Dear Friends:

Yes, we know it has been some time since our last update - don't worry, we are alive and kicking. The past month has been spent fine tuning the new web page, sending out the Tiger I (Trojca) and KV books and getting our A Better Comrade . . . book ready for the printer (we will have it next week and will be sending it out right away). If you haven't ordered it yet, summer is here and it is a great read.

Regarding the web page, we have tinkered with it and it should be 100%. If you have any problems with navigating or ordering, contact us and we will try to help.

One other reason for the scarcity of updates lies in the fact that there have not been that many books released in the past few weeks. We don't know if this is the season or the slow economy, but good new titles are hard to come by. We will keep digging around, and produce our own titles, so that in the coming months you will have something worthwhile to buy.

We will announce our next titles in a while, currently work is proceeding on 3 books. Meanwhile, this week we offer the following for your consideration: Sd.Kfz. for the Nebeltruppen from Panzerwrecks; Berlin 1945 from Editions Heimdal; and Rommel's Afrika Korps from Stackpole Publishing -

Due to rising shipping costs we have been forced to raise our standard charge for the first book from $12 to $14. We hate to do this but circumstances are out of our control. Please keep in mind that if you order several books your cost per book will go down and you will also be eligible for a discount.

Look forward to hearing from you and have a nice weekend,  John and Sharron

FLASH!! The long-awaited Tiger I Technical & Operational History Volume 1 has arrived and we have now shipped out all pre-ordered copies. We have an ample supply of the regular copies in stock but only a few copies of the special edition remain. There are also still a few signed stickers left.

We have also just received the new KV book and they have all been  sent out. Our initial shipment is sold out, but we should have more copies at the end of next week. If you liked the T-34 book and Russian armor interests you, this is a definite jewel.

It has been a busy week sending the 2 books out, sorry for not sending out more news earlier. We will try to return to our normal schedule next week. Have a nice weekend,  John and Sharron

Dear Friends: Well, the new site seems to be working. We are still adding some content from the old one, but that should be finished by the end of next week. This week we are adding the Karstjager book and TARAAAAA, finally, the pre-pub for A Better Comrade You Will Never Find. See the featured section on the site. We expect to be shipping it in the first week of July. Order it now and save a few dollars. We are working on other titles, more on those soon. The Tiger I and KV books should land in Canada this weekend and reach us by the end of next week and we will start shipping immediately. All for now, have a nice weekend, John and Sharron

A Better Comrade You Will Never Find presents Eastern Front experiences of Helmut Schiebel from 1941 to the end of WW II. The author took art in the invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 as a member of the 43 Motorcycle Infantry Battalion of the 13 Panzer Division. In September he left for an Officer Candidate course in Germany, returning as a Leutnant and platoon leader to the division’s reconnaissance battalion at the end of April 1942. He was wounded at the end of June and retuned to Russia in September 1943. On the way to the 18 Panzer Division, he found out that the division was being dissolved and opted to transfer to the antitank branch. He arrived at Panzerjager Abteilung 88 in October 1943 where he was given a manual for antitank troops and soon after became a platoon commander on a Marder tank destroyer.

After heavy losses, in November 1943 the unit was transferred to Mielau Poland, where it trained on and was equipped with the heavy Hornisse tank destroyer. When the battalion was sent to the Eastern Front in mid-February 1944, the author stayed behind to receive missing equipment and additional personnel. Panzerjager Abteilung 88 was trapped in the Kamenez-Podolsk wandering pocket, and its actions there are recounted through the eyes of some other soldiers. After the battalion escaped the trap, the author rejoined it (as platoon leader) in Galicia in mid-July 1944.

Suffering heavy losses, the battalion was withdrawn to receive new equipment and train replacements. It returned to the front at the end of December 1944 in the Krakow area. By that time, Schiebel was the commander of the 2^nd company. The unit fought across southern Poland, through Silesia and eastern Germany to the area around Karlsbad. There, on May 7, 1945, Panzerjager Abteilung 88 surrendered to American troops.

This book will keep you immersed from the first page to the last; there are hardly any breaks in the action. From the first days of the invasion of the Soviet Union, where the motorcycle troops were always at the front, to the last desperate days of the war, when the few tank destroyers were rushed from one hot spot to another, you will share the full spectrum of emotions of the author and his troops. Life was short and brutal at the front for many soldiers, comrades died suddenly nearby, experience and luck was needed to survive. The descriptions of the combat are detailed and there is much to be learned about armour tactics. This is not just another memoir; the author was an excellent commander and imparts many valuable lessons for those that are interested in small-unit actions.

Hard cover, 6" x 9", 272 pages, 5 B&W images, 12 colour images, 45 photos, 4 colour 3D drawings.

A Better Comrade You Will Never Find has just gone to the printer and will be ready for shipping at the beginning of July. Its regular selling price will be $50. However, the pre-publication price is $45 if you order before June 8.