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The Marines in World War II charts the combat history of the Marines from Wake Island to Okinawa, covering every major battle in between: Guadalcan...

With the aid of over 300 photographs, complemented by full-colour maps, Gallipoli and the Middle East provides a detailed guide to the background a...

The History of World War I series recounts the battles and campaigns of the 'Great War'. From the Falkland Islands to the lakes of Africa, across t...

With 200 outstanding colour photographs, Rail Journeys takes the reader to some of the most historic, spectacular and remotest locations in the wor...

Arranged thematically by chapter, Special Forces Land Vehicles provides a complete guide to the jeeps, trucks, armoured cars, light AFVs and motorc...

Organised chronologically by type, German Aircraft of World War I offers a highly-illustrated guide to the main types of aircraft used by the Germa...

With the aid of over 300 photographs, complemented by full-colour maps, The Balkans, Italy & Africa provides a detailed guide to the background and...

Written by a leading expert and illustrated throughout with more than 300 detailed drawings and photographs showing the weapons, equipment, techniq...

With the aid of over 300 photographs, complemented by full-colour maps, The Western Front 1917-1918 provides a detailed guide to the background and...

Illustrated throughout with 200 outstanding colour photographs, Endangered Animals presents an in-depth look at around 100 species of animal from a...

Ancient Egyptians imagined the afterlife as a kind of hazardous journey you had to make to get to paradise. Presented in a Chinese-bound format wit...

Featuring more than 200 intriguing images taken by space probes travelling billions of kilometres from Earth, The Solar System is an exhilarating e...

Fakes, Scams and Forgeries details many of the most notorious deceptions in history, describing how they were perpetrated, and how they were eventu...

Arranged in chapters covering physical characteristics, senses, lifecycle and behaviour, Cats features a huge range of breeds from all around the w...

Practiced today by more than 500 million adherents, Buddhism emerged from India between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE. Illustrated with 120 ph...

On 26 April 1986, the unthinkable happened - the worst nuclear accident in history. Chernobyl provides a photographic exploration of the catastroph...

Exploring some of the world's eeriest places, Abandoned Islands features American civil war forts, Europe's last leper colony and South Atlantic wh...

Forests cover a third of our planet's land mass. They are home to more than three-quarters of the world's species. They absorb a quarter of the car...

From the gardens of the Palace of Versailles to London's Kew Gardens, from Monet's garden in France to the Tivoli Gardens in Rome, from the Japanes...

Illustrated with more than 200 photographs, artworks and maps, The Wars of the Roses reveals the scheming and betrayal, the skullduggery and murder...

Packed with more than 200 full-colour artworks and photographs of American, British, Canadian, Australian, French, Polish and other Western Allied ...

A highly illustrated guide to Allied fighter aircraft that fought in Europe during World War II featuring all the main models flown by the Allied a...

Broken down by campaign and key battles within each theatre of war, German Luftwaffe in WWII illustrates the strengths and organizational structure...

Aircraft Carriers features 52 of the most significant flat tops and amphibious assault ships built since the 1920s until the present day. Each entr...

Illustrated with more than 200 photographs, Abandoned Train Stations provides a fascinating pictorial journey through the little-known remnants of ...

Ships: Visual Encyclopedia provides a fascinating at-a-glance guide to more than 1200 of the most important ships from the earliest times to the pr...

Written around 1645, Miyamoto Musashi's Five Rings is an illustrated new modern translation of a classic Japanese work on mastery in swordsmanship,...

Presented in a pocket-sized landscape format and with captions explaining the story behind each photo, Florida is a stunning collection of images t...

The Russian Air Force is the world's second largest military air arm, capable of deploying more than 4, 000 military aircraft. Illustrated with mor...

Illustrated throughout with 200 outstanding colour photographs, Dangerous Animals presents an in-depth look at the natural world's most deadly crea...

Broken down by campaign, German Kriegsmarine in WWII illustrates the strengths and organizational structures of the Third Reich's naval forces, bui...

Arranged in chapters covering physical characteristics, senses, lifecycle, communication, behaviour and working dogs, Dogs is a hugely informative ...

Today, we may encounter the legacy of ancient Roman myths before we encounter the stories themselves, whether this is in day-to-day speech, the art...

From shrines to megacities, from paddy fields to high speed trains to the latest in digital technology, Japan is a fascinating mix of the ancient a...

Butterflies is an outstanding collection of photographs showcasing nature's most beautiful and often elusive butterflies and moths, covering their ...

Arranged chronologically by theatre, this illustrated guide gives a complete organizational breakdown of NATO and Warsaw Pact aviation units from t...

Illustrated with detailed artworks of aircraft and their markings, Allied Carrier Aircraft of World War II is a guide to all the aircraft deployed ...

Illustrated with 150 photographs and artworks, English Myths is an accessible, entertaining and highly informative exploration of the fascinating m...

Presented in a pocket-sized landscape format and with captions explaining the story behind each photo, New York is a stunning collection of images ...

Small Arms features 52 weapons from the late 19th century to the present day. Each weapon is illustrated with a colour profile artwork and photogra...

Battleships features 52 of the greatest warships to have sailed in the last 500 years. Each entry includes a description of the ship's development ...

Most of the world's exquisite and rare bird species are found in tropical rainforests - the Amazon, Sumatra, Borneo, Daintree Rainforest in Austral...

featuring theatres and opera houses - and any space for the performing arts - from the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe and Australasia, Amazing Thea...

Antarctica is a fascinating photographic exploration of this unique continent that is home to a vast array of wildlife, including penguins, seals a...

Presented in a high-quality Chinese-bound format with accompanying illustrations, The Tibetan Book of the Dead is an ideal resource of ancient wisd...

With more than 200 spectacular photographs in a handy pocket format, Thailand is a stunning collection of images celebrating one of the most exciti...

Fully illustrated with 200 photos, Criminal Profiling examines the effectiveness of profiling and describes the search for the criminal personality...

Illustrated with more than 200 colour and black-and-white photographs, maps and artworks, The Plantagenets is an expertly-written account of a medi...

Featuring 75 battlefield sites divided by wartime theatre, World War II Battlefields allows the reader to explore well-known battle locations aroun...

Illustrated with detailed artworks of tanks and their markings with exhaustive captions and specifications, Wehrmacht Panzer Divisions 1939-45 is t...

What's the truth behind the King Arthur legend and why has it endured? Long before the Marvel Universe there was the universe of Arthurian romance,...

Arranged thematically and illustrated with 150 photographs, Graves of the Great and Famous tours the world exploring the resting places of leading ...

Packed with more than 200 spectacular photographs, Canada is a stunning collection of images celebrating this beautiful country from Newfoundland a...

From the Arctic Circle to Oslo's lively city life, from the northern lights to nights when the sun never sets, from gardens to immense bridges link...

Illustrated with 180 photographs, Hidden Places ranges from exploring Siberian salt mines to a diving trench in Iceland, from bizarre trees in Pola...

In a world historically dominated by male rulers, the women who have sat on thrones of their own shine out brightly. Some queens and empresses were...

Presented in a pocket landscape format and with captions explaining each photo, California is a stunning collection of images that vividly brings t...

From the F-22 Raptor to nuclear submarines, Military Aircraft, Tanks & Warships Visual Encyclopedia is a fascinating guide to aircraft, tanks and s...

Features the most significant submarines ever built, with each entry including a description of the submarine's development and history, a colour p...

The Waffen-SS were the elite of Hitler's armies in WWII. SS-Totenkopf, is an in-depth examination of one of the most infamous of the Waffen-SS's di...

The Book of Tea, written in English in 1906 for a Western audience, celebrates the secular art of the Japanese tea ceremony and linking its importa...

With one symbol per page, accompanied by a detailed explanation and history, and printed on high quality paper with a special binding, Classic Symb...

This book covers cases throughout history, including malign spirits and gentle ghosts, apparitions, wraiths, haunted houses and spooky urban myths....

With the aid of over 300 black and white and colour photographs, complemented by full-colour maps, The Eastern Front provides a detailed guide to t...

The Arctic may be cold, vast and beautiful, but it is also home to millions of people. It is a region of extremes: extreme cold, extreme seasonal c...

Forensic science - the use of scientific methods to interpret trace evidence in criminal cases - has often been controversial, and as technology ad...

With 180 outstanding colour photographs, Abandoned Places of World War I is a brilliant pictorial examination of the physical legacy of the 'Great ...

Through dreams, visions, telepathy, and a host of other means, psychics have also predicted and tried to prevent many serious crimes. Psychic Detec...

With the aid of over 300 photographs, complemented by full-colour maps, Naval Warfare provides a detailed guide to the background and conduct of Wo...

This fully-illustrated biography provides an interesting account of Churchill's life from his childhood, military service in India and the Sudan an...