343 títulos para "Thistle Publishing"

Red Crown & Dragon

Delaforce, Patrick

'A thoroughly researched and amply illustrated book that lets the facts, and the soldiers, speak for themselves.' Western Morning Mail 'This book is a collection of memories from officers and men who took part in the battles of Le Cahier, Le Bon Repos, Evrecy, the Falaise Gap, the Antwerp and Lomm...

Royal Legacy

McClure, David

Over the last century the British Royal Family have benefited from special privileges like secret wills to keep their private wealth away from public scrutiny. How can Prince Charles afford to live so lavishly - many ask - and how is the Queen able to bankroll other members of her family? With the...

Open Skies, Closed Minds

Pope, Nick

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'If you have the slightest interest in unidentified flying objects, you owe it to yourself to read what Nick Pope has to say.' The Independent 'A provocative book, written in a reasoned, dispassionate manner.' Review of Books An overview of the UFO mystery, written by...

Persia in the Great Game

Wynn, Antony

'A vivid reminder of the extraordinary lives and times of those who once played the Great Game. Percy Sykes was one of the ablest, if most controversial, of these. A valuable addition to Great Game literature.' Peter Hopkirk 'A superbly researched and engaginly written biography. Sykes was a chara...

Maxwell's Academy

Trow, M. J.

The end of civilization, as Peter Maxwell knows it, is just around the corner. It comes in the form of Fiona Braymarr, the new superhead of Leighford Academy. She is a new broom, sweeping away the cobwebs of educational mediocrity and she sweeps good people along the way. And the odd thing about her...

Alamein

Latimer, Jon

‘Before Alamein we never had a victory.  After Alamein we never had a defeat.’  Winston Churchill  In a gripping account of this turning point of the Second World War, Jon Latimer gives us the experience of the men who fought – British, Australians, New Zealanders...

Animal Spy

Spamer, Terry / Thorburn, Gordon

'Terry Spamer's investigations into the camouflaged world of animal abuse will have you on the edge of your seat.' Sir Ranulph Fiennes Governments legislate against trade in wildlife yet the traffic in rare species is worth six billion dollars a year. Regulations forbid animal suffering in the food...

To Be a Pilgrim

Cary, Joyce

Tom Wilcher is a miserly lawyer deeply at odds with the modern world.  On the verge of death, he plots to run away and marry his former housekeeper Sara Monday. He reviews his life and times, looking back on the bloody conflicts that ushered in the twentieth century and on the varied fortunes...

Raise Your Grade

Gossage, Dr Denise

Here at last is the complete guide to how to revise, in a lively and engaging walkthrough style. It will give students a practical, step-by-step, framework for revision: PUMP: Plan, Understand, Memorise, Practise. Written with GCSE and A-Level students in mind, Raise Your Grade will enable all s...

The Treasure of Westminster Abbey

Rae, John

'It is one thing to say that you do not believe in ghosts and quite another to walk alone through the Abbey cloisters after dark...' Going through the cloisters one evening, Emily bumps into a stranger. In the gloom she cannot see who he is, but it seems that he wears a monk's habit, and has only a...

The Third Twin

Rae, John

It was Jonny who had not liked the idea of spending a night alone in Westminster Abbey, the great London Cathedral, with his twin brother Shamus, but it was Jonny who volunteered to be held hostage by the ghostly crowd of princes, kings and warriors who came to life at midnight, as a protest against...

Nell Gwyn

Beauclerk, Charles

`Charles Beauclerk brings to this book on his ancestress a rich and deep knowledge of the period conveyed in warm, unstuffy and amusing style' Daily Mail 'Succeeds in capturing Nell Gwyn's vivacity, originality and essential sweetness' - The Guardian 'Beauclerk tells Nell's story with obvious re...