Author Topic: Latest book received (Read 452508 times)

ushistoryprof · « **Reply #1005 on:** March 24, 2010, 07:54:45 PM »

Quote from: rob_alderman on March 24, 2010, 07:19:14 PM

Just picked up 4 WAB books in a charity shop for £5!

Not a WAB player, but still!

Oh go ahead and give it a try...you know you want to...isn't terrible how addictive this hobby is...ahhhh I must by more lead, I must but more lead...

twrchtrwyth · « **Reply #1006 on:** March 27, 2010, 08:03:14 PM »

Captain Swing and the Electric Pirates of Cindery Island by Warren Ellis

Victorian Undead

Tomsche · « **Reply #1007 on:** April 03, 2010, 05:40:02 PM »

Osprey`s Men at Arms The Italian Army in World War 1 and Men At Arms the Abyssinian Conflict (to further my PULP forces

), the Battles by GASLIGHT booklet and Planet X from Rattrap

Red Orc · « **Reply #1008 on:** April 03, 2010, 09:45:24 PM »

Got 'Aetheric Mechanics' as an unexpected 'Easter egg' from my lovely girlfriend... I liked it, but it didn't tell me as much about Ruritania as I'd like!

Spong · « **Reply #1009 on:** April 04, 2010, 12:24:02 PM »

"America's Premier Gunmakers - Remington" by K. D. Kirkland (JG Press).

Picked it up reduced to £4.99 at a military book/miniatures shop in Cardiff. Very interesting read and thorough too, even covers Remington's bicycles, tools, sewing machines and typewriters. Some of the background and 'Remington's story' stuff is a bit fancifully written but considering how easily this could've been purely a picture book I'm impressed with the amount of text.

Wirelizard · « **Reply #1010 on:** April 04, 2010, 07:31:48 PM »

"The RAF In Camera: 1903-1939, Archive Photographs form the Public Record Office and the Ministry of Defence"

Lots of great interwar photos, which is mostly what I was interested in. Too many military histories skip right over the inter-war years in a rapid blur, but aeronautically speaking, there was a lot of interesting stuff going on. All those really neat biplanes like the Hawker Hart and such, interesting late-colonial actions in the Middle East, NWF & elsewhere. The RAF did some of the first air medevacs and trooplifts with ungainly looking biplane transports, too, which I hadn't realized.

I'm going to try and scan some of the more interesting photos from this book and put them up.

myincubliss · « **Reply #1011 on:** April 07, 2010, 11:29:35 AM »

Some old-school 70's/80's D&D modules from the YMCA - G1-2-3 (Against the Giants), A1 (Slave Pits of the Undercity), A2 (Secret of the Slavers Stockade), A3 (Assault on the Aerie of the Slave Lords) & A4 (In the Dungeons of the Slave Lords).

Haven't played D&D in years, but still couldn't resist...

Svennn · « **Reply #1012 on:** April 07, 2010, 11:47:18 AM »

The Ever Victorious Army - Andrew Wilson (1st published 1868)

The Mongol Invasions of Japan 1274 & 1281 - Stephen Turnbull (Osprey)

and half a dozen novels, mainly Victorian crime, all for my birthday last Saturday

JollyBob · « **Reply #1013 on:** April 08, 2010, 10:12:36 AM »

My Amazon order of comics turned up yesterday. I got:

Mark Millar's Kick-Ass: A guilty pleasure so far, not convinced it deserves all the hype yet though.

Garth Ennis' The Boys v6 Self Preservation Society: I think its gone a bit wrong somewhere.

Mike Mignola's Hellboy v9 The Wild Hunt: In the words of the character Alice, "well, I didn't see that coming..."

Kept me quiet for the evening anyway.

Thargor · « **Reply #1014 on:** April 08, 2010, 10:30:16 AM »

The Forgotten Highlander by Alistair Urquhart.

It's the story of a soldier in the Gordon Highlanders and how he spent WWII. Basically, how he survived being taken prisoner by the Japanese and why they should be held to account for the atrocities that they deny.

It was bought for me by my wife, as she knows that my grandfather was taken prisoner in Singapore at the same time.

archangel1 · « **Reply #1015 on:** April 09, 2010, 01:13:35 AM »

Well, I sort of received this book. Looks like an interesting read.

The Amazing Cruise of the German Raider 'Wolf' from the log of Capt Donaldson, SS Matunga. It's the same ship that carried the FF-33E that Plynkes mentioned in this post... http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=5890.msg174629#msg174629. By the way, Plynkes, you never told us the name of the manufacturer of the kit you bought. Techmod, by any chance?

The book was a free download (link below) I came across while looking for this book, The Cruise of the Raider 'Wolf' by Roy Alexander. Have to get it through Amazon, I guess.

http://www.archive.org/details/amazingcruiseofg00dona

rob_alderman · « **Reply #1016 on:** April 09, 2010, 01:29:08 AM »

Quote from: twrchtrwyth on March 27, 2010, 08:03:14 PM

Captain Swing and the Electric Pirates of Cindery Island by Warren Ellis

Victorian Undead

Those look excellent!

Quote from: Red Orc on April 03, 2010, 09:45:24 PM

Got 'Aetheric Mechanics' as an unexpected 'Easter egg' from my lovely girlfriend... I liked it, but it didn't tell me as much about Ruritania as I'd like!

As does this!!!

twrchtrwyth · « **Reply #1017 on:** April 09, 2010, 02:10:02 PM »

@Rob:The first one is a 4 parter, only read read the first one so far, I thought it excellent. The second one has some great Victorian anti-zombie gear in it. I have Aetheric Mechanics, also by Warren Ellis, and would recomend that to.

DFlynSqrl · « **Reply #1018 on:** April 09, 2010, 06:07:11 PM »

"Black Powder" rules and "Regiments & Uniforms of the [American] Civil War" by Don Troiani.

JollyBob · « **Reply #1019 on:** April 10, 2010, 03:28:00 PM »

Second and third chronicles of Isambard Smith by Toby Frost.

Thought I'd give them a go as people keep saying how good they are and, although I was quite disappointed with the first one, these were really cheap on the Amazon marketplace.

Must admit, I'm halfway through God Emperor of Didcot now, and am really enjoying it. Looks like a series that rewards patience.

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