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Stirling Bridge and Falkirk 1297-98

2008-08-31T09:47:00.000+01:00

Stirling Bridge and Falkirk 1297–98: William Wallace’s rebellion by Peter Armstrong
96 pages, published by Osprey Publishing (February 2003)

The death of the last of the Scottish royal house of Canmore in 1290 triggered a succession crisis. Attempts to undermine Scottish independence by King Edward I of England sparked open rebellion culminating in an English defeat at the hands of William Wallace at Stirling Bridge in 1297. Edward gathered an army, marched north and at Falkirk on 22 July 1298 he brought Wallace’s army to battle. Amid accusations of treachery, Wallace’s spearmen were slaughtered by Edward’s longbowmen, then charged by the English cavalry and almost annihilated. In 1305 Wallace was captured and executed, but the flame of rebellion he had ignited could not be extinguished.

Bosworth 1485

2008-08-24T09:45:00.000+01:00

Bosworth 1485: Last charge of the Plantagenets by Christopher Gravett
96 pages, published by Osprey Publishing (November 1999)

The battle of Bosworth effectively put an end to the dynastic struggle known as the Wars of the Roses. Guiding the reader from the campaign’s origins to its aftermath, and covering the commanders and forces of King Richard III and Henry Tudor, this is a complete treatment of one of the most important events in English history. Shakespeare was to immortalize the battle and Richard’s death in Richard III, and the life and reign of the last Plantagenet have sparked centuries of debate. Christopher Gravett cuts through myth and propaganda as he clearly details the course of this pivotal campaign.

White Power

2008-08-23T10:46:00.001+01:00

White Power by George Lincoln Rockwell
466 pages, published by National Vanguard Books (2^nd Edition, September 1977)

As a Commander and Navy fighter pilot in both World War II and Korea, Rockwell realised that everything for which he had been fighting had been turned over to the Communists. “America was in the hands of arrogant gangs of ‘minority’ agitators and power manipulators,” says Rockwell. He became a “conservative,” but decided that anyone too frightened to name the actual enemy (Jews and Negroes) would be worthless in the rough and tumble fight to come.

In 1958, alone and without funds, he hung up the Swastika and proclaimed his intention to do for the White People of this country what Adolf Hitler had done for the Germans… rescue them from the International Jewish Communist conspiracy.

In nine years, Commander Rockwell has built a worldwide White People’s movement. He has made the American Nazi Party a force in his native America, and has given millions of discouraged White Americans the spark and the leadership to stand up at last for “WHITE POWER.”

This book, White Power, will shock and frighten you… and then show the way to the dawn of a new day for White people; a day when America will be all-White, dedicated as it was (before the parasitic minority groups schemed into power) to the principles which made our Western Civilization and America great.

Bosworth Field and the Wars of the Roses

2008-08-22T10:40:00.001+01:00

Bosworth Field and the Wars of the Roses by A.L. Rowse
317 pages, published by Wordsworth Editions (June 1998)

The Battle of Bosworth, fought on 22^nd August 1485 brought to an end the Wars of the Roses that had raged between the noble houses of York and Lancaster for nearly one hundred years – so magnificently preserved for us in Shakespeare’s obsessed dramas.

A. L. Rowse brilliantly recreates the dynastic conflict, the battles and sudden death and the transition from Medieval to Tudor England.

“The mastery of narrative and humane judgement keep us reading to the end. What in other hands has often been an intolerably tangles narrative never loses its thread.” Professor David Knowles in The Spectator

Bumper Book of Government Waste 2008, The

2008-08-21T10:04:00.000+01:00

The Bumper Book of Government Waste 2008: Brown's Squandered Billions by Matthew Elliott and Lee Rotherham
332 pages, published by Harriman House Publishing (October 2007)

It’s back and, depressingly, the figure is even bigger than last time.

Welcome again to the world of waste. In this new edition of The Bumper Book, Matthew Elliott and Lee Rotherham have unearthed a staggering £101 billion of government misspending – all paid for by you, the taxpayer.

It’s such an enormous figure it is difficult to get one’s head around it. What could be done with £101 billion? Well, you could for example, paper the entire East Midlands and London with £5 notes, and still have a few billion left over to build one hell of a crane from which to admire your handiwork. Or even convert the £101 billion into one penny coins, pile them on top of each other, and reach the moon and back five times.

But perhaps more usefully, the government could cut the tax burden of every household by over £4,000 a year.

Mind blowing isn’t it?

Here are just a few examples of where all of that money has gone:

£280,000 on a conference addressed by Blair and Brown on value for money in the public service.

£400 million on ‘cost control’ for the Olympic Games.

£3 million by tax inspectors at HM Revenue and Customs on flights, including £2.1 million on flights to Scotland.

Over £16 million on the creation and upkeep of VIP lounges in Heathrow and Gatwick despite the fact they are not government-owned.

£100,000 on assessing whether £400,000 reportedly spent on modern art for seven hospitals was money well spent.

But then it’s hardly a surprise that they don’t have a tight grip on our finances when you see an official statistic from the government, claiming that an impressive 102% of all 3 year olds are in nursery school. With this level of numeracy, no wonder we’re in trouble!

If you’re a British taxpayer, you need to read this book – even though it will hurt.

First Newbury 1643

2008-08-17T09:43:00.000+01:00

First Newbury 1643: The Turning Point by Keith Roberts
96 pages, published by Osprey Publishing (January 2003)

The battle of Newbury was the turning point of the English Civil War. By August 1643 the King’s cause was very much in the ascendant. Parliament armies had been crushed at Adwalton Moor and Roundway Down and the Royalists had taken Bristol. When they summoned Gloucester to surrender on 10 August the city’s only hope was a Parliament relief army. The London Trained Bands joined the Earl of Essex’s expedition and when battle was joined at Newbury the Londoners more than held their own against the best of the King’s cavalry. With the citizens of London so firmly committed to Parliament’s cause and the King’s cavalry no longer invincible the balance of power had shifted irretrievably.

Edgehill 1642

2008-08-10T09:41:00.000+01:00

Edgehill 1642: First battle of the English Civil War by John Tincey
96 pages, published by Osprey Publishing (February 2001)

This, the first ever Osprey campaign title to deal with the English Civil War, looks at the battle of Edgehill, the first major clash of the Wars. In 1642 both Royalists and Parliamentarians expected that one great contest of arms would see the crushing of their enemies. When their field armies blundered into contact on the evening of 22 October 1642, Prince Rupert urged King Charles to array his army on the great ridge of Edgehill and give battle. The next day, amidst abject cowardice and absolute courage, the tide of battle swept Rupert’s cavalry to triumph, but saw victory snatched away as the Royalist infantry was hurled back by the defiant Parliamentarians. The chance for decisive victory was lost and the bloody civil war raged on.

Malta 1565

2008-08-03T09:40:00.000+01:00

Malta 1565: Last battle of the Crusades by Tim Pickles
96 pages, published by Osprey Publishing (January 1998)

The epic siege of the island fortress of the Knights Hospitaller by the huge Turkish Army of the Emperor Suliman is one of the most compelling stories in the history of the western world. The Turks amassed an army of 30,000 men, which doubled as the siege dragged on. The knights facing them totalled 500, along with 4,000 Maltese levies and 4,500 other troops. Tim Pickles describes how despite constant pounding by the massive Turkish guns and heavy casualties, the Knights managed to hold out.

Political Campaigning Handbook, The

2008-08-01T10:02:00.001+01:00

The Political Campaigning Handbook: Real Life Lessons from the Front Line by Lionel Zetter
154 pages, published by Harriman House Publishing (August 2007)

Not for nothing are elections called campaigns. At every stage there is a direct analogy with the military equivalent and the language and vocabulary are often identical.

A general election campaign, like a military campaign, is usually planned in advance in the minutest detail. This planning is captured in a tome known, yes, you guessed it - as the War Book. The campaign is conducted in one giant open room known as the War Room. Party strategists discuss the danger of being outflanked on the left - or the right. And much of the talk is of making ground against the opposition.

From the top-down of the political party campaign machine, Lionel Zetter, a veteran of many a campaign, describes the steps necessary to win those all-important seats. Whether you are fighting for parliamentary, local or council positions, every stage of the combat is described; from the bureaucracy surrounding the selection process, to the timetable that must be followed to keep your application on track, and cunning tactics to fill up both the coffers of the war chest and the lists of constituents who pledge their vote.

Every general wants the best people in his army. The Handbook describes the team that you need to build around you and how to draw from their strengths and the time they have available for your cause. Zetter discusses the running of a successful War Room which is vital for communications to the front line during canvassing and especially for the last few hours where as many voters as possible are urged to mark that box, preferably next to your party!

Getting your name known is also vital. The local press can be used to your own advantage to spread your views and show your motivation to represent the area. Zetter highlights the importance of the campaign poster and the simple rosette; both a must for your kit bag.

The personal tips learned from hard years of campaigning and tramping the trails are invaluable. What do you do if a dog bites your hand as you put a leaflet through the door? How do you get rained soaked flyers through letterboxes with draught excluders in them? And as for the constituent who opened the door in nothing but a towel, what then? Just a few of the situations that Zetter has had to contend with, and that can face any intrepid campaigner.

For all the planning and all of the optimism that goes in to election campaigns, it is very rare for a surgical strike or a Blitzkrieg to succeed. Most election campaigns end up like the Somme, with mud and blood all over the place, and nobody fully knowing what they - or the enemy - are doing in the thick fog of war.

This book provides the reader with an expert guide through this dangerous war zone to lead them to election victory, it is an essential part of any campaigner's armoury.

Crécy 1346

2008-07-27T10:36:00.001+01:00

Crécy 1346: Triumph of the longbow by David Nicolle
96 pages, published by Osprey Publishing (June 2000)

The Battle of Crecy was the first major land battle of the Hundred Years War. It pitted the French army, then considered the best in Europe, and their miscellaneous allies against the English under King Edward III and the ‘Black Prince’, who as yet had no great military reputation; this was the battle where he ‘won his spurs’. The Genoese crossbowmen were outshot by the English longbows and the pattern was set for the rest of the day: the French cavalry were committed piecemeal in fruitless charges against strong English positions, losing perhaps 10,000 men in the course of the fighting. After almost a millennium in which cavalry had dominated the field of battle, the infantryman, and particularly the longbowman, now ruled supreme.

A Quilt for Baby

2008-07-24T10:14:00.001+01:00

A Quilt for Baby by Kim Lewis
32 pages, published by Walker Books (2^nd Edition, August 2003)

Mother is making a patchwork quilt for Baby. As she sews, she tells the story of each picture square - a warm and comforting story of the farm they live on and the animal families who share their home.

“Stunningly enhancing and complementing the text are full page coloured pencil illustrations on which each patchwork square is based ... A sensitive and evocative tale to enjoy and share time after time.” Reading Time, Australia

“Gently refreshing with simplicity and colour, A Quilt for Baby is a unique and nurturing story, wherein a baby is warmed by the story of her family’s past, present and future.” Bendigo Advertiser, Australia

“As expected, Kim Lewis returns to her usual fine form and delivers another winner in A Quilt for Baby, a tender, exquisitely rendered representation of home, family and life on the farm. Lewis’ coloured pencil artwork is as ever, brimming with love and warmth, and in every way reflecting the peaceful and satisfying existence that only homesteading in the country can provide.” Booxreview USA

Bannockburn 1314

2008-07-20T09:34:00.000+01:00

Bannockburn 1314: Robert Bruce’s Great Victory by Peter Armstrong
96 pages, published by Osprey Publishing (March 2002)

Bannockburn was the climax of the career of King Robert the Bruce. In 1307 King Edward I of England, 'The Hammer of the Scots' and nemesis of William Wallace, died and his son, Edward II, was not from the same mould. Idle and apathetic, he allowed the Scots the chance to recover from the grievous punishment inflicted upon them. By 1314 Bruce had captured every major English-held castle bar Stirling and Edward II took an army north to subdue the Scots. Pete Armstrong's account of this pivotal campaign culminates at the decisive battle of Bannockburn that finally won Scotland her independence.

Great Deception, The: Can the European Union Survive?

2008-07-19T10:19:00.000+01:00

The Great Deception: Can the European Union Survive? by Christopher Booker and Richard North
643 pages, published by Continuum International Publishing (December 2005)

‘…a superb history of the EU and of Britain’s relationship with it … every MP, every senior civil servant, every journalist with any claim to understanding the current state of the country, should read it.’ Peter Hitchins, Mail on Sunday

‘a tour de force … a fascinating forensic history of the seen and unseen forces which brought us to the present point.’ Rodney Leach, The Spectator

‘a real page-turner’ The Church of England Newspaper

Now extensively revised to include the collapse of the EU constitution in 2005, this gripping historical tour de force reveals for the first time the full inside story of the most extraordinary political project of our age; the plan dating back to the 1920s to unite Europe under a single ‘supranational’ government.

Meticulously documented, The Great Deception, reveals how Britain’s politicians, not least Tony Blair, have been consistently outplayed in a game, the rules of which they never understood, and includes a chilling account of Blair’s ‘secret’ selling-out to the EU of Britain’s armed forces. It ends by asking whether, with the fiasco of the constitution, the ‘project’ has now finally overreached itself.

Lady of the Lake, The

2008-07-18T10:04:00.001+01:00

The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott
148 pages, published by Dodo Press (October 2005)

“A Kindly heart had brave Fitz-James;
Fast poured his eyes at pity’s claims,
And now; with mingled grief and ire,
He saw the murdered maid expired.
“God, in my need, be my relief,
As I wreak this on yonder Chief!”

Wildly successful with readers and critics on both sides of the Atlantic when it was first published in 1810, this is Scott’s renowned romantic poem about love and honour amidst a bitter rivalry between King James V and the powerful Douglas clan of the Scottish Highlands.

This revised edition, published in 1899, features an extensive introduction that places Scott and his writings in historical and literary context, as well as explanatory notes, study guides, and suggested selections for class or book-group readings.

Little Baa

2008-07-17T09:58:00.001+01:00

Little Baa by Kim Lewis
32 pages, published by Walker Books (2^nd Edition, March 2002)

One Spring day, Little Baa frisks and runs in the field. Soon he leaves his friends far behind - and his Ma too. But Ma misses her Little Baa, and goes calling and searching for him. How will she ever find him?

“Particularly poignant... Lewis's delicate, luminous illustrations of the little lost lamb... bring tears to the eyes.” The Independent on Sunday

“The illustrations are lovely, as you would expect from Kim Lewis. This will be a winner with grandparents, and provides a good contrast with the more usual brightly coloured style of books for this age.” Children’s Buyers’ Guide

Last Days of Britain, The

2008-07-13T09:19:00.000+01:00

The Last Days of Britain by Lindsay Jenkins
302 pages, published by Orange State Press (2001)

Warning!

Over the past thirty years both Labour and Conservative governments have undermined the independence and sovereignty of Britain.

The Last Days of Britain, explores these decades of dishonesty, as British independence has been shamefully handed over to a multi-national establishment with growing features of independent nationhood.

Few in Briatin, even at the highest levels, realise just how much power has already been forfeited. This book illustrates what power has gone and what little is left.

Today, Britain is in danger of becoming a theme park of extinct traditions and monuments controlled by a cancerous Brussels bureaucracy.

Jailed in Democratic Germany

2008-07-12T10:01:00.001+01:00

Jailed in Democratic Germany: The Ordeal of an American Writer by Hans Schmidt
490 pages, published by Guderian Books (December 1997)

In August of 1995, Hans Schmidt, a naturalized American citizen, was about to board a plane in Frankfurt, bound for his home in Florida, after having received medical treatment in Germany. But he never got past the German border police. The 68 year old writer was arrested and imprisoned in the fortress-like prison of Butzow.

Thus began an ordeal that most would think was a bygone relic of the medieval era: an independent writer is jailed because his essays and letters offend powerful forces in the international establishment, forces to which the regime in Bonn is tethered like a subservient plough horse.

Schmidt’s “crime” had not even been committed on German soil. He had written the offending periodicals and letters from his home in Pensacola. But as the New World Order extends its tentacles world-wide, national sovereignty is becoming a thing of the past. The U.S. State Department refused to protest Schmidt’s arrest. He was left to rot or hopefully even to die. His heart and prostate ailments were deliberately exacerbated by the authorities, who placed him in a prison van for a marathon ride around Germany, while refusing him proper medical treatment.

The plan was to kill Schmidt through medical neglect or, if that failed, to prosecute him in one of Germany’s kangaroo courts (where conviction of dissidents is a foregone conclusion) and sentence him to several years imprisonment.

Through it all, Schmidt preserved his indomitable optimism even as the friends of free speech the world over began to mount a protest on his behalf.

Hans Schmidt tells the story of his ordeal with eloquence and aplomb. His book not only recounts his legal struggle and the rigours of his imprisonment, but offers profound insight into the revisionist history of the ersatz, post-war German government, formed at the point of Allied bayonets. His eye for detail, his anecdotes and his penetrating political analysis, all combine to make Jailed in Democratic Germany: The Ordeal of an American Writer, both a jeremiad against totalitarian injustice, as well as a tour-de-force encounter with the case for World War Two revisionism, of which Hans Schmidt is a leading spokesman.

Bondage of the Free, The

2008-07-11T09:59:00.003+01:00

The Bondage of the Free by Kent H Steffgen
381 pages, published by Vanguard Books (June 1966)

A broad exposure of America’s most explosive domestic issue; critical, yet objective; written with one eye on politics, the other on American social customs.

The Bondage of the Free spans 100 years from Lincoln to LBJ along the civil rights trail exposing the shocking story of Southern Reconstruction, where civil rights was born. Using the freed Negro as the key to their political fortunes, opportunists and fortune-hunters turned the American dream into a horrifying nightmare for White and Negro alike after the Civil War and produced an about-face in the American two-party system, all under the disarming phrase, “Rights for the Negro!” Here is the frightening report of the United States, caught in the build-up of a Second Reconstruction as a new generation of radicals makes ready for another go at power using as their plan the most diabolic betrayal in the nation’s history.

Panoramic in range, this frank documentary separates the real from the unreal about Negroes, prejudice, politics and social customs involved in a period of turbulent transition.

Just Like Floss

2008-07-10T09:51:00.000+01:00

Just Like Floss by Kim Lewis
32 pages, published by Walker Books (2^nd Edition, March 2000)

When Floss, the sheepdog, has puppies, the farmer says his children can keep one to help with the work on the farm. But which puppy should they choose? All of them are adorable. But only one is just like Floss!

“Kim Lewis draws the English countryside and farm animals with delicate and detailed realism.” The Sunday Times

“Lewis evokes a cosy rural landscape with soft, muted and comforting tones, but it’s her characterisations of the loveable border collie puppies that will melt most hearts.” Bookslist USA

Shortlisted for the Children's Book Award.

Plassey 1757

2008-07-09T10:21:00.000+01:00

Plassey 1757: Clive of India’s Finest Hour by Peter Harrington
96 pages, published by Osprey Publishing (October 1994)

After relatively lowly beginnings as a writer in the East India Company, Robert Clive rose to be perhaps the most important single figure in the history of British involvement in India. At Plassey on 23 June 1757 Clive's 3,500 native and East India Company troops faced an army of 50,000 under the French supported nawab Siraj-ud-daula. Having succeeded in keeping his powder dry in a torrential rainstorm, Clive's guns were able to open a murderous fire on the enemy. Siraj-ud-daula's attack was beaten off and the counter-attack which Clive launched swept the field; with only the French gunners fighting to the last.

History of Wales, A

2008-07-08T09:22:00.000+01:00

A History of Wales by John Davies
736 pages, published by Penguin Books (January 2007)

“Outstanding… He grasps the story of his country with immense confidence and tells it in vigorous and lucid prose.” Trevor Fishlock, Daily Telegraph

Stretching from the Ice Ages to the present day, this masterful account traces the political, social and cultural history of the land that has come to be called Wales.

Spanning prehistoric hill forts and Roman ruins to the Reformation, the Industrial Revolution and the series of strikes by Welsh miners in the late twentieth century, this is the definitive history of an enduring people; a unique and compelling exploration of the origins of the Welsh nation, its development and its role in the modern world. This new edition also considers the political situation in Wales as it enters a new era following the establishment of the National Assembly.

“A learned, thorough, unvainglorious, sensitive and subtle book.” Paul Johnson, Spectator Book of the Year

“Aneurin Bevan would have read page after page of this book with rising delight.” Michael Foot, Evening Standard

“Benign, witty, engaging… deserves to make an impact.” Richard Evans, New York Review of Books

Mabinogion, The

2008-07-07T20:50:00.000+01:00

The Mabinogion translated by Sioned Davies
336 pages, published by Oxford University Press (March 2007)

Celtic mythology, Arthurian romance, and an intriguing interpretation of British history – these are just some of the themes embraced by the anonymous authors of the eleven tales that make up the Welsh medieval masterpiece known as the Mabinogion. They tell of Gwydion the shape-shifter, who can create a woman out of flowers; of Math the magician whose feet must lie in the lap of a virgin; of hanging a pregnant mouse and hunting a magical boar. Dragons, witches, and giants live alongside kings and heroes, and quests of honour, revenge, and love are set against the backdrop of a country struggling to retain its independence. This new translation, the first for thirty years, recreates the storytelling world of medieval Wales and re-invests the tales with the power of performance.

How to Win an Election

2008-07-06T10:17:00.001+01:00

How to Win an Election by Paul Richards
186 pages, published by Politico’s Publishing Ltd (March 2001)

Preparation, polling and research
The message – soundbites, slogans and manifestos
Communication – canvassing, posters and mailshots
Election law and election funding
Speaking in public
Dealing with the media – spin-doctoring and rapid rebuttal
Scandals and gaffes
How to win with magnanimity…
And how to lose with style

From choosing the new parish council to the race for Number 10, all elections have elements in common – planning and organisation, formulating the message and communicating it to the electorate, dealing with the opposition, identifying and avoiding potential banana skins. In How to Win and Election Paul Richards – political consultant, twice parliamentary candidate and author of the bestselling Be Your Own Spin Doctor – distils years of campaigning experience to offer a lively view of electioneering for campaigners, candidates, and all with an interest in contemporary politics.

My Five Cambridge Friends

2008-07-05T09:35:00.001+01:00

My Five Cambridge Friends by Yuri Modin
346 pages, published by Headline Book Publishing (July 1995)

Yuri Modin’s friends were Guy Burgess, Donald McLean, Kim Philby, Anthony Blunt, and John Cairncross – the five men who made up the most famous spy ring Britain has ever known. Modin was their KGB controller in London: protector, confidant, the key link to Moscow. Now, for the first time, the man who knew them best reveals the extraordinary characters and intrigues of the legendary five, and the full extent of their treachery.

Modin was at the heart of their activities – ‘commissioning’ work for them, and screening all Moscow-bound information. It is a story worthy of Le Carre – clandestine meetings in the shadows of Regent’s Park or in dingy alleyways, with the constant fear of discovery. The flamboyant Burgess, bringing Blunt and McLean into espionage with his devastating charm; the enigmatic Philby, ‘the spy of the century’ resisting all attempts by his interrogators to break him down; Cairncross, the clumsy and absent-minded Glaswegian.

When their covers begin to crumble, Modin describes in detail the remarkable story of Burgess and McLean’s escape to Moscow in 1951; once safely behind the Iron Curtain, he continued to visit his friends regularly, observing their way of life in exile.

Yuri Modin’s account is unique – written through Soviet eyes, from the very heart of the notorious spy ring. It reads like a thriller – and his revelations will astound and disturb the reader.

Rage and the Pride, The

2008-07-04T09:12:00.000+01:00

The Rage and the Pride by Oriana Fallaci
168 pages, published by Universe Publishing (December 2002)

“There are moments in life when keeping silent becomes a fault, and speaking an obligation, a civic duty, a moral challenge, and a categorical imperative from which we cannot escape.”

With The Rage and the Pride Oriana Fallaci break a ten year silence. The silence she kept until September 11’s apocalypse in her Manhattan house. She breaks it with a deafening noise. In Europe, this book has caused and causes turmoil never registered in decades. Polemics, discussions and debates, hearty consents and praises, wild attacks. And a million copies sold in Italy where it still is at the bestsellers’ top. Hundreds of thousands in France, in Germany, in Spain: the other countries where it has become the Number One Bestseller. There are around a dozen translations in which it will soon appear.

With her well-known courage Oriana Fallaci faces the themes unchained by the Islamic terrorism: the contrast and, in her opinion, incompatibility between the Islamic world and the Western world; the global reality of the Jihad and the lack of response and the lenience of the West. With her brutal sincerity she hurls pitiless accusations, vehement invectives, and denounces the uncomfortable truths that all of us know but never dare to express. With her rigorous logic, lucidity of mind, she defends our culture and blames what she calls our blindness, our deafness, our masochism, the conformism and arrogance of the Politically Correct. With the poetry of a prophet like a modern Cassandra she says it in the form of a letter addressed to all of us.

Friends

2008-07-03T09:44:00.001+01:00

Friends by Kim Lewis
32 pages, published by Walker Books (2^nd Edition, February 1999)

Sam and Alice are the best of friends. One day, while playing on the farm, they find an egg and decide to take it back to the farmhouse. But it's a long way to carry an egg and keep it safe: will they still be friends when they get there?

“Kim Lewis sensitively captures an everyday occurrence in younger children's lives.” The Good Book Guide

“This simple tale of anger and reconciliation is sweetly illustrated in double-spread, sunlit, coloured pencil illustrations... You can almost smell the hay. Masterful.” School Library Journal USA

Waterloo 1815

2008-07-02T11:15:00.001+01:00

Waterloo 1815: The Birth of Modern Europe by Geoffrey Wootten
96 pages, published by Osprey Publishing (May 1992)

Waterloo holds a special place among the great battles of history. The climax of more than twenty years of war, it was indeed a close-run affair, matching two of the world's greatest generals - Napoleon and Wellington. This volume covers the entire campaign including the battles of Quatre Bras, Ligny and Wavre, with five full-colour maps and three highly detailed bird's eye views showing decisive moments in the action. An excellent sense of the closeness of the battle is communicated - Wellington himself claimed it was "the nearest thing you ever saw in your life" - and this gripping account shows the full justice of that statement.

Dictionary of British History, A

2008-07-01T09:42:00.003+01:00

A Dictionary of British History by J. P. Kenyon
416 pages, published by Secker & Warburg (September 1981)

This book covers the history of the British Isles and its overseas possessions from the Roman conquest until 1970. The three thousand or so articles encompass domestic political and social events, foreign affairs, and major cultural and scientific developments, together with the men or women who have influenced or been influenced by the multifarious events that make up a country’s history.

Everyone with an interest in history will need this book: the general reader looking for guidance on unfamiliar terms or events half-remembered; the professional historian referring to subjects outside his own discipline; the student looking for precise definitions of terms not referred to in text books; the professional in other disciplines looking for the background to historical concepts and movements related to his or her own work.

The entries span the history of Britain and the British people, at home and abroad, from Roman times to 1970. There are entries for specific events, places, personalities, historical concepts and movements. There is a unique 40-page chronology of British history enabling the reader to see the interrelationship of historical movements and personalities. Any reader of history finds himself or herself repeatedly confronted by unfamiliar terms. What is manumission? What are priminary statutes? The dictionary guides the reader through these and other words and concepts seldom found in ordinary reading.

Death of the West, The

2008-06-30T10:06:00.001+01:00

The Death of the West by Patrick J. Buchanan
320 pages, published by Saint Martin’s Press (October 2002)

The national bestseller that shocked the nation – The Death of the West is an unflinching look at the increasing decline in Western culture and power.

The West is dying. Collapsing birth rates in Europe and the United States, coupled with population explosions in Africa, Asia, and Latin America are set to cause cataclysmic shifts in world power, as unchecked immigration swamps and polarizes every Western society and nation.

The Death of the West details how a civilization, culture, and moral order are passing away and foresees a new world order that has terrifying implications for our freedom, our faith, and the pre-eminence of American democracy.

The Death of the West is a timely, provocative study that asks the question that quietly troubles millions: IS the America we grew up in gone forever?

“His best book yet.” The Washington Times

“Well reasoned and well researched.” The Baltimore Sun

Orchard Book of Viking Stories, The

2008-06-29T10:00:00.001+01:00

The Orchard Book of Viking Stories by Robert Swindells
96 pages, published by Orchard (June 2004)

Ten gripping stories from Norse mythology – made lively and exciting for today’s readers, retold by an award-winning author.

The fiery world of Vikings is filled with amazing adventures and acts of great courage. Battles with mighty giants, demons and dwarves abound and superhuman gods – Thor, Odin and many more – leap from the pages. These retellings will fire every child’s imagination.

All the drama, magic and mystery of Robert Swindells’ stories are captured in Peter Utton’s illustrations, which bring the world of the Vikings so vividly to life.

“Told with relish and style, these are tales to chill the blood and make the heart beat faster…” Carousel

“…told with drama and suspense and beautifully illustrated with mystical watercolours.” Junior Education.

Hunter

2008-06-28T09:33:00.000+01:00

Hunter by Andrew MacDonald
259 pages, published by National Vanguard Books

How should an honourable man confront evil?

Should he ignore it, with the excuse that it is not his responsibility?

Or should he ally himself with the evil, because that’s where the “smart money” is?

Or should he take up arms against it and fight it with all his strength and without regard for the personal consequences, even though he must fight alone?

Oscar Yeager, a former combat pilot in Vietnam, now a comfortable yuppie working as a Defense Department consultant in the Virginia suburbs of the nation’s capital, faces this choice. He surveys the race mixing, the open homosexuality, the growing influence of drugs, the darkening complexion of the population as the tide of non-White immigration swells. He finds that for him it really is no choice at all: he is compelled to fight the evil which afflicts America of the 1990s; his conscience will not let him ignore it, and joining it is inconceivable.

He declares war on the corrupt and irresponsible politicians who are presiding over the destruction of his race and his country, the scheming media masters who are the principal architects of that destruction, and the spiritually sick adherents of “pluralism” who are their willing collaborators. And when Oscar Yeager goes on the warpath, you’d better not be in his way!

Racial Origins of the Founders of America, The

2008-06-27T10:29:00.001+01:00

The Racial Origins of the Founders of America: Extracted and Condensed from the Works of Madison Grant and Ales Hrdlicka
124 pages, published by Scott-Townsend Publishers (1995)

The settlement of North America by Europeans was one of the major events of the past five hundred years. Southern and Central America still retain much of the culture of Spain and Portugal, primarily in their adoption of the Spanish and Portuguese languages, but in general the habit in these Catholic colonies was to encourage cohabitation between the European adventurers and the Indians, not only for the convenience of the white males but also in order to produce offspring who would be reared in the Catholic church and so “win souls for God” in the eyes of the Church. In general, in the countries colonized by Spain and Portugal, it was only the aristocracy who preserved any pride in their racial ancestry and persisted in taking European women as brides – usually women from families of their own social status.

In North America, however, with the exception of the French settlements (and even in these there was a strong preference for brides of European descent) the British, German and Scandinavian settlers strongly deprecated admixture with the native Indian population, whom they regarded as cruel and brutal enemies. Despite attempts at trade and cooperation with the Indians, their unpredictability and their custom of torturing prisoners caused them to be perceived as creatures of the devil. Thus the thirteen colonies and the subsequent United States of America, at least until the time of the Civil War, when immigrants began to enter the United States from central, southern and eastern Europe, this did not materially change the nature of the population from a world viewpoint, for these were still all of white European ancestry, with the exception of some small components that might have entered Europe from Asia in historical times.

The main text of what follows has been extracted in slightly abbreviated and abridged form from Madisons Grant’s The Conquest of a Continent (1933). The appendix, however, is taken from the renowned American anthropologist Ales Hrdlicka’s remarkable publication entitled Old Americans (1925). In an effort to find out what the original European settlers of the United States looked like, Hrdlicka and his colleagues identified hundreds of Americans of all ages whose forebears for at least three generations were all American-born. Extensive physiological measurements and records were taken, as well as photographs of these individuals. Bearing in mind that this was in 1925, three generations meant that the individuals studied were of pure American stock from at least the pre-civil war period, and in most cases from pre-revolutionary war stock. While Madison Grant’s complete book is still obtainable in reprinted form, Ales Hrdlicka’s is now difficult to find. Yet Hrdlicka’s photographs provide a symbiotic and complementary adjunct to Grant’s historical account of the European “conquest” of the North American continent. It therefore seems highly desirable to combine relevant extracts from the works of the two authors in a single volume.

One Summer Day

2008-06-26T10:34:00.001+01:00

One Summer Day by Kim Lewis
32 pages, published by Walker Books (2^nd Edition, May 1998)

One hot, summer day, little Max goes for a walk on the farm with Sara. They go into the fields and down to the river too. But what Max really wants to see is the big red tractor!

“The friendly text and gentle, beautifully realistic illustrations depict life as we wish it might be for every very small child.” The Junior Bookshelf

“Lewis’s coloured pencil illustrations of rustic summer scenes have been drawn with infinite care.” Kirkus Review USA

“Kim Lewis draws the English countryside and farm animals as well as any children’s illustrator.” Susan Hill, The Sunday Times

Culloden 1746

2008-06-25T11:08:00.001+01:00

Culloden 1746: The Highland Clans’ Last Charge by Peter Harrington
96 pages, published by Osprey Publishing (September 1991)

Culloden marked the end of the last and greatest of the Jacobite adventures - the '45 Rebellion - in which the Highland clans challenged the power of the Hanoverian King of England. It was at Culloden that Charles Edward Stuart's army was finally defeated. His tired Highlanders had little chance against the steady infantry and heavy artillery fire of the English. Peter Harrington examines all aspects of the battle, including its background, the earlier Highlander victories, the men and commanders of both sides, and the massacre that took place in its aftermath.

Robert the Bruce: King of Scots

2008-06-24T10:05:00.001+01:00

Robert the Bruce: King of Scots by Ronald McNair Scott
288 pages, published by Canongate Books (March 1999)

Robert the Bruce is one of the great heroic figures of history. When after years of struggle Scotland was reduced to a vassal state by Edward I of England, it was Bruce who, supported by the Scottish Church and a group of devoted followers, had himself crowned at Scone as King of Scots and renewed the fight for freedom.

Ronald McNair Scott has used the accounts of contemporary chroniclers, particularly those of John Barbour, to reconstruct the story of one of the most remarkable and admirable of medieval kings. It is a story with episodes quite as romantic as those of King Arthur, but one which belongs to the authentic history of the Scottish nation.

“…the definitive biography of the heroic figure,” Mail on Sunday

“…a splendid read …Bruce has found his right chronicler.” David Holloway, The Daily Telegraph

“The reader with no previous knowledge of the period will find it perfectly comprehensible.” Caroline Bingham, The Times Literary Supplement

“Robert the Bruce is a thundering good narrative… many marvellous anecdotes, splendidly told. I would not have missed them for anything.” The Sunday Telegraph

Fury of the Northmen, The

2008-06-23T07:46:00.001+01:00

The Fury of the Northmen: Saints Shrines and Sea-raiders of the Viking Age by John Marsden
208 pages, published by Kyle Cathie (May 1996)

‘From the fury of the northmen, O Lord, deliver us…’

In the year 793, sea-raiders out of the north fell upon the holy island of Lindisfarne. In the following year they were striking as far south as the Tyne and breaking out into the Hebrides. The next raiding season saw the devastation of Iona and dragonships off the coast of Ireland.

The Viking Age, which was to transform the passage of Europe into the medieval centuries, had dawned and the ‘deep peace of the running wave’, so long sacred to the Celtic holy man, had gone forever…

The Fury of the Northmen offers a ‘pilgrimage through a time foretold as the last days of the world’ to explore the Viking onslaught on the holy places of Northumbria, Scotland and Ireland through the testimony of those men on whom it fell…

They Were White and They Were Slaves

2008-06-22T10:13:00.002+01:00

They Where White and They Were Slaves by Michael A. Hoffman II
144 pages, published by Independent History and Research Company (June 1993)

They Where White and They Were Slaves is a thoroughly researched challenge to the conventional historiography of colonial and industrial labour, a stunning journey into a hidden epoch, the slave trade in Whites, hundreds of thousands of whom were kidnapped, chained, whipped and worked to death in American colonies and during the Industrial Revolution. This is a chronicle that has never been fully told, part of a vital heritage that has until now comprised the dustiest shelf in the darkest corner of suppressed history.

“Their bodies and souls are used as if hell commenced here and only continued in the world to come.” Thomas Montgomery, in a letter to the Lords of Trade and Plantations, on the suffering of White slaves, August 3, 1688.

“…especially after the colonization of the New World, hard labour was often performed by persons who were ‘indentured servants’… Many were actually not indentured, but had been kidnapped in the British Isles by thugs and sold to slave dealers. The appalling and sometimes heart-breaking record is summarised by Michael A Hoffman II in an excellent book… One shocking fact that you will learn from Mr. Hoffman is that the White slaves commonly fared worse than the Black slaves.” Revilo P. Oliver, PhD., University of Illinois

“As a teacher of U.S. history from 1943-1968, I knew a lot about the indentured White slave racket, but you even dug up material I had never encountered before.” James J. Martin, PhD.

“Michael A. Hoffman II has filled in a very important vacuum… a new and startling perspective on the slavery issue.” Wilmot Robertson, author of The Dispossessed Majority

“This is one of the best revisionist books I’ve ever read…” Paul Fromm, High school history teacher, Ontario, Canada

“…solid investigation of the status of press-ganged children and other Whites in the colonies in the 17^th and 18^th centuries.” Mike Gunderloy, Factsheet Five

“Hoffman documents well the fact that conditions were no better for White ‘servants’ (and often worse) than the conditions for Black ‘slaves’. You can really learn a lot from this book. Michael Hoy, Loompanics Unlimited

Racial Integration

2008-06-21T10:39:00.001+01:00

Racial Integration: The Rising Tide of Colour by H. B. Isherwood
77 pages, published by Britons Publishing Company (October 1966)

All who are genuinely concerned about the destiny of our nation and people should ponder on what is set out in this book. It is an analysis of what is called The Colour Problem. It is not a comprehensive study of the question but seeks to direct attention to the reality that lies beneath the surface of social tensions which are racial in origin.

The author rests his case on the self-evident truth of the natural inequality of men, that men are not born equal and that because of the varying limitations of their inborn talents they can never be made equal by upbringing, education or artificial law. Amongst these basic inequalities are the genetic racial ones, both of body and mind. The author claims that racial equality is a political myth.

The human races have been brought into being at different times and in different places through complex evolutionary and historical processes by the hand of God, with the result that each race is endowed with unique characteristics by which it can be identified. Colour of skin is the most conspicuous of these, but although it furnishes a natural means of identification it is not the most important of the racial features. Much more important are those associated with character and the brain.

From earliest times there have been migratory movements across the world of men of fundamentally different breeds, but all such movements have been from populated areas to unoccupied or sparsely inhabited areas.

With the present migration into Britain, where the coloured population already exceeds a million and is rapidly increasing, it cannot be argued that immigration can be balanced by emigration on a numerical basis, since the exchange involves quality as well as quantity.

Earlier immigrants entering England such as the Flemings and the Huguenots were of the same racial strain as the English with similar historical and Christian backgrounds and were congenially absorbed into the English community. Jewish immigrants, however, have never sought to be fully integrated, wishing instead to preserve their ‘racial apartness’. No such considerations apply to the dark immigrants now trying to settle in the land.

It may be assumed that the black immigrants will never become an integral part of English society. In any case why should a Sikh, for example, be expected to drop his customs to conform to English Christian standards or a Moslem or a Hindu be required to renounce his traditional faith in order to facilitate his absorption into the community?

These are the superficial aspects of racial integration representing the social side of the problem. Nevertheless they will tend to bring about a natural segregation of people according to their own kind. If racial minorities can claim the right to enjoy their own company so then can the English majority – and their right is a prescriptive one under natural law and therefore paramount. Any attempt by legislation to deprive the English of their inalienable right to discriminate in favour of their own people will surely engender a form of racial hatred that will be difficult to subdue.

Further, the author points out that race-consciousness is not apparent in very young children and only comes into play in adult life as a dynamic urge for survival when races are thrown together in a haphazard way as they have been in England. No Englishman should be criticised if he is repelled by the idea of his daughter consorting with a Negro or a member of any other coloured race. His attitude is a natural one, for it is this sensitive appreciation of pedigree qualities that will insure a worthwhile future for his own race. Racial attitudes, the product of racial attributes, do not in themselves constitute racial prejudice.

Each nation tends to reflect the racial composition of its people: its innate qualities of mind, a common ancestry and history and a shared birthright. The introduction of alien races into such a community disturbs the social balance and perceptibly weakens the nation’s will to survive as an entity.

This book by giving facts and figures without bias, sounds a warning note to all who would work for the survival of the English way of life.

H. B. Isherwood has made a prolonged study of the Racial problem and believes that it is only by a realistic approach that a better understanding between the peoples of the world can be brought about.

His first book Racial Contours published in 1965 has attracted considerable notice. It is a scholarly work of 423 pages. “Forceful… full of meat, dealing with vast problems in a very readable and objective manner.” Mankind Quarterly.

This present, but smaller work, Racial Integration, points out the many fallacies in the arguments of the Integrationists and it should become a useful handbook for social workers and others who are worried by the rising tide of colour and yet seek to solve the problem with humanity and understanding.

Animal Farm

2008-06-20T10:30:00.001+01:00

Animal Farm: A Fairy Story by George Orwell
95 pages, published by Penguin Books (April 1996)

‘It is the history of a revolution that went wrong – and of the excellent excuses that were forthcoming at every step for the perversion of the original doctrine,’ wrote Orwell for the first edition of Animal Farm in 1945.

Orwell wrote the novel at the end of 1943, but it almost remained unpublished. Its savage attack on Stalin, at that time Britain’s ally, led to the book being refused by publisher after publisher.

Orwell’s simple, tragic fable, telling what happens when the animals drive out Mr Jones and attempt to run the farm themselves, has since become a world-famous classic.

My Friend Harry

2008-06-19T10:23:00.000+01:00

My Friend Harry by Kim Lewis
32 pages, published by Walker Books (2^nd Edition, August 1997)

James has a special soft-toy friend. His name is Harry. He and James go everywhere together - around the farm, on holiday, to bed... Harry always listens and he never complains, even when he gets wet or dirty or is made to stand on his head! Then, one day, James starts school...

“An altogether charming picture book communicated directly in straightforward text and rich illustrations. Bound to be a much-returned-to-favourite with 3-6 year olds.”
The Junior Bookshelf

“For those of us who know the agonies of the first days at school, this story hits the spot.” Child Education, Best Books Guide

Hastings 1066

2008-06-18T11:04:00.001+01:00

Hastings 1066: The Fall of Saxon England by Christopher Gravett
100 pages, Osprey Publishing (September 2000)

Fought on 14th October 1066 between Duke William of Normandy and Harold Godwinson, king of England, the Battle of Hastings irrevocably changed the course of English history. William's victory ensured his accession to the English throne. Hastings was also decisive in another way: the horrendous casualties suffered by the English nobility both there and at the two earlier battles of Fulford and Stamford Bridge resulted in there being very few men influential enough to lead an English resistance once William had been crowned. William would survive long enough to successfully found a Norman dynasty of English kings.

Who’s Watching You?

2008-06-17T09:09:00.001+01:00

Who’s Watching You?: The Chilling Truth About the State, Surveillance and Personal Freedom by John Gibb
256 pages, published by Collins & Brown (July 2005)

The threat of terrorism and the corresponding climate of fear encouraged by the State have together eroded our freedom to live our lives in peace and quiet away from the prying eyes of CCTV.

The state is tightening its grip on us by watching and recording what we do. They are doing this because they know they can and because knowledge is power. But exactly who are ‘they’ and why do they want to know so much about us?

This book includes chilling, accurate and up to date descriptions of the methods the state uses to watch us. It also demonstrates how intelligence gathered by the state has become an international phenomenon.

From the millions of CCTV cameras that are visible to more that aren’t, from covert listening and spying devices to proposed legislation that intends to track and number every member of various countries, this book examines all the ways in which we are being watched.

Freedom's Cause

2008-06-16T10:00:00.000+01:00

Freedom's Cause: The Lives of the Suffragettes by Fran Abrams
288 pages, published by Profile Books Ltd (October 2003)

When Christabel Pankhurst went to prison in 1905 for shouting suffrage slogans and spitting at a policeman – losing her skirt in the melee that ensued – she burst the stays of her Victorian upbringing.

Over the next decade countless young women would break free of the constraints under which their mothers laboured. They were prepared to give up their homes, their livelihoods, even life itself, for their cause. But they gained something even more precious – the joy of comradeship and delicious freedom of a life outside the narrow confines of respectability.

The characters in this book form a cross-section of the many thousands whose lives were touched by this extraordinary, vibrant movement. Throughout the rigours of imprisonment and force feeding, their sheer energy, humour and joie de vivre never ceased to shine through. There is, for example, Annie Kenney, being delivered to rallies under the watchful eyes of the law in a hamper marked: ‘Marie Lloyd: Luggage in Advance.’ Or, Emily Wilding Davison forcing police to perform the cake walk backwards in their attempt to arrest her at Manchester’s Belle Vue pleasure park.

By bringing to life a dozen women – and men – who were touched by the suffragette movement, this book seeks to discover what they really achieved. Was it the simple fact of votes for women? Or was it something much more fundamental - a sense that women had a key role to play, not just in politics but throughout the whole fabric of society?

Bumper Book of Government Waste, The

2008-06-15T09:56:00.000+01:00

The Bumper Book of Government Waste: The scandal of the squandered billions from Lord Irvine's wallpaper to EU saunas by Matthew Elliott and Lee Rotherham
223 pages, published by Harriman House Publishing (Feb 2006)

Welcome to the world of waste! You are about to enter a twilight zone of crazy spending, political correctness, utter incompetence and fantastic jollies, all funded by the British taxpayer.

In this book, the authors highlight a myriad of examples of government waste and useless spending, taken from thousands of examples held on file. The figures have been compiled from independent reports, media coverage and official statistics. Added together, they come to £82 billion of waste!

In 1995, the Government claimed £68 billion in income tax. In 2005-06, the projected figure is £138 billion – over £2 billion a week.

The Arts Council spent £77,000 sending a team of artists to the North Pole to make a snowman.

The Department for Health spent more than £225,000 teaching grannies how to wear slippers.

Quangos cost over £33 billion per year.

Nottinghamshire tourism bosses spent £120,000 of taxpayers’ money rebranding the county with a big ‘N’.

Each European member of Parliament (MEP) costs £2.4 million per year in salary, expenses, perks and administration.

In 2005, 20 out of 24 government departments overspent their budgets. The total overspend was £7.1 billion.

These are just a few of the alarming facts and figures revealed in this book. If you wasted your family’s money on this scale, you would probably be locked up. Why should the Government get away with it?

Great Tales from English History

2008-06-14T09:50:00.000+01:00

Great Tales from English History: Cheddar Man to the Peasants' Revolt by Robert Lacey
276 pages, published by Little, Brown (September 2003)

From ancient times to the present day, the story of England has been laced with drama, intrigue, courage and passion – a rich and vibrant narrative of heroes and villains, kings and rebels, artists and highwaymen, bishops and scientists. Now in great Tales from English History, Robert Lacey captures some of the most pivotal moments: the stories and extraordinary characters that helped shape a nation.

This first volume begins in 7150 BC with the intriguing life and death of Cheddar Man and end in 1381 with Wat Tyler and the Peasants’ Revolt. We meet the Greek navigator Pytheas, whose description of the woad-painted Celts yielded pretannike (‘the land of the painted people’), which became the Latin word Britannia. We witness the Roman victory celebrations of AD 43, where a squadron of elephants was paraded through Colchester. And we visit the New Forest, in 1100, and the mysterious shooting of King William Rufus.

Packed with insight, humour and fascinating detail, Robert Lacey brings the stories that made England brilliantly to life. From Ethelred the Unready to Richard the Lionheart, the Venerable Bede to Piers the Ploughman, this is, quite simply, history as history should be told.

Blank Slate, The

2008-06-13T10:49:00.001+01:00

The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature by Steven Pinker
528 pages, published by Penguin Books (June 2003)

“A passionate defence of the enduring power of human nature… both life-affirming and deeply satisfying.” Tim Lott, Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year

Brilliant… enjoyable, informative, clear, humane.” New Scientist

In the past century many people have assumed that we are shaped by our environment: a blank slate waiting to be inscribed by upbringing and culture, with innate abilities playing little part.

Steven Pinker’s profound and essential book shows that this view denies the heart of our being: human nature. We are prepared for sex, aggression and jealousy – and also love, compassion and reason. Violence is not just a product of society; male and female minds are different; the genes we give our children shape them more than our parenting practices. To acknowledge our nature, Pinker shows, is not to condone inequality or callousness, but ultimately to understand the very foundations of humanity.

“An original and vital contribution to science and also a rattling good read.” Matt Ridley, Sunday Telegraph

“Startling… This is a breath of air for a topic that has been politicized for too long.” The Economist

Last Train, The

2008-06-12T10:13:00.001+01:00

The Last Train by Kim Lewis
25 pages, published by Walker Books (2^nd Edition, July 1996)

Down by the old railroad cottage, Sara and James imagine the steam engines that once rumbled by. Suddenly, out of the thunder and rain of an afternoon storm comes a train! Is it real or is it a roaring phantom from yesterday?

“An appealing book on the power of trains to ignite youngsters' imaginations and dreams.” School Library Journal

“Everyone should enjoy the tranquil atmosphere of this lovely book.” Books for Your Children

“Another entrancing title from the creator of Floss.” Smithsonian Magazine

Agincourt 1415

2008-06-11T11:18:00.000+01:00

Agincourt 1415: Triumph Against the Odds by Matthew Bennett
96 pages, published by Osprey Publishing (May 1991)

Agincourt is one of the most evocative names in English military history. Henry V's forces were tired, hungry, and faced a French army three to six times more numerous. However, they possessed several advantages, and English success resulted from the combination of heavily armoured men-at-arms with troops armed with the infamous longbow - the havoc this weapon wreaked was crucial. Using original fifteenth century evidence, including the surviving French battle plan and the accounts of men present in both armies, this title discusses the lead-up to the battle, the tactical dispositions of the two forces and the reasons for the ultimate English success.

Unto Others

2008-06-10T09:43:00.001+01:00

Unto Others: Evolution and Psychology of Unselfish Behavior by Elliott Sober and David Sloan Wilson
416 pages, published by Harvard University Press (September 1999)

In Unto Others philosopher Elliott Sober and biologist David Sloan Wilson provide a panoramic view of altruism throughout the animal kingdom – from self-sacrificing parasites, to insects that subsume themselves in the superorganism of a colony, to the human capacity for selflessness – even as they explain the evolutionary sense of such behaviour.

“Unto Others is one of the most important books of the decade. It simply cannot be ignored, as it is the most comprehensive treatment of the whole levels-of-selection debate, including its history, so far.” Trends in Ecology and Evolution

“Intellectual work is supposed to be a combination of originality and hard thinking. Unfortunately, there is some contradiction between these, at least in evolutionary theory… Unto Others is precisely that combination of radical re-examination of a system of explanation, an examination from the roots, with a rigorous technical analysis of both biological and epistemological questions that we are all supposed to engage in.” New York Review of Books

“For two decades, Sober, an internationally prominent philosopher of biology, has provided welcome clarification of the concept of natural selection, while for an even longer period, Wilson, a well-known theoretical biologist, has campaigned to rehabilitate one of the most vilified views about the nature of selection… Defenders of psychological altruism can no longer be indicted on the grounds of wishful thinking.” London Review of Books

“Sober and D. S. Wilson’s book is a step in the right direction towards a truly new Darwinism.” Times Higher Education Supplement

“Unto Others… is bound to have a long-lasting and strong influence on the field of evolutionary biology … In this book philosophical and biological discourse are tightly woven together into an easy-to-read package.” Ethology

Great Deception, The: The Secret History of the European Union

2008-06-09T09:40:00.000+01:00

The Great Deception: The Secret History of the European Union by Christopher Booker and Richard North
474 pages, published by Continuum International Publishing (March 2005)

This book tells for the first time the inside story of the most audacious political project of modern times: the plan to unite Europe under a single ‘supranational’ government. From the 1920s, when the blueprint for the European Union was first conceived by a British civil servant, this meticulously documented account takes the story right up to the new European constitution, already planned 60 years ago to be the ‘crowning dream’ of the whole project.

The book chillingly shows how Britain’s politicians, not least Tony Blair, have consistently been outplayed in a game – the rules of which they never understood. But it ends by asking whether, from the euro to enlargement, the ‘project’ has now overreached itself, as a gamble doomed to fail.

Truth That Sticks, The

2008-06-08T09:53:00.000+01:00

The Truth That Sticks: New Labour's Breach of Trust by Martin Bell
294 pages, published by Icon Books (September 2007)

Ten year after Labour surged to power at a time of ‘hope beyond ordinary imagining’, their record in office and abuse of trust have proved a bitter disappointment for millions who believed in their pledge to clean up politics.

Martin Bell, a journalist whose career has been made reporting from the world’s unquiet corners, and one-time Independent MP elected on an anti-sleaze platform, asks – what went wrong?

Bell dissects the scandals from Bernie Ecclestone to David Blunkett to cash-for-peerages; explores Labour’s indifference to the issue of trust on which it was elected; attacks the illegal and disastrous decision to go to war in Iraq, and questions the deployment in Afghanistan – he visited both countries while writing the book. He berates the government for its neglect of the victims of its wars, and the faith-based foreign policy behind them. ‘Troop were sent to fight unwinnable wars by politicians who had not a day’s experience of soldiering between them’, he says, adding that politicians ‘live in a dreamland of their own, like Disneyworld with gun turrets.”

He draws on his experience of politics and war to argue that, on the issue of public trust in public life, New Labour’s record was wholly, completely and unforgivably negative.

Wide-ranging and pulling no punches, The Truth That Sticks is a crushing analysis of a decade of deception, dishonesty and abuse of power, delivered with precision and great passion.

It is a book that only Martin Bell could have written, and is destined to become the definitive critique of the Blair years – a critique just as relevant now with Gordon Brown in charge.

West, Islam and Islamism, The

2008-06-07T10:18:00.000+01:00

The West, Islam and Islamism: Is ideological Islam compatible with liberal democracy? by Caroline Cox and John Marks
253 pages, published by Civitas: Institute for the Study of Civil Society (October 2006)

The aim of this book is to encourage mutual understanding between the Islamic and Western worlds. The majority of Muslims are peaceable, law-abiding citizens. However, Muslim fundamentalists, described here as Islamists, present a challenge to the values of Western democracies.

With many lapses, modern Western societies strive to uphold values such as tolerance, pluralism and individual freedom. Islamism is monolithic, intolerant of dissent and hostile to individual liberty.

‘Islamic’ societies and militant ‘Islamism’ need to be distinguished. Islamism is not compatible with liberal democracy, but it is the hope and intention of the authors that through this book non-Muslims may develop a better understanding of Islam and better relationships with moderate peaceable Muslims.

Since the first edition of this book was published there have been several serious manifestations of Islamist extremism, including bomb attacks on London in July 2005 and the storm of protest surrounding the Danish cartoons. This second edition considers these worrying developments, and examines the way in which extremists have been able to organise campaigns of terrorism from a relatively secure position in Britain. The authors ask to what extent a free and tolerant society can accommodate those who would use its freedoms to destroy it.

‘It is organised terrorism that claims most public attention. But there is substantial evidence of a concerted and co-ordinated strategic attack over a long period on the fundamental principles of Western society.’

All Must Have Prizes

2008-06-06T09:15:00.000+01:00

All Must Have Prizes by Melanie Phillips
395 pages, published by Time Warner Paperbacks (February 1998)

All Must Have Prizes is the book at the heart of the education debate. In devastating detail, Melanie Phillips charts the flight from literacy and knowledge that has taken place in Britain’s education system from its nursery schools to its universities, reveals the breakdown in the relationship between teachers and pupils, parents and children, and explains, for the first time, how the ideological fads behind the education disaster are eroding family life and the moral codes essential for a civilised society. First published to a storm of controversy, it is a blistering indictment of the way Britain’s children have been betrayed.

‘This seminal book … it is deeply disturbing that so many educationalists appear unable to accept any evidence which challenges their own complacency and prejudice.’ Chris Woodhead, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools, Sunday Times

‘An awesome polemic … the reader is swept along by this passion, which is linked to superb writing and a fiercely independent mind.’ Professor Michael Barber, The Guardian

‘Much of what is written in this book is perfectly obvious, but to say the obvious now requires considerable courage, and the author has it in full.’ Theodore Dalrymple, The Spectator

‘A brave book … as she is right on all the important issues, she is also right to protest as energetically as she does.’ Eric Anderson, TLS

First Snow

2008-06-05T10:26:00.001+01:00

First Snow by Kim Lewis
25 pages, published by Walker Books (2^nd Edition, October 1995)

When Sara goes with Mummy and the dogs to feed the sheep one winter's morning, her teddy goes too. Soon, to Sara's delight, it starts to snow. But where is Teddy?

“The illustrations are superb... A delightful book for parents and younger children to share and for older children to linger over.” Children's Book of the Year

“A deeply moving, serene story.” Child Education

“Little ones will enjoy this small adventure and can certainly relate to Sara’s feelings about her lost bear.” Booklist USA

Anglo-Saxon Thegn

2008-06-04T10:45:00.001+01:00

Anglo-Saxon Thegn AD 449–1066 by Mark Harrison
64 pages, published by Osprey Publishing (November 1993)

The collapse of Roman rule in Britain was not so much a sudden catastrophe as a long and drawn-out decline. The 'Celtic' Britons retreated gradually to the highland areas of Wales, Cornwall and the south-west of Scotland. Control of the fertile eastern lowlands was lost to warriors of Germanic origin who migrated from the Continent. These Germanic conquerors have become known to history as the 'Anglo-Saxons'. They were to dominate the lowland zone of Britain until their final defeat at Hastings in 1066. This title gives an insight into the everyday life, equipment, dress, battle tactics and life on campaign of the typical Anglo-Saxon warrior of this period – the thegn.

Every Man a King

2008-06-03T09:46:00.001+01:00

Every Man a King: Autobiography of Huey P. Long
412 pages, published by Da Capo Press (March 1996)

“Few American politicians have had as shrewd and as sensitive a regard for the uses of the printed word as this apparently unlettered man who burst so explosively on the national scene in the 1930s… Every Man a King is truly autobiographical and details the rise to power of one of America’s most remarkable politicians… [It is] an important political testament that deserves the attention of all serious students of politics.” T. Harry Williams, author of Americans at War

Huey Long (1893-1935) was one of the most extraordinary American politicians, simultaneously cursed as a dictator and applauded as a benefactor of the masses. A product of the poor north Louisiana hills, he began his political career by taking on, from the office of the Railroad Commission, the biggest corporations in the state, including the Standard Oil Company. He was elected governor of Louisiana in 1928, and proceeded to subjugate the powerful state political hierarchy after narrowly defeating an impeachment attempt. The only Southern popular leader who truly delivered on his promises, he increased the miles of paved roads and number of bridges in Louisiana tenfold and established free night schools and state hospitals, meeting the huge costs by taxing corporations and issuing bonds. Soon Long had become the absolute ruler of the state, in the process lifting Louisiana from near feudalism into the modern world almost overnight, and inspiring poor whites of the South to a vision of a better life.

As Louisiana Senator and one of Roosevelt’s most vociferous critics, “The Kingfish,” as he called himself, gained a nationwide following, forcing Roosevelt to turn his New Deal significantly to the left. But before he could progress further, he was assassinated in Baton Rouge in 1935. Long’s ultimate ambition, of course, was the presidency, and it was doubtless with this goal in mind that he wrote this spirited and fascinating account of his life, an autobiography every bit as daring and controversial as was The Kingfish himself.

Penguin Book of First World War Poetry

2008-06-02T10:50:00.000+01:00

The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry edited by George Walter
400 pages, published by Penguin Classics (October 2006)

“We are the Dead. Short days ago,
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow.”

Unrivalled for its range and intensity, the poetry of the First World War continues to have a powerful effect on readers. This anthology reflects the diverse experiences of those who lived through the war – bringing together the words of poets, soldiers and civilians affected by the conflict. Including famous verses from Rupert Brooke, Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen; pieces by less well-known writers such as Gilbert Frankau and Osbert Sitwell; works by women describing the emotions of those at home; and the anonymous lyrics of soldiers’ songs, The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry offers a blend of voices that is both unique and profoundly moving.

This collection has been arranged thematically, moving through the war’s different stages from conscription through to its aftermath, to offer the reader a variety of perspectives on the same common experiences. George Walter’s introduction discusses the role and scope of First World War poetry anthologies, and how the canon has changed over the years. This edition also includes notes and biographies.

State Secrets: The Kent-Wolkoff Affair

2008-06-01T09:41:00.001+01:00

State Secrets: The Kent-Wolkoff Affair by Bryan Clough
300 pages, published by Hideaway Publications (October 2005)

Tyler Kent joined the American Embassy in London in October 1939 with the job of coding and decoding telegrams exchanged between London and Washington. He also started his own private collection that included secret exchanges between President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. These were politically explosive because Churchill had not yet stepped up as Prime Minister whilst Roosevelt was coming to the end of his second term as President.

After showing the Embassy documents to Anna Wolkoff, Captain Ramsay (a Conservative MP) and others who advocated a peace deal with Hitler, this group had to be stopped and MI5 rose to the challenge through the use of illegal entry, several agents provocateurs including a Belgian-born mystic, a sting operation, some ‘sexed-up’ reports, a few drops of perjury and a flood of colourful cover stories.

The Kent-Wolkoff Affair has produced a mountain of speculation over the years but the true story could only be told following the release of MI5 files into the National Archives. Now you can discover why these files had been ‘Closed’ for over 60 years.

Art of War, The

2008-05-31T10:23:00.000+01:00

The Art of War by Sun Tzu
Translated by Thomas Cleary
224 pages, published by Shambhala Publications (April 2005)

Conflict is an inevitable part of life, according to this ancient Chinese classic of strategy, but everything necessary to deal with conflict wisely, honourably, victoriously, is already present within us. Compiled more than two thousand years ago by a mysterious warrior-philosopher, The Art of War is still perhaps the most prestigious and influential book of strategy in the world, as eagerly studied in Asia by modern politicians and executives as it has been by military leaders since ancient times. As a study of the anatomy of organisations in conflict, The Art of War applies to competition and conflict in general, on every level from the interpersonal to the international. Its aim is invincibility, victory without battle, and unassailable strength through understanding physics, politics, and psychology of conflict.

“A breast-pocket favourite of many commanders and U.S. Marines.” Christian Science Monitor

“The Art of War soon could join Machiavelli’s The Prince as required reading in the executive suite.” USA Today

Prince, The

2008-05-30T09:19:00.002+01:00

The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
Translated by George Bull
144 pages, published by Penguin Classics (February 2004)

“One must be a fox in order to recognise traps, and a lion to frighten off wolves.”

The Prince shocked Europe on publication with its advocacy of ruthless tactics for gaining absolute power and its abandonment of conventional morality. Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) came to be regarded by some as an agent of the Devil and his name taken for the intriguer ‘Machevill’ of Jacobean tragedy. For his treatise on statecraft Machiavelli drew upon his own experience of office under the turbulent Florentine republic, rejecting traditional values of political theory and recognizing the complicated, transient nature of political life. Concerned not with lofty ideals but with a regime that would last, The Prince has become the bible of realpolitik, and still retains its power to alarm and to instruct.

In this edition Machiavelli’s tough-minded and pragmatic Italian is preserved in George Bull’s clear, unambiguous translation, while Anthony Grafton’s introduction depicts Machiavelli’s world of power struggles and intrigue, and discusses his role as political teacher of Europe.

Floss

2008-05-29T10:19:00.000+01:00

Floss by Kim Lewis
32 pages, published by Walker Books (2^nd Edition, September 1993)

When Floss lived in town, she loved playing ball with the children. Now she lives on a farm and has to work for her keep. But will she make a good sheepdog?

“Kim Lewis draws the English countryside and farm animals as well as any children's illustrator, with delicate and detailed realism... A straightforward story of warmth and charm, told without sentimentality and with a satisfactorily happy ending.” Susan Hill, The Sunday Times

Falklands War 1982, The

2008-05-28T10:31:00.001+01:00

The Falklands War 1982 by Duncan Anderson
96 pages, published by Osprey Publishing (February 2002)

The Argentine invasion of the Falklands in 1982 sparked national outrage and Britain felt she had to avenge the humiliation and protect her own. This volume explores both the military and political dimensions of this important conflict, including detailed accounts of the air / sea battle, the Battle for San Carlos Water, Goose Green, Mt Harriet, Tumbledown and many others. It explains how success in the Falklands set the stage for the years of Thatcher's dominance, and restored British prestige. Including first hand accounts from both soldiers and civilians, this is an interesting and thoroughly up to date appraisal.

Real American Dilemma, The

2008-05-27T10:22:00.001+01:00

The Real American Dilemma: Race, Immigration and the Future of America by Jared Taylor et al
152 pages, published by New Century Books (April 1998)

Why is race the problem that will not go away?

Race is still the American dilemma. This is partly because Americans dare not speak frankly about it. There is no other subject on which private opinion diverges so greatly from public expression.

This book is different. Its contributors – some of the most thoughtful people writing about race today – refuse to be intimidated by accusations of “racism.” Here is straight talk on the burning issues that will shape our future:

Why is integration not working?
Is Third-World immigration good for America?
Why is there so much black crime?
Are there racial differences in IQ?
Are white destined to become a minority?

Insightful, utterly candid commentary by:
Prof. J. Philippe Rushton, Dr. Samuel Francis, Prof. Michael Levin, Prof. Glayde Whitney, Jared Taylor, Prof. Michael Hart, Fr. James Thornton and Dr Wayne Lutton.

False Dawn

2008-05-26T10:38:00.000+01:00

False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism by John Gray
272 pages, published by Granta Books (August 2002)

“False Dawn is a powerful analysis of the deepening instability of global capitalism. It should be read by all who are concerned about the future of the world economy.” George Soros

“The central message is that we are going to hell in a handcart, as free markets rip up established communities. The idea of a world of liberal democratic and prosperous states on the American model is, he argues, a fantasy… Gray is right.” Andrew Marr, The Independent

“This book is teeming with arguments and ideas… it is hard to put down, and economic liberals would do well to test their ideas against it.” The Economist

“We need a powerful challenge to the simple-minded advocates of globalization. Now we have one. A compelling, important and original book.” Will Hutton

Immigration under New Labour

2008-05-25T10:34:00.000+01:00

Immigration under New Labour by Will Somerville
240 pages, published by Policy Press (September 2007)

“Somerville has used his intimate knowledge of UK migration policy and policy-making process to provide an invaluable record of Labour’s period in office. Traversing the breadth of policy from source countries to integration, he sheds new light on the conflicting pressures driving reform and the extent to which government achieved its objectives.” Sarah Spencer, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, University of Oxford

Lurid headlines on every aspect of migration have been a consistent feature of the last decade, from worries over asylum seekers to concerns about unprecedented economic immigration from Eastern Europe.

This book presents the first comprehensive account of government policy on immigration over the last ten years, providing an in-depth analysis of strategy and legislation since Tony Blair and New Labour were first elected. The account begins by placing policy change under Labour in its proper historical context, before examining the key policy themes – economic migration; security; integration; asylum – of the last decade.

Through an analysis of such policy themes, the author contends that immigration policy has undergone an intense and innovative transformation in the period from May 1997 to May 2007. Arguing that a more plural system of governance exists, the author challenges traditional accounts of policy development. By addressing the various influences on immigration policy making, from globalisation, the European Union and the law, to politics, the media and the networks of special interests, he seeks to provide a holistic explanation for the transformation of immigration policy. The author concludes with an evaluation of Labour’s immigration reforms, and whether government policy can be judged a success.

The book will be of interest to policy makers, academics, students studying immigration, and readers interested in serious current affairs.

Way of Wyrd, The

2008-05-24T10:14:00.001+01:00

The Way of Wyrd: Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer by Brian Bates
220 pages, published by Hay House (October 2004)

“As a way of psychological and spiritual exploration The Way of Wyrd offers not just uncanny similarities with some of our present thinking but notions which we seem only now to be rediscovering.” The Guardian

Sent on a mission deep into the forests of pagan Anglo-Saxon England, Wat Brand, a Christian scribe, suddenly finds his vision of the world turned upside down. The familiar English countryside is not what it seems; threatening spirits, birds of omen and plants of power lurk in this landscape of unseen terrors and mysterious forces. With Wulf, a sorcerer and mystic, as his guide, Wat is instructed in the magical lore of plants, runes of fate and life forces until finally he journeys to the spirit world on a quest to encounter the true nature of his own soul.

“An essential aid. In our overly Keltically obsessed British mind set, this magnificent book completely restores the unfairly neglected Scandinavian and Germanic side of our psyche.” Julian Cope

Islamist, The

2008-05-23T10:09:00.001+01:00

The Islamist: Why I Joined Radical Islam in Britain, What I Saw Inside and Why I Left by Ed Husain
304 pages, published by Penguin Books Ltd (May 2007)

When I was sixteen I became an Islamic fundamentalist. Five years later, after much emotional turmoil, I rejected fundamentalist teachings and returned to normal life and my family. As I recovered my faith and mind, I tried to put experiences behind me, but as the events of 7/7 unfolded it became clear to me that Islamic groups pose a threat to this country that we – Muslims and non-Muslims alike – do not yet understand.

Why are young British Muslims becoming extremists? What are the risks of another home-grown terrorist attack on British soil? By describing my experiences inside these groups and the reasons I joined them, I hope to explain the appeal of extremist thought, how fanatics penetrate Muslim communities and the truth behind their agenda of subverting the West and moderate Islam. Writing candidly about life after extremism, I illustrate the depth of the problem that now grips Muslim hearts and minds and lay bare what politicians and Muslim ‘community leaders’ do not want you to know.

This is the first time an ex-member openly discusses life within radical Islamic organisations. This is my story.

“Captivating and terrifyingly honest.” The Observer

“Persuasive and stimulating.” Martin Amis

“Read this articulate and impassioned book.” Simon Jenkins, The Sunday Times

Emma's Lamb

2008-05-22T09:09:00.000+01:00

Emma’s Lamb by Kim Lewis
32 pages, published by Walker Books (2^nd Edition, March 1992)

One rainy spring morning, Emma's father brings home a little lost lamb. He's wet and cold and hungry. Emma wants to keep him and look after him herself. But in her heart, she knows that Lamb needs to be with his mother....

“Unsentimental and with wonderfully detailed pictures... special.” Valerie Bierman, The Scotsman

Royal Navy 1793–1815, The

2008-05-21T11:04:00.001+01:00

The Royal Navy 1793–1815 by Gregory Fremont-Barnes
96 pages, published by Osprey Publishing (December 2007)

By the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 Britain was the undisputed master of the seas, owing to the power and strength of the Royal Navy. Its fleets, comprising ships of the line, frigates, and gunboats, had doubled in size since the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars in 1793, totalling almost a thousand capital vessels. This book examines the commanders, men, and ships of the Royal Navy during the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars, and discusses the Navy's command structure (from the Admiralty down to ship level) and its organization at sea. The tactics employed in action by a fleet, squadron, and individual ship, respectively are also discussed, as are the medical services providing a fascinating insight into the navy that ruled the waves.

Sword of the Prophet, The

2008-05-20T10:27:00.001+01:00

The Sword of the Prophet: Islam: history, theology, impact on the world by Serge Trifkovic
300 pages, published by Regina Orthodox Press (August 2002)

We hear it said: “September 11 changed America forever.” Less often do we hear a coherent explanation of what, exactly, changed. What changed, in fact, was that for the first time in American history we have been forced to confront Islamic militancy as it has assaulted the rest of the world for almost 14 centuries.

In The Sword of the Prophet, the reader receives the unvarnished truth about the rise of Islam and the patterns set by its founder, Mohammad; the historical meaning of jihad against the (non-Muslim) “infidel” that we see today in the al-Qaeda terror network; the broad sweep of the global military, political, moral, and spiritual struggle that faces us; and what we must do if we wish to survive.

The sober, factual, and contextual presentation found in this book is essential. Every person owes it to himself or herself to know the real score of the post-9/11 world – and this invaluable volume is the place to start.

“The arbiters of official Islam will not tell us what Islam is, only what they want it to be. For the truth, we must turn to Dr. Serge Trifkovic, a European historian of broad learning, sound philosophy and keen political insight.” Brian Mitchell, Washington Bureau chief Investor’s Business Daily.

“This book pulls no punches in identifying the rise of Islamic fundamentalism as the greatest danger to Western values since the end of the Cold War.” Ambassador James Bissett, Former head of Canadian Immigration & Foreign Service, Canadian Ambassador to Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Albania.

“There is a culpable blindness of such an intensity that it can survive exposure even to the survey of aggressive Islamism given in this book. However as Dr. Trifkovic demonstrates, where Islam and other religions have come together the track record of peaceful co-existence is outweighed by the record of human catastrophe.” Michale M Stenton. Lecturer for the University of Cambridge Insititute of Continuing Education.

Viking Gods, The

2008-05-19T10:32:00.001+01:00

Viking Gods, The: From Snorri Sturluson’s Edda edited by Jean I. Young
77 Pages, published by Gudrun Publishing (August 2001)

Everyone has heard of Thor and Odin, and many people are familiar with the names of other Viking gods such as Frey and Freyja, Baldur, Nanna, Heimdall and Bragi. Now you can read all about them.

The Vikings believed that Odin and Thor and the rest of the gods were immortal, and history has proven them right. Their names are mentioned by millions of people every day, as the days of the week are named after the Viking gods: Tuesday after Tyr; Wednesday after Odin (or Woden); Thursday after Thor and Friday after Frey.

The Viking Gods contains excerpts from Snorri Sturluson’s Edda, which was written around 1220, and is the most important source on the gods of the Vikings.

The Edda has been described as “one of the best story-books of the Middle Ages.”

Nineteen Eighty-Four

2008-05-18T10:05:00.001+01:00

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
352 pages, published by Penguin Classics (January 2004)

Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him through the all-seeing telescreens and the watchful eye of Big Brother, symbolic head of the Party. In his longing for truth and liberty, Smith begins a secret love affair with a fellow-worker Julia, but soon discovers the true price of freedom is betrayal.

A Nation of Immigrants?

2008-05-17T10:55:00.000+01:00

A Nation of Immigrants? A Brief Demographic History of Britain by David Conway
104 pages, published by Civitas: Institute for the Study of Civil Society (April 2007)

Since 1997, Tony Blair’s Labour government has effectively abandoned restrictions on immigration into Britain that have been in place since 1905. It is now taken as a fact of life that there will be constant large-scale immigration into Britain. Defenders of the government’s position argue that Britain is a mongrel nation, resulting from hundred’s of years of immigration, and that we are all either immigrants or descendents of immigrants. According to this view, there is nothing special about the present situation, and nothing to worry about.

In this study David Conway shows that, until very recently, Britain’s immigration population and their descendents comprised a relatively small proportion of the total population. Earlier waves of immigration – Huguenots in the seventeenth century, Jews in the nineteenth century – were comparatively small in number and time-limited. Immigration took on larger dimensions in the second part of the twentieth century, and is now at a level that is altering our national demographic profile.

The relatively high level of social harmony Britain has enjoyed results from the fact that earlier waves of immigrants, being small in number, had to adapt to the prevailing culture. Now our culture, and our nation, are in danger of fragmenting as large immigrant populations decline to integrate. If Britain is truly destined now to become, for the first time, a nation of immigrants, it may be that in the process it ceases to be a nation at all.

Naked Capitalist, The

2008-05-16T17:18:00.000+01:00

The Naked Capitalist: A Review and Commentary on Dr Carroll Quigley’s Book ‘Tragedy and Hope’ by W. Cleon Skousen
144 pages, published by Ensign Publishing Company (1972)

The Naked Capitalist is a review and commentary on Dr. Carroll Quigley's book Tragedy and Hope.

Why do some of the richest people in the world support Communism and Socialism? Why would they support what appears to be the pathway to their destruction? Dr Carroll Quigley of Harvard, Princeton and Georgetown Universities, states that he has been associated with many of these dynastic families of the super-rich. He therefore writes as an authority on the world’s secret power structure. His answers to the above questions may astonish you.

“Carroll Quigley, the history professor whom Mr. Clinton credits with helping to form his political outlook....” said of Tragedy and Hope, “a book which has brought me many headaches, as it apparently says something which powerful people do not want known.” New York Times, July 17, 1992.

Dr Skousen writes, “When Dr. Quigley decided to write his 1,300 page book called Tragedy and Hope, he knew he was deliberately exposing one of the best kept secrets in the world. As one of the elite 'insiders,' he knew the scope of this power complex and he knew that its leaders hope to eventually attain total global control.”

Shepherd Boy, The

2008-05-15T09:44:00.000+01:00

Shepherd Boy, The by Kim Lewis
25 pages, published by Walker Books (2^nd Edition, February 1991)

James longs for the day when he can be a shepherd like his father. Through spring, summer and autumn he watches his father tending the sheep and lambs. Then winter arrives – and with it comes a special surprise for the shepherd boy.

“Exceptionally illustrated ... It explores a subject not often dealt with in children’s books – the relationship between father and son.” She Magazine

“A simple, warm-hearted and natural story.” The Times

Rorke’s Drift 1879

2008-05-14T10:43:00.000+01:00

Rorke’s Drift 1879: Pinned Like Rats in a Hole by Ian Knight
96 pages, published by Osprey Publishing (January 1996)

Rorke's Drift sums up some of the best traditions of the British self-image: steadfastness against the odds, victory in adversity and the thin red line. The British stand deserves to go down in history as one of the most heroic actions of all time. The story of a mere 150 British and Imperial soldiers defending an isolated outpost against over 3,000 Zulu warriors summed up the experience of the colonial adventure for the Victorians and remains part of our heritage even today. Ian Knight recounts the course of this famous conflict in which no less than 11 Victoria crosses were won.

Simple Justice

2008-05-13T10:08:00.000+01:00

Simple Justice by Charles Murray
113 pages, published by Civitas: Institute for the Study of Civil Society (June 2005)

For over half a century, violent crime has been rising in this country, while the penalties for it have been falling. These two trends throw current sentencing practices into the spotlight of public policy concern.

Charles Murray deplores the recent trend away from custodial sentences in favour of less punitive alternative responses to crime. He argues that criminal offenders deserve penalties of which the degree of severity better matches the seriousness of their crimes.

The flight from custodial sentences, argues Murray, means that criminals are treated by the courts more leniently than they deserve to be. The result, he claims, is that ‘members of the public live in a world where civic life in their own neighbourhoods is deteriorating, where they must spend inordinate time and money protecting their property, and where they fear going to places they didn’t used to fear to go’.

To restore the rightful balance between criminals and the law-abiding so that the latter are favoured rather than the former, Murray proposes a range of changes to the criminal justice system. These are designed to make it easier for convictions against offenders to be secured, as well as to accord greater protection to law-abiding citizens by increasing rates of incarceration to former levels and allowing citizens greater scope to act in self-defence.

Murray’s proposals, as well as his call for retribution to be made once again the principal, if not sole, object of criminal punishment, are commented on by a range of eminent scholars and experts writing from a variety of different perspectives.

Should We Stay or Should We Go?

2008-05-12T10:59:00.001+01:00

Should We Stay or Should We Go? by Lord Pearson of Rannoch and Stephen Pollard
33 pages, published by Civitas: Institute for the Study of Civil Society (September 2005)

There are few issues in modern political life that generate more passionate feelings than our membership of the European Union. It has split parties and caused voters to switch allegiances at elections. The stakes have now been raised even further by the proposed European constitution, the rejection of which is seen by those who have been critical of the European project as the last chance to retain our sovereignty as an independent, self-governing democracy.

Opinion polls show the majority of the British people to have doubts about the constitution. However, views are still divided on whether or not we should leave the EU altogether. In this pamphlet two authors, both critical of the current EU, put the case for and against withdrawal.

For Stephen Pollard, the constitution represents the last gasp of the ‘Old Europe’, written by ‘the archetypal Old Europe politician, Giscard D’Estaing’, centralised, federalist and inefficient. A ‘No’ vote in the promised referendum would send a shock to the heart of the EU, forcing it to become ‘more market-flexible, politically loose and sovereignty-respecting’.

For Lord Pearson, the whole project has already gone too far for that. With or without the constitution, so much of our sovereignty has been ceded that the only way forward, for both political and economic reasons, is to get out. ‘Leaving the EU would be a liberating, refreshing, positive, modern thing to do.’

Both of the essays printed here are in the best tradition of political polemic. The authors argue their opposing positions with passion and conviction, enabling readers to compare and evaluate the two sides of this most topical debate.

Crime & Civil Society

2008-05-11T10:14:00.000+01:00

Crime & Civil Society: Can We Become a More Law-Abiding People? by David G. Green, Emma Grove and Nadia A. Martin
327 pages, published by Civitas: Institute for the Study of Civil Society (February 2005)

No political slogan has gained more resonance than ‘tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime’. Tony Blair used it to reassure voters that a Labour government would take concerns about crime seriously. In spite of this, modern Britain is one of the most crime-infested countries in the developed world.

Part of the problem is the refusal to admit the seriousness of the situation. Officials talk of an ‘exaggerated fear of crime’. Crime is said to be coming down, according to the British Crime Survey. But the BCS only began in 1981, when crime was at historically high levels. Furthermore, the BCS records only some crimes – less than half – with very significant omissions.

This report shows that the government is failing to get even the most basic things right. Prison should get offenders off drugs and teach them a vocational skill. Most prisoners have a drugs problem and find that they can feed their habit while inside. A lot of money is spent on education, but thousands of offenders leave prison without a workplace skill. Money is being wasted on rehabilitation schemes that have failed to reduce offending. There is an unwillingness to recognise either the deterrent effect of prison or its simple incapacitation effect – criminals don’t commit crimes while they are locked up.

We need a new crime-reduction strategy that will include social investment in institutions that encourage law-abiding behaviour, especially the family; that will reduce the net benefits of crime to the criminal; and will use the best methods to help prisoners to turn their lives around.

This book is a companion to Cultures and Crimes by Norman Dennis and George Erdos, which exposed the failings of Britain’s police. Crime and Civil Society reveals dishonesty, wishful thinking and politicking that vitiates the whole criminal justice system.

Conspiracy or Degeneracy?

2008-05-10T12:48:00.003+01:00

Conspiracy or Degeneracy? by Revilo P. Oliver
84 pages, published by Power Products (1967)

On the following pages, we present the complete text of an address given at the New England Rally for God, Family and Country in Boston, Massachusetts, July 2, 1966, together with documentary and supplemental notes.

Dr. Oliver’s address was enthusiastically received by the audience of more than two thousand Americans, who, accorded the speaker a prolonged standing ovation and applause that lasted until he left the platform. As was to be expected, the speech was misrepresented and attacked in the usual ways by the usual instruments of subversion. What was remarkable was that some weeks later it was misrepresented and decried by one of those who had applauded, the professed Leader of a patriotic organisation.

The resulting controversy and confusion were compounded by the lack of available text.

We are proud to present not only the original, unexpurgated text of Dr. Oliver’s address, but also, the carefully prepared documentary and supplemental notes which have been added by the author. In addition, Dr. Oliver has compiled a Reading List for the serious student of the issues presented in this book.

Balaclava 1854

2008-05-10T12:33:00.000+01:00

Balaclava 1854: The Charge of the Light Brigade by John Sweetman
96 pages, published by Osprey Publishing (September 1990)

The port of Balaclava was crucial in maintaining the supply lines for the Allied siege of Sevastapol. The Russian attack in October 1854 therefore posed a major threat to the survival of the Allied cause. This book examines in detail the crucial battle of Balaclava, including: the attack on the redoubts; the action of "the thin red line" in which an assortment of about 700 British troops, some invalids, were abandoned by their Turkish allies; the subsequent charge of the Heavy Brigade; and the most famous part of the battle: the infamous charge of the Light Brigade.

Viking Hersir 793-1066 AD

2008-05-10T10:36:00.001+01:00

Viking Hersir 793–1066 AD by Mark Harrison
64 pages, published by Osprey Publishing (July 1993)

When Norwegian Vikings first raided the European coast in the 8th century AD, their leaders were from the middle ranks of warriors known as hersirs. At this time the hersir was typically an independent landowner or local chieftain with equipment superior to that of his followers. By the end of the 10th century, the independence of the hersir was gone, and he was now a regional servant of the Norwegian king. This book investigates these brutal, mobile warriors, and examines their tactics and psychology in war, dispelling the idea of the Viking raider as simply a killing machine.

Cultures and Crime

2008-05-10T09:52:00.001+01:00

Cultures and Crimes: Policing in Four Nations by Norman Dennis and George Erdos
234 pages, published by Civitas: Institute for the Study of Civil Society (January 2005)

There are few issues which raise more concern than the increase in crime and anti-social behaviour. In spite of attempts by criminologists to dismiss these concerns as ‘moral panic’, and in spite of attempts by the government to massage the statistics, citizens feel increasingly threatened.

These concerns are not confined to Britain. Most developed countries have seen an increase in crime which has accompanied the unprecedented increase in wealth of the last generation. In Cultures and Crimes Norman Dennis and George Erdos argue that this increase in crime is the result of profound cultural changes which occurred in the 1960s. The permissive society gave us greater personal freedom, but at the expense of shared norms of behaviour. Crime and disorder are thus not accidental aspects of post-1960s society, but part of the price that has to be paid for its advantages. To offer those who do not accept the rules of a society the freedom to pursue their lifestyles is to restrict the freedom of law-abiding citizens to go about their lawful business.

The cultural changes that cause confusion about what constitutes good and bad conduct make policing difficult, as there ceases to be a consensus about what the police are expected to achieve. Dennis and Erdos look at the ways in which policing methods in France, Germany, the USA and Britain have responded to these cultural challenges. Coming from very different policing traditions, the agencies of law enforcement in all of these countries have been faced with similar increases in crime, but have responded to them in very different ways.

Poverty of Multiculturalism, The

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The Poverty of Multiculturalism by Patrick West
80 pages, published by Civitas: Institute for the Study of Civil Society (September 2005)

The new orthodoxy of multiculturalism decrees that no culture is superior or inferior to another, so it is impossible to say what is truly right and what is wrong. However, cultural relativists sometimes want it both ways. They simultaneously assert that no culture is better than another, but shy away from celebrating it for fear of causing ‘offence’.

Multiculturalism is a sign of the counter-Enlightenment times we live in. Since the Holocaust and Hiroshima, the West has lost faith in its capacity to use reason and science to make our world a better place. Because of their perverse self-loathing, many left-liberals lend their tacit or overt support to oppressive cultures that deny equal rights to its population or condone the killing of homosexuals and the virtual enslavement of women.

By dwelling on the problematic aspects of our history, like slavery and colonialism, the denigrators of the West ignore its rich and admirable tradition of social liberalism that says that individuals should be rendered as much freedom as possible in the private sphere. It is time we cherished the tradition of enlightenment, with its aspiration that the prizes of liberty, democracy, colour-blindness, equality of opportunity and progress can be shared among all. Western culture has spawned the most open, liberal and progressive societies. Thanks to its Enlightenment, it has unshackled itself from oppressive and barbarous regimes, creating states in which universal franchise, free speech and democracy are the norm and the expectation. It is time these values were cherished. It is also time to expose the poverty of multiculturalism.

My Awakening

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My Awakening by David Duke
736 pages, published by Free Speech Books (December 1998)

My Awakening is more than just a fascinating autobiography of a very controversial man. It is an incredibly honest book that dares to confront the most challenging issues of modern times.

David Duke’s book is not for the faint of heart or for those smug in their belief systems. It is for those unafraid to be stimulated by facts and ideas that may well question established beliefs. It is a revolutionary and evolutionary book that Glayde Whitney (a prominent behavioural geneticist) says may well “rattle civilization to its core.”

David Duke, devotes most of the book to views on race and its implications for society and evolution, but it is also an exciting and revealing story of a man known only as a caricature painted by a hostile media.

In advancing his powerful thesis, he offers copious research and amazing quotes from men both in historical and contemporary times. He offers over a thousand references and an extensive index for the researcher.

Love him or hate him, you will be affected by his candid, totally open, hell-for-leather gallop across the politically corrected landscape of our times.

After reading My Awakening, you may never be the same again.

“…more than just a book. It is a painstakingly documented, academically excellent work of socio-biological-political history that has the potential to raise tremendous controversy and change the very course of history.” Professor Glayde Whitney.

England and the Need for Nations

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England and the Need for Nations by Roger Scruton
54 pages, published by Civitas: Institute for the Study of Civil Society (2^nd Edition, February 2006)

The nation state provides us with the surest model for peace, prosperity, and the defence of human rights. In spite of this, the idea of the nation state is under attack, derided as a cause of conflict, and destined to be replaced by more ‘enlightened’ forms of jurisdiction. This is in spite of the fact that all recent attempts to transcend the nation state into some kind of transnational political order have ended up either as totalitarian dictatorships like the former Soviet Union or as unaccountable bureaucracies like the European Union.

Attempts to change the nature of the European Union in ways that will expropriate our sovereignty and annihilate the boundaries between jurisdictions have brought us to a turning point in our history.

Roger Scruton writes: “I believe that we are on the brink of decisions that could prove disastrous for Europe and for the world, and that we have only a few years in which to take stock of our inheritance and to reassume it. Now more than ever do those lines from Goethe’s Faust ring true for us: Was du ererbt von deinen Vätern hast, Erwirb es, um es zu bisitzen. What you have inherited from your forefathers, earn it, that you might own it. We in the nation states of Europe need to earn again the sovereignty that previous generations so laboriously shaped from the inheritance of Christianity, imperial government and Roman law. Earning it, we will own it, and owning it, we will be at peace within our borders.”

Books for Patriots: Our Linking Policy

2008-05-08T18:22:00.000+01:00

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Like the Roman: The Life of Enoch Powell

2008-05-08T10:12:00.000+01:00

Like the Roman: The Life of Enoch Powell by Simon Heffer
1039 pages, published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (November 1999)

Enoch Powell was one of the most loved and hated politicians of the 20^th Century. His death was treated like that of an ex-Prime Minister – but this was a man who, largely through his own quixotry, sat in the cabinet for just fifteen months during a parliamentary career of thirty-seven years.

He is remembered above all for one speech in which he predicted conflagration – ‘Like the Roman, I seem to see the River Tiber foaming with much blood’ – if immigration was not stopped, This was also the politician who proclaimed , twenty years before Mrs Thatcher, what came to be seen as the principles of Thatcherism. Yet to see Powell in this context is just to skim the surface. Besides his other political acts he was a Professor of Greek at the age of twenty-five, brigadier at the age of thirty-two, a poet, biblical scholar and devoted family man. His was a life whose range and emotional intensity are still barely understood.

Simon Heffer was a close friend of Powell’s. This definitive biography is the only one for which Powell specifically granted interviews, and the first to draw on Powell’s massive private archive. It is sure to change fundamentally the way in which Powell the man, and Powell the politician, are regarded. With the help of intimate personal letters, Heffer reconstructs the inner turmoil, during the early years, of a man who felt weighted down with a sense of destiny. And for the first time, here are Powell’s own accounts of his resignation from the Treasury in 1958 and his refusal to serve under Alec Douglas-Home in 1963.

The centrepiece of this book is the titanic struggle between Powell and Edward Heath, first over immigration, then over Europe, and finally over control of the inflation that brought Britain to her knees in the winter of 1973-74. The moral conflict led to Powell’s surrendering his seat in Parliament and his membership of the Conservative Party; but his assault on Heath hastened the end of that Government and changed Conservative politics forever.

Although Powell himself said that all political careers end in failure, Heffer argues that the sheer scale of his influence proves that holding the highest office is not a prerequisite of political success. Powell’s legacy, he concludes, is only now beginning to be properly evaluated.

Failure of Britain’s Police, The

2008-05-07T20:55:00.000+01:00

The Failure of Britain’s Police: London and New York Compared by Norman Dennis, George Erdos and David Robinson
65 pages, published by Civitas:Institute for the Study of Civil Society (April 2003)

In January 2003 the Home Office claimed that the chance of being a victim of crime ‘remains historically low’. However, the staggering rise in the volume of crime, within living memory, has been so great that it is difficult to convey the enormous shift in the law-abidingness and ‘policeability’ of the English.

In December 2002 there were 282 robberies of personal property in Lambeth. This figure, for one borough for one month, exceeded all robberies, personal and business, for the whole of England and Wales in any year between the two world wars, with the exception of 1932 (342) and 1938 (287). In 1971 there were 17 reported crimes for every police officer. There are now 44.

Norman Dennis compares crime and policing in London, once thought of as a safe city, and New York, once regarded as dangerous. In the last ten years crime has risen in London and fallen dramatically in New York. New York has increased the number of its police and changed the manner of their deployment. Low-level crime is targeted in order to retake the streets for law-abiding citizens. Every commander is responsible for reducing crime in his precinct. In London, by contrast, the forces of law and order have lost control of the situation and spuriously justify the decriminalisation of many offences on the grounds that they are not really so bad.

‘Law breakers begin by robbing the law-abiding citizen of his tranquility, property and bodily safety. They end by robbing him and his children of the benefits of a free society.’

Letters from Father Christmas

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Letters from Father Christmas by J. R. R. Tolkien
112 pages, published by Harper Collins Publishers Ltd (October 2006)

Every December an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for J. R. R. Tolkien’s children. Inside would be a letter in strange spidery handwriting and a beautiful coloured drawing or some sketches.

The letters where from Father Christmas.

They told wonderful tales of life at the North Pole: how all the reindeer got loose and scattered presents all over the place; how the accident-prone Polar Bear climbed the North Pole and fell through the roof of Father Christmas’ house into the dining-room; how he broke the moon into four pieces and made the Man in it fall into the back garden; how there were wars with the troublesome horde of goblins who lived in the caves beneath the house!

Sometimes the Polar Bear would scrawl a note, and sometimes Ilbereth the Elf would write in his elegant flowing script, adding yet more life and humour to the stories.

This updated volume contains a wealth of new material, including letters and pictures missing from early editions. No reader, young or old, can fail to be charmed by the inventiveness and ‘authenticity’ of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Letters from Father Christmas.

Love Your Unborn Neighbour

2008-05-06T10:00:00.001+01:00

Love Your Unborn Neighbour by The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children
176 pages, published by The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (1994)

“This book provides a unique overview of the abortion issue from a Christian perspective – it is Biblical, thoroughly researched and its case is totally persuasive. We do have an obligation to love our unborn neighbours.” Lyndon Bowring, Executive Chairman, CARE.

“Love Your Unborn Neighbour is carefully researched, coolly reasoned and beautifully produced. Its comprehensive biblical case for protecting and not destroying the unborn child seems to me to be irrefutable.” John Stott.

How should Christians respond to abortion? Why does the Bible say nothing on the subject? These are important questions confronting Christians at a time when the destruction of unborn children is regarded by many as normal and acceptable.

Love Your Unborn Neighbour draws on the entire body of biblical writing, from the first chapter of Genisis to the final paragraphs of Revelation, to put the issue of the sanctity of life in a scriptural context. What emerges is a clear message of the overwhelming concern of God himself for the unborn children, his unrelenting condemnation of the way in which our society treats them, and the inescapable duty of those who bear the name of Christian to take a stand on their behalf.

Love Your Unborn Neighbour is a book ‘from evangelicals for evangelicals’, but it will also be of interest to Christians of other backgrounds who seek to interpret the facts about abortion within the framework of the Christian faith.

Face of Africa, The

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The Face of Africa by Hans F. Jurgens
112 pages, published by The Cliveden Press

A pictorial guide to the physical anthropology of Africa. This was the first in a series entitled the Atlas of Mankind which was to provide an extensive collection of photographic illustrations of the various races of man.

Biology of the Race Problem, The

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The Biology of the Race Problem by Prof. Wesley C. George
72 pages, published by Historical Review Press

Wesley C. George, Emeritus Professor of Histology and Embryology, was formerly the Head of the Department of Anatomy and the Univesrity of North Carolina Medical School.

In this book, Prof. George examines and critically evaluates the fundamental biological nature of the mixing of different racial gene pools.

Chapters include:

Are all babies approximately uniform and equal when they are born?
The mechanism of heredity
Are there fundamental differences between the White and Negro races?
Physical bases for intellectual and behavioural differences
Genetics, behaviour and breeding differences in animals
Inheritance of intelligence and behaviour in man
Are racial differences hereditary?
Should we promote racial amalgamation?
A guide to social justice and national greatness
The influence of Franz Boas

Outrage of Amoral Sex Education, The

2008-05-04T19:30:00.000+01:00

The Outrage of Amoral Sex Education by E. S. Williams
80 pages, published by Belmont House Publishing (August 2006)

Parents are expected to believe that when it comes to educating their children about sex, the Government and its partners in the Family Planning Association and Brook know best. Because of the veil of secrecy that surrounds sex education, most parents have little idea what their children are being taught about sex in the school classroom.

The Outrage of Amoral Sex Education sets out to lift the veil and to show parents, in graphic detail, the reality of what sex lessons for children are all about. The amoral nature of the ‘safer sex’ message, which all secondary school children are required to be taught by law, is deeply disturbing and will shock most parents.

This book leaves little doubt that sex education is being used as a vehicle for communicating the ideology of the sexual revolution against traditional morality. The story of sex education is a story that must strike fear into the hearts of parents.

Dr E. S Williams was Director of Public Health for Croydon Health Authority for many years. He is author of Lessons in Depravity and What is going on in Christian Crisis Pregnancy Counselling? He has published many research papers in medical journals.

The Camp of the Saints

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The Camp of the Saints by Jean Raspail
311 pages, published by Social Contract Pr (December 1994)
Translated by Norman Shapiro

Allegory or prophecy? Is Raspail’s apocalyptic vision really the way the White world will end?

Already a sensation in Europe, this brilliant, controversial novel is about the ‘haves’ and the ‘have-nots’ of the world – the mighty white nations confronted by the legions of impoverished, starving people known as the Third World.

The time is the near future. In New York City, racial violence has become a way of life and barricades have been erected around the black ghettos. In London, 800,000 Commonwealth nationals are demanding their full human rights. In Manila, a French cruise ship has been invaded and seized. Millions of Chinese are massed along the Russian border. And across the world, refugee fleets are forming.

The attention of the Western World is focused on India, where a million men, women and children have boarded one hundred dilapidated ships. It is the Last Chance Armada, a pathetic convoy bound for paradise, a non-violent crowd of survivors coming in the flesh to knock, at long last, at the gates of abundance.

As news bulletins flash around the world, everything seems to indicate that the final destination will be France. What will be done? What are these people – pitiful refugees or pitiless enemy, Saint-like sufferers or an invading army?

Awesome in its descriptions, written with passion and an ironic eloquence, this compelling novel will infuriate some readers; yet no one will forget it or remain unaffected by the questions it raises about the future of the world.

Rome Against Caratacus

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Rome Against Caratacus: The Roman Campaigns in Britain AD48-58 by Graham Webster
184 pages, published by Routledge (January 1993)

The Roman conquest of Britain in AD43 was one of the most important turning points in the history of the British Isles. It left a legacy still discernible today in the form of archaeological remains, road networks, land divisions and even language.

In his much-acclaimed trilogy, now updated and revised, Dr Webster builds up a fascinating and lively picture of Britain in the first century AD and discusses in detail the various types of evidence and the theories based upon it.

Graham Webster is one of Britain’s most eminent archaeologists, with a long and distinguished career which earned him an OBE. He has directed major excavations at Romano-British sites and has specialized in Roman Britain and the Roman imperial army.

“…this book will be difficult to better: it can be thoroughly recommended to the full spectrum of its potential readers.” Barry Cunliffe, Times Literary Supplement.

Caratacus’ last stand against the Romans has a central place in the folklore of the Welsh Marches, where many a hill is claimed to be the site of the famous battle. But, as Graham Webster shows, this epic encounter was not only real history but also part of an intricate ten-year series of campaigns conducted after the initial conquest of Britain.

By interpreting the ancient historical accounts and piecing together the masses of archaeological evidence, Dr Webster has brilliantly reconstructed this central period of the Claudian conquest of Britain and its immediate aftermath.

“Graham Webster’s astonishing tour-de-force.” History Today.

Grim Gruesome, Viking Villain: The Cursed Sword

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Grim Gruesome, Viking Villain: The Cursed Sword by Rosalind Kerven
80 pages, published by Talking Stone (February 2008)

“Come back through time to the Viking Kingdom of Norway! Away from the looming mountains and the endless forests was a hustling land of farms and ships, towns and islands. A wind blew over it from the grey North Sea, smelling of salt and adventure.”

This is the first in a thrilling historical fiction series about Grim Gruesome, a spine-tingling, child-hating, tricksterish Viking villain.

Astrid's mysterious uncle lends Bjarni a sword so he can join a Viking pirate ship and win some treasure. The sword is carved with strange rune letters which turn out to be a dangerous curse. It plunges the children into a terrifying adventure - and straight into the clutches of the evil Grim Gruesome!

Authentic yet fantastical, crammed with children's favourites: treasure, sword fights and pirates. Fast moving and written in a pity, immensely readable voice.

Defeating Jihad

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Defeating Jihad: How the War on Terror May Yet Be Won, in Spite of Ourselves by Serge Trifkovic

335 pages, published by Regina Orthodox Press (March 2006)

“Islam has created jihad and remains defined by jihad. It is the only major religious doctrine in human history with a developed doctrine, theology, and legal system of mandatory violence against non-believers. This fact makes Islam the earliest political ideology that adopted terrorism as a systematic tool of policy, not as a temporary and unwelcome expedient.” - Serge Trifkovic

A phenomenon initially based on local groups that have acquired global reach is morphing into a global network. Bin Laden’s network may have been damaged but he could never have dreamed that the world, many years after 9-11, would be so favourable to his objectives.

A new strategy is needed. The victory will come not by conquering Mecca for America but by disengaging America from Mecca.

§ Define and understand the enemy

§ Survey the defences

§ Have a grand strategy

Our strategy must entail denying potential terrorists a foothold inside the United States [and Europe]. And we must regain our moral, spiritual and civilizational roots.

Serge Trifkovic is a former BBC commentator and US NEWS and World Report reporter. He is currently an editor at Chronicles of Culture. His last book The Sword of the Prophet has sold more than 40,000 copies and has been a main selection at many book clubs. Defeating Jihad is the sequel.

“Trifkovic cuts through the foolishness that has blinded Westerners for so many years, to show us what we ‘re really up against.” Brian Mitchell, Washington Bureau Chief, Investor’s Business Daily.

“Trifkovic pursues… a plan to neutralize jihadism by acknowledging its organic connection to so-called Islamic “activism”, strictly regulating Muslim immigration to Western Societies, and rediscovering Western Culture and moral values. His book is indispensable work…” Andrew G. Boston MD, author of The Legacy of Jihad.

“The author asks us to set aside our politically correct inhibitions and look at the evidence. The book outlines a strategy for meeting the threat.” Ambassador James Bissett, former Head of Canada’s Immigration Service.

“Dr Trifkovic offers important advice… Success requires focusing on the strategic problem. The threat to our society comes… from the philosophy that sets them in motion. Until we deal with this reality, success will elude us.” Prof. Col. Ronald L. Hatchett, Schreiner University, Texas. Arms negotiator under President Reagan.

Our Island History

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Our Island Story by H. E. Marshall
512 pages, published by Galore Park Publishing (September 2005)

First published in 1905, this beautifully written narrative sets out the history of Britain in chronological order, taking its reader through from the Romans to the death of Queen Victoria. Written specifically for children, this centenary edition with its short chapters, simple words, enthralling character descriptions and evocative colour illustrations, presents history as a series of vivid stories that will capture the imagination of children and adults alike.

“H. E. Marshall’s Our Island Story …was a direct inspiration for me in my career as a historian … It is extraordinarily evocative to a child’s imagination.” Lady Antonia Fraser, The Daily Telegraph.

“I used to read it to my son Henry who now, aged eight, reads it himself for pleasure, and he gets precisely the same thrill from history as I did a third of a century ago.” Andrew Roberts, The Sunday Times.

“Astonishing, quite brilliant.” David Starkey, Historian.

“Our Island Story...chimes with the Prince of Wales’ campaign to restore narrative and chronology to history teaching.” John Clare, Education Editor, The Daily Telegraph.

“Our Island Story is...cutting edge. With its brave mix of truth and myth, it is impeccably postmodern.” The Economist.

“The delight of Our Island Story lies in its emphasis on personality, in the unalloyed certainty that Britain has produced some remarkable people, and some extraordinary tales.” Ben MacIntyre, The Times.

“This is history that imparts a sense of a great tapestry into which we are woven.” Bill Jamieson, The Scotsman.

“Its tight focus on the virtues of courage, wisdom and patriotism keep it both valuable and relevant.” Time Out.