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  • FOOD PRODUCTION AND NATURE CONSERVATION
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    FOOD PRODUCTION AND NATURE CONSERVATION
    IAIN J. GORDON
    Feeding the world's growing human population is increasingly challenging, especially as more people adopt a western diet and lifestyle. Doing so without causing damage to nature poses an even greater challenge. This book argues that in order to create a sustainable food supply whilst conserving nature, agriculture and nature must be reconnected and approached together. The auth...

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  • BLOODLINE
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    BLOODLINE
    IAIN GORDON
    A guide to the history of each of the British Army's regular formations, from their origins to their development over time. Using easy-to-follow, family-tree type tables, Bloodline shows the origins and development of every regular formation in the British Army including the latest amalgamations and changes brought about within the "Future Army Structure." The charts illustrate...

    $164.00

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  • SOLDIER OF THE RAJ
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    SOLDIER OF THE RAJ
    IAIN GORDON
    A meticulously researched biography of a young officer in the early part of the 19th Century. The son of an admiral, Richard Purvis went to sea in Nelson's Navy at the age of 11 before being commissioned at the age of 15 into the Bengal Army, part of the great East India Company. He went on to serve 17 years in India before returning to become a country parson.The emphasis of t...

    $176.00

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  • SCOTTISH STEAMERS IN THE 1930S
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    SCOTTISH STEAMERS IN THE 1930S
    IAIN QUINN / DEREK CRAWFORD / GORDON WILSON
    The 1930s were, to many, the heyday of the Scottish passenger steamer, as the crews of rival companies fought daily for passengers and prestige. This pictorial album illustrates many of the vessels involved in the trade, from the small Comet to the mighty Columba. As well as the more famous services on the Clyde and in the Western Isles, the steamers on Loch Lomond, and on the ...

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  • ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE
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    ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE
    IAIN GORDON
    Admiral John Child Purvis was a contemporary naval officer of Nelson, who never disobeyed an order and did his job well. His ability as a fighting commander was proved in a bloody duel between his sloop-of-war and a French corvette during the War of American Independence. As a battleship Captain, he was the first British officer to confront Napoleon Bonaparte, muzzle to muzzle,...

    $119.00

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  • THE NIGHT HUNTER'S PREY
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    THE NIGHT HUNTER'S PREY
    IAIN GORDON
    This is the story of two airmen an RAF Rear Gunner and a Luftwaffe Pilot. Alexander Ollar was raised in the Highlands of Scotland. He became an exceptional sporting shot and volunteered as an RAF Air Gunner in 1939. Helmut Lent enrolled for pilot training in the Luftwaffe as soon as he was old enough. Both were men of integrity and honour. Alec completed his first tour of 34 op...

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  • ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE
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    ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE
    IAIN GORDON
    Admiral John Child Purvis was a contemporary naval officer of Nelson, who never disobeyed an order and did his job well. His ability as a fighting commander was proved in a bloody duel between his sloop-of-war and a French corvette during the War of American Independence. As a battleship Captain, he was the first British officer to confront Napoleon Bonaparte, muzzle to muzzle,...

    $119.00

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