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74033 ARTEMIS: The Original Royal Princess by Andrew Sassoli- Walker and Sharon Poole


This lovely book celebrates the innovation in cruise ship design that Artemis The Royal Princess represented,


and highlights her career with both Princess and P&O Cruises. Built at the beginning of the modern commercial age of cruising, in 1984 she was the trend- setter of the cruise ship world. She also still holds a number of records such as: the first contemporary cruise ship to have all outside cabins and the first British passenger ship to be commanded by a female captain. At 45,000 tons the Royal Princess is small in comparison with the super-liners of today, but, when she was launched, she was one of the largest cruise ships afloat. 120 pages 25cm x 23cm, colour photos. £19.99 NOW £5


74029 100 YEARS OF WOLVERHAMPTON’S


AIRPORTS by Alec Brew Whether in use for civil or military aircraft, Wolverhampton has had an active service since 1910 and has seen aviation history in the making. The pioneering Mr Willows based his airship at Dunstall Park for a while, Sunbeam employed John Alcock, the man who would go on to become the first pilot to fly the Atlantic non-stop, and on one occasion Alan Cobham’s Flying Circus used the Perton strip. Also covers Pendeford through a collection of archive b/w photos from early dangerous test flights, two world wars, crashes, bombings, aerobatic displays and more. 96 page paperback. £12.99 NOW £3


74037 CESSNA 172: A Pocket History by Ron Smith


Just larger than a postcard size softback, jam packed with gorgeous colour photos, many to a page, statistics, flying and owning the 172, the family tree, changes in engine suppliers, here is the aircraft that is unquestionably the world’s most successful light aircraft. With previously unpublished photos, a close-up look at an individual aircraft and the differences between the many Cessna 172 and 175 variants. 128pp, paperback. £8.99 NOW £2


74124 THE DECISIVE DUEL: Spitfire vs. 109 by David Isby


Here is the story of these iconic, classic aircraft and the people who created them - Willie Messerschmitt, the German designer with a love for gliders and an admiration for Hitler, R. J. Mitchell, his brilliant British counterpart, who struggled against illness to complete the design of the Supermarine Spitfire. Isby describes the crucial role of the two opposed planes from the drawing board to Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain to the final battles over Germany. 566pp with photos. £20 NOW £7


74040 HOLYHEAD TO IRELAND: Stena and its Welsh Heritage


by Justin P. Merrigan and Ian H. Collard There can be no doubt that today’s routes to Ireland owe their existence to the railway companies of yesteryear. Co-ordinating rail and sea traffic, for passengers, mail and cargo, they built first-rate ships and developed state-of- the-art port facilities, pushing aside the irregular and unreliable services that had been run in a rather haphazard way. Here is the whole compelling story, from the sailing packets that took a day or more to make the short crossing, to the super-fast catamarans and the largest ferries. 158 paperback pages, photos in colour. £17.99 NOW £5


74049 TITANIC HERO: The Autobiography of Captain Rostron of the Carpathia by Arthur Rostron


Here is the true story of the Titanic in the words of the hero whose swift action saved the lives of just over 700 survivors. The Carpathia was sailing from New York City when, on 15th April 1912, it received a distress signal from the ocean liner Titanic which had struck an iceberg and was sinking. Captain Rostron was asleep when his wireless operator, Harold Cottom - who, by chance had left his headset on while undressing for bed - heard the signal. A list of 23 orders from Rostron to his crew were successfully implemented before Carpathia had even arrived at the scene of the disaster. 184 paperback pages, photos. £16.99 NOW £7


74310 UNDERGROUND OVERGROUND: A Passenger’s History of the Tube by Andrew Martin


The London Underground (55% of which is actually overground) is the oldest, most eccentric and characterful metropolitan transport system in the world. It transports over one billion passengers a year and has been constantly growing, evolving and “improving” ever since, through two world wars, economic booms and busts and even floods. With much humour the book is an account of grandiose ambitions, thwarted schemes, brilliant engineering, visionary planning and botched jobs from the mavericks and oddballs who designed, built and shaped it, to the definitive account of the “Mind the Gap” announcement. 304pp paperback, photos. £8.99 NOW £3.50


73818 THE JAGUAR: A Shire Book by Andrew Whyte


In 1935 William Lyons’s company SF Cars Ltd launched a range of cars called the Jaguar. The name was later adopted by the company which became known for luxury saloons and sports cars noted for their style, performance and good value. Our book describes and illustrates the history and development of the company including its personalities and cars such as the famous XK120 and E-type and the modern XJ6. This third edition, revised and updated takes the story on from the takeover by Ford up to the Jaguar XK, Car of the Year in 2006. 40 page paperback, photos. £3.99 NOW £2.25


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72539 ORIENT EXPRESS: A Personal Journey by James B. Sherwood


James B. Sherwood bought two Orient Express carriages in 1977 soon after the legendary train had been decommissioned. Determined to resurrect the Orient- Express, Sherwood found himself in marshalling yards all over Europe struggling with variations in gauge and disastrous modernisation. He was determined to recreate 1930s luxury as a hotel and travel package, and this book is the story of the venture. The decision was made to include first-class Pullman cars and load them onto a Sealink ferry for the first leg of the journey from London, doubling the budget from five to ten million dollars. Sherwood continued his railway expansion by acquiring the Eastern and Oriental line. 388pp, colour photos. £25 NOW £5


71467 WORKS WONDERS Rallying and Racing with BMC, Rootes and Chrysler by Marcus Chambers


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A works manager’s nostalgic view of the 1950s and ’60s, the golden age of motorsport. Marcus Chambers was centre-stage in international motorsport as competition manager of MG, then the whole BMC group, then finally Rootes/Chrysler. Motorsport more accessible than ever before or since, with great rallies such as Monte Carlo, Liege-Rome-Liege, the Alpine and the Acropolis, as well as the Le Mans 24 and the Sebring 12 hour endurance races. Here are serious rally cars - Austins A30, A35 and A40, Morris Minors, Mini Minors, Hillman Imps, Rileys, MGs of all kinds and Hillman Hunters. Photos, 288pp with spares lists etc. £9.99 NOW £4.75


73773 DOUGLAS DC-3 DAKOTA OWNERS’ WORKSHOP MANUAL by Paul and Louise Blackah


1935 Onwards (All Marks) An Insight into Owning, Flying, and Maintaining the Revolutionary American Transport Aircraft. This plane revolutionised air transport in the 1930s and 40s. Its success with the airline industry led to massive orders from the US military, and more than 10,000 DC-3s were built as military transports in World War II. Tough, reliable and easy to operate, it played a crucial role in the war. Its design, development and operational history are explained, and unique insights into the operation of the aircraft are revealed by owners, aircrew and ground engineers. 160 pages 28cm x 21cm very lavishly illustrated in colour and b/w with diagrams. Useful Addresses. £18.99 NOW £8


73256 FLYING SCOTSMAN: The Legend Lives On by Brian Sharpe


The Flying Scotsman, which hauled the first non-stop express from London to Edinburgh in 1928, exemplifies the Golden Age of British engineering ingenuity, and evokes the glamour, elegance and romance of the Art Deco period. She has a rich and, at times,


controversial history. In this beguiling book, the author discusses in loving detail the career of the celebrated train. In 1934, she broke the 100mph speed barrier. She has circumnavigated the globe, travelled across the USA and steamed across Australia, changed owners and colour and sold for the highest price ever paid for a locomotive. Now she has a final home at the National Railway Museum in York. 192 pages 25.5cm x 18cm, colour and archive photos. £19.99 NOW £5


72449 ENDURANCE RACING AT SILVERSTONE IN THE 1970s AND 1980s by Chad Parker


Here is a year-by-year chart of the races from 1976 through the Group C cars era up the end of the 80s with previously unpublished photos and accounts and maps of the circuits as they changed and result tables at the end of the book. See the Spice-Cosworth SE88C flying round the circuit, the space age Porsche 962 Goest Blaupunkt, the Jaguar XJR9 and the Mazda 767C with its huge spoiler. Colour photos. 96pp, softback. £14.99 NOW £3


73762 AIRLINERS OF THE 1970s by Gerry Manning


The 1970s was one of the most significant decades in civil aviation history, with widebody and supersonic airplanes being introduced to the travel industry, while reliable old four-engine flying boats were still in operation. This superb picture book captures over 300 of the decade’s aircraft in colour, and each photo comes with information about the make and model. Both Sierra Leone Airways and Antilles Airboats operating from the Virgin Islands were flying the 4-engine De Havilland Heron, while Vanguards were operated by Europe Aero Services and the short-lived Icelandic holiday charter line, Air Viking. DC-8s are pictured here in operation with Iberia, CPAir, Japan Airlines and the charter operator Aviaco. 142pp, 300 colour photos, paperback. £18.99 NOW £6


73763 AIRLINERS OF THE 1980s by Gerry Manning


Over 300 colour photos in this comprehensive book depict the wide range of aircraft in operation. Each illustrated aircraft is identified by type, operating airline and the location of the picture. The Dan-Air Airbus is a nostalgic reminder of those years, and this particular machine was broken up 10 years later when BA took over the popular airline. Other airbuses were operated by Thai Airlines, the Swiss holiday charter line Balair, and the Canadian commuter line City Express. The Tristar was a familiar sight in the UK, run by BA and British Airtours, and the ubiquitous Boeing 737 is pictured here in the striking livery of Western Airlines, founded in 1925, standing on the runway at Billings, Montana. 144pp, colour photo, paperback. £18.99 NOW £6


74114 AIRLINERS OF THE 1970s AND


1980s: Set of Two by Gerry Manning Buy both paperback titles and save more. £37.98 NOW £10


WORDS


I wish that people who have difficulty in communicating would just shut up about it.


- Tom Lehrer


74943 CARPE DIEM: Put a Little Latin In Your Life by Harry Mount


Whether you loved Latin or loathed it, or never learned it at all, Harry Mount’s inspired romp through the language, literature and history of Ancient Rome will have you in stitches. We all know some Latin phrases, including the title of this witty and entertaining book, although we may be unaware as


we use RIP, i.e. and nil desperandum as well as words such as stadium and auditorium that we are spouting Latin. In a surprising guided tour, the author breathes life into what many believe to be a dead language, breaks it down into enjoyable and humorous pieces and adds fascinating titbits that encompass everything from a Monty Python grammar lesson to the story of David Beckham’s classical tattoos. The volume also features some of the best prose and poetry from 2,000 years of literary history, a brief survey of Roman architecture and an incredibly handy Latin phrase book. 259 rough cut pages with illustrations in b/w. $19.95 NOW £6


74622 GOLDEN THREAD: The Story of Writing by Ewan Clayton


We are living at a historical turning point: the introduction of new writing tools with laptops, tablets, ipads, email, social media and inventions still to come in the next few years or even months. There have been only two other comparable moments in the story of writing: in late antiquity papyrus


scrolls gave way to books, and then again in the 15th century manuscripts were superseded by the printing press. An interest in typefaces runs in the author’s family: his grandparents lived in the Ditchling artists’ community established by the master mason and typeface creator Eric Gill, and Clayton’s study of the history of writing has been lifelong and meticulous. In search of the great Anglo-Saxon creators of the Lindisfarne Gospels, he has made yearly visits to Holy Island where the gospels were probably written by the monk Eadfrith in an extraordinary feat of artistry and physical endurance, accompanied by fasting and chanting. The Lindisfarne half-uncial script was closely related to the cursive scripts of the Carolingian Renaissance which led ultimately to handwriting as we know it. Printing was marketed as more accurate and easier to read than manuscripts, and with the invention of classic typefaces such as Jenson’s Roman type of 1470, print started taking over the world. The author examines the development of typefaces in parallel with the way handwriting continued to evolve into the present, with features on iconic typefaces such as that of London Underground. 408pp, illustrations including numerous calligraphic examples created by the author. £25 NOW £8


74967 JAPANESE ALPHABET: The 48 Essential Characters


by Gabriele Mandel Japan’s art and culture are beautifully combined in the nation’s calligraphy and complex writing system. Written Japanese consists of early Chinese ideograms - kanji and two polysyllabic alphabets, hiragana and katakana which have


an exclusively phonetic value. The use of the hiragana alphabet is linked to the establishment of a poetic and literary language in the 11th and 12th centuries and over time has produced a refined calligraphic art associated with precision. The more angular and stylistic katakana characters were developed in Buddhist monasteries. Its alphabet is constantly changing and serves today for writing foreign words and terms adopted from other languages. Beautiful to look at, the powerful aesthetic appeal was of fundamental importance to works of leading 18th and 19th century painters that made up the Ukiyo-e school and Japonisme. The book is a comprehensive guide to all the characters or kana of the alphabet presented in the traditional order of both versions. Clear indication is given of the correct sequence for writing the individual strokes and the Chinese ideogram from which it was derived. An ideal primer for calligraphers of all levels. 148pp, illus. £17.99 NOW £7.50


72339 LIGHTER THAN AIR: An Illustrated


History of Balloons and Airships by Tom D. Crouch


More than two centuries after its invention the balloon remains a critically important scientific tool, providing pictures of atmospheric conditions all over the globe. Disasters accompanied attempts to cross the Atlantic but the prize was finally achieved in August 1978 by Anderson, Abruzzo and Newman in Double Eagle II. The race was now on to circumnavigate the globe, and after some high-profile failures, Steve Fossett in Bud Light Spirit of Freedom achieved the first solo-piloted balloon flight round the world. From its debut in Paris in 1793 and continues the story through to the development of balloons and zeppelins as a military resource. Colour photos. 191pp, chronology. £19.50 NOW £6.50


Crossword Books


74851 SUNDAY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF CRYPTIC


CROSSWORDS 7 Enliven your mind! Whether over a leisurely breakfast, after a long Sunday lunch, on a journey or just in a quiet moment, nothing stimulates the mind more than completing a challenging cryptic crossword. Suppliers of baffling, infuriating and entertaining puzzles


par excellence, the compilers of the Sunday Telegraph have selected 52 puzzles to torment and ultimately satisfy. With answers. Paperback. £3.50 NOW £2


74852 SUNDAY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF CRYPTIC CROSSWORDS 8


A companion to code 74851 volume number seven, here is another 52 puzzles against which to pit your wits and if inspiration fails or frustration sets in, the solutions are included at the back. Paperback. £3.50 NOW £2


74853 SUNDAY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF QUICK CROSSWORDS 9


A companion to codes 74851 and 74852, nothing better provides mental diversion than completing a crossword. If you enjoy testing your word power and knowledge and want to be challenged and stretched in the most entertaining way, here are 60 of the best quick crosswords from the Sunday Telegraph setters. With answers. Paperback. £3.99 NOW £2


75043 SUNDAY TELEGRAPH CROSSWORDS: Set of Three


Buy all three paperbacks and save even more. £10.99 NOW £4.25


74964 HIDDEN CODES AND GRAND DESIGNS: Secret Language from Ancient Times


to Modern Day by Pierre Berloquin


Spanning more than two millennia, this astonishing book reveals history’s ingenious covert communications and secret symbols and unlocks many of humankind’s


great encryption adventures and artistic mysteries. Coding is probably as old as humanity. This volume explores how codes have come to exist and develop parallel to common open writing and speech. It follows developments from the ancient world of Pythagoras and Aeneas the tactician to the present day. The Greeks and Romans explored basic principles of cipher that, with progressive refinements, would remain in use for two millennia. The basic human need for communication and ciphers was so strong that it emerged even before an appropriate technology was available. For centuries, optical telegraphy with torches, mirrors, smoke, flags or semaphore established the basis for our current digitised networking civilisation. Code was used by the Knights Templar, the Kabbalists and the Masons. In the 20th century, a new and rather disturbing situation arose. Code underwent a quantum leap, acquiring independence and autonomy. Today, although it still depends on people to create and develop it, this acquired autonomy lets code speak on its own, and act beyond the possibility of human control, with millions of little frankencodes out there, swarming in the virtual sphere of the Internet. Are these, asks the author, a help or a danger? Rather a shiver-inducing 378 paperback pages illustrated in b/w, with solutions to the codes. $14.95 NOW £7


75018 SNARK HANDBOOK CLICHÉS EDITION by Lawrence Dorfman and James Michael Naccarato


Sub-titled ‘Overused Buzzwords, Hackneyed Phrases and Other Misuses of the English Language’. A cliché is a phrase or expression that has been used so often that it has become over familiar or commonplace. The author detests them, but admits that going even a week without using one just cannot be done. In music, on television, at the movies, in the boardroom, at a conference, online or in person, clichés have taken over the world. There was a time, he says, when they were new and vibrant, clever and pithy. Now, they are just predictable. This hilarious book is a collection of many of the most over-used ones. After each one, there is a ‘snark’, that is, a snide remark to point out to the user how trite s/he sounds. The author hopes the book will make you laugh and make you think but, as he says, at the end of the day the early bird catches the worm and slow and steady wins the race, although we really have no idea what that has to do with anything! 162 pages with line drawings. £9.99 NOW £3.50


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. $14.95 NOW £4


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