Tom King's personal memoirs range across a life of exceptional activity and interest. Aged nineteen, he found himself commanding a military company against Mau Mau terrorists in Kenya; at thirty he became the youngest ever general manager in a major printing and packaging group, in charge of a factory with a staff of 700 and dealing with nine ......
Of all the ceramic processes, Maiolica truly requires a painters touch. Combining a confident sensitivity of brushwork and a vision of what might be once the subtle blends of oxides fuse with the tin glaze in the firing, it is both a rewarding and unforgiving art form. A Journey Painted in Clay celebrates the ceramic work of Agalis Manessi ......
A History of Dangerous Assumptions features over two hundred illuminating and intriguing case-studies of this fascinating
subject, including some of the most disastrous assumptions ever foisted upon the human race.
The map shows the sites of Perths many major landmarks and historical sites, lost and surviving. A comprehensive gazetteer on the reverse gives details of the many sites of interest, with a brief history and many illustrations. The map also includes an inset of Scone, place of coronation of many Scottish kings.
Greek Island Nature Diary is a lavish journal of highly detailed watercolours and accompanying pencil drawings of flora, fauna
and natural objects observed and collected during the author’s years living in Corfu and sailing the Ionian on her family’s
oceangoing catamaran.
This evocative diary is based on the author’s notes and sketches made in ......
A Forest Farm is the culmination of years of diligent research, recording the dynamic history of Tickeridge Farm in the hamlet of Kingscote, East Grinstead in Sussex. The book is a comprehensive study of the farm's development from Neolithic times to the present day. Kim Bayne travelled all over the country to discover and bring to life the ......
The Orleans Light Horse, Louisiana Cavalry, 1861aEUR"1865
A Fine Body of Men provides service records and additional biographical information for the company's 215 cavalrymen, while inviting readers to experience the major campaigns of the Civil War's Western Theater alongside these brave soldiers. As armies formed across the country in early 1861, the call to the colours sounded and volunteer groups ......
The story of the 5th Bn Coldstream Guards 1944 - 45
Jocelyn Pereiras vivid and colourful narrative of the 5th Battalion Coldstream Guards advance from Normandy to Cuxhaven in 1944-45 is a priceless piece of regimental history and a tribute to those who served in that final, testing phase of the war. It is a story of war, an intensely human endeavour, with its highs and lows, good times and bad.
