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This book is unusual inasmuch as the author is not worried about being controversial. He wrote this work in a frank manner using his personal experience. What he does do, with much relevant observation, is to point out what might have been achieved if British targeting policies had been thought through with greater intelligence.

A biography of Jeff Lynne, who had hits with the Move in the 1960s and went on to make ELO a huge success in the 1970s and 1980s. He also produced albums for George Harrison, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty, and was a member of the supergroup The Traveling Wilburys with them. Illustrated with rarely seen photos.

The definitive history of this famous Kent air fair

A warts and all profile of this thriving modern railway franchise, serving seven of the UK's major cities based from Birmingham

The definitive work on this iconic bomber that paved the way for the Halifax and the Lancaster

A Pictorial review of the revolutionary Apache attack helicopter. The Apache is the primary attack helicopter in Europe and is mainly used by the British Army Air Corps. Darren Willmin, a keen aviation photographer captures the Apache through the lens at many prime locations including air shows and the British Army Air Corp training ground.

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David Jacobs, Alan Freeman, John Peel, Tommy Vance and Roger Scott were five of the greatest British disc jockeys of the last 60 years, all passionate about the music they presented: Jacobs the easy listening maestro, Freeman the pop-picker, Peel the alternative scene champion, Vance the lover of hard rock, and Scott an eclectic mix of genres.

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The story of General Stanislaw Skalski, VM & bar, KW & 3 bars, DSO, DFC & 2 bars, the leading Polish fighter ace, who gallantly served from the first to the last day of the Second World War. Back in communist Poland, he was arrested for spying for Britain, sentenced to death but finally released following eight years in prison.

The last decades of the 20th century saw dramatic changes in the bus industry with deregulation in October 1986. Visually London seemed to stay the same with the buses still operating in the red liveries. This book shows how the industry moved from traditional layout of rear platform and open half cab to one man buses with their front entrances.

A mix of high quality colour and black & white photographs, together with extended and informative commentaries brimming with detail, covering the railways of Devon & Cornwall in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Most of the photographs have never been published before and all were taken by the author, his father, and their friends.

Stunning photographs of Cambridge in the late 1960s, combined with personal recollections, anecdotes from other alumni, and extracts from college archives. The book considers heavyweight issues linked to the widespread student unrest in the 1960s, but suggests that most students were more interested in eating, drinking and making merry.

How a friendship forged in war between a Welsh captain and an Irish chaplain with the Eighth Army in Italy led to their adoption of a hilltop village destroyed during a massacre by a German army in retreat. The small Tuscan village still remembers the acts of kindness by the British officers, dedicating a street to their Good Samaritans.

The story of one of Britain's most distinguished RAF stations. Not as well-known as Biggin Hill, Manston was the nearest airfield to the Luftwaffe and suffered accordingly. The station's motto was 'Arise to Protect' and in two wars Manston carried out that role. It was the only station that housed aircraft of every command as well as the USAAF.

Women have had a significant presence in the circus since Patty Jones first performed in 1768 with her husband Philip Astley on the banks of the Thames. Drawing upon historical news reports and contemporary interviews, Sawdust Sisterhood explores and celebrates the intriguing lives of female performers across two centuries of circus history.

`Belfast Transport' is the story of public transport in the city from the early horse buses of the late nineteenth century to the modern Metro buses of the early twenty-first century. Mainly through pictures, it tells the story of the services which evolved and the accompanying captions illustrate not only the vehicles but their context.

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Seaton was home to many evacuees, some of whom remained. It was also the site of an internment camp, and home to soldiers from many lands, some of whom were killed fighting for the British cause. Seaton families also many sons, of them in heroic circumstances. It was a time when the community came together in a way which has not been seen since.

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