Latest book received

[Poiter50]

Roman Villas, a Shire publication.

[Blodwin]

Just received Chris Wooding's "The Black Lung Captain". Read the first in the series "Retribution Falls" and enjoyed its easy style.

I have hear that Black Lung Captain is even better than Retribution Falls -  I will let you know. 

Blodwin

[HerbyF]

Got my copy of "Amazons of Black Sparta" at Half Price Books today.

[starkadder]

Justin Cronin's The Passage.

After a series of unpleasant medical experiments on condemned prisoners and hapless children, researchers succeed in creating something very like a vampire. Humanity is then reduced to a very small sliver of potential cattle.

What marks this one out is that it is very well written and a step above the usual slash and burn. I normally run a mile from this genre and it wasn't helped by being the first of a trilogy. However, it's bloody good writing and I strongly recommend it.

The second volume (The Twelve) is being released next week (Oct 16 2012).

[DFlynSqrl]

"Gringo Rebel - Mexico 1913-1914" by Ivor Thord-Gray.

About a cavalryman that moves to Mexico to join Pancho Villa and ends up becoming on of his artillery officers.

[commissarmoody]

The General and the Jaguar, Pershing's hunt for Pancho Villa. Bu Eileen Welsome

"Lion of the Sun"
"The Caspian Gates" Harry Sidebottom

Osprey Raid "the Hunt for Pancho Villa"

A world Aflame.

[Colonel Tubby]

Marlborough by Richard Holmes (Half-price hardback, so good deal)

and some paperbacks:

Red Sabbath, The Battle of the Little Big Horn - Robert Kershaw

Battle of Crete - George Forty

The Secret War in Italy - William Fowler

D-Day - Robert Kershaw

(The last 4 were all £2.99 in my local branch of Ian Allan where they loads on offer)

[carlos marighela]

There was a 2-part BBC4 documentary on the subject a month or so back - I imagine that this was the source.

 Steve,

I don't suppose you recall the name by any chance? Might see if it's available somewhere on the interwebby.

[Blodwin]

"The Bookman" by Lavie Tidhar - "A stunningly imaginative remix of history, technology, literature and Victorian adventure"  - well thats what it say on the cover. 

[obsidian3d]

Downloaded the revised edition of "Song of Blades and Heroes" by Ganesha Games. Quite impressed with it actually, and have posted a review of the rules on my blog at http://obsidian3d.blogspot.ca/2012/10/song-of-blades-and-heroes-review.html

[Helen]

Finally received my copy of 'HEITAI' Uniforms, Equipment, Personal items of the Japanese Infantryman, 1931-1945 by Agustin Saiz.

[commissarmoody]

Warrior of Rome: The Caspian Gates, By Harry Sidebottom

Vanguard of Nazism: The Free Corps Movement in Postwar Germany 1919-1923, by Robert G.L. Waite

[carlos marighela]

Two Ospreys. The Chinese People’s Liberation Army since 1949 and The Portuguese in the Age of Discoveries c.1340–1665. The former is actually quite good for an Osprey, even if it totally glosses over the history, the illustrations are quite nice. The latter is not so well written IMO and thinner than cheesecloth in its coverage.

[abelp01]

Downloaded the Songs of Drums and Shakos-Large Battles - Like the concept, not crazy about the 2 stand cavalry regiments, but it may look okay once I get my new Litko bases and rebase enough figures to play a few battles.

[Poiter50]

Osprey US Coast Guard in WW2.