Author: John Parker

An in-depth look at how mortuary cultures and issues of death and the dead in Africa have developed over four centuriesIn My Time of Dying is the f...

'From now on, all men operating against German troops in so-called Commando raids are to be annihilated.' Adolf HitlerThis infamous edict was Hitle...

Their ferocity is as legendary as their loyalty to the British Monarch and their regimental histories are crammed with actsof incredible bravery an...

The Royal Marines were originally formed under the auspices of the Royal Navy to guard its sailing ships from harm. They are proud of their history...

In Dr. Faustus, Christopher Marlowe wrote a profoundly religious drama despite the theater's newfound secularism and his own reputation for anti-Ch...

One of the great untold stories of the British services is that of the Royal Navy Submarine Service which entered the fray in World War I with 100 ...

With increased public attention focused on the environment and government legislation on competition, landscape managers are coming under increasin...

For many Africanist historians, traditional religion is simply a starting point for measuring the historic impact of Christianity and Islam. In Ton...

This compact book reproduces fifty-two memorials in Latin taken from churches situated largely in the West Country.  Each memorial is accompanied b...

In the recent war in Iraq, the 7th Armoured Brigade, bearers of the Desert Rats insignia, was immediately engaged in some of the fiercest early fig...

The two key components of air warfare conducted by the Royal Air Force virtually for the whole of the last century were the fighters and the bomber...

The Royal Navy at the start of the twenty-first century had undergone the most remarkable transformation. The Fleet is today the smallest since the...

The men of the SBS are the maritime equivalent of their counterparts in the SAS; they are the elite of the British Special Forces and also the most...

Best-ever dishes for family meals, quick suppers, dinner parties and special events, shown in more than 500 tempting photographs

The Black Watch is one of the finest fighting forces in the world and has been engaged in virtually every worldwide conflict for the last three cen...

A social history of a West African urban community during colonialism. The focus is centered on town politics and the ways in which the Ga politic...

From Aristotle's description of a submersible chamber and experiments with an underwater capsule by Alexander the Great, inventors have pursued the...

This expertly researched volume focuses on the history of destroyers, frigates and submarines. Country-bycountry directories cover the key chronolo...

He was one of the world's true superstars, and the silver screen's most beloved James Bond. Sir Sean Connery - a proud Scotsman born in 1930 to a w...

This is a complete encyclopedia of underwater vessels throughout history, from the Nautilus and Hunley to the nuclear-powered submarines of today. ...

In the shadow of his father Kirk's overpowering fame, Michael Douglas forged a career for himself and became recognised in his own right as an awar...