Few weapons developed a more deadly reputation than the German ‘88' in the role of anti-tank gun, its long reach and lethal hitting power making it a significant problem for every type of Bri...
Synonimous with the starvation that killed almost two million people, Biafra was a parastate that voted to secede from Nigeria in May 1967. Formally recognized by Gabon, Ivory Coast, Tanzania, and ...
This photographic album showing the class 47 diesel locomotives has been compiled by a well-established author of similar titles, David Cable. More examples of this class were built than any other ...
Transport items of Polish (British) paratroopers shown in the detailed photos.Largely overlooked in other histories of parachute troops, the Polish unit differed in many ways from its British...
The first double-deck bus to be purpose-designed to operate in London for two generations, the New Bus for London — popularly known as the ‘Borismaster’ entered regular public ser...
Red Kite are proud to present Volume Eleven of Nigel Parker’s Luftwaffe Crash Archive. Researched over twenty years, this incredible body of work brings together details from the official RAF...
The battle of the Atlantic, fought by the Allies to maintain lines of communication and vital trade routes for armaments, men and basic sustenance, could not have been won without the 2,710 Liberty...
Where should we look for new dangers? What cunning plans might an aggressor have in mind? What are the best forms of defence? How might peace be preserved or conflict resolved? From the French rout...
The Trafalgar Chronicle is a prime source of information as well as the publication of choice for new research about the Georgian navy, sometimes also loosely referred to as ‘Nelson’s N...
The Battle of Britain was a fight for survival against a seemingly unstoppable foe. With the German army poised to invade, only the fighters of the Royal Air Force stood between Hitler and the conq...
Discover the enthralling story of how we took to the skies, in this journey through over 100 years of airborne innovation and adventure.From the Wright brothers' first powered flight to...
Over 100 models in stunning full-colour photographs. Close-ups, details and thematic spreads for variety and visual interestIn-depth captioning, annotations and an authoritative text.
Graphic Design School is organized into two main sections, ‘principles’ and ‘practice’. The first section deals with the fundamentals of design, such as composition, hierarc...
The picture below of a Castle class locomotive, since preserved, illustrates Kevin McCormack's first love: the Great Western Railway and the Western Region of British Railways. Living almost all hi...
The wars between whites and Indians, the most famous of which were fought on the great Western plains between 1860 and 1890, were among the most tragic of all conflicts ever fought. To the victor w...
This is an overview of the top 100 leading young designers working across Asia, selected by the co-founders of one of Asia’s foremost interior-design magazines, Design Anthology, based in Hon...
Discover the world of engineering with fun, step-by-step projectsThink of all the different ways we get around - by car, bus, train, plane ... even by spaceship! Transport and aerospace engineers a...
Red Kite are proud to present Volume Eight of Nigel Parker’s Luftwaffe Crash Archive. Researched over twenty years, this incredible body of work brings together details from the official RAF ...
A fine collection of rare and unusual colour photographs portraying a vast range of 'green diesels' at work on Britain's railways when they were the masters of the BR fleet.Detailed and infor...
The Imperial Japanese Navy of World War II surpassed the Allied and Axis fleets in innovation and technology. This title covers the 12 Japanese battleships that saw service between 1941 and 1945, i...