The role of the bomber has proved to be on of the most controversial aspects of twentieth-century warfare. " Bombers" tells the story of the bomber with a blend of narrative & personal accounts, recording the history of the principle bombing raids & the skill & courage of those who flew them. ...

' Women of Britain, your country needs you!' Bombers & Mash tells the story of the Second World War on the domestic front. It takes us from the kitchen to the nursery showing how women managed without almost everything from potato peelers, cosmetics & prams to food, fuel, transport
- & men. These women coped with rationing, evacuation, separation from families, long hours of work in factories, hospitals & on the l&. Through it all they kept the nation fed on ingeniously nutritious & economical meals
- hundreds of the best, & some of the worst, are included here. In print for over thirty years, Bombers & Mash is moving, fascinating & full of posters & images from the Second World War. It is both an illustrated social history & a cookery book offering a remarkable picture of the deprivation & drama of the women's war. The size of this book is 24.4cm in height & 18.2cm wide with 206 pages

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Discover the aircraft of the RAF Bomber Command with this exciting special 3 DVD collection. On disc one, learn about the story of the Lancaster & how it became the most successful of all World War II 'heavies' in carrying more than its own weight in bomb load. On disc two, the Vickers Wellington takes centre stage as its versatility allowed it to be used in almost every theatre of war & lasted throughout the war. Finally, on disc three, this is the story of the air war over Germany from the British viewpoint, featuring rare archive material from both British & German sources, new footage of surviving RAF bombers, illustrative maps & graphics, & military analysis by Dr. Robert Clifton of Warwick University. ...

The 67 aircraft in this volume reflect the development of such aircraft throughout the first truly formative, period in military aviation history. The period 1914-19 is selected so as to include certain important types designed during the war, but which arrived too late for combat service. ...

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Sami Macbeth is not a master criminal. Hes not even a minor one. Hes not a jewel thief. Hes not a safe-cracker.

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Sometimes the best gentleman for the job is a lady.

After years of living as London's brightest scandal, Lady Sesily

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‘ Bobby called. He’s coming to California. He wants to see me.’

Drawing on secret police files, Marilyn Monroe’s

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World War Two is finally over. Millions all over the country are starting to wonder if peacetime really is much of an improvement on the War. Food shortages, endless queues, power cuts, rationing & freezing winters make it extremely difficult to make ends meet as husbands return from battlefields to families they hardly know.

Yet some East Enders are living large... in a bombed out damp & squalid Hackney slum, one family are leading a life of luxury, a loadsamoney world funded by illegal betting, where virtually everything is available, thanks to a thriving black market. The Hyams family has a retinue of unofficial servants: a chauffeur, a cleaner & an army of delivery men.

In this honest & sincere memoir, Jacky Hyams revisits the 'live for today' world of her childhood, a world where money was no object, growing up in a household underpinned by betting, booze & bribes.

This paperback book has 240 pages & measures: 19.8 x 12.8 x 1.5cm





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Starring a brave little rabbit named Bomji, this picture book will help children aged 4-10 open up & feel better after a scary thing has happened. After Bomji is frightened by a coyote, his friend Spotty the Cat & the kind Teacher Owl help him to feel like himself again.

Includes:: a guide for grownups & a game to play after reading.

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By their stomachs ye shall know them. From the thigh-tasters of Vitel to the truffle mass of St Antoine, the French are revealed in all their gastronomic glory by Peter Mayle, who shows how & why the French spend a greater proportion of their income on food & drink than any other nation. ...