Lost at Sea: The Story of the USS Indianapolis, Paperback - David Boyle

"We returned to our loved ones, but we were never the same again. Most were markedly changed. Young boys had become mature older men, aged beyond t...

Reducere. This is the story of the oldest warship afloat in the world, the venerable frigate USS Constitution, the cornerstone of the nascent American navy c...

Acclaimed naval historian Don Keith tells one of the most inspiring sea stories of World War II: the Japanese attack on the American oiler USS Neos...

Discover the astonishing facts about the Titanic and how it came to a catastrophic end in this illustrated, accessible and riveting account of one ...

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

Sinking deep into debt, and encountering everything from a lost rudder to freak storms, Vann is on the verge of losing everything - including his l...

Publisher: Unicorn Publishing GroupAuthor(s): Tracey WilliamsIllustration(s): 100 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 144Publication date: 2022Dim...

An immersive account of a tragedy at sea whose repercussions haunt its survivors to this day, lauded by New York Times bestselling author Ron Suski...

A collection of mini-adventure stories from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Psychopath Test, now updated with two new stories; including...

Reducere. DescriptionNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "GRIPPING...THIS YARN HAS IT ALL." --USA TODAY * "A WONDERFUL BOOK." --Christian Science Monitor * "ENTHRALL...

Reducere. In the closing months of World War II, Americans found themselves facing a new and terrifying weapon: kamikazes -- the first men to use airplanes a...

DescriptionThe nuclear-powered USS Skate was the first submarine to break the surface of the North Pole. Author James Calvert captained the Skate a...

Publisher: Helion & CompanyAuthor(s): John VimpanyIllustration(s): 66 b/w photos, 3 colour maps, many tablesNumber of pages: 142Publication date: 2...

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 ...

Reducere. On February 3, 1983, the men aboard Americus and Altair, two state-of-the-art crabbing vessels, docked in their home port of Anacortes, Washington,...

An artist's obsession with Gericault's monumental painting The Raft of the Medusa, and an intensely personal reckoning that delves deep inside the ...

Publisher: Goose Lane EditionsAuthor(s): L.K. IngersollNumber of pages: 159Publication date: 1991Dimensions: 153 x 227 x 23Cover type: Paperback / ...

Reducere. Brash, brilliant and funny, the Chicago Imagists--from the Hairy Who and Nonplussed Some to False Image and Marriage Chicago Style--receive a full ...

Reducere. Get into the music with David Leander Williams as he charts the rise and fall of Indiana Avenue, the Majestic Entertainment Boulevard of Indianapol...

Reducere. The classic 1940 study of con men and con games that Luc Sante in Salon called "a bonanza of wild but credible stories, told concisely with deadpan...

A Sunday Times Bestseller'Superbly frank and unsentimental... The literature of the Falklands War would be much the poorer without this pithy, well...

Reducere. Even as a teenager, John Beattie felt drawn to the ocean, but it was 25 years before his dreams of sailing the globe in his 35-foot yacht Warrior Q...

Description"Riveting." --The New York Times Book Review Hundreds of miles from civilization, two ships wreck on opposite ends of the same deserted ...

Reducere. A Cold War disaster that took ninety-nine lives, and was denied for forty years. What really happened to the USS Scorpion? May 1968: An American su...

Reducere. Winner of the Medical Journalists' Association's Tony Thistlethwaite AwardA Finalist for the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science BooksRecipient ...

Contributor(s): Author: David TysonThe Niagara Escarpment is the most significant land form in southern Ontario, designated a UNESCO World Biospher...

Reducere. The definitive story of the medium that defines our timesThe Big Screen tells the enthralling story of the movies: their rise and spread, their rem...

Reducere. In 1981 ten men starved themselves to death inside the walls of Long Kesh prison in Belfast. While a stunned world watched and distraught family me...

Publisher: Book Law PublicationsAuthor(s): David G BirchNumber of pages: 124Publication date: 2012Dimensions: 274 x 216 x 11Cover type: Paperback /...

Reducere. Set in Jazz Age San Diego against the backdrop of yellow journalism, notorious Hollywood scandals, Prohibition corruption and a lively culture war,...

Reducere. It is 1981. In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, a fishing boat overloaded with 60 Vietnamese refugees drifts. The motor has failed; the hull is lea...

Eminent Corporations. The Rise and Fall of the Great British Corporation - Andrew Simms, David Boyle

Reducere. Get into the music with David Leander Williams as he charts the rise and fall of Indiana Avenue, the Majestic Entertainment Boulevard of Indianapol...

Reducere. On November 18, 1958, a 623-foot limestone carrier--caught in one of the most violent storms in Lake Michigan history--broke in two and sank in les...

Reducere. Have you ever thought about the story of the Old Testament? Have you wondered how to connect the dots of psalms and sacrifices, laws and kings, nat...

Merriam Press Military History Series First Edition 2017 This is the story of the 148th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War. It is not...

Reducere. A must-read for submarine buffsOn the morning of April 10, 1963, the world's most advanced submarine was on a test dive off the New England coast w...

Reducere. Codul Enigma. Alan Turing si infrangerea Germaniei naziste Matematician, filosof, intemeietor al informaticii ­si parinte al inteligentei artificia...

Reducere. Due to Enemy Action tells for the first time a World War II story that spans generations and straddles two centuries, a story that begins with the ...

It is time we escaped the tentacles of Tickbox. Boyle suggests a series of ways out - starting with recognising the danger and calling it out for w...

It is time we escaped the tentacles of Tickbox. Boyle suggests a series of ways out - starting with recognising the danger and calling it out for w...