The mysterious world of elite combat units blown wide open... Find out how elite teams prepare for Close Quarter Battle. Discover how they launch assaults against pirate boats. Learn the secrets to directing air attack against a key intelligence target. Read how units manage to enter hostile territory undetected, & carry out long-ranges reconnaissance mission deep behind enemy lines. In his new book, former SAS hero Chris Ryan delves into the secretive world of elite warfare, revealing the nuts & bolts of some of the toughest, sharpest & most legendary fighting units in existence around the world today. Drawing on his experience as a soldier in the Regiment for a decade, as well as his recent unique access to some of the world's hardest & most sophisticated special police units for his TV show Elite World Cops, Chris Ryan explores the secrets of the trade. From the HALO insertion technique to mounting ambushes & escape-&-evasion tips, Chris Ryan's Fight to Win is the ultimate guide to elite forces training & operations. ...

This book

Includes:: a chronology of all the major fighters from World War 1 through to post-war modern fighters,

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Examines the reality behind the myths of the legendary RAF fighter aces during the Battle of Britain. This book

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A guide to over 100 of the fighters that have helped shape history, including the Fokker Dr I Triplane, Hawker Hurricane, Messerschmitt Bf 109, North American P/F-51 Mustang, Supermarine Spitfire, & more. It

Includes:: a history of fighter aircraft, from anecdotes about the first flying aces to fighter armament & equipment during World War II.

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Details:
Simply scrape away the lines to reveal a stunning copper picture of a WWII fighter plane. The simple

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Fighting Back is the story of a different kind of boxing superstar
- a hero for winning his battles outside as well as inside

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You are a fearless young wizard, armed with magic spells
- the last hope to defeat the dread warlord Balthus Dire whose sorcery
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In this brand new addition to the Fighting Fantasy series, you
- the hero
- must travel all over Allansia on a dangerous quest.

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The twentieth century saw two world wars & many other conflicts characterised by technological change & severity of casualties. Medicine has adapted quickly to deal with such challenges & new medical innovations in the military field have had advantages in civil medicine. There has thus been interplay between war & medicine that has not only been confined to the armed forces & military medicine, but which has impacted on health & medicine for us all. These themes will be examined from the Boer War to the dawn of a new century, & a 'war against terror;' the experiences of individuals as doctors, nurses & patients, are highlighted, with personal, sometimes graphic, first-hand accounts bringing home the realities of medical treatment in wartime. ...

Long before Rodney Marsh, or Derek Dougan, Tim Coleman invented football's awkward squad. At the beginning of the twentieth century footballers were poorly paid wage slaves to the stern club owners. But Coleman led the first players' strike. He was a joker, a card
- perhaps also the first ever media-literate footballer who knew the importance of a sparky"e in the right place
- but he would not be taken advantage of. He stood up for himself, & for others. Then, in 1914, playing for Nottingham Forest after successful spells with Arsenal & Everton, he joined up with the Footballers' Battalion, & found himself on the Western Front in the run-up to the Somme. There he won the Military Medal for bravery. But he also participated in some of the most remarkable football matches ever played, when, scratch teams played on improvised pitches & contested the Army Cup
- right alongside the trenches & shell holes of the front line. In later life he quietly sank into obscurity, cleaning windows in Kent, his illustrious past unknown to those around him. This is the first biography of one of British football's most remarkable figures: a virtually unknown individual who nevertheless achieved things beyond the experience & the character of most players. This is the story of a forgotten sporting hero to follow up Aurum's successful All-Round Genius. This is the remarkable story of those who played football on the Western Front. It is a contender for the 2009 William Hill. It is about one of Arsenal's earliest heroes.


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