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  • They Flew Hurricanes

    by Adrian Stewart ...
    A celebration of the renowned WWII aircraft and the aviators who flew them—includes rare photographs.The Hawker Hurricane, together with the Spitfire, is the most famous aircraft of the Second World War. Many pilots, including Douglas Bader, thought it was superior to the Spit—but together they saved Britain from Nazi invasion and possible defeat.Adrian Stewart has produced a gloriously ... Read more

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  • Ten Squadrons of Hurricanes

    by Adrian Stewart ...
    For many years the importance and contribution of the Hawker Hurricane was eclipsed by the Spitfire but statistically the Hurricane was superior in the majority of cases. Thanks to Tommy Sopwiths initiative and gamble the Hurricane was ready at the outbreak of the Second World War and in service throughout.As this superbly researched book reveals by examining the roles, actions and personalities ... Read more

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  • Kamikaze

    Japan's Last Bid for Victory

    by Adrian Stewart ...
    This enlightening WWII history examines Japans Kamikaze Corps of special forces pilots who engaged in terrifying suicide attacks.By late 1944, the Japanese had already proved themselves fanatical in their quest for victory. But the actions of the Kamikaze Corps took matters to a new level. Western military forces were dumbfounded by an enemy strategy of deliberate self-sacrifice.Beginning with the ... Read more

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  • Hurricane

    The Plane That Saved Britain

    by Adrian Stewart ...
    The riveting exploits of a fighter aircraft and an underrated aerial hero of the Second World WarThe Hawker Hurricane was flying on the outbreak of war in 1939. Six years later, having saved Britain, it was still playing a major part in the war effort.Widely remembered in its fighter role and unjustly left in the shade of the Spitfire, the Hurricane's role was varied and pivotal: as a fighter, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Hurricanes in Action Worldwide!

    by Adrian Stewart ...
    The Hawker Hurricane was the RAF's most valuable fighter asset in the Second World War, yet even today is relatively under-appreciated by the general public. Yet from the early months of the war it was the single engine fighter most often encountered by the Luftwaffe and during the Battle of Britain it made 80% of the successful interdictions of enemy formations. As this superbly researched book ... Read more

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  • Victory in the Desert

    Montgomery and the Eighth Army 1942-1943

    by Adrian Stewart ...
    The end of the beginning An epic conflictNorth Africa was a turning point for the British in the Second World War: a harsh landscape of sand and enemy tanks, but ultimately a place of victory, that Churchill famously called 'the end of the beginning.'When General Montgomery became commander of the Allied Eighth Army in 1942, he found the troops dispirited after a series of defeats by his nemesis, ... Read more

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  • Carriers at War, 1939–1945

    by Adrian Stewart ...
    The author begins this fascinating book by tracing aircraft carrier development between the Wars. Eschewed by the Germans and Italians and with Britain squandering her early lead, the Americans and Japanese became front-runners.The Royal Navy learnt the hard way in the early stages of WW2 with the loss of HMS Courageous and Glorious but, following successes at Taranto and Matapan, the value of ... Read more

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  • The War With Hitler's Navy

    by Adrian Stewart ...
    As this well researched work reveals, Hitlers handling the German Navy during the Second World War was full of contradictions.The seriousness of the U-boat threat was never in doubt and in the dark days of 1940 1942, the Donitzs daring strategy coupled with the courage and determined actions of the captains and crews became perilously close to starving Britain into submission.But, despite having ... Read more

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  • When Childhood Ends

    by Adrian Stuart Jarvis ...
    In Pembrokeshire's suffocating summer of 1976, life on the North Court Estate is a constant struggle, but the real battle is happening at home. Richie's father is at war with the bottle while his mother unravels under a silent illness. All he wants is a normal family, a life without the fear and uncertainty that clings to him like smoke. He finds brief moments of escape in the streets and with his ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Developing Positive Employment Relations

    International Experiences of Labour Management Partnership

    Edited by Stewart Johnstone, Adrian Wilkinson ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    Offering a critical assessment of the main conceptual debates concerning labour management partnership and cooperation at the workplace, this book evaluates the search for positive employment relations in five countries. The provision of collective employee representation, normally through trade unions, is central to most definitions of labour management partnership, and the aim is to develop ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Little Stories of Married Life

    Enriched edition. Vignettes of Love and Life in Early 20th Century America

    by Mary Stewart Cutting, Adrian Burns ...
    In "Little Stories of Married Life," Mary Stewart Cutting expertly weaves a tapestry of domesticity and the complexities of marital relationships through a series of succinct and poignant narratives. Employing a keen observational style reminiscent of the early 20th-century realism, Cutting captures the intimate moments of love, strife, and the mundane rituals that characterize married life. This ... Read more

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  • Monty's Greatest Battles 1942–1945

    by Adrian Stewart ...
    Examines both the strengths and weaknesses of one of Great Britain's most renowned military leaders. Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery had a dynamic personality that often led to difficulties with political or military superiors but made him an immensely effective leader of men. He identified himself closely with his soldiers whose welfare was his continual concern and whom he treated almost as ... Read more

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