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Join young Horatio Hornblower in the thrilling naval adventure from the author of The Good Shepherd, now a major-motion picture starring Tom Hanks
'A joyous creation, a perfection in words. Young Hornblower is, simply, one of the most complete creations of character in fiction' Conn Iggulden, The Independent
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1793, the eve of the Napoleonic Wars, and Midshipman Horatio Hornblower receives
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Get the Summary of Steve Twomey's Countdown to Pearl in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Countdown to Pearl" delves into the events leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, focusing on the perspectives of key military figures on both the American and Japanese sides. The narrative highlights the clear skies of Oahu and the ceremonial activities aboard the USS Pennsylvania, reflecting the U.S. Navy's sense of invincibility....
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Savor the story of the ultimate warship in Sovereigns of the Sea: The Quest to Build the Perfect Renaissance Battleship, which chronicles the history of Sovereign of the Seas, an immensely powerful floating fortress. You will enjoy this gripping tale of an arms race that created and ruined empires, changed the map of the world, and led Europe out of the Renaissance and into the Modern age. Understand how the Sovereign of the Seas became the model...
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Tres siglos de exploración y comercio de Cipango con Occidente. 1542-1868: 300 años de contactos culturales y comerciales de Cipango con occidente: Desde el shogunato y la reunificación de Japón por Nobunaga, Toyotomi y Tokugawa hasta la restauración del poder imperial. Historias, aventuras, exploraciones y conflictos bélicos. La apasionante historia de la modernización del fascinante Japón. Conozca la narración apasionante de las historias,...
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Don Jorge Juan y Santacilia: Marino, ingeniero, explorador, científico, literato. Genio de la construcción naval. Descubra la gran aventura del diseño y construcción de estos avanzados navíos a vela y su participación en los episodios clave de la historia española de los Siglos XVIII y XIX. Una generación de buques injustamente olvidada que marcaron toda una época. Conozca la obra del ilustrado, científico, capitán de navío Jorge Juan,...
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"Mutiny on the Bounty" is a collection of early detailed documents of the voyage of the "Bounty." Largely in part to the effort of Bligh to maintain an accurate log before, during, and after the actual mutiny, even the Bounty's crew list is well chronicled. Bligh returned to Britain and reported the mutiny to the Admiralty two years and two and a half months after leaving England.
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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 S.S. Bremen slipped her moorings on Manhattan's west side, abandoned all caution (including foghorns, radar, and running lights), and sailed out of New York Harbor, commencing a dramatic escape run that would challenge the rules for unrestricted warfare at sea. Written by naval historian Peter Huchthausen,...
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Founded in 1937, the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York, has trained more than 20,000 professional mariners-and, in the process, has weathered many turbulent times. In Peace and War draws on extensive research-including archival work and interviews with past and present-day administrators, alumni, and current midshipmen-to document the Academy's evolution from its beginnings to the present.
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The frank and revealing memoirs of James Lowry, a young surgeon in Nelson's Mediterranean fleet 1797 to 1804. This is his hand-written journal, never intended for publication, describing his rugged life afloat and fascinating (often erotic) adventures ashore. As one reviewer wrote, it is a "fantastic primary historical source and is full of firsthand accounts of several conflicts in His Majesty's Navy. While he describes details of battles hitherto...
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'…and if there had been only one survivor, there would have been no mystery in any of these cases…'
Bestselling author John Harris freshly investigates seven of the most gripping and intriguing voyages of the past 150 years. Bringing his unique skills as a novelist and sailor to reassess the fragmentary evidence, he aims to finally answer these enduring and terrifying mysteries.
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• Aboard Erebus and Terror on Sir John Franklin's...
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A coin flip likely saved the life of Kenneth C. Ruiz. It was August 1942 and he was fresh out of the U.S. Naval Academy. He and a classmate flipped a coin to see who would stand watch on the bridge of their heavy cruiser, the USS Vincennes, off Savo Island as the Marines were landing on Guadalcanal. Ruiz was on the bridge when the ship took a direct hit and sank. He ended up in the Pacific without a life jacket, but his classmate and the entire radio...
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La apasionante historia de los reyes de los mares, protagonistas de épicas hazañas legendarias en todos los océanos y mares del globo, desde 1850 hasta la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Conozca las trascendentales batallas de los más modernos buques artilleros, policalibres, Dreadnought y superacorazados, que fueron durante un siglo el instrumento clave de dominio naval y hegemonía político-militar. Desde siempre, la pretensión del guerrero ha sido...
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A Century of Sea Travel is an eye-opening voyage through the golden years of the passenger steamship, a voyage described by the very travelers who sailed on these magnificent engineering marvels. In memoirs and letters home, diaries and the backs of postcards, the recorded experiences of every aspect of steamship travel are here relived: from details of the ships, the crew, and fellow passengers; to the food and entertainment on board; to tales of...
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The life of Admiral Mahan spanned the age of sail, the Civil War, the War in the Pacific, and the Spanish-American War, the rise of steam power, and the international political dramas that would explode into the First World War. He tells his story in this 1907 memoir.
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Get the Summary of Mark Harmon's Ghosts of Honolulu in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. In "Ghosts of Honolulu," the Wada family is struck by tragedy when young Kazumasa dies in an accident, prompting them to move and open a store in Kapalama. Douglas Wada, Kazumasa's brother, grows up torn between American culture and his parents' Japanese heritage. Sent to Japan ostensibly for Emperor Hirohito's coronation, Douglas...
36) Rolling Home
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Barnes was born in 1850 into a shipowning family in St Johns, Newfoundland, and first went to sea while still a schoolboy. His career seemed predestined, and by the age of 14 he was apprenticed to a Liverpool company, serving in their sailing ships working a triangular passage to St Johns, the Brazils and back to Liverpool. He tried to swallow the anchor when he married but running a grocery store was too mundane, and he soon went back to sea, transferring...
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As any sailor knows, life at sea is hazardous under even normal circumstances. In times of war with an enemy intent on killing and sinking you it is infinitely more so. David Blackmore has researched 100 extreme cases over the span of history and written graphic descriptions covering the background, the events and the tragic consequences. Many were the result of enemy action, others (too many) straight human error and the remainder were caused by...
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This is the stirring and authoritative account of one of World War II's most highly decorated submarines “Find 'Em, Chase 'Em, Sink 'Em” is the first book to recount the tragic and mysterious loss of the World War II submarine USS Gudgeon. In April 1944, the highly decorated submarine USS Gudgeon slipped beneath the waves in one of the most treacherous patrol areas in the most dangerous military service during World War II. Neither the Gudgeon...
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It was Alfred the Great who realized that the only real line of defense for an island is an efficient navy. Thus he began to build the first British fleet. This engaging history, the first of two volumes, traces Britain's naval history from its inception to the Battle of Trafalgar, one of the pinnacles of England's naval glory.
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Illustrated with 200 official admiralty photographs, many of them previously unpublished, this book traces the development of Royal Naval ship design in a period of immense change. Opening with the Crimean War, this period saw the gradual transition from sail to steam and screw propulsion; from wood to steel construction; from fixed broadside armaments of bronze muzzle-loaders to turret-mounted steel breech-loaders and torpedoes. The period covered...
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