Latest book received

[Skrapwelder]

I read most of this series as a kid but found out recently that two more than I'd known of were written.

[Plynkes]

I already have this book...



But I just got it as an audio book to listen to while painting. I don't have enough hands and eyes to read a book in the traditional way while at the paint station. It's read by Martin Jarvis, and I hope he doesn't put on silly voices like he does when reading the Just William books.

On the other hand, perhaps that's not a bad idea. I'm sure the Battle of Loos would be a marginally less unpleasant experience if everyone involved was talking in silly voices.



Along similar lines I read this the other day, though I have owned the book for years without looking at it...


I was surprised how funny it is, given the subject matter. The "Isn't the Great War bloody rotten?" aspects of the play I was expecting, I didn't expect it to make me laugh too.


Oh yeah, got this on eBay, too...

[Poiter50]

Warrior Peoples Of East Africa 1840-1900. Thanks Bugsda, a friend is drooling over it!! Hope the pages don't get damaged. 

[JollyBob]

Picked this weighty tome up for my dad's birthday tomorrow:



A history of the horse guards from inception to modern service, really detailed with some truly excellent photos. can be bought here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Horse-Guards-Barney-White-Spunner/dp/140505574X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218115594&sr=1-1

Don't let on I got it cheap though, eh? (Only a tenner!)
 

[Hammers]

Oh, yes... Got these little puppies in the mail today...

*The Emperors Coloured Coat
*A Sailor of Austria
*The Two-Headed Eagle

...all by John Biggins

Many thanks for the recommendation, Plynkes, Helen, I truely enjoyed the first one.

[Plynkes]

The Two-Headed Eagle is the one I enjoyed the most, though it is a photo-finish between it and A Sailor of Austria. Biplanes vs. U-Boats, always a difficult choice for me, but the biplanes just won.

I'm saving the last one (Tomorrow the World), I don't want to read it yet. As once I've read it I'll have no more to look forward to.

[Hammers]

There is no prospect of Mr Biggins (can't find his biography anywhere) writing any more books? I was hoping to see something about Prohaskas actions in the interwar and WWII periods.

[Regulator]

I recently bought 'The german Army in the 1. WW'. Very nice book with very great colour photographies. Also the book contains the whole german trappings.

[Plynkes]

There is no prospect of Mr Biggins (can't find his biography anywhere) writing any more books? I was hoping to see something about Prohaskas actions in the interwar and WWII periods.

I dunno, but he wrote the four all in a short time in the early 90s and hasn't written one for fourteen years, so it looks sort of doubtful.

[twrchtrwyth]

£5 post free on eBay.

From here, http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=300249515431&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:VRI

[Plynkes]

Excellent book.

And written by a member of Lead Adventure, no less.

[knoxville]

£5 post free on eBay.

From here, http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=300249515431&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:VRI

I hope the seller's shipping to Germany 

[Regulator]

Yeah! Those books arrived with the mail today:

Landsknechts, the imperial austrian army and the german Freikorps 1918-1923!

[Strand]

Got a copy of this today:



More pictures here (scroll down):
http://cgi.ebay.it/Zigarettenbilder-Deutsche-Kolonien-historisch-s-Fotos_W0QQitemZ380023838170QQihZ025QQcategoryZ8859QQcmdZViewItem

I am amazed that the colours haven't faded although the pictures are 72 years old now.

[Regulator]

Got a copy of this today:



More pictures here (scroll down):
http://cgi.ebay.it/Zigarettenbilder-Deutsche-Kolonien-historisch-s-Fotos_W0QQitemZ380023838170QQihZ025QQcategoryZ8859QQcmdZViewItem

I am amazed that the colours haven't faded although the pictures are 72 years old now.

Very nice book. I think I gonna buy one of these.