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Canada's Bastions of Empire Halifax, Victoria and the Royal Navy 1749-1918

Elson Bryan

ISBN: HB: 9781459503267, Casemate, Formac-Lorimer, October 2014
280 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 100 black&white illus.

This book offers a fresh perspective on North American history, and the key role played by Halifax and Victoria in ensuring that Canada emerged as an independent country in the 20th century. Brian Elson focuses on the significance of the bases for t...

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Modelling - Military Drawings

Military

Camouflage and Markings of Allied Armor in the Battle for Cassino January - May 1944

Plowman Jeffrey

ISBN: PB: 9788360672228, Casemate, Model Centrum Progres, October 2014
56 pp., 29x20.5 cm, 20 colour illus., 78 black&white illus.

Published to coincide with the 70th Anniversary of the battle for Cassino, this is an authoritative guide to the armor deployed by the Allies over the course of the fighting for this strategic objective. Covering American, British, Indian, Canadian,...

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History of Art

Malevich Writes A Theory of Creativity Cubism to Suprematism

Railing Patricia

ISBN: HB: 9780946311088, Casemate, Artists Bookworks, October 2014
704 pp., 21.6x16.8 cm, 115 black&white illus.

Collection of 30 texts, 1915-1928 and 3 facsimiles, some in first English translation, plus Nina Kogan on Cubism and Ilya Chashnik on Suprematism. Chronological sections trace Malevich's analyses of Cubism and Futurism, the Supremus Society of Artist...

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History of Art

Celtic Art in Europe Making Connections

Gosden Christopher, Crawford Sally, Ulmschneider Katharina

ISBN: HB: 9781782976554, Casemate, Oxbow Books, September 2014
400 pp., 28x21.6 cm, illus.

The ancient Celtic world evokes debate, discussion, romanticism and mythicism. On the one hand it represents a specialist area of archaeological interest, on the other, it has a wide general appeal. The Celtic world is accessible through archaeology,...

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Culture Studies

Known Unknowns

Saatchi Charles

ISBN: HB: 9781861543608, Casemate, Booth-Clibborn Editions, September 2014
480 pp., 23x18 cm, 198 colour illus.

An insightful, enlightening and frequently challenging critique of contemporary culture delivered through 100 individual essays and 198 astonishing, disconcerting and truly unforgettable images. Written from the perspective of one of the most signifi...

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Aviation

SMI Library, No. 09 Grumman F6F Hellcat, Volume I

Szlagor Tomasz

ISBN: PB: 9788364596056, Casemate, Kagero, September 2014
96 pp., 27.5x20.5 cm, 135 photos, 5 colour photos, 4 colour profiles

Not for sale in Poland! Grumman F6F Hellcat was one of the best fighter aircraft of the World War Two era and the most effective fighter of the US Navy. There is no doubt that Hellcats won complete air superiority for the Americans over the vast ar...

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Modelling - Military Drawings

Monographs, No. 56 Vought F4U Corsair, Volume II

Szlagor Tomasz, Wieliczko Leszek A.

ISBN: PB: 9788364596087, Casemate, Kagero, September 2014
112 pp., 29.7x21 cm, 18 scale drawings, 112 black&white photos, 5 paintings

Not for sale in Poland! The second volume carries on the story of the F4U Corsair by examining its development and operational service in later stages of the World War Two. By early 1944 the Corsair well proved its worth in combat. Finally qualifie...

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Biography & Memoires

Soviet Women Snipers of the Second World War

Obraztsov Youri, Anders Maud

ISBN: PB: 9782352503880, Casemate, Histoire et Collections, September 2014
145 pp., 25x21 cm, illus.

The commitment of Soviet women to their country during World War II was unprecedented, both in terms of their sheer numbers and also in terms of their unique roles. More than 100,000 of them would join the regular army, or the partisans. Of all the j...

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Polonica

Out in Front A Polish Fighter Pilot's Dramatic Air War

Lanowski Witold

ISBN: HB: 9780992620745, Casemate, Fighting High Publishing, September 2014
320 pp., 23.5x15.9 cm, black&white illus.

Decorated Polish fighter pilot Witold "Lanny" Lanowski tells his remarkable Second World War story beginning with his dramatic escape from Nazi aggression in Poland, fighting with the reformed Polish Air Force in France, and eventually arriving in En...

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Polonica

Barbarossa Derailed: The Battle For Smolensk, 10 July - 10 September 1941 Volume 3: The Documentary Companion, Tables, Orders and Reports Prepared by Participating Red Army Forces

Glantz David M.

ISBN: HB: 9781909982116, Casemate, Helion and Company, August 2014
568 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 16 maps

Volume 3, the Documentary Companion to Barbarossa Derailed, contains the documentary evidence for the two volumes of narrative. In addition to key Fuhrer Directives issued by Adolf Hitler to provide direction to his forces during the Barbarossa Campa...

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