Facing Armageddon reveals the true extent of the controversial nuclear testing and how it affected servicemen; with 25 men dying during Chas's time on Christmas Island and many more suffering mentally as they continued serving on the island.
1940 in the skies over Britain was a time of courage, heroism and extreme danger. Many men gave their lives to keep our island free and some disappeared into the summer sky with no trace of them ever being found.
What started as a notebook for her sons' eyes only, with lists of favourite ways of cooking mackerel, monkfish and sole and how to make mayonnaise to go with the gift of a handsome crab or crayfish, Lindsey Bareham's 'The Fish Store' has become a very special book, full of recollections and anecdotes, and fabulous recipes.
In 2015 Pierre Gagnaire, whose 11 restaurants worldwide boast two and three Michelin stars, was voted 'Best Chef in the World' by his peers and 2016 sees him mark 50 dazzlingly creative and successful years in the kitchen.
Winner of the 1992 Glenfiddich Award for Food Book of the Year, this is a cookery book with a strong travel bias, dealing with each of Andalucia's eight provinces in turn to provide a personal, geographical and culinary survey of the area.
Rosemary Barron's Flavours of Greece has never gone out of print. It is regarded as the most authentic and authoritative collection of Greek recipes. It was chosen as an Editor's Choice in The New York Times in the year of its publication and is the only recipe book listed in The Rough Guide to Greece and The Rough Guide to the Greek Islands.
Steve Bond is back with the final volume in this popular series. Unlike his previous three tomes, with their focus on air/rotorcraft, this book is uniquely dedicated to the personnel of the Fleet Air Arm themselves. Each chapter will concentrate on the memories of contributors who served in a range of roles, including those below the flight deck.
This first volume in this series looks chronologically at every aircraft type flown in an air defence role since 1945. Involvement in conflicts including Korea, Suez, the Falklands and Bosnia is included. All delivered in the words of the men themselves.
Following on from the success of volume one, this volume covers every fixed-wing aircraft type flown from carriers in the strike, anti-submarine warfare and the vital airborne early warning roles. Despite the intensity and operational tragedies, the esprit de corps, and the ability to find the necessary release through laughter, shine through.
Since he was a child in the 1950s watching Vampires and Meteors operating from RAF Turnhouse, Jim Walls wanted to fly aircraft, he just never envisaged that his flying career would be spent in the back seat as opposed to the front. Jim guides readers through his 40-year RAF career that included flying on Nimrods and Vulcans.
During five years of research for the Fleet Air Arm Boys series former personnel not only contributed a huge quantity of stories but also sent many thousands of photographs, largely taken by themselves, and mostly never previously seen. Flying with the Navy is a once-in-a-lifetime publication and a must-have for all devotees of the Fleet Air Arm.