After finishing work today, my wife and I went to our local retail centre to do the weekend food shopping. Whilst I was there I was able to spend some time in the branch of WHSmith, where I bought the following items.
The first was a boxed set of THE PACIFIC. This cost me £29.99 and from what I hear, it will be well worth the money.
The set contains six DVDs, the first five of which have two episodes of the series on them, and the sixth has all the 'extra' features that usually come with boxed sets. As I missed this series when it was transmitted on TV, I am looking forward to viewing it over the next month or so.
The second purchase could easily be regarded as a 'vanity' purchase. Issue No. 3 (December 2010) of MILITARY TIMES contains some interesting articles including:
MILITARY TIMES is published by Church Street Publishing, and costs £3.95 per issue.
Oh! ... and for those of you who are interested in why this could be regarded as a 'vanity' purchase ... some bloke with my name wrote an article about why George Washington was the 'Greatest Leader of All Time'.
My final retail 'bargain' was a recently published A4-sized softback entitled AGAINST ALL ODDS. This booklet has been produced by Ian Allan Publishing for WHSmith (ISBN 978 0711 036 390), and costs £7.95.
The booklet covers three 'heroic battles in the face of adversity'. The battles are:
The first was a boxed set of THE PACIFIC. This cost me £29.99 and from what I hear, it will be well worth the money.
The set contains six DVDs, the first five of which have two episodes of the series on them, and the sixth has all the 'extra' features that usually come with boxed sets. As I missed this series when it was transmitted on TV, I am looking forward to viewing it over the next month or so.
The second purchase could easily be regarded as a 'vanity' purchase. Issue No. 3 (December 2010) of MILITARY TIMES contains some interesting articles including:
- The First Day of the Somme: Britain's bloodiest day
- Death in the Trenches: Was another way possible?
- Taranto: 11/12 November 1940
- Marathon: Birth-cry of Europe
- Afghan War: The second invasion
MILITARY TIMES is published by Church Street Publishing, and costs £3.95 per issue.
Oh! ... and for those of you who are interested in why this could be regarded as a 'vanity' purchase ... some bloke with my name wrote an article about why George Washington was the 'Greatest Leader of All Time'.
My final retail 'bargain' was a recently published A4-sized softback entitled AGAINST ALL ODDS. This booklet has been produced by Ian Allan Publishing for WHSmith (ISBN 978 0711 036 390), and costs £7.95.
The booklet covers three 'heroic battles in the face of adversity'. The battles are:
- Little Big Horn 1876
- Rorke's Drift 1879
- Oosterbeek 1944
- Background Narrative: This section describes why the battle was fought and the main events of the battle
- Commanders: This section gives a character sketch of the main commanders on both sides
- Combatants: This section describes the soldiers who took part in the battle, including the weapons and tactics they used
- Tour: This section describes the battlefield as it is today
- Movies: This section analyses the different ways the battle has been portrayed on film.
Bob
ReplyDeleteI'd be interested to hear your views on 'The Pacific'. I've seen a few bits an pieces of it and have been thinking of buying the DVDs.
Tim
Tim Gow,
ReplyDeleteIf it is as good as 'Band of Brothers'. I will be more than pleased.
You never know, it might just be the kick-start my much thought about Pacific campaign might need!
All the best,
Bob
Bob
ReplyDeleteWould that be the Pafific campaign we started discussing in about 1996?
Tim
Tim Gow,
ReplyDeleteIt might be ...
All the best,
Bob
Bob,
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on getting your article on Washington published - I'll look out for it when I'm next in Smiths on Monday.
How did you come to write for the magazine - were you approached, or did you send them the piece on spec? I'm always interested in finding magazines who might pay me for writing!
Arthur
Arthur1815,
ReplyDeleteThey approached me after I had left a comment on their website. We exchanged emails ... and I ended up writing a short piece about George Washington.
All the best,
Bob