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The wine-dark sea

The wine-dark sea

O'Brian, Patrick

W. W. Norton & Company

At the outset of this adventure filled with disaster and delight, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin pursue an American privateer through the Great South Sea. The strange color of the ocean reminds Stephen of Homer's famous description, and portends an underwater volcanic eruption that will create a new island overnight and leave an indelible impression ...

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pvp.10,00 €

British Battleships 1939-45 (1)

British Battleships 1939-45 (1)

Konstam, Angus

Osprey Publishing

With the outbreak of World War II, Britain's Royal Navy and her fleet of battleships would be at the forefront of her defence. Yet 10 of the 12 battleships were already over 20 years old, having served in World War I. This title offers a comprehensive review of the development of these British battleships.

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pvp.15,50 €

Italian Battleships of World War II

Italian Battleships of World War II

Stille, Mark

Osprey Publishing

Often overlooked as a naval power of WWII, Italy's Regia Marina was, upon the declaration of war against France, the fourth largest navy in the world. Despite its numbers, the Italian fleet was made up of largely obsolete vessels, none being equipped with radar, and had a reputation for having inadequately-trained crews. Added to these ...

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pvp.15,00 €

British Battlecruisers 1914- 1918

British Battlecruisers 1914- 1918

Burr, Lawrence

Osprey Publishing

British battlecruisers were not a "failed design" as is so often claimed, but a very successful and revolutionary one that was critical to, and instrumental in, Britain winning the naval war of 1914-18. This book contains previously untapped evidence from the wrecks of the sunken battlecruisers and detailed analysis of admiralty records to show why ...

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pvp.15,50 €

Rising tide "the untold story of the russian submarines that fought the cold"

Rising tide "the untold story of the russian submarines that fought the cold"

Weir, Gary

Perseus Running Press

For devotees of the submarine espionage stories in Blind Man's Bluff, Rising Tide tells the Soviet/Russian side of the most secretive operations of the Cold War. For the first time, seven Soviet admirals, along with leading naval historian Dr. Gary Weir, reveal the successful spying missions, the technological breakthroughs, the confrontations with U.S. forces, and ...

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pvp.14,00 €

British Battlecruisers 1939-45

British Battlecruisers 1939-45

Konstam, Angus

Osprey Publishing

Angus Konstam hails from the Orkney Islands and is the author of over 20 books, Formerly the Curator of Weapons in the Royal Armouries at the Tower of London, he also served as the Chief Curator of the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum in Key West, Florida Tony Bryan is a freelance illustrator of many years ...

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pvp.15,50 €

Pacific Alamo "The Battle for Wake Island"

Pacific Alamo "The Battle for Wake Island"

Haskew, Michel E.

New American Library

It happened in the shadow of Pearl Harbor-mere hours after the first attack on the day that would "live in infamy." But few know the full story of Wake Island.

Now a prominent military historian, breaking new ground on the assault, relates the compelling events of that day and the heroic struggle that followed. Thanks ...

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pvp.8,00 €

Tirpitz "The Life and Death of Germany's Last Super Battleship"

Tirpitz "The Life and Death of Germany's Last Super Battleship"

Tamelander, Michael; Zetterling, Niklas

Casemate Publishers and Book Distributors

The story of the battleship Tirpitz-Bismarck's sister ship-and the desperate Allied efforts to destroy it . . .After the Royal Navy's bloody high seas campaign to kill the mighty Bismarck, the Allies were left with an uncomfortable truth-the German behemoth had a twin sister. Slightly larger than her sibling, the Tirpitz was equally capable of ...

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pvp.15,00 €

North sea saga

North sea saga

Jordan, Paul

Pearson Education Limited

A new history of the lands, seas and peoples of Northern Europe, including the Romans, Germans, Anglo-Saxons, Celts and, of course, the Vikings: this is our sea and its seafarers from the Stone Age to the present via the Bronze, Iron and Modern ages.

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1421 the year China discovered America

1421 the year China discovered America

Menzies, Gavin

HarperCollins Canada, Limited

On March 8, 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China to "proceed all the way to the ends of the earth to collect tribute from the barbarians beyond the seas." When the fleet returned home in October 1423, the emperor had fallen, leaving China in political and economic chaos. ...

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The Hunt for Hitler's Warship

The Hunt for Hitler's Warship

Bishop, Patrick

Regnery Publishing, Inc.

Winston Churchill called it "the Beast." It was said to be unsinkable. More than thirty military operations failed to destroy it. Eliminating the Tirpitz, Hitler's mightiest warship, a 52,000-ton behemoth, became an Allied obsession.

In The Hunt for Hitler's Warship, Patrick Bishop tells the epic story of the men who would not rest until the ...

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pvp.17,00 €

The spice islands voyage "the quest for Alfred Wallace, the man who shared Darwin's discov"

The spice islands voyage "the quest for Alfred Wallace, the man who shared Darwin's discov"

Severin, Tim

Carrolll & Graf Publishers

Overlooked by most history books, this biography profiles Alfred Russell Wallace, an Englishman whose name was on the first paper about natural selection and whose epic journey The Malay Archipelago was retraced in 1996 by the author.

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pvp.12,00 €