Beneath the Restless Wave: Memoirs of a Cold War Submariner (Couzens-Lake Edward)(Pevná vazba)

Beneath the Restless Wave: Memoirs of a Cold War Submariner (Couzens-Lake Edward)(Pevná vazba)

The vivid and engaging biography of Tony Beasley, a telegraphist working on submarines during the Cold War.Tony Beasley joined the Royal Navy as a teenager in 1946. This biography recalls the adventures he had during his time in the Navy, from training and specialization as a telegraphist to being

Silent Kingdom: A World Beneath the Waves (Vizl Christian)(Pevná vazba)

Silent Kingdom reveals the world beneath the waves in an ethereal collection of black-and-white underwater photography. In Silent Kingdom, award-winning photographer Christian Vizl brings creatures of the deep sea to a fine art medium. Through stark black-and-white images, Vizl uses a masterful

Hitler's War Beneath the Waves - The menace of the U-Boats (FitzGerald Michael)(Paperback / softback)

Cold War Steve - Journal of The Plague Year (Steve Cold War)(Pevná vazba)

Back with a vengeance, collage superstar Cold War Steve goes viral, casting a scathing view on the past year on Plague

Underground Structures of the Cold War: The World Below (Ozorak Paul)(Pevná vazba)

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

Cold War Spy Stories from Eastern Europe (Glajar Valentina)(Pevná vazba)

During the Cold War, stories of espionage became popular on both sides of the Iron Curtain, capturing the imagination of readers and filmgoers alike as secret police quietly engaged in surveillance under the shroud of impenetrable secrecy. And curiously, in the post-Cold War period there are no

Islam, South Asia and the Cold War (Noorani A.)(Pevná vazba)

Islam, South Asia & The Cold War is a collection of articles written by A. G. Noorani over the last twenty-five years, and published in various dailies and journals to which he has been a regular contributor, including Frontline, The Statesman, The Indian Express, The Illustrated Weekly of India

I am a Fish (Otter Isabel)(Pevná vazba)

The world beneath the waves is waiting to be

What a Submarine Sees - A fold-out journey under the waves (Knowles Laura)(Pevná vazba)

This concertina book follows the journey of a little submersible on a voyage beneath the waves and back again. Folding out to nearly 2.5 metres, children can look at all the different things the sub sees on its

Ruins and Follies of East Anglia (Couzens-Lake Edward)(Paperback / softback)

This book will take an affectionate journey around some of the atmospheric and occasional mysterious ruins and follies that can be found in East Anglia.It might be a building that has a particular historical, cultural or other significant interest but which is, at the time of writing, in such a

British Submarines in the Cold War Era (Friedman Norman)(Pevná vazba)

British Submarines in the Cold War Era shows how a combination of evolving strategic and tactical requirements and new technology produced successive types of submarines. It is based largely on unpublished and previously classified official documentation, and to the extent allowed by security

Keep Out!: Britain's Forbidden Places (Couzens-Lake Edward)(Paperback)

Keep Out! takes the reader on an exclusive tour of some of England's best kept secrets--those places that the authorities would rather you didn't know anything about or, in some cases, even be aware that they ever existed. That is, until now. Among the locations featured are disused nuclear

Latin America and the Global Cold War (Field Thomas C.)(Pevná vazba)

Latin America and the Global Cold War analyzes more than a dozen of Latin America's forgotten encounters with Africa, Asia, and the Communist world, and by placing the region in meaningful dialogue with the wider Global South, this volume produces the first truly global history of contemporary

U.S. Military Service: A Reference Handbook (Watson Cynthia)(Pevná vazba)

The end of the Cold War ushered in a new kind of war that has already made conventional tactics and strategy obsolete. How has the U.S. military responded?In U.S. Military Service: A Reference Handbook, Cynthia Watson, professor of strategy at the National War College, analyzes the major issues

Berlin - The Story of a City (White-Spunner Barney)(Pevná vazba)

As Germany marks the thirtieth anniversary of its unification since the end of the Cold War, international bestselling-author Barney White-Spunner celebrates the history of one of Europe's greatest

Living the Cold War: Memoirs of a British Diplomat (Mallaby Christopher)(Paperback)

The centrepiece of this memoir by Sir Christopher Mallaby, former British Ambassador in Germany and France, is the unification of Germany in 1990 ‒ the culmination of years of work by Sir Christopher and his colleagues. He held different views from the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. He saw

Coins and Medals of the English Civil War (Besly Edward)(Pevná vazba)

The second edition of this book presents a new and expanded exploration of the unusually varied coinage and currency of the 'Great Rebellion' of 1642-1660, a pivotal period in British history. It builds on further research available since its original publication in 1990, notably a fresh appraisal

Cultural Topographies of the New Berlin (Bauer Karin)(Pevná vazba)

Since Unification and the end of the Cold War, Berlin has witnessed a series of uncommonly intense social, political, and cultural transformations. While positioning itself as a creative center populated by young and cosmopolitan global citizens, the 'New Berlin' is at the same time a rich site of

Branch-Lines (Thomas Edward)(Pevná vazba)

When Edward Thomas died in the First World War, very few of his poems had been published, but he is now recognised as one of the finest and most influential poets of the last century. Although often referred to as a poet s poet, his writing has an almost universal appeal. He wrote accessibly, on

Beneath the Waves(Pevná vazba)

The world's oceans are brought to life in art made from hand-pressed seaweed and coastal

A Bird a Day (Couzens Dominic)(Pevná vazba)

From the promiscuous Fairywren of Australia, who gives petals to his mistresses, to the singing instructions of the female Northern Cardinal in North America, this is a delightful dip-in-and-out book for any nature lover. The beauty and fascination of birds is unrivaled. Every day of the year,

Multidimensional Diplomacy of Contemporary China (Shen Simon)(Pevná vazba)

Since the end of the Cold War, the new Chinese leadership generation has had to promulgate new guiding principles for handling global diplomacy which acknowledges China's new position. Given the dramatic changes in the international system and its domestic economic success for the growing 'China's

The Good War (Strasser Todd)(Pevná vazba)

From the author of The Wave comes a poignant and timely novel about a group of seventh graders who are brought together--and then torn apart--by an afterschool club that plays a video game based on WW2. There's a new afterschool club at Ironville Middle School. Ms. Peterson is starting a video game