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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A teenage boy lies on the pavement, bleeding from a stab wound; a distraught mum watches, in mute shock, as her daughter suffers

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Most fighters' worst nightmare is being pinned on their back. This book deals with defences & attacks from that position & shows that it can often be a favourable position when you have the knowledge. It shows you how to escape & finish with strikes, chokes, broken strangles, bars & butts. ...

The German war in Russia was so brutal in all its extremes that all past experiences paled beside it.

Everything in Russia
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In February 2015, Tim Locks headed to Kurdistan to fight ISIS. After watching images of the Yazidi people being slaughtered, he couldnt sit back & do nothing. Having worked as a prison officer & a bouncer, he knew how to handle himself
- & had a huge protective streak. He sold his house to raise money, put himself through arms training & bought his equipment on e Bay.

In this gripping book he reveals what it is like to fight alongside the Kurds as well as British & American ex-military. He has cleared the enemy from occupied villages, come under mortar & small-arms fire, & witnessed the horrific atrocities committed by ISIS. He also describes how Wi Fi on the front line allows todays soldiers to communicate, how they always find time for selfies, even when under attack, & how the Kurds are so used to this way of life they stop mid-firefight to have a cup of chai & play Candy Crush while manning the mortars.

As cultures clash, & the bullets start flying, Tim shares his adventures with honesty & black humour.

This paperback book has 300 pages & measures: 19.7 x 13 x 2cm






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Beginning with Ramses III dramatic defeat of the sea people in 1176 BC
- the worlds earliest visual record of a naval battle
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Over the centuries, naval relations between Japan & Korea appear to have alternated between peaceful trade & outright hostility. This work covers East Asia's most famous warship
- the legendary turtle ship, which is described here in full technical detail.
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Piece together this fantastic Fighting T Rex image with this 160 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle!

The perfect companion to keep your

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Presents a trip through the words & phrases that came to us from the military but are used by soldier & civilian alike. From 'duds' to 'freelancers' & 'morris dancing' to 'bikini', this book describes the military origins of words & phrases that we use on a daily basis. ...

Fighting Techniques of Naval Warfare describes the fighting techniques of navies throughout the ages, from ancient times to the present day.

Progressing through the ages, each section contains four key battles illustrated with maps to highlight the tactics in vogue at the time, while the accompanying text describes the equipment used by navies of the period.

Using specially-commissioned colour & black-&-white artworks to illustrate the battles, equipment & tactics of the era, Fighting Techniques of Naval Warfare shows in detail the methods by which navies gained & lost ascendancy on the oceans.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781906626235
• Author: Amber Books
• Publisher: Amber Books
• Format: Hardback
• Pages: 256
• Dimensions: 25.5 x 20.5 x 2.5cm











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