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74313 A WRITER AT WAR: With the Red Army 1941-


1945 by Vasily Grossman Deemed unfit for service when the Germans invaded Russia in 1941, Vasily Grossman became a special correspondent for Red Star, the Red Army newspaper, and, ironically, came to be regarded as a legendary war hero. He observed, on the Eastern Front, with a writer’s eye, the most pitiless fighting ever


known. Based on the notebooks in which he gathered his raw material. Grossman witnessed almost all the major events: the appalling defeats and desperate retreats of 1941, the defence of Moscow, fighting in the Ukraine and the fall of Berlin. In August 1942 he was posted to Stalingrad where he remained during four months of brutal street-fighting. He was present at the battle of Kursk and, as the Red Army advanced, he reached Berdichev where his worst fears for his mother and other relations were confirmed. A Jew himself, he undertook the faithful recording of Holocaust atrocities as their extent dawned, and his supremely powerful report ‘The Hell of Treblinka’ was used in evidence at the Nuremberg tribunal. It was said that he lifted war correspondence to new heights. 378 utterly gripping paperback pages illustrated in b/w. Maps, edited and translated by Antony Beevor and Luba Vinogradova. £9.99 NOW £4


74349 UPWARD AND ONWARD: The Life of Air


Vice-Marshall John Howe by Bob Cossey


Subtitled ‘The Life of Air Vice- Marshall John Howe CB CBE ASC’, we learn that John Howe started his flying career in the post- war South African Air Force. He learned to fly on Tiger Moths, Harvards and Spitfires and was posted to No.2 Squadron SAAF


which was sent to Korea. There he flew the Mustang F- 51D fighter-bomber in front-line action during his first tour. A second tour saw him with the US Infantry as a Forward Air Controller operating on the ground with the troops to call in air support. As the apartheid political situation in South Africa became more extreme, he resigned from the SAAF and travelled to England where he was welcomed by the RAF to fly their first jet fighters, and later to instruct on Vampires. He then converted to the Hunter and joined 222 Squadron at Leuchars. During the Suez Crisis he again operated as a Forward Ground Controller and landed on the beaches with 40 Commando. Later he was appointed CO of 74 Squadron, The Tigers to introduce a supersonic Lightning into service. Towards the end of his 38 year service career he commanded the RAF base at Gutersloh and his final posting was as Commandant of the RAF Regiment. Covers maritime operations, the MOD, Phantoms, display and Op aircraft, many now the stuff of aviation history. 327pp plus index and appendices and photos. £25 NOW £7


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74178 D-DAY TO VICTORY: The Diaries of a British Tank Commander


by Sgt Trevor Greenwood edited by S. V. Partington Tank Commander Sgt Trevor Greenwood of C Squadron, the 9th Royal Tank Regiment, sailed for France in June 1944 as part of the Allied invasion of Normandy. From D-Day until April 1945, he kept a daily diary of his experiences of the


final push through France and into Germany, often writing in secret, and in terrible conditions. Under fire, out-gunned and facing a bitter winter, he never loses his moral compass or his sense of humour, finding time to brew tea and maintain morale with characteristic British reserve. He has left a unique record of the war in Europe from the rarely-seen perspective of an ordinary soldier. We can do no better than to quote just one of his vivid descriptions. ‘We are being fired at in the tanks... machine-gunned from the air, shelled by artillery, mortared, sniped at... and then there are the countless mines and booby traps left behind by Jerry. Hells bells! Poor little C Squadron!’ 407 deeply moving pages with illustrations in b/w, maps, glossary of military terms and equipment, list of abbreviations, article The Organisation of 9 RTR and background material on 9 RTR. £14.99 NOW £5


74030 A COUPLE OF DUFFERS GO TO WAR by Geoffrey Lee Williams


‘At the age of nine, my twin brother and I felt ready for the war but were not ready for its consequences. The government had long planned the mass evacuation of children under the codename ‘Pied Piper’, but the details were kept secret from local authorities and the population at large. This book begins from the author’s first evacuation to Hartley in Kent and then goes on to record his impressions of three subsequent evacuations and his adventures or misadventures during the Battle of Britain, the London Blitz, D-Day and the V1 and V2 raids until the end of the war in 1945. Illustrated softback, 96pp. £10.99 NOW £4


72783 READER’S DIGEST WAR STORIES: Daring First-Hand Accounts of World War II from the Magazine Archives edited by Gill Hudson


Profiles of famous war leaders, a feature on Winston Churchill’s Cabinet War Rooms, untold stories of D-Day, and compelling accounts of history as it happened, by soldiers, seamen, pilots, prisoners and spies. A leader of the French underground recounts how a cold-hearted Nazi guard melted before his prisoners’ makeshift crèche. 159 pages, original photos. £9.99 NOW £1.75


73257 ON THE DECK OR IN THE DRINK:


Flying with the Royal Navy 1952-1964 by Lt. Brian R. Allen RN (Rtd)


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Brian Allen first went to sea as a naval aviation officer cadet on board HMS Indefatigable in 1952 and by 1954 he was flying a Vampire T22. He moved on to Anti- Submarine duties in 1955 with 737 Sqn, flying Fairey Fireflys, before being among the first to fly the Navy’s new anti-sub aircraft, the twin turboprop Fairey Gannet. A successful tour of the far- East aboard HMS Albion followed, after which he was transferred to 751 Sqn aboard HMS Warrior, an old WWII carrier on its final commission. He transferred to helicopters in 1960, surviving a ditching after whilst with HMS Albion and was posted to Helicopter Trials and Development. It was while trialling a prototype Wasp in 1961 that his tail rotor failed and he, the machine and his co- pilot Colin spun out of control into the sea off Portland Bill. Tragically Colin died and Brian suffered back injuries. Photos, 176pp. £19.99 NOW £6


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72503 WITNESSES OF WAR: Children’s Lives under the Nazis by


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Nicholas Stargardt As children absorbed the realities of Nazi occupation, Polish boys played at being Gestapo interrogators, and Jewish children in ghettos pretended to be ghetto guards or SS officers. Within days of Germany’s surrender, German children were playing at being Russian soldiers. Possibly the most shocking are the pictures drawn by young Kalman Landau, a survivor of the death camps, of daily life in the camp - roll- call, beatings, hangings, death-march, the gas chambers and liberation - all drawn in a child’s hand which makes their graphic depictions all the more heart-rending. 36 photos and drawings, 510pp. £20 NOW £5


73401 TREASURES FROM THE ATTIC: The Extraordinary Story of Anne Frank’s Family by Mirjam Pressler with Gerti Elias Carefully preserved amongst opera hats and evening gowns in the attic of their home, Anne Frank’s grandmother Alice and her daughter, Anne’s Aunt Leni, left behind over 6,000 letters and diaries. It took Gerti Elias two-and-a-half years to transcribe and edit them. The editor of the definitive version of the famous Diary of a Young Girl gives the full epic saga of a loving, close- knit family from different parts of Europe and spread over several generations. Anne wrote her diary over two years, from the age of 13, while hiding in the secret annexe of her father’s Amsterdam warehouse, in an attempt to escape the horrors of anti-semitic Nazi occupation. Now it can be put in its proper context. Here are photographs of Anne and her family, her father’s letters from the concentration camp at Auschwitz and the miraculous return of the diaries. 399 pages, illus in colour. £20 NOW £6


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It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.


- Mark Twain


74272 THE IRREPRESSIBLE CHURCHILL: Winston’s


World, Wars and Wit by Kay Halle


The American author was an intimate Churchill family friend and a regular visitor to Chartwell, and a favourite of Sir Winston’s. She spent more than three decades in frequent company with him and died in 1997 aged 93. ‘I have been


adding each new Churchillian gem to those earlier ones until they have swelled into a book-sized collection. But spring bubbled so endlessly for 90 years, and the literary and verbal output and history that inspired them was so immense, that some witticisms are bound to have escaped this urn.’ Covering Childhood, Correspondent- Soldier, Conservative then Liberal Politician, World War One, the Prophet of Evils (1930-39), World War Two, Enjoying Chartwell and Prime Minister Again, the collection takes us right up to 1965 and along the way covers speeches at Conservative party conferences, the Lord Mayor’s banquet, in the House of Commons and dozens of quotes by ear-witnesses. ‘A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.’ ‘I have a profound distaste for skim milk and no deep rooted prejudice about wine. So I have resolved the conflict in favour of the latter.’ Charismatic, eloquent, humorous and perceptive here is his remarkable military and political career, mainly in his own words through his thoughts, opinions, wit, wisdom, jokes and reposts. 338pp, illus. £9.99 NOW £6


74382 HOW TO WRITE


GREAT SCREENPLAYS And Get Them Into


Production by Linda M. James Have you got a great idea for a screenplay but do not know how to write it? Then this is the book for you. It will give you the vital information you need to know before you start to write your script, and the special skills you need to learn as you are writing it. It will


also show you how to market your work after it is written. With this exceptionally useful volume, you will learn about preparing outlines, synopses and treatments, the Three Act Structure, the writing of powerful opening scenes, and producing effective dialogue. You will also be instructed on how to use a logline as a powerful marketing tool which will interest a prospective agent or producer. There are sections on professional script formatting and organisations that help screenwriters. You will also receive essential info on how to copyright your script. What more could you possibly need? 190 paperback pages with glossary of common screen terms, famous last lines, 20 important things to check before you send out your script and five appendices. £9.99 NOW £4


74286 CRYPTIC


CROSSWORDS VOLUME TWO by Guardian Books A super selection of cryptic crosswords containing 100 puzzles set by the nation’s best-known and best-loved compilers including Araucari, Bunthorne, Paul, Shed, Mercury, Quantum and Rufus. With solutions, 228pp in paperback £6.99 NOW £3


74290 QUICK CROSSWORDS


VOLUME THREE by Guardian Books A super selection of the nation’s favourite puzzle, 124 of the best Quick Crosswords and 26 brain teasing Quipticks, the puzzle that is halfway between the quick and the cryptic. With answers, 190pp in paperback.


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72749 WRITING MYSTERIES edited by Sue Grafton


Learn to develop unique ideas, construct an airtight plot packed with intrigue and suspense, create compelling characters and atmospheric settings, develop a writing style of your own, write convincing dialogue, choose the appropriate point of view, and finally on the practical


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68084 I BEFORE E (EXCEPT AFTER C): Old-School Ways to Remember Stuff by Judy Parkinson


“There’s a little Red Port Left in the bottle” tells you the colour, name and position of navigation lights on a ship or aircraft, while “S is the verb and C is the noun, to sort out for ever that tricky choice between “practise” and “practice”. The kings and queens of England can be memorised with a handy rhyme beginning “Willie, Willie, Harry, Stee, Harry, Dick, John, Harry Three” although it leaves out Lady Jane Grey. The counties of Northern Ireland, the Seven Hills of Rome, remedies for insect stings, geological periods and tricky spellings are all made easy. Fun and very practical aides-memoires. 168pp, drawings. $14.95 NOW £5


72287 CASSELL’S DICTIONARY OF SLANG by Jonathon Green


A comprehensive A-Z guide to five centuries of slang, from the 15th century to the present day, drawn from all parts of the English-speaking world. From ‘a’ (1960s drugs) to - 1565 pages later - ‘zweideener’ (c19th Aus. 10p piece), this is bliss to those who love language and wordplay. Phrases such as ‘can’t see a hole in a forty- foot ladder’ (late c19th very drunk), ‘like an owl in an ivy bush’ (c18th woman with frizzy hair) are all explained, as are words weird and wonderful. Includes 12,500 entirely new headwords and thousands of new definitions, latest rhyming slang expressions, teen and playground slang. 85,000 entries, revised and updated second edition, 2005. 1565pp. £30 NOW £10


73719 DOES A BEAR SH*T IN THE WOODS? Answers to Rhetorical Questions by Caroline Taggart Where does time go? Can a leopard change his spots? What (sort of) time do you call this? Am I talking to myself? What are you, a man or a mouse? Who rattled your cage? Is that a fact? Is the Pope a Catholic? Am I made of money? Quis custodiet ipsos custodies? Here are answers to rhetorical questions about the meaning of life, literature, history, politics, finance, geography, science, nature, health, the law, domestic life, food and drink, sex and romance. Wonderfully browseworthy, 160pp in paperback, cartoons. $13 NOW £3.50


73427 CHAMBERS 2 IN 1 DICTIONARY AND


THESAURUS IN COLOUR by Chambers Harrap A brand new, user friendly dictionary together with clear, quick-access thesaurus giving you coverage of thousands of synonyms and antonyms. It has a clear, two-colour layout, 30,000 entries and more than 70,000 dictionary definitions, 150,000 synonyms and opposites and over 200 lists of related words from types of accommodation to signs of the zodiac. A superb, one- stop reference, under the heading SHRUB for example is a list of shrubs from Azalea to Witch Hazel and also a reference to FLOWER and PLANT. Also includes some interesting word histories with words grouped by ending. A massive 1110 pages. £18.99 NOW £9.50


73496 I HAVE A DREAM: The Speeches that


Changed History by Ferdie Addis A truly brilliant speech is unfathomable. The lines resonate with amazing power. Sometimes the secret lies in the rhythm of the words. Sometimes the art comes from a powerful metaphor or image: ‘I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king’. With examples taken from a selection of the world’s greatest orators - Jesus of Nazareth, Maximilien Robespierre, Abraham Lincoln, Emmeline Pankhurst and many more. 192 pages. £9.99 NOW £4


72819 WIT AND WISDOM OF LITERARY GREATS by Carlton Books


From writer’s block to the joys and perils of free flowing verse, here are gifted writers’ lives captured for eternity in this hearty batch of quotations from some of history’s greatest wordsmiths. More than 800 amusing and downright cutting quotations with useful index, 280pp in square softback. £9.99 NOW £3


72734 NOVEL WRITER’S TOOLKIT edited by Caroline Taggart


Here is your ultimate guide to writing and publishing a successful novel with practical advice from successful authors and publishing professionals on the realities of the commitment, writing exciting beginnings and endings, making us care about your characters, details of sights, sense and sounds to make your setting come alive, watertight research, submitting your work to agents and publishers and discovering what publishers are looking for and finally copyright and legal issues, the role of sales and marketing. 150 pages of contacts in the UK and Ireland plus courses and competitions. 256pp in paperback.


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72964 BERLITZ SPANISH 2.0: The Interactive Language Course for the 21st


Century edited by Lorraine Sova This innovative, beginner-level course features a multimedia approach. With it, you will practise listening, speaking, reading and writing in Spanish online and by following the pictures in the book. The course is divided into 18 lessons and each lesson focuses on an important theme, such as greetings, ordering food and shopping. There is real-life dialogue between native speakers, downloadable info on Spanish culture and language, animated scenes on video of culture and language in action and social networking prompts to help you to start conversations. Plus memory games and activities and a quiz. 220 pages, illus in colour, maps, FREE CD ROM. £19.99 NOW £6


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