A comprehensive history of the Kamikaze tradition in Japanese culture. Explores the philosophy of an 'honourable death', and the manner in which this was achieved by scores of Japanese pilots under or
This narrative account of the Battle of Monroe’s Crossroads, fought near Fayetteville, North Carolina on March 10, 1865, is accessible to general readers and war buffs, while also detailed enough for
Fascinating reinvestigation of the Haigh serial murders of 1944-9, based on fresh primary research into case files and Haigh's family background. Provides insight into the police methods and forensic
Nikolai Vasil'evich Sutiagin, the top-scoring Soviet air ace of the Korean War, flew his MiG-15 in lethal dogfights against American Sabres and Australian Meteors. He is credited with at 22 'kills'. Y
LONDON needed rebuilding after the great fire of 1666. Eighty-eight churches had been destroyed and a grand plan to rebuild them was started by Sir Christopher Wren. In the end, he designed fifty-one
Bristol, Rhode Island is the sire town in the smallest county in the smallest state. Originally part of Plymouth Colony, Bristol Harbor was the most important seaport of the colony. Few realize that B
On 9 Dec. 1943 the men of the United States 82nd Airborne Division set foot on Northern Irish soil. By the end of the day 12,000 had disembarked from ships. By March the next year, they had all moved
In Harrier Boys, Volume One: Cold War Through the Falklands, 1969-1990, Robert Marston, who flew Harriers for many years, draws together accounts from others who worked with this unique jet through it
This is a first person account of the Anglo-Zulu War written by a young man who grew up in Natal and participated in several of the major battles of the war.
Once described by a subordinate as "the most completely ignorant general I served during the war", there was much more to Lieutenant General Sir William Pulteney than this dismissive remark would have
This beautiful and extensively illustrated catalogue presents in-depth case studies of twenty-four rare and remarkable Late Medieval panel paintings, many from the German-speaking regions of Europe, b
Edmond Dantès, a merchant sailor in the early 19th Century, is wrongfully imprisoned for life without trial. After years of incarceration on the remote island prison of the Château d'If, he learns of
The Dark Man is the amazing true story of one of Australia's first serial killers, who kept the colony of New South Wales in the grip of fear as the police ruthlessly hunted their man. In late 1896,
So I Hit Him is an extremely powerful memoir that will shock many people, yet is intensely inspirational. Born in a former workhouse hospital in Manchester, England with multiple disabilities and not
Whatever Remains is a true story. The fall of Singapore is considered one of Britain's worst defeats of the Second World War. For Penny Graham's father, however, it became a life-changing opportunity
Come on a journey with the frog… Author and illustrator Josh Langley has created a delicious combination of cartoons and messages that embrace all aspects of life...the ordinary, the absurd and the wo
