Wargaming is concerned with simulating historical conflicts through the medium of miniature figures fighting battles over three dimensional terrain, their movement and combat being regulated by rules which create historically accurate battles. Since the 1950s, the hobby has grown exponentially and now enjoys a widespread following across the world. Although the rise in computerized wargaming has transformed some aspects of the hobby, the traditional table-based wargame continues to go from strength to strength. Neil Thomas, a seasoned wargamer himself, offers practical advice on how to...
Wargaming is concerned with simulating historical conflicts through the medium of miniature figures fighting battles over three dimensional terrain, t...
Black walnut has been felled indiscriminately for timber for everything from fine furniture to rifle stocks. But few know that it is really an extraordinary perennial oil-crop (as are most nut trees to varying degrees). The author takes you on a journey into biomass nut production. With the focus on his style of management, he examines the components of volume output and the internal rate of return to investment in a nut-based enterprise. Above all, the author suggests that the reforestation of the landscape with non-select black walnut for biomass nut production has the potential for...
Black walnut has been felled indiscriminately for timber for everything from fine furniture to rifle stocks. But few know that it is really an extraor...
Consequences of the Battle at Sandy Creek It is 1812. Commodores Chauncey and Yeo are battling for naval control of Lake Ontario. Cameron MacNeil is hanged for treason and five others lose their lives. Alastair MacNeil, a modern-day descendent, wonders why, and uses some of the tortuous history from the period as penance for sins he believed he committed.
Consequences of the Battle at Sandy Creek It is 1812. Commodores Chauncey and Yeo are battling for naval control of Lake Ontario. Cameron MacNeil is h...
The Royal Australian Navy's attache in Jakarta has only a few weeks to go on his posting. He believes that Chinese piracy will take up the rest of his time. But there is something very devious going on. The first inkling comes with the outright purchase of the East German Navy. The second is that the American NSA advisor agrees with him and they escape across the archipelago looking for the evidence that will convince their superiors that invasion is involved.
The Royal Australian Navy's attache in Jakarta has only a few weeks to go on his posting. He believes that Chinese piracy will take up the rest of his...
Set in the 1790s, this novel essentially shows that cowboys were as much invented in Wales as in Wyoming.
Running through this Welsh Western, with its personalities, adventure, and incidents, the storyline has the strong cultural, emotional, and human elements that make Westerns so appealing - by exploring how people act in the drama of their own lives.
Written very much in the style of an old-fashioned Western, this tale of Welsh drovers taking a large herd of cattle from the "wild west" of North Wales to London stakes the claim that these interesting characters were...
Set in the 1790s, this novel essentially shows that cowboys were as much invented in Wales as in Wyoming.
Set in a private school a little in the past - at a time of turbulence following the death of the old headmaster - a sinister thread runs through the attempts to take the school forward, where issues of child protection risk being buried in the protection of profits.
Set in a private school a little in the past - at a time of turbulence following the death of the old headmaster - a sinister thread runs through the ...
