes to house slippers with headlights, each entry is rated for style, FOR PROMOTIONAL USE originality, ONLY usefulness, longevity appeal Examines key ideas such as service to one’s lord,and ethicsnerd in battle, the art of swordmanship and seppuku (ritual suicide)

the golden age of japan’s elite fighters, 1560–1615

• Illustrated Discover the weapons of the samurai, including the longer katana with annotated and short wakizashi swords; pole arms, such as thephotographs naginata and yari; that show why each and missile weapons, such as the matchlock teppo and the fusetake yumi invention was such a calamity compound bow Learn about the different elements of samurai armour, including the kabuto (helmet), hoate (mask), do (body armour), kusazuri (skirts), suneate (shinguards) and haidate (thigh guards)

Jack Watkins

Ben Hubb a r d

Includes more than 200 artworks, photographs and maps

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THE SAMURAI WARRIOR

• Features 150 of the worst inventions ever to have been conceived, from the moustache protector to the toilet night light

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Modern Military Aircraft

• Features 75 of the most important military aircraft developed since World War II • Each aircraft is illustrated with a full colour artwork and brief service history

Development • Weaponry • SpecificationS

RobeRt JAckson

• Full specifications for each aircraft include powerplant, performance, weights, dimensions and armament

Modern Military Aircraft

Printed in china

BOOKS Autumn 2017 SAMURAI WARRIOR

the golden age of japan’s elite fighters, 1560–1615

Jack Watkins

Ben Hubb a r d

Includes more than 200 artworks, photographs and maps

THE

World’s World’s Worst Worst Cars Craig Cheetham Inventions

THE SAMURAI WARRIOR

• Features 150 of the worst inventions ever to have been conceived, from the moustache protector to the toilet night light

PICTURE CREDITS

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The Craziest Gadgets and Machines Ever Made Ben H ubb a r d

Discover the weapons of the samurai, including the longer katana and short wakizashi swords; pole arms, such as the naginata and yari; and missile weapons, such as the matchlock teppo and the fusetake yumi compound bow

THE SAMURAI WARRIOR

FOR PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY Examines key ideas such as service to one’s lord, ethics in battle, the art of swordmanship and seppuku (ritual suicide)

THE

SAMURAI WARRIOR

the golden age of japan’s elite fighters, 1560–1615

Learn about the different elements of samurai armour, including the kabuto (helmet), hoate (mask), do (body armour), kusazuri (skirts), suneate (shinguards) and haidate (thigh guards)

Ben H ubb ard

Includes more than 200 artworks, photographs and maps

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Contents Autumn 2017 Titles

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Celtic Legends

JULY 2017 Publication

MICHAEL KERRIGAN

Cats Gone Bad Kat scratching

Can cats really act criminally? Yes, in 2013 a cat was found entering the grounds of a Brazilian prison with drill bits strapped to its belly. Or, in 2012, a couple in Seattle called 911 after their violent pet cat cornered them in their bedroom. With photographs or photomontages and a whole cattery of amusing tails, the Purrlitzer Prizewinning Cats Gone Bad features 45 true stories of feline felons.

Cats Gone Bad 153 x 153mm (6 x 6”) 96pp 45 col photos or photomontages 3,000 words ISBN: 978-1-78274-320-0 £6.99 Hardback

From around 750BC to 12BC, the Celts were the most powerful people in central and northern Europe. Although later pushed to the western fringes of Europe, their mythology was absorbed by the new Roman and Christian powers. Celtic Legends explores the tales of Cu Chulainn and Morrigan, among many others, and reveals how medieval stories such as the Mabinogion and the Holy Grail really owe their origins to the Celts. Highly illustrated and accessibly written, this is a fascinating insight into Celtic mythology.

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Celtic Legends 244 x 186mm (9¾ x 7½”) 224pp 58,000 words 180 b/w and colour photographs, artworks and maps ISBN: 978-1-78274-331-6 £19.99 Hardback

The FeNIAN CyCle

right: Conaran’s daughters took Fionn and his friends captive – till rescuers were summoned by the barking of their hounds outside.

The FeNIAN CyCle

“… and then was joined the Battle of Gabhra of the hard Strokes – Ireland’s greatest ever clash. The day was not yet old when the first heroic war-cries – or the first wailing from the wounded – were heard; the rending of shields; the hacking-off of heads; the opening up of gashes; the carving up of flesh; the gush of blood. It came cascading out on every side, trickling into every cranny of the ground beneath; the soldiers had to scramble over heaped-up carcases to make their way.” The Fianna were far outnumbered – 10- or 20-fold, some of the sources say – but they were outstanding warriors, and they had Oscur. Oisín’s son – Fionn’s grandson – was an army in himself. he cut a swathe through Cairbre’s columns as they came on. he hurt the high King more directly when he took on both his beloved sons, Princes Conn and Art: swinging his sword, he beheaded them in turn before going off through the melee to find

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below: In Macpherson’s Ossian epic, Fingal (Fionn) mourns his grandson’s widow, Malvine, who dies while caring for the aged hero.

of being pushed around by the Fianna. Quick to make common cause with Cairbre was Goll mac Morna, the disaffected former leader of the Fianna, and his group of like-minded malcontents. Soon great armies were massing, marching together to the banner of the high King Cairbre, converging These Two vasT on an area of hilly country south of Tara. For this was where the Fianna were ForCes Came Crashing assembling, having left their headquarters TogeTher. and slipped across the Bog of Allen, ready to respond to the high King and his allies on firmer ground, which they found on the lower slopes of Mount Gabhra. They stood there in seven battalions, sounding their battle horns in defiance of Cairbre, who was now advancing on them fast. Then, says the battle chronicle, the Cath Gabhra, “these two vast forces came crashing together”:

Norse Myths

Dogs Gone Bad

martin j dougherty

jack russell

In 2006 a woman in China crashed her car while giving her dog a driving lesson. In 1924 a labrador was sentenced to life in Pennsylvania Penitentiary for having murdered the governor’s cat – and he was framed. Featuring a colour photo or photomontage for each entry, Dogs Gone Bad features 45 funny images and quirky real-life cases of erring canines.

Dogs Gone Bad 153 x 153mm (6 x 6”) 96pp 45 col photos or photomontages 3,000 words ISBN: 978-1-78274-321-7 £6.99 Hardback

Not only is Norse mythology rich in adventure, humour and ideas about creation, death and the afterlife, but it has also had an immense impact on the work of JRR Tolkien, Richard Wagner and the superheroes depicted in Marvel Comics. Wide-ranging in its approach, Norse Myths explores the creation stories of the Norse world, the monsters and the pantheons of the deities, and the escapades of Thor, Loki and other gods.

Norse Myths 244 x 186mm (9¾ x 7½”) 224pp 58,000 words 180 b/w and colour photographs, artworks and maps ISBN: 978-1-78274-332-3 £19.99 Hardback

Celtic Legends

JULY 2017 Publication

MICHAEL KERRIGAN

Cats Gone Bad Kat scratching

Cats Gone Bad 153 x 153mm (6 x 6”) 96pp 45 col photos or photomontages 3,000 words ISBN: 978-1-78274-320-0 £6.99 Hardback

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Celtic Legends 244 x 186mm (9¾ x 7½”) 224pp 58,000 words 180 b/w and colour photographs, artworks and maps ISBN: 978-1-78274-331-6 £19.99 Hardback

The FeNIAN CyCle

right: Conaran’s daughters took Fionn and his friends captive – till rescuers were summoned by the barking of their hounds outside.

The FeNIAN CyCle

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below: In Macpherson’s Ossian epic, Fingal (Fionn) mourns his grandson’s widow, Malvine, who dies while caring for the aged hero.

Norse Myths

Dogs Gone Bad

martin j dougherty

jack russell

Dogs Gone Bad 153 x 153mm (6 x 6”) 96pp 45 col photos or photomontages 3,000 words ISBN: 978-1-78274-321-7 £6.99 Hardback

Norse Myths 244 x 186mm (9¾ x 7½”) 224pp 58,000 words 180 b/w and colour photographs, artworks and maps ISBN: 978-1-78274-332-3 £19.99 Hardback

Haiku

How to Sail Twain Braden

TRANSLATED BY HART Larrabee

Ranging across more than 200 years of Japanese poetry, Haiku features 90 classic poems from four poets: Matsuo Bashō, Yosa Buson, Kobayashi Issa and Masaoka Shiki. Each poem is presented in the original Japanese script, along with romanized Japanese (romaji) and an English translation. Beautifully produced in traditional Chinese binding and with a timeless design, Haiku is an expert introduction and celebration of one of the most beautiful and accessible forms of poetry.

Haiku 264 x 196mm (10½ x 7¾”) 96pp 90 haiku in Japanese script 2,500 words ISBN: 978-1-78274-387-3 £14.99 Chinese bound hardback

How to Sail 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp 120 b/w artworks 60,000 words ISBN: 978-1-78274-533-4 £19.99 Paperback

The Prince

How to Survive at Sea

Napoleon, Mussolini, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Adam Smith, even Mafia man John Gotti – they all read Machiavelli’s The Prince. And today business and management gurus today apply Machiavelli’s 16th century ideas to corporate strategy. Including editorial notes, this new edition of The Prince is printed on high quality paper and bound by traditional Chinese book-making techniques. Of immense importance to politicians and corporate leaders, The Prince is a classic text richly deserving this exquisite edition.

How would you cope if you found yourself stranded in the middle of the ocean? How to Survive at Sea confronts this daunting scenario and offers the sailor a variety of solutions to overcome the hardships you will face. Illustrated with 120 black-and-white artworks, the book is packed with practical information and insightful tips, such as how to maintain warmth in the cold ocean, how to make seawater safe for drinking, and how to construct a mast and a sail.

Chris Beeson

Niccolò Machiavelli

How to Sail outlines basic sailing techniques for both the beginner and experienced sailor. Whatever your level of ability, this book is packed with useful tips that will make sailing a safe, rewarding and enjoyable experience. Clear line illustrations help bring to life the techniques needed to handle a boat in every situation, from the importance of monitoring weather reports to understanding how to use specialized equipment in an emergency.

The Prince 264 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾”) 96pp 33,000 words ISBN: 978-1-908696-51-9 £14.99 Chinese bound hardback

How to Survive at Sea 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp 60,000 words 120 b/w artworks ISBN: 978-1-78274-534-1 £19.99 Paperback

Haiku

How to Sail Twain Braden

TRANSLATED BY HART Larrabee

Haiku 264 x 196mm (10½ x 7¾”) 96pp 90 haiku in Japanese script 2,500 words ISBN: 978-1-78274-387-3 £14.99 Chinese bound hardback

How to Sail 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp 120 b/w artworks 60,000 words ISBN: 978-1-78274-533-4 £19.99 Paperback

The Prince

How to Survive at Sea

Chris Beeson

Niccolò Machiavelli

The Prince 264 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾”) 96pp 33,000 words ISBN: 978-1-908696-51-9 £14.99 Chinese bound hardback

How to Survive at Sea 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp 60,000 words 120 b/w artworks ISBN: 978-1-78274-534-1 £19.99 Paperback

Stalingrad – The Infernal Cauldron

Tank Combat

Stephen Walsh

Christer Jorgensen and Chris Mann

With photographs, maps and diagrams, Tank Combat shows how tanks have served on the battlefields of Europe, Africa and Asia, and analyses the tactics used in armoured battles up to the First Gulf War. The book discusses the importance of particular military commanders, such as Guderian and Fuller, and includes in-depth accounts of great tank battles from Cambrai to Kursk, and from Chinese Farm to Desert Storm. This is a definitive guide to the art of armoured combat in the twentieth century.

Tank Combat 245 x 183mm (9¾ x 7¼”) 176pp 60,000 words 150 b/w photographs, 25 b/w line drawings ISBN: 978-1-78274-535-8 £19.99 Paperback

Infantry Combat

Stalingrad - The Infernal Cauldron 246 x 183mm (11½ x 8½”) 176pp 60,000 words 190 black and white photographs and colour artworks ISBN: 978-1-909160-58-3 £19.99 Hardback

august 2017 Publication

Andrew Wiest and M. K. Barbier

From the trenches of the Somme to the ruins of Stalingrad to the deserts of Iraq, the role of the infantry soldier developed dramatically throughout the twentieth century. Illustrated with photographs and battle maps, Infantry Combat examines these changes, noting the shift in the activities of the infantry after tanks were introduced, how the infantry led in terrains inaccessible to tanks in the Pacific, and how towards the end of the century the infantry came to be deployed more frequently in limited operations.

The German invasion of the Soviet Union was Hitler’s biggest gamble in the East – and it was at Stalingrad that it failed. Stalingrad – The Infernal Cauldron is a comprehensive account of the build-up, engagement and aftermath of what became the Verdun of World War II. With battle maps and 170 photographs, this is the battle that bled the German army dry, and turned the war in the East decisively against Nazi Germany.

Pugs in Space jack russell

Infantry Combat 245 x 183mm (9¾ x 7¼”) 176pp 60,000 words 150 b/w photographs, 25 b/w line drawings ISBN: 978-1-78274-536-5 £19.99 Paperback

A small step for man, but a giant leap for a pug – Pugs in Space celebrates all that is gravity-free about Earth’s best-loved canines. With 45 out-ofthis-world pugs, from the first pug on the Moon, to weightless pugs on the International Space Station, to taking a pug for a spacewalk – and you really must keep it on a lead if you ever want to see it again – Pugs in Space is light years ahead of mere earthbound competitors.

Pugs in Space 153 x 153mm (6 x 6”) 96pp 45 col photos or photomontages 3,000 words ISBN: 978-1-78274-512-9 £6.99 Hardback

Stalingrad – The Infernal Cauldron

Tank Combat

Stephen Walsh

Christer Jorgensen and Chris Mann

Tank Combat 245 x 183mm (9¾ x 7¼”) 176pp 60,000 words 150 b/w photographs, 25 b/w line drawings ISBN: 978-1-78274-535-8 £19.99 Paperback

Infantry Combat

Stalingrad - The Infernal Cauldron 246 x 183mm (11½ x 8½”) 176pp 60,000 words 190 black and white photographs and colour artworks ISBN: 978-1-909160-58-3 £19.99 Hardback

august 2017 Publication

Andrew Wiest and M. K. Barbier

Pugs in Space jack russell

Infantry Combat 245 x 183mm (9¾ x 7¼”) 176pp 60,000 words 150 b/w photographs, 25 b/w line drawings ISBN: 978-1-78274-536-5 £19.99 Paperback

Pugs in Space 153 x 153mm (6 x 6”) 96pp 45 col photos or photomontages 3,000 words ISBN: 978-1-78274-512-9 £6.99 Hardback

How to Survive in the City

Abandoned Castles kieron connolly

From Masada in the Israeli desert to Corfe Castle in Dorset, and from 100 Years’ War bastions to forts in Rajasthan, Abandoned Castles is a brilliant pictorial examination of once mighty strongholds. Today the borders that these castles were once defending have dissolved, and the people they were protecting have moved away, but, despite states of ruin, the buildings remain. In 150 striking images from all around the world, Abandoned Castles tells the stories of these magnificent structures.

Chris McNab & Joanna Rabiger

How to Survive in the City is a guide to overcoming the challenges of urban living, offering the reader a variety of tips on how to be streetwise and handle everyday problems – including how to prevent muggings and avoid confrontations, how to unlock your house and car without keys, how to escape a burning building, and how to be alert to terrorist activities. Whether you are a seasoned urban dweller or merely a day visitor, this is the perfect companion to city life.

Abandoned Castles 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 224pp 10,000 words 150 colour photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-522-8 £19.99 Hardback

How to Survive in the City 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp 120 b/w artworks 50,000 words ISBN: 978-1-78274-537-2 £14.99 Flexibound

Castle Stalker, Loch Linnhe, Argyll, Scotland One of the best preserved medieval tower houses in Scotland, Castle Stalker is situated on Loch Laich, an inlet off Loch Linnhe. The current building was constructed by the Clan Stewart in the 1440s, but, the story goes, was later lost in a drunken bet in 1620 to the Clan Campbell, who lived there until around 1840.

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Bhangarh Fort, Rajasthan, India Although established by a Hindu, many of the inhabitants of Bhangarh Fort embraced Islam during the reign of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in the later 17th century. Consequently, there are both ruins of Hindu temples and mosques at the fort. With the Mughal Empire weakening following the death of Aurangzeb, the fort was attacked in 1720 by Jai Singh II, before being abandoned after famine struck in 1783. Today some of the buildings have been restored.

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Abandoned Wrecks

How to Track and Navigate

From ships left high and dry where the Aral Sea has become a desert to Titanic at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, from a rusting railway graveyard in Bolivia to World War II cars lost in a Swedish forest, Abandoned Wrecks explores more than 100 fascinating sites from all around the world. With 170 outstanding colour photographs of cars, trains, ships, submarines, tanks, aircraft and even a space shuttle, this is a brilliant pictorial work.

For anyone who enjoys walking, canoeing, skiing or sailing, it is important to have a sound grasp of techniques for maintaining a route under any possible condition – day or night, fog or snow. How to Track and Navigate provides clear advice on navigation methods, both for a fully equipped journey and in emergency situations. Apart from such navigation fundamentals as understanding maps, compasses and GPS, the book also teaches how to navigate by the sun and stars and in extreme weather.

NEIL WILSON

chris mCnab

Abandoned Wrecks 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 224pp 10,000 words 170 colour photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-520-4 £19.99 Hardback

How to Track and Navigate 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp 120 b/w artworks 50,000 words ISBN: 978-1-78274-539-6 £14.99 Flexibound

Sweepstakes, Big Tub Harbour, Fathom Five National Marine Park, Lake Huron, Ontario Looking ghostly under the waters of Big Tub Harbour in Lake Huron, Sweepstakes was a Canadian schooner built in Burlington, Ontario, in 1867. The ship sank in 1885, but has remained astonishingly well preserved to this day.

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How to Survive in the City

Abandoned Castles kieron connolly

Chris McNab & Joanna Rabiger

Abandoned Castles 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 224pp 10,000 words 150 colour photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-522-8 £19.99 Hardback

How to Survive in the City 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp 120 b/w artworks 50,000 words ISBN: 978-1-78274-537-2 £14.99 Flexibound

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Abandoned Wrecks

How to Track and Navigate

NEIL WILSON

chris mCnab

Abandoned Wrecks 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 224pp 10,000 words 170 colour photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-520-4 £19.99 Hardback

How to Track and Navigate 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp 120 b/w artworks 50,000 words ISBN: 978-1-78274-539-6 £14.99 Flexibound

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First Aid Survival Guide CHRIS MCNAB

First Aid Survival Guide covers everything you need to know about administering urgent medical attention in situations where there is no prospect of immediate professional help. Illustrated with more than 150 line drawings, this guide provides step-bystep instructions for treating a wide range of injuries and conditions, from cleaning a wound to setting a bone fracture. Key topics include breathing and circulation, treating wounds and stopping bleeding, dealing with head injuries and altitude sickness, and treating burns and scalds.

Christopher Ailsby

First Aid Survival Guide 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp 150 b/w artworks 60,000 words ISBN: 978-1-78274-538-9 £14.99 Flexibound

Blitzkrieg: Hitler’s Lightning War in Photographs Ian baxter

Drawing on rare photographs, many from the albums of individuals who served, Blitzkrieg: Hitler’s Lightning War in Photographs presents a visually stunning account of the early years of World War II, telling the story of what happened from the perspective of ordinary soldiers. From Poland in 1939, through France and the Low Countries in 1940, and on to the North African desert in 1941–2, this is a glimpse into the workings of Germany’s highly professional and extremely successful war machine.

Waffen-SS: Hitler’s Elite in Photographs

Blitzkrieg: Hitler’s Lightning War in Photographs 245 x 204mm (9¾ x 8”) 224 pages 50,000 words 350 black-and-white photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-542-6 £19.99 Paperback

Waffen-SS: Hitler’s Elite in Photographs is a full pictorial record of the development, combat actions and criminal activity of Hitler’s Praetorian Guard, before and during World War II. Including 500 photographs, many seldom seen outside the archives of former soldiers, the book contains all the battles and campaigns that the Waffen-SS fought in, including Poland, France and on the Eastern Front. The book also charts the growth of the Panzer divisions, features leading figures, and explores the Waffen-SS’s war crimes.

Waffen-SS: Hitler’s Elite in Photographs 245 x 204mm (9¾ x 8”) 224 pages 50,000 words 500 b/w photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-543-3 £19.99 Paperback

Kursk – The Greatest Tank Battle M.K. Barbier

In July 1943, the German Army launched what proved to be its last great offensive on the Eastern Front. Kursk – The Greatest Tank Battle is a comprehensive history of the last time that Nazi Germany held the strategic initiative in the war against the Soviet Union. Once that initiative was lost, the course was set for the eventual destruction of the Nazi state by a vengeful Red Army. Highly illustrated, the book’s authoritative text is complemented with detailed maps.

Kursk - The Greatest Tank Battle 285 x 213mm (11½ x 8½”) 176pp 60,000 words 150 black and white photographs and artworks ISBN: 978-1-78274-022-3 £19.99 Hardback

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Fierce fighting raged along Rokossovsky’s front line throughout the day. After it repelled attacks by the XVI Tank Corps, two German panzer divisions, with approximately 300 tanks, attacked the XVII Guards Rifle Corps as they advanced towards Ol’khovatka and Ponyri. Although initially the Soviets withstood the assault, the Germans brought up additional infantry and tanks, and forced the corps to withdraw to the 13th Army’s second line of defences. Lieutenant General A.G. Rodin’s 2nd Tank Army failed to make much headway in its attack against German armoured formations; however, the German advance slowed significantly as it reached the 13th Army’s main defences. Both the Soviet and German commanders used the night of 6 July to evaluate the situation, as well as to make preparations for the next day’s combat. Anticipating another German attack with heavy tanks, Rokossovsky decided to shift his tank units to the defensive. This Below: Two German soldiers, laden down with equipment and ammunition, work their way through the debris-littered battlefield towards a disabled T-34 tank during the fighting.

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meant that the troops had to dig trenches in which to bury the tanks, leaving only their turrets above ground level. Rokossovsky also ordered his subordinates to launch counter-attacks against the enemy’s light tanks and infantry only. When the fighting ended on 6 July, the Soviet tanks were maintaining a defensive position against a total of nine German divisions: six infantry and three panzer. Soviet units had to be prepared to withstand an attack by an even larger German force. The Central Front commander moved reinforcements into the region around Ponyri, and he transferred the 81st Rifle Division from the reserve area to a defensive position behind the XVII Guards Rifle Corps, which also received reinforcement from the 43rd and 58th tank regiments. In addition to preparing his defences, Rokossovsky also intended to launch further counter-attacks. He ordered the III Soviet Tank Corps to attack the enemy at Ponyri and the XVIII Guards Rifle Corps to push back the Germans’ 78th Sturm Infantry Division. The Soviet counter-attack of 6 July had prevented Model’s 9th Army from making as much progress in

the northern sector of the salient as Adolf Hitler had demanded. Model, therefore, decided to amass an even larger armoured force and attack the centre of the Soviet line. Consequently, he decided to commit units being held in reserve for the drive on Kursk after the breakthrough. He therefore ordered XXXXI Panzer Corps’ 18th Panzer Division, one of the units held in reserve, to be prepared to launch an attack with its 200 tanks. The XXXXVII Panzer Corps’ 4th Panzer Division had already begun its move to the front line. In addition, Model ordered the 12th Panzer, the 10th Panzergrenadier and the 36th Motorised Divisions, which were situated south of Orel, to be prepared to enter the battle. When they renewed the offensive on 7 July, the Germans hoped to penetrate the second line of Soviet defences. Because of the strength of the 13th Soviet Army’s defences and of the tank-supported counter-attacks of the previous day, Model set more conservative goals for the next phase of the offensive. What the German commander failed to realise, however, was that Rokossovsky had concentrated more than 3000 guns and mortars, 5000 machine guns, and 1000 tanks in the centre of his line. The attacks begun by Model’s 9th Army at dawn on 7 July initiated a day of extremely fierce fighting, as the Germans strove to pierce the 13th Army’s second defensive line. With help from XXXXI Panzer

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Above: Dawn, 5 July 1943. A German ‘88’ (88mm (3.45in)) gun opens up on Soviet positions during the opening bombardment of the offensive. The ‘88’ was a highly-effective tank killer.

Corps divisions, the XXXXVII Panzer Corps began the attack. Model threw more than 400 tanks and 4 infantry divisions along the railroad line between Ponyri and Ol’khovatka, which was 10km (6 miles) to the west. The 18th Panzer Division and 9th Panzer Division spearheaded the assault. While the 2nd Panzer Division and 20th Panzer Division attacked west towards Samodurovka-Molotych, other formations moved towards Ponyri. In Model’s initial assault, 10 infantry and 4 panzer divisions hit the Soviet defences. During the night, however, additional Soviet formations – the 11th Mortar and 46th Light Artillery brigades and the 12th Artillery Regiment – had moved forwards into the area near Ponyri to strengthen the defences. Both the Germans and the Soviets believed that control of Ponyri was crucial because of its position at a major railway junction between Orel and Kursk. The most intense fighting between the 9th German Army and the 13th Soviet Army occurred over Ponyri. Two divisions of the XXXXI Panzer Corps – the 18th Panzer and the 292nd Infantry Divisions – attacked Ponyri five times. The 307th Rifle Division, commanded by Major General M.A. Enshin, repelled

First Aid Survival Guide CHRIS MCNAB

Christopher Ailsby

First Aid Survival Guide 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp 150 b/w artworks 60,000 words ISBN: 978-1-78274-538-9 £14.99 Flexibound

Blitzkrieg: Hitler’s Lightning War in Photographs Ian baxter

Waffen-SS: Hitler’s Elite in Photographs

Blitzkrieg: Hitler’s Lightning War in Photographs 245 x 204mm (9¾ x 8”) 224 pages 50,000 words 350 black-and-white photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-542-6 £19.99 Paperback

Waffen-SS: Hitler’s Elite in Photographs 245 x 204mm (9¾ x 8”) 224 pages 50,000 words 500 b/w photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-543-3 £19.99 Paperback

Kursk – The Greatest Tank Battle M.K. Barbier

Kursk - The Greatest Tank Battle 285 x 213mm (11½ x 8½”) 176pp 60,000 words 150 black and white photographs and artworks ISBN: 978-1-78274-022-3 £19.99 Hardback

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Above: Dawn, 5 July 1943. A German ‘88’ (88mm (3.45in)) gun opens up on Soviet positions during the opening bombardment of the offensive. The ‘88’ was a highly-effective tank killer.

Germany’s Secret Weapons of World War II roger ford

During World War II, Germany pioneered rocket and jet-propelled aircraft, the pilotless plane, long-range rocket technology and ‘robot bombs’, as well as the world’s first super-heavy tanks. Many of these weapons had an impact on the course of the conflict. Illustrated with 200 black-&-white and colour photographs, diagrams and maps, Germany’s Secret Weapons of World War II explores this little-known but deadly aspect of the Nazi war machine.

Germany’s Secret Weapons of World War II 264 x 208mm (10½ x 8¼”) 224pp 60,000 words 200 b/w and colour photographs, diagrams and maps ISBN: 978-1-909160-56-9 £19.99 Hardback

Some are behind the wheel, others mere passengers watching the world go by; some are vociferous navigators, others hang their head out of the window enjoying the breeze, while some just settle in for a snooze. But whatever they’re doing, there is no doubt that dogs in cars are some of the sweetest things you have ever seen. With 90 colour photographs, Dogs in Cars celebrates 90 of the cutest canines on four wheels.

Dogs in Cars 120 x 213mm (4¾ x 8½”) 96 pages 90 colour photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-546-4 £7.99 Hardback

Robert Grenville

Cats in Baskets kat scratching

jack russell

Haunted Places

SEPTEMBER 2017 Publication

There are few things cuter in the world than this: cats in baskets. Featuring 90 colour photographs, Cats in Baskets celebrates 90 of the cutest felines ever to spy a cosy laundry basket. Some are snuggled up, others are peeking out at the camera; some are kittens, others are aged; some are stretching, others are busy grooming; some are alone, others are scrambling and tumbling with their brothers and sisters. But they are all undeniably very cute.

Dogs in Cars

Cats in Baskets 120 x 213mm (4¾ x 8½”) 96 pages 90 colour photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-545-7 £7.99 Hardback

From palaces to prisons, from an 11th century château in France to The Island of the Dolls in Mexico City, Haunted Places features the world’s most fascinating spooky locations. Some hauntings are recent, others are ancient, but all the stories are striking: from the deceased monks who pace the boundaries of the ruins of an English priory, to the lift operator in a hotel in the Canadian Rockies still working his shift decades after he died, to Vlad the Impaler who haunts Corvin castle in Romania.

Haunted Places 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 224pp 10,000 words 150 photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-521-1 £19.99 Hardback

Germany’s Secret Weapons of World War II roger ford

Germany’s Secret Weapons of World War II 264 x 208mm (10½ x 8¼”) 224pp 60,000 words 200 b/w and colour photographs, diagrams and maps ISBN: 978-1-909160-56-9 £19.99 Hardback

Dogs in Cars 120 x 213mm (4¾ x 8½”) 96 pages 90 colour photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-546-4 £7.99 Hardback

Robert Grenville

Cats in Baskets kat scratching

jack russell

Haunted Places

SEPTEMBER 2017 Publication

Dogs in Cars

Cats in Baskets 120 x 213mm (4¾ x 8½”) 96 pages 90 colour photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-545-7 £7.99 Hardback

Haunted Places 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 224pp 10,000 words 150 photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-521-1 £19.99 Hardback

Dinosaurs

Top 50 Military Aircraft THOMAS NEWDICK

CARL MEHLING (CONSULTANT EDITOR)

This reference work features more than 300 of the most impressive and formidable dinosaurs to have been discovered. From the tiny, aquatic Hallucigenia to the avian Pteranodon to giant Apatosaurus and ferocious Velociraptor, along with curiosities such as prehistoric armadillos and parrots, readers will discover the extraordinary types of dinosaurs and prehistoric animals, making Dinosaurs essential reading, not only for dinosaur enthusiasts, but for anyone intrigued by nature at its most majestic.

Dinosaurs 305 x 227mm (12 x 9in) 448pp 90,000 words 450 colour artworks ISBN: 978-1-78274-541-9 £24.99 Hardback

Top 50 Military Aircraft 264 x 208mm (10½ x 8¼”) 208 pages 40,000 words 300 artworks and photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-529-7 £19.99 Hardback

Top 50 Tanks

Eastern Front in World War II

Packed with 300 full-colour artworks and photographs, Top 50 Tanks features the greatest armoured fighting vehicles from World War I to the present day. The book includes tanks from every era, from the Mark V Male that assaulted the German trenches at Cambrai in 1917, through the feared German Tiger of World War II, as well as including some of the most highly sophisticated tanks that have seen recent service in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

With casualties totaling 30 million across both soldiers and civilians, the Eastern Front was the bloodiest conflict of World War II. Drawing on 450 previously unpublished photographs from the Ukrainian State Archive, Eastern Front in World War II: Hitler’s Russian War in Photographs is an illustrated record of this campaign. Telling the story from the perspectives of ordinary men and woman, both military and civilian, the book presents a unique and visually outstanding account of one of history’s most ferocious wars.

Martin J Dougherty

From Fokker biplanes to World War II fighters such as the Supermarine Spitfire and on to stealth aircraft such as the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, Top 50 Military Aircraft includes fighters, bombers and transport aircraft from America to Europe to Russia and Japan. Packed with 300 full-colour artworks and photographs, and written for the general reader, each entry includes a brief description of the aircraft’s development and history, along with a specifications table.

Will Fowler

Top 50 Tanks 264 x 208mm (10½ x 8¼”) 208 pages 40,000 words 300 artworks and photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-528-0 £19.99 Hardback

Eastern Front in World War II 245 x 204mm (9¾ x 8”) 224pp 50,000 words 450 black-and-white photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-559-4 £19.99 Paperback

Dinosaurs

Top 50 Military Aircraft THOMAS NEWDICK

CARL MEHLING (CONSULTANT EDITOR)

Dinosaurs 305 x 227mm (12 x 9in) 448pp 90,000 words 450 colour artworks ISBN: 978-1-78274-541-9 £24.99 Hardback

Top 50 Military Aircraft 264 x 208mm (10½ x 8¼”) 208 pages 40,000 words 300 artworks and photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-529-7 £19.99 Hardback

Top 50 Tanks

Eastern Front in World War II

Martin J Dougherty

Will Fowler

Top 50 Tanks 264 x 208mm (10½ x 8¼”) 208 pages 40,000 words 300 artworks and photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-528-0 £19.99 Hardback

Eastern Front in World War II 245 x 204mm (9¾ x 8”) 224pp 50,000 words 450 black-and-white photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-559-4 £19.99 Paperback

Military Aircraft Visual Encyclopedia Jim Winchester

The history of aviation is full of striking and unusual designs, from the biplanes and triplanes of World War I, through the giant bombers and streamlined fighters of World War II, to the stealthy shapes and unusual configurations of modern military aircraft like the Northrop Grumman B-2 and V-22 Osprey. With more than 1,000 outstanding colour artworks, Military Aircraft Visual Encyclopedia provides a fascinating guide to every major military aircraft type flown, all accompanied by brief details and specifications.

OCTOBER 2017 Publication

Supercars Richard Gunn

Supercars looks at 75 of the most celebrated vehicles from Europe, Japan and America, providing a pocket-sized reference guide to machines at the pinnacle of automative engineering. From Aston Martin to Ferrari, from BMW to Chevrolet, stunning close-up photography and detailed annotations present each car’s special features, while lively text explores the history of the vehicle.

Military Aircraft Visual Encyclopedia 285 x 225mm (11½ x 8½”) 448pp 130,000 words 1,000 colour artworks ISBN: 978-1-906626-71-6 £24.99 Paperback

120 x 161mm (4¾ x 6½”) 320pp 40,000 words 225 colour photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-554-9 £9.99 Flexibound

Ships

Germany’s Secret Masterplan in World War II

Chris Bishop

Fully illustrated in a striking landscape format, Ships contains 300 mercantile and military vessels arranged in chronological order, from ancient times to the present day. From Phoenician war galleys through the graceful trading clippers of the nineteenth century to the sophisticated and heavily armed submarines of the nuclear era, each entry is illustrated with a colourful artwork, while lively text offers a concise service history of the ship and a specification box provides comprehensive technical data.

Chris McNab

What would Europe have looked like if Nazi Germany had been victorious in 1945? A racially based order would have been established across European Russia, with German soldiers running farms worked on by slave labour. Germany and Japan were to carve up the USSR and Asia between them, while Berlin was to be rebuilt on neo-classical lines. Germany’s Secret Masterplan in World War II reveals the scale of Hitler’s vision for a Greater Germany and a world dominated by Nazi ideology.

Supercars

Germany’s Secret Masterplan in World War II 264 x 208mm (10½ x 8¼”) 224pp 200 col & b/w photos and a/ws 60,000 words ISBN: 978-1-78274-244-9 £19.99 Hardback

SHIPS

The Cheops ship The Cheops ship, the oldest preserved ship from antiquity, was found in 1954 close to the Great Pyramid in Egypt. It is built almost entirely of imported cedar. The ship was clearly a ceremonial vessel, yet compression marks of rope show that it was definitely used in the water.

Ships 120 x 161mm (4¾ x 6¼”) 320 pages 40,000 words 300 colour artworks ISBN: 978-1-78274-551-8 £9.99 Flexibound

SHIPS

Phoenician cargo ship Dating from 2500 BC, the ‘shell-first’ design of the Cheops ship shows that the hull was shaped before the internal members were added. It has no keel, and the side planking is lashed with rope for security. Built as a ceremonial vessel, rope compression marks show that it was used on water. Two cabins stand on the ship’s deck, the two-roomed main one covered

The Phoenicians were a great trading nation and practical seafarers. Our evidence for this vessel comes from now-destroyed Egyptian tomb murals dating back to around 1500 BC. It is the first vessel to show such features as a masthead rope ladder and lookout point. The horse-head prow may have

been a standard motif. There is no

a very large amphora attached to the prow

suggestion of rope bracing, implying that

of the ship – possibly for the crew’s water

the vessel, even without a keel, had sufficient rigidity to withstand the sea. The wicker fencing was probably to separate

or wine. Ships at this time possessed no metallic fixings at all. Everything would be made of wood, rope or cloth, apart from

deck cargo from the oarsmen. Timber was

pottery utensils. King Solomon may well

an important cargo, and one ancient relief from almost 700 years later shows timber being towed. The Egyptian source showed

have used vessels like this to import Lebanese timber to be used in building his temple in Jerusalem.

by a canopy for added coolness. The ship was equipped with oars plus steering oars. Contemporary Egyptian warships were of similar construction.

Length: 16.8m (55ft) Beam: 3.7m (12ft) Depth: 1.5m (5ft)

Length: 43.6m (143ft)

Displacement: not known

Beam: 5.7m (18ft 7in)

Rigging: single mast stayed fore and aft;

Depth: 1.45m (4ft 9in)

square sail with upper and lower yards

Displacement: 94t

Complement: 8–12

Rigging: single mast

Main routes: eastern Mediterranean

Complement: 12 plus officers

Cargo: timber, grain, fish, metals

Military Aircraft Visual Encyclopedia Jim Winchester

OCTOBER 2017 Publication

Supercars Richard Gunn

Military Aircraft Visual Encyclopedia 285 x 225mm (11½ x 8½”) 448pp 130,000 words 1,000 colour artworks ISBN: 978-1-906626-71-6 £24.99 Paperback

120 x 161mm (4¾ x 6½”) 320pp 40,000 words 225 colour photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-554-9 £9.99 Flexibound

Ships

Germany’s Secret Masterplan in World War II

Chris Bishop

Chris McNab

Supercars

Germany’s Secret Masterplan in World War II 264 x 208mm (10½ x 8¼”) 224pp 200 col & b/w photos and a/ws 60,000 words ISBN: 978-1-78274-244-9 £19.99 Hardback

SHIPS

Ships 120 x 161mm (4¾ x 6¼”) 320 pages 40,000 words 300 colour artworks ISBN: 978-1-78274-551-8 £9.99 Flexibound

SHIPS

been a standard motif. There is no

a very large amphora attached to the prow

suggestion of rope bracing, implying that

of the ship – possibly for the crew’s water

the vessel, even without a keel, had sufficient rigidity to withstand the sea. The wicker fencing was probably to separate

or wine. Ships at this time possessed no metallic fixings at all. Everything would be made of wood, rope or cloth, apart from

deck cargo from the oarsmen. Timber was

pottery utensils. King Solomon may well

an important cargo, and one ancient relief from almost 700 years later shows timber being towed. The Egyptian source showed

have used vessels like this to import Lebanese timber to be used in building his temple in Jerusalem.

by a canopy for added coolness. The ship was equipped with oars plus steering oars. Contemporary Egyptian warships were of similar construction.

Length: 16.8m (55ft) Beam: 3.7m (12ft) Depth: 1.5m (5ft)

Length: 43.6m (143ft)

Displacement: not known

Beam: 5.7m (18ft 7in)

Rigging: single mast stayed fore and aft;

Depth: 1.45m (4ft 9in)

square sail with upper and lower yards

Displacement: 94t

Complement: 8–12

Rigging: single mast

Main routes: eastern Mediterranean

Complement: 12 plus officers

Cargo: timber, grain, fish, metals

Modern Military Aircraft

World’s Worst Inventions

Robert Jackson

Modern Military Aircraft is a guide to the most important military aircraft developed since 1945. Types range from front-line fighters to reconnaissance aircraft to bombers, from interceptors and helicopters. Spanning such planes as the Lockheed Blackbird and the MiG-21, the book also includes lesser-known examples such as the South African Atlas Cheetah.

Jack Watkins

Modern Military Aircraft 320pp 120 x 161mm (4¾ x 6½”) 225 colour artworks and 120 colour and black-&white photographs 40,000 words ISBN: 978-1-78274-552-5 £9.99 Flexibound

GRUMMAN F-14A TOMCAT UNITED STATES

When would you ever need a pair of glow-in-the-dark sunglasses, a round chessboard, or a device that stops your vacuum cleaner from getting dusty? The World’s Worst Inventions celebrates 150 inventions that are remarkable only for their spectacular awfulness. Each invention is illustrated with colour photographs and annotated illustrations. Informed – sometimes even affectionate – text brings each entry to life, alongside archive images from the invention’s ‘heyday’.

F-14As were originally delivered in a two-tone camouflage of white undersides and light gull-grey topsides with white flying surfaces. Until the late 1970s, high visibility unit markings were also carried; seen on this example are VF-1’s distinctive red wolf’s head on the fin, large red stripes on the forward fuselage, and red ventral fins.

UNITED STATES

This F-14A Tomcat, serial 158579, carries the markings of Navy Fighter Squadron VF-1 ‘Wolf Pack’, deployed as part of USS Enterprise’s CVW-14 Carrier Air Wing.

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Aircraft Of World War II

Civil Aircraft

Robert Jackson

Arranged by country, expertly written and attractively presented, Aircraft of World War II details the design and specifications of 75 of the most important warplanes used during the conflict, from the venerable Fairey Swordfish biplane, through legendary aircraft such as the Supermarine Spitfire and Douglas C-47 Dakota, to the Messerschmitt Me-262, the first operational jet fighter. With four pages dedicated to each entry, all the aircraft are illustrated with three-view colour artworks supported by informed text.

Robert Jackson

GERMANY

Civil Aircraft features 300 non-military planes ranging from the earliest pioneers to cargo carriers and the massive passenger jets of the modern age. These include planes such as Concorde, the Boeing 737 and 747, as well as the Learjet, Tiger Moth and Jetstream. Each aircraft is illustrated by a full-colour profile artwork and is accompanied by informed text on its development and service history, along with a detailed specifications table.

Aircraft of World War II 120 x 161mm (4¾ x 6½”) 320pp 40,000 words 225 colour artworks, 120 colour photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-555-6 £9.99 Flexibound

ARADO AR 196A-5 Although the two seats were housed under the same framed canopy, the observer/gunner was only partially enclosed under a sliding section.

The MG 81Z installation, mounted in the rear cockpit of the Ar 196A-5, paired two MG81 7.92mm (0.31in) machine guns on a single mount.

Standard powerplant of production Ar 196s was the 716kW (960hp) BMW 132K; the prototypes used the 656kW (880hp) BMW 132Dc, driving a two-bladed propeller.

The Ar 196A-5 was armed with two 20mm (0.79in) MG FF cannon, one in each wing. The aircraft was very manoeuvrable, and could give a good account of itself in combat.

For the tail assembly, a metal structure was used with metalcovered fixed surfaces and fabric-covered moving surfaces, with a one-piece elevator.

163 x 123mm (6½ x 4¾”) 320pp 60,000 words 300 colour artworks ISBN: 978-1-78274-556-3 £9.99 Flexibound

Bristol Type 32 Bullet

Bristol Type 62 Ten-Seater

Boeing 747SP

Boeing 757

lthough designed as a prototype fighter, it was as a racing aircraft that the Bristol Type 32 Bullet achieved a brief moment of fame when it gained second place in the 1921 Aerial Derby at Croydon. The Bristol Aeroplane Company’s original intention was to use the sole Type 32, which was married to a Jupiter engine, as a demonstration aircraft, in the hope that it would attract sufficient interest and allow the company to proceed with the development of a fighter version. The combination of Jupiter and Type 32 proved to be a disappointing one, however, despite the fact that Bristol took great pains to streamline the Bullet as much as possible, and overcome the large radial engine mounted in the nose. The Bullet airframe was scrapped in 1924, but the Jupiter engine became one of the success stories of the 1920s.

GERMANY

The aircraft had wide-span ailerons outboard. All control surfaces were fabric-covered, the rest of the wing being a metal-skinned two-spar structure.

Civil Aircraft

ARADO AR 196

This Ar 196A-5 served in the eastern Mediterranean and Aegean with 2/SAGr 125 (Maritime Recce Group 125) in 1943. The units also used Bv 138 flying boats.

The Ar 196 had a broad-chord wing with an unswept leading edge and a slight taper on the trailing edge.

120 x 161mm (4¾ x 6½”) 320pp 35,000 words 150 colour photographs and 150 colour a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-553-2 £9.99 Flexibound

GRUMMAN F-14 TOMCAT

Although its development history was beset by problems, the variablegeometry F-14 Tomcat emerged from them all to become one of the most formidable interceptors of all time.

Several problems were encountered during the introduction of the Tomcat into Fleet service. Poor logistics forced squadrons to cannibalize many aircraft in order to keep others airworthy. In the air, buffeting was experienced when the flaps were deployed, and fatigue cracking affected the boat tail fairing; both problems were easily cured.

The World’s Worst Inventions

The wings were strut-braced to the floats. These bracings were removed when the wings were folded, each wing being hinged at the trailing edge root.

he Bristol Type 62 was the product of a short-lived era when commercial aviation in the United Kingdom had the benefit of government subsidies. Originally envisaged with a four-wheel undercarriage and accommodation for six passengers, the design was modified to accept nine passengers plus the pilot, who sat in an open cockpit on a level with the upper wing. The first of four aircraft flew in June 1921, and the front set of wheels was removed before the aircraft entered its flight-testing phase, first at Croydon and then at Martlesham Heath. Upon completion of the trials, the aircraft was purchased by the Air Council, who sold it to the Instone Air Line for use on the London–Paris route. Instone also bought the second and fourth Type 62s, and operated them until 1926 as Type 75s; the fourth was later converted into an air ambulance, Type 79.

Country of origin:

Engine:

one 450hp Bristol Jupiter II radial

Engine:

one 450hp Napier Lion radial

Wingspan:

9.51m (31ft 2in)

Wingspan:

17.07m (56ft)

Length:

7.35m (24ft 1in)

Length:

12.34m (40.6ft)

Height:

2.95m (9ft 8in)

Height:

3.35m (11ft)

Weight loaded:

998kg (2200lb)

Weight loaded:

3064kg (6755lb)

Maximum speed:

249km/h (155mph)

Cruising speed:

177km/h (110mph)

Service ceiling:

not known

Service ceiling:

2590m (8500ft)

Range:

not known

Range:

965km (600 miles)

Crew:

Passengers + crew:

9+1

106

107

he 747SP (Special Performance) was not one of Boeing’s most successful ventures, with only a small number of this special-performance, short-body, long-range model being built. Introduced in 1975, it featured an enlarged tail fin. Only a handful of airlines had a requirement for the enormous range offered by the model, one of them being China Airlines of Taiwan. Developed from the 747100, the 747SP represented a major engineering effort and investment. Its fuselage was 14.35m (47ft 1in) shorter than the standard model, which in turn demanded a vertical tail 1.52m (5ft) taller, with double-hinged rudders and a tailplane increased in span by 3.05m (10ft). Among other notable flights, a Pan American 747SP flew around the world in 1 day 22 hours 50 minutes at an average speed of 809km/h (503mph); another traversed the globe by crossing both poles.

owards the end of the 1970s, Boeing was faced with a problem: how to keep its highly successful Model 727 at the top of airliner sales. Subsequent improvement studies on the design of the basic airframe resulted in an aircraft that had little in common with its predecessor, but which kept the Boeing sales challenge alive. Designated the 757, the new aircraft eventually began to take its place in ever-growing numbers in the ranks of the world’s major airlines, despite disappointing initial sales. No new customers appeared until three aircraft were ordered by Transbrasil and three by Aloha in April 1980. Sales then rocketed. The US giant Northwest purchased a total of 73 757s to begin the replacement of its domestic 727 fleet, operating the type alongside its European rival, the Airbus A320. The other launch customer for the 757 was Eastern Airlines.

Country of origin:

USA

Country of origin:

USA

Engines:

four Pratt & Whitney JT9D-3 turbofans of 19,730kg (43,500lb) thrust each

Engines:

two Pratt & Whitney PW2040 or Rolls-Royce RB211-535E of 18,950kg (41,780lb) and 18,230kg (40,200lb) thrust respectively.

Wingspan:

59.64m (195ft 8in)

Wingspan:

38m (125ft)

Length:

56.16m (184 ft 2in)

Length:

47.5m (155ft 7in)

Height:

20.86m (68ft 5in)

Height:

13.6m (44ft 6in)

Weight loaded:

318,427kg (702,000lb)

Weight loaded:

100,000kg (220,462lb)

Cruising speed:

958km/h (595mph) at 9150m (30,000ft)

Cruising speed:

965km/h (600mph) at 9150m (30,000ft)

Service ceiling:

13,715m (45,000ft)

Service ceiling:

11,900m (39,000ft)

Range:

16,560km (10,290 miles)

Range:

7315km (4545 miles)

Passengers + crew:

289–440 + 4

Passengers + crew:

201 + 2

Modern Military Aircraft

World’s Worst Inventions

Robert Jackson

Jack Watkins

Modern Military Aircraft 320pp 120 x 161mm (4¾ x 6½”) 225 colour artworks and 120 colour and black-&white photographs 40,000 words ISBN: 978-1-78274-552-5 £9.99 Flexibound

GRUMMAN F-14A TOMCAT UNITED STATES

UNITED STATES

This F-14A Tomcat, serial 158579, carries the markings of Navy Fighter Squadron VF-1 ‘Wolf Pack’, deployed as part of USS Enterprise’s CVW-14 Carrier Air Wing.

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Aircraft Of World War II

Civil Aircraft

Robert Jackson

GERMANY

Aircraft of World War II 120 x 161mm (4¾ x 6½”) 320pp 40,000 words 225 colour artworks, 120 colour photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-555-6 £9.99 Flexibound

ARADO AR 196A-5 Although the two seats were housed under the same framed canopy, the observer/gunner was only partially enclosed under a sliding section.

The MG 81Z installation, mounted in the rear cockpit of the Ar 196A-5, paired two MG81 7.92mm (0.31in) machine guns on a single mount.

Standard powerplant of production Ar 196s was the 716kW (960hp) BMW 132K; the prototypes used the 656kW (880hp) BMW 132Dc, driving a two-bladed propeller.

The Ar 196A-5 was armed with two 20mm (0.79in) MG FF cannon, one in each wing. The aircraft was very manoeuvrable, and could give a good account of itself in combat.

For the tail assembly, a metal structure was used with metalcovered fixed surfaces and fabric-covered moving surfaces, with a one-piece elevator.

163 x 123mm (6½ x 4¾”) 320pp 60,000 words 300 colour artworks ISBN: 978-1-78274-556-3 £9.99 Flexibound

Bristol Type 32 Bullet

Bristol Type 62 Ten-Seater

Boeing 747SP

Boeing 757

GERMANY

The aircraft had wide-span ailerons outboard. All control surfaces were fabric-covered, the rest of the wing being a metal-skinned two-spar structure.

Civil Aircraft

ARADO AR 196

This Ar 196A-5 served in the eastern Mediterranean and Aegean with 2/SAGr 125 (Maritime Recce Group 125) in 1943. The units also used Bv 138 flying boats.

The Ar 196 had a broad-chord wing with an unswept leading edge and a slight taper on the trailing edge.

120 x 161mm (4¾ x 6½”) 320pp 35,000 words 150 colour photographs and 150 colour a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-553-2 £9.99 Flexibound

GRUMMAN F-14 TOMCAT

Although its development history was beset by problems, the variablegeometry F-14 Tomcat emerged from them all to become one of the most formidable interceptors of all time.

The World’s Worst Inventions

The wings were strut-braced to the floats. These bracings were removed when the wings were folded, each wing being hinged at the trailing edge root.

Country of origin:

Engine:

one 450hp Bristol Jupiter II radial

Engine:

one 450hp Napier Lion radial

Wingspan:

9.51m (31ft 2in)

Wingspan:

17.07m (56ft)

Length:

7.35m (24ft 1in)

Length:

12.34m (40.6ft)

Height:

2.95m (9ft 8in)

Height:

3.35m (11ft)

Weight loaded:

998kg (2200lb)

Weight loaded:

3064kg (6755lb)

Maximum speed:

249km/h (155mph)

Cruising speed:

177km/h (110mph)

Service ceiling:

not known

Service ceiling:

2590m (8500ft)

Range:

not known

Range:

965km (600 miles)

Crew:

Passengers + crew:

9+1

106

107

Country of origin:

USA

Country of origin:

USA

Engines:

four Pratt & Whitney JT9D-3 turbofans of 19,730kg (43,500lb) thrust each

Engines:

two Pratt & Whitney PW2040 or Rolls-Royce RB211-535E of 18,950kg (41,780lb) and 18,230kg (40,200lb) thrust respectively.

Wingspan:

59.64m (195ft 8in)

Wingspan:

38m (125ft)

Length:

56.16m (184 ft 2in)

Length:

47.5m (155ft 7in)

Height:

20.86m (68ft 5in)

Height:

13.6m (44ft 6in)

Weight loaded:

318,427kg (702,000lb)

Weight loaded:

100,000kg (220,462lb)

Cruising speed:

958km/h (595mph) at 9150m (30,000ft)

Cruising speed:

965km/h (600mph) at 9150m (30,000ft)

Service ceiling:

13,715m (45,000ft)

Service ceiling:

11,900m (39,000ft)

Range:

16,560km (10,290 miles)

Range:

7315km (4545 miles)

Passengers + crew:

289–440 + 4

Passengers + crew:

201 + 2

Dark History Of Hollywood

How to Survive a Disaster

From the setting up of the studios by the movie moguls a century ago to the corporations that run them today, from stars’ drug addictions to McCarthy-era witch-hunts and on to the Mob, Dark History of Hollywood is the story of sex and excess, murder and suicide, ambition and betrayal, greed and corruption. Intensively researched and superbly entertaining, Dark History of Hollywood reveals that the stories behind the silver screen are at least as gripping as many of those on it.

What do you do if your aircraft ditches in the sea? Or your building is on fire? Or you are the victim of a terrorist attack? How to Survive a Disaster is a complete handbook to any crisis that may suddenly arise, from food or water shortages, from natural disasters to hostage situations. With more than 300 easy-to-follow artworks and handy pull-out lists of key information, this is the definitive survival guide for anyone wanting to be ready for anything – it could save your life.

kieron connolly

Dark History of Hollywood 244 x 186mm (9½ x 7¼”) 224pp 53,000 words 180 colour and b/w photographs and artworks ISBN: 978-1-78274-109-1 £19.99 Hardback

Alexander Stilwell

CRISIS IN THE WILDERNESS

Desert dangers

clothing that will not stick to your flesh when you sweat and which will not absorb too much body sweat. Take a leaf out of the Arabs’ book and wear a loose headdress that you can wrap around your face, if necessary, to protect the eyes, nose

and mouth from glare reflected from the desert floor, from the sun above and from wind-blown sand and dust. Although we are used to walking barefoot on a sandy beach, footwear must be worn in the desert. The sand will often be too

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A desert environment during the day poses multiple dangers, including direct heat from the sun and reflected heat from the desert floor. Wear light, confortable clothing and good quality walking boots.

hot to walk on, and its dessicating effect will cause your feet to dry out, resulting in painful cracks. If you wear boots, you can keep sand out by fashioning a form of gaiter round the top of the boot with a piece of material.

Shelters If you are a victim of a plane or vehicle accident in the desert, you can shelter near to the wreckage, as this will increase the chances of being spotted by rescuers. The inside of an aircraft may, however, be too hot during the day. As it is vital to reduce perspiration and preserve water, do not attempt to build a major shelter during the heat of the day. Improvise, if necessary, during the day and build a larger shelter during the cool of the evening. Rocky outcrops and caves can be good, cool places for shelters. Check for any insects or reptiles that might be sheltering there. As rainfall is unpredictable in a desert, do not build a shelter in a gully, to avoid the danger of drowning in a flash flood. The type of shelter you build will depend on your location. You can stretch some canvas or a poncho from the top of a rocky outcrop or sand dune to the ground, weighing the ends down with rocks. Such a construction will make a reasonable temporary shelter to keep you out of the glare of the sun. To make a more elaborate and cooler shelter, find a natural depression in the ground between rocks (not on an obvious water course) and weigh down your poncho to form a roof overhead. Alternatively, dig a trench that will have enough room for you and any equipment, and create a roof overhead with the

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Dark History Of the American Presidents Michael Kerrigan

From sexual skirmishes to illicit bugging, from insider trading to connections with the Mafia, from CIA cover-ups to ‘hanging chads’, Dark History of the American Presidents explores the dirty deeds surrounding the offices of 44 presidents – from George Washington to Barack Obama. In doing so, it also tells the story of the nation’s advancement from postRevolutionary days of anti-monarchy and slavery through the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Depression and the United States’ emergence as a global superpower.

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Women At War in World War II Brenda Ralph Lewis

From a German pin-up to Japanese women’s police to all-women British orchestras, from Soviet typists in the field to German pilots, from POWs to secret agents, Women at War in World War II is the story of courageous women experiencing the war in many different ways. Including 300 colour and black-&-white photographs as well as evocative artworks from the period, this is a poignant tribute to the bravery of those who served on all sides, and explores how their experiences changed the lives of those who followed.

Women at War in World War II 268 x 205mm (10½ x 8”) 256 pages 60,000 words 300 colour and black-&-white photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-547-1 £19.99 Hardback

Dark History Of Hollywood

How to Survive a Disaster

kieron connolly

Dark History of Hollywood 244 x 186mm (9½ x 7¼”) 224pp 53,000 words 180 colour and b/w photographs and artworks ISBN: 978-1-78274-109-1 £19.99 Hardback

Alexander Stilwell

CRISIS IN THE WILDERNESS

Desert dangers

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Women At War in World War II Brenda Ralph Lewis

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THE

SAMURAI WARRIOR

the golden age of japan’s elite fighters, 1560–1615

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Ben Hubbard

Including more than 200 photographs, illustrations, paintings and maps, The Samurai Warrior – The Golden Age of Japan’s Elite Warriors 1560–1615 is a colourful, accessible study of Japan’s famous but often misunderstood warrior elite. The book describes the unification under the Tokugawa bakufu, the major battles of the era, the weapons and armour used, the social structure of Japanese society, myths about the samurai, and finally the decline of the samurai amidst the modernization of the Meiji period.

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The Samurai Warrior

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285 x 213mm (11¼ x 8¼”) From the battle of Megiddo in 1457 to the battle of Waterloo in 1815 , from 224 pages chariot charges to cavalry encounters, from naval battles to sieges, The Greatest Battles in History tells the stories of 170 key battles, campaigns and wars from the 50,000 words ancient, medieval, early modern and revolutionary periods More than 200 colour illustrations, photographs and • Includes 150 annotated, colour maps of battles or campaigns, as well as colour maps and black-&-white photographs, paintings and illustrations • ISBN: 978-1-78274-499-3 Each featured battle or campaign includes a locator map, a key facts box for quick and easy reference, and a timeline placing the battle into historical context £19.99 Hardback bc

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THE GREATEST

BATTLES IN HISTORY AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF classic warfare from megiddo to waterloo G E NE R AL E DI TOR : J AC K WAT K I NS

The Greatest Battles in History

THE GREATEST

BATTLES IN HISTORY EDITED BY Jack Watkins

Spanning more than three millennia of history, The Greatest Battles in History is an authoritative, fully illustrated history of 170 key battles, campaigns and wars from the ancient Egyptians to the end of the Napoleonic Wars.

Spanning more than three millennia of history, The Greatest Battles in History is a brilliantly illustrated reference work to 170 key battles from the Battle of Megiddo in 1457BCE to the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Arranged in chronological order, each entry includes full-colour illustrations – either maps or artworks – a description of the context, course of battle and the conflict’s aftermath, as well as information boxes containing facts and figures.

Arranged chronologically, The Greatest Battles in History addresses ancient, medieval and early modern military action from all around the world, beginning with the Egyptian defeat of the Canaanites at the battle of Megiddo in 1457bc (one of the first properly recorded battles) and encompassing, among other conflicts, Roman campaigns, the Crusades, the Hundred Years’ War, Chinese and Japanese conflicts, the Seven Years’ War, the American Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars. Combatants who appear include the Persians, the Athenians, the Greeks, the Teutonic Knights, the Huns, the Vikings, the Mongols and Saracens, while Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Genghis Khan, Saladin, Joan of Arc, George Washington, Horatio Nelson and Napoleon Bonaparte are among the military leaders featured.

From javelins to cannons, from chariots to cavalry charges, from war elephants to naval encounters, from Roman battle formations to sieges, The Greatest Battles in History takes the reader through an immense history of the strategies, tactics, machinery and weaponry used in major military conflicts.

The Greatest Battles in History 264 x 202mm (10½ x 8”) 320pp 125,000 words More than 400 maps, illustrations and photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-544-0 £19.99 Hardback

Each entry includes full-colour illustrations – either maps or artworks – as well as information boxes containing key facts and figures and a description of the course of the battle. An easily accessible guide, The Greatest Battles in History is essential reading for enthusiasts and general readers alike.

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behave honourably. Honour was one of the key virtues of the bushidō code, but it often gave way to ambition and self-interest. The codes of bushidō were also sometimes inconsistent in their messages about honour. Those considered the best warriors, for example, were the ones who had put the conditions of warfare to their advantage. Samurai were encouraged to be opportunists in war – such as fighting with the sun at their back so it would blind their opponent – but they were also paradoxically expected to conduct a fair fight.

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General editor Jack Watkins is a regular contributor to publications such as BBC History, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, Heritage Today and National Trust Magazine, writing on history, the arts and conservation. He is also the author of The World’s Worst Inventions. He lives in southern England.

THE GREATEST battles in history

atana d yari; ake yumi

THE SAMURAI WARRIOR

attle,

The Samurai Warrior

Loyalty was another elusive ideal, although in theory it was the pre-eminent quality of the samurai, prized above all else. Any worthy warrior would follow his master into death or lay down his life for him. But loyalty to whom, or what, was another question. The Emperor was considered to be the most important man in Japan, until the provincial clans decided they did not want to serve him. He was then replaced with a Shōgun, or regent. But Shōguns, too, were capable of disloyalty. Samurai would follow their Shōgun or clan leader to the ends of the earth, but their fidelity

Below: Arquebuses were notoriously clumsy to fire and reload. Wellorganized armies employed assistants to help with gunpowder and ammunition.

was often rewarded with death or betrayal. Loyalty to one’s clan was thought an essential, but brothers would not hesitate to kill each other to better their position. The stories of the greatest

samurai heroes are therefore parables of loyalty to one’s clan, one’s Emperor, one’s master and oneself, which don’t reflect the darker reality. It is the complex relationship with this topmost

Above: Samurai warriors were expected to die an honourable death by the sword. Those defeated in battle could retain their honour by committing seppuku.

november 2017 Publication

The World’s Greatest Aircraft Carriers

World War II Abandoned Places

Packed with more than 200 artworks and photographs, The World’s Greatest Aircraft Carriers features 52 of the most significant carriers from World War I’s converted battleships to classic carriers of World War II and on to nuclear-powered supercarriers of the Cold War era and the latest ships in service today. Each entry includes a brief description of the ship’s development and history, a colour profile view or cutaway, and technical specifications.

A rusting anti-aircraft fort in the North Sea. A German submarine base in France. A Flak tower in a Viennese park — more than 70 years after the end of World War II, its remnants can still be seen from Europe to Japan. World War II Abandoned Places explores more than 100 bunkers, pillboxes, submarine bases, forts and prison camps from the North Sea to Okinawa. With 150 outstanding colour photographs, this is a brilliant pictorial examination of both the military and non-military legacy of the conflict.

michael kerrigan

David Ross

The World’s Greatest Aircraft Carriers 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 224pp 65,000 words 200 colour artworks and photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-524-2 £19.99 Hardback

HMAS Canberra

(2014)

Australia’s largest warship is a state-of-the-art amphibious warfare vessel,

capable of playing a variety of roles, particularly enhancing the Australian Navy’s off-shore capabilities.

Changing circumstances both in strategic and tactical requirements in Australia’s part of the globe were

Systems Australia. Canberra, although lead ship and first to

underlined by the difficulties in managing the logistics of

be commissioned on 28 November 2014, carries pennant

the UN peacekeeping force in East Timor in 1999–2000.

No.L02 while the other class member, Adelaide, is L01.

This led to an Australian government plan to improve the

Adelaide was commissioned on 4 December 2015. The two

country’s amphibious warfare ability, centred on two large

LHDs substantially expand Australia’s capacity to influence

Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) vessels. In the mid-2000s

events and operate in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, with

tenders were received for the French Mistral design and a

their numerous hot-spots of diplomatic and military tension.

Spanish design based on the Spanish Navy’s LHD Juan Carlos I, commissioned in 2010. The Spanish version was

Mast height At 46.8m (142ft 7in) above the waterline, Canberra’s mast would have just 40cm (15.7in) clearance when passing under Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Shipyard, Victoria, for completion and fitting out by BAE

chosen, and with numerous adaptations specified by the

US Amphibious LVT, Bloody Nose Ridge, Peleliu, Palau Islands The burned-out shell of an LVT (‘Landing Vehicle, Tracked’) stands rusting, an inanimate metal monument to the thousands of men who died attacking and defending this one ridge alone. As the nickname they gave it wryly suggests, the capture of this hill was among the toughest challenges the US 1st Marine Division were ever to face.

Construction

Construction cost was A$1.5 billion. The ships share the

Royal Australian Navy, it forms the two-ship Canberra-class.

major features of European naval LHDs, with a long triple-

The builder was Navantia, of Ferro. The keel of Canberra

masted island set to starboard and an axial flight deck area

was laid there on 23 September 2009 and it was launched

202.3m (616ft 6in) long and 32m (97ft 6in) wide. Intended

on 17 February 2011.

as a helicopter carrier, it has no provision for catapult or

Construction was modular, with the ship assembled

World War II Abandoned Places 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 224pp 10,000 words 150 colour photographs 978-1-78274-549-5 £19.99 Hardback

arrester gear. However, a bow ramp set to the port side

in three separate parts, although in the same yard, then

is fitted to enable it to launch V/STOL planes, although

joined together. By 17 October 2012 the hull, without

none are carried at present, and six landing spots allow for

island, was transferred by heavy lift ship to Williamstown

simultaneous take-offs and landings by six helicopters of NRH90 or Blackhawk size, or four Chinooks. There are three main decks below the flight deck: the hangar deck with storage also for light vehicles and cargo; the main accommodation deck and the well dock, 69.3m

Landing craft The four LCM 1E landing craft have an endurance of 190nm (389km; 242 miles). They can ‘comfortably’ hold 120 personnel with full combat load, but this can be stretched to 170.

Twin decks There are two decks for heavy and light vehicle storage.

Australia’s latest warships are, after much discussion, based on a Spanish design, built in Spain, and finally assembled in Australia.

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The Samurai Warrior

Battles That Changed History Dougherty, Rice, et al. 978-1-906626-80-8

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THE GREATEST

BATTLES IN HISTORY AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF classic warfare from megiddo to waterloo G E NE R AL E DI TOR : J AC K WAT K I NS

The Greatest Battles in History

THE GREATEST

BATTLES IN HISTORY EDITED BY Jack Watkins

The Greatest Battles in History 264 x 202mm (10½ x 8”) 320pp 125,000 words More than 400 maps, illustrations and photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-544-0 £19.99 Hardback

Printed in China

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ding skirts),

THE GREATEST battles in history

atana d yari; ake yumi

THE SAMURAI WARRIOR

attle,

The Samurai Warrior

Below: Arquebuses were notoriously clumsy to fire and reload. Wellorganized armies employed assistants to help with gunpowder and ammunition.

was often rewarded with death or betrayal. Loyalty to one’s clan was thought an essential, but brothers would not hesitate to kill each other to better their position. The stories of the greatest

Above: Samurai warriors were expected to die an honourable death by the sword. Those defeated in battle could retain their honour by committing seppuku.

november 2017 Publication

The World’s Greatest Aircraft Carriers

World War II Abandoned Places

michael kerrigan

David Ross

The World’s Greatest Aircraft Carriers 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 224pp 65,000 words 200 colour artworks and photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-524-2 £19.99 Hardback

HMAS Canberra

(2014)

Australia’s largest warship is a state-of-the-art amphibious warfare vessel,

capable of playing a variety of roles, particularly enhancing the Australian Navy’s off-shore capabilities.

Changing circumstances both in strategic and tactical requirements in Australia’s part of the globe were

Systems Australia. Canberra, although lead ship and first to

underlined by the difficulties in managing the logistics of

be commissioned on 28 November 2014, carries pennant

the UN peacekeeping force in East Timor in 1999–2000.

No.L02 while the other class member, Adelaide, is L01.

This led to an Australian government plan to improve the

Adelaide was commissioned on 4 December 2015. The two

country’s amphibious warfare ability, centred on two large

LHDs substantially expand Australia’s capacity to influence

Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) vessels. In the mid-2000s

events and operate in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, with

tenders were received for the French Mistral design and a

their numerous hot-spots of diplomatic and military tension.

Spanish design based on the Spanish Navy’s LHD Juan Carlos I, commissioned in 2010. The Spanish version was

Mast height At 46.8m (142ft 7in) above the waterline, Canberra’s mast would have just 40cm (15.7in) clearance when passing under Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Shipyard, Victoria, for completion and fitting out by BAE

chosen, and with numerous adaptations specified by the

Construction

Construction cost was A$1.5 billion. The ships share the

Royal Australian Navy, it forms the two-ship Canberra-class.

major features of European naval LHDs, with a long triple-

The builder was Navantia, of Ferro. The keel of Canberra

masted island set to starboard and an axial flight deck area

was laid there on 23 September 2009 and it was launched

202.3m (616ft 6in) long and 32m (97ft 6in) wide. Intended

on 17 February 2011.

as a helicopter carrier, it has no provision for catapult or

Construction was modular, with the ship assembled

World War II Abandoned Places 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 224pp 10,000 words 150 colour photographs 978-1-78274-549-5 £19.99 Hardback

arrester gear. However, a bow ramp set to the port side

in three separate parts, although in the same yard, then

is fitted to enable it to launch V/STOL planes, although

joined together. By 17 October 2012 the hull, without

none are carried at present, and six landing spots allow for

island, was transferred by heavy lift ship to Williamstown

Landing craft The four LCM 1E landing craft have an endurance of 190nm (389km; 242 miles). They can ‘comfortably’ hold 120 personnel with full combat load, but this can be stretched to 170.

Twin decks There are two decks for heavy and light vehicle storage.

Australia’s latest warships are, after much discussion, based on a Spanish design, built in Spain, and finally assembled in Australia.

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Propeller Thruster propellers are 4.5m (15ft) in diameter.

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Celts

Dark History of the Tudors

Martin J. Dougherty

From their emergence as an Iron Age people around 800BCE to the early centuries CE, Celts reveals the truth behind the stories of naked warriors, ritual beheadings, druids, magic and accusations of human sacrifice. The book examines the different tribes, the Hallstatt and La Tène periods, as well as Celtic survival in western Europe, the Gallic Wars, military life, spiritual beliefs, slavery, sexuality and Celtic art.

C E LT I C A R T A N D R E L I G I O N

A GalloRoman statue of the god Mercury. Identification of Celtic gods with Roman ones probably began with Roman scholars making the best interpretation they could on scanty information. After the Roman conquest of Gaul, the merging of gods became a reality.

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The Returned

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The enduring (if wildly incorrect) image of Celtic religion is of white-robed druids collecting mistletoe whilst surrounded by suitably savage-looking warriors.

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Chun Quoit is a fine example of a dolmen, or portal tomb. The huge stones were originally set in an earth mound which has since eroded away. Chun Quoit was constructed around 2400 bce, possibly by early protoCeltic people.

The returned dead, according to Celtic legends, could engage in most activities that a living person might. They could assist a hero in a fight or seduce someone’s wife. They could eat and drink, and would easily pass for a living person. However, the dead also had supernatural powers shared by gods and the faerie folk, and could become invisible or travel from place to place without anyone witnessing how. Some of the traditional Celtic burial customs were designed to prevent the dead from wandering around the countryside. Large stones placed over the grave, or the practice of tying the limbs of the departed, were intended to restrict the activities of the corpse. Even so, it was still sometimes possible to obtain information from the dead, often by visiting or even sleeping in their tombs at night. Exactly where the dead went when they were not returning to help out or plague the living is unclear. Translations of Celtic beliefs have become distorted by the perceptions and misconceptions of those that recorded them. Some writers claim that the Celts believed in a mystical island where the dead – or perhaps some of them – went, while others refer to having to cross an underground ocean. There

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are references to the dead dwelling underground, but if this is the case then such a realm might have been much more cheerful than the underground hells of other cultures. It is not even clear if the Celts believed that their new lives took place in another world or a different part of the same one, nor if it mattered. What is important is that they believed that death was not the end but simply an interruption before life continued somewhere else. For this reason death in battle was not something to be greatly feared and suicide might actually be a good option if it allowed escape from a desperate or miserable situation. It does seem that Celtic beliefs baffled and confused many observers, who tried to equate them to other belief systems and in so doing muddied the waters for future scholars. Their beliefs were, like many other aspects of their culture, unique and not really explainable in terms of someone else’s religion. Inference and conjecture can only go so far, and unfortunately the people who really understood it all passed on to another life somewhere else long ago.

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These replica axes have only a slight ‘beard’ on the head. Some designs have a very pronounced elongation of the lower cutting face. The angulation of the leftmost axe’s head is deliberate, aligning the cutting edge with the arc of a swing.

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Prayer, which did away with the Latin mass. Edward’s beliefs and that Henry VIII had ever intended.

all too much, too soon. Seymour and Edward would presently be facing a rebellion from within the country as well as threats from abroad. Seymour was canny enough to keep close and trusted advisors near him, whom he rewarded well for their loyalty. These men included William Paget and Anthony Denny. Denny, one of Henry VIII’s confidants, was the one who dry stamped Henry’s final will with a facsimile of his signature prior to it being signed (although Henry died before ever signing the final version, which partly allowed the flexible approach

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Survival Techniques Alexander Stilwell

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the battle saw the Scots defeated by the English.

those of his supporters took the reformation closer to Protestantism

242 x 185mm (9½ x 7¼”) 224pp 62,000 words 200 colour and b/w photographs, artworks, maps and illustrations ISBN: 978-1-78274-061-2 £19.99 Hardback

it open. Effectiveness depends greatly upon impact, and the design of an axe is important if impact is to be maximized. The haft must be of an appropriate length to match the user’s arm and thus create a good arc of swing, and the head must concentrate mass behind the blade without making the weapon unwieldy. Viking axes were thus anything but crude. While less prestigious than swords they were highly effective and were often very well made. Heads were of a socket type, where the head has a hole through which the haft passes. More primitive axes, whose heads are tied on with thongs, were far less effective in action, especially against opponents wearing armour. Even a well-made axe could come apart in combat, however. There are instances in the sagas of axe-heads parting company with the haft, usually to the immediate detriment of the wielder. The typical Viking axe was wielded in one hand, usually in conjunction with a shield, and had a single cutting blade. The gigantic two-bladed axes often depicted in fantasy games or movies are exactly that – fantasy. The Viking axe was a simple but entirely effective weapon, probably carried without a sheath. It is not hard to stick an axe through a belt, and reasonably safe to carry it this way. One hanging on a thong from the belt would be a rather different proposition, since it would swing about and injure the owner around the knees even if it were not sharp enough to cut him. Axes could also be carried in other ways. Some saga-heroes and, therefore, presumably some Viking warriors carried an axe in their shield-hand as a backup weapon, transferring it to the weapon hand when the main weapon was lost or hurled at an opponent. They were also fairly concealable, being shorter than most swords, and could be hidden under a cloak or in a bundle of apparently innocuous objects until the wielder was ready to strike. Long-hafted axes were also used, sometimes as tools and sometimes as weapons. The longer haft required the use of both hands, so the shield had to be cast away or hung on the back. This made the warrior vulnerable, particularly to arrows and

Below: This striking image depicts the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, near Musselburgh in the south-east of Scotland. Part of the ‘rough wooing’,

Above: This is the front page of Thomas Cranmer’s Book of Common

Vikings: A History of the Norse People

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return with a ship full of booty and tall tales of prowess in battle might be more exciting than a well-negotiated trade with far-off people, but the admiration of those looking upon the proceeds was not necessarily greater. A profitable voyage would inspire fame, which brought a status that could not always simply be bought with wealth. The decision to launch the Lindisfarne raid was therefore logical. The target was an easy one, with prospects of a large quantity of plunder. The expedition offered everyone involved the chance to enrich himself both materially and in reputation. It appealed to an adventurous people who ‘Better to fight and believed that a man could take what he wanted, providing he had won it by strength fall than to live and prowess. From the point of view of the without hope’. Scandinavian seafarers of the time, Lindisfarne was nothing more or less than a perfect opportunity to do what they had been doing for centuries. The beginning of the Viking Age was not marked by a sudden below: The Viking departure from previous habits. The Vikings had been raiding longship was an efficient and trading for generations. The only thing that really changed and seaworthy design, but it was a small craft was the scale of their operations, and the amount of attention in which to undertake they attracted from those in a position to record history. The long voyages on the open beginning of the Viking Age was not the moment when the sea. Such vessels made Norsemen decided to start raiding; it was the moment that more or less routine crossings to Iceland. the rest of the world had to start taking notice. Early Viking raids were characterized by being small in scale and limited in penetration. It was relatively easy to follow the coast until a suitable target was located.

Part of the dispute was England wanting to force reformation on the largely Catholic population of Scotland.

A Celtic funeral was an important affair for the dead as well as the living. The deceased might decide to return and plague their neighbours or relatives if not properly sealed within the tomb.

Survival Techniques takes you through all the things you need to know about surviving disasters and staying alive in the wild, such as where to find water in the desert, how to build shelters, how to make tools, first aid skills and what plants are safe to eat. However, the ultimate aim is to get back to civilization, so the book contains chapters on navigation techniques. Packed with life-saving information, the expert text is supported by 150 instructive line drawings.

thrown spears, but this was offset by the greater reach and power of his blows. The long-handled axe became a signature weapon of the Varangian Guard in Byzantine service and was adopted by various Viking-influenced cultures, including the English. An axe, used in one or both hands, was in many ways more capable of penetrating armour than a sword. The combination of leverage, concentration of mass and a sharp blade made an axe more likely to cut through a helmet or bash the wearer senseless, and there are numerous examples of this in the sagas. Less common are descriptions of axes being thrown, although it happens occasionally. When it does, it seems to be an expedient

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LEFT: Although not as prestigious as a sword, axes were still possessions to be prized. This axe head is beautifully decorated, but that does not preclude it being a working weapon as opposed to a ceremonial or decorative item.

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your inflatable life-preserver either to yourself or the raft before removing it. Then grab handles on each side of the raft and pull yourself in, while kicking with your legs in the water (B and C). Another way of boarding is to get one knee inside the raft and pull yourself forward into it as shown in D and E. When you are in the raft, make sure it is fully inflated and check for any leaks.

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they pile up and push higher into the atmosphere they can become storm clouds. 3. Nimbus Clouds of uniform greyness extend over the whole sky.

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A thousand years after their demise, traces of the Vikings remain far beyond Scandinavia. They traded walruses with Inuits, brought Russian furs to Western Europe and took European slaves to Constantinople. In this accessible book, the whole narrative of the Viking story is examined from the eighth to the 11th century. Arranged thematically, Vikings: A History of the Norse People reveals the story of the Norsemen from exploration to religion, from trade to settlement to weaponry, from their kingdoms to their legacy.

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Seymour and his supporters took to it). It is thought that Denny was able to subtly sway the weakened King in the writing of his will. William Paget, Henry’s secretary, who was present for the final version of Henry’s will, is also thought to have had a hand in influencing the dying King, although the full extent of this influence may never be known. The other man close to Seymour was John Dudley, the Earl of Warwick, who had been one of Henry VIII’s confidantes. However, Dudley would soon turn against Seymour to gain further power of his own.

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as the one the departed had just left. Some writers recorded that the Celts thought that sometimes the next life might be in animal form, but this is doubtful or possibly a local variation. There are also accounts of the dead returning as ghosts or spectres, but these may be later interpretations of Celtic legends. For the most part, when the dead do return in stories, they do so as people who seem to be very much alive.

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Celtic Myth and Religion The Celts were a very widespread people, whose religious practices and beliefs varied over time as well as by location. Much of what we know of the Celtic gods has come down to us through the myths and traditional stories of Ireland and Wales, or has become part of other belief systems such as RomanoCeltic and later Christian religion. Thus in some cases there are numerous variants of any given story, attributing greater or lesser – or completely different – abilities and powers to any given character. Many gods and other beings had three aspects, which further confuses the issue. Celtic myths generally agree that magical beings and gods lived apart from the mortal world in an ‘Otherworld’ that was known by various names. Welsh mythology frequently refers to this place as Annwyn, while Irish myths often refer to Sidhe. These tales survived long enough to be recorded in written form by the people they belonged to, or at least their descendants. On the other hand, much of what we know about the religion of the Gallic Celts is filtered through the perception of the Roman writers that recorded it, and is inevitably distorted. Julius Caesar wrote much about what the Celts believed, but he used terms that he was familiar with. He recorded that Mercury was the chief god of the Gauls, which seems rather unlikely. It is much more probable that the Celts had a deity that fulfilled the same general functions as Mercury, and since Caesar did not know the god’s actual name he used a parallel that would be familiar to his expected readership. It is possible that this is instead an example of Roman arrogance, assuming that barbarians worshipped proper Roman gods but by some other name. The Roman assignment of parallels works as a reasonable approximation in some cases, but the Gauls

had a great many gods, of whom a large proportion were associated with a fairly limited area or a specific tribe. Some of these duplicated the abilities of others and may have been absorbed into a different identity by Roman assumptions. However, as the Gauls themselves did not leave written records, the Roman accounts are in many cases the best we have to work with. It is not unreasonable to assume that since the Celtic people spread out from a common origin and retained at least a degree of contact with one another, many apparently similar gods who have different names in different places could be the same god represented in varying ways. It is also likely that some gods were worshipped over a very large area while others were extremely localized. It follows that the more widespread gods performed functions that were relevant to everyone, while local gods were only of much importance to the tribe or region that venerated them. There is thus evidence of a general pantheon throughout the Celtic world, with local variations and additions. Similarly, it is likely that the general format of Celtic religion was much the same throughout the Celtic world, but that local customs varied considerably from this norm at times. Caesar

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in many cases, more tantalizing than the abstract patterns used in decoration, for they show us scenes of the distant past with no explanation of what we are seeing.

With 180 paintings and illustrations, Dark History of the Tudors is a fascinating, accessible account of the murder, adultery, and religious turmoil that characterized England’s most infamous royal dynasty. Beginning in 1485 and ending with the death of Elizabeth I in 1603, the Tudor dynasty transformed England, but its darker side included Henry VIII’s notorious break with the Roman Catholic Church, his divorce or execution of four of his six wives, and several executions as nobles fell from political favour.

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direction of the storm as well as a rapid drop in temperature. 4.Stratus Low clouds composed of water droplets make up an even, grey layer of cloud. They inevitably mean rain or snow. Altostratus Holes in this layer mean that the weather may not be too bad. Nimbostratus These rain-bearing clouds have a low base and consist of thick layers. 59

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Prayer, which did away with the Latin mass. Edward’s beliefs and that Henry VIII had ever intended.

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the battle saw the Scots defeated by the English.

those of his supporters took the reformation closer to Protestantism

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Below: This striking image depicts the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, near Musselburgh in the south-east of Scotland. Part of the ‘rough wooing’,

Above: This is the front page of Thomas Cranmer’s Book of Common

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Part of the dispute was England wanting to force reformation on the largely Catholic population of Scotland.

A Celtic funeral was an important affair for the dead as well as the living. The deceased might decide to return and plague their neighbours or relatives if not properly sealed within the tomb.

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in many cases, more tantalizing than the abstract patterns used in decoration, for they show us scenes of the distant past with no explanation of what we are seeing.

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Berlin: The Final Reckoning

The SS: Hitler’s Instrument of Terror

In April 1945, the final act of World War II in Europe was played out in Germany’s capital. Berlin: The Final Reckoning is a comprehensive history of the last battle of Nazi Germany, which would see the virtual destruction of a city, and the suicide of Adolf Hitler. Brilliantly researched and including a 16-page colour insert of artworks of personnel, tanks, firearms and aircraft, this is a superbly illustrated account of the battle that ended the Nazi dream of a 1,000-year Reich.

The SS: Hitler’s Instrument of Terror examines every aspect of the Führer’s private army, from internal security to intelligence services, from WaffenSS combat units to foreign divisions to racial policy and the running of concentration camps. Ranging from its origins after World War I to the fall of Berlin in 1945, the book is illustrated with 270 colour and black and white photographs, as well as 25 colour artworks. This is the definitive account of Nazi Germany’s most notorious organization.

Karl Bahm

Berlin: The Final Reckoning 246 x 183mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp 60,000 words 150 b/w photographs, 16-page colour insert ISBN: 978-1-78274-135-0 £19.99 Hardback

Gordon Williamson

The SS: Hitler’s Instrument of Terror 295 x 234mm (11½ x 9¾”) 304pp 110,000 words 50 col & 220 b/w photos, artworks and maps ISBN: 978-1-78274-028-5 £19.99 Hardback

The Battle of the Bulge: Hitler’s Last Hope Robin Cross

The Battle of the Bulge: Hitler’s Last Hope is a comprehensive history of Germany’s surprise offensive, the failure of which hastened the end of the conflict. The book’s authoritative text is complemented with detailed maps explaining troop movements as well as appendices showing orders of battle. Including more than 150 blackand-white photographs and a 16-page colour insert of artworks featuring vehicles, firearms and personnel, this is an expert account of Hitler’s last hope in the West. II

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Berlin: The Final Reckoning

The SS: Hitler’s Instrument of Terror

Karl Bahm

Berlin: The Final Reckoning 246 x 183mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp 60,000 words 150 b/w photographs, 16-page colour insert ISBN: 978-1-78274-135-0 £19.99 Hardback

Gordon Williamson

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The Battle of the Bulge: Hitler’s Last Hope Robin Cross

The Battle of the Bulge: Hitler’s Last Hope 246 x 183mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp 60,000 words 150 b/w photos, 10 b/w maps, 16-page colour insert of artworks ISBN: 978-1-78274-136-7 £19.99 Hardback

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Private, German Luftwaffe Field Division Private, US 1st infantry Division

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Classic titles Welcome to Amber’s list of available classic titles. These books combine engaging text with full-colour photographs, illustrations and, where appropriate, detailed maps and annotated artworks to provide an irresistible package at affordable prices. From the world’s most fascinating abandoned places to medieval warfare, and from haiku to the human body to humour books, there will be something in our list of published titles for everyone.

Chinese Bound Series

Young Adult

Warriors of the Ancient World

Warriors of the Medieval World

The Art of War (New Translation)

Bushido: The Code of the Samurai

Martin J. Dougherty 254 x 197mm (10 x 7¾”) 128pp, 16,000 words 110 col a/ws and photos ISBN: 978-1-78274-446-7 £9.99 Hardback

Paula Hammond 254 x 197mm (10 x 7¾”) 128pp, 16,000 words 110 col a/ws and photos ISBN: 978-1-78274-447-4 £9.99 Hardback

Sun Tzu 265 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾”) 96pp, 12,000 words ISBN: 9781907446788 £14.99 Chinese bound hardback

Inazo Nitobe 264 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾”) 96pp, 34,000 words ISBN: 978-1-78274-484-9 £14.99 Chinese bound hardback

Mini Encyclopedias

World’s Worst Cars

World’s Worst Weapons

Guitar Chords

Minerals and Gemstones

Craig Cheetham 120 x 161mm (4½ x 6½”) 320pp, 35,000 words 300 col a/ws & b/w photos ISBN: 978-1-78274-365-1 £9.99 Flexibound

Martin J. Dougherty 120 x 161mm (4½ x 6½”) 320pp, 35,000 words 300 col a/ws & b/w photos ISBN: 978-1-78274-364-4 £9.99 Flexibound

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Stars and Planets

Mammals

Dinosaurs

Bugs

Giles Sparrow 163 x 123mm (6½ x 4¾”) 320pp, 60,000 words 300 col a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-260-9 £9.99 Flexibound

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The World of Birds

Marine Life

Human Body

Michael Wright 163 x 123mm (6½ x 4¾”) 320pp, 60,000 words 300 col a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-323-1 £9.99 Flexibound

Giles Sparrow 163 x 123mm (6½ x 4¾”) 320pp, 60,000 words 300 col a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-445-0 £9.99 Flexibound

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FAT CATS

Pugs on Rugs

Cats in Hats

Jack Russell 153 x 153mm (6 x 6”) 96pp, 3,000 words 45 colour photomontages ISBN: 978-1-78274-431-3 £6.99 Hardback

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Fat Cats Jack Russell 153 x 153mm (6 x 6”) 96pp, 3,000 words 45 colour photomontages ISBN: 978-1-78274-429-0 £6.99 Hardback

Chinese Bound Series

Young Adult

Warriors of the Ancient World

Warriors of the Medieval World

The Art of War (New Translation)

Bushido: The Code of the Samurai

Martin J. Dougherty 254 x 197mm (10 x 7¾”) 128pp, 16,000 words 110 col a/ws and photos ISBN: 978-1-78274-446-7 £9.99 Hardback

Paula Hammond 254 x 197mm (10 x 7¾”) 128pp, 16,000 words 110 col a/ws and photos ISBN: 978-1-78274-447-4 £9.99 Hardback

Sun Tzu 265 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾”) 96pp, 12,000 words ISBN: 9781907446788 £14.99 Chinese bound hardback

Inazo Nitobe 264 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾”) 96pp, 34,000 words ISBN: 978-1-78274-484-9 £14.99 Chinese bound hardback

Mini Encyclopedias

World’s Worst Cars

World’s Worst Weapons

Guitar Chords

Minerals and Gemstones

Craig Cheetham 120 x 161mm (4½ x 6½”) 320pp, 35,000 words 300 col a/ws & b/w photos ISBN: 978-1-78274-365-1 £9.99 Flexibound

Martin J. Dougherty 120 x 161mm (4½ x 6½”) 320pp, 35,000 words 300 col a/ws & b/w photos ISBN: 978-1-78274-364-4 £9.99 Flexibound

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Stars and Planets

Mammals

Dinosaurs

Bugs

Giles Sparrow 163 x 123mm (6½ x 4¾”) 320pp, 60,000 words 300 col a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-260-9 £9.99 Flexibound

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The World of Birds

Marine Life

Human Body

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Music

History

Best-Selling Albums

Ukulele for Beginners

Guitar Chords

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Bloody History of London

Bloody History of Paris

Bloody History of America

John D. Wright 244 x 186mm (93⁄4 x 71⁄2”) 224pp, 58,000 words 180 b/w and colour photos, diagrams and maps iSBn: 978-1-78274-496-2 £19.99 hardback

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The History of Death

The History of Punishment

The Instruments of Torture

The History of Pirates

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Medical Reference Professor Peter Abrahams has practiced medicine for more than 30 years and has taught medicine and anatomy in various international institutions, including the University of London, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Iowa. He has also lectured in countries such as Egypt, Israel, and Ghana and worked for the World Health Organization. He has written and edited many books, including Clinical Anatomy of Practical Procedures, An Atlas of Normal Radiological Anatomy, Essentials of Clinical Anatomy, and An Imaging Atlas of Human Anatomy. FRONT: MRI scan of a normal, healthy brain (BSIP SA/Alamy) BACK: X-ray image of the brain produced by computed tomography (Merznatalia/Depositphotos)

Understanding Brain Function, Thought, and Personality

General Editor: Professor Peter Abrahams

• An expert and comprehensive medical reference work on the physiology of the brain, brain disorders, and psycholgical illnesses • Includes more than 75 topics, ranging from the structure of the brain to depression, from brain damage to the effects of caffeine on the brain to what happens in our heads when we laugh • Features more than 600 color photographs, medical imaging, and detailed graphics to help the reader quickly understand the workings of the human mind

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Where in the brain would you find the hippocampus and what is its function? What happens in the brain when we laugh? What’s the checklist for assessing the severity of a brain injury? And how is Alzheimer’s different from other dementias? In this accessible and fascinating book, readers will learn the answers to these questions and many more. How the Brain Works takes the reader from the physiology of the brain through to its processes—such as what happens in the brain while we sleep—and on to traumas, diseases, and psychological conditions. From learning about the blood vessels in the head to what goes wrong when someone has a stroke, from how the brain processes language to diagnosing meningitis, from anorexia nervosa to post natal depression, How the Brain Works expertly explains the processes of the brain in a way that we can all understand. Whether looking to identify a medical complaint, seeking further information about a diagnosis, or just keen to understand the processes of the human mind, How the Brain Works is an excellent, accessible reference work written by medical professionals. With more than 600 color photographs, medical imaging, and anatomically accurate artworks, How the Brain Works is a highly detailed but simply written, wide-ranging guide that will appeal to both general readers and students.

General Editor: Professor Peter Abrahams

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The Human Body

How the Brain Works

Human Body

How the Body Works

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Peter aBrahaMS 285 x 227mm (11¼ x 9”) 512pp, 260,000 words 1,250 col photos & a/ws iSBn: 978-1-78274-435-1 £24.99 Paperback

Biographies Photography

Abandoned Places kieron Connolly 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 224pp, 10,000 words 150 colour photographs iSBn: 978-1-78274-394-1 £19.99 hardback

The Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt helen StruDWiCk (eDitor) 285 x 255mm (11¼ x 9”) 512pp, 245,000 words 2,000 colour photos & a/ws iSBn: 978-1-78274-436-8 £24.99 Paperback

Hitler MiChael kerrigan 264 x 208mm (10½ x 8¼”) 224pp, 60,000 words 200 col & b/w photos & a/ws iSBn: 978-1-78274-494-8 £19.99 hardback

Rommel In His Own Words John PiMlott (eDitor) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 120 b/w photographs iSBn: 9781782743163 £19.99 Paperback

Music

History

Best-Selling Albums

Ukulele for Beginners

Guitar Chords

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toM FleMing 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾”) 144pp, 20,000 words 150 col artworks and photos iSBn: 978-1-78274-518-1 £14.99 paperback

teD Fuller 163 x 123mm (6½ x 4¾”) 320pp, 60,000 words 300 col a/ws iSBn: 978-1-78274-378-1 £9.99 Flexibound

The Guitar Book Charlotte greig 295 x 234mm (11½ x 9¼”) 496pp, 100,000 words 1,500 col photos & 1,000 diagrams iSBn: 9781782744726 £24.99 Paperback

Bloody History of London

Bloody History of Paris

Bloody History of America

John D. Wright 244 x 186mm (93⁄4 x 71⁄2”) 224pp, 58,000 words 180 b/w and colour photos, diagrams and maps iSBn: 978-1-78274-496-2 £19.99 hardback

Ben huBBarD 244 x 186mm (93⁄4 x 71⁄2”) 224pp, 58,000 words 180 b/w and colour photos, diagrams and maps iSBn: 978-1-78274-495-5 £19.99 hardback

kieron Connolly 244 x 186mm (93⁄4 x 71⁄2”) 224pp, 58,000 words 180 b/w and colour photos, diagrams and maps iSBn: 978-1-78274-497-9 £19.99 hardback

The History of Death

The History of Punishment

The Instruments of Torture

The History of Pirates

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BrenDa ralPh leWiS 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 120 b/w photos iSBn: 978-1-78274-490-0 £19.99 Paperback

Kings and Queens of Europe BrenDa ralPh leWiS 285 x 213mm (11¼ x 8¼”) 512pp, 140,000 words 400 col photos iSBn: 9781782744719 £24.99 hardback

Understanding Brain Function, Thought, and Personality

General Editor: Professor Peter Abrahams

BG - Reference

General Editor: Professor Peter Abrahams

Printed in China

The Human Body

How the Brain Works

Human Body

How the Body Works

Peter aBrahaMS 244 x 186mm (9¾ x 7½”) 256pp, 90,000 words 250 col a/ws iSBn: 978-1-78274-516-7 Paperback £14.99

Peter aBrahaMS 285 x 225mm (11¼ x 9”) 176pp, 90,000 words 430 col photos & a/ws iSBn: 978-1-78274-517-4 £16.99 hardback

Jane de Burgh 163 x 123mm (6½ x 4¾ ”) 320pp, 60,000 words 300 col a/ws iSBn: 978-1-78274-377-4 £9.99 Flexibound

Peter aBrahaMS 285 x 227mm (11¼ x 9”) 512pp, 260,000 words 1,250 col photos & a/ws iSBn: 978-1-78274-435-1 £24.99 Paperback

Biographies Photography

Abandoned Places kieron Connolly 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 224pp, 10,000 words 150 colour photographs iSBn: 978-1-78274-394-1 £19.99 hardback

The Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt helen StruDWiCk (eDitor) 285 x 255mm (11¼ x 9”) 512pp, 245,000 words 2,000 colour photos & a/ws iSBn: 978-1-78274-436-8 £24.99 Paperback

Hitler MiChael kerrigan 264 x 208mm (10½ x 8¼”) 224pp, 60,000 words 200 col & b/w photos & a/ws iSBn: 978-1-78274-494-8 £19.99 hardback

Rommel In His Own Words John PiMlott (eDitor) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 120 b/w photographs iSBn: 9781782743163 £19.99 Paperback

Encyclopedias

The World’s Greatest Cars Craig Cheetham 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾ ”) 512pp, 110,000 words 1,750 col photos ISBN: 9781782744702 £24.99 Paperback

The Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt Helen Strudwick (editor) 285 x 255mm (11¼ x 9”) 512pp, 245,000 words 2,000 colour photos & a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-436-8 £24.99 Paperback

The Encyclopedia of Aircraft of World War II Paul E. Eden 297 x 228mm (11¾ x 9”) 512pp, 190,000 words 1,200 col & b/w photos & a/ws ISBN: 9781782744733 £24.99 Paperback

Combat,and Survival and Fitness Combat Survival

Kings and Queens of Europe Brenda Ralph Lewis 285 x 213mm (11¼ x 8¼”) 512pp, 140,000 words 400 col photos ISBN: 9781782744719 £24.99 Paperback

How the Body Works Peter Abrahams 285 x 227mm (11¼ x 9”) 512pp, 260,000 words 1,250 col photos & a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-435-1 £24.99 Paperback

The Encyclopedia of Warfare DENNIS SHOWALTER (FOREWORD) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 1,024pp, 350,000 words 600 col maps ISBN: 978-1-78274-023-0 £49.99 Hardback

Animals Visual Encyclopedia Tom Jackson 285 x 225mm (11¼ x 9”) 448pp, 90,000 words 750 col a/ws ISBN: 9781908273017 £24.99 Paperback

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Space & Space Exploration Giles Sparrow (edITOR) 285 x 225mm (11¾ x 9”) 512pp, 225,000 words 5,000 photographs and illustrations ISBN: 9781782741640 £24.99 Paperback

Illustrated Encyclopedia Weapons of World War I

Illustrated Encyclopedia Weapons of World War II

Chris Bishop (editor) 276 x 220mm (10¾ x 8¾”) 272pp 65,000 words 600 col a/ws and photos ISBN: 978-1-78274-141-1 £24.99 Hardback

Chris Bishop (editor) 276 x 220mm (10¾ x 8¾”) 608pp, 220,000 words 1,600 col and b/w a/ws and photos ISBN: 978-1-78274-388-0 £24.99 Paperback

Encyclopedia of Classic Warfare

Battles that Changed History

Jack Watkins (editor) 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 320pp, 100,000 words 400pp b/w & col photos and a/ws ISBN: 9781907446917 £24.99 Hardback

Phyllis G. Jestice (editor) 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 448pp, 160,000 words 600 col & b/w photos & a/ws ISBN: 978-1-906626-80-8 £24.99 Paperback

Military Uniforms Visual Encyclopedia

Small Arms Visual Encyclopedia

501 Unarmed Self-Defence Skills

Chris McNab 285 x 225mm (11¼ x 9”) 448pp, 50,000 words 600 col a/ws ISBN: 978-1-907446-99-3 £24.99 Paperback

Martin J Dougherty 285 x 225mm (11¼ x 9”) 448pp, 80,000 words 800 col a/ws ISBN: 978-1-907446-98-6 £24.99 Paperback

Chris McNab 210 x 128mm (8¼ x 5”) 208pp, 20,000 words 100 b/w a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-507-5 £19.99 Hardback

Surviving Extreme Weather

How to Fight Like a Special Forces Soldier

How to Pass the SAS and Special Forces Selection Course

SAS and Special Forces Fitness Training

Steve Crawford 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 180 b/w photographs and artworks ISBN: 978-1-78274-448-1 £14.99 Flexibound

Chris McNab 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 180 b/w photographs and artworks ISBN: 978-1-78274-450-4 £14.99 Flexibound

John ‘Lofty’ Wiseman 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 180 b/w photographs and artworks ISBN: 978-1-78274-451-1 £14.99 Flexibound

SAS and Special Forces Mental Toughness Training

SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Extreme Fitness

SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Armed Combat

Chris McNab 178 x 127mm (7 x 5”) 320pp, 45,000 words 150 b/w artworks ISBN: 9781782741060 £14.99 Paperback

Martin J. Dougherty 178 x 127mm (7 x 5”) 320pp, 45,000 words 150 b/w a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-024-7 £14.99 Paperback

Gerrie McCall 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 120 b/w line drawings ISBN: 978-1-78274-493-1 Paperback £19.99

SAS and Special Forces Self Defence Handbook John ‘Lofty’ Wiseman 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 160pp, 60,000 words 180 b/w photographs and artworks ISBN: 978-1-78274-432-0 £14.99 Flexibound

Chris McNab 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 180 b/w photographs and artworks ISBN: 978-1-78274-449-8 £14.99 Flexibound

The Ultimate Survival Guide Chris McNab 285 x 225mm (11¼ x 9”) 448pp, 150,000 words 750 b/w a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-142-8 £24.99 Paperback

Encyclopedias

The World’s Greatest Cars Craig Cheetham 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾ ”) 512pp, 110,000 words 1,750 col photos ISBN: 9781782744702 £24.99 Paperback

The Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt Helen Strudwick (editor) 285 x 255mm (11¼ x 9”) 512pp, 245,000 words 2,000 colour photos & a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-436-8 £24.99 Paperback

The Encyclopedia of Aircraft of World War II Paul E. Eden 297 x 228mm (11¾ x 9”) 512pp, 190,000 words 1,200 col & b/w photos & a/ws ISBN: 9781782744733 £24.99 Paperback

Combat,and Survival and Fitness Combat Survival

Kings and Queens of Europe Brenda Ralph Lewis 285 x 213mm (11¼ x 8¼”) 512pp, 140,000 words 400 col photos ISBN: 9781782744719 £24.99 Paperback

How the Body Works Peter Abrahams 285 x 227mm (11¼ x 9”) 512pp, 260,000 words 1,250 col photos & a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-435-1 £24.99 Paperback

The Encyclopedia of Warfare DENNIS SHOWALTER (FOREWORD) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 1,024pp, 350,000 words 600 col maps ISBN: 978-1-78274-023-0 £49.99 Hardback

Animals Visual Encyclopedia Tom Jackson 285 x 225mm (11¼ x 9”) 448pp, 90,000 words 750 col a/ws ISBN: 9781908273017 £24.99 Paperback

Illustrated Encyclopedia Weapons of World War I

Illustrated Encyclopedia Weapons of World War II

Chris Bishop (editor) 276 x 220mm (10¾ x 8¾”) 272pp 65,000 words 600 col a/ws and photos ISBN: 978-1-78274-141-1 £24.99 Hardback

Chris Bishop (editor) 276 x 220mm (10¾ x 8¾”) 608pp, 220,000 words 1,600 col and b/w a/ws and photos ISBN: 978-1-78274-388-0 £24.99 Paperback

Encyclopedia of Classic Warfare

Battles that Changed History

Jack Watkins (editor) 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 320pp, 100,000 words 400pp b/w & col photos and a/ws ISBN: 9781907446917 £24.99 Hardback

Phyllis G. Jestice (editor) 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 448pp, 160,000 words 600 col & b/w photos & a/ws ISBN: 978-1-906626-80-8 £24.99 Paperback

Military Uniforms Visual Encyclopedia

Small Arms Visual Encyclopedia

501 Unarmed Self-Defence Skills

Chris McNab 285 x 225mm (11¼ x 9”) 448pp, 50,000 words 600 col a/ws ISBN: 978-1-907446-99-3 £24.99 Paperback

Martin J Dougherty 285 x 225mm (11¼ x 9”) 448pp, 80,000 words 800 col a/ws ISBN: 978-1-907446-98-6 £24.99 Paperback

Chris McNab 210 x 128mm (8¼ x 5”) 208pp, 20,000 words 100 b/w a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-507-5 £19.99 Hardback

Surviving Extreme Weather

How to Fight Like a Special Forces Soldier

How to Pass the SAS and Special Forces Selection Course

SAS and Special Forces Fitness Training

Steve Crawford 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 180 b/w photographs and artworks ISBN: 978-1-78274-448-1 £14.99 Flexibound

Chris McNab 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 180 b/w photographs and artworks ISBN: 978-1-78274-450-4 £14.99 Flexibound

John ‘Lofty’ Wiseman 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 180 b/w photographs and artworks ISBN: 978-1-78274-451-1 £14.99 Flexibound

SAS and Special Forces Mental Toughness Training

SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Extreme Fitness

SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Armed Combat

Chris McNab 178 x 127mm (7 x 5”) 320pp, 45,000 words 150 b/w artworks ISBN: 9781782741060 £14.99 Paperback

Martin J. Dougherty 178 x 127mm (7 x 5”) 320pp, 45,000 words 150 b/w a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-024-7 £14.99 Paperback

Gerrie McCall 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 120 b/w line drawings ISBN: 978-1-78274-493-1 Paperback £19.99

SAS and Special Forces Self Defence Handbook John ‘Lofty’ Wiseman 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 160pp, 60,000 words 180 b/w photographs and artworks ISBN: 978-1-78274-432-0 £14.99 Flexibound

Chris McNab 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 180 b/w photographs and artworks ISBN: 978-1-78274-449-8 £14.99 Flexibound

The Ultimate Survival Guide Chris McNab 285 x 225mm (11¼ x 9”) 448pp, 150,000 words 750 b/w a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-142-8 £24.99 Paperback

Classic and Military History Combat Survival

SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Unarmed Combat

SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Extreme Unarmed Combat

SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Ropes and Knots

Martin J. Dougherty 178 x 127mm (7 x 5”) 320pp, 59,500 words 150 b/w a/ws ISBN: 9781906626815 £14.99 Paperback

Martin J. Dougherty 178 x 127mm (7 x 5”) 320pp, 45,000 words 150 b/w artworks ISBN: 9781908273161 £14.99 Paperback

Alexander Stilwell 178 x 127mm (7 x 5”) 320pp, 35,000 words 150 b/w a/ws ISBN: 9781907446948 £14.99 Paperback

SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Manhunt

SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Preparing to Survive

SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Sniper

Alexander Stilwell 178 x 127mm (7 x 5”) 320pp, 40,000 words 150 b/w artworks ISBN: 9781908273185 £14.99 Paperback

World War II Secret Operations Handbook Stephen Hart 178 x 127mm (7 x 5”) 320pp, 40,000 words 150 artworks ISBN: 9781908273147 £14.99 Paperback

SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Prisioner of War Escape & Evasion Chris McNab 178 x 127mm (7 x 5”) 320pp, 45,000 words 150 b/w artworks ISBN: 9781908273154 £14.99 Paperback

SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Special Forces in Action

Chris McNab 178 x 127mm (7 x 5”) 320pp ,45,000 words 160 b/w artworks ISBN: 9781908696618 £14.99 Paperback

Martin J. Dougherty 178 x 127mm (7 x 5”) 320pp, 45,000 words 160 b/w artworks ISBN: 978-1-908696-63-2 £14.99 Paperback

Alexander Stilwell 178 x 127mm (7 x 5”) 320pp, 60,000 words 150 b/w photos & artworks ISBN: 978-1-908696-62-5 £14.99 Paperback

Special Forces in Action

Self-Defence: How to Punch

Self-Defence: How to Defend Yourself

Martin J. Dougherty 240 x 160mm (9½ x 6½”) 48pp, 10,000 words 50 line drawings ISBN: 978-1-78274-088-9 £4.99 Paperback

Martin J.Dougherty 240 x 160mm (9½ x 6½”) 48pp, 10,000 words 50 line drawings ISBN: 978-1-78274-089-6 £4.99 Paperback

Alexander Stilwell 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 224pp, 70,000 words 180 col & b/w photos & a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-254-8 £19.99 Hardback

The Samurai Warrior

Gladiator

In The Footsteps of Alexander

The Viking Warrior

Ben Hubbard 213 x 290mm (8¼ x 11½”) 224pp, 50,000 words 200 colour illustrations, photographs and maps ISBN: 978-1-78274-252-4 £19.99 Hardback

Miles Doleac 213 x 290mm (8¼ x 11½”) 224pp, 50,000 words 200 colour illustrations, photographs and maps ISBN: 978-1-78274-165-7 £19.99 Hardback

Ben Hubbard 285 x 213mm (11¼ x 8½”) 224pp, 60,000 words 160 col & b/w photos 50 line drawings & 10 col maps ISBN: 978-1-78274-291-3 £19.99 Hardback

Warriors of the World: The Ancient Warrior

Encyclopedia of Classic Warfare

Battles of the Bible

Martin J. Dougherty 246 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾”) 224pp, 65,000 words 35 col & b/w photos, 110 col & b/w a/ws ISBN: 9781906626600 £19.99 Hardback

Jack Watkins 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 320pp, 100,000 words 400pp b/w & col photos and a/ws ISBN: 9781907446917 £24.99 Hardback

Phyllis G. Jestice & Others 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 224pp, 60,000 words 20 col maps, 50 line drawings 160 col & b/w photos, ISBN: 9781905704668 £19.99 Hardback

Fighting Techniques of the Medieval World

Fighting Techniques of the Oriental World

Fighting Techniques of Naval Warfare

The Wars of the Roses

Kelly DeVries & Others 246 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾”) 256pp, 80,000 words 20 col maps, 25 col & b/w photos, 100 b/w a/ws ISBN: 9781906626624 £19.99 Hardback

Christer Jorgensen & Others 246 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾”) 256pp, 80,000 words 20 col maps, 25 col & b/w photos, 100 b/w a/ws ISBN: 9781905704965 £19.99 Hardback

Rob S. Rice & Others 246 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾”) 256pp, 80,000 words 20 col maps, 25 col & b/w photos, 100 b/w a/ws ISBN: 9781906626235 £19.99 Hardback

Martin J. Dougherty 264 x 208mm (10 x 8”) 224pp, 60,000 words 200 b/w and colour photos, artworks and maps ISBN: 978-1-78274-239-5 £19.99 Hardback

Ben Hubbard 213 x 290mm (8¼ x 11½”) 224pp, 50,000 words 200 colour illustrations, photographs and maps ISBN: 978-1-78274-168-8 £19.99 Hardback

The Viking Warrior Ben Hubbard 285 x 213mm (11¼ x 8½”) 224pp, 60,000 words 160 col & b/w photos 50 line drawings & 10 col maps ISBN: 978-1-78274-515-0 £19.99 Hardback

Classic and Military History Combat Survival

SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Unarmed Combat

SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Extreme Unarmed Combat

SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Ropes and Knots

Martin J. Dougherty 178 x 127mm (7 x 5”) 320pp, 59,500 words 150 b/w a/ws ISBN: 9781906626815 £14.99 Paperback

Martin J. Dougherty 178 x 127mm (7 x 5”) 320pp, 45,000 words 150 b/w artworks ISBN: 9781908273161 £14.99 Paperback

Alexander Stilwell 178 x 127mm (7 x 5”) 320pp, 35,000 words 150 b/w a/ws ISBN: 9781907446948 £14.99 Paperback

SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Manhunt

SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Preparing to Survive

SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Sniper

Alexander Stilwell 178 x 127mm (7 x 5”) 320pp, 40,000 words 150 b/w artworks ISBN: 9781908273185 £14.99 Paperback

World War II Secret Operations Handbook Stephen Hart 178 x 127mm (7 x 5”) 320pp, 40,000 words 150 artworks ISBN: 9781908273147 £14.99 Paperback

SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Prisioner of War Escape & Evasion Chris McNab 178 x 127mm (7 x 5”) 320pp, 45,000 words 150 b/w artworks ISBN: 9781908273154 £14.99 Paperback

SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Special Forces in Action

Chris McNab 178 x 127mm (7 x 5”) 320pp ,45,000 words 160 b/w artworks ISBN: 9781908696618 £14.99 Paperback

Martin J. Dougherty 178 x 127mm (7 x 5”) 320pp, 45,000 words 160 b/w artworks ISBN: 978-1-908696-63-2 £14.99 Paperback

Alexander Stilwell 178 x 127mm (7 x 5”) 320pp, 60,000 words 150 b/w photos & artworks ISBN: 978-1-908696-62-5 £14.99 Paperback

Special Forces in Action

Self-Defence: How to Punch

Self-Defence: How to Defend Yourself

Martin J. Dougherty 240 x 160mm (9½ x 6½”) 48pp, 10,000 words 50 line drawings ISBN: 978-1-78274-088-9 £4.99 Paperback

Martin J.Dougherty 240 x 160mm (9½ x 6½”) 48pp, 10,000 words 50 line drawings ISBN: 978-1-78274-089-6 £4.99 Paperback

Alexander Stilwell 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 224pp, 70,000 words 180 col & b/w photos & a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-254-8 £19.99 Hardback

The Samurai Warrior

Gladiator

In The Footsteps of Alexander

The Viking Warrior

Ben Hubbard 213 x 290mm (8¼ x 11½”) 224pp, 50,000 words 200 colour illustrations, photographs and maps ISBN: 978-1-78274-252-4 £19.99 Hardback

Miles Doleac 213 x 290mm (8¼ x 11½”) 224pp, 50,000 words 200 colour illustrations, photographs and maps ISBN: 978-1-78274-165-7 £19.99 Hardback

Ben Hubbard 285 x 213mm (11¼ x 8½”) 224pp, 60,000 words 160 col & b/w photos 50 line drawings & 10 col maps ISBN: 978-1-78274-291-3 £19.99 Hardback

Warriors of the World: The Ancient Warrior

Encyclopedia of Classic Warfare

Battles of the Bible

Martin J. Dougherty 246 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾”) 224pp, 65,000 words 35 col & b/w photos, 110 col & b/w a/ws ISBN: 9781906626600 £19.99 Hardback

Jack Watkins 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 320pp, 100,000 words 400pp b/w & col photos and a/ws ISBN: 9781907446917 £24.99 Hardback

Phyllis G. Jestice & Others 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 224pp, 60,000 words 20 col maps, 50 line drawings 160 col & b/w photos, ISBN: 9781905704668 £19.99 Hardback

Fighting Techniques of the Medieval World

Fighting Techniques of the Oriental World

Fighting Techniques of Naval Warfare

The Wars of the Roses

Kelly DeVries & Others 246 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾”) 256pp, 80,000 words 20 col maps, 25 col & b/w photos, 100 b/w a/ws ISBN: 9781906626624 £19.99 Hardback

Christer Jorgensen & Others 246 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾”) 256pp, 80,000 words 20 col maps, 25 col & b/w photos, 100 b/w a/ws ISBN: 9781905704965 £19.99 Hardback

Rob S. Rice & Others 246 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾”) 256pp, 80,000 words 20 col maps, 25 col & b/w photos, 100 b/w a/ws ISBN: 9781906626235 £19.99 Hardback

Martin J. Dougherty 264 x 208mm (10 x 8”) 224pp, 60,000 words 200 b/w and colour photos, artworks and maps ISBN: 978-1-78274-239-5 £19.99 Hardback

Ben Hubbard 213 x 290mm (8¼ x 11½”) 224pp, 50,000 words 200 colour illustrations, photographs and maps ISBN: 978-1-78274-168-8 £19.99 Hardback

The Viking Warrior Ben Hubbard 285 x 213mm (11¼ x 8½”) 224pp, 60,000 words 160 col & b/w photos 50 line drawings & 10 col maps ISBN: 978-1-78274-515-0 £19.99 Hardback

Military History

Camouflage at War Martin J. Dougherty 268 x 205mm (10½ x 8”) 224pp, 60,000 words 200 col & b/w photos and a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-498-6 £19.99 Hardback

World War II Plans That Never Happened Michael Kerrigan 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 50,000 words 220 b/w & col photos and documents ISBN: 9781907446641 £19.99 Hardback

World War I

The Illustrated History of World War I

The Illustrated History of the Vietnam War

Andrew Wiest 244 x 186mm (9¾ x 7½”) 256pp, 60,000 words 270 b/w photos & 60 col a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-137-4 £19.99 Hardback

Andrew Wiest & Chris McNab 244 x 186mm (9¾ x 7½”) 256pp, 60,000 words 250 colour photos and 30 colour a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-288-3 £19.99 Hardback

Ian Speller & Christopher Tuck 245 x 183mm (9¾ x 7¼”) 192pp, 60,000 words 150 b/w photographs, 25 b/w line drawings ISBN: 978-1-78274-140-4 £19.99 Hardback

Cold War Plans That Never Happened

American Battles & Campaigns

Great Commanders of the American Civil War

Michael Kerrigan 240 x 189 (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 50,000 words 50 b/w & col illus, 180 photos, ISBN: 9781908273789 £19.99 Hardback

Kevin J. Dougherty & Others 264 x 208mm (9½ x 7½”) 240pp, 70,000 words 100 maps, 25 colour photos ISBN: 9781782743767 £19.99 Hardback

Kevin J. Dougherty 264 x 202mm (10 x 8”) 224pp, 60,000 words 160 col & b/w photos 50 line drawings & 10 col maps ISBN: 978-1-78274-513-6 £19.99 Hardback

Amphibious Warfare

The Western Front 1917–1918

The Western Front 1914–1916

The Eastern Front 1914–1920

Andrew Wiest 244 x 186mm (9¾ x 7½”) 256pp, 60,000 words 270 b/w photos & 60 col a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-137-4 £19.99 Hardback

Andrew Wiest 246 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾”) 224pp, 75,000 words 150 b/w photos, 100 a/ws ISBN: 9781906626136 £19.99 Hardback

Michael S. Neiberg 246 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾”) 224pp, 75,000 words 150 b/w photos, 100 a/ws ISBN: 9781906626129 £19.99 Hardback

David Jordan & Michael S. Neiberg 246 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾”) 224pp, 75,000 words 150 b/w photos, 100 a/ws ISBN: 9781906626112 £19.99 Hardback

Gallipoli & the Middle East 1914–1818

The Balkans, Italy & Africa 1914–1918

Edward J. Erickson 246 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾”) 224pp, 75,000 words 150 b/w photos, 100 a/ws ISBN: 9781906626150 £19.99 Hardback

David Jordan 246 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾”) 224pp, 75,000 words 150 b/w photos, 100 a/ws ISBN: 9781906626143 £19.99 Hardback

Naval Warfare 1914–1918

Illustrated Encyclopedia Weapons of World War I

The Illustrated History of World War I

Tim Benbow 246 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾”) 224pp,75,000 words 150 b/w photos, 100 a/ws ISBN: 9781906626167 £19.99 Hardback

Chris Bishop 276 x 220mm (10¾ x 8¾”) 272pp, 65,000 words 600 col a/ws and photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-141-1 £24.99 Hardback

World War II

Battles that Changed History Kelly DeVries & Others 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 448pp, 160,000 words 600 col & b/w photos & a/ws ISBN: 978-1-906626-80-8 £24.99 Paperback

Air Combat

Land Combat

Sea Combat

Thomas Newdick 285 x 211mm (11¼ x 8¼”) 320pp, 80,000 words 300 col a/ws and photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-333-0 £19.99 Hardback

Martin J. Dougherty 285 x 211mm (11¼ x 8¼”) 320pp, 80,000 words 300 col a/ws and photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-334-7 £19.99 Hardback

Robert Jackson 285 x 211mm (11¼ x 8¼”) 320pp, 80,000 words 300 col a/ws and photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-335-4 £19.99 Hardback

The Essential Aircraft Identification Guide: Aircraft of WWI 1914–1918 Jack Herris & Bob Pearson 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 50,000 words 200 col & b/w a/ws & photos ISBN: 9781906626655 £19.99 Hardback

Hitler Michael Kerrigan 264 x 208mm (10½ x 8¼”) 224pp, 60,000 words 200 col & b/w photos & a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-494-8 £19.99 Hardback

Rommel In His Own Words

World War II Plans That Never Happened

John Pimlott (editor) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 120 b/w photographs ISBN: 9781782743163 £19.99 Paperback

Michael Kerrigan 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 50,000 words 220 b/w & col photos and documents ISBN: 9781907446641 £19.99 Hardback

Military History

Camouflage at War Martin J. Dougherty 268 x 205mm (10½ x 8”) 224pp, 60,000 words 200 col & b/w photos and a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-498-6 £19.99 Hardback

World War II Plans That Never Happened Michael Kerrigan 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 50,000 words 220 b/w & col photos and documents ISBN: 9781907446641 £19.99 Hardback

World War I

The Illustrated History of World War I

The Illustrated History of the Vietnam War

Andrew Wiest 244 x 186mm (9¾ x 7½”) 256pp, 60,000 words 270 b/w photos & 60 col a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-137-4 £19.99 Hardback

Andrew Wiest & Chris McNab 244 x 186mm (9¾ x 7½”) 256pp, 60,000 words 250 colour photos and 30 colour a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-288-3 £19.99 Hardback

Ian Speller & Christopher Tuck 245 x 183mm (9¾ x 7¼”) 192pp, 60,000 words 150 b/w photographs, 25 b/w line drawings ISBN: 978-1-78274-140-4 £19.99 Hardback

Cold War Plans That Never Happened

American Battles & Campaigns

Great Commanders of the American Civil War

Michael Kerrigan 240 x 189 (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 50,000 words 50 b/w & col illus, 180 photos, ISBN: 9781908273789 £19.99 Hardback

Kevin J. Dougherty & Others 264 x 208mm (9½ x 7½”) 240pp, 70,000 words 100 maps, 25 colour photos ISBN: 9781782743767 £19.99 Hardback

Kevin J. Dougherty 264 x 202mm (10 x 8”) 224pp, 60,000 words 160 col & b/w photos 50 line drawings & 10 col maps ISBN: 978-1-78274-513-6 £19.99 Hardback

Amphibious Warfare

The Western Front 1917–1918

The Western Front 1914–1916

The Eastern Front 1914–1920

Andrew Wiest 244 x 186mm (9¾ x 7½”) 256pp, 60,000 words 270 b/w photos & 60 col a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-137-4 £19.99 Hardback

Andrew Wiest 246 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾”) 224pp, 75,000 words 150 b/w photos, 100 a/ws ISBN: 9781906626136 £19.99 Hardback

Michael S. Neiberg 246 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾”) 224pp, 75,000 words 150 b/w photos, 100 a/ws ISBN: 9781906626129 £19.99 Hardback

David Jordan & Michael S. Neiberg 246 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾”) 224pp, 75,000 words 150 b/w photos, 100 a/ws ISBN: 9781906626112 £19.99 Hardback

Gallipoli & the Middle East 1914–1818

The Balkans, Italy & Africa 1914–1918

Edward J. Erickson 246 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾”) 224pp, 75,000 words 150 b/w photos, 100 a/ws ISBN: 9781906626150 £19.99 Hardback

David Jordan 246 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾”) 224pp, 75,000 words 150 b/w photos, 100 a/ws ISBN: 9781906626143 £19.99 Hardback

Naval Warfare 1914–1918

Illustrated Encyclopedia Weapons of World War I

The Illustrated History of World War I

Tim Benbow 246 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾”) 224pp,75,000 words 150 b/w photos, 100 a/ws ISBN: 9781906626167 £19.99 Hardback

Chris Bishop 276 x 220mm (10¾ x 8¾”) 272pp, 65,000 words 600 col a/ws and photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-141-1 £24.99 Hardback

World War II

Battles that Changed History Kelly DeVries & Others 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 448pp, 160,000 words 600 col & b/w photos & a/ws ISBN: 978-1-906626-80-8 £24.99 Paperback

Air Combat

Land Combat

Sea Combat

Thomas Newdick 285 x 211mm (11¼ x 8¼”) 320pp, 80,000 words 300 col a/ws and photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-333-0 £19.99 Hardback

Martin J. Dougherty 285 x 211mm (11¼ x 8¼”) 320pp, 80,000 words 300 col a/ws and photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-334-7 £19.99 Hardback

Robert Jackson 285 x 211mm (11¼ x 8¼”) 320pp, 80,000 words 300 col a/ws and photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-335-4 £19.99 Hardback

Hitler Michael Kerrigan 264 x 208mm (10½ x 8¼”) 224pp, 60,000 words 200 col & b/w photos & a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-494-8 £19.99 Hardback

Rommel In His Own Words

World War II Plans That Never Happened

John Pimlott (editor) 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 120 b/w photographs ISBN: 9781782743163 £19.99 Paperback

Michael Kerrigan 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 50,000 words 220 b/w & col photos and documents ISBN: 9781907446641 £19.99 Hardback

Military Atlas of World War II

Chronology of World War II

Uniforms of World War II

Stalin’s Secret Police

Chris Bishop 360 x 280mm (14¼ x 11”) 176pp, 32,000 words 110 col maps and 65 photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-062-9 £24.99 Hardback

David Jordan 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 160pp, 70,000 words 300 col & b/w photos & a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-068-1 £14.99

Peter Darman 285 x 213mm (11¼ x 8½”) 288pp, 80,000 words 270 col a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-329-3 £19.99 Hardback

Rupert Butler 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 65,000 words 100 b/w photographs ISBN: 9781782743170 £19.99 Paperback

Visual Battle Guide: FIfth Guards Tank Army at Kursk David Porter 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 50,000 words 100 col & b/w a/ws & photos ISBN: 9781907446610 £19.99 Hardback

Visual Battle Guide: Das Reich at Kursk

Order of Battle: German Kriegsmarine in WWII

Order of Battle: German Luftwaffe in WWII

David Porter 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 50,000 words 100 col & b/w a/ws & photos ISBN: 9781907446627 £19.99 Hardback

Chris McNab 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 50,000 words 150 col & b/w photos & a/ws ISBN: 9781906626198 £19.99 Hardback

Chris Bishop 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 50,000 words 150 col & b/w photos & a/ws ISBN: 9781906626204 £19.99 Hardback

SS Divisional Histories

The Downfall of the Third Reich Duncan Anderson 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 256pp, 70,000 words 275 photos, artworks and maps ISBN: 978-1-908696-53-3 £14.99 Paperback

Hitler Youth Brenda Ralph Lewis 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 120 b/w photos ISBN: 9781782743682 £19.99 Paperback

The German Soldier in World War II Stephen Hart 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 120 b/w photos ISBN: 9781782743712 £19.99 Paperback

The Gestapo Rupert Butler 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) pb 192pp; 50,000 words 120 black and white photos ISBN: 9781782743156 £19.99 Paperback

World War II Data Book: The Third Reich

World War II Data Book: The Luftwaffe

7th Armoured Division at Villers-Bocage

1st SS Panzer Corps at Villers-Bocage

Chris McNab 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp; 50,000 words 170 b/w photos, diagrams and maps ISBN: 9781906626501 £19.99 Paperback

S. Mike Pavelec 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp; 50,000 words 150 b/w photos, diagrams and maps ISBN: 9781907446115 £19.99 Paperback

David Porter 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 50,000 words 150 col a/ws & b/w photos ISBN: 9781908273772 £19.99 Hardback

David Porter 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp 50,000 words 150 col a/ws & b/w photos ISBN: 9781908273765 £19.99 Hardback

Order of Battle: The Red Army in WWII David Porter 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 50,000 words 150 col & b/w photos & a/ws ISBN: 9781906626525 £19.99 Hardback

SS: Leibstandarte Rupert Butler 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 110 b/w photos ISBN: 978-1-78274-249-4 £19.99 Paperback

Order of Battle: Western Allied Forces of WWII Michael E. Haskew 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 50,000 words 150 col & b/w photos & a/ws ISBN: 9781906626549 £19.99 Hardback

SS: Totenkopf

SS: Wiking

Chris Mann 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 110 b/w photos ISBN: 978-1-78274-251-7 £19.99 Paperback

Rupert Butler 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 110 b/w photos ISBN: 978-1-78274-248-7 £19.99 Paperback

SS: Das Reich

SS: Hitlerjugend

SS: Hitler’s Foreign Divisions

Gregory L. Mattson 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 110 b/w photos ISBN: 978-1-78274-250-0 £19.99 Paperback

Rupert Butler 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 110 b/w photos ISBN: 978-1-78274-247-0 £19.99 Paperback

Chris Bishop 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 110 b/w photos ISBN: 978-1-78274-246-3 £19.99 Paperback

Military Atlas of World War II

Chronology of World War II

Uniforms of World War II

Stalin’s Secret Police

Chris Bishop 360 x 280mm (14¼ x 11”) 176pp, 32,000 words 110 col maps and 65 photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-062-9 £24.99 Hardback

David Jordan 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 160pp, 70,000 words 300 col & b/w photos & a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-068-1 £14.99

Peter Darman 285 x 213mm (11¼ x 8½”) 288pp, 80,000 words 270 col a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-329-3 £19.99 Hardback

Rupert Butler 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 65,000 words 100 b/w photographs ISBN: 9781782743170 £19.99 Paperback

Visual Battle Guide: FIfth Guards Tank Army at Kursk David Porter 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 50,000 words 100 col & b/w a/ws & photos ISBN: 9781907446610 £19.99 Hardback

Visual Battle Guide: Das Reich at Kursk

Order of Battle: German Kriegsmarine in WWII

Order of Battle: German Luftwaffe in WWII

David Porter 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 50,000 words 100 col & b/w a/ws & photos ISBN: 9781907446627 £19.99 Hardback

Chris McNab 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 50,000 words 150 col & b/w photos & a/ws ISBN: 9781906626198 £19.99 Hardback

Chris Bishop 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 50,000 words 150 col & b/w photos & a/ws ISBN: 9781906626204 £19.99 Hardback

SS Divisional Histories

The Downfall of the Third Reich Duncan Anderson 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 256pp, 70,000 words 275 photos, artworks and maps ISBN: 978-1-908696-53-3 £14.99 Paperback

Hitler Youth Brenda Ralph Lewis 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 120 b/w photos ISBN: 9781782743682 £19.99 Paperback

The German Soldier in World War II Stephen Hart 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 120 b/w photos ISBN: 9781782743712 £19.99 Paperback

The Gestapo Rupert Butler 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) pb 192pp; 50,000 words 120 black and white photos ISBN: 9781782743156 £19.99 Paperback

World War II Data Book: The Third Reich

World War II Data Book: The Luftwaffe

7th Armoured Division at Villers-Bocage

1st SS Panzer Corps at Villers-Bocage

Chris McNab 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp; 50,000 words 170 b/w photos, diagrams and maps ISBN: 9781906626501 £19.99 Paperback

S. Mike Pavelec 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp; 50,000 words 150 b/w photos, diagrams and maps ISBN: 9781907446115 £19.99 Paperback

David Porter 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 50,000 words 150 col a/ws & b/w photos ISBN: 9781908273772 £19.99 Hardback

David Porter 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp 50,000 words 150 col a/ws & b/w photos ISBN: 9781908273765 £19.99 Hardback

Order of Battle: The Red Army in WWII David Porter 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 50,000 words 150 col & b/w photos & a/ws ISBN: 9781906626525 £19.99 Hardback

SS: Leibstandarte Rupert Butler 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 110 b/w photos ISBN: 978-1-78274-249-4 £19.99 Paperback

Order of Battle: Western Allied Forces of WWII Michael E. Haskew 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 50,000 words 150 col & b/w photos & a/ws ISBN: 9781906626549 £19.99 Hardback

SS: Totenkopf

SS: Wiking

Chris Mann 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 110 b/w photos ISBN: 978-1-78274-251-7 £19.99 Paperback

Rupert Butler 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 110 b/w photos ISBN: 978-1-78274-248-7 £19.99 Paperback

SS: Das Reich

SS: Hitlerjugend

SS: Hitler’s Foreign Divisions

Gregory L. Mattson 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 110 b/w photos ISBN: 978-1-78274-250-0 £19.99 Paperback

Rupert Butler 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 110 b/w photos ISBN: 978-1-78274-247-0 £19.99 Paperback

Chris Bishop 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 110 b/w photos ISBN: 978-1-78274-246-3 £19.99 Paperback

Plans that Never

SS: Hell on the Western Front Chris Bishop 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp 60,000 words 120 b/w photographs ISBN: 9781782743149 £19.99 Paperback

Weapons and Fighting Tactics of the Waffen SS Happened Stephen Hart 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 70 b/w photographs & 50 b/w a/ws ISBN: 9781782743125 £19.99 Paperback

SS: Roll of Infamy

SS: Hell on the Eastern Front

Christopher Ailsby 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 150 b/w photographs ISBN: 9781782743132 £19.99 Paperback

Christopher Ailsby 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 120 b/w photos ISBN: 9781782743675 £19.99 Paperback

Technical Drawings of Aircraft of World War II Paul E. Eden 297 x 228mm (11¾ x 9”) 256pp, 50,000 words 385 col photos and 116 line artworks ISBN: 978-1905704323 £19.99 Hardback

Chronology of Aviation

World’s Greatest Civil Aircraft

World’s Greatest Military Aircraft

Jim Winchester 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 160pp, 70,000 words 300 col & b/w photos & a/ws ISBN: 978-1-78274-067-4 £14.99

Paul E. Eden 297 x 227mm (113⁄4 x 9”) 224pp, 65,000 words 100 col a/ws & 100 col & b/w photos ISBN: 978-1-78274-245-6 £19.99 Hardback

Thomas Newdick 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 224pp, 65,000 words 200 col a/ws and photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-263-0 £19.99 Hardback

Allied Aircraft of World War II

Modern Military Aircraft

The Essential Aircraft Identification Guide: Allied Fighters 1939–45

Aviation

Military Atlas of Air Warfare Personal Accounts of the Waffen SS at War Gordon Willamson 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 120 b/w photos ISBN: 9781782743699 £19.99 Paperback

Battles of the Waffen-SS

Drones

Gordon Willamson 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 60,000 words 120 b/w photos ISBN: 9781782743705 £19.99 Paperback

Martin J. Dougherty 297 x 227mm (11¾ x 9”) 224pp, 55,000 words 200 col a/ws and photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-255-5 £19.99 Hardback

Technical Guide: Japanese Aircraft of World War II Thomas Newdick 216 x 170mm (81⁄2 x 6¾”) 128 pages, 25,000 words 120 artworks and 15 photos ISBN: 978-1-78274-474-0 £16.99 Hardback

Martin J. Dougherty 360 x 280mm (14¼ x 11”) 176pp, 37,000 words 120 col maps and 100 photographs ISBN: 978-1-78274-138-1 £24.99 Hardback

Chris Chant 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 384pp, 100,000 words 400 col & b/w a/ws & photos ISBN: 978-1-78274-207-4 £29.99 Hardback

Thomas Newdick & Tom Cooper 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 384pp, 100,000 words 400 col & b/w a/ws & photos ISBN: 978-1-78274-066-7 £29.99 Hardback

Christopher Chant 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 50,000 words 200 col & b/w a/ws & photos ISBN: 9781905704699 £19.99 Hardback

FLYING THE

WORLD’S GREATEST

COMBAT AIRCRAFT

FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS FROM THE PILOTS WHO FLEW THEM IN ACTION

Flying the World’s Greatest Combat Aircraft

Aviation Fact File: Classic Military Aircraft

James Bennett (EDITOR) 297 x 224mm (11¾ x 9”) 224pp 90,000 words 375 col & b/w photos ISBN: 9781782744696 £19.99 Hardback

Jim Winchester (editor) 213 x 290mm (8½ x 11¾”) 448pp; 120,000 words 2000 colour photos and a/ws ISBN: 9781907446399 £19.99 Hardback

Aviation Fact File: Aviation Fact File: Military Aircraft of the Cold War Helicopters Jim Winchester (edITOR) 213 x 290mm (8½ x 11½”) 256pp, 145,000 words 2000 col & b/w photos & artworks ISBN: 9781908696717 £19.99 Hardback

Jim Winchester (editor) 213 x 290mm (8½ x 11½”) 256pp, 145,000 words 2000 col & b/w photos & artworks ISBN: 978-1-782740-87-2 £19.99 Hardback

The Essential Aircraft Identification Guide: Allied Bombers 1939–45

The Essential Aircraft Identification Guide: Aircraft of the Cold War 1945–1991

The Essential Aircraft Identification Guide: Modern Military Airpower 1990–Present

Christopher Chant 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 50,000 words 200 col & b/w a/ws & photos ISBN: 9781905704705 £19.99 Hardback

The Essential Aircraft Identification Guide: Aircraft of WWI 1914–1918

Thomas Newdick 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 50,000 words 200 col & b/w a/ws & photos ISBN: 9781906626631 £19.99 Hardback

Jack Herris & Bob Pearson 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 50,000 words 200 col & b/w a/ws & photos ISBN: 9781906626655 £19.99 Hardback

Thomas Newdick 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”) 192pp, 50,000 words 200 col & b/w a/ws & photos ISBN: 9781907446276 £19.99 Hardback