Special Offers

Books that we are currently offering at a reduced price

A Beat Around the Bush

memoir - Africa
by Alastair Tompkins
Experiences of a colonial police officer in Kenya in the 1950s and 60s

A History of RAF Waddington 1916-1945

RAF History

by Raymond Leach

A detailed history of this important RAF base in Lincolnshire spanning two world wars

Adventures of a Flying Dutchman

Aviation memoir
by Rudolf J Idzerda
Autobiography of a WW2 pilot in the Netherlands Naval Air Service who went on to become a Rear Admiral and later a Director of the World Wildlife Fund

Adventures on the Infinite Highway

RAF memoir

by Peter Rivington

The airborne experiences of an RAF and airline pilot 1938-62

Air Navigation from Balloons to Concorde

Aviation history
Walter Blanchard (ed)
A definitive history of air navigation ~ from its primitive beginnings to satellite technology

Around the World in 80 Beds

Fiction/humour
by Gerhard Heilig
A light-hearted international oddysey between the sheets

Carry On Corporal

RAF humour
by Edward Cartner 
Amusing exploration of the perpetual power struggle between military officers and NCOs

Dancing Through the Void

Personal memoir

by Jacquie Clarke

Reassurance and sound advice for the recently bereaved

Flying the Waves

Aviation memoir
by Richard Pike
Experiences of an air-sea rescue helicopter pilot around the Scottish coast in the 1980s/90s

I Have Control!

RAF humour
by Edward Cartner
A junior officer's attempts to gain the respect of his subordinates and superiors never go according to plan

Liverpool Tales

Civilian memoir
by John Williams
A diverse collection of entertaining stories from a gifted Liverpudlian raconteur

Malta Remembered

WW2 memoirs
edited by Frank Rixon
A collection of stories about the George Cross Island of Malta contributed by military personnel who served there during World War 2

Milk and Honey

Fiction/humour
by Paul Stanton
A pet donkey proves more of a challenge than its owner bargained for in this warm-hearted tale of family life that will amuse all pet-owners...

Nina & Vic

RAF memoir

Janine Harrington (ed)

The correspondence between a RAF navigator and his WAAF fiancée tells a poignant WW2 love story

No Time on the Ground

RAF/aviation memoir
by Ken Fitzroy
A former military, commercial and civilian pilot looks back on 50 years in the air

On a Sailor's Grave (No Roses Grow)

Naval history
by Mike Kemble
A personal investigation into some of the greatest Maritime Disasters of the Second World War