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  • Impact

    Chasing a Rugby Dream, Book Two

    by James Hook, David Brayley ...
    A portrayal of a young person following their dream in the game, a cracking read' – Alun Wyn Jones, Wales and the British & Irish Lions Jimmy Joseph is enjoying a long, hot summer with his friends, counting down the days until he attends his first ever training camp at the Eagles Academy, the youth section of his local pro club. He hopes this is going to be the first major step on his journey to ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Arthur of the Iberians

    The Arthurian Legends in the Spanish and Portuguese Worlds

    Edited by David Hook ...
    Series series Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages
    This book fills the Iberian linguistic and geographical gap in Arthurian studies, replacing the now-outdated work by William J. Entwistle (1925). It covers Arthurian material in all the major Peninsular Romance languages (Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician); it follows the spread of Arthurian material overseas with the seaborne expansion of Spain and Portugal from Iberia into America and Asia ... Read more

    $36.89 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • German Infantryman (1) 1933–40

    by David Westwood ...
    Series series Warrior
    The common German infantryman played a crucial role in the events that led to the outbreak of war, and the burden of duty lay on his shoulders during the opening moves of the conflict, in the invasion of Poland, the conquest of Norway and Denmark, the Low Countries and France. The Wehrmacht was unstoppable in this period, as it defeated almost every country that took the field against it. This ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • New Zealand Infantryman vs German Motorcycle Soldier

    Greece and Crete 1941

    by David Greentree ...
    Series Book 23 - Combat
    In April 1941, as Churchill strove to counter the German threat to the Balkans, New Zealand troops were hastily committed to combat in the wake of the German invasion of Greece where they would face off against the German Kradschützen – motorcycle troops.Examining three major encounters in detail with the help of maps and contemporary photographs, this lively study shows how the New Zealanders ... Read more

    $19.89 CAD

  • Sherman's March to the Sea 1864

    Atlanta to Savannah

    by David Smith ...
    Series Book 179 - Campaign
    A detailed, illustrated account of the Union Army's controversial and destructive March to the Sea.Riding on the wave of his victory at Atlanta, Union General W. T. Sherman abandoned his supply lines in an attempt to push his forces into Confederate territory and take Savannah. During their 285-mile 'March to the Sea' the army lived off the land and destroyed all war-making capabilities of the ... Read more

    $21.19 CAD

  • European Medieval Tactics (2)

    New Infantry, New Weapons 1260–1500

    by Dr David Nicolle ...
    Series Book 189 - Elite
    With the development in the 13th century of co-operative tactics using crossbowmen and heavy spearmen, the charge by Muslim horse-archers, and then by European armoured knights, could be defied.Infantry were far cheaper and easier to train than knights, and potentially there were far more of them. Tactics emerged by which more numerous and more varied infantry played an increasing part in battles ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Saracen Strongholds AD 630–1050

    The Middle East and Central Asia

    by Dr David Nicolle ...
    Series Book 76 - Fortress
    The Islamic world drew upon a myriad of pre-existing styles of fortification, taking Romano-Byzantine, Indian and Chinese ideas to create a highly effective and sophisticated hybrid fortification that was both new and distinctive.This book examines early Saracen fortifications, covering their historical background, socio-political circumstances, and their role in protecting industry, trade and the ... Read more

    $14.09 CAD

  • Translations In Times of Disruption

    An Interdisciplinary Study in Transnational Contexts

    Edited by David Hook, Graciela Iglesias-Rogers ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book throws light on the relevance and role played by translations and translators at times of serious discontinuity throughout history. Topics explored by scholars from different continents and disciplines include war, the disintegration of transnational polities, health disasters and revolutions - be they political, social, cultural and/or technological. Surprisingly little is known, for ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

  • Crusader Castles in Cyprus, Greece and the Aegean 1191–1571

    by Dr David Nicolle ...
    Series Book 59 - Fortress
    The castles built by the Crusaders, Hospitallers, Venetians and Genoese in Cyprus, Greece, the Aegean, and on the Black Sea served to defend against a complex array of constantly changing threats.Mamluks, Catalan mercenaries, Ottoman Turks, Byzantines, independent Islamic states, Timur-i-Lenk, and widespread piracy, to name but few. The resulting fortifications - some inherited from conquered the ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • The Khazars

    A Judeo-Turkish Empire on the Steppes, 7th–11th Centuries AD

    by Mikhail Zhirohov, Dr David Nicolle ...
    Series Book 522 - Men-at-Arms
    The Khazars were one of the most important Turkic peoples in European history, dominating vast areas of southeastern Europe and the western reaches of the Central Asian steppes from the 4th to the 11th centuries AD.They were unique in that their aristocratic and military elites converted to Judaism, creating what would be territorially the largest Jewish-ruled state in world history. They became ... Read more

    $17.29 CAD

  • German Infantryman vs British Infantryman

    France 1940

    by David Greentree ...
    Series Book 14 - Combat
    When Hitler's forces poured into France and the Low Countries in 1940, the uneasy peace of the 'Phoney War' was shattered, and Europe was ripped apart by another Blitzkrieg.Forming the backbone of the German advance were the well-equipped Schützen (Rifles), motorized infantry who embodied the essence of the fluid, swift warfare that had characterized World War II thus far. Facing them were ... Read more

    $19.89 CAD

  • An Experimental Translocation of the Eastern Timber Wolf

    by Richard A. Hook, L. David Mech ...
    "An Experimental Translocation of the Eastern Timber Wolf" is a scientific report detailing a field experiment conducted by researchers Richard A. Hook, L. David Mech, William Laughlin Robinson, and Thomas F. Weise. The study focuses on the translocation (or relocation) of the Eastern Timber Wolf (Canis lupus lycaon) as part of a broader effort to understand the behavior and survival of wolf ... Read more

    $1.33 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus