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A rusting antiaircraft fort in the North Sea. A German submarine base in France. A flak tower in a Viennese park. Abandoned Places of World War II explores more than 100 bunkers, pillboxes, submarine...

Honey bees, bumblebees, mining bees, dwarf bees, carpenter, leafcutter and mason bees: bees come in many different types, with more than 16,000 species worldwide. Bees is an outstanding collection of...

Organized chronologically by type, British Aircraft of World War I: 1914-18 offers a highly illustrated guide to the main types of aircraft used by British and Commonwealth air forces during World...

Bushido is the chivalric code of moral principles that the Samurai followed: rectitude, courage, benevolence, respect, honesty, honour and loyalty. Beautifully produced in traditional Chinese...

Bushido is the chivalric code of moral principles that the Samurai followed: rectitude, courage, benevolence, respect, honesty, honour and loyalty. Beautifully produced in traditional Chinese...

Presented in a handy, pocket-sized landscape format and with captions explaining the story behind each photo, California is a stunning collection of images that brings to life the vitality of this...

Castles Of The World - 9781838860981Author: Phyllis G. JesticePublisher: Amber BooksPublication Date: July 06, 2021Number of Pages: 224 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: HardcoverISBN-10:...

Covering all the most famous makes, including AC, Ferrari, Lotus, Pontiac, Jaguar, Aston Martin, Lamborghini, Porsche, and BMW, Classic Supercars is packed with a wealth of technical and historical...

For 150 million years, dinosaurs were the undisputed rulers of the Earth. Today, these great lizards still fire our imaginations. Dinosaurs profiles the creatures who lived during the great Age of...

For centuries we have been fascinated with fairies, mythical beings often possessing intriguing magical powers to curse, trick or heal humans. In Fairies, discover the charming story behind our best...

Written around 1645, Miyamoto Musashi?s Five Rings is a new modern translation of a classic Japanese work on mastery in swordsmanship, leadership and conflict produced using beautiful traditional...

Haiku features 80 classic poems from four poets ? Matsuo Basho, Yosa Buson, Kobayashi Issa and Masaoka Shiki ? which range across more than 200 years of Japanese poetry. Each poem is presented in...

Beautifully produced in traditional Chinese binding and with a timeless design, Haiku features 90 classic poems from four poets: Matsuo Basho, Yosa Buson, Kobayashi Issa and Masaoka Shiki with each...

Japanese Myths is an accessible, entertaining, and highly informative exploration of everything from the kami holy spirits venerated in Shinto religion to the divine origins of the Japanese imperial...

Arranged in chapters covering family, shorthairs, longhairs, senses, and behaviour, Kittens features a huge range of breeds from all around the world. From Siamese to American Bobtail, the book...

Military Jet Aircraft is a fully illustrated guide to over fifty of the most important jet-engined aircraft developed between 1945 and the present day, with an artwork and description of each...

With detailed captions explaining the history, behaviour and feeding habits of all the rabbit and hare species, Rabbits is a fascinating examination of these popular mammals in more than 130 vivid...

Written by a former SAS Survival Instructor, SAS and Special Forces Self-Defence provides easy-to-follow, illustrated instructions on coping with all kinds of threatening situations, from muggings to...

Features the most significant submarines ever built, with each entry including a description of the submarine?s development and history, a colour profile or cutaway, key features and specifications...

Arranged by country and by date, this book offers a detailed guide to the major types of submarine that served in World War II. Find out about German U-boat U-47's daring raid on the British naval...

The Tao Te Ching, written around 300BC, describes the fundamental beliefs of Taoism, addressing how to live a simple, peaceful and harmonious life, how to rid oneself of desires and institutions that...

This dual-language edition of Tao Te Ching presents the original Chinese characters with a new translation on the facing page, and is illustrated throughout to make an attractive pocket gift edition...

The Periodic Table is a compact illustrated guide to the 118 elements and their properties that will inform and fascinate anyone interested in the core chemical elements that make up our world. Each...

The classic text describing Tibetan Buddhist beliefs about death and the afterlife, presented in a high-quality, Chinese-bound format. First revealed by a Tibetan monk in the fourteeenth century,...

WWI was a complex conflict: an air war, a land war fought in the Balkans, NW Europe, Italy, Africa, Turkey and the Middle East, and a naval war in the North Sea, South Atlantic, South Pacific and...

With 160 colour maps, World War II Illustrated Atlas plots the course of the land, sea and air campaigns in fine detail, tracing the ebb and flow of the fortunes of both sides. Contents include the...