Sub-titled 'True Tales from Operators of the RAF's First Single-Engined Jet' and written by an aviator who helps crew for the last airworthy ex-RAF Vampire in the world, the T.11 WZ507. Sliding out of the shadows of WWII, the de Havilland Vampire with the distinctive whine of its Goblin engine, quickly proved itself an effective alternative to piston-powered fighters. It entered service with the RAF in 1946 and held a number of notable records - the first fighter to exceed 500mph, the first to set a world altitude record of almost 60,000ft, the first to take off and land from an aircraft carrier, and the first jet to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Not bad for something built partly of wood. The book brings to life the trials and tribulations of operating a first-generation jet across the globe and their insightful anecdotes and exceptional experiences on every page. We follow squadrons across the dusty deserts of Iraq to exercises in West Germany, tales of aerial handling, incidents and accidents including the much-maligned spin characteristics, and squadron life. Together they paint a portrait of a pioneering time in aviation advancement right up to the T.11 still flying from Coventry Airport. With unique images throughout in both colour and sepia and mono. 208 large pages.

Sub-titled 'One SAS Trooper's Extraordinary Account of the Falklands War', Tony Hoare always knew he wanted to be in the SAS. Both his grandfather and father had been soldiers and Tony signed up for the Cadets at the age of 13, then the Infantry at 17, and enlisted into the Royal Green Jackets before passing arduous SAS selection in 1978. Less than four years later, Tony and his team were sent to a collection of islands just off the coast of Argentina called the Falklands, where tensions were rising and war was on the horizon. No amount of training could prepare Tony for what happened over the course of the next 12 weeks, as the Falkland Islands became a battleground between British and Argentinian forces. As helicopters crashed, and ships sank, Tony, at the centre of the action, battled across treacherous terrain and against a fearsome enemy, doing whatever it took to retake the islands. This is the full, explosive, boots-on-the-ground story from a soldier at the heart of the action, who was on the frontline throughout the entire conflict and 'all soldiers would have wanted him alongside them when things got brutal. This is a no-hold account of the Falklands War from a man who was in the fight.' - Andy McNab. The book is especially poignant on what it was like to lose friends and dealing with PTSD. Tony concludes that they 'did alright, didn't we?' 306pp.

Falklands War veteran, 2 Para and SAS, here is a true story of a great victory against all the odds, told by the men who won it. In April 1982, Argentina invaded and occupied the Falkland Islands, a British overseas territory in the South Atlantic. On 28th May, 450 men of the 2nd Battalion, the Parachute Regiment, went into action to retake the settlement of Goose Green on East Falkland, where more than 1,000 Argentine soldiers were holding 119 Falkland Islanders - men, women, children and one baby - in squalid conditions. 40 years on, Goose Green is still the biggest and bloodiest battle the British Army has fought in modern times, and this book is the living narrative of that battle. It is told by the very men who fought it, not just the soldiers but also the SAS, the Royal Navy and Merchant Navy, and others, in more than 100 exclusive personal accounts which are horrifying, touching, occasionally heart-breaking and sometimes extremely funny, presenting the most vivid and authentic records of battle ever published. Includes maps and Roll of Honour, 410pp in paperback, 16 pages of colour and black and white photos.

Over 40 romantic wartime songs of romance on two CDs starring Frank Sinatra, Vera Lynn, The Andrews Sisters, Glenn Miller, Nat 'King' Cole, Louis Armstrong, Perry Como, Doris Day, Fats Waller, Judy Garland, Mel Tormé and Dinah Shore with He's My Guy and Sarah Vaughan with What a Difference a Day Made among them. And that is just disc one. Marlene Dietrich with Falling in Love Again and Al Bowlly with Love Is the Sweetest Thing are among the second collection of 20 tracks. A bonus DVD features rare artist performances by Nat 'King' Cole, Louis Armstrong, Sarah Vaughan and others, rare footage. A nostalgic treat at a bargain price.

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A powerful Second World War story of three brothers and their sense of hope during the Holocaust, the book reads like a thriller. Harry Lenga was born in 1919 to a family of Chassidic Jews in Kozhnitz, Poland, and this true story narrated by him from his early life takes him through the ghettos, labour and death camps and early stages of 'liberation' where he and his brothers survived against the odds by a combination of luck, tremendous ingenuity, inner strength and belief, and because they could fix watches, a skill they had learned from their father, their lives were saved. Upon the German invasion of Poland, the Lenga family was upended and Harry and his brothers Mailekh and Moishe lived under the most devastating conditions imaginable, with death always imminent. They fixed watches for the Germans in the ghettos and the brutal slave labour camps of occupied Poland and Austria, from Wolanow and Starachowice to Auschwitz and Ebensee. The brothers endured, bartered, worked, prayed and lived to see liberation. In the retelling of their story there is little complaint or self-pity, and Harry's heartening story is an account of his childhood, the lessons learned from his own father, his harrowing tribulations, and the inspiring life before, during and after the war in a singular and vital story. It is a profoundly moving tribute to fortitude, resilience, brotherly love and faith. 'I really came to appreciate the life and death significance of having something as simple as a pair of shoes, a battered metal soup bowl, or a shave,' - Simon Scarrow. "So as a joke about the ARBEIT MACHT SREI ('Work Makes You Free') sign on the gate of the Auschwitz 1 camp. We would point to the smoke and the fire coming up from the crematoriums and say, 'Probably tomorrow that will be our ticket to freedom.'" 324pp, many photos.

Published in 1983, this was the first novel in Len Deighton's Bernard Samson series. An East German agent codenamed Brahms Four wants to cross the Iron Curtain and come to the West. Samson, the former field agent now stationed in London, is tasked with the rescue, but before he even sets out on the mission, suspicions arise that there is a traitor in the MI6, likely one of his closest colleagues. The agent had once saved Bernie's life. A book about betrayal of both the personal kind and that which spies indulged in. The novel was the first in the acclaimed Game, Set, Match trilogy featuring the talented yet jaded intelligence officer. 296pp, paperback.

Skilled Royal Air Force bomber pilot Sam Lambert is exhausted, and his veteran crewmen have just been replaced by an inexperienced new team. Victor von Löwenherz, a German night fighter pilot who intercepts RAF bombers in his Junkers Ju88, looks on with horror at the Nazi regime. Hansl, a German boy in the small market town of Altgarten, sleeps at home. Lambert and his crew prepare for a bombing raid on the Ruhr area. It's a night that many will never forget. Bomber is a masterful, gripping, minute-by-minute account of what occurs over the next 24 hours, told through the eyes of protagonists on all sides. It is astonishingly precise in its depictions of planes, weapons and behind-the-scenes war strategy, an unforgettable portrait of war both in the air and on the ground. Len Deighton combines his expertise as both a historian and novelist in this classic Second World War novel. Nicely designed series, 484pp in paperback.

Sub-titled 'True Tales from the Operators of the Jet Provost and Strikemaster', the book is written with all the know-how of an ex-RAF officer. As a versatile and undemanding aircraft, the Jet Provost established itself as the basic trainer for the RAF from the late 1950s until its retirement in September 1993. This magnificent flying machine is explored through the vivid memories of former air crew from the RAF and foreign air forces. The aircraft had relative success within the civilian and military display flying circuit in the 1960s and 70s. It was also part of the prestige Golden Eagle Flight at RAF Cranwell which taught the then Prince of Wales how to fly. When the Mk.5 model became the BAC 167 Strikemaster after some modifications, it assumed a counter-insurgency and light-attack role and allowed it to be sold to air forces including Ceylon, Nigeria, New Zealand, Sudan and Venezuela where it played an effective role in many border disputes and internal warfare. It was crucial to the Sultan of Oman Air Force during the Dhofar War. The book includes a foreword by Squadron Leader Terry Lloyd who was leader of the 1964-65 Red Pelicans display team and is one of the 'Boys' series not to be missed for all aviation fans. 176 large pages, packed with colour and other photos and advertising.

Stewart Blacker (Soldier, Aviator, Weapons Inventor) followed his father into the Indian Army, and the first part of this memoir, edited by his son, describes a life spent reconnoitring signals stations on the Afghan border, traversing the Chinese "roof of the world", and in August 1914 meeting a patrol of Cossacks in Turkestan and hearing rumours of an impending war in Europe. Recalled with the Indian Army to Flanders Blacker pays tribute to his comrades' bravery in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, at the end of which a delayed warrant comes through for his arrest for travelling in China without a Chinese passport. The Corps commander has other things to think about. Blacker's inventions contributed to the war effort but when he tested the placement of a Vickers gun above the propeller on an early aircraft the result was a nosedive. Posted back to India, he trained recruits for service in Iran and Palestine. The Great Game between Britain and Russia was on again, and Blacker headed an expedition through Kashmir to Turkestan and Tashkent, where the Soviets did not have the nerve to arrest them. By the end of September 1918 he and his men had reached the Chinese Pamir range. When the order came to withdraw Blacker was disappointed to be deprived of the opportunity to crush the Soviet power in Turkestan, and the subsequent Bolshevik advance caused him pain on behalf of his loyal troops. On cessation of hostilities Blacker was appointed to the War Office, and in 1933 he was involved in a daring experimental flight over Everest. His account not only gives an impression of the awe-inspiring landscape but also provides the reader with technical details about air pressure, oxygen supply and telephonic communications. On the outbreak of World War II Blacker's anti-aircraft inventions, including the PIAT, the Bombard and the Petard or Flying Dustbin are all brought into service on the Home Front. 204pp, paperback, photos.