Lucky 666: The Impossible Mission That Changed the War in the Pacific

DescriptionDuring the first 10 months of the war in the Pacific, Japan achieved air supremacy with its carrier and land-based forces. After major s...

Reducere. Each year, the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps selects one book that he believes is both relevant and timeless for reading by all Marines. The ...

Reducere. "How They Won the War in the Pacific" provides a fascinating look at Naval Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and his subordinate leaders--fighting men unde...

The U.S. and the War in the Pacific, 1941-1945 analyzes the Pacific War with a focus on America's participation in the conflict.Publisher: Taylor &...

Eighty years after the stunning and decisive battle, a revelatory new history of MidwayPublisher: PublicAffairs, U.S.Author(s): Steven McGregorIllu...

The incredible story of the radar wars: Britain's most secret battle.

The incredible story of the radar wars - Britain's most secret battle

Reducere. The first US offensive of World War II began with no fanfare early on August 7, 1942. But, before it ended six months later with the first US land ...

Reducere. The new breed of American fast aircraft carriers could make thirty-three knots, and each carried almost one hundred strike aircraft. Brought togeth...

Written by a renowned expert, this is the most detailed account to date of the fast carrier strike force, the force that brought Japan to its knees...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Deborah HopkinsonThe WWII invasion known as D-Day was the largest military endeavor in history. By June 6, 1944, Hitler and...

An action-packed account of one of the most crucial battles of WW2. The WW2 invasion known as D-Day was the largest military endeavour in history. ...

Reducere. "An utterly absorbing account of one of history's most momentous battles" (Forbes) that not only changed the Civil War but the future of all sea po...

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 ...

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. We have a short time on this earth. What will you do with it? Your choices affect others who are watching...family, friends, co-workers, even child...

Reducere. No single weapon has spread so much raw power to so many people in so little time--and had such a devastating effect--as the AK-47 assault rifle. T...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Ben MacintyreNumber of pages: 432Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 3Cover type: Paperback ...

From 'one of America's most courageous young journalists' (NPR) comes a propulsive narrative history investigating the fifty-year-old mystery behin...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Emily CalandrelliWith: Tamson WestonIllustrator: Renee KurillaFrom Emily Calandrelli--Emmy-nominated host of Xploration Out...

Reducere. From the events that led to the clash at Gettysburg in July 1863 to the retreat of Robert E. Lee's defeated Confederates, Richard Wheeler uses the ...

Operation Vengeance is colorful, intimate, eye-popping history, delivered at a breakneck pace. I loved it. -Lynn VincentThe New York Times bestsell...

DescriptionFor decades, distinct professional wrestling territories thrived across North America. Each regionally based promotion operated individu...

Reducere. The iconic Impossible Mission games by Epyx enthralled a generation, pitting the player's wits against the diabolic genius of mad scientist Elvin A...

Reducere. The iconic Impossible Mission games by Epyx enthralled a generation, pitting the player's wits against the diabolic genius of mad scientist Elvin A...

Reducere. The untold story of an eccentric Wall Street tycoon and the circle of scientific geniuses he assembled before World War II to develop the science f...

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As the fifties faded away, sixties style swept Chester into the modern age.

Reducere. New York Times Bestseller: A "virtually faultless" account of the last weeks of WWII in the Pacific from both Japanese and American perspectives (T...

Reducere. In the 1940s, the brightest minds of the United States and Nazi Germany raced to West Africa with a single mission: to secure the essential ingredi...

Reducere. Recalls the group of scientists whose invention of radar during World War II contributed to the Allied victory, and chronicles their post-war achie...

This is the first detailed account of the historic race for long-distance flight records between the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy after World War II.Pub...

All in the Family creator Norman Lear takes fans behind the scenes of the groundbreaking sitcom on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. The face o...

DescriptionThe story of how the Israeli Force achieved one of the most audacious and important air power victories in history, wiping out enemy air...

Reducere. I fought like mad as the Japanese stormed down the hill yelling "Malians you die, Malians you die." I emptied my rifle magazine, twice. Out of ammo...

Reducere. Throughout the 1850s, Native peoples of the inland Northwest actively resisted white encroachments into their traditional territories. Tensions exp...

Reducere. Hailed as "masterly" (Wall Street Journal) and a "monumental achievement" (Douglas Brinkley), this book tells the riveting, true story of the group...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Last Corpsman, chronicles the life of John I. Unger from his birth in Austria in 1920, his immigration to the US, joining the Navy, ...

Reducere. This is a fascinating new account of how diplomacy and politics gave way to military strategy and warfare in the Pacific. Presenting previously unp...

Reducere. The classic, nationally bestselling book that first articulated the principles of lean production, with a new foreword and afterword by the authors...

DescriptionHailed as "a monumental achievement " (Douglas Brinkley) and "an essential part of anyone's library" (Doug Stanton), The Force tells the...

Publisher: PacificAuthor(s): Rahill JamalifardPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 153 x 228 x 7Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescopera farmecul l...

A personal reflection on the crucial turning points in the history of music, from BBC broadcaster and musician Mark Radcliffe

A rollicking recounting of the landmark case a writer brought against Miramax, whom he accused of stealing his screenplay and turning it into the c...

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin visited London on six occasions at the beginning of the twentieth century and it was in this city, where Marx wrote Das Kapit...

Reducere. THE US NAVY'S ON-THE-ROOF GANG: VOLUME 2 - WAR IN THE PACIFIC is an historical novel based on the unknown true-life story of the "On-The-Roof Gang....

Reducere. THE US NAVY'S ON-THE-ROOF GANG: VOLUME 2 - WAR IN THE PACIFIC is an historical novel based on the unknown true-life story of the "On-The-Roof Gang....

Reducere. In this book, is a list of black inventors and scientist's patents of many African Americans who have invented a multitude of items or made discove...