How much can you really find out about the War in the Air during the First World War in five minutes? This handy little history book will surpass all your expectations and leave you well versed on all you wish to know, and maybe even a little bit more...* Who was the highest-scoring ace?
The only miscellany-based book on WW2, with accessibly presented information, in bite-sized chunks. September 2014 is the 75th anniversary of the beginning of WW2. *Also appeared in August Buyer's Notes*
Delight in observing frenzied shoppers buying last-minute gifts, artificial trees adorned with tacky christmas decorations, and eccentric Brits up and down the country ''expressing themselves'' by decorating their houses with miles of twinkling lights, fake plastic Santas and wire-framed reindeer.
Any boy or girl subjected to a long traffic journey might have been given one or more of the 'I-Spy' books to help relieve the monotony of British roads. Printed from the 1950s all the way through the the late "90s, they came to signify a particular part of our popular culture, and said something intrinsic about the national psyche.
