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Mammoth Book of Covert Ops: True Stories of Covert Military Operations, from the Bay of Pigs to the Death of Osama Bin Laden by Jon E. Lewis
15.99 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Mammoth Books
Twenty true stories of covert military operations, from raids into Laos by elite unit MAC-V-SOG to cut the Ho Chi Minh trail during the Vietnam War to the US Navy SEAL 6 operation Neptune's Spear in Abbottabad which resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden. Lewis shines a light on the 'shadow war' units ...Show more
Mammoth Book of Special Forces Training: Physical and Mental Secrets of Elite Military Units by Jon E. Lewis
24.99 NZD
Category: Military
In this encyclopedic book, Lewis provides insights into the origins, training, tactics, weapons and achievements of special forces and special mission units throughout the world, focusing particularly on US and UK forces. He also looks at the codes that that bind the members of these elite units togethe ...Show more
SAS: The Autobiography by Jon E. Lewis
29.99 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Brief Histories
"SAS: The Autobiography" is the story of the world's most famous special forces regiment by those who truly know it - the troopers and officers themselves. From the dust of the wartime desert and raids on harboured Luftwaffe aircraft to sniping al-Qaeda in the far mountains of Afghanistan
The Mammoth Book of Antarctic Journeys: 32 Eye-witness Accounts of Adventure in the Antarctic by Jon E. Lewis (Editor)
22.99 NZD
Category: Adventure
This is the very best writing on the Antarctic, from James Cook's eighteenth-century assertion that 'no man will ever venture further than I have done' to Lynne Cox's description of her epic, icy swim in the twenty-first century - 32 first-hand accounts of men and women challenging one of the Earth's la ...Show more
The Mammoth Book of Everest: From the First Attempts to Today, 40 First-Hand Accounts by Jon E. Lewis
22.99 NZD
Category: Adventure
This selection of the very best writing on Everest begins with the first attempts and continues, via Mallory's failed bid and Hillary and Tenzing's triumph, to the disasters of recent years. It features 35 white-knuckle accounts of climbing on the world's highest mountain, with all the tragedy and trium ...Show more
The Mammoth Book of How It Happened by Jon E. Lewis
29.95 NZD
Category: History | Series: Mammoth Book of S.
Covers the great moments in history, war and politics, art and literature, sport and exploration including 9/11, the exploration of Mars and the Asian Tsunami, the Gunpowder Plot and the discovery of America, the eruption of Vesuvius, the death of Alexander and Sennacherib sacking Babylon.
The Mammoth Book of How it Happened: Everest by Jon E. Lewis
29.95 NZD
30.99 (3% off)
Category: Non-Fiction
Begining with the 1921 attempt on the summit of Everest through to the disasters of the 1990s, this work features 30 white-knuckle accounts of climbing endeavour on the world's highest mountain, with all the tragedy and triumph of humankind's striving for the top of the world.
The Mammoth Book of Pirates by Jon E. Lewis
29.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: Mammoth Book of S.
Awash with skulduggery, malice, terror and opportunism, here are 28 first-hand memoirs and contemporary reports of the most famous pirates to sail the seven seas, including Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, 'Calico Jack' Rackham, Alexander Exquemelin, Frances Drake, Anne Bonney, Jean Lafitte and the Joassamee P ...Show more
The Mammoth Book of War Correspondents by Lewis, Jon E.
32.95 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
The war correspondents and journalists contributing to this collection give vivid accounts of the nobility and depravity, the suffering and the courage of all major conflicts of the modern era. They include: Henry Villard's account of the First Battle of Bull Run; Rudyard Kipling on the Boer War; George ...Show more
The Mammoth Book of on the Edge by Jon E. Lewis
29.99 NZD
Category: Adventure
No one sees clearer than an individual whose life is hanging by the finger tips on the edge of an abyss. Probing the furthest reaches of human daring and endurance, here are 28 of the great first-hand accounts of extreme mountaineering, from legendary names. Featuring: Heinrich Harrer - first conqueror ...Show more
The New Rights of Man by Jon E. Lewis (Editor)
32.95 NZD
39.95 (17% off)
Category: Non-Fiction
Why is the Western world unique in its double bull's-eye of political liberty and material plenty? How has it managed such an unparalleled achievement? Drawing on key documents and speeches from the last 4000 years, from the diverse fields of politics, law and philosophy, economics and religion, culture ...Show more
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