Do you know your flipper's from your ducks or your leg spinners from your off spinners? This full colour book tells you everything you need to know to play and watch cricket like a pro, including top tips, detailed diagrams, and fascinating trivia. Packed with exciting photographs of cricket stars in action, this book is a must for fans of this much-loved game.

Ultimate Guide to Cricket

Children's Books

Gavin Mortimer

Activities, Crafts & Games

DORLING KINDERSLEY C

The Blitz is one of the best known events of the Second World War. It affected more British people than any other 'battle': soldier or civilian, man or woman, adult or child -- the bombs made no distinction. Over 40,000 people were killed in the German air raids and many more injured. The scars on London took 50 years to repair and even now there are sealed up air raid shelters where the bodies remain entombed. The events of 9/11 highlighted the bravery of the New York Fire Department: yet London's firemen and emergency services did their jobs under a rain of bombs night after night, for eight months. Whole crews sometimes died as buildings collapsed on them: some of these heroes are commemorated today by having streets in the East End named after them. Gavin Mortimer concentrates on one night: the particularly savage raids of 10-11 May 1941 to reveal what it was like to experience The Blitz. Based on interviews with survivors, his gripping minute-by-minute account recaptures a time when the very survival of this country hung in the balance.

The Longest Night : The Worst Night of the London Blitz

Weidenfeld & N.

The inside story of the original SAS: does for the World War II Special Air Service what FIGHTER BOYS did for the Battle of Britain pilots. A riveting history book that reads like a novel, STIRLING'S MEN investigates the story of the SAS from its creation by David Stirling to the last battles of World War II. This is the first account of the SAS to be officially supported by the veterans and based on their unique first-hand testimony. Gavin Mortimer weaves their stories together to produce a fabulous page-turning narrative that will capture the imagination.

STIRLING'S MEN: The Inside History of the SAS in World War II

History

Military

Weidenfeld&Nicolson

" Shackleton and the Antarctic Explorers " is a revealing and fascinating look at the lives and expoits of the men who pitted their wits against Antarctica , and sometimes paid the utimate price for their daring.

Shackleton & the Antarctic Explorers: The Battle to Reach the South Pole

World

Barnes&Noble

World War 11 in secret The Hidden Conflict :1939-1

The Men Who Made the SAS: The History of the Long Range Desert Group

Constable

In his new book, WWII historian Gavin Mortimer, examines the pivotal events of one of the most famous military units of all time. Starting with the unit's formation in July 1941, Mortimer recreates the heady days when a young Scots' Guard officer called David Stirling persuaded MEHQ to give its backing to a small band of 60 men christened 'L Detachment.' From there, drawing on over 100 hours of interviews with veterans (much of which has never before been published) he describes the early raids in the desert against Axis airfields that inflicted a deadly cost on the enemy. Embellished with 150 stunning photographs, the majority of which have never before been printed, the book also features side panels on the Lewes bomb, selection and training of personnel, the importance of the French and Belgian squadrons and how the French resistance helped the regiment in 1944.

The SAS in World War II: An Illustrated History

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