Chris Bishop Libri

The Comprehensive Guide to over 1,000 Weapons Systems from 1945 to the Present Day

The encyclopedia of weapns of world war II is the most detailed and authoritative compendium of the weapons of mankind's greatesst conflict ever published. It is a must for the military, enthusiast, and all those interested in World War II.

Features the most significant submarines ever built, with each entry including a description of the submarine's development and history, a colour profile or cutaway, key features and specifications and packed with more than 200 artworks and photographs.

Joyce Porter is the funniest crime writer you've never heard of- until now. Creator of DCI Wilfrid Dover, Scotland Yard's laziest and rudest detective, Eddie Brown, a schoolteacher forced into Cold War spycraft against his will, and Constance Ethel Morrison-Burke ("The Hon Con"), a boisterous noblewoman turned private eye. Porter filled her mysteries with outrageous situations, sparkling dialogue, and over-the-top humor. This tribute to her works is for mystery lovers who enjoy laughing while they piece together clues.

This volume begins with the armoured vehicles of World War I, such as the Lanchester armoured car and Sturmpanzerwagon A7V tank and comes right up to date to the modern era covering the latest tanks and armoured vehicles, such as the Challenger II tank and the M88 armoured recovery vehicle.

A compact history of the Third Reich, from the Nazis' rise to power in 1930s Germany, through the invasion and occupation of Europe, to the final fall of Berlin to the Soviet Red Army in April 1945.

No fighting organization has been more multifaceted, combining political, military, and criminal to earn a reputation that garnered both respect and contempt, than Nazi Germany's dreaded Waffen-SS.First started as Hitler's personal bodyguard, the SS evolved into Germany's best equipped and most ideologically motivated fighting units.SS: Hell on the Western Front details Hitler's "Sons of the Reich" as they conquer and then defend Germany's western front. Follow the actions and atrocities of some of the most famous divisions.Learn of the Hitlerjurgend (Hitler youth) division, made up solely of the class of 1926, a fanatic group who showed an indifference to the 60% causalities suffered in Normandy. Rare action photography augmented with battle plan maps enhance author Michael Williams's graphic description of the Waffen-SS on the Western Front.

The fourth in the popular Shadow of the Raven series