AN IDEAL STOCKING FILLER FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO UNDERSTAND & EXPERIENCE THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY AERIAL EVER FOUGHT Part of the new Ladybird Expert series Battle of Britain is an accessible insightful & authoritative account of the most famous aerial battle in history Historian author & broadcaster James Holland draws on the latest research & interviews with participants to bring colour detail & a fresh perspective to the story Inside you'll discover how tactics organisation & new technologies were brought to bear about the different challenges faced by both the RAF & the Luftwaffe & above all the skill bravery & endurance of the airmen engaged in a contest that was of critical importance to the outcome of the war Written by the leading lights & most outstanding communicators in their fields the Ladybird Expert books provide clear accessible & authoritative introductions to subjects drawn from science history & culture Other books currently available in the Ladybird Expert series include Climate Change Quantum Mechanics Evolution Shackleton For an adult readership the Ladybird Expert series is produced in the same iconic small hardback format pioneered by the original Ladybirds Each beautifully illustrated book features the first new illustrations produced in the original Ladybird style for nearly forty years ...

How close did Britain really come to invasion during this time? What were Hitler & Churchill's motives? & what was the battle's real effect on the outcome of the war? This title deals with these questions 176 pages Overy Richard ...

Sid Peggy & Amy adore the two gerbils Bubble & Squeak but their mother detests them A major family battle results & it's clear life is never going to be quite the same again But after a near fatal encounter between Bubble & Ginger the cat Mrs Sparrow begins to see that life with a pair of gerbils might not be so bad after all ...

A collection of essays published to mark the millennium of the Battle of Carham fought in 1018 352 pages 8 Plates black & white ...

THE SAME WORLD BRAND NEW STORIES The peace in Araluen is under threat & newly crowned King Duncan must prepare for war Morgarath is in hiding recruiting an army of savage beasts known as Wargals for his next attack Halt prepares for a seemingly impossible task
- to scale the Mountains of Rain & Night to spy on the enemy & uncover their plans He knows that one wrong move could be deadly for at the Battle of Hackham Heath the fate of a kingdom will be decided THE ORIGIN STORY OF ARALUEN'S MOST FAMOUS RANGER BY JOHN FLANAGAN AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING RANGER'S APPRENTICE SERIES
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Classic war drama directed by Jack Smight The film tells the story of the Japanese attack on the island of Midway in 1942 which saw US forces finally wresting control of the waves & staving off the threat of its West Coast being invaded US Navy Admiral Chester Nimitz (Henry Fonda) leads outnumbered US forces as they look to intercept Japanese military communications After then finding out that Japanese admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (Toshirô Mifune) is planning an attack on the island of Midway Captain Matt Garth (Charlton Heston) is tasked with planning the US defence The cast also

Includes:: Robert Mitchum Glenn Ford & James Coburn

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A star-studded World War II drama about the great air & naval battle in which the underdog Americans
- outnumbered by the huge Japanese flotilla
- won American military supremacy in the Pacific Leading them to their heroic victory is Admiral Nimitz & Captain Matt Garth (Heston) the latter a junior officer whose life is complicated by his son&s romance with a Japanese-American girl Actors Charlton Heston Henry Fonda Robert Wagner James Coburn Robert Mitchum Glenn Ford Edward Albert Hal Holbrook Toshiro Mifune Cliff Robertson Dabney Coleman Noriyuki & Pat& Morita Erik Estrada Clyde Kusatsu & Tom Selleck Director Jack Smight Certificate PGYear 1976 Screen Widescreen 2351 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (20) Stereo Additional Languages German ; Italian ; Spanish ; French Subtitles English for the deaf & hard of hearing ; French ; Italian ; Spanish ; German ; Arabic ; Danish ; Dutch ; Greek ; Hebrew ; Norwegian ; Portuguese ; Russian ; Swedish ; Turkish ; Finnish Duration 2 hours & 4 minutes (approx) (approx)


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' Majestic Truly gripping' Andrew Roberts The Battle of the Atlantic was the single most important
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- campaign of

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So when the kids accidentally lose the family pirate treasure the legendary Blighty Bling it's up to them to take to the high seas in a leaky rowing boat & get it back with their annoying know-it-all neighbours in tow 224 pages black & white illustrations throughout Quayle Ruth ...

The first half of the thirteenth century is dominated by two women as proud & ambitious as they were beautiful yet different in all other qualities Isabella flamboyant & passionate a medieval Helen of Troy
- wife to King John & mother to Henry III 480 pages Plaidy Jean
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