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White-Jacket; Or, the World in a Man-Of-War: Volume Five
ISBN: 9780810118287 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Herman Melville wrote White-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War during two months of intense work in the summer of 1849. He drew upon his memories of naval life, having spent fourteen months as an ordinary seaman aboard a frigate as it sailed the Pacific and made the homeward voyage around Cape Horn.
Already that same summer Melville had written Redburn, and he regarded the books as "two jobs, which I have done for money--being forced to it, as other men are to sawing wood." The reviewers were not as hard on White-Jacket as Melville himself was. The English... Herman Melville wrote White-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War during two months of intense work in the summer of 1849. He drew upon his mem...
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Moby-Dick: Or the Whale
ISBN: 9780810119116 / Angielski / Miękka / 573 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This edition of Moby-Dick, released in honor of the book's sesquicentennial, is the authoritative text of one of the world's great adventure stories. A crew of whalers sets out in pursuit of a fierce white whale. Their names ring through the canon of American literature: Ishmael, the narrator; Queequeg, a South Seas harpooner; Starbuck, the sober and serious chief mate; and above all Captain Ahab, part-Faust and part-Job, obsessed with the destruction of his foe.
This text of Moby-Dick is an Approved Text of the Center for Scholarly Editions (Modern Language Association of... This edition of Moby-Dick, released in honor of the book's sesquicentennial, is the authoritative text of one of the world's great adventure st...
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74,47 |
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The Hunt for Red October
ISBN: 9780870212857 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Also Availble as an Audio Edition from Audible via Amazon Tom Clancy's rich imagination and his remarkable grasp of the capabilities of advanced technology give this novel an amazing ring of authenticity. It is a thriller with a new twist, a -military procedural- with an ingenious, tightly woven plot that revolves around the defection of a Soviet nuclear submarine--the USSR's newest and most valuable ship, with its most trusted and skilled officer at the helm. A deadly serious game of hide-and-seek is on. The entire Soviet Atlantic Fleet is ordered to hunt down... Also Availble as an Audio Edition from Audible via Amazon Tom Clancy's rich imagination and his remarkable grasp of the capabiliti... |
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132,96 |
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Mr Midshipman Easy
ISBN: 9780935526400 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Set in the time of the Napoleonic Wars, 'Mr Midshipman Easy' follows the escapades of a young sailor who enters the king's service with some interesting ideas about discipline and equality in the British Royal Navy. Packed with humour and controversy, Mr Midshipman Easy is a can't-miss adventure
Set in the time of the Napoleonic Wars, 'Mr Midshipman Easy' follows the escapades of a young sailor who enters the king's service with some interesti...
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74,21 |
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Stand Into Danger
ISBN: 9780935526424 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 1774. Aboard the 28-gun Destiny, Bolitho, now a third lieutenant, deals with piracy, conspiracy, and treason in the Caribbean.
1774. Aboard the 28-gun Destiny, Bolitho, now a third lieutenant, deals with piracy, conspiracy, and treason in the Caribbean.
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78,13 |
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In Gallant Company
ISBN: 9780935526431 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As the American Revolution rages on the mainland, the British Navy prepares for action at sea. Against a growing fleet of American and French privateers, the navy must maintain its blockade of Washington's vital military supplies. Caught up in the turmoil, junior officer Richard Bolitho finds himself having to make momentous decisions in the heat of battle--decisions that could affect the lives of many men and, perhaps, even the fate of nations.
As the American Revolution rages on the mainland, the British Navy prepares for action at sea. Against a growing fleet of American and French privatee...
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Newton Forster or The Merchant Service
ISBN: 9780935526448 / Angielski / Miękka / 342 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Newton Forster is a troubled young man who survives impressment into the Navy, imprisonment in France, and a shipwreck in the West Indies before gaining a post on British East India Company vessel bound for Asia. Forster faces a thrill a chaptermurder, insanity, press gangs, prison, pirates, treachery, and romance."
Newton Forster is a troubled young man who survives impressment into the Navy, imprisonment in France, and a shipwreck in the West Indies before gaini...
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74,21 |
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Captain Blood
ISBN: 9780935526455 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Peter Blood, a physician and an English gentleman becomes a pirate after suffering a grave injustice. Barely escaping the gallows after his arrest for treating wounded rebelswho were fighting the oppressive King JamesBlood is enslaved on a Barbados plantation. He escapes to Tortuga and becomes the leader of a colony of buccaneers."
Peter Blood, a physician and an English gentleman becomes a pirate after suffering a grave injustice. Barely escaping the gallows after his arrest for...
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66,38 |
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Sloop of War
ISBN: 9780935526486 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The American Revolution has turned the Atlantic coast into a refuge for privateers and marauding French warships. Young Bolitho must fight the colonial rebels, stave off the treachery of a beautiful woman, and overcome the dangerous incompetence of a senior officer before it is too late.
The American Revolution has turned the Atlantic coast into a refuge for privateers and marauding French warships. Young Bolitho must fight the colonia...
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97,71 |
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To Glory We Steer
ISBN: 9780935526493 / Angielski / Miękka / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Portsmouth 1782. Now captain of the frigate Phalarope Bolitho deals with a mutinous crew and fights in the Battle of Saintes.
Portsmouth 1782. Now captain of the frigate Phalarope Bolitho deals with a mutinous crew and fights in the Battle of Saintes.
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Command a King's Ship
ISBN: 9780935526509 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Spithead, 1784. His Majesty's Frigate, Undine, sets sail for India and the seas beyond. Europe may be at peacebut in colonial waters the promises of statesmen count for little and the bloody struggle for supremacy still goes on."
Spithead, 1784. His Majesty's Frigate, Undine, sets sail for India and the seas beyond. Europe may be at peacebut in colonial waters the promises of s...
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66,38 |
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Tom Cringle's Log
ISBN: 9780935526516 / Angielski / Miękka / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the West INdies, where war, piracy, smuggling, and slave running are the order of the day, the hero of this tale advances from midshipman to lieutenant to a command of his own: the audacious little Wasp.
In the West INdies, where war, piracy, smuggling, and slave running are the order of the day, the hero of this tale advances from midshipman to lieute...
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89,88 |
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The Wreck of the Grosvenor
ISBN: 9780935526523 / Angielski / Miękka / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A gripping saga of the sea that follows the disastrous voyage of the Grosvenor of the British Mercantile Marine, bound for Valparaiso. Aboard are a brutal and inhumane captain and chief mate. The ship's second mate is our hero.
A gripping saga of the sea that follows the disastrous voyage of the Grosvenor of the British Mercantile Marine, bound for Valparaiso. Aboard are a br...
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70,30 |
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Passage to Mutiny
ISBN: 9780935526585 / Angielski / Miękka / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bolitho steers the Tempest into the Great South Sea to protect English shipping lanes. He must face pirates and savage islanders. But he is menaced, too, by deeper fears--the men of the Bounty have mutinied in these same waters, and from distant France comes news of a revolution.
Bolitho steers the Tempest into the Great South Sea to protect English shipping lanes. He must face pirates and savage islanders. But he is menaced, t...
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89,88 |
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Form Line of Battle!
ISBN: 9780935526592 / Angielski / Miękka / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The year is 1793, and England is once again at war. For Richard Bolitho, the renewal of hostilities with France means a fresh command and the chance for action after months of inactivity.
The year is 1793, and England is once again at war. For Richard Bolitho, the renewal of hostilities with France means a fresh command and the chance f...
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93,80 |
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Enemy in Sight!
ISBN: 9780935526608 / Angielski / Miękka / 366 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Hyperion sets sail with an untrained crew for blockade duty off France. Bolitho's superior is an incompetant egotist whose petty hostilities jeopardize the operation of an entire fleet.
The Hyperion sets sail with an untrained crew for blockade duty off France. Bolitho's superior is an incompetant egotist whose petty hostilities jeopa...
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93,80 |
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With All Despatch
ISBN: 9780935526615 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Brutal smugglers, many of them naval deserters, occupy the Channel, plying their trade between England and France. This story describes Richard Bolitho's mission: to take three speedy top sail cutters and fight the treacherous raiders off the coast of Kent.
Brutal smugglers, many of them naval deserters, occupy the Channel, plying their trade between England and France. This story describes Richard Bolith...
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93,80 |
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Snarleyyow or the Dog Fiend
ISBN: 9780935526646 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lieutenant Cornelius van-slyperken is the greedy and treacherous commander of a small vessel that hunts for smugglers in the English Channel. Snarleyyow is his indestructible dog.
Lieutenant Cornelius van-slyperken is the greedy and treacherous commander of a small vessel that hunts for smugglers in the English Channel. Snarleyy...
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The Flag Captain
ISBN: 9780935526660 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. April 1797, Falmouth Bay. As France continues her bitter struggle for supremacy on land and sea, the Royal Navy received a crippling blow at home: the Great Mutiny.
April 1797, Falmouth Bay. As France continues her bitter struggle for supremacy on land and sea, the Royal Navy received a crippling blow at home: the...
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66,38 |
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Signal-Close Action!
ISBN: 9780935526677 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The year is 1798. Commodore Richard Bolitho is sent to the Mediterranean where Napoleon's naval forces are massing, preparing to annex Egypt. When Bolitho places his squadron between the Nile and the entire French fleet, the fate of his men and the freedom of his nation hang on the decisions he must make in the awful heat of battle.
The year is 1798. Commodore Richard Bolitho is sent to the Mediterranean where Napoleon's naval forces are massing, preparing to annex Egypt. When Bol...
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