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A Delicious Way to Earn a Living: A Collection of His Best and Tastiest Food Writing (Book)

Michael Bateman

ISBN:9781904943921

Michael Bateman was without doubt the father of modern food journalism; he began writing about food during the 1960s, when the average British culinary experience was limited to fish and chips...more details
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A Fighter Pilot's Call to Arms: Defending Britain and France Against the Luftwaffe, 1940-1942 (Book)

Stanislav Fejfar

ISBN:9781906502768

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A Most Secret Squadron: The First Full Story of 618 Squadron and Its Special Detachment Anti-U-Boat Mosquitos (Book)

Des Curtis

ISBN:9781906502515

Des Curtis was one of the founder members of 618 Squadron. Formed within days of the illustrious 617, 618's primary objective was to mount a daylight low-level attack by Mosquitos on the German battleship Tirpitz within hours of the attack on the Ruhr dams. The operation...more details
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A Pathfinder's War: An Extraordinary Tale of Surviving Over 100 Bomber Operations Against All Odds (Book)

Ted Stocker

ISBN:9781906502522

Ted Stocker lived a charmed life. Trained at RAF Halton as one of Trenchard's 'Brats', a posting to Boscombe Down saw him fly in both the prototype Stirling and Halifax just as war engulfed Europe for the second time. Qualifying as one of the RAF's first flight engineers...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:206

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An Omelette and a Glass of Wine (Book)

Elizabeth David

ISBN:9781906502355

An Omelette and a Glass of Wine, offers 62 articles originally written by Elizabeth David between 1955 and 1984 for numerous publications including The Spectator...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:320

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Battle of Heligoland Bight 1939: The Royal Air Force and the Luftwaffe's Baptism of Fire (Book)

Robin Holmes

ISBN:9781906502560

The story of the first British bombing raid of the Second World War, of why Bomber Command flew by night and of the Wellington Mk.1A are all closely linked together. It is a story of the stone age of strategic bombing.

On the 4th of September 1939 Squadron Leader Paul Harris led 149 Squadron to Brunsbuttel...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:190

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Black Fokker Leader (Book)

Peter Kilduff

ISBN:9781906502287

One of the most noteworthy German fighter pilots of World War I was Leutnant der Reserve Carl Degelow, whose squadron of mostly black Fokker D.VII fighters posed a formidable threat to some of Britain's most celebrated air units on the Western Front. returncharacterreturncharacterDegelow had a unique approach to aerial combat which fascinated the author...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:192

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Brotherhood of the Skies: Wartime Experiences of a Gunnery Officer and Typhoon Pilot (Book)

David Ince

ISBN:9781906502645

David Ince may have only managed to pass the RAF medical board at this third attempt, but this did not stop him from forging a highly successful aviation career. After flying Hurricanes and Mustangs at 41 OTU...more details
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Cakes from Around the World Pbk (Book)

Julie Duff

ISBN:9781906502447

In 2003 Grub Street published Julie Duff's first book, 'Cakes Regional and Traditional'. The book was short listed for the prestigious Glenfiddich Award and was highly praised in the press especially by Nigel Slater and Tom Parker Bowles and has established itself as the classic work on British cakes...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:256

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Century of British Cooking (Book)

Marguerite Patten

ISBN:9781902304694

This book is Grub Street's lead cookery title for 1999 and is a major publishing event since Marguerite Patten is one of Britain's best known and loved cookery writers and often described as England's Cookery Queen...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:336

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Churchill's Navigator (Book)

John Mitchell

ISBN:9781906502744

'Churchill's Navigator' is an exceptional story, told with wit and verve to acclaimed author Sean Feast who has added his usual authoritative and informed insights....more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:216

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Coastal Dawn: Blenheims in Action from the Phoney War Through the Battle of Britain (Book)

Andrew Bird

ISBN:9781906502690

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Combination and Microwave Handbook (Book)

Carol Bowen

ISBN:9780948817465

This is not only a basic recipe book. It is also an essential guide and handy reference to the three major types of ovens on the market. If you are thinking of buying a microwave...more details
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Convoy Peewit: August 8th, 1940: The First Day of the Battle of Britain? (Book)

Andy Saunders

ISBN:9781906502676

During the early hours of 8 August 1940 over twenty merchant ships set sail in Convoy CW9 "Peewit" and edged past Dover, hugging the shore in complete darkness. Whilst unseen to human eyes...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:215

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D-Day Plus One: Shot Down and on the Run in France (Book)

Frank Holland

ISBN:9781906502324

The day after D-Day, the most momentous day of the Second World War, Frank Holland was an RAF pilot whose Typhoon aircraft had just been hit by German anti-aircraft fire during a low flying attack on a marshalling yard in Normandy...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:256

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Dieppe: The Greatest Air Battle (Book)

Norman Franks

ISBN:9781906502706

When Canadian troops and British Commandos made their now famous 'reconnaissance in force' against the harbor town of Dieppe on 19th August 1942...more details
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Edible Wild Plants & Herbs: A Compendium of Recipes and Remedies (Book)

Pamela Michael

ISBN:9781904943730

Exquisitely illustrated with full-colour paintings of all the plants and herbs in the book, ranging from dandelion and sorrel to sea beet and samphire...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:256

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English Puddings: Sweet and Savoury (Book)

Mary Norwak

ISBN:9781906502485

Thanks to so many of today's star chefs producing classic hearty meals as their signature dishes, we are all rediscovering the delights of our native puddings...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:208

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European Festival Food (Book)

Elisabeth Luard

ISBN:9781906502454

Since the earliest times the people of Europe have gathered together, either as families or as whole communities, to celebrate their traditional festivals - their high days and holidays...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:335

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European Peasant Cookery (Book)

Elisabeth Luard

ISBN:9781904010500

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Finding the Few: Some Outstanding Mysteries of the Battle of Britain Investigated and Solved (Book)

Andy Saunders

ISBN:9781906502553

1940 in the skies over Britain was a time of courage, heroism and extreme danger. Many men gave their lives to keep our island free and some disappeared into the summer sky with no trace of them ever being found...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:192

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Finding the Foe: Outstanding Mysteries of the Battle of Britain and Beyond Investigated and Solved (Book)

Andy Saunders

ISBN:9781906502850

Following on from the acclaimed "Finding the Few", as the title suggests this companion volume deals with the postwar discovery and recovery of wartime Luftwaffe aircrew who were downed and lost over the UK...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:182

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Five of the Few: Survivors of the Battle of Britain and Blitz Tell Their Story (Book)

Steve Darlow

ISBN:9781906502829

Ken 'Hawkeye' Lee, Terry Clark, Tony Pickering, John Ellacombe and Pete Olver - five special airmen who earned the right to wear the Battle of Britain clasp with pride. All fought through the Battle and Blitz...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:254

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George Washington's War: In Caricature and Print (Book)

Kenneth Baker

ISBN:9781906502539

This was the five-year war that made America a nation. Indeed President Barack Obama referred to it in his Inaugural Address; and every American child is steeped in its history. But all too often the fog of myth shrouds the reality from all sides of the conflict. In these pages...more details
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Halifax Down!: On the Run from the Gestapo, 1944 (Book)

Tom Wingham

ISBN:9781906502393

On the night of 22/23rd April 1944 Tom Wingham was the bomb aimer in the crew of a 76 Squadron Halifax shot down while on the way to bomb Dusseldorf. Coming to in a tangle of parachute and harness straps he realized the precariousness of his situation and so...more details
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Herman Goring Fighter Ace (Book)

Peter Kilduff

ISBN:9781906502669

Over the last 70 years, in countless books and essays, Hermann Goring has been defined by his crimes and excess during the Third Reich and the Second World War...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:192

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Heroes All: Veteran Airmen of Different Nationalities Tell Their Stories of Service in the Second World War (Book)

Steve Bond

ISBN:9781906502713

This is not a book about the rights and wrongs of war, nor the strategies of the military commanders. It is about the experiences and feelings of those in the front line charged with delivery of said strategy. It deals with the sharp end of key campaigns...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:306

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Home Baked: A Little Book of Bread, Cake and Biscuit Recipes (Book)

George Scurfield

ISBN:9781906502379

Britain is in the grip of cake mania. The Women's Institute, spiritual home of the iced occasion fruitcake, reported that interest in its baking courses was up 60 per cent in 2008; one online retailer said it was selling a cookie cutter every 15 minutes; and the nation is to be galvanized into action with the start of a National Baking Week...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:144

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Home Is the Halifax: An Extraordinary Account of Re-Building a Classic WWII Bomber and Creating the Yorkshire Air Museum to House It (Book)

Ian Robinson

ISBN:9781906502775

This fascinating book, full of contemporary photos, is Ian's account of those 13 extraordinary years before Friday the 13th was rolled out on Friday...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:145

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Hurricane R4118: The Extraordinary Story of the Discovery and Restoration of a Battle of Britain Survivor (Book)

Peter Vacher

ISBN:9781906502737

In 1982 when he was traveling in India, Peter Vacher stumbled on the remains of a British plane - a Hurricane Mark 1, a veteran of the Battle of Britain...more details
Format:Paperback / softback  Pages:160

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Illingworth's War in Cartoons: One Hundred of His Greatest Drawings 1939 - 1945 (Book)

Mark Bryant

ISBN:9781906502546

LESLIE ILLINGWORTH was one of the most distinguished British political cartoonists of the 20th century and remains for many 'the cartoonists' cartoonist'...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:128

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Into Enemy Arms: The Remarkable True Story of a German Girl's Struggle Against Nazism, and Her Daring Escape with the Allied Airman She (Book)

Michael Hingston

ISBN:9781906502317

Ditha Bruncel's detailed memory of living in Germany during the Second World War provides a rare, first-hand insight into the day-to-day struggle against Nazi oppression...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:288

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Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot: Defending the Reich Against the RAF and Usaaf (Book)

Wolfgang Fischer

ISBN:9781906502836

Within weeks of war being declared, Wolfgang Fischer had volunteered to join the Luftwaffe and spent nearly five of the succeeding six years of hostilities in uniform. His description of all these events is entertaining and well-written...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:224

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Marguerite Patten's Best British Dishes (Book)

Marguerite Patten

ISBN:9781906502232

Marguerite Patten is one of Britain's best known and best loved cookery writers. She is the author of over 170 books and numerous newspaper and magazine articles...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:351

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Master Bombers: The Experiences of a Pathfinder Squadron at War 1944-45 (Book)

Sean Feast

ISBN:9781906502812

Formed in July 1942, the Pathfinder force was the corps d'e'lite of Bomber Command, tasked with marking targets and leading bomber formations to the right place at the right time. And the best of the force formed the crews of the master bombers...more details
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Middle Eastern Cookery (Book)

Arto Der Haroutunian

ISBN:9781904010814

All Arto der Haroutunian's twelve cookbooks written in the 1980s became classics; it was his belief that the rich culinary tradition of the Middle East is the main source of many of our Western cuisines and his books were intended as an introduction to that tradition...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:384

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Napoleonic Wars in Cartoons (Book)

Mark Bryant

ISBN:9781906502270

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, the junior artillery officer of the French Revolution who became emperor and dictator of nearly all of western Europe, was the most caricatured figure of his time...more details
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North African Cookery (Book)

Arto Der Haroutunian

ISBN:9781906502348

Arto der Haroutunian takes adventurous cooks on a tour of the cuisines of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya in this comprehensive guide to North African food. There are over 300 recipes for traditional dishes such as tagines...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:313

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Pedro: The Life and Death of Fighter Ace Osgood Villiers Hanbury, Dfc and Bar (Book)

Robin Rhoderick-Jones

ISBN:9781906502652

'I went into the cloud and went flat out for a few minutes, turned, and as I dived out my luck was in and I got him head-on. He went straight into the sea and I am glad to say there were no survivors...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:168

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Potato (Book)

Patrick Mikanowski

ISBN:9781904943358

The potato has become so familiar to everyone today - it is the uncontested star on the menu of chefs both great and small - that we tend to forget its history. The potato has survived wars...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:192

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RAF Duxford: A History in Photographs from 1917 to the Present Day (Book)

Richard Smith

ISBN:9781906502331

Established in 1917 to train Royal Flying Corps aircrew, during WWI Duxford was also the base for two United States Aero Squadrons, 137 and 159...more details
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Ship-Busters: A Classic Account of RAF Torpedo-Bombers in WWII (Book)

Ralph Barker

ISBN:9781906502294

Low-level strikes against enemy shipping by torpedo-carrying aircraft were perhaps the most dangerous forms of air attack developed during WWII...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:272

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Sicilian Food: Recipes from Italy's Abundant Isle (Book)

Mary Taylor Simeti

ISBN:9781902304175

If there is one book that belongs on the shelf of food lovers, it is Sicilian Food by Mary Taylor Simeti. This book is a classic, the definitive work on Sicilian cooking and it is full of authentic...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:352

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Survival Against All Odds: Sunday, 8 June 1942: Shot Down Over France (Book)

John Misseldine

ISBN:9781906502751

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Tally-Ho!: From the Battle of Britain to the Defence of Darwin (Book)

R W Foster

ISBN:9781906502263

Bob Foster is a well known figure at book and print signings in many parts of the UK. Although recognized as a Battle of Britain veteran, little is known of his life...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:216

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To Hell and Back: True Life Experiences of Bomber Command at War (Book)

Mel Rolfe

ISBN:9781904010395

Some of them defy belief--like the RAF bomb aimer who was blown out of his Liberator over Warsaw at 400ft without a parachute and made a poignant return in 1989 to witness the unveiling of a memorial on the crash site. Others defy logic--like two men of the same crew who survived a terrible crash...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:192

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Tony Blackman - Test Pilot (Book)

Tony Blackman

ISBN:9781906502362

Tony Blackman OBE, MA FRAeS was educated at Oundle School and Trinity College Cambridge, where he obtained an honours degree in Physics. He learnt to fly in the RAF...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:248

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Torpedo Leader (Book)

Patrick Gibbs

ISBN:9781906502409

Written during the war without benefit of hindsight, this is a remarkable and valuable account. A very personal story, its lucid, exciting and readable narrative describes firstly the author's frustrations as a Staff Officer in Cairo...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:206

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Vulcan Test Pilot: My Experiences in the Cockpit of a Cold War Icon (Book)

Tony Blackman

ISBN:9781906502300

In 2007 a restored Avro Vulcan Mark 2 - XH558 - took to the skies to help commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Falklands conflict. To coincide with this the memoirs of one of its test pilots...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:224

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