1910s Scrapbook: the Decade of the Great War(Pevná vazba)

1910s Scrapbook: the Decade of the Great War(Pevná vazba)

A nostalgic glimpse of a bygone

1920s Scrapbook (Opie Robert)(Pevná vazba)

Captures the mood of a radical decade in over 1000 colour

Traces of the Great War (Kelly Joe)(Pevná vazba)

Stirling Moss Scrapbook 1929-1954 (Porter Philip)(Pevná vazba)

The Stirling Moss Scrapbook 1929-1954 tells the story of the formative years of one of the greatest racing drivers of all time. Moss's meteoric rise through the junior ranks with the little F3 500s, the big break with a borrowed XK120, the highs and lows with HWM when he took on the best in their

The Odyssey (Homer)(Pevná vazba)

Homer's epic tale of the warrior Odysseus's decades-long struggle to return home after the Trojan War is simply and beautifully retold, with all the drama intact. Young readers will thrill at Odysseus's adventures with the man-eating Cyclops; the enchantress Circe, who turns his crew into pigs; and

Operation Morthor - The Last Great Mystery of the Cold War (Somaiya Ravi)(Pevná vazba)

Wartime Scrapbook: the Home Front 1939-1945 (Opie Robert)(Pevná vazba)

This edition of a classic scrapbook is published to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the end of the World War

Hertfordshire Soldiers of the Great War (Hill Dan)(Pevná vazba)

In Hertfordshire Soldiers of The First World War the authors explore a series of individual case studies of Hertfordshire men who served in various theaters during the First World War, all of which had been uncovered as part of the Herts At War community project. This unique collection of largely

The Art of War (Tzu Sun)(Pevná vazba)

The Art of War has been a source of great strategical inspiration throughout the ages. Focusing on military strategy, psychology and tactics, each section concentrates on a different facet of warfare and draws out important themes such as communication, strength and positioning. Believed to have

1930s Scrapbook (Opie Robert)(Pevná vazba)

Filled to the brim with images, this scrapbook of the 1930s overflows with nostalgia, for those who remember that extraordinary era. For those who do not, this wealth of imagery provides a vivid insight into a time when sliced bread had just reached the table and Butlin's holiday camps had recently

World War II Infographics (Lopez Jean)(Pevná vazba)

World War II: Infographics tells the story of the great conflict through graphic design. The mass of data available about World War II has never been as large as it is now, yet it has become extraordinarily complicated to interpret it in a meaningful way, and to share that analysis with the public

12: The Elements of Great Managing (Gallup)(Pevná vazba)

Based on the largest worldwide study of employee engagement and more than a decade of research, Gallup explains the 12 elements essential to motivating employees and features the inspiring stories of 12 managers who succeeded in these dimensions. More than a decade ago, Gallup combed through its

Louis-Ferdinand Cline: Journeys to the Extreme (Catani Damian)(Pevná vazba)

The first English-language biography in more than two decades of the French writer, one of the great novelists of the twentieth century. Louis-Ferdinand C line was one of the most innovative novelists of the twentieth century, and his influence both in his native France and beyond remains huge

Great Troll War (Fforde Jasper)(Pevná vazba)

The final instalment of the Last Dragonslayer Chronicles, demonstrating that with a small band of committed followers, a large tin of resolve and steely determination, almost anything can be achieved . . . Sixteen-year-old Jennifer Strange and her sidekick and fellow Orphan Tiger Prawns have been

Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald F Scott)(Pevná vazba)

Set in the post-Great War Long Island/New York world of the rich. The narrator, Nick Carraway, sympathetically records the pathos of Gatsby's romantic dream which founders on the reality of corruption, the insulated selfishness of Tom and Daisy, and the cutting edge of

Britain's War: A New World, 1942-1947 (Todman Daniel)(Pevná vazba)

The second volume of Daniel Todman's account of Great Britain and World War II The second of Daniel Todman's two sweeping volumes on Great Britain and World War II, Britain's War: A New World, 1942-1947, begins with the event Winston Churchill called the 'worst disaster' in British military

1960s Scrapbook (Opie Robert)(Pevná vazba)

This title presents a visual record of a turbulent decade, with over 1000 images in

The Birth of the Royal Air Force: An Encyclopedia of British Air Power Before and During the Great War - 1914 to 1918 (Philpott Ian)(Pevná vazba)

Slaughterhouse-Five (Vonnegut Kurt)(Pevná vazba)

Slaughterhouse-Five is one of the world's great anti-war books. Centering on the infamous fire-bombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we are afraid to

The Devil's Harmony (Rayne Sarah)(Pevná vazba)

The discovery of an old scrapbook in a Warsaw library leads researcher Phineas Fox to uncover evidence of a devastating wartime atrocity. 'We had no choice. But it was a bad way for them to die.' When music researcher Phineas Fox is asked to verify the contents of an old scrapbook, rescued from

From Kutch to Tashkent: The Indo-Pakistan War of 1965 (Bajwa Farooq)(Pevná vazba)

Decades of Pakistani resentment over India's stance on Kashmir, and its subsequent attempt to force a military solution on the issue, led to the 1965 war between the two neighbours. It ended in a stalemate on the battlefield, and after a mere twenty-one days, the war was brought to a dramatic end

Belgium in the Great War (Veranneman Jean-Michel)(Pevná vazba)

In August 1914, the German Empire invaded neutral Belgium in order to outflank the defenses of the French army. Unexpectedly, the Belgian army resisted and fought on, holding a small part of unoccupied Belgian territory north of Ypres, alongside the British and French armies, until the Armistice of

The Great War and Veterans' Internationalism (Eichenberg J.)(Pevná vazba)

After the Great War, Veterans were a new transnational mass phenomenon. This volume uses case studies to discuss the extent and impact of international veterans' organisations and draws out important comparative points between well-researched and documented movements and those that are less

Whisky Galore (MacKenzie Compton)(Pevná vazba)

It's 1943 and the war has brought rationing to the Hebridean islands of Great and Little Todday. When food is in short supply, it is bad enough, but when the whisky runs out, it looks like the end of the world.Morale is at rock bottom. George Campbell needs a wee dram to give him the courage to