Naval category: 2015 books
A History of Pirates
Blood and Thunder on the High Seas
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2003
The modern image of the pirate is derived from Captain Charles Johnson's accounts of the cut-throats who sailed under the Jolly Roger. It was he who gave mythical status to the likes of Blackbeard and Captain Kidd. Using contemporary sources, Nigel Cawthorne now turns the spotlight on the reality of...
by Alan Gurney
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2005
"The compass's rocky evolution is charted with an enthusiast's passion…A fascinating adventure." —Bernadette Murphy, Los Angeles Times
This is the rich history of the most important navigational device of all time, the magnetic compass, born of the need for a reliable means of negotiating...
Godforsaken Sea
Racing the World's Most Dangerous Waters
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
“The best book ever written about the terrifying business of single-handed sailing . . . As tight and gripping as The Perfect Storm or Into Thin Air.” (San Francisco Chronicle).
Godforsaken Sea is the hair-raising account of the world’s most demanding, dangerous, and deadly sailing race—following...
The Pirates of Somalia
Inside Their Hidden World
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011
Soon to be a major motion picture
The first close-up look at the hidden world of Somali pirates by a young journalist who dared to make his way into their remote havens and spent a year infiltrating their lives.
For centuries, stories of pirates have captured imaginations around the...
Simple Courage
A True Story of Peril on the Sea
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2006
“HEAVEN HELP THE SAILOR ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS.”
–old folk prayer
In late December 1951, laden with passengers and nearly forty metric tons of cargo, the freighter S.S. Flying Enterprise steamed westward from Europe toward America. A few days into the voyage, she hit the eye of a ferocious...
by Ligaran, Frédéric Zurcher
Language: French
Release Date: January 26, 2015
Language: French
Release Date: January 26, 2015
Extrait : "Il n'existe dans l'histoire de l'Angleterre aucun fait maritime dont l'importance puisse être comparée à la destruction de la flotte espagnole envoyée, en 1588, par Philippe II, pour conquérir le royaume d'Elisabeth. Jamais nos voisins d'outre-mer ne coururent un plus grand danger et...
Final Patrol
True Stories of World War II Submarines
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2006
During World War II, the U.S. Navy's submarine service suffered the highest casualty percentage of all the American armed forces, losing one in five submariners. But despite the odds, these underwater warriors accounted for almost 60 percent of Japanese shipping losses, and were a major factor in...
Sunday in Hell
Pearl Harbor Minute by Minute
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
The author of A Return to Glory constructs a compellingly detailed and panoramic history of the fateful day that ushered the United States into WWII.
Using long-established historical records and contemporary journals, as well as recently released wartime documents, Bill McWilliams has created...
by James Brady
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2007
United States Marines, for more than two centuries, have been among the world's fiercest and most admired of warriors. They have fought from the Revolutionary War to Afghanistan and Iraq, in famous battles become bone and sinew of American lore. But why do Marines fight? Why fight so well? Why run...
Dead Wake
The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2015
**#1 New York Times Bestseller
From the bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the Lusitania**
On May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out...
The Golden Age of Piracy
The Truth Behind Pirate Myths
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
For thousands of years, pirates have terrorized the ocean voyager and the coastal inhabitant, plundered ship and shore, and wrought havoc on the lives and livelihoods of rich and poor alike. Around these desperate men has grown a body of myths and legends-fascinating tales that today strongly influence...
How Carriers Fought
Carrier Operations in WWII
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2018
In November 1921 the first purpose-built aircraft carrier was launched by the Japanese, followed a year later by the launch of the British Hermes. The conversion of battlecruisers into aircraft carriers after World War I required the consideration of issues including handling aircraft on the flight...
The Barbary Corsairs
Pirates, Plunder, and Warfare in the Mediterranean, 1480-1580
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
The Barbary corsairs first appeared to terrorize shipping at the end of the fifteenth century. These Muslim pirates sailed out of the ports of North Africa, primarily Sal?, Rabat, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli. This area was known in Europe as the Barbary Coast, a term derived from the name of its Berber...
Grey Wolf, Grey Sea
Aboard the German Submarine U-124 in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
The inside story of life aboard the deadly Nazi U-Boat that sank forty-nine ships.
The history of one of World War II’s most successful submarines, U-124, is chronicled in Grey Wolf, Grey Sea, from its few defeats to a legion of victories. Kapitanleutnant Jochen Mohr commanded his German...