learns to drill with a screwdriver.
Baby, it's cold outside.
How Cold Is It?
It's so cold, walking outside is like re-enacting the retreat from Moscow in 1812…
It's so cold, my fingers get stuck to my miniatures…
It's so cold, even my die rolling last night was warmer…
Ba dum dum. Thank you very much, I'm here all week. Of course, you can post your own version of 'It's so cold' here…)
While you think of better 'cold' jibes, take a look at some of the hot new books and magazines coming to the shoppe, most by mid- to late February…
Books…
Bosworth 1485: A Battlefield Rediscovered Techniques included documentary analysis, landscape archaeology, place name study and, most important, metal detecting survey. Using the resulting evidence the book explores the battle and battlefield – from the composition of the armies to the terrain in which the battle was fought. They may even have found the very place where Richard fell. Yet most important is the evidence for early gunpowder weapons. Using cutting-edge scientific research and ballistic experiments the authors reveal, for the first time, how to read the evidence on medieval lead round shot, just as a ballistic examiner reveals the story of a modern bullet. $65.00 USD
Washington's Savior: General John Glover and the American Revolution John Glover impressed George Washington at first sight, and the General continued to call on him for special service throughout the war. Glover developed the first American navy early in the conflict, and his ship Hannah was the first armed vessel to fly American colors. Glover and his men saved Washington, the entire army and the Revolution itself at the battles of Brooklyn and Pell's Point on Long Island. Then, on a cold and wintry night in December of 1776, the 'web-footed warriors' from Marblehead rowed the army across the ice-choked Delaware River to Trenton, where Washington won his most famous and his most-needed victory. $28.00 USD
Indian Warfare: In Western PA and North WV at the Time of the American Revolution Indian Warfare in Western Pennsylvania and North West Virginia at the Time of the American Revolution, Including the Narrative of Indian and Tory Depredations by John Crawford, the Military Reminiscences of Captain Henry Jolly, and the Narrative of Lydia Boggs Shepherd Cruger. Reprint. $20.00 USD
Light Car Patrols 1916-19: War and Exploration in Egypt and Libya with the Model T Ford Memoir offers first-hand account of what it was like to be a Light Car Patrol commander during World War I, while Russell McGuirk's commentary provides the historical background to the formation of the Patrols and follows their activities from the British raid on Siwa Oasis to desert exploration and survey work and the Kufra Reconnaissance Scheme. Lavishly illustrated with original photographs from Light Car officers, this combined memoir and history provides a fascinating and informative picture of an unsung hero of the desert – the Model T Ford. $43.00 USD
War & Politics In The Desert: Britain and Libya During the Second World War Sescribes the political background to the future of the Italian colony of Libya, and the tribes, sects and factions dwelling in Cyrenaica, Tripolitania and the Fezzan, and their fundamental importance in the development of Libya towards independence in 1951.
OSPREYS…
Challenge Of Battle: The Real Story of the British Army in 1914 Using first-hand accounts, Adrian Gilbert presents an examination of the BEF's leadership, organization, and tactics, and for the first time it will be described how British commanders were to come to terms with the fearsome nature of modern warfare. $26.00 USD
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032 - Browning .30-caliber Machine Guns - $19.00 USD
043 - Kill Rommel! Operation Flipper 1941 - $19.00 USD
057 - Q Ship vs U-Boat 1914-18 - $19.00 USD
198 - U.S. World War II Parachute Infantry Regiments - $19.00 USD
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102 - F-111 & EF-111 Units in Combat - $23.00 USD
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259 - The Chesapeake Campaigns 1813-15: Middle Ground of the War of 1812 - $22.00 USD
268 - Operation Neptune 1944: D-Day's Seaborne Armada - $22.00 USD
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209 - French Tanks of World War II (1): Infantry and Battle Tanks - $18.00 USD
492 - Modern African Wars (4): The Congo 1960-2002 - $18.00 USD
493 - Hitler's Blitzkrieg Enemies 1940: Denmark, Norway, Netherlands & Belgium - $18.00 USD
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& Don't Forget The Magazines…
Miniature Wargames/BG: Issue # 370 February 2014 Includes: Making haystacks, Rise of Macedon 360-340 BC campaign system, Disguised scenarios, Wargaming with Wesencraft, Depicting the Napoleonic Spanish fairly, Battle of the Khalka River 1223: Mongols, Invader 1066: Rules, and Review columns. $9.00 USD
Vae Victus # 114 December 2013 Includes: Full Game – The Battle Of Paris 1814, Scenarios: Burma 1942 M44 and ASL; Operation Castor in November 1953, Battle of Leipzig in 1813 scenario, Rules: Adventurers and Mercenaries, and lots of reviews. French Text. $24.00 USD
GBM: Blindes & Material # 107 January 2014 Includes: August 1914: The Gun Section; Remington in the French Army; Auto Transport Wounded (II – 1915-1918); and A Successor to the 65 Mountain Gun. French Text. $20.00 USD
Tank & Military Vehicles: # 15 December 2013 Includes: Citroen Kegresse, Borne Sulinowo 2013, Vitebsk 1943-1944, Panzer en Bosmie, Kuberwagen de la Werhrmacht, Restauration: Chevrolet WA, L'artillerie antiaerienne en Russie, and more. French Text. $14.00 USD
Armes Militaria # 342 December 2013 Includes: Beirut in 1983, Helmets of Military Police and Bikers, Muntain boot Bergschuh M1917, AIRSOFT: The replica FM BAR 1918 A2, Badges Yeomanry 39-45, Fighter Pilot of the Luftwaffe 1945, Mountain Troops in the Battle of Linge 1915, and more. $12.00 USD
Armes Militaria # 343 February 2014 Includes: NCO Wehrmacht Heer 1945, British Wireless Set No. 46, Emmanuel Jamme from Morocco to Belgium 1905-1915, Airsoft Replica: The Mauser Kar 98k, 508th regiment of tanks (1) 1918-1939, Firefighter of the 79th Infantry Division on the Seine August 1944, Insignia of the 9th Infantry Division in Algeria 1956-1962, Soviet soldier in Afghanistan 1980-1989 (1), and more. $12.00 USD
Ancient Warfare: Volume 7.6 Includes: Theme: The Reluctant Warrior – The Wars of Marcus Aurelius. Marcus Aurelius and the Meditations, Marcomannic Wars, Lucius Verus' Parthian Campaigns 162-165, Invasion of Italy, and Column of Marcus Aurelius. Also, Gambling Among the Troops, Reconstructing and Testing Ancient Linen Body Armor, and Alexander's Wall. $10.00 USD
More In The Shoppe…
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