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Animal
Triumph Books 2013; US$ 24.99A stand-out character in an entertainment industry where persona is everything, George ?The Animal? Steele shares how he balanced his real life as Jim Myers, a highly respected high school teacher and coach, with the green tongued, hairy backed, turnbuckle eating wrestling icon he was in the ring. The memoir delves into the golden era of wrestling... more...
Flies in the Ointment Medical Quacks, Quirks and Oddities
HarperCollins Publishers 2010; US$ 14.49After their successful books What Killed Jane Austen? and How Isaac Newton Lost his Marbles, Dr Leavesley and Dr Biro turn their attention once again to a new collection of medical mysteries and marvels. Written with Leavesley and Biro's clinical flair and knack for diagnosing the truth, Flies in the Ointment: Medical Quacks, Quirks and Oddities... more...
What Killed Jane Austen? And Other Medical Mysteries, Marvels and Mayhem
HarperCollins Publishers 2010; US$ 15.40Jane Austen, the much-loved author of Emma, Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, was just 42 when she died. Do you know what killed her? The intriguing nature of Jane Austen's demise is just one of a series of sometimes famous, often bizarre and always memorable stories featured in What Killed Jane Austen? Why was Louis XVI embarrassed... more...
How Isaac Newton Lost His Marbles And More Medical Mysteries, Marvels and Mayhem
HarperCollins Publishers 2010; US$ 14.49After their successful book speculating on What Killed Jane Austen, Dr Jim Leavesley and Dr George Biro turn their attention to How Isaac Newton Lost His Marbles and more medical mysteries. The life and death of this hypochondriac scientist is just one of over 50 intriguing stories of famous patients, doctors, medical experiments, disasters and triumphs. ... more...
The Resignation of Eve
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. 2012; US$ 14.99In talking with women around the country, Jim Henderson has come to believe that there is an epidemic of quiet, even sad resignation among dedicated Christian women who are feeling overworked and undervalued in the church. As a result, many women are discouraged. Some, particularly young women, respond by leaving the organized church . . . or walking... more...
What Killed Jane Austen?
The History Press 2011; US$ 13.11Was Winston Churchill fit to rule? Why was Marie Antoinette's wedding night a let down? What really cost Napoleon his victory at Waterloo? What killed Jane Austen? The intriguing nature of Jane Austen's demise is just one of a series of sometimes famous and often bizarre stories featured in What Killed Jane Austen? Why did Mary Tudor have phantom... more...
LaGG & Lavochkin Aces of World War 2
Osprey Publishing 2012; US$ 15.95This book examines the LaGG family of fighters, that were amongst the first modern piston-engined interceptors made available to the Red Air Forces in early 1941and proved far better fighters than their radial-engined predecessors. Despite technical maladies and political interference from Moscow, the LaGG-3 matured into an effective fighter when flown... more...
Yakovlev Aces of World War 2
Osprey Publishing 2012; US$ 15.95The Yak-1 entered Soviet service in 1941, one of three modern types of aircraft accepted for production just prior to the German invasion of the USSR. Despite initial shortcomings, it soon proved to be the thoroughbred of the Soviet Airforce. Indeed, it remained in production until the end of the war, modernized but fundamentally recognizable. By VE-day... more...
Soviet Lend-Lease Fighter Aces of World War 2
Osprey Publishing 2012; US$ 15.95By the end of 1941 the Soviet Union was near collapse and its air force almost annihilated, leaving large numbers of surviving pilots with no aircraft to fly. At this juncture the United Kingdom put aside its prewar animosities toward the Communists and despatched several hundred Hurricane fighters despite the fact that at this time the British were... more...
Across The Great Divide
Mainstream Publishing 2012; US$ 10.67Dundee. To football fans, it has been the subject of great curiosity for as long as the game has been played professionally. How does a relatively small and economically challenged city manage to sustain two senior clubs which, perversely, play across the road from one another? And why has this rivalry not suffered the scourge of sectarianism which... more...









