June 22nd, 2009
Available 2nd August 2009
Lt Cdr Julian Stockwin MBE is perhaps best known for the excellent stories following the careers of two fiction naval characters during the Napoleonic War. These absorbing tales bring to life the Navy of Nelson and feature some novel new plots and backgrounds that have made the Kydd series an international best seller, translated into a growing number of languages and attracting an expanding readership. This new book is a delight and a labour of love. The author has been involved with the sea all of his life, serving in the Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy. Through his working life and his more recent career as a writer, he has collected a huge amount of information. From this fund of knowledge, he has selected a collection of facts and anecdotes, details of events and museums, insights into the life of seaman during the golden period of sail in the reign of George III. The diversity of information and the fascinating explanations of the background to commonly used words and phrases, such as ‘high and dry’ and ‘first rate’, will appeal to a very wide readership. The greatest service the author has done is to fill in the blanks in fictional and non-fictional naval history.
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May 18th, 2009
From a special interests publisher addressing the model engineers and model makers Mushroom Model Publications have expanded into the production of fine history titles. This new book, No 9101 in their White Series, is a fine example of their work. The co-authors have conducted a painstaking research of a subject that has received little detailed investigation. They have followed the story of Japanese special attack aircraft and unguided missiles during the Second World War. In all armed forces there are selfless acts by individuals where the act is in effect suicide with the individual giving life to protect comrades, or to achieve an objective against the heaviest odds. Less commonly some armed forces deliberately employ suicide as part of their battle line. The Japanese Kamikase pilots of WWII were one of these suicide forces. Their actions have given them great prominence in history and at the time of their deployment they created a serious threat to the over whelming Allied forces closing in on the Japanese home islands.
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May 3rd, 2009
The release of the softback edition of “Treachery” has been eagerly awaited by the growing readership of Stockwin’s excellent Kydd and Renzi series of tales of adventure on the high seas and ashore during the Napoleonic War. The release also indicates that we are only six months away from the release of the next story in its hardback edition if Hodder and Stoughton follow the release timings for the series.
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January 2nd, 2009
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With 2008 completed in all time zones, the editorial and development teams at the FIRE project thank all of our readers for using our on-line portals and on-line information resource through the past year. Once again we have seen significant growth in readership from around the world which has rewarded the efforts of our volunteer teams.
2009 will be a very tough year for many. We wish our readers every success in 2009 and triumph in adversity.
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December 20th, 2008
The author has traced the full history of British naval aviation from the writings of Admiral Thomas Cockrane more than two hundred years ago, through the use of balloons and then towed kites to the first aeroplanes and airships, on through the triumphs of World War II and into the Cold War, then through the Energy Wars and on into the future with new large carriers due to build and the increasing use of UAVs. This is not the book for those seeking a politically correct history of the Fleet Air Arm, but it is an accurate account of the extraordinary story of innovation and great courage played against the neglect and failures of politicians keen to save money. By adopting the electronic format, the publisher has been able to produce a heavily illustrated book with concise but comprehensive text at a very low price.
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December 20th, 2008
Wiley Nautical has been expanding and updating its excellent range of cruising companions. This guide is in its nineteenth edition but now published by Wiley Nautical. It has become over the years a highly regarded work and is presented in the Wiley house style for its cruising companion series. As such, it is much more than just a navigation aid to sailors. It includes a wealth of detail about the land areas around the navigable waters it covers. For anyone intending to navigate along the English East Coat, this book is an essential guide. It is also a very effective guide to those who want to learn more of the area from a distance or who may wish to tour the land around the waterways.
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December 20th, 2008
The third edition of this valuable handbook is now available. The layout is clear and simple to follow in a book that will serve as an essential primer to those intending to take the VHF radio operator’s examination and for those who already hold a certificate. In several important respects, VHF marine radio has changed little since it first became available but there have also been many significant changes. The channels and frequency range remains the same and the voice procedure remains essentially unchanged.
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December 20th, 2008
Every year new books are published on the subject of Admiral Lord Nelson and the Royal Navy of his period. It seems an almost inexhaustible topic area and yet so well populated that there cannot be room for yet another book. However most new books bring fresh insights and perspectives on what continues to be an extremely popular subject. This book is one of the best examples of a valuable new insight. Tracy has studied Nelson’s career examining not just Trafalgar, but the equally significant battles of St Vincent, the Nile and Copenhagen. Trafalgar has been covered not only for the event itself, but also for the aftermath and its impact on future naval history. This is a book that no serious student of the subject and the historical period will want to be without.
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December 20th, 2008
This book from the MMP Orange Series contains a very effective history of the Potez 63 family of twin engine multi-role aircraft that entered French service before the outbreak of war in 1939 and served in a number of other air forces. The book is lavishly illustrated with photographs, line drawings and colour sketches. Also inserted into the book is a 1/72 scale folded line drawing of the Potez 63 family with a detailed cutaway drawing on the reverse side of the Potez 63-11. A second insert is a flier for the Azur series of plastic kits of the Potez 63. The publishing company is associated with a number of other companies that includes MPM Production model kits, specializing in limited production runs of historic aircraft, using a variety of moulding techniques that produce cost effective limited product runs.
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December 4th, 2008
Just out, this eBook tells the story of British Naval Aviation, and a gripping story it is.
Fly Navy 100 will celebrate one hundred years of the Fleet Air Arm in May 2009.
The full story of British Naval Aviation starts during the Napoleonic Wars at the start of the Nineteenth Century.
Since 1908, the Royal Navy has fought a continuing battle to retain or regain control of naval aviation. Royal Navy aviators have been transfered into the Army’s Royal Flying Corps, then back under Admiralty service when the Royal Naval Air Service was formed one month before the outbreak of war in 1914, then transferred into the newly formed Royal Air Force in 1918, before returning to the Royal Navy in 1937 as the Fleet Air Arm.
The author has begun with the papers of Admiral Thomas Cockrane, followed the use of balloons and man-carrying kites, into the story of powered naval flight, two World Wars and a selection of other conflicts in which British Naval Aviation has played an important role. The author then continues on into the future with new carriers, supersonic STOVL fighters and the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles that are starting to take over roles from manned naval aircraft.
The eBook contains a great many images, including images that have never been seen by the public before.
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