Bøker av David Cooke

Graphic account of the most famous episode in the Battle of the Bulge. Tells the story from German and American viewpoints. Full walking and driving tour of the area over which the battle was fought.

Corgi Toys proved an immediate success in the 1950s and over the next 30 years hundreds of miniatures would be modelled on contemporary vehicles. This book explores the history of Corgi Toys, describing the various models and illustrating how these simple children's toys became valuable collectables.

Dinky Toys were introduced in 1931 and these diecast metal toys became bestsellers. More than 1000 different subjects were modelled, mostly transport related.

"The law is an ass." Those are the words of Charles Dickens' Mr. Bumble. However, they also serve as an apt description of the state of Canadian law since the advent of MAiD - Medical Assistance in Dying, which was enacted by the government of Justin Trudeau in 2016 and expanded in 2021. Canada has opened up a deadly Pandora's box of euthanasia; and it will take an act of God to shut it! MAiD legalizes murder-by-consent under certain conditions. It started with those who are terminally ill. Now those who are disabled can qualify. In 2023, those who are depressed may be included. It is not hard to imagine, in time, a regime of euthanasia-on-demand for anyone and any reason, or for no reason at all! We must also consider the possibility of a government mandate for euthanasia should some unforeseen crisis arise. In this concise booklet, Trudeau's euthanasia program is explained and critiqued. Its faults and dangers are exposed to serve as a warning to Canada and the world. When a country decides to remove the commandment, "Thou shalt not kill," no one is truly safe!

In the title poem to Sicilian Elephants, his most wide-ranging and ambitious collection to date, David Cooke imagines the short-lived paradise achieved by those miniature elephants whose bones have been found on the island. In poems gathered here he explores notions of home and the way humans aspire to define their space and achieve a life of ease.

Highly illustrated history of warfare in Yorkshire from Roman times to the seventeenth century.