Most Popular Books by John Lambert

“An inspirational/enjoyable book with excellent representations of a wide variety of [Motor Torpedo Boats] by various modelers in a variety of scales.”—ModelGeek The ShipCraft series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeler through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between sisterships and changes in their appearance over their careers. This includes paint schemes and camouflage, featuring color profiles and highly detailed line drawings and scale plans. The modeling section reviews the strengths and weaknesses of available kits, lists commercial accessory sets for super-detailing of the ships, and provides hints on modifying and improving the basic kit. This is followed by an extensive photographic gallery of selected high-quality models in a variety of scales, and the book concludes with a section on research references—books, monographs, large-scale plans and relevant websites. This volume follows the format of the highly successful Flower Class Corvettes where the extent has been doubled to include far more detailed drawings of the many different designs of British MTBs and US PT-boats, including their fittings, sensors and weapons. “The content is packed with information that makes you want to turn a page, from the history of torpedo boats from 1915-1945, which then goes on to model products, showcase, construction, aftermarket products for scales 1-1200 to 1-100 . . . Not only a reference to torpedo boats, but a wonderful guide to building and getting the best out of a model.”—AutoModeler

Volume II examines sixteen Vosper MTB designs, and the US 70ft, 77ft and 80ft ECLO designs. US-built Vosper designs supplied under lease-lend are also covered while weapons systems and machinery are dealt with in detail. Design, construction, equipment and subsequent development are all covered, and builders, construction lists, fates and technical data are given for each type. Some 700 finely detailed drawings have been included.

A collection of intriguing stories: A fire in a drug factory and an ancient lamp combine to enable a pharmaceutical researcher to travel back in time, and change the course of history. In 1881, a young man journeys to the far west of New South Wales to become a teacher - but a very different career awaits. Appropriate behaviour for a female teacher in a country town, in 1885, comes under scrutiny, with potentially disastrous consequences for a promising career. A battle for the survival of a regional high school rages between the parents and the Education Department. Spreading the word of God in outback New South Wales leads a dedicated clergyman to ''plant churches'' wherever he goes. A chance find by a bushwalker uncovers a life lived over a century before.

Describes Britain''s relations with Europe, the operations of the European community and its institutions and the future of a community that would include Britain.

Provides a background to understanding the make or break time that lies ahead for the European Union. This text evaluates the Union''s ability to respond to the challenges it faces: the rise of unemployment, the planet-wide threat to the environment; and local conflicts within Europe.

This book is an examination of African homestead society in Natal during the colonial period. It is an account of dispossession - and of what dispossession meant in real terms. In delineating the wider implications of land deprivation, the author has provided vital background to the emotionally charged question of land redistribution.

High-back Windsor armchair; serpentine crest with scrolled ears and painted line highlights; tapered spindles; semi-circular arm rail with scrolled, knuckled terminals; vase-and-ring turned arm supports; contoured saddle seat; vase-and-ring turned legs with painted line highlights joined by H-form baluster stretchers. Detail of brand.