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Monthly Specials - February 2025 titles

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20th Century Passenger Flying Boats

20th Century Passenger Flying Boats

A fast-moving journey from the first pioneers to the very last use of such craft in regions still reliant on waterborne communication with the outside world.

Author: Leslie Dawson

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 128pp. 17.8cm by 25.4cm.

ISBN: 9781526744203

Weight: 479g

Original Price: £19.99

Price:    £6.99 

Albert Speer - Escaping the Gallows

Albert Speer - Escaping the Gallows

Secret Conversations with Hitler's Top Nazi.

Author: Adrian Greaves

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 192pp. 15.2cm by 22.8cm.

ISBN: 9781399009539

Weight: 482g

Original Price: £19.99

Price:    £7.99 

Americans and Germans in Bastogne, The

Americans and Germans in Bastogne, The

First-Hand Accounts from the Commanders.

Author: Gary Sterne

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. pp. cm by cm.

ISBN: 9781526770776

Weight: 839g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £7.99 

Anne Boleyn, An Illustrated Life of Henry VIII's Queen

Anne Boleyn, An Illustrated Life of Henry VIII's Queen

Author: Roland Hui

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 192pp. 16.5cm by 24.8cm.

ISBN: 9781399087575

Weight: 637g

Original Price: £20.00

Price:    £7.99 

Artillery of the Napoleonic Wars

Artillery of the Napoleonic Wars

A Concise Dictionary, 1792-1815

Author: Kevin F Kiley

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 304pp. 16.5cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781848329539

Weight: 1.554kg

Original Price: £35.00

Price:    £9.99 

Britain in the Age of Arthur: A Military History

Britain in the Age of Arthur: A Military History

King Arthur is one of the most controversial topics of early British history. Are the legends based on a real historical figure or pure mythological invention?

Author: Ilkka Syvanne

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 256pp. 16.3cm by 23.6cm.

ISBN: 9781473895201

Weight: 821g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £7.99 

Britain's Industrial Revolution in 100 Objects

Britain's Industrial Revolution in 100 Objects

Author: John Broom

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 320pp. 17cm by 24.8cm.

ISBN: 9781399003933

Weight: 1kg

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £9.99 

Britain's Railways in the Second World War

Britain's Railways in the Second World War

Author: Michael Foley

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 256pp. 15.9cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781526772282

Weight: 711g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £7.99 

British Buses and Coaches in the 1960s

British Buses and Coaches in the 1960s

Author: Jim Blake

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 192pp. 21.6cm by 28cm.

ISBN: 9781473867819

Weight: 1.082kg

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £7.99 

British Trolleybus Systems - Wales, Midlands and East Anglia

British Trolleybus Systems - Wales, Midlands and East Anglia

Author: Peter Waller

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 152pp. 22.2cm by 28.6cm.

ISBN: 9781399022484

Weight: 898g

Original Price: £30.00

Price:    £9.99 

Cassel and Hazebrouck 1940: France and Flanders Campaign

Cassel and Hazebrouck 1940: France and Flanders Campaign

This is the first detailed account of the rearguard action that took place between 25 and 29 May 1940 at Cassel and Hazebrouck on the western perimeter of the Dunkirk Corridor.

Author: Jerry Murland

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 168pp. 13.3cm by 21cm.

ISBN: 9781473852655

Weight: 311g

Original Price: £12.99

Price:    £4.99 

Churchill's German Special Forces

Churchill's German Special Forces

The Elite Refugee Troops who took the War to Hitler

Author: Paul Moorcraft

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 256pp. 15.9cm by 24.1cm.

ISBN: 9781399061285

Weight: 517g

Original Price: £20.00

Price:    £6.99 

De Montfort - Crusaders and Revolutionaries of the Thirteenth Century

De Montfort - Crusaders and Revolutionaries of the Thirteenth Century

Author: Darren Baker

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 272pp. 15.9cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781526745491

Weight: 600g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £7.99 

Dieppe Raid: The German Perspective, The

Dieppe Raid: The German Perspective, The

Author: Graham A Thomas

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback.264 pp.16.5cm by 24.8cm.

ISBN: 9781526786067

Weight: 543g

Original Price: £22.00

Price:    £7.99 

Early and First Generation Green Diesels in Photographs

Early and First Generation Green Diesels in Photographs

Author: Brian J. Dickson

Publisher: History Press

Hardback. 128pp. 19.5cm by 26.4cm.

ISBN: 9780750992657

Weight: 663g

Original Price: £20.00

Price:    £7.99 

Early Jet Fighters: European and Soviet, 1944-1954

Early Jet Fighters: European and Soviet, 1944-1954

Author: Leo Marriott

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 160pp. 18.4cm by 24.1cm.

ISBN: 9781526753939

Weight: 416g

Original Price: £14.99

Price:    £4.99 

Falklands Guns, The

Falklands Guns, The

The Story of the Captured Argentine Artillery that Became Part of the RAF Regiment.

Author: Wing Commander Mike Fonfé

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 256pp. 15.9cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781526774422

Weight: 640g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £7.99 

Flying Scotsman Story, The

Flying Scotsman Story, The

Few locomotives are as widely known or excite so much interest as Flying Scotsman. Designed by Sir Nigel Gresley in 1923, the locomotive became a flagship for the LNER and represented them at the British Empire Exhibition in 1924 and 1925.

Author: James S. Baldwin

Publisher: History Press

Hardback. 128pp. 12.7cm by 19cm.

ISBN: 9780752494524

Weight: 267g

Original Price: £10.99

Price:    £5.99 

From Hunter to Hunted: The U-Boat in the Atlantic, 1939-1943

From Hunter to Hunted: The U-Boat in the Atlantic, 1939-1943

Expert naval author and historian Bernard Edwards traces the course of the battle of the Atlantic through a series of thrilling engagement case studies.

Author: Bernard Edwards

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 224pp. 16.5cm by 24.1cm.

ISBN: 9781526763594

Weight: 505g

Original Price: £19.99

Price:    £6.99 

Germany in the Great War: Verdun & Somme

Germany in the Great War: Verdun & Somme

For the Central Powers, 1916 was a year of trail and error, of successes and failures, of innovation and of drastic changes.

Author: Joshua Bilton

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 152pp. 19cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781473876897

Weight: 692g

Original Price: £19.99

Price:    £6.99 

Great Western Castle Class 4-6-0 Locomotives - The Final Years 1960- 1965

Great Western Castle Class 4-6-0 Locomotives - The Final Years 1960- 1965

Author: David Maidment

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 184pp. 24.8cm by 24.1cm.

ISBN: 9781399095341

Weight: 1.04kg

Original Price: £30.00

Price:    £12.99 

Gresley's Silver Link

Gresley's Silver Link

The Evolution of the A4 Pacifics 1911-1941 (Locomotive Portfolio)

Author: Tim Hillier-Graves

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 224pp. 25.4cm by 24.8cm.

ISBN: 9781399073394

Weight: 1.26kg

Original Price: £35.00

Price:    £14.99 

History of British Baking, A

History of British Baking, A

The British have been baking for centuries. Here, for the first time, is a comprehensive account of how our relationship with this much-loved art has changed, evolved and progressed over time.

Author: Emma Kay

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 224pp. 15.9cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781526757487

Weight: 700g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £5.99 

Hitler's Defeat on the Eastern Front

Hitler's Defeat on the Eastern Front

Drawing on rare and previously unpublished photographs accompanied by in-depth captions, the book provides an absorbing analysis of this traumatic period of the Second World War.

Author: Ian Baxter

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 160pp. 19cm by 24.8cm.

ISBN: 9781844159772

Weight: 480g

Original Price: £14.99

Price:    £4.99 

Hitler's Light Tanks

Hitler's Light Tanks

Author: Paul Thomas

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 128pp. 18.8cm by 24.4cm.

ISBN: 9781526741660

Weight: 473g

Original Price: £14.99

Price:    £4.99 

Hitler's War in Africa 1941-1942

Hitler's War in Africa 1941-1942

The Road to Cairo

Author: David Mitchelhill-Green

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 176pp. 15.5cm by 23.6cm.

ISBN: 9781526744364

Weight: 603g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £7.99 

Historic Parks and Gardens in and Around South Yorkshire

Historic Parks and Gardens in and Around South Yorkshire

This pioneering volume contains general chapters on the development of deer parks, landscaped parks and public parks, ornamental and kitchen gardens and short histories and visitor guides to nearly 30 historic parks and gardens open to the public.

Author: Joan Jones, Mel Jones

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 160pp. 17cm by 24.5cm.

ISBN: 9781903425473

Weight: 416g

Original Price: £12.99

Price:    £4.99 

How Britain Brought Football to the World

How Britain Brought Football to the World

From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, it was Britain that first spread the beautiful game across the world.

Author: Stuart Laycock, Philip Laycock

Publisher: History Press

Hardback. 320pp. 13.8cm by 21.6cm.

ISBN: 9780750998796

Weight: 536g

Original Price: £15.99

Price:    £6.99 

Illustrated Mauretania (1907)

Illustrated Mauretania (1907)

Notable Episodes in the Life of a Legend

Author: David F. Hutchings

Publisher: History Press

Hardback. 168pp. 24.5cm by 22.4cm.

ISBN: 9780750997157

Weight: 870g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £9.99 

Infantry Training: The National Serviceman's Handbook

Infantry Training: The National Serviceman's Handbook

Conscription, a feature of the British Army in wartime, did not cease with the end of the Second World War. For almost another two decades, men were conscripted for National Service and two years in the armed forces.

Author: Campbell McCutcheon

Publisher: History Press

Hardback. 312pp. 12.4cm by 19.8cm.

ISBN: 9781803994055

Weight: 367g

Original Price: £12.99

Price:    £5.99 

Krithia: Gallipoli

Krithia: Gallipoli

Krithia was a key objective in the land offensives; a killing ground greater than Anzac or Suvla.

Author: Stephen Chambers

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 192pp. 14cm by 21.6cm.

ISBN: 9781473875470

Weight: 467g

Original Price: £14.99

Price:    £4.99 

Last Years of the London Routemaster

Last Years of the London Routemaster

Author: Matthew Wharmby

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 128pp. 21.6cm by 28cm.

ISBN: 9781399061940

Weight: 906g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £9.99 

Leatherwork and Tanning

Leatherwork and Tanning

This book offers a whistle-stop guide to the history of leathercraft and tanning.

Author: Lynn Huggins-Cooper

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 176pp. 15.2cm by 22.8cm.

ISBN: 9781526724489

Weight: 260g

Original Price: £12.99

Price:    £3.99 

London Dennis Dart and Dart SLF, The

London Dennis Dart and Dart SLF, The

Introduced in 1989 the Dennis Dart became one of the most successful midibuses in the UK.

Author: David Beddall

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 208pp. 21.6cm by 28cm.

ISBN: 9781399095181

Weight: 1.1kg

Original Price: £35.00

Price:    £12.99 

London E/1 Tram, The

London E/1 Tram, The

This book examines the history of this important class from development through to preservation.

Author: Peter Waller

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 208pp. 22.6cm by 28.8cm

ISBN 9781526709080

Weight: 1.26kg

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £7.99 

London Feltham Tram, The

London Feltham Tram, The

London's Last Modern Tram.

Author: Peter Waller

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 147pp. 21.6cm by 27.3cm.

ISBN: 9781526702135

Weight: 990g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £7.99 

Lost Queen, The

Lost Queen, The

The Life & Tragedy of the Prince Regent's Daughter.

Author: Anne M Stott

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 320pp. 17.1cm by 24.8cm.

ISBN: 9781526736437

Weight: 703g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £7.99 

M2/M3 Bradley

M2/M3 Bradley

Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives (Images of War).

Author: David Doyle

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 231pp. 19cm by 24.4cm.

ISBN: 9781526738813

Weight: 692g

Original Price: £16.99

Price:    £4.99 

Matchlocks to Flintlocks

Matchlocks to Flintlocks

Warfare in Europe and Beyond, 1500-1700.

Author: William Urban

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 304pp. 16.5cm by 24.1cm.

ISBN: 9781399020626

Weight: 442g

Original Price: £14.99

Price:    £4.99 

Mediterranean Naval Battles That Changed the World

Mediterranean Naval Battles That Changed the World

Focusing on seven decisive naval engagements from the Greek defeat of the Persians at Salamis in the fifth century BC to the Siege of Malta during the Second World War, this book tells the story of the Mediterranean as a theatre of war at sea.

Author: Quentin Russell

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 240pp. 16.4cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781526715999

Weight: 693g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £7.99 

Military Air Power in Europe Preparing for War

Military Air Power in Europe Preparing for War

A Study of European Nations' Air Forces Leading up to 1939.

Author: Norman Ridley

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 256pp. 16.5cm by 24.8cm.

ISBN: 9781399066853

Weight: 676g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £9.99 

Military History of the Bicycle, The

Military History of the Bicycle, The

The Forgotten War Machine

Author: John Norris

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 256pp. 17.8cm by 24.8cm.

ISBN: 9781526763518

Weight: 690g

Original Price: £19.99

Price:    £6.99 

Napoleon's Peninsular War

Napoleon's Peninsular War

The French Experience of the War in Spain from Vimeiro to Corunna, 1808-1809.

Author: Paul L Dawson

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 336pp. 15.9cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781526754097

Weight: 711g

Original Price: £30.00

Price:    £7.99 

Nazi Wives

Nazi Wives

The Women at the top of Hitler's Germany.

Author: James Wyllie

Publisher: St Martin's Press

Hardback. 288pp. 16cm by 24.5cm.

ISBN: 9781250271563

Weight: 483g

Original Price: £22.72

Price:    £9.99 

Operation C3: Hitler's Plan to Invade Malta 1942

Operation C3: Hitler's Plan to Invade Malta 1942

When writing his memoirs after World War II, German Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring stated, Italy's missing her chance to occupy the island [of Malta] at the start of hostilities will go down in history as a fundamental blunder.

Author: John Burtt

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 224pp. 16.5cm by 24.8cm.

ISBN: 9781399065764

Weight: 620g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £7.99 

Photographic History of Amphibious Warfare 1939-1945, A

Photographic History of Amphibious Warfare 1939-1945, A

Author: Simon Forty, Jonathan Forty

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 256pp. 17.8cm by 25.4cm.

ISBN: 9781399082655

Weight: 874g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £9.99 

Plantagenet Princes

Plantagenet Princes

Sons of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II.

Author: Douglas Boyd

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 256pp. 15.5cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781526743060

Weight: 570g

Original Price: £19.99

Price:    £7.99 

Prelude to War: The RAF, 1936–1939

Prelude to War: The RAF, 1936–1939

Author: Martin Derry

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 176pp. 18.4cm by 24.1cm.

ISBN: 9781526754820

Weight: 510g

Original Price: £15.99

Price:    £4.99 

Porsche 911 (Car Craft)

Porsche 911 (Car Craft)

Classic German Sports Car.

Author: Lance Cole

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 64pp. 21.6cm by 29.8cm.

ISBN: 9781526756800

Weight: 341g

Original Price: £16.99

Price:    £6.99 

RAF Bomber Command at War 1939-45

RAF Bomber Command at War 1939-45

Using accounts from national and local archives, newspapers and existing historiography, the book seeks to shed light on untold stories from Bomber Command's war.

Author: Craig Armstrong

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 184pp. 16.2cm by 23.9cm.

ISBN: 9781526700513

Weight: 502g

Original Price: £19.99

Price:    £6.99 

RAF's Road to D-Day, The

RAF's Road to D-Day, The

The Struggle to Exploit Air Superiority, 1943-1944.

Author: Greg Baughen

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 312pp. 15.9cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399051804

Weight: 613g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £7.99 

Railway Guns: British and German Guns at War

Railway Guns: British and German Guns at War

Author: John Goodwin

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 160pp. 18.4cm by 26cm.

ISBN: 9781473854116

Weight: 570g

Original Price: £19.99

Price:    £7.99 

Railways and Industry on the Brecon & Merthyr

Railways and Industry on the Brecon & Merthyr

Bargoed to Pontsticill Jct., Pant to Dowlais Central (South Wales Valleys)

Author: John Hodge, R J Caston

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 120pp. 21.6cm by 28cm.

ISBN: 9781399070768

Weight: 858g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £9.99 

Railways of London Docklands, The

Railways of London Docklands, The

Their History and Development.

Author: Jonathan Willis

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 160pp. 22.8cm by 29.2cm.

ISBN: 9781526790583

Weight: 1.046kg

Original Price: £30.00

Price:    £9.99 

Redcoats of Wellington's Light Division in the Peninsular War, The

Redcoats of Wellington's Light Division in the Peninsular War, The

Unpublished and Rare Memoirs of the 52nd Regiment of Foot.

Author: Gareth Glover

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 256pp. 16.5cm by 24.8cm.

ISBN: 9781399084963

Weight: 610g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £7.99 

Retreat to Berlin

Retreat to Berlin

In dramatic detail, this book analyses the German retreat from the wastelands of the Eastern and Western Fronts into a bombed and devastated Third Reich to the very gates of Berlin.

Author: Ian Baxter

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 160pp. 19cm by 24.8cm.

ISBN: 9781848843806

Weight: 460g

Original Price: £14.99

Price:    £4.99 

Roman Warriors: The Paintings of Graham Sumner

Roman Warriors: The Paintings of Graham Sumner

Sumner’s beautiful colour reconstructions of Ancient Roman warriors over time are complemented expertly with informative, enlightening text by eminent historian and author Simon Elliott.

Author: Graham Sumner, Simon Elliott, Adrian Goldsworthy

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 208pp. 23.5cm by 30.5cm.

ISBN: 9781784387198

Weight: 1.5kg

Original Price: £40.00

Price:    £18.99 

Royal Navy Torpedo Vessels: 1870 - 1914

Royal Navy Torpedo Vessels: 1870 - 1914

Author: Les Brown

Publisher: Seaforth Publishing

Hardback. 200pp. 21.8cm by 26.4cm.

ISBN: 9781399022859

Weight: 1.015kg

Original Price: £40.00

Price:    £16.99 

Royal Yachts Under Sail

Royal Yachts Under Sail

From the time of the Restoration of Charles II, when he returned to England from Breda and was presented with the yacht Mary by the burgomaster of Amsterdam, Royal yachts began to be defined as such in England and built with that special purpose in mind.

Author: Brian Lavery

Publisher: Seaforth Publishing

Hardback. 208pp. 29.7cm by 25.2cm.

ISBN: 9781399092913

Weight: 1.238kg

Original Price: £50.00

Price:    £19.99 

Scottish Railway Scene 1973-2020, The

Scottish Railway Scene 1973-2020, The

This book takes the reader on a pictorial journey; in time from the early 1970s to 2020 and to places all around Scotland.

Author: John Burnett Kirk

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. pp. cm by cm.

ISBN: 9781399011181

Weight: 897g

Original Price: £30.00

Price:    £9.99 

Scotland Yard's History of Crime in 100 Objects

Scotland Yard's History of Crime in 100 Objects

Explore Britain’s dark criminal history through the fascinating objects that have been hidden away in the Crime Museum at Scotland Yard, a collection that, although world-famous, is so sensitive it has never before been opened to the public.

Author: Alan Moss, Keith Skinner

Publisher: History Press

Hardback. 400pp. 15.6cm by 23.4cm.

ISBN: 9780750998635

Weight: 990g

Original Price: £22.00

Price:    £9.99 

Sea Wolves: Savage Submarine Commanders of WW2

Sea Wolves: Savage Submarine Commanders of WW2

Author: Tony Matthews

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 256pp. 15.2cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399064613

Weight: 741g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £9.99 

Sherman Tank (Tank Craft)

Sherman Tank (Tank Craft)

Canadian, New Zealand and South African Armies: Italy, 1943-1945.

Author: Dennis Oliver

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 64pp. 20.3cm by 29.2cm.

ISBN: 9781399065085

Weight: 354g

Original Price: £18.99

Price:    £6.99 

South Wales Railways Gallery

South Wales Railways Gallery

Author: Stuart Davies

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 144pp. 21.6cm by 28cm.

ISBN: 9781526776013

Weight: 982g

Original Price: £30.00

Price:    £9.99 

Soviet Air Power of the Cold War

Soviet Air Power of the Cold War

At the peak of the Cold War in the 1950s the Soviet Union possessed some 12,000 aircraft, making it the largest air force of all the protagonists.

Author: Michael Green

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 224pp. 17.8cm by 24.8cm.

ISBN: 9781399085397

Weight: 806g

Original Price: £28.00

Price:    £9.99 

Spartan Supremacy 412-371 BC, The

Spartan Supremacy 412-371 BC, The

For two centuries Sparta's warriors were acknowledged as second to none. Yet at only one period in its long history did the home of these grim warriors seem set to entrench itself as the dominant power in the Greek world.

Author: Mike Roberts, Bob Bennett

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 320pp. 16cm by 23.4cm.

ISBN: 9781399077132

Weight: 450g

Original Price: £14.99

Price:    £4.99 

Stalingrad: Death of an Army

Stalingrad: Death of an Army

The very name Stalingrad has become synonymous with military folly and political arrogance. Its capture by the Wehrmacht was a crushing defeat, both militarily and politically, for the Red Army.

Author: Ben Skipper

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 54pp. 21.6cm by 30.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399007740

Weight: 355g

Original Price: £16.99

Price:    £6.99 

Stan Lee: How Marvel Changed The World

Stan Lee: How Marvel Changed The World

Stan Lee is not just another biography. It is a journey through twentieth century American history, seen through the life of a man who personifies the American Dream.

Author: Adrian Mackinder

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 192pp. 16.3cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781526771346

Weight: 496g

Original Price: £19.99

Price:    £5.99 

Steam Heritage, 1972-1985

Steam Heritage, 1972-1985

Author: David Knapman

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 128pp. 21.6cm by 28cm.

ISBN: 9781526792532

Weight: 905g

Original Price: £28.00

Price:    £9.99 

Steam Traction on the Road

Steam Traction on the Road

From Trevithick to Sentinel: 150 Years of Design and Development.

Author: Anthony Burton

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 200pp. 17.1cm by 24.1cm.

ISBN: 9781399077224

Weight: 521g

Original Price: £17.99

Price:    £6.99 

Superfoods: How to Make Them Work for You

Superfoods: How to Make Them Work for You

This delightful book demonstrates the pleasures and ease of keeping a natural and chemical-free diet and lifestyle.

Author: Julie Neville

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 282pp. 17.1cm by 24.1cm.

ISBN: 9781526717337

Weight: 757g

Original Price: £14.99

Price:    £3.99 

The Nisibis War: The Defence of the Roman East, AD 337-363

The Nisibis War: The Defence of the Roman East, AD 337-363

The war of 337-363 (which the author dubs the Nisibis War), was an exception to the traditional Roman reliance on a strategic offensive to bring about a decisive battle.

Author: John S Harrel

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 288pp. 15.7cm by 23.2cm.

ISBN: 9781526782069

Weight: 418g

Original Price: £14.99

Price:    £6.99 

United States Army Armored Division of the Second World War

United States Army Armored Division of the Second World War

Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives (Images of War).

Author: Michael Green

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 217pp. 18.8cm by 24.4cm.

ISBN: 9781526717252

Weight: 649g

Original Price: £16.99

Price:    £4.99 

US Airborne Tanks, 1939-1945

US Airborne Tanks, 1939-1945

This detailed and comprehensive study deals with every aspect of design and deployment of American airborne tanks from the earliest concepts to their actual use, by British units, on D-Day and during Operation Varsity, the Rhine crossing.

Author: Charles C Roberts Jr

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 208pp. 15.5cm by 23.6cm.

ISBN: 9781526785022

Weight: 561g

Original Price: £19.99

Price:    £6.99 

Villager Jim's Bobbin Robin

Villager Jim's Bobbin Robin

Bobbin the robin has now become rather adept at posing for Jim, perching on various platforms for wherever Jim sits in his garden.

Author: Villager Jim

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. pp. cm by cm.

ISBN: 9781526706799

Weight: 698g

Original Price: £19.99

Price:    £5.99 

Villager Jim's Garden Wildlife

Villager Jim's Garden Wildlife

Author: Villager Jim

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 248pp. 24.8cm by 17.1cm.

ISBN: 9781526706713

Weight: 674g

Original Price: £19.99

Price:    £5.99 

Wargamer's Guide to The Desert War 1940 - 1943

Wargamer's Guide to The Desert War 1940 - 1943

Author: Daniel Mersey

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 118pp. 15.5cm by 23.1cm.

ISBN: 9781473851085

Weight: 244g

Original Price: £12.99

Price:    £4.99 

Warriors of the Ancient Greek World

Warriors of the Ancient Greek World

This in-depth visual guide, Warriors of the Ancient Greek World, boasts over 140 lavishly detailed photographed and illustrated recreations of the warrior panoplies of the fifth and fourth centuries BC.

Author: Kevin L Giles

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 72pp. 21.6cm by 28cm.

ISBN: 9781526778765

Weight: 681g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £7.99 

Wars of the Roses

Wars of the Roses

The People, Places and Battlefields of the Yorkists and Lancastrians.

Author: Paul Kendall

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 224pp. 17.8cm by 24.8cm.

ISBN: 9781399097512

Weight: 870g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £9.99 

Warships of the Soviet Fleets, 1939-1945

Warships of the Soviet Fleets, 1939-1945

Volume II Escorts and Smaller Fighting Ships.

Author: Przemyslaw Budzbon, Jan Radziemski, Marek Twardowski

Publisher: Seaforth Publishing

Hardback. 304pp. 24.8cm by 29.2cm.

ISBN: 9781399022774

Weight: 1.615kg

Original Price: £45.00

Price:    £18.99 

Welsh on the Somme: Mametz Wood

Welsh on the Somme: Mametz Wood

Author: Michael Renshaw

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 176pp. 14.6cm by 22.2cm.

ISBN: 9781473832695

Weight: 321g

Original Price: £12.99

Price:    £4.99 

White Star Liners at War: A History Through Illustrations

White Star Liners at War: A History Through Illustrations

During the history of the White Star Line there were two international disputes – the Boer Wars and the First World War. White Star Line vessels valiantly served in both, including the Big Four: Celtic, Cedric, Baltic and Adriatic.

Author: Patrick Mylon

Publisher: History Press

Paperback. 108pp. 24.8cm by 22.6cm.

ISBN: 9780750988117

Weight: 450g

Original Price: £19.99

Price:    £7.99 

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