The Dornier Do 335 was conceived as a high-speed, all-weather fighter, and represented the pinnacle of piston-engined aircraft design. The Do 335 was a big aircraft, weighing just over 10,000kg whe...więcej »
The Do 217 had a much larger bomb load capacity and had considerably greater range than the Do 17, which it replaced in frontline service from mid to late 1941. Although initially used simply as a ...więcej »
In 1938, the Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal, acting under the requirements issued by the Kaigun Koku Hombu for a Navy Experimental 13-Shi Carrier Borne specification for a dive-bomber to repl...więcej »
The TSR2 is one of the greatest 'what-if' aircraft of the Cold War, whose cancellation still generates anger and controversy among aviation fans. It was a magnificent, cutting-edge aircraft, one of...więcej »
One of the most remarkable mechanized campaigns of recent years pitted the brutal and heavily armed jihadis of Islamic State against an improvised force belonging to the Kurdish YPG (later the SDF)...więcej »
The German invasion of the Netherlands was meant to be a lightning-fast surgical strike, aimed at shoring up the right flank of the assault on France and Belgium. With a bold plan based largely on ...więcej »
Gaius Julius Caesar remains the most famous Roman general of all time. Although he never bore the title, historians since Suetonius have judged him to be, in practice, the very first 'emperor' - af...więcej »
As Europe plunged into World War II, Hitler ordered the development of a hi-tech secret weapon capable of taking the war across the Atlantic - the Messerschmitt Me 264. Chosen from designs for an '...więcej »
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVOURITE READS OF THE YEAR‘If I could get policymakers and citizens everywhere to read just one book this year, it would be Kim Stanley Robinson&rsquo...więcej »
As surveillance creeps into every corner of our lives, Carissa Véliz exposes how our personal data is giving too much power to big tech and governments, why that matters, and what we can do ...więcej »
A beguiling cultural history of colour by the BAFTA nominated broadcaster and art historian James Fox'This book is a triumph. James Fox's passionate and illuminating exploration of the ...więcej »
William Morris’s interests were wide-ranging: he was a poet, writer, political and social activist, conservationist and businessman, as well as a brilliant and original designer and manufactu...więcej »
'Nobody does cosy, get-away-from-it-all romance like Jenny Colgan' - Sunday ExpressSnuggle up and escape with Jenny Colgan to the beautiful island of Mure this winterOn the tiny Scottis...więcej »
When estranged twin sisters switch homes for a week, they learn more about each other's lives than they ever imagined.You can learn a lot about someone when you swap houses. . .więcej »
This is a book that contains very few numbers. Instead, it is about meeting people who have opened my eyes.It was facts that helped him explain how the world works. But it was curiosity...więcej »
A sparkling celebration of our much-loved Queen Elizabeth II for her Platinum Jubilee including special writings and illuminating insights around key moments in her 70-year reign, introduced and ed...więcej »
Why should one half be free to live, while the other is doomed to watch silently from the sidelines? In this visionary collection, Virginia Woolf leads us on a transformative journey through the li...więcej »
No one speaks of the grace year.It's forbidden.We're told we have the power to lure grown men from their beds, make boys lose their minds, and drive the wives mad with jealousy. That's ...więcej »
Humanity has often found itself on the precipice. We've survived and thrived because we've never stopped moving...'Stops you dead in your tracks ... An absolute revelation' Sue Black, b...więcej »