Aircraft of World War II
Chris Chant
Provides a brief overview of 300 aircraft each with a full-color artwork. Full dimensions, weights, armament and powerplant details are given along with development history and career in full.
Read Time: ~6.7 hr
The Oxford companion to musical instruments
by written and edited by Anthony Baines (1992)
About this book
This convenient and attractive guide lists ancient to contemporary musical instruments and gives both history and technical information. Many illustrations, both drawings and photographs help to clarify the text. Coverage is international; it includes not only instruments limited to one region, but also has longer articles for countries/continents, which discuss the kind of instruments developed there. Instrument makers appear in an appendix. Highly recommended for secondary collections.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreThe Oxford companion to musical instruments Lead Character
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