This is the amazing true story of the capture of Enigma which helped shorten the war - a true and gripping story of incredible bravery. It focuses on David Balme's remarkable wartime career and full l
This is the first in-depth and most complete study of Camp 21 Comrie, Scotland. It explores the camp's history from inception to demise and its subsequent regeneration, featuring the cases of Wolfgang
The Fieldworker's Guide questions the reliability of existing knowledge and promotes better understanding of the species through improved fieldwork. With 37 years of active, year-round investigative f
This is an important historical record of life at sea during the last quarter of the 20th century, a way of life now vanished. It's a tale of a highly charged and turbulent life written in a captivati
This is a surprising insight into an untold aspect of Scottish/American history. It features some of Scotland's 'finest exports' to America including killers, con men, scandalmongers and blundering mi
This is an eye-witness and harrowing account of the brutal life in a Soviet labor camp. It tells of Waclaw Kossakoski’s unwavering determination to survive against the odds and the heroic sacrifice an
This is a personal story about some of the most famous engineers Scotland has ever produced and places the lives and work of the world-famous Stevenson lighthouse engineers in their social and histori
During the last decade, concrete technology has made an enormous advance through the introduction of self-compacting concrete. This book defines the key properties that make fresh concrete self-compac
This manual provides a step-by-step approach to the detailing of timber, and deals with codes of practice from the UK, Europe, America and Russia. It provides practical and up-to-date information on v
This book explains how molecular movement is determined by chemical structure, then how motion controls the physical and technological properties of polymer materials. Readers are introduced to the co
Geomorphological landforms and processes exert a strong influence on surface engineering works, yet comparatively little systematic information on geomorphology is available to engineers. This book pr
A comprehensive description of Scotland's 349 view indicators and provides information about these features so often taken for granted. Visit them all and really see Scotland!
