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  • Blitzkrieg Russia

    by Jon Sutherland, Diane Canwell ...
    Series series Images of War
    The photographs are taken from five unpublished albums focussing on the German invasion of Russia in 1941 Operation Barbarossa. Two of the albums contain shots taken by German infantrymen and include shots of combat, vehicles, knocked-out tanks and prisoners of war. Two of the other albums feature flak and artillery units in the invasion. These include shots of artillery and flak units in action, ... Read more

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  • Churchill's Pirates

    The Royal Naval Patrol Service in World War II

    by Jon Sutherland, Diane Canwell ...
    The Royal Naval Patrol Service, or Harry Tates Navy as it was commonly known, was a unique service with its own rules and regulations. The officers and seamen were mainly ex-fishermen who had manned trawlers in Icelandic waters. The service was armed mostly with obsolete weaponry and suffered heavy casualties in the early stages of the war. The service was not confined to the seas around Britain ... Read more

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  • U-Boats at War in World War I and II

    by Jon Sutherland, Diane Canwell ...
    Series series Images of War
    A photographic history of German submarines in the world wars, including unseen images from the personal collections of captains and crew.U-boats were the scourge of the seas for Allied shipping during both world wars, almost bringing Britain to the brink of starvation on several occasions. This book contains unseen photographs taken by German submarine crew and captains during each war.The World ... Read more

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  • Love, Sex, Death and Words

    Surprising Tales From a Year in Literature

    by Jon Sutherland, Stephen Fender ...
    Love, sex, death, boredom, ecstasy, existential angst, political upheaval - the history of literature offers a rich and varied exploration of the human condition across the centuries. In this absorbing companion to literature's rich past, arranged by days of the year, acclaimed critics and friends Stephen Fender and John Sutherland turn up the most inspiring, enlightening, surprising or curious ... Read more

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  • The Holy Boys

    A History of the Royal Norfolk Regiment and the Royal East Anglian Regiment 1685–2010

    by Jon Sutherland, Diane Canwell ...
    The Royal Norfolk Regiment is one of the oldest and most distinguished fighting forces in the British army. Its line of descent can be traced back for over three centuries, all the way from modern Afghanistan to Monmouths rebellion in 1685.Throughout these years, and many campaigns, the regiment has maintained a marked local loyalty and tradition which remain strong today. This sense of local ... Read more

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  • Malta GC

    by Jon Sutherland, Diane Canwell ...
    Series series Images of War
    The Siege of Malta during World War II was one of the greatest dramas of the conflict. Bereft of vital defending aircraft, guns and ammunition this small island endured a succession of air raids from the Italian and German air forces. Valetta was virtually destroyed, the inhabitants took to living in the hills and caves as their houses lay in ruins. Food was scarce and the islands only salvation ... Read more

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  • Air War Malta

    June 1940 to November 1942

    by Jon Sutherland, Diane Canwell ...
    This is the story of the historic air defense of Malta by the WRAF against the combined attacking forces of the Italian and German air forces. The island was poorly equipped when Italy declared war on Britain in June 1940 and its only defense against air attack at the outset of war were 34 heavy and 8 light antiaircraft guns, one radar set and four Gladiator biplane fighters. The first air raids ... Read more

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  • Is Heathcliff a Murderer?

    Puzzles in Nineteenth-Century Fiction

    by Jon Sutherland ...
    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER IN A BRAND NEW EDITION'Enchanting...the most engagingly boffiny book imaginable.' SpectatorDoes Becky kill Jos at the end of Vanity Fair? Why does no one notice that Hetty is pregnant in Adam Bede? How, exactly, does Victor Frankenstein make his monster?Readers of Victorian fiction often find themselves tripping up on seeming anomalies, enigmas and mysteries in their ... Read more

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  • Fallschirmjager

    Elite German Paratroops in World War II

    by Jon Sutherland, Diane Canwell ...
    Series series Images of War
    A rare collection of personal photographs following Nazi Germany's airborne soldiers on their missions through the Balkans, Crete, and Russia.The photos in this book are taken from an unpublished album that belonged to a member of the elite German Paratroopers. First Sgt Wilhelm Plieschen served with Fallschirmjager Machine Gun Battalion 7, which suffered very heavy losses in the invasion of Crete ... Read more

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  • The Brontesaurus The Brontesaurus

    An A–Z of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë (and Branwell)

    by Jon Sutherland, John Crace ...
    Did Charlotte Brontë take opium? Did the Reverend Brontë carry a loaded pistol? What, precisely, does 'wuthering' mean?Distinguished literary critic John Sutherland takes an idiosyncratic look at the world of the Brontës, from the bumps on Charlotte's head to the nefarious origins of Mr Rochester's fortune, by way of astral telephony, letterwriting dogs, an exploding peat bog, and much, much more ... Read more

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  • Air War in East Africa, 1940–41

    The RAF Versus the Italian Air Force

    by Diane Canwell, Jon Sutherland ...
    This little known campaign against the Italian invasion of British Somalia was bravely fought by a small force of elderly RAF and Commonwealth aircraft against almost overwhelming odds. This, against a backdrop of Britains meager assets being in demand in the much more prominent and important theatres such as Egypt and, of course, at home during the height of the Battle of Britain and the Blitz ... Read more

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  • The Berlin Airlift

    The Salvation of a City

    by Diane Canwell, Jon Sutherland ...
    " Detailed, nuts-and-bolts exploration of the 1948–9 Berlin airlift, the first major crisis of the new Cold War." — Kirkus ReviewsAt the end of World War II, the Americans and their allies divided Berlin, the capital of Germany, into four sectors, with the Russians taking one of the sectors. The problem was that the Western (American) sector of Berlin was surrounded by the Russian sector of ... Read more

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