When turmoil strikes world monetary & financial markets leaders invariably call for 'a new Bretton Woods' to prevent catastrophic economic disorder & defuse political conflict. The name of the remote New Hampshire town where representatives of forty-four nations gathered in July 1944 in the midst of the century's second great war has become shorthand for enlightened globalization. The actual story surrounding the historic Bretton Woods accords however is full of startling drama intrigue & rivalry which are vividly brought to life in Benn Steil's epic account. Upending the conventional wisdom that Bretton Woods was the product of an amiable Anglo-American collaboration Steil shows that it was in reality part of a much more ambitious geopolitical agenda hatched within President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Treasury & aimed at eliminating Britain as an economic & political rival. At the heart of the drama were the antipodal characters of John Maynard Keynes the renowned & revolutionary British economist & Harry Dexter White the dogged self-made American technocrat. Bringing to bear new & striking archival evidence Steil offers the most compelling portrait yet of the complex & controversial figure of White
- the architect of the dollar's privileged place in the Bretton Woods monetary system who also very privately admired Soviet economic planning & engaged in clandestine communications with Soviet intelligence officials & agents over many years. A remarkably deft work of storytelling that reveals how the blueprint for the postwar economic order was actually drawn The Battle of Bretton Woods" is destined to become a classic of economic & political history."
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Its 1939 & Harry Woods is a Spitfire pilot in the RAF. When his friend Lenny loses his leg in a dogfight with the Luftwaffe Harry is determined to fight on. That is until his plane is hit & he finds himself tumbling through the air high above the English Channel. ...

From the bestselling author of Fighter Boys & Bomber Boys this is a magisterial chronicle of a defining episode in British history: the epic struggle of the Royal Air Force with the Luftwaffe. Patrick Bishops Battle of Britain is a compelling account of Britains fight for national survival from the shock defeat & evacuation from Dunkirk in May/ June 1940 to fighter Commands assertion of superiority over the Luftwaffe in mid-September. Battle of Britain takes the reader through that summer day by day revealing the ongoing battles impact on flyers & civilians alike. By enhancing his narrative with eye-witness accounts diary extracts & pilot profiles Bishop brings the often horrific reality of air combat vividly to life. In Battle of Britain Patrick Bishop has written the definitive account of one of the pivotal moments in twentieth-century British history & a nations finest hour. ...

This text illustrates & details the graves memorials crash sites & pilots of both the RAF & Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain. Twenty famous fighter aerodromes have been explored & there's a listing of The Few" in its entirety. An update is also available for 1.75 (cde F016)." ...

Officially Licensed & developed in partnership with the RAF this title is part of the fact-filled interactive sticker & activity books. It features bitesize information with stickers to complete scenes & content related activities. The target age is 8-12 boys & girls. Each book also has cut out & keep Plane Collector Cards detailing all the essential stat info on the planes featured in the book. Over 45 stickers in each title. It combines the sticker element of a Panini comic with fun content-related activities quizzes & facts. You will benefit from the very broad range of RAF licensed merchandise set hit the shelves this year including toys & games. ...

RAF fighter pilot George Barclay kept a personal diary of his time flying Hurricanes & Spitfires in 1940
- 41 including his rare
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The Battle of Britain: Portraits of the Few is an exceptional tribute to the small group of legendary pilots that served with the Royal Air Force through one of the most critical periods of the Second World War. Portraits of the Few contains over 60 colour illustrations capturing the images & character of the military aviators who were designated the Few by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Accompanying the portraits painted by artist David Pritchard are action filled accounts written by Second World War aviation author Christopher Yeoman recounting gripping combats & ferocious encounters as the respective men successfully resist the might of the Luftwaffe. Indeed the aerial battle fought during the long & glorious summer of 1940 is now viewed as one of the most decisive episodes in all of British history. Each & every day proved consequential ultimately shaping the islands future. It was a struggle which will never be forgotten by the wartime population of Great Britain; it will never be forgotten for generations to come. The Battle of Britain: Portraits of the Few celebrates the airmens legacy & is a unique tribute to this group of extraordinary men. Battle of Britain fighter pilot Squadron Leader Geoffrey Wellum DFC on receiving his own portrait: Thank you so very much for the truly excellent water colour the likeness is remarkable. I was touched & became slightly emotional when I first opened the box & there I was looking back at myself all those years ago."" ...

Sid Peggy & Amy adore the two gerbils Bubble & Squeak but their mother detests them. A major family battle results & its 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 2 gerbils might not be so bad after all. ...

The Battle of Hastings is the most defining event in English history. As such its every detail has been analysed by scholars & interpreted by historians. Yet one of the most fundamental aspect of the battle
- the place upon which it was fought
- has never been seriously questioned until now. Could it really be the case that for almost 1 000 years everyone has been studying the wrong location? In this in-depth study the authors examine the early sources & the modern interpretations to unravel the compulsive evidence that historians have chosen to ignore because it does not fit the traditional view of where the battle was fought. Most importantly the authors investigate the terrain of the battlefield & the archaeological data to reveal exactly where history was made.

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There are few moments in American history in which the course of events tipped so suddenly & so dramatically as at the Battle of Midway. At dawn of June 4 1942 a rampaging Japanese navy ruled the Pacific. By sunset their vaunted carrier force (the Kido Butai) had been sunk & their grip on the Pacific had been loosened forever. In this absolutely riveting account of a key moment in the history of World War II one of Americas leading naval historians Craig L. Symonds paints an unforgettable portrait of ingenuity courage & sacrifice. Symonds begins with the arrival of Admiral Chester A. Nimitz at Pearl Harbor after the devastating Japanese attack & describes the key events leading to the climactic battle including both Coral Sea--the first battle in history against opposing carrier forces--and Jimmy Doolittles daring raid of Tokyo. He focuses throughout on the people involved offering telling portraits of Admirals Nimitz Halsey Spruance & numerous other Americans as well as the leading Japanese figures including the poker-loving Admiral Yamamoto. Indeed Symonds sheds much light on the aspects of Japanese culture--such as their single-minded devotion to combat which led to poorly armored planes & inadequate fire-safety measures on their ships--that contributed to their defeat. The authors account of the battle itself is masterful weaving together the many disparate threads of attack--attacks which failed in the early going--that ultimately created a five-minute window in which three of the four Japanese carriers were mortally wounded changing the course of the Pacific war in an eye-blink. Symonds is the first historian to argue that the victory at Midway was not simply a matter of luck pointing out that Nimitz had equal forces superior intelligence & the element of surprise. Nimitz had a strong hand Symonds concludes & he rightly expected to win. ...