John A Batchelor

The Complete Encyclopedia of Steamships: Merchant Steamships 1798-2006

The Complete Encyclopedia of Steamships: Merchant Steamships 1798-2006 comprises some 125 merchant ship types, from the start of powered merchant ship types, from the start of powered merchant ship designs like small tugs and larger passenger vessels to modern giants such as great and luxuriously ap...

Artillery

From the earliest cannon to the latest recoilless weapon, the development of the big gun has been of abiding interest in the technology of warfare. This book, written by a Master Gunner and illustrated by one of the finest technical artists working today, unfolds the story of artillery from its begi...

Jet Fighters Tattoos (Dover Tattoos)

Aspiring pilots will love these bold, realistic tattoos of authentic jet fighter planes. Six sleek models include the Lockheed F-104G, flown by U.S. Air Force pilots, and the F/A-18 Hornet, made famous by the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels, plus the F-4 Phantom, Northrop F-5E, F-117A Stealth Fighter, and F...

Tennyson: To Strive, To Seek, To Find

The enthralling, elegant, and definitive new study of the major poet of the Victorian era. Alfred Lord Tennyson, Queen Victoria's favorite poet, commanded a wider readership than any other of his time. His ascendancy was neither the triumph of pure genius nor an accident of history: he skillfully cr...

John Ruskin: A Life

On the centenary of Ruskin's death, a biography that explores the genius of the romantic visionary and the anguish of the private man. A man of prodigious genius, the eminently Victorian John Ruskin ranged over the entire landscape of human knowledge, from botany and geology to art criticism and soc...

Soul of the Sword: An Illustrated History of Weaponry and Warfare from Prehistory to the Present

In an elegantly illustrated volume, a noted historian reveals culture, society and history through the saga of war and its implements. Mankind's history has been determined by war. And throughout history, the way that wars are won and lost, and whether they are fought at all, has been determined mor...

Chefs of the Coast

In Chefs of the Coast, restaurant reviewer and food critic John Batchelor profiles 50 well-established and up-and-coming chefs from the region. Drawing from personal interviews, Batchelor reveals each chef s cooking philosophy, influences, and personality. Each profile also includes: A description o...

World War II Warships

All hands on deck! This fine fleet of accurately detailed ships includes twenty-eight vessels deployed in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans during World War II. Included — among others — are line drawings of the ill-fated PT-109, commanded by a young John F. Kennedy; one of the many German U-boats tha...

Tank:a History of the Armoured Fighting Vehicle: A History of the Armoured Fighting Vehicle

Tank:a History of the Armoured Fighting Vehicle: A History of the Armoured Fighting Vehicle

Artillery

Fighter: A History of Fighter Aircraft

Armoured Fighting Vehicles

Fighters, 1914-1945

Arms and Armor

Artillery