Piece of Cake
- 720 pages
- 26 hours of reading
With Hornets falling like flies, the Battle of Britain is no piece of cake.
Derek Robinson Books
Derek Robinson is a British author celebrated for his military aviation novels, distinguished by their potent black humor. His writing delves into the grittier aspects of history, particularly the less-discussed events of his hometown, Bristol, and extends to guides on rugby. Robinson's narratives are characterized by a sharp, often satirical, examination of human nature under duress. He masterfully explores themes of courage, camaraderie, and the absurdities inherent in conflict, all conveyed through a distinctive narrative voice and a compelling sense of pacing.
Dust, heat, thirst, flies - in a desert war, who needs enemies?
Goshawk Squadron
- 288 pages
- 11 hours of reading
The Booker-shortlisted Royal Flying Corps classic, reissued for the 50th Anniversary of its first publication
Damned Good Show
- 400 pages
- 14 hours of reading
Bomber crews brave German flak and fighter planes as the fightback begins.
Improbable MD
- 282 pages
- 10 hours of reading
The narrative follows Dr. Derek J. Robinson's extraordinary path from his humble beginnings fishing in Louisiana to becoming an emergency room and helicopter flight physician in Chicago. It highlights his rise to leadership roles within some of the largest healthcare organizations in the United States, showcasing the challenges and triumphs he faced along the way.
1973 was a big year for Bristol. It marked 600 years as a city and county. The thunder of civic self-congratulation was deafening. But Derek Robinson didn’t buy it. Not all of it, anyway. The born-and-bred Bristolian knew that during the past 600 years, the city and county had generated its fair share of blood and thunder. So he wrote this book, first published in 1973, to help balance the story. The result was a book that inspired a generation of young Bristolians. Robinson challenged the establishment narrative taught in the city’s schools that Edward Colston was a benefactor, that the slave trade wasn’t really that bad and that over the centuries the city had been run for the benefit of its people under the benign patronage of the Corporation and the Society Of Merchant Venturers. Tangent Books is proud to introduce A Shocking History Of Bristol to a new generation.
Goshawk Squadron
- 288 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Set during the height of World War I in January 1918, Goshawk Squadron follows the misfortunes of a British flight squadron on the Western Front. For Stanley Woolley, commanding officer of Goshawk Squadron, the romance of chivalry in the clouds is just a myth. The code he drums into his men is simple and savage: shoot the enemy in the back before he knows you're there. Even so, he believes the whole squadron will be dead within three months. A monumental work at the time of its original release, Booker-shortlisted Goshawk Squadron is now viewed as a classic in the mode of Catch 22. Wry, brutal, cynical and hilarious, the men of Robinson's squadron are themselves an embodiment of the maddening contradictions of war: as much a refined troop of British gentleman as they are a viscous band of brothers hell-bent on staying alive and winning the war.
