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  • PETER'S MOON.

    by Michael Charlton ...
    As the seven man crew of Avro Lancaster, P-PETER stepped down from the aircraft onto home ground following six hours of hell over enemy territory. Their twenty seventh operation behing them, only three remaining before a well deserved six month stand down. That was before their captain was informed they had been chosen to carry out a top secret deep penertration raid covering the entire breadth of ... Read more

    $6.46 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Peter's Moon

    by Michael. Charlton. ...
    Their twenty seventh operation over, now only three remained before a six month well deserved stand down.Nursing his damaged Lancaster aircraft, christened "PETER" by the crew, to their home airfield, they were then faced with an extremely hazardous landing in an aircraft which could fall from the sky at any moment. Only by the skill of their pilot and commander did all seven walk away unharmed. ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • A Critical Companion to Terry Gilliam

    by Sabine Planka, Philip van der Merwe, Ian Bekker, Chris Broodryk, Michael Charlton, Jonathan Fruoco, Ulrich Meurer, Garreth O’Brien0, Ivy Roberts1, Karen Randell2, Andrew Grossman3, Kevin J. Wetmore,Jr.4, David Robinson5 ...
    Series series Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Directors
    A Critical Companion to Terry Gilliam provides a fresh, up-to-date exploration of the director’s films and artistic practices, ranging from his first film Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) to his recently released and latest film The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018). This volume presents Gilliam as a director whose films weave together an avant-garde cinematic style, imaginative exaggeration ... Read more

    $120.99 CAD

  • A Critical Companion to Robert Zemeckis

    by Adam Barkman, Antonio Sanna, Michael Charlton, Christian Jimenez, Paul Johnson, Siobhan Lyons, Kingsley Marshall, Sue Matheson, Francis Mickus0, Carl Sobocinski1, Eric Sterling2, Anneke Murley-Evenden3, David K. Chan4, Christopher H. Ketcham5, Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns6, Nicole R. Pramik7, Ludovic A. Sourdot8, David LaRocca9, Kwasu David Tembo0 ...
    Series series Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Directors
    A Critical Companion to Robert Zemeckis offers a comprehensive, academic and detailed study of the works of Robert Zemeckis, whose films include successful productions such as the Back to the Future trilogy (1985-90), Forrest Gump (1994), Contact (1997), Cast Away (2000) and The Polar Express (2004), but also lesser known films such as I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978), Used Cars (1980), and Allied ... Read more

    $158.99 CAD

  • Antihydrogen and Fundamental Physics

    by Michael Charlton, Stefan Eriksson, Graham M. Shore ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    The advent of high-precision antihydrogen spectroscopy has opened up the possibility of direct tests with unprecedented accuracy of some of the most fundamental principles of physics, notably Lorentz and CPT symmetry and the Einstein equivalence principle.This book reviews these principles, emphasising their interconnections in quantum field theory and general relativity and the special role of ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

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  • Life as a Battle of Britain Pilot

    by Jonathan Falconer ...
    Southern England. Late summer 1940. The nation is fighting for its very survival and the Luftwaffe's aerial offensive is unrelenting. All that lies between invasion and salvation for Britain is the 'thin blue line' of RAF Fighter Command and its pilots.This newly illustrated anniversary edition of Life as a Battle of Britain Pilot reveals what it was like to fly a fighter plane in the Battle of ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Achtung Spitfire! (True Combat)

    by Nigel Cawthorne ...
    `Shimmering in the morning sun, wave upon wave of bombers, driving for London. Stepped above and behind, the serried ranks of Messerschmitts. Covering mile upon mile of sky, as far as the eye could see. It was at once magnificent and terrible. I broke hard into attack, pulling the Spitfire into a climbing, spiralling turn as I did so…`Read about the development of the Spitfire in Taking to the ... Read more

    $1.83 CAD

  • Gun Button to Fire: A Hurricane Pilots Dramatic Story of the Battle of Britain

    A Hurricane Pilot's Dramatic Story of the Battle of Britain

    by Tom Neil, DFC ...
    This is a fighter pilot's story of eight memorable months from May to December 1940. When the Germans were blitzing their way across France, Pilot Officer Tom Neil had just received his first posting to 249 Squadron.Nineteen years old, fresh from training at Montrose on Hawker Audax biplanes he was soon to be pitch forked into the maelstrom of air fighting on which the survival of Britain was to ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Into the Darkness

    by Arthur R. Hoyle ...
    Our Lancaster raced over the perimeter track and then tore down the slope through the dispersal area... with its wheels thumping on the grass but still firmly on the ground. It now seemed that nothing could save us and that, in the next couple of moments, we would disappear in a great explosion. I could hear Bob saying "Get off the ground, you bastard, get off," while Harry just said nothing... ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wings on My Sleeve

    The Legendary Autobiography of Britain's Greatest Ever Test Pilot

    by Captain Eric Brown ...
    THE WORLD'S GREATEST TEST PILOT TELLS HIS STORY'When you read through his life story, it makes James Bond seem like a bit of a slacker'Kirsty Young, Desert Island Discs'The greatest test pilot who ever lived. A true inspiration'Tim Peake, astronaut and former regular British Army Air Corps officer'The stories beggar belief'Guardian'Fascinating... ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Luck and a Lancaster (2nd Edition)

    Chance and Survival in World War II

    by Harry Yates ...
    This book takes you, raid by raid, through the author's tour of operational duty over the last five months of 1944. It is a bomber pilot's story, but it is also about the grinding operational pressure, the brotherhood of the crew and fears of injury and death. It is about a squadron of Bomber Command that bore a barely-equalled burden in operational effort and losses. It is about young airmen the ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • First Light

    The Phenomenal Fighter Pilot Bestseller

    by Geoffrey Wellum ...
    Series series The Centenary Collection
    'An extraordinarily gripping and powerful story' Evening Standard'An intimate account . . . rich in detail' James Holland________Two months before the outbreak of the Second World War, eighteen-year-old Geoffrey Wellum becomes a fighter pilot with the RAF . . .Desperate to get in the air, he makes it through basic training to become the youngest Spitfire pilot in the prestigious 92 S... ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD