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In her role as an educator at the permanent Holocaust Exhibition at London’s Imperial War Museum, for the past eight years Cirla Lewis has been using her remarkable story to communicate the devastating impact of the Shoah to the many groups of young students who visit each year.

"A powerful and intensely moving story of courage, suffering and survival."
Paul Salmons, Holocaust Education Co-ordinator, Imperial War Museum, London.

When her eldest son was ‘statemented’ at the age of six for Dyslexia, Hazel Carr volunteered to support him in class. As she worked with other children with similar difficulties she found a new interest in special needs education and went on to train as a teaching assistant.

In 2002 she attended a course on Dyspraxia and following this course (with the support of the school at which she works) she started an exercise programme ~ which proved to be very successful.

Over 90 children later, Hazel has had the satisfaction of watching the youngsters she has helped move on in school and reach their full potential.

She is keen to share the secrets of her success with other parents and educators, helping them to achieve similar results.

A well-respected character in his home county of Hampshire in Southern England, Dave Sullivan has spent a lifetime working on the land and is renowned for his expertise as a sheep farmer as well as being well known as a lay pastor and public speaker.

Written by his wife, this enjoyable book recounts many of Dave's intersting and unusual life experiences and will delight all those with an interest in the rural way of life.

The memoirs and letters of Joe Pack and his wife-to-be Margaret Dillon, written in World War II, reveal a fascinating story, with many twists and turns.

To begin with there are Joe's recollections of his experiences as a Halifax pilot with No. 35 Squadron, culminating in his bein shot down over the Dutch/German border on his 18th operation.

His subsequent evasion from capture and return to the UK ~ via the famous Comète escape line ~ is an amazing adventure story in itself, but this is but a part of his wartime experiences...

The rediscovery of a long-forgotten case of old photographs and souvenirs inspired Mike Pinnock to begin an odyssey around the shores of the UK, retracing his Dad’s movements as a Royal Marine between the years 1921 to 1945.

In this enjoyable book, Mike journeys around the shores of Britain and beyond ~ by land and by sea ~ uncovering some surprising facts about his Dad’s life as a 'Bootneck'. He draws upon newspaper articles and letters from people who remember the great warships and historic events of the period in order to bring its spirit back to life.

In this entertaining memoir, former air navigator Eric ‘Timber’ Woods looks back on the postwar years, during which he flew with B.O.A.C. on its expanding overseas routes.

His memories of planes such as the York, Argonaut, Constellation and Boeing 707 will be enjoyed by anyone with an interest in the history of aviation and his entertaining stories of the antics of his colleagues in far-flung places in those now far-off days will bring back many happy memories for those who were also fortunate enough to fly with BOAC during those exciting, pioneering years.

At the height of the Cold War, RAF Phantoms are scrambled day and night from their base in Scotland to intercept Russian bombers probing NATO airspace around the northern waters of the UK.

For experienced Phantom navigator, Flight Lieutenant John Lynch, flying with inexperienced pilots is all part of the job. All new aircrew on 165 Squadron have to prove their combat readiness before they are sent up against the intruders from the East. Most prove their metal but occasionally one does not...

Former officers of the Royal Netherlands Air Force Martin Leeuwis (now a pilot for KLM) & Ton Van Andel have gained a worldwide reputation for their collections of aviation humour.

Guaranteed to amuse anyone who has worked in, on, with or around aircraft in any capacity ~ whether aircrew, groundcrew, in the control tower or elsewhere, these splendid cartoons and anecdotes poke fun at just about everything aeronautical and feature both military and civilian aviation scenarios. 

This book ~ their latest ~ features more laughter at the expense of the world of commercial airliners and all those who fly in them.

In this entertaining autobiographical account, veteran South African pilot Simon Van Garderen recalls his days as a bush pilot during the 1980s and 90s, flying the length and breadth of sub-Saharan Africa on secret missions for a clandestine air transport company dubbed 'Savimbi Air' by its employees.

A former SAAF jet fighter pilot, Simon had retired from military flying when he secured a job with a supposedly civilian air transport company operating from Wonderboom airport in Pretoria. It was, in reality, a covert operation of the South African government of the day, set up to secretly assist the UNITA terrorists in Angola, led by Dr Jonas Savimbi, who were waging a protracted civil war against the Communist-backed MPLA.

On 15th May 1942 Flying Officer V.D. Fletcher, a Rhodesian, was taken a few miles out from Heliopolis, shown a square of open desert with four pegs marking the corners and told to “Get on with it.”

This was to mark the beginning of the most famous Mechanical Transport Company in the Royal Air Force.
Although little has been written previously about “51” ~ the men of this unit did magnificent work during the North African Campaign and made a significant contribution to Rommel’s eventual defeat.

This is their story ~ in words and pictures.

This informative and entertaining book describes in detail the wide ranging operations undertaken by units of the RAF Police from Cape Town in South Africa through Africa, Malta, Cyprus, the Middle East and Persia to Kabul in Afghanistan between 1918 and 2006.

In Spring 1942 Squadron Leader Beck was ordered to fly to Gibraltar en route to the Middle East and thereby to be the first to land the huge new American B-24 Liberator – an aircraft which could take three miles to stop if unbraked – on its notoriously short airstrip.  Laden with two crews and their equipment he finally brought it to rest 10 yards short of disaster.

This is but one episode of the many described in his memoirs, which detail his illustrious and daring career in RAF Bomber Command from 1936 through WWII, ending as a twice-decorated Wing Commander.

To read some extracts from this book click here

This book is an absorbing chronicle of the wartime experiences of an Air Gunner in RAF Bomber Command, describing the many dangers he faced and survived and revealing how, in fewer than four years, he rose to the rank of Wing Commander ~ a remarkable achievement for an air gunner, even in the Second World War.

To read an extract from this book click here