Arctic Rescue: A Memoir of the Tragic Sinking of HMS Glorious, Paperback - Ronald Healiss

Reducere. A moving World War II memoir that uncovers a forgotten naval catastrophe. Ideal for readers of Evan Mawdsley, Max Hastings and Iain Ballantyne. On ...

Description"The place where the German U-boat sank the British battleship Royal Oak was none other than the middle of Scapa Flow, Britain's greates...

Drawing on the underwater archaeological research, this study explains how Prien and his crew navigated the North Sea and Kirk Sound to land a deva...

Isabella de' Medici was the hostess of a glittering circle in Renaissance Florence. It was this affair - and her very success as First Lady of Flor...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the sinking written by passengers *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of conten...

Reducere. DescriptionOn the night of 13 October 1939, the Type VIIB U-boat U-47, on its second war patrol, penetrated the main Royal Navy base at Scapa Flow ...

Includes specifications, crew duties and life on board U-47.

A memoir of a lifetime's travel to some of the darkest places on earth: a first work of non-fiction from this much-admired and award-winning crime ...

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The purpose of this book is to focus on the underlying personal and behavioral factors involved in search and rescue including the subjects of a se...

Publisher: Merrion PressAuthor(s): Lorna SigginsNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 136 x 214 x 27Cover type: Paperback / softbac...

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing LtdAuthor(s): David DoyleIllustration(s): 240+ colour & b/w photosNumber of pages: 128Publication date: 2021Dimensio...

In August 1972, six young Australians and New Zealanders living in the UK decide on a whim to buy the wreck of an abandoned racing sloop, outfit it...

A stunning and forensic look at the wrecks of two of the most famous British capital ships lost during WWII Provides details of the construction an...

At Zoe's Rescue Zoo only the cutest, cuddliest animals need apply!Zoe loves living at her uncle's rescue zoo because there's always something excit...

Reducere. Russian North is an unfathomable, mysterious and harsh land. Only specially set romantic souls can understand and appreciate the beauty of this are...

Reducere. In this in-depth look at the heated debates over paying college athletes, Ronald A. Smith starts at the beginning: the first intercollegiate athlet...

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A bracingly immediate memoir by a young man coming of age during the Syrian war, Brothers of the Gun is an intimate lens on the century's bloodiest...

Reducere. It's 1966, and young Heywood Gould, a Brooklyn boy with literary ambitions, has his dream job. He is a reporter at the ultra liberal (that's right ...

Reducere. From critically acclaimed author and Pulitzer Prize runner-up Frederick Buechner comes another powerfully honest memoir, The Eyes of the Heart. Ful...

Reducere. "Ward of the State: A Memoir of Foster Care, " tells what happened to a little black boy from the inner city of Detroit. This is the story of Karlo...

Reducere. Ernest Horningway, a big city rhinoceros, has discovered a terrible truth. His wild cousins in Africa and hundreds of other animal species, are bei...

DescriptionPrince of Wales was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy. She was originally named King Edward VIII but upon the abdicatio...

Reducere. When World War I began, Karnig Panian was only five years old, living among his fellow Armenians in the Anatolian village of Gurin. Four years late...

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A comprehensive and entertaining exploration of the foods of India, told through a foodie's experiences, with delightfully quirky facts and stories...

Reducere. The award-winning national bestseller, Walking with the Wind, is one of our most important records of the American civil rights movement. Told by J...

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Reducere. Twentieth Anniversary Edition with Contributions from Joe Hill and Owen King Immensely helpful and illuminating to any aspiring writer, this specia...

Reducere. Do you believe?In what, you ask? In the unseen, of course. If you're not sure, but seek answers...If you desire confirmation that you're not alone ...

Reducere. As a twenty-three-year-old veterinarian, William W. Putney joined the Marine Corps at the height of World War II. He commanded the Third Dog Platoo...

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Reducere. First banned in its native land, this earthy, unflinching memoir has become one of the biggest bestsellers in the history of China. In 1968, a ferv...

DescriptionAn incredible memoir from Sharon Robinson about one of the most important years of the civil rights movement. In January 1963, Sharon Ro...

Wounds to Bind bears witness to lost and hopeful convergence in American history-that missing link between the folk and rock eras-when Bob Dylan an...

An exciting graphic novel adventure on the Titanic, combining historical fact with high-action storytelling.

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

A funny and entertaining guide to cricket from iconic cricket character, Henry Blofeld.

Drawing on unique archival documents and fascinating interviews, an acclaimed sports historian delivers the first comprehensive examination of Mr. ...

Reducere. Two survivors' accounts of the sinking of the Titanic. The information contained in Colonel Gracie's story is available from no other source. He pr...

Four young men in a tiny lifeboat brave a dreadful storm to save dozens of lives in this illustrated chapter book adaptation (for readers 6-9) of t...

Playwright, author, and activist Eve Ensler has devoted her life to the female body how to talk about it, how to protect and value it. Yet she spen...

On August 1, 1944, Miron Bialoszewski, later to gain renown as one of Poland's most innovative poets, went out to run an errand for his mother and ...

'This memoir is based on the diary I kept during 1990, the year that my first marriage came to an end.'Illustrations: 16 Plates, color