Thsi is a new compact edition of this visual journey through 3 000 years of naval warfare. From the clash of galleys in Ancient Greece to deadly encounters between nuclear-powered submarines in the 20th century explore every aspect of the story of naval warfare on under & above the sea. You can visit every major naval conflict in time through detailed vital statistics of the combatants & outcomes. You can examine the changing face of life aboard a vessel from punishment & discipline to food & recreation. You can take a look at crews & their roles through the ages exploring hierarchies & organisation. Packed with photographs maps 3D battle plans & eyewitness accounts this is the ultimate guide to the evolution of naval conflict. ...

Join TV's Dan Snow as the fully illustrated ' Battle Castles' brings to thrilling life a cavalcade of medieval fortifications & the clashes that turned empires to dust & mortals into legends. Castles & their ruins still dominate the landscape & are a constant reminder to us of a time when violence or the threat of it was the norm. Dan Snow explores the world's greatest medieval castles: from Dover Castle to Chateau Gaillard Richard I's fortress in Normandy & Castillo de Gibalfaro the last vanguard of Moorish rule in Spain to Krak des Chevaliers in Syria
- an astounding feat of engineering by the Crusaders. Each castle's story is dramatically recounted: the building techniques the weapons used & daily life within the walls. Spanning the globe & using the latest CGI reconstructions Dan Snow gets to the very heart of the bloodshed & battles of the greatest fortresses of the Middle Ages.
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Mc Pherson recounts the momentous episodes that preceded the Civil War including the Dred Scott decision the Lincoln-Douglas debates John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry. From there it moves into a masterful chronicle of the war itself
- the battles the strategic maneuvering by each side the politics & the personalities.
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Third volume in the Starbuck Chronicles. The battle for control of Richmond the Confederate capital continues through the hot summer of 1862. Captain Nate Starbuck yankee fighting for the Southern cause has to survive & win with his ragged Company in the bitter struggle not only against the formidable Northern army but equally in opposition to his own superiors who would like nothing better than to see Nate Starbuck dead & dishonoured. Starbucks courage is tested to the limit in his desperate manoeuvres to retrieve his own & the Legions honour in this the thrid narrative of Bernard Cornwells sweeping epic of the American Civil War. ...

Sam escapes death in Australia when the truth about his false conviction is finally revealed. But on the journey back to England he faces pirates & a terrible storm before making the longed-for trip back up the River Thames. Finally reunited with his family in Norfolk Sam realises how much life at sea has become part of him. So when he hears that Napoleon plans to attack England he is tempted to join the Navy once more & finds himself midshipman on none other than the victory preparing for one of the most epic battles in history: Trafalgar. ...

* A look at all the participants in this politically charged battle from the commanders to the brave soldier fighting for their own band of brothers Battle for Cassinga is written as a first-hand account by an ordinary South African paratrooper who was at the 1978 assault on the Angolan headquarters of PLAN the armed wing of SWAPO (South West Africa People's Organization). The book relates why the South African government took the political risk in attacking the fortress in an external operation & examines the SWAPO claims that Cassinga was a refugee camp guarded by a few PLAN soldiers. It also explains why Sam Nujoma the SWAPO leader had no option but to perpetuate this falsehood. The battle although a resounding success suffered some setbacks which could have been disastrous to the South African paratroopers had they not maintained the initiative. The improvisations made by the commander Col Jan Breytenbach ensured that a flawed jump & poor intelligence did not adversely affect the outcome. The unforeseen Soviet-made anti-aircraft guns used against both aircraft & ground troops threatened to derail the attack. An appearance of a large column of armour manned by Cubans from the nearby town of Techamutete when half the South African force had already left the battleground placed the remaining lightly armed paratroopers in mortal danger. The landmines laid by the South Africans together with the brave actions of the South African Air Force pilots saved the day allowing the remaining forces to withdraw safely. Battle for Cassinga looks at all the players in a critical light. SWAPO & PLAN the SADF & the commanders from both sides Dimo Amaambo of PLAN & Jan Breytenbach of the SADF as well as the brave soldiers from both sides who fought for their political ideologies but perhaps more importantly for their own band of brothers. ...

When Ellie puts on her new pyjamas strange things start to happen. She & her little brother Max are whisked off to the Christmas Shop where a battle is raging between a valiant troop of toys & the scaaaarry Christmas Tree Fairy & her army of angels. Can Ellie & Max save Christmas for the world
- or will they be arrested for being mince spies? This is the first book in the Cosmic Pyjamas" series. Theyre magical & theyre dangerous. You have been warned."
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This is the inside story into one of sports greatest rivalries...how Manchester City once Manchester Uniteds poor relation in the English Premier League reinvented itself as a football powerhouse & toppled the Manchester United dynasty built by Sir Alex Ferguson. With a rivalry stretching back more than a hundred years The Battle for Manchester" brings the history of the " The Blues" & " The Red Devils" up to the present date. You can learn what divides & unites the City of Manchester... The love of a team the love of a sport & the many clashes that have contributed to this intense inner-city rivalry. With many anecdotes from past champions " The Battle for Manchester" takes the reader through the decades right up to Sergio Agueros Premier League winning goal in the 2011/2012 league season." ...

This is the second book in a series of two covering the events at sea during the German invasion of Norway in 1940 the first modern campaign in which sea air & ground forces interacted decisively. Part one covers the events at sea off southern & western Norway where Norwegian & British forces attempted to halt the German advance out of the invasion ports as well as the stream of supplies & reinforcements across the Skagerrak. The second part focuses on the British landings in Central Norway where the Royal Navy for the first time had its mastery challenged by air superiority from l&-based aircraft. Part three covers the events in & around Narvik where Norwegian British French & Polish naval air & land forces were engaged in the first combined amphibious landings of WW II. Part four sums up the events during the evacuation in June in which the first carrier task force operations of the war including the loss of the carrier Glorious figure prominently. As in the first volume the narration shifts continuously between the strategic & operational issues & the experiences of the officers & ratings living through the events. Extensive research & use of primary sources reveals the many sides of this war some of which remain controversial to this day. ...

The civil war that tore Spain apart between 1936 & 1939 & attracted liberals & socialists from across the world to support the cause against Franco was one of the most hard-fought & bitterest conflicts of the 20th century: a war of atrocities & political genocide & a military testing ground before WWII for the Russians Italians & Germans whose Condor Legion so notoriously destroyed Guernica. Antony Beevor's account narrates the origins of the Civil War & its violent & dramatic course from the coup d'etat in July 1936 through the savage fighting of the next three years which ended in catastrophic defeat for the Republicans in 1939. & he succeeds especially well in unravelling the complex political & regional forces that played such an important part in the origins & history of the war. ...