Captain Kilburnie
ISBN: 9781557505866 / Angielski / Twarda / 367 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After publishing six successful novels about the surface engagements of World War II, including the now classic South to Java (coauthored with his son), William Mack turns his attention and considerable talent to the adventure and romance of the Age of Sail. This enchanting story charts the glorious rise through the ranks of Nelson's navy by Fergus Kilburnie, one of the first Scotsmen to serve as an officer. With the bold pluck of a natural-born leader, an innate affinity for the sea, and not a little help from friends in high places, the intrepid Kilburnie escapes one predicament... After publishing six successful novels about the surface engagements of World War II, including the now classic South to Java (coauthored wi... |
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160,69 zł |
31 Temptitle for Title Removal
ISBN: 9781561643394 / Angielski / Twarda / 358 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Robert Macomber s Honor series of naval fiction follows the life and career of Peter Wake in the U.S. Navy during the tumultuous years from 1863 to 1901. Dishonorable Few is the fourth in the series.
It is 1869. The United States is painfully recovering from the Civil War and Lt. Peter Wake concludes the first shore duty of his career at Pensacola Naval Yard to become the executive officer of the USS Canton. Headed to turbulent Central America to deal with a former American naval officer turned renegade mercenary, Wake discovers that no one trusts anyone in that deadly part of the world... Robert Macomber s Honor series of naval fiction follows the life and career of Peter Wake in the U.S. Navy during the tumultuous years from 1863 to 19...
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112,40 zł |
Tactical Missile Warheads
ISBN: 9781563470677 / Angielski / Twarda / 745 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By marrying warhead fundamentals with more modern design approaches, this book will assist new members of the warhead community to learn more rapidly, as well as provide a reference text for those working actively in the field. The book's chapters are each self-contained articles; however, the topics are linked and may be divided into three groups. The first group provides a broad introduction, as well as four fundamental technology areas, namely, explosives, dynamic characterization of materials, explosive-metal interaction physics, and hydrocodes. The second group presents the mechanics of...
By marrying warhead fundamentals with more modern design approaches, this book will assist new members of the warhead community to learn more rapidly,...
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574,11 zł |
Class 1902
ISBN: 9781570037122 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in German in 1928 as Jahrgang 1902, Ernst Glaeser's autobiographical novel centers on the experiences of the narrator, E., and his friends. Born in 1902, E. and his generation come of age during the Great War, but they never know combat because the war ends before they can be drafted. Through their perspectives Glaeser provides glimpses into traumatic times on the German home front.
First published in German in 1928 as Jahrgang 1902, Ernst Glaeser's autobiographical novel centers on the experiences of the narrator, E., and his fri...
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101,67 zł |
The Flying Squadron: #11 A Nathaniel Drinkwater Novel
ISBN: 9781574090772 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is 1811 and Napoleon s French Empire dominates Europe. Desperate to stem the encroaching French tide and avert war with the emerging power of the United States, the Royal Navy orders Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater to the Chesapeake Bay to heal the rift between London and Washington. Quite by chance, on the banks of the Potomac, Drinkwater discovers the first clue to a bold plan by which the U.S. could defeat the Royal Navy, collapse the British government and utterly destroy the British cause. Amid personal crisis, Drinkwater takes command of a squadron sent against the Americans in the...
It is 1811 and Napoleon s French Empire dominates Europe. Desperate to stem the encroaching French tide and avert war with the emerging power of the U...
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72,62 zł |
The Bomb Vessel
ISBN: 9781574090994 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A young captain Nathaniel Drinkwater is given command of an old Ship, the Virago, to be sent to the Baltic as a bomb vessel. Drinkwater s ambition is to turn it back into a fighting ship, but his plans are thwarted. At the same time, Drinkwater s brother appeals for help in his desperate attempt to escape the gallows. As Sir Hyde Parker s fleet approaches the Danish coast, the Virago joins the battle. Amid gales and ice, Drinkwater strives to save his ship and his brother. It is 1801 and napoleon is reaching supreme power in France and has allied himself with Tsar Paul of Russia. Against this...
A young captain Nathaniel Drinkwater is given command of an old Ship, the Virago, to be sent to the Baltic as a bomb vessel. Drinkwater s ambition is ...
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64,05 zł |
The Corvette
ISBN: 9781574091007 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The frozen splendor of the Arctic Ocean and the absorbing drama of a nineteenth century whale hunt unfold as Drinkwater escorts a whaling fleet to Greenland and meets disaster, treachery and death.
The frozen splendor of the Arctic Ocean and the absorbing drama of a nineteenth century whale hunt unfold as Drinkwater escorts a whaling fleet to Gre...
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64,05 zł |
Beneath the Aurora: #12 A Nathaniel Drinkwater Novel
ISBN: 9781574091021 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Year is 1813. Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater succeeds Lord Dungarth as head of the Royal Navy s Secret Department. While the Grand Army of Napoleon faces defeat on the battlefields of Germany, the discovery of a secret treaty with America leads Drinkwater into the forbidding fjords of Norway, and one of the most desperate missions of his career. Increasingly isolated and affected by the long war with France and her allies, Drinkwater pursues his personal odyssey against often daunting odds. In a compelling narrative the author brings vividly to life conditions at sea during the Napoleonic...
The Year is 1813. Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater succeeds Lord Dungarth as head of the Royal Navy s Secret Department. While the Grand Army of Napoleon ...
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72,62 zł |
A Brig of War
ISBN: 9781574091250 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In A Brig of War, Nathaniel Drinkwater is promoted lieutenant of the brig Hellebore. He finds routine convoy escort duties end abruptly when Admiral Nelson, pursuing the French fleet to Egypt, sends Hellebore to the Red Sea with an urgent warning to the British squadron there. However, Nelson s apprehensions over French ambitions in the East are more than justified. Edouard Santhonax, Drinkwater s old enemy, is already preparing for a French descent on India. The hunt for this elusive Frenchman and his frigate is combined with British naval operations on the flank of Napoleon s Egyptian...
In A Brig of War, Nathaniel Drinkwater is promoted lieutenant of the brig Hellebore. He finds routine convoy escort duties end abruptly when Admiral N...
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64,05 zł |
Soldiers, Spies, and the Rat Line: America's Undeclared War Against the Soviets
ISBN: 9781574883046 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After Germany s surrender in World War II, Jim Milano, a young U.S. army intelligence officer, led a small, independent group of soldiers charged with carrying out some of the first intelligence efforts of the postwar era. Inventing the techniques of Cold War espionage for themselves and improvising unorthodox methods, the major and his creative cohorts confounded Soviet forces and created escape routes for defectors. In the pages of Milano s fascinating memoir you'll find the shadowy world populated by spies, prostitutes, refugees, scoundrels, and heroes comes alive."
After Germany s surrender in World War II, Jim Milano, a young U.S. army intelligence officer, led a small, independent group of soldiers charged with...
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94,04 zł |
Deus Lo Volt!: A Chronicle of the Crusades
ISBN: 9781582431406 / Angielski / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the author of Son of the Morning Star and Mrs. Bridge comes a magisterial tale of a great and terrible campaign, recounting one soldier's experiences of the defining war of Christendom. God wills it The year is 1095 and the most prominent leaders of the Christian world are assembled in a meadow in France. Deus lo volt This cry is taken up, echoes forth, is carried on. The Crusades have started, and wave after wave of Christian pilgrims rush to assault the growing power of Muslims in the Holy Land. Two centuries long, it will become the defining war of the Western world.
From the author of Son of the Morning Star and Mrs. Bridge comes a magisterial tale of a great and terrible campaign, recounting one soldier's experie...
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85,47 zł |
The Devil's Own Luck
ISBN: 9781590130049 / Angielski / Miękka / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 1793. Privateer Harry Ludlow finds himself aboard the navy's 74-gun Magnanime, with his younger brother James. In command is Oliver Carter, a captain with whom Harry has an unfortunate history. When James is found standing over the body of a dead officer, Harry's feud shifts into the background. But dark secrets start to surface on all sides.
1793. Privateer Harry Ludlow finds himself aboard the navy's 74-gun Magnanime, with his younger brother James. In command is Oliver Carter, a captain ...
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89,75 zł |
Ramage's Devil
ISBN: 9781590130100 / Angielski / Miękka / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Captain Lord Ramage's honeymoon is interrupted by a sudden end to the Peace of Amiens. Finding themselves on unfriendly soil just hours before hostilities commence, Ramage and Sarah elude the grasp of Napoleon's secret police.
Captain Lord Ramage's honeymoon is interrupted by a sudden end to the Peace of Amiens. Finding themselves on unfriendly soil just hours before hostili...
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Ramage's Trial
ISBN: 9781590130117 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Captain Lord Ramage returns from Devil's Island to find his wife missing. Instead of being free to sail with all haste for home, Ramage is ordered to shepherd a lumbering convoy of merchant ships back to England. On the way, a bizarre sequence of events leads Ramage to a full court martial in Plymouth.
Captain Lord Ramage returns from Devil's Island to find his wife missing. Instead of being free to sail with all haste for home, Ramage is ordered to ...
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98,32 zł |
Ramage's Challenge
ISBN: 9781590130124 / Angielski / Miękka / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Admiralty spies are hunting for British officers and allies trapped on the mainland. Ramage returns to the Tuscan coast, where Bonaparte holds a group of hostages for an unknown fate.
Admiralty spies are hunting for British officers and allies trapped on the mainland. Ramage returns to the Tuscan coast, where Bonaparte holds a group...
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89,75 zł |
The Fireship
ISBN: 9781590130155 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Nore and Spithead mutinies intervene to upset the course of Delancey's career. He devises an original legal defence in the court martial of a fellow officer accused of murder, and acquits himself well, but falls afoul of the naval establishment and is passed over in the general promotion of all in his rank after the victory at Camperdown.
The Nore and Spithead mutinies intervene to upset the course of Delancey's career. He devises an original legal defence in the court martial of a fell...
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76,90 zł |
The French Admiral
ISBN: 9781590130216 / Angielski / Miękka / 446 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Alan Lewrie is a scandalous young London rake whose amorous onshore adventures lead to his being pressed into His Majesty's service by his own father. As a reluctant midshipman in the Royal Navy, Lewrie finds that he is a born sailor. As his career advances, he finds that the life of a naval officer suits him, as his seamanship and leadership qualities surface.
Alan Lewrie is a scandalous young London rake whose amorous onshore adventures lead to his being pressed into His Majesty's service by his own father....
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106,89 zł |
Ramage at Trafalgar
ISBN: 9781590130223 / Angielski / Miękka / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ramage is ordered to join Nelson's fleet blockading the combined French and Spanish navies in the port of Cadiz. Nelson doesn't plan to merely blockade the enemy's fleet. He intends to confront it head-on in the biggest naval battle the world has ever seen...
Ramage is ordered to join Nelson's fleet blockading the combined French and Spanish navies in the port of Cadiz. Nelson doesn't plan to merely blockad...
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Ramage & the Saracens
ISBN: 9781590130230 / Angielski / Miękka / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Barbary Coast pirates--the Saraceni--are capturing slaves and terrorizing fishing villages along the coast of Sicily. Ramage and his crew are sent to track them down before they can devastate another town.
Barbary Coast pirates--the Saraceni--are capturing slaves and terrorizing fishing villages along the coast of Sicily. Ramage and his crew are sent to ...
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94,04 zł |
Ramage & the Dido
ISBN: 9781590130247 / Angielski / Miękka / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ramage hopes to enjoy a well-deserved leave when he receives new orders: commission and take command of the Dido--a massive 74-gun ship, that carries enough weight of metal to destroy a frigate in a single broadside, or sweep a ship's decks clear of men. Accompanied by the courageous crew of the Calypso, Ramage ventures to sea once again--bound for the West Indies where he faces the challenge of commanding this massive weapon of war.
Ramage hopes to enjoy a well-deserved leave when he receives new orders: commission and take command of the Dido--a massive 74-gun ship, that carries ...
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89,75 zł |