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  • A History of Firearms
    Colin Holcombe
    A history of firearm from the early days of of gunpowder, through the development of matchlock muskets, to the wheellock andvarious incarnations of the flintlock, to the development of the percussion cap and the modern caartridge. It explores the early attempts at breech loading and ways to fire more than once before reloading.Full of illustrations and photographs. ...
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    23,90 €

  • Born in Post War Bristol
    Colin Holcombe
    A personal account of growing up in the centre of a large city with a rich heritage in aviation, ship building, trade and engineering having to rebuild itself after being the fifth most heavily bombed British city in World War Two. After the war, everyone wanted and expected society to be better than before, and many people saw the destruction as an opportunity, to sweep away ...
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    33,49 €

  • The Great Race
    Colin Holcombe
    In the relatively short history of aviation, there are certain names that stand out, names that are recognised, even by those people with no particular interest in aviation. The Wright brothers of course for the first powered flight, Louis Blériot for the first crossing of the English Channel, Alcock and Brown for crossing the Atlantic, and many others like, Amy Johnston, Ameli...
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    21,03 €

  • The Theory of Flight
    Colin Holcombe
    If you’ve ever wanted to know how something as heavy as a Boeing 747 or an Airbus A380 can lift hundreds of people and their luggage thousands of feet into the air and fly them halfway around the world, but didn’t want to get bogged down in lots of mathematical formulae, then this is the book for you. The theory of flight is explained in layman’s terms with lots of helpful ea...
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    23,00 €

  • The Theory of Flight
    Colin Holcombe Holcombe / TBD
    If you’ve ever wanted to know how something as heavy as a Boeing 747 or an Airbus A380 can lift hundreds of people and their luggage thousands of feet into the air and fly them halfway around the world, but didn’t want to get bogged down in lots of mathematical formulae, then this is the book for you. The theory of fli...
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    31,63 €

  • The Story of Flight
    Colin Holcombe / Darren Harbar
    The story of flight is a comprehensive introduction to the world of aviation and starts with a detailed explanation of exactly how an aeroplane is able to fly. It then gives an account of the full history of heavier than air flight, both military and civil, from the early experimental gliders to the first powered flights. It explains how the Wright brothers were able to succe...
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    69,97 €

  • The Story of Flight
    Colin Holcombe / TBD
    The Story of Flight is a comprehensive introduction to the world of aviation. It gives an account of the full history of heavier than air flight, both military and civil, from the early experimental gliders to the first powered flights.It explains how the Wright brothers were able to succeed where others had failed and details the huge advances that have been made since, inc...
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    60,78 €

  • Samuel Colt The Man Behind the Gun
    Colin Holcombe
    When one hears the name Samuel Colt, one immediately thinks of the Colt revolver, but how many people realise that he was one of the first businessmen to appreciate the financial implications of mass production, or that he was a pioneer in using machinery to produce products with truly interchangeable parts. How many know that he cut the working hours of his employees, supplied...
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    11,59 €

  • Murder Under the Hammer
    Colin Holcombe
    Thomas Carter was born in England but has lived in Australia for the last eighteen years.What is it about a newspaper report of a record price realised at auction for a bronze sculpture in England, that makes him drop everything to return home? and why is he found murdered only a day after arriving?Are the deaths of an investigative reporter, found shot by an antique gun, and t...
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    13,26 €

  • Murder Out of Bounds
    Colin Holcombe
    Twenty-six years ago David Carver’s jewellery shop was robbed and his wife murdered. The robbers took him hostage in his own boat and threw him over the side to drown. He survived but the police failed to find either the men responsible, the jewels or David’s boar.Twenty-six years later his boat is found by two divers and the discovery of two bodies on the boat throws his versi...
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    14,58 €

  • First Time Hard
    Colin Holcombe
    Richard Drake is an ordinary man leading an ordinary life, but when the simple act of purchasing a bronze statue brings him into contact with vicious killers, can he find the strength of will to do extraordinary things to save himself and his family?What will be the fate of poor Louise? mistaken for Richard’s daughter, Rebecca? Will the police find her in time? ...
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    12,62 €

  • The Moving Finger Writes
    Colin Holcombe
    Inspector Roy Darnley is investigating the discovery of the body of a young girl who has been missing for sixteen years. The body is found buried in the garden of a house currently owned by a young man whose father becomes the prime suspect.Can he prove his deceased father’s innocents?Inspector Paul Manley is investigating the murder of a woman bludgeoned to death in her own ho...
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    17,80 €