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The Balti: Its Birth, Its Boom Years, and Beyond

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The Balti: Its Birth, Its Boom Years, and Beyond

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A full-bodied celebration of Birmingham’s iconic dish—its origins, its influence, its enduring popularity, and its greatest recipes.

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SA-Führer: The Senior Leadership of Hitler’s Storm Troops (Volume 1)

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The first and only comprehensive study of the men who built up, organized, and led the infamous Storm Troops, aka ‘Brownshirts’, of the Nazi movement from 1920 until the fall of the Third Reich in 1945.

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Odilo Globocnik: The Devil's Accomplice

Heydrich: Dark Shadow of the SS

Heinrich Himmler: A Photo History of the Reichsführer-SS

SS Elite: The Senior Leaders of Hitler's Praetorian Guard Volume 1: A-J

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Towards Disaster: The Greek Army in Asia Minor in 1921

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Towards Disaster: The Greek Army in Asia Minor in 1921

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Prince Andrew’s personal account of the catastrophic Greek campaign in Asia Minor, focusing on the battle of the Sakarya.

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The second volume of the only comprehensive study of the men who built up, organized, and led the infamous Storm Troops, aka ‘Brownshirts’, of the Nazi movement from 1920 until the fall of the Third Reich in 1945.

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Odilo Globocnik: The Devil's Accomplice

Heydrich: Dark Shadow of the SS

Heinrich Himmler: A Photo History of the Reichsführer-SS

SS Elite: The Senior Leaders of Hitler's Praetorian Guard Volume 1: A-J

SS Elite: The Senior Leaders of Hitler’s Praetorian Guard Volume 2: K-Q

SS Elite: The Senior Leaders of Hitler’s Praetorian Guard Volume 3: R-W

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Polaris - Submarines, Missiles, the US Navy and the Royal Navy

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Polaris: Submarines, Missiles, the US Navy and the Royal Navy

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The development of submarine-launched ballistic-missiles in the US Navy and the Royal Navy.

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Polaris: Submarines, Missiles, the US Navy and the Royal Navy

The F-100 Units of USAFE

Confessions of a Flying Instructor: Teaching the RAF's Fighter Pilots

USAFE Tactical Units in the United Kingdom in the Cold War 1950 to 1992

Canberra: The Greatest Multi-Role Aircraft of the Cold War (Volume 2)

Canberra: The Greatest Multi-Role Aircraft of the Cold War (Volume 1)

The RAF in Cold War Germany

A Hundred Years of RAF Air Displays 1920-2020

Confessions of a Phantom Pilot: Memories of Flying the Phantom FGR2

Vietnam War Army Helicopter Nose Art (Volume 2)

Off Target: America’s Guided Bombs, Missiles and Drones 1917-1950

British Special Projects: Flying Wings, Deltas and Tailless Designs

Luck is my Shadow: The Story of a Fighter and Bomber Pilot During the Cold War

Super Snoopers: The Evolution and Service Career of the Specialist Boeing C-135

Skybolt: At Arm’s Length

The Great Navy Birds Of Lake Michigan

The Berlin Cold War Companion 1945-1989

The United States Air Force in Britain

Blue Streak: Britain’s Medium Range Ballistic Missile

A Cold War Fighter Pilot in Peacetime and War

Per Ardua: Training an RAF Phantom Crew

History of the Gloster Javelin: The First All Weather British Fighter

Rhapsody in Blue: An RAF Fighter Pilot’s Life During the Cold War (paperback edition)

Britain's Cold War Fighters (paperback edition)

Northern ‘Q’: The History of Royal Air Force Leuchars (paperback edition)

Patrolling the Cold War Skies: Reheat Sunset

Time Flies: Reflections of a Fighter Pilot

Operational Test: Honing the Edge

Thor: Anatomy of a Weapon System

The Apache in European Service

Britain’s Cold War Bombers (paperback edition)

Rhapsody in Blue: An RAF Fighter Pilot’s Life During the Cold War (hardback edition)

Soviet Cold War Fighters

Boeing B-52 Stratofortress: Warrior Queen of the USAF

Tornado in Pictures: The Multi-Role Legend

Thor Ballistic Missile: The United States and the United Kingdom in Partnership

The Perfect Aerodrome: A History of RAF Chivenor 1932-1995

My Target Was Leningrad - V Force: Preserving our Democracy

Northern ‘Q’: The History of Royal Air Force Leuchars (hardback edition)

Tornado F3 in Focus: A Navigator's Eye on Britain's Last Interceptor

Tupolev Tu-128 'Fiddler'

The Phantom in Focus: A Navigator’s Eye on Britain’s Cold War Warrior (paperback)

The Avro Vulcan: A History

Fighters Over the Falklands: Defending the Islanders’ Way of Life

Fires of October: The Cuban Missile Crisis That Never Was

Britain's Cold War Fighters (hardback edition)

Fading Eagle: Politics and Decline of Britain’s Post-War Air Force

Britain’s Cold War Bombers (hardback edition)

The Phantom in Focus: A Navigator’s Eye on Britain’s Cold War Warrior (hardback)

The Douglas DC-3: 90 Glorious Years

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The Douglas DC-3: 90 Glorious Years

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The definitive history of the iconic Douglas DC-3, one of the most enduring aircraft designs in aviation history.

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The Last Great Cavalry Charge: The Battle of the Silver Helmets (paperback edition)

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The Last Great Cavalry Charge: The Battle of the Silver Helmets (paperback edition)

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A compelling examination of the little-known Battle of the Silver Helmets, which served as the death knell to the cavalry’s traditional role in battlefield tactics

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Harrier: The World’s First V/STOL Jet Combat Aircraft

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Harrier: The World’s First V/STOL Jet Combat Aircraft

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A comprehensive record of the iconic Harrier: its design, development and service, including combat operations in the Falklands, Kosovo and both Gulf Wars.

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The Avro Shackleton: The Long-Serving 'Growler'

Soviet Bombers of the Second World War

Vickers Wellington

The Fairey Battle: A Reassessment of its RAF Career

Hawker Hurricane: The Multirole Fighter

Rare Birds: Forgotten Aircraft of the Second World War

Messerschmitt Bf 109: The Design and Operational History

RAF Liberators Over Burma: Flying With 159 Squadron

Tupolev Tu-2: The Forgotten Medium Bomber

Ultimate Allied Fighters of the Second World War

John Cunningham: Second World War Night Fighter Ace and Test Pilot

Silent Invaders: Combat Gliders of the Second World War (paperback edition)

Hawker Hunter: A Classic British Jet Fighter

The Messerschmitt 210/410 Story

Gotha Aircraft: From the London Bomber to the Flying Wing Jet Fighter

Il-2 Shturmovik: Red Avenger

RAF Bomber Command: 'Strike Hard, Strike Sure' 1936-1945

Goldfish Caterpillars & Guinea Pigs: Accounts of Pilots and Air Crews from World War II (paperback edition)

Arado Flugzeugwerke: Aircraft and Development History

Soviet Fighters of the Second World War

Fighters of the Dying Sun: The Most Advanced Japanese Fighters of the Second World War

Arming for Accuracy: RAF Bomb Aimers of the Second World War

Sub Hunters: Australian Sunderland Squadrons in the Defeat of Hitler’s U-boat Menace 1942-43

The Fieseler Fi 156 Storch: The First STOL Aircraft

De Havilland and Hatfield: 1936-1993

UK Airfields Past and Present: A Directory of Airfields from 1908 to 2018

Scottish Military Aerodromes of the 1920s and 1930s

A Detailed History of RAF Manston 1945-1999

Enemy at the Gates: Panic Fighters of the Second World War

Red Star and Roundel: A Shared Century

Vietnam War Army Helicopter Nose Art (Volume 2)

806 Naval Air Squadron: The FAA’s Top-Scoring Fighter Squadron of the Second World War

Ramsgate Municipal Airport: A Pictorial History

Lightning Strikes: The Lockheed P-38

RAF Fighter Command: ‘Defence of the Realm’ 1936-1945

High Hulls: Flying Boats of the 1930s and 1940s

Letters from a Lancaster Gunner

Soviet Strategic Bombers: The Hammer in the Hammer and the Sickle

Fuel, Fire and Fear: RAF Flight Engineers at War

Fighters over Malta: Gladiators and Hurricanes 1940-1942

Short Stirling: The First of the RAF Heavy Bombers

Unshackled Spirit: Prisoners of War and The Secret Spitfire

Focke-Wulf Jet Fighters

Liberators over the Atlantic

Fighters over the Aegean: Hurricanes over Crete, Spitfires over Kos, Beaufighters over the Aegean (paperback edition)

Blenheims Over Greece and Crete 1940-1941 (paperback edition)

Flying into the Storm: RAF Bombers at War 1939-1942

History of the de Havilland Vampire (paperback edition)

Battle for the Channel: The First Month of the Battle of Britain 10 July-10 August 1940

Britain's Victory, Denmark's Freedom: Danish Volunteers in Allied Air Forces During the Second World War

The Sirdar and the Khalifa: Kitchener's Reconquest of Sudan 1896-98 (paperback)

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The Sirdar and the Khalifa: Kitchener's Reconquest of Sudan 1896-98 (paperback)

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A classic tale of British soldiers battling a fanatical Dervish enemy in the harsh terrain of the desert

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Sir William A. Stanier FRS: The Working Life of a Man of Steel

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Sir William A. Stanier FRS: The Working Life of a Man of Steel

A photographic celebration of the life and work of renowned railway engineer Sir William A. Stanier FRS.

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Merseyrail Electric: The Award-Winning Network

Amberdale and the Railway Which Runs Through It

Trolleys, Trams, and Light Rail Around the World

Class 142: The Bus That Became a Train

BR Blue: Scenes from the British Rail Corporate Image Era

The East Coast Main Line 1939-1959 (Volume 2)

Pit to Power Station: A Personal Recollection of Coal Trains in the 1990s

The Last Years of Steam Around Worcester

London Trolleybuses and Red Buses 1959-62: Personal Memories of an Age of Change

The Last Years of Steam Around North Wales

The Southern Since 1953

The Lancashire Derbyshire and East Coast Railway: A LD&ECR Miscellany, the Mansfield Railway and Mid-Nott’s Joint Railway Connections

The Railways of Devon and Cornwall Around the Early 1960s (paperback edition)

Scottish Railways in the 1960s

Network Greater Manchester

Further Along the Tracks: More Reflections of a London Locospotter

The Ruabon to Barmouth Line: The Ruabon to Bala Section

In and Out of Paddington: The Story of a Great Railway Station

The Last Years of Steam Across Somerset and Dorset

Cock o' the North: Gresley's Bold Experiment (paperback)

The Lancashire Derbyshire and East Coast Railway: Langwith Junction to Lincoln and the Route to Sutton-on-Sea

Devon and Cornwall: The Class 47 Years Class 47 - A West Country Symposium

The Lancashire Derbyshire and East Coast Railway: Chesterfield to Langwith Junction, the Beighton Branch and Sheffield District Railway

The Last Years of Steam Around the East Midlands

Network North West: Images of a Changing Railway

The Last Years of Steam Around the Midlands: From the Photographic Archive of the Late A. J. Maund (paperback edition)

The Last Years of Steam in Shropshire and the Severn Valley (paperback edition)

A London Locospotter Reflects: Memories of Black and White Days

Stations and Lineside Views in and Around London

The East Coast Main Line 1939-1959 (Volume 1)

Digital Railway Photography: Creative Techniques & the Digital Darkroom

Reich Rails: Royal Prussia, Imperial Germany and the First World War 1825-1918

From Lostwithiel to the China Clay Rails

The Railways of Devon and Cornwall Around the Early 1960s (hardback edition)

The Last Days of Southern Steam: From the Bill Reed Collection

Merseyrail Electric

CrossCountry Trains: Providing the Rail Services Connecting Britain’s Towns and Cities

Digital Railway Photography: A Practical Guide

Thomas Hackworth – Locomotive Engineer

Folk Tales on the Settle-Carlisle Railway

Deltics Shine On

The North Eastern Railway in The First World War (paperback)

The Last Days of Western Steam From the Bill Reed Collection (In Full Colour)

The Last Years of Steam Around Central Wales

First Great Western: Gateway to the West

Steam in the North: Railways in the 1960s across the North of England

Cock o' the North: Gresley's Bold Experiment

The Last Years of Steam in Shropshire and the Severn Valley (hardback edition)

The Last Days of Steam Around Nottingham and Derby: From the Bill Reed Collection

Steam North West

German Raiders of the First World War (paperback edition)

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German Raiders of the First World War (paperback edition)

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A gripping account of German overseas-based cruisers and Allied attempts to neutralise them in the first eight months of the First World War

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The Children of Charles II: The Merry Monarch’s Fourteen Bastards

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The Children of Charles II: The Merry Monarch’s Fourteen Bastards

A lively and entertaining biography of The Merry Monarch’s fourteen illegitimate children, their place at the royal court and in history.

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We’ve All Life Before Us: A Love Story of the Second World War

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We’ve All Life Before Us: A Love Story of the Second World War

A beautifully intimate and unguarded story of love in a time of war, from shy, eager beginnings, to unbridled longing and enduring tragedy.

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Letters from a Lancaster Gunner

Arnhem Umbrella: Major Digby Tatham Warter DSO

The Extraordinary Life of Mike Cumberlege SOE

We’ve All Life Before Us: A Love Story of the Second World War

A Short Thousand Years: A Childhood in the Third Reich

Silver: The Spy Who Fooled the Nazis - The Most Remarkable Spy of The Second World War

Skalski Against all Odds: The First Allied Ace of the Second World War (paperback edition)

Autogiro Pioneer: The Life of Jack Richardson

Night Hawk: Flight Lieutenant Karel Kuttelwascher DFC and BAR, the RAF’s Greatest Night Intruder Ace

John Cunningham: Second World War Night Fighter Ace and Test Pilot

The Diary of Sonny Ormrod DFC: Malta Fighter Ace

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