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  • Sniper Anthology

    Snipers of the Second World War

    by Pegler, Martin ...
    For the first time, leading Second World War authors from around the world have collaborated on a definitive anthology of the greatest snipers of the war.Each author supplies full details of their chosen sniper, including illustrations that have never been published before, to construct a complete and varied picture of sniper warfare. The biographies of these exceptional soldiers include ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sniping in the Great War

    by Martin Pegler ...
    A military history analyzing the evolution of sniper warfare during WWI by the firearms expert and author of Eastern Front Sniper.From the sharpshooters of the American Civil War to Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, military snipers are legendary for their marksmanship and effectiveness in battle. The specialized role of the sniper developed among the ranks of the British Army over the course of World War I. ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Attack on the Somme

    Haig's Offensive 1916

    by Martin Pegler ...
    Series series Campaign Chronicles
    The Battle of the Somme is fixed in the country's collective memory as a disaster—probably the bloodiest episode in the catalogue of futile offensives launched by the British on the Western Front. Over five months of desperate fighting in 1916 the British wrestled with the Germans for control of a narrow strip of innocuous French countryside. When the fighting petered out the British had barely ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sniping Rifles in World War I

    by Martin Pegler ...
    Series Book 83 - Weapon
    While Germany and Austria-Hungary were well-equipped with sniping rifles in 1914, their Allied opponents were not.Although military sharpshooting had existed since the 18th century, in 1914 only the German and Austro-Hungarian armies fielded trained snipers armed with scoped rifles. Thus upon the outbreak of World War I, the Allied armies found themselves on the receiving end of a shooting war to ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Out of Nowhere

    A history of the military sniper, from the Sharpshooter to Afghanistan

    by Martin Pegler ...
    A full and detailed history of the military sniper, from the American Civil War to the war on terror, packed with first-hand accounts.The sniper is probably the most feared specialist warrior and the most efficient killer on the battlefield. Endlessly patient and highly skilled, once they have you in their crosshairs, your chances of survival are slim.This revised edition of Out of Nowhere ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Soldiers’ Songs and Slang of the Great War

    by Martin Pegler ...
    A celebration of cheerful determination in the face of appalling adversity, Soldiers' Songs and Slang of the Great War reveals the bawdy and satiric sense of humour of the Tommy in the trenches.Published to coincide with the centenary of the First World War, this collection of rousing marching songs, cheering ditties, evocative sing-alongs and complete diction of soldiers' slang reveals the best ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Posters of The Great War

    Published in Association with Historical le Grande Guerre, Peronne, France

    by Frédérick Hadley, Martin Pegler ...
    Until the arrival of radio and television, and despite the influence of newspapers, posters were the major medium for mass communication. During the Great War all the belligerent nations produced an extraordinary variety of them - and they did so on a massive scale. As the 200 wartime and immediate post-war posters selected for this book reveal, they were one of the most potent, and memorable, ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lady Death

    The Memoirs of Stalin's Sniper

    by Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Martin Pegler ...
    The memoir of Lyudmila Pavlichenko, the Russian woman who was WWII's most accomplished sniper—and a friend of Eleanor Roosevelt.In June 1941, when Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, Lyudmila Pavlichenko left her university studies, ignored the offer of a position as a nurse, and became one of Soviet Russia's two thousand female snipers. Less than a year later, she had 309 recorded kills, ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Girl With A Sniper Rifle

    An Eastern Front Memoir

    by Yulia Zhukova ...
    A memoir of a graduate of Stalin's Central Women's Sniper School and her experience during World War II.Yulia Zhukova was a dedicated member of the Soviet communist youth organization, the Komsomol, and her parents worked for Russia's secret police, the NKVD. Yulia started at the sniper school near Podolsk in western Russian and eventually became a valued soldier during operations against Prussia. ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Sniper

    A History of the US Marksman

    by Martin Pegler ...
    Following the success of Out of Nowhere: A History of the Military Sniper, sniper expert Martin Pegler gives us an in-depth study of the emergence of American rifleman, sharpshooter and sniper.Pegler examines the evolution of the rifle in America from the earliest firearms of the 15th century to the highly accurate sniping rifles of the 21st century. He also analyses the technological development ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Winchester Lever-Action Rifles

    by Martin Pegler ...
    Series Book 42 - Weapon
    Winchester lever-action repeating rifles are an integral part of the folklore of the American West. Introduced after the American Civil War, the first Winchester, the M1866, would go on to see military service as far afield as Bulgaria, but it was in the hands of civilians that it would become known as 'The gun that won the west'. Offering a lethal combination of portability, ruggedness and ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Sniper Rifles

    From the 19th to the 21st Century

    by Martin Pegler ...
    Series Book 6 - Weapon
    A technical outline of the history of the sniper rifle, from its introduction in warfare during the Napoleonic wars, through the US Civil War to its current apogee as the most frequently used combat rifle in Iraq and Afghanistan. This book details the development of ammunition, different weapons types including single shot, magazine loading and semi-automatic, as well as the introduction and use ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD