Bill Fawcett: 31 books
Here Be Dragons
Tales of DragonCon
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2014
Welcome to Mardi Gras for Fans!
Thirteen thrilling tales of science fiction, fantasy, and mystery set in and at Dragoncon, the renowned SF/Fantasy convention in Atlanta, Georgia.
Attending Dragon, perhaps the greatest fan celebration in the world, has inspired much. Among them...
How to Lose a War at Sea
Foolish Plans and Great Naval Blunders
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
An engrossing compendium of high-seas military disasters
From the days of the Spanish Armada to the modern age of aircraft carriers, battles have been bungled just as badly on water as they have been on land. Some blunders were the result of insufficient planning, overinflated egos, espionage,...
Hunters & Shooters
An Oral History of the U.S. Navy SEALs in Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2008
The U.S. Navy SEALs have long been considered among the finest, most courageous, and professional soldiers in American military history—an elite fighting force trained as parachutists, frogmen, demolition experts, and guerrilla warriors ready for sea, air, and land combat. Born out of a proud naval...
It Looked Good on Paper
Bizarre Inventions, Design Disasters, and Engineering Follies
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
A remarkable compendium of wild schemes, mad plans, crazy inventions, and truly glorious disasters
Every phenomenally bad idea seemed like a good idea to someone. How else can you explain the Ford Edsel or the sword pistol—absolutely absurd creations that should have never made it off the...
by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Bill Fawcett
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2013
L’AMOUR ... OR LA MORT?
While on a sensitive mission for her husband, the Inspector General, lovely Victoire Vernet inadvertantly stumbles upon a traitorous cabal.
Not everyone in France revels in the triumphs of her adored hero, Napoleon Bonaparte.
Rumors that the great...
by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Bill Fawcett
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2013
Liberté ... égalité ... fraternité ... Treachery!
France is victorious as her magnificent empire expands under Napoleon Bonaparte’s brilliant miliary leadership. From the ashes of the Revoloution, a phoenix has risen to spread the grandeur and glory of Parisian culture...
by David Drake, Bill Fawcett
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
The Fleet thought the wars were over, but as a deadly race of insectoid invaders, the Ichton, sweep through the galaxy, races new to the Alliance are in dire need of aid. Star Central answers with the mammoth battlestation Stephen Hawking. The Hawking takes the fight beyond the boundaries of human...
Trust Me, I Know What I'm Doing
100 More Mistakes That Lost Elections, Ended Empires, and Made the World What It Is Today
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
Hindsight hurts.
* The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act, having the American colonies pay for their own defense—which instead starts a revolution.
* In 1929, President Herbert Hoover decides to let the economy fix itself…and the Great Depression gets greater.
* Nixon tapes everything...
100 Mistakes that Changed History
Backfires and Blunders That Collapsed Empires, Crashed Economies, and Altered the Course of Our World
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010
Collected in one volume, here are backfires and blunders that collapsed empires, crashed economies, and altered the course of the world.
From the Maginot Line to the Cuban Missile Crisis, history is filled with bad moves and not-so-bright ideas that snowballed into disasters and unintended...
How to Lose a Battle
Foolish Plans and Great Military Blunders
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
A remarkable compendium of the worst military
decisions and the men who made them
The annals of history are littered with horribly bad military leaders. These combat incompetents found amazing ways to ensure their army's defeat. Whether it was a lack of proper planning, miscalculation, ego,...
The Fleet
Total War
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
The enemy has fallen, but for the warriors of The Fleet, the real battle line has just been drawn ... The Fleet! - Pledged to Protect Us All!
At last, after a bloody and ferocious war, their hated and feared Khalian enemies have surrendered. But the brave men and women of the Fleet cannot enjoy...
The Fleet
Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2013
Two human empires battle for control of the galaxy ...and to survive, for only one may win, and one must fall! The Fleet - Pledged to Protect Us All!
The fortunes of war make for strange alliances. The Khalians, the sworn enemy of humans for three generations, have joined forces with the Fleet...
The Fleet
Sworn Allies
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
THE FLEET—One day they’ll free the Heavens, but first they’ll have to blast their way through Hell
Pledged to Protect Us All
In the remote darkness of space, they’ve fought the most fiery battles the stars will ever witness. On hellish planets with poisoned atmospheres, they've...
Men at War
A Soldier's Eye View of the Most Important Battles in History
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
Epic battles?as seen through the eyes of the men who fought them.
From Gettysburg to D-Day, history?s most momentous battles have been recounted to the world on a grand scale. This book, for the first time ever, looks at man?s most epic battles from the point of view of the soldiers on the...