Bill Yenne: 28 books
Guinness
The 250 Year Quest for the Perfect Pint
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2009
A perfectly poured history of the world's greatest beer.
"Joseph Conrad was wrong. The real journey into the Heart of Darkness is recounted within the pages of Bill Yenne's fine book. Guinness (the beer) is a touchstone for brewers and beer lovers the world over. Guinness (the book) gives...
The Imperial Japanese Army
The Invincible Years 1941–42
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2014
The German offensives which crushed Poland in 1939 and swallowed most of Western Europe in less than two months in 1940 have been well documented and heavily studied, however, the overall picture of the remarkable Japanese offensive land campaign in 1941–42 has received less attention. In this fascinating...
San Francisco Beer
A History of Brewing by the Bay
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2016
The story of beer in San Francisco is as old as the city itself. San Francisco had its first commercial brewery by 1847, two years before the gold rush, and went on to reign as the major brewing center in the American West through the nineteenth century. From the 1930s to the early 1950s, iconic San...
Area 51 - Black Jets
A History of the Aircraft Developed at Groom Lake, America's Secret Aviation Base
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
Area 51’s most important military aviation developments are profiled in an illustrated format.
When most of us think of Area 51, we think of aliens, UFOs, and controversial government cover-ups. It’s easy to forget that, since the mid-1950s, the United States’ famed extension of Edwards...
by Bill Yenne
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2010
Few industrial phenomena have been as dramatic as the United States’ mid-20th-century shift from peacetime to wartime production. The American Aircraft Factory in World War II documents the production of legendary warbirds by companies like Boeing, North American, Curtiss, Consolidated, Douglas,...
Beer
The Ultimate World Tour
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Join author Bill Yenne on a whirlwind tour of the world of beer! After a quick stop to learn about the anatomy of beer, including ingredients, styles, and even museums, Beer: The Ultimate World Tour will take you to all the regions of the world. Inside, you will find maps, charts, illustrations, and...
by Bill Yenne
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
No ancient ruler inspired more legends than Julius Caesar. Under his leadership, Rome conquered territory throughout Europe and the Mediterranean, reaching the North Sea and conducting the first Roman invasion of Great Britain. His tactical acumen and intuitive understanding of how armies work birthed...
Alexander the Great
Lessons from History's Undefeated General
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
When the Oracle of Delphi told Alexander the Great that he was invincible, it was right.
The son of the great King Philip II of Macedonia, Alexander was educated by Aristotle and commanded a wing of his father's army in the victory over the Thebans and Athenians at the Battle of Chaeronea—all...
Operation Long Jump
Stalin, Roosevelt, Churchill, and the Greatest Assassination Plot in History
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
In the middle of World War II, Nazi military intelligence discovered a seemingly easy way to win the war for Adolf Hitler. The three heads of the Allied forces—Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Josef Stalin—were planning to meet in Tehran in October, 1943. Under Hitler's personal direction,...
Hit the Target
Eight Men who Led The Eighth Air Force to Victory over the Luftwaffe
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015
**Selected for the Chief of Staff of the Air Force Reading List
From Bill Yenne, author of the military histories Big Week and Aces High, comes the stirring true story of the Eighth Air Force in World War II.**
Less than a month after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Army formed...
MacArthur’s Air Force
American Airpower over the Pacific and the Far East, 1941–51
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2019
General Douglas MacArthur is one of the towering figures of World War II, and indeed of the twentieth century, but his leadership of the second largest air force in the USAAF is often overlooked. When World War II ended, the three numbered air forces (the Fifth, Thirteenth and Seventh) under his command...
HIMMLER ET L'ORDRE NOIR
Les origines occultes de la SS
Language: French
Release Date: November 17, 2013
Heinrich Himmler était le nazi des nazis : le chef de l’impitoyable machine SS et l’élément moteur de la Solution finale. Comment est-ce que Himmler, avec sa faible constitution et sa vue basse, est devenu l’un des hommes les plus craints de l’histoire ? Bill Yenne retrace son itinéraire...
The Other Custers
Tom, Boston, Nevin, and Maggie in the Shadow of George Armstrong Custer
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2018
Not one, not two, but three Custer brothers died at the Little Bighorn—and so did their only sister's husband.
Most do not realize that not one, not two, but three Custer brothers died with the 7th Cavalry at the hands of the Sioux and Cheyenne at Little Bighorn in 1876. So too did their...
Hitler's Master of the Dark Arts: Himmler's Black Knights and the Occult Origins of the SS
Himmler's Black Knights and the Occult Origins of the SS
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2010
At the heart of the evil of Nazism was Hitler's "witch doctor," Heinrich Himmler, and his peculiar and deadly organization with the mundane name Schutzstaffel, literally "protective squadron." Undoubtedly you know them better as the feared SS, the very essence of Nazism. Their...
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