Antonov's Heavy Transports: From the An-22 to An-225, 1965 to the Present, Hardcover - Yefim Gordon

This book charts the development and service history of the Antonov design bureau's heavy transport aircraft. In the late 1950s, the Antonov design...

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This engaging analysis of Western fashion explores the influence of fashion, taste, and style on people's actions and beliefs since the Middle Ages...

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Developed in the early 1950s to meet a Soviet Army requirement and first flown in June 1957, the Mi-6 was the largest-yet helicopter created in the...

Shakespeare's plays have been adapted or rewritten in various ways since the seventeenth century. This anthology brings together thirteen theatrica...

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Invisible Armies presents an entirely original narrative of warfare, which demonstrates that, far from the exception, loosely organized partisan or...

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A riotous, technicolour account of the evolution of heavy music.Publisher: Reaktion BooksAuthor(s): JR MooresIllustration(s): 19 illustrationsNumbe...

A riotous, technicolour account of the evolution of heavy music.Publisher: Reaktion BooksAuthor(s): Jr MooresIllustration(s): 19 illustrationsNumbe...

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DescriptionAfter the end of the Second World War, the Soviet Union tried to exert its political influence on the Asian continent. A major pillar of...

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Presents a thorough chronology and atlas of naval warfare from the Age of Galleys to The Nuclear Age.

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