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ISBN: 9781781550892 - Howard's Whirlybirds Howard's Whirlybirds
Donald J Porter

ISBN10: 1781550891  ISBN13: 9781781550892
Publisher: Fonthill Media
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 27 Jun 2013
Howard Hughes popularised the light helicopter trainer, mass-produced the first turbine-powered light observation helicopter, led the way in hot cycle rotorcraft propulsion research and, finally, developed the world's most advanced attack... More

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ISBN: 9780465018383 - Strange Rebels Strange Rebels
Christian Caryl

ISBN10: 0465018386  ISBN13: 9780465018383
Publisher: The Perseus Books Group Basic Civitas Books
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 20 Jun 2013
After World War II, a secular, progressive consensus defined the international order. That changed in 1979, when a series of counterrevolutions swept the globe, blazing a path for a new era. In a brisk and gripping narrative, award... More

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ISBN: 9780747812203 - Royal Coronations Royal Coronations
Lucinda Gosling

ISBN10: 0747812209  ISBN13: 9780747812203
Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 10 Jun 2013
The monarchy has made many concessions to the modern age, but the affirming rituals of the coronation - the pageantry, the theatre and the symbolism - are centuries old. Looking at the British coronation from its beginnings, this title takes the... More

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ISBN: 9780747812395 - The Chicago School of Architecture The Chicago School of Architecture
Rolf Achilles

ISBN10: 074781239X  ISBN13: 9780747812395
Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 10 Jun 2013
The birth of the skyscraper in Chicago in the mid-1880s introduced a new direction for city architecture: upwards. But how - and why- was it that Chicago set the standard for high-rise buildings, not only across the USA but all over the world? More

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ISBN: 9781844087662 - Careless People Careless People
Sarah Churchwell

ISBN10: 1844087662  ISBN13: 9781844087662
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group Virago Press Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 06 Jun 2013
Since its publication in 1925, The Great Gatsby has become one of the world's best-loved books, delighting readers across the world. Careless People tells the true story behind F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece, exploring in newly rich detail the... More

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ISBN: 9781909166042 - No Parachute No Parachute
Arthur Gould Lee

ISBN10: 1909166049  ISBN13: 9781909166042
Publisher: Grub Street
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Jun 2013
From the young airmen who took their frail machines high above the trenches of World War I and fought their foes in single combat there emerged a renowned company of brilliant aces - among them Ball, Bishop, McCuddon, Collishaw and Mannock ... More

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ISBN: 9781909166035 - Malta Spitfire Pilot Malta Spitfire Pilot
Denis Barnham

ISBN10: 1909166030  ISBN13: 9781909166035
Publisher: Grub Street
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Jun 2013
Malta in the summer of 1942, a Malta wide open to air attack from the Germans and Italians and defended by a handful of Spitfires and a few anti-aircraft guns. Malta in the summer of 1942, a Malta wide open to air attack from the Germans and... More

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ISBN: 9781781592892 - Posters of the Great War Posters of the Great War
Frederick Hadley, Martin Pegler

ISBN10: 1781592896  ISBN13: 9781781592892
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd Pen & Sword Military
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 31 May 2013
Two hundred full-colour posters from the Great War Posters from Britain, France, Germany, Russia, America Classic graphic designs covering recruitment, fund-raising, soldiering, the enemy, the family, the home front, the post-war world Until... More

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ISBN: 9781781592144 - Wehrmacht Combat Reports: The Russian Front Wehrmacht Combat Reports: The Russian Front
Bob Carruthers

ISBN10: 1781592144  ISBN13: 9781781592144
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd Pen & Sword Military
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 31 May 2013
This book is part of the Eastern Front from Primary Sources series, a new military history range compiled and edited by Emmy Award winning author and historian Bob Carruthers. The series draws on both German and Russian primary sources and... More

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ISBN: 9781848844698 - Accrington's Pals: the Full Story Accrington's Pals: the Full Story
Andrew Jackson

ISBN10: 1848844697  ISBN13: 9781848844698
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd Pen & Sword Military
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 31 May 2013
Based on diaries, memoirs, letters, official accounts Graphic insight into the war experience of these local men New history of the men of East Lancashire who volunteered to fight in the Great War Andrew Jackson's new history tells the story of... More