Latest book received

[Lowtardog]

Got the Alamo through today for LOTOW a bargain at £9

Karl, please don't get me started on the Alamo as I've a number of books on that subject too

My friend has scratch built the entire Alamo and I'll try and get a pick of the whole structure when he gets back from holidays as I'm looking at a large piece of the Alamo now as I type.

I'm fielding a 1836 Mexican Army for the WRG competition at Cancon here in Canberra in January 2008.

Best Wishes.

I look forward to seeing the pictures of that Helen

Regards

Karl

[Malamute]

Got the Alamo through today for LOTOW a bargain at £9

Karl, please don't get me started on the Alamo as I've a number of books on that subject too

My friend has scratch built the entire Alamo and I'll try and get a pick of the whole structure when he gets back from holidays as I'm looking at a large piece of the Alamo now as I type.

I'm fielding a 1836 Mexican Army for the WRG competition at Cancon here in Canberra in January 2008.

Best Wishes.

I look forward to seeing the pictures of that Helen

Regards

Karl

Tell me more Helen. I am a huge Alamo fan. I have a library of books and a sizeable collection of figures and an Ian Weekley Alamo complex he made for me in 1987

[white knight]

Got two more WW2 books:
La ruée de l'armée rouge, about the Russians:


"L'Allemagne en Guerre", filled throughout with colour pictures of life in Germany during the war. No picture posted because of some use of swastika's...
http://www.librairie-hussard.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=36_65_90&products_id=1142

Retail value: about 60€, picked up both for 25€, seems like a good deal.

[Vanvlak]

Books, rather:
Triumph and Tragedy Rules
Warhammer Ancients
Warhammer Ancients - The Art of War
Warhammer Ancients - Vlad the Impaler (can't resist anything to do with the Ottomans).
All received today!  

As for non-rule books: Edward the Elder 899-924.
A collection of papers on a little publicised but apparently quite successful king,   son of Alfred the Great. Lots of background info and a bit on his battles too, though not much. And an old plan of a hill fort. Found on sale at the Univ book shop.  

[Vanvlak]

And more - although not recently received. Guess I should publicise the old island  

British Military Architecture in Malta, by Stephen C. Spiteri. Big thick hardback with hundreds of diagrams, prints and photos, ranging across the span of British rule in Malta right up to the end. The section on the massive artillery installed in the forts is a must - a 100tonner survives to this day and is occasionally fired. http://www.wirtartna.org/od_menu/FortRinella/tabid/257/Default.aspx
Expensive, but a good buy for the Vicotrian military buffs.

The second book is by the same author, and is The Great Siege, chock full of colours and disappointingly including a slew of typographical errors, and no index (although a CD with index is included with the purchase). Nonetheless, it is chock full of diagrams and reconstructions of the fortifications and actions and has some uniform pics too, and is still worth the hefty price. Oh, the siege would be the 1565 siege of Malta by the Ottoman Turks, Malta being defended by the Knight Hospitallers of St. John and their troops with the Maltese.

[Gluteus Maximus]

And more - although not recently received. Guess I should publicise the old island  

British Military Architecture in Malta, by Stephen C. Spiteri. Big thick hardback with hundreds of diagrams, prints and photos, ranging across the span of British rule in Malta right up to the end. The section on the massive artillery installed in the forts is a must - a 100tonner survives to this day and is occasionally fired. http://www.wirtartna.org/od_menu/FortRinella/tabid/257/Default.aspx
Expensive, but a good buy for the Vicotrian military buffs.

The second book is by the same author, and is The Great Siege, chock full of colours and disappointingly including a slew of typographical errors, and no index (although a CD with index is included with the purchase). Nonetheless, it is chock full of diagrams and reconstructions of the fortifications and actions and has some uniform pics too, and is still worth the hefty price. Oh, the siege would be the 1565 siege of Malta by the Ottoman Turks, Malta being defended by the Knight Hospitallers of St. John and their troops with the Maltese.

I couldn't seem to find either of those on the Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna site, so presumably they are available from that ookshop in Valletta [i forget the name, but it has an owl as it's logo, IIRC ]

Amazon.co.uk also has neither in stock, so I'll try AbeBooks etc. I'm very much interested in both subjects, as I bought all I could find on them when I was in Malta, may moons ago...

I'm glad to see Rinella Battery has come on in leaps & bounds since my visit- a credit to all those who work so hard to renovate & run it.

Everyone interested in Victorian history should see that 100pdr - it's sheer size is breathtking    :love:

[Gluteus Maximus]

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that ookshop in Valletta

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.......that is, of course "Bookshop". Unless of course it is run by an orang-utan called The Librarian  ::

Damn these sausage-fingers & 500 megabite brain  

[Vanvlak]

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that ookshop in Valletta

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.......that is, of course "Bookshop". Unless of course it is run by an orang-utan called The Librarian  ::

Damn these sausage-fingers & 500 megabite brain  

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Sapienza, and no orang-utans I'm afraid. oook!

Rinella battery is little short of stunning today, and when the gun is fired, it goes beyond  
Well, it actually goes *bang*, but you get the idea.  
They're a bit expensive, topping the Lm40 mark = 92Euros each, if I remember correctly. And they're big, thick books, so shopping will - in Librarianspeak - be eeek.
If you're determined, and make no headway on orders, contact me.

[Gluteus Maximus]

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They're a bit expensive, topping the Lm40 mark = 92Euros each, if I remember correctly. And they're big, thick books, so shopping will - in Librarianspeak - be eeek.
If you're determined, and make no headway on orders, contact me.

Eeek indeed! Well, I did find a copy of "British Millitary Architecture In Malta" at an online seller:

http://maltabook.com/otherbooks.htm

which has it for 25 Lira  before shipping. It is still a lot of money, even at that reduced price [approx £42.00], but maybe I'll get some cash for Christmas.

Thanks for the offer, though, & I'll let you know if I need to take you up on it.

Cheers,
Ian

[Prof.Witchheimer]

[xeoran]

Just finished 1945: Conquest of the Reich by Robin Neilland. Its only short but very good, really makes you realise how nasty that late fighting was. If only the figures would be available I'd be trying to run a Reichwald game (mmm, Crocodiles in the snow  :love: ). The accounts he has are great, some fascinating stories including lots on bombers- I didn't realise how dangerous it was.

My favorite story must be the British soldier who escaped camp only to run into Americans who opened fire. He hunkered down and they shouted questions at him about baseball and football, all of which he failed to answer. Finally they despaired and called for him to come out claiming, "Only a Limey could be so clueless"! Wanting to get his war on the "Limey" then joined with the Americans and as they were a man short served as their .50 gunner on an M3 halftrack till the war ended.

There is also some pretty good stuff about the German resistance

[Helen]

Got the Alamo through today for LOTOW a bargain at £9

Karl, please don't get me started on the Alamo as I've a number of books on that subject too

My friend has scratch built the entire Alamo and I'll try and get a pick of the whole structure when he gets back from holidays as I'm looking at a large piece of the Alamo now as I type.

I'm fielding a 1836 Mexican Army for the WRG competition at Cancon here in Canberra in January 2008.

Best Wishes.

I look forward to seeing the pictures of that Helen

Regards

Karl

Tell me more Helen. I am a huge Alamo fan. I have a library of books and a sizeable collection of figures and an Ian Weekley Alamo complex he made for me in 1987

Hi Guy, Sorry for the delay in replying to your comments.

Drew my friend has scratched built the entire Alamo which looks impressive. Drew's Mexican Army is around 500 plus figures in 28 mm plus a Texian Army around 200 plus figures.

Drew has got me into WRG and I'm using some of his Mexicans rebased for the rules and Drew as well rebased some of his Texians.

We had a game the other weekend and the Texians (Drew) fought well under the revamped Australian WRG rules against the Mexicans (me), however, they buckled under the pressure and the game was finished. It was still close though! I'd assistance by George who was providing myself with his knowledge of the rules so some element of good fortune went our way too.

With lots of terrain the Texians will hold their own well against any other opponent with an Army, but in the open and with no cavalry to speak of they get quickly tied down and ridden over especially by some good irregular battle cavalry with lance.

We hope very soon to have an Alamo game and I'll take photos and present a post game report on the forum.

Best Wishes

[Malamute]

Hi Helen,

Thanks for the update. Looking forward to seeing some photos in due course

[Chairface]

Just mentioned this one in another forum, but thought that it deserved a mention on the main book page. Its 500 pages plus of great Western action, some weird, some not. An excellent book for Wild West/ Civil War enthusiasts. It is in black and white, but it does not detract from the quality of the book.

http://www.amazon.ca/Showcase-Presents-Jonah-John-Albano/dp/140120760X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195733375&sr=8-5[/img]

[Hammers]

Oooh! Johna Hex! Another nightmare from my childhood!