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Amber Books Ltd
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Amber Books Ltd
VAT Number: GB672581613
Registered Number: 3186678
Registered Office: 30 City Road, London EC1Y 2AB

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2013
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Small Arms 1914–Present

Small Arms, 1914–Present offers a highly illustrated guide to all the main types of small arms from the...

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Format: 240 x189mm (9 1⁄2 x 7 1⁄2”)
Extent: 384 pages
Word count: 100,000 words
Illustrations: 500 artworks and 80 photographs


 
Disasters

From the volcano at Pompeii to Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, from the medieval Black Death to 1930s Dust Bowl,...

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Format: 213 x 290mm (81⁄2 x 111⁄2”)
Extent: 96pp
Illustrations: 88 col photographs
Word count: 20,000 words


 
Gettysburg

In June 1863, General Robert E. Lee and the 75,000-strong Army of Northern Virginia launched a second invasion...

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Format: 215 x 300mm (81⁄2 x 113⁄4”)
Extent: 224 pages
Word count: 50,000 words
Illustrations: more than 200 colour illustrations, photographs and maps


 
Weapons of War series

Each volume in the Weapons of War series features 150 of the most significant weapons from military history....

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Format: 240 x 189mm (9 1/2 x 7 1/2")
Extent: 176pp
Illustrations: 16 col & b/w photos & 150 col a/ws
Word count: 35,000 words


 
Trafalgar 1805: Great Battles app

One of the most important moments in the history of the 19th Century, the battle of Trafalgar (1805) was Nelson...

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Available on iOS


 
Gaugamela 331BC: Great Battles app

One of the most staggering displays of battle tactics and superb military training in the history of warfare,...

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Available on iOS


 
Kursk 1943: Great Battles app

One of the most important moments in the history of World War II, the battle of Kursk (1943) was the greatest...

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Available on iOS


 
Hunting: SAS and Elite Forces Guide

With the aid of superb line artworks, Hunting demonstrates the core skills involved in being a self-reliant...

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Format: 178 x 127 mm (7 x 5”)
Extent: 320 pages
Word count: 45,000 words
Illustrations: 150 black-&-white artworks
ISBN: 9781782740261


 
Armed Combat: SAS and Elite Forces Guide

Overhead block, upward stab, step-through lunge, bayonet slash; knife fighting, handgun shooting, sword play....

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Format: 178 x 127mm (7” x 5”)
Extent: 320pp
Illustrations: 150 b/w artworks
Word count: 45,000 words
ISBN: 9781782740247


 
Mental Endurance: SAS and Elite Forces Guide

You can train all you like, but when it comes to the crunch, do you have the mental endurance to survive combat...

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Format: 178 x 127mm (7” x 5”)
Extent: 320pp
Illustrations: 300 b/w artworks
Word count: 45,000 words
ISBN: 9781782740254


 
Kursk: The Greatest Tank Battle July 1943 [new edition]

In this in-depth exploration of WWII's greatest tank battle, the strategic importance of the Kursk salient is...

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Format: 246 x 183mm
Extent: 192pp (including 16pp colour insert)
Illustrations: 200 b/w photographs and maps, and colour artworks
Word count: 60,000 words
ISBN: 9781782740223


 
Amazing Animals series

Did you know that the shock from an electric eel would kill a person? Or that Triceratops had 432 teeth (and if...

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Format: 213 x 290mm (8½ x 11½”)
Extent: 96pp per volume
Illustrations: 130 colour photographs per volume
Word count: 10,000 words per volume


 
Stalingrad 1942–43: The Infernal Cauldron [New Edition]

The German invasion of the Soviet Union was Hitler’s biggest gamble in his quest for Lebensraum in the East –...

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Format: 246 x 183mm
Extent: 192pp (including 16pp colour insert)
Illustrations: 200 b/w photographs and maps, and colour artworks
Word count: 60,000 words
ISBN 9781909160583


 
Germany's Secret Weapons of World War II

The German Third Reich had the most technologically advanced and innovative weapons industries in World War II...

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Format: 264 x 208mm
Extent: 224pp
Illustrations: 160 b/w and colour photographs, artworks and maps
Word count: 60,000 words
ISBN 9781909160569


 
World's Greatest Battleships: An Illustrated History

For more than 400 years, the big-gun warship stood as the supreme naval war machine. It was not only a major...

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Format: 297 x 227mm
Extent: 224pp
Illustrations: 200 colour artworks and photographs
Word count: 65,000 words
ISBN 9781909160606


 
Kama Sutra

Written in India in Sanskrit between 400BCE and 300CE by the philosopher Vatsyayana, the Kama Sutra is the...

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Format: 265 x 195mm
Extent: 96pp
Illustrations: More than 30 colour artworks
Word count: 25,000 words


 
Love Poems

'How do I love thee? Let me count the ways' – Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Life’s most tender feelings are...

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Format: 265 x 195mm
Extent: 96pp
Word count: 15,000 words


 
Preparing to Survive: SAS and Elite Forces Guide

What are you going to do if the water supply stops? Or if there’s no food on sale any more? If there’s no...

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Format: 178 x 127 mm (7 x 5”)
Extent: 320 pages
Word count: 45,000 words
Illustrations: 300 black-&-white artworks
Print ISBN: 9781908696618

Available as an ebook


 
World's Worst Monsters & Villains

Do you know what scared children a thousand years ago? It was the same things that scare them today – giants,...

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Format: 213 x 290mm (8½ x 11½")
Extent: 48pp
Illustrations: 80 col a/ws
Text: 10000 words


 
Modern Weapons: Compared and Contrasted

Do you ever wonder which is the best tank in service today? Which aircraft carrier, submarine or assault rifle...

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Format: 297 x 227mm (11 3/4 x 9”)
Extent: 224pp
Illustrations: 400+ col a/ws & photos
Text: 50,000 words
ISBN: 9781908696687


 
Weapons of World War II: Compared and Contrasted

World War II saw a global conflict with the weapons technologies of the leading nations of the world pitted...

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Format: 297 x 227mm (11 3/4 x 9”)
Extent: 224pp
Illustrations: 400+ col a/ws & photos
Text: 50,000 words
ISBN: 9781908696649


 
I Ching [Book of Changes]

The 2,500 year old Yi-jing or I Ching, translated as the Book of Changes, is an ancient Chinese work of...

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Format: 265 x 195mm
Extent: 96pp
Word count: 8,000 words


 
The Prince

Napoleon, Mussolini, Voltaire, even the former Mafia chief John Gotti – they all read Niccolò Machiavelli’s The...

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Format: 265 x 195mm
Extent: 96pp
Word count: 12,000 words
Print ISBN: 9781908696519

Available as an ebook


 
Essential Naval Identification Guide: Submarines 1914–Present

The emergence of the submarine in 1914 as a major strategic weapon was swift and unexpected, and changed naval...

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Format: 240 x 189mm (9 1⁄2 x 7 1⁄2”)
Extent: 192pp
Illustrations: 240 col a/ws & photos
Text:50,000 words
ISBN: 9781908696663


 
Essential Aircraft Identification Guide: Civil Aircraft 1907–Present

Illustrated with outstanding colour profile artworks, The Essential Identification Guide: Civil Aircraft is the...

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Format: 240 x 189mm (9 1⁄2 x 7 1⁄2”)
Extent: 192pp
Illustrations: 240 col a/ws & photos
Text:50,000 words
ISBN: 9781908696649


 
Cold War Plans That Never Happened 1945–1990

From a NATO nuclear attack on the Soviet Union to a Warsaw Pact land assault on Western Europe; from building...

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Format: 240 x 189mm (9½ x 7½”)
Extent: 192pp
Illustrations: 50 b/w & col illustrations; 180 b/w & col pics
Word count: 50,000 words
ISBN: 9781908273789


 
Sharks and Underwater Monsters

The seas, oceans and rivers of the world are one of the last great wild frontiers. Here, gigantic herbivores...

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Extent: 96pp
Format: 213 x 290mm (8 ½ x 11 ½”)
Illustrations: 135 col photographs and a/ws
Word count: 18,000 words


 
Sniper: SAS and Elite Forces Guide

The sniper is a lone hunter: to become a special forces sniper requires supreme concentration and extreme self-...

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Format: 178 x 127mm (7” x 5”)
Extent: 320pp
Word count: 45,000 words
Illustrations: 160 b/w artworks
Print ISBN: 9781908696632

Available as an ebook


 
Extreme Unarmed Combat: SAS and Elite Forces Guide

Duck punch, cover block and knee strike. Boxing, wrestling and Ju-Jitsu. Gameplan, lines of attack and final...

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Format: 178 x 127 mm (7 x 5”)
Extent: 320 pages
Word count: 45,000 words
Illustrations: 300 black-&-white artworks


 
Military Books eBookstore App v.2.0 - *FREE DOWNLOAD*

If you’re an illustrated military books enthusiast, you’ll know that there is currently very little available...

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Available as a free download from iOS app store:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/military-books/id443408653?mt=8&uo=4


 
Churchill

As a young man, Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill set out to become a hero – he would exceed everyone's...

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Format: 244 x 186mm (9½ x 71/3”)
Extent: 256 pages
Word count: 60,000 words
Illustrations: 190 colour and black-and-white illustrations

This title was previously available in the following format: 285 x 213mm (11 1/4 x 8 1/2")

Available as a text-only ebook.


 
Dragons

Dragons collects 20 mythical beasts that have terrified children for centuries, portrayed in exciting and...

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Format: 213 x 290mm (8½ x 11½")
Extent: 48pp
Illustrations: 80 col a/ws
Text: 10000 words

Available as an ebook on the iBookstore, and as an app (Dragons!) on the App Store.


 
Dark History of the Popes

The papacy may be the longest-lasting democratically elected position in history and supposedly a seat of great...

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Format: 285 x 213mm (11 1/4 x 8 1/2")
Extent: 256pp
Illustrations: 190 col and b/w photos, 16 col a/ws
Text: 60000 words

Also available as an ebook


 
U.S. Navy SEALs: From Vietnam to Operation Bin Laden

A brand new updated edition that now includes coverage of 2011's Operation Neptune Spear which culminated in...

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Format: 305 x 229mm (12 x 9")
Extent: 256pp
Illustrations: 100 col & 100 b/w photos, 20 col a/ws
Text: 70000 words
ISBN: 9781908273192


 
Illustrated History of World War II

The military engagements and campaigns of World War II are emblazoned on mankind’s memory: from the Blitzkrieg...

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Format: 244 x 186mm (91⁄2 x 71/3”)
Extent: 256pp
Word count: 60,000 words
Illustrations: 100 colour and 200 black-and-white photographs, 26 colour maps

This title was originally available in a larger format:
297 x 227mm (11 3/4 x 9")