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The Battle of the River Plate
At dawn on 13 December 1939, smoke was seen on the horizon; HMS Exeter was told to close in and investigate. Two minutes later a dramatic signal was sent from the British cruiser I …
The Real T E Lawrence
T. E. Lawrence, soldier and writer, the co-leader with King Faisal of Saudi Arabia of the Arab Campaign during the First World War, became a legend in his own lifetime. And yet to …
Lawrence of Arabia
A twentieth century icon, Lawrence of Arabia, as Thomas Edward Lawrence is more commonly known, spent thirteen out of his forty-six years in the region from which he drew his name. …
The SNES Encyclopedia
Following on from the previously released NES Encyclopedia, the SNES Encyclopedia is the ultimate resource for fans of Nintendo's second home video game console, the Super Nintendo …
Like Wolves on the Fold: The Defence of Rorke's Drift
Wednesday 22 January 1879 was one of the most dramatic days in the annals of military history. In the morning, a modern British army was swept aside by the onset of a seemingly …
R Patrol Long Range Desert Group
This is the story of the New Zealand R Patrol, Long Range Desert Group, who within their ranks had some very distinguished icons such as Jake Easonsmith, Don Steele, Dick Croucher …
Nile Wilson - My Story
Nile Wilson is one of Great Britain's most successful gymnasts of all time. He won Britain's first ever Olympic medal on the High Bar with a bronze in at the 2016 Rio Olympics. He …
The Golf Lover’s Guide to Wales
A golf journey through Wales is filled with discovery and delight. Beyond the majestic Royal courses of Porthcawl and St David’s, unexpected treasure awaits in every part of the …
Egyptomaniacs
An examination of the popular view of ancient Egypt as an exotic, esoteric, and mystical culture that questions if that view is entirely accurate. The Greek historian Hecataeus …
Germanicus, Rome's Unlucky Prince
Among the many epithets associated with a prince, ‘unlucky’ tends not to come to mind first. Germanicus, nephew of Tiberius, grand-nephew of Augustus, seemed to possess all that a …
Soldier in the Sand
"Simon Mayall has produced a stimulating and thought-provoking study of the modern Middle East. Part history, part scholarly analysis, Mayall has drawn on his experience of more …