Brutalism: Post-War British Architecture (Clement Alexander)(Paperback)

Brutalism: Post-War British Architecture (Clement Alexander)(Paperback)

The term 'Brutalism' is used to describe a form of architecture that appeared, mainly in Europe, from around 1945-75. Uncompromisingly modern, this trend in architecture was both striking and arresting and, perhaps like no other style before or since, aroused extremes of emotion and debate. Some

Brutalism: Post-War British Architecture (Clement Alexander)(Pevná vazba)

The term Brutalism is used to describe a form of architecture that appeared, mainly in Europe, from around 19451975. Uncompromisingly modern, this trend in architecture was both striking and arresting and, perhaps like no other style before or since, aroused extremes of emotion and debate. Some

British Post-War Jungle Webbing (Howlett Simon)(Paperback)

After World War Two the rapid advance of communism and associated political instability threatened Great Britain's interest in the Far East. From 1948 until around 1967, troops were deployed throughout the Malaysian region. To equip the British soldier and Commonwealth troops or jungle warfare the

Brutal London: A Photographic Exploration of Post-War London (Phipps Simon)(Pevná vazba)

A photographic exploration of the post-war modernist architecture of London.This collection of unique and evocative photography of Brutalist architecture by Simon Phipps casts the city in a new light. Arranged by inner London Borough, BRUTAL LONDON takes in famous examples such as the Trellick

Brutalism (Reading Billy)(Paperback)

The rise and fall and subsequent rise again of brutalist architecture in Britain is a fascinating story of an architectural style that strove to unify but in reality divided public opinion, and continues to do so. Derived from the French phrase 'b ton brut', meaning raw concrete, the name brutalism

Artists Making Landscapes in Post-War Britain (Garlake Margaret)(Pevná vazba)

An unconventional and illuminating new history of British landscape art in the post-war period In this trailblazing study, Margaret Garlake complicates traditional histories of British landscape art in the post-war period. Drawing together work from painters and photographers--many of them

Centurion: Armoured Hero of Post-War Tank Battles (Jackson Robert)(Paperback)

The fifty-ton British Centurion tank, developed during the darkest days of the Second World War, was designed to out-gun and out-perform the latest German tanks, such as the formidable Panzer V Panther. It was one of the most successful tanks ever produced, and this volume in the TankCraft series

Ariel: Jan Morris, a Literary Life (Johns Derek)(Paperback)

Jan Morris is one of the great British writers of the post-war era. Soldier, journalist, writer about places (rather than 'travel writer'), elegist of the British Empire, novelist, she has fashioned a distinctive prose style that is elegant, fastidious, supple, and sometimes gloriously gaudy. For

The Hawker Hunter in British Service (Derry Martin)(Paperback)

The Hawker Hunter is one of Britain's classic post-war jet aircraft. Initially introduced in 1954 as a swept-wing, transonic, single-seat day interceptor, it rapidly succeeded the first-generation jet fighters in RAF service such as the Gloster Meteor (see Flight Craft 13) and the de Havilland

British Battle Tanks: Post-War Tanks 1946-2016 (Dunstan Simon)(Pevná vazba)

This lavishly illustrated volume details the design, development and operational history of British tanks from the end of World War II through to the present day. This book, the last in a four-part series on British Battle Tanks covering the whole history of British armored warfare, concentrates on

The Massive Omnibus Volume 1 (Wood Brian)(Paperback)

In a post-war, post-crash, post-disaster, post-everything world, the environmental-action trawler Kapital scours the earth's oceans for its mysteriously missing sistership, The Massive. Captain Callum Israel, a man who has dedicated his life to the ocean, now must ask himself--as our planet

Now The War Is Over (Murray Annie)(Paperback / softback)

A heartfelt post-war saga from the bestselling author of War

Plant Portraits by Post - Post & Go British Flora (Trickey Julia)(Paperback / softback)

A beautifully illustrated account of producing designs for the Royal Mail's Post & Go stamp project. The artist's illustrations cover spring blooms, symbolic flowers and winter greenery, and each flower painting is accompanied by an account of the techniques she used to create

The Sculptress (Alexander V. S.)(Paperback)

From acclaimed author V.S. Alexander comes an absorbing, immersive novel set during World War I, as a talented and ambitious artist finds an unusual calling.May 1917: The elegant streets of Boston are thousands of miles away from the carnage of the Western Front. Yet even here, amid the clatter of

Auntie's War - The BBC during the Second World War (Stourton Edward)(Paperback / softback)

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British institution unlike any other, and its story during the Second World War is also our story. Auntie's War is an incomparable insight into why we have the broadcast culture we do today. A BBC RADIO 4: BOOK OF THE

Clem Attlee: Labour's Great Reformer (Beckett Francis)(Paperback)

As British prime minister from 1945 to 1951, Clement Attlee built a legacy that includes today's famous--and controversial--National Health Service, yet he is often remembered as a rather dull political figure. Rejecting Winston Churchill's jibe that Attlee was a 'modest little man with plenty to

Post-Truth: The New War on Truth and How to Fight Back (D'Ancona Matthew)(Paperback)

Us Heavy Cruisers 1943-75: Wartime and Post-War Classes (Stille Mark)(Paperback)

Princes at War - The British Royal Family's Private Battle in the Second World War (Cadbury Deborah)(Paperback / softback)

Greece (Tzonis Alexander)(Paperback)

The remains of antiquity define Greek architecture in the popular imagination, but Greek edifices encompass far more than these ancient structures. Offered here is a comprehensive survey of modern Greek architecture of the past hundred-plus years.The book explores the buildings and architects of

The North British Locomotive Company (Alexander Colin)(Paperback)

The North British Locomotive Company came into existence in 1903 as an amalgamation of three established Glasgow locomotive manufacturers: Dbs & Co., Sharp Stewart and Neilson Reid. Each of these companies enjoyed an excellent reputation for its products both at home and abroad. The amalgamation

Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why: Essays (Petri Alexandra)(Paperback)

In Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why, acclaimed Washington Post satirist Alexandra Petri offers perfectly logical, reassuring reasons for everything that has happened in recent American politics that will in no way unsettle your worldview. In essays both new and adapted from her viral columns, Petri

Roger Scruton: The Philosopher on Dover Beach (Dooley Mark)(Pevná vazba)

Roger Scruton is one of the outstanding British philosophers of the post-war years. Why then is he at best ignored and at worst reviled? Part of the reason is that he is an unapologetic conservative in the tradition of Edmund Burke. That conservative instinct was sharpened during the Paris riots of

Russian Roulette - How British Spies Defeated Lenin (Milton Giles)(Paperback / softback)

1917, post-Russian Revolution, an unlikely and eccentric band of British spies are smuggled into newly Soviet Russia to thwart Lenin's plan to destroy British rule in India, as a precursor to toppling the democracies of the West. The spies, under Mansfield Cumming, were the unsung founders of the