Shadow Voyage: The Extraordinary Wartime Escape of the Legendary SS Bremen, Hardcover - Peter A. Huchthausen

Reducere. A fast-paced, little-known story of danger at sea on the eve of World War II On the sweltering evening of August 30, 1939, the German luxury liner ...

Reducere. A fast-paced, little-known story of danger at sea on the eve of World War II On the sweltering evening of August 30, 1939, the German luxury liner ...

Reducere. DescriptionThrough dramatic incidents tells for the first time the full story of the development of Cold War naval intelligence from the end of WWI...

DescriptionA detailed account of the Royal Navy's near fatal expedition into the polar regions in 1773--with the young Horatio Nelson on board.In t...

The incredible story of the largest POW escape in the Second World War - organized by ordinary men who ultimately did something extraordinary.Publi...

Description'A bad reputation has its commitments.' So wrote home Jochen Peiper from the fighting front in the East in 1943, characterizing his batt...

Reducere. In 1940, Hans and Margret Rey fled their Paris home as the German army advanced. They began their harrowing journey on bicycles, pedaling to Southe...

Reducere. DescriptionThe mist in Charleston Inner Harbor was heavy, but not heavy enough to disguise the stolen Confederate steamship, the Planter, from Conf...

DescriptionA gripping tale of exploration aboard H.M.S. Challenger, an expedition that laid the foundations for modern oceanography From late 1872 ...

Reducere. **International Bestseller****The Times (UK) Memoir of the Year****One of Newsweek's Most Anticipated Books of 2020**An extraordinary memoir of dra...

Reducere. He escaped from one of the world's most brutal regimes.Then, he decided to tunnel back in. In the summer of 1962, a young student named Joachim Rud...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Peter Shea L. AcThis book explores the evolutionary and spiritual core of the acupuncture meridian systems known as the 8 E...

Reducere. Huchthausen knows the hidden history of the Cuban missile crisis . . . October Fury contains startling revelations.-- TOM CLANCY Drama on the high ...

Master of Deception is a biography of Peter Fleming, elder brother of Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond. Peter Fleming worked as a travel writer a...

Katy has always dreamed of the sky and the stars and the sea. So when news reaches London of a meteorite falling in the faraway land of Brazil and ...

With the help of surviving relatives and hundreds of previously unknown family photographs, Derek Niemann uncovers the true story of what his grand...

A gripping untold war story: using exclusive new archive material, letters and diaries, this is the story of the prisoners of war in internment cam...

Reducere. In the early morning hours of October 24, 1944, the legendary U.S. Navy submarine Tang was hit by one of its own faulty torpedoes. The survivors of...

Reducere. Learn why NASA astronaut Mike Collins calls this extraordinary space race story "the best book on Apollo": this inspiring and intimate ode to ingen...

Reducere. From Peter Mansbridge, the beloved former anchor of CBC's The National, and Mark Bulgutch, former CBC producer, comes a collection of first-person ...

Reducere. One of the most continuously influential figures of the past half century, Joan Jonas was among the first artists to embrace the forms of video, pe...

Publisher: PropolisAuthor(s): Jonathan Gathorne-HardyPublication date: 2017Dimensions: 138 x 191 x 18Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescopera fa...

A beautiful new edition of a classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale about four unlikely animal companions, from renowned illustrator Gerda Muller.Publis...

Reducere. As you climbed the rickety stairs of an old woolshed at Sydney harbor in 1944, you could hear rows of men and women in uniforms and headsets tappin...

Offers an account of the closing stages of the war against Japan, victory being due to the contribution of the British Pacific Fleet. This book is ...

Reducere. From an acclaimed literary biographer, a riveting and groundbreaking account of what happened to the survivors of the Titanic. We think we know the...

Reducere. Discover untold secrets with this extraordinary memoir of drama and tragedy by Anne Glenconner--a close member of the royal circle and lady-in-wait...

Publisher: Dune PublicationsAuthor(s): Peter PurchaseNumber of pages: 408Publication date: 2012Dimensions: 215 x 136 x 25Cover type: Paperback / so...

Describes how the ambitious Allied airborne Landing at Arnhem was thwarted by the presence of two elite Waffen-SS divisions. Covers the fierce acti...

Reducere. A difficult mission, a mutinous crew, treacherous waters, and merchant ships bearing cargoes of gold, silk, diamonds and rubies...all awaited Capta...

In 1938, Eric Knight wrote a magazine story about a collie dog, Lassie, which established her as 'the world's favourite dog'; and went on to inspir...

Graphic, contemporary images show the bitter fighting in harsh terrain and winter conditions.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Ian BaxterI...

This thrilling wartime adventure tells the true story of the downed American aviators who were rescued by French resistance fighters, taken to Nazi...

Reducere. My name is Blake Turner. I am in the sixth grade, I play soccer and I am training to become an international ninja spy. On Saturday, I was receivin...

Reducere. DescriptionAfter more than thirty years of existence, the Zelda saga has been renewed from top to bottom with its last episode, so acclaimed, Breat...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Alan OgdenNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 157 x 234 x 24Cover type: Paperback ...

Chef, author and media personality Peter Kuruvita presents over 100 recipes celebrating the vegetarian and vegan potential of South Asian cuisines.

"Tony Hirashiki was simply one of the best television cameramen to cover the Vietnam War. His soaring video, often acquired only at great personal ...

Covers the bitter fighting on the Eastern Front.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Ian BaxterIllustration(s): 250 black and white illustrat...

Reducere. Mentzer details his exciting 2600-mile trip on the Intracoastal Waterway from the Chesapeake Bay to the Gulf of Mexico and back. His fascinating na...

Gripping account of heroism in the face of near certain disaster. Includes first person accounts from the sailors aboard the Marblehead. Written by...

Reducere. DescriptionThe religious ferocity of Heavy Metal fandom is one of the most fervent in the history of subculture. The display of this fervor has bee...

The Musicians of Bremen - Muzicantii din Bremen - Nina Pascale

Reducere. DescriptionAn accessible look at the mysteries that lurk at the edge of the known universe and beyondThe observable universe, the part we can see w...

He escaped from Singapore's Changi prisoner of war camp to become one of Australia's great World War II guerrilla fighters.Publisher: Allen & Unwin...

The true story of the most remarkable escape tunnel under the Berlin Wall, from the creator of the acclaimed BBC podcast.Publisher: Hodder & Stough...

Reducere. DescriptionThey were average New Yorkers.But in the aftermath, they became American refugees . . . When the planes hit the Twin Towers, Christina R...

Runners and readers whose connections to the sport date back to the 1970s surely remember Dr. George Sheehan, the New Jersey cardiologist and write...

Reducere. The first 30 years of the 20th-century produced a theatrical explosion whose reverberations are still felt today. Stanislavsky, Meyerhold, Vakhtang...