Perrett: 30 books
by Janette Perrett
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2017
From a young age, author Janette Perrett showed an interest in the environment and animals; it was an interest that led her to milking cows as a career. In You Have Been Given a Gift, she shares her story and reveals her lifelong passion for the profession.
In this biography, she narrates both...
Why the Germans Lost
The Rise and Fall of the Black Eagle
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2013
This book examines the history of the German Army which, for the best part of two centuries, influenced the course of events in Continental Europe. It was an army that studied the conduct of war at the highest levels, planning for the destruction of its opponents during the early stages of a war....
Tank Tracks to Rangoon
The Story of British Armour in Burma
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2014
Fighting in a somewhat forgotten corner of Empire during the Second World War, the British and Indian armoured regiments called upon to harness the power of tank warfare to extreme new levels did so in an effort to outwit an army until that point considered invincible - the Imperial Japanese Army....
by Bryan Perrett
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
The story of dramatic military actions where a few fought against many, often with unbelievable success.
From the Napoleonic Wars to Korea, Bryan Perrett has found a further 13 dramatic military actions where a few fought against many, often with unbelievable success. The events take place...
The Safe Food Handbook
How to Make Smart Choices About Risky Food
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
A helpful, easy reference on food safety from a microbiologist and public health expert.
The Safe Food Handbook is an essential guide for everyone, especially those most vulnerable to unsafe food: pregnant women, older adults, young children, those with serious health conditions, and anyone...
The Real Hornblower
The Life and Times of Admiral Sir James Gordon
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
First published in 1997, The Real Hornblower offers a comprehensive and engaging account of the life and times of this great naval Admiral. Ever since C.S. Forester's fictional hero Horatio Hornblower began to delight and enthral readers, there has been speculation as to whether his adventures were...
In Your Face
The new science of human attraction
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2010
In our daily lives, in our memories and fantasies, our mental worlds overflow with faces. But what do we really know about this most remarkable feature of the human body? Why do we have faces at all, and brains that are good at reading them? What do our looks say – and not say – about our personalities?
And...
Impossible Victories
Ten Unlikely Battlefield Successes
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
Victory on the battlefield is sometimes achieved against the odds – victory snatched from the jaws of apparently inevitable defeat. A daring counter attack, an unexpected manoeuvre, a stubborn refusal to be beaten and the impossible victory is won. In the ten dramatic episodes in this book, military...
Last Stand
Famous Battles Against The Odds
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
What do soldiers do when all is lost?
They keep fighting! In this best-selling anthology, Bryan Perrett provides gripping accounts of close-quarter battles and hard fought victory against all the odds. His journey from Napoleonic Europe through to the Korean War highlights thirteen episodes...
The Taste Of Battle
Front Line Action 1914-1991
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
As close as you can get to the reality of war. Three generations of front line soldiers recount their experiences.
Few people today experience a live war situation; even professional soldiers can serve their career without going to war. Yet the question is often asked, what is it like? How...
Desert Warfare
From Its Roman Origins to the Gulf Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
Approximately one-fifth of the earth's surface consists of desert, and throughout history these arid regions have witnessed some of the world's most decisive battles. Here, Bryan Perrett gives an absorbing account of desert conflicts from the first century BC to more contemporary conflicts such as...
by Bryan Perrett
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
This is naval action adventure with a difference - thirteen naval engagements in which gunboats won the day against every kind of enemy, large and small
Britain, like other colonial powers, established, controlled and accessed her empire from the seas. It was realised that the preservation...
by Bryan Perrett
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Stories of outstanding bravery on the battlefield
The Victoria Cross, a simple bronze cross inscribed For Valour on the front and engraved with the recipient's name, rank, number, unit and the date of the action on the reverse, was first awarded by Queen Victoria - in a ceremony in Hyde Park...
by Bryan Perrett
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
A fascinating study of the changing face of the art of warfare over the past 2000 years, by one of today's most readable historians
Mankind has always been in conflict. Without war, there would be no peace, no stability, no safety. Men go to war to defend, or acquire, territory that they see...