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Free Download Robert Moss, "Grouse: the natural history of British and Irish species"
English | 2010 | pages: 512 | ASIN: B004D39PIS | EPUB | 9,8 mb
With less than twenty species worldwide and only four British and Irish species, the grouse is surprisingly well-known. Its habitats are diverse and relatively remote – ranging from deep forests, through open moorland, to Scotland’s highest peaks.

Free Download Peter Simkins, "From the Somme to Victory: The British Army’s Experience on the Western Front 1916-1918"
English | 2014 | pages: 256 | ISBN: 1781593124 | EPUB | 8,5 mb
Peter Simkins has established a reputation over the last forty years as one of the most original and stimulating historians of the First World War. He has made a major contribution to the debate about the performance of the British Army on the Western Front. This collection of his most perceptive and challenging essays, which concentrates on British operations in France between 1916 and 1918, shows that this reputation is richly deserved. He focuses on key aspects of the army’s performance in battle, from the first day of the Somme to the Hundred Days, and gives a fascinating insight into the developing theory and practice of the army as it struggled to find a way to break through the German line. His rigorous analysis undermines some of the common assumptions – and the myths – that still cling to the history of these British battles.

Free Download Edwyn Gray, "British Submarines At War 1914 – 1918"
English | 2016 | pages: 224 | ISBN: 1473853451 | EPUB | 17,2 mb
Originally published in 1970 and out of print for nearly thirty years, this book has already earned its place as a classic of submarine history by an author with an international reputation for being second-to-none in evoking the claustrophobic horror of war beneath the waves. Accurate in detail, yet written with humanity and humor, it tells the story of Britain’s pioneer submarines during the 1914-1918 War during which their crews battled courageously in atrocious conditions against a skilled and ruthless enemy and an equally unforgiving sea.

Free Download Sir John William Fortescue, "A History of the British Army – Vol. I (1066-1713)"
English | 2013 | pages: 576 | ASIN: B00BWZYYJA | EPUB | 6,5 mb
Sir John Fortescue holds a pre-eminent place amongst British military historians, his enduring fame and legacy resting mainly on his life’s work "The History of the British Army", issued in 20 volumes, which took him some 30 years to complete. In scope and breadth it is such that no modern scholar has attempted to cover such a large and diverse subject in its entirety; but Sir John did so with aplomb, leading to a readable and comprehensive study.

Free Download The Great British Sewing Bee: Made to Measure
by N/A
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1787139530 | 160 pages | True EPUB | 9.22 MB

Free Download Everyday Fashion
by Bide, Bethan;Halbert, Jade;Tregenza, Liz;
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1350232459 | 361 pages | True PDF EPUB | 37.31 MB

Free Download The Tyranny of Nostalgia: Half a Century of British Economic Decline by Russell Jones
English | June 1, 2023 | ISBN: 1913019799 | 302 pages | PDF | 6.70 Mb
The performance of the British economy over the past fifty-odd years does not make for comforting reading. Indeed, the story is a depressing catalogue of misapprehensions, missteps, wasted opportunities, crises and humiliations, with all-too-familiar problems arising time and again and yet never being satisfactorily addressed.

Free Download Storming Hitler’s British Fortress: The Commando Raids on the Channel Islands in World War II by Simon Hamon, John Grehan
English | July 31, 2023 | ISBN: 1473893771 | 208 pages | MOBI | 58 Mb
In 1940 British forces were withdrawn from the Channel Islands, allowing the Germans to occupy British territory. Hitler was determined to hold onto what he saw as a valuable prize, and the islands were heavily fortified.

Free Download Sound and Sense in British Romanticism
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1009277847 | 302 Pages | PDF (True) | 11 MB
A radical re-imagining of the relationship between sound and sense took place in Britain in the decades around 1800. This new approach reconfigured sound as central to understandings of space and temporality, from the diurnal rhythms of everyday life in the modern city to the ‘deep time’ of the natural world. At the same time, sound emerged as a frequently disruptive phenomenon, a philosophical and political problem, and a force with the power to overwhelm listeners. This is the first book devoted to the topic and brings together scholars from literary studies, musicology, history and philosophy through the interdisciplinary frameworks of sound studies and the history of the senses. The chapters pursue a wide range of subjects, from ‘national airs’ to the London stage, and from experiments in sound to new musical and scientific instruments. Collectively, they demonstrate how a focus on sound can enrich our understanding of Romantic-era culture.

Free Download Pocket Rough Guide British Breaks Orkney by Rough Guides
English | June 6, 2023 | ISBN: 1839057890 | 136 pages | MOBI | 29 Mb
This expert-curated guide book to Orkney shines a spotlight on a more unusual British city break, with a wealth of practical information on what to see and do. Each area or neighbourhood featured in this Orkney travel guide is explored in-depth with detailed coverage of the points of interest, shops, restaurants, cafes and bars on offer. Excursions to surrounding areas give plenty of options for those looking to enjoy a longer stay. This Orkney guide book has been fully updated post-COVID-19.