Naval category: 2015 books
The Shetland Bus
A WWII Epic of Escape, Survival, and Adventure
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2008
The Shetland Bus recounts the hundreds of crossings of small boats from the Shetland Islands to German-occupied Norway to supply arms to the Resistors and to rescue refugees—all under constant threat by German U-boats and winter storms.
The Sinking of RMS Tayleur
The Lost Story of the Victorian Titanic
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2014
'The moment they fell into the water the waves caught them and dashed them violently against the rocks, and the survivors on shore could perceive the unfortunate creatures...struggling amidst the waves, and one by one sinking under them.' (Hereford Times, 28 January 1854)
The wrecking of the...
Young Nelsons
Boy sailors during the Napoleonic Wars
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
They 'fought like young Nelsons.' The words of a schoolmaster, writing from aboard the Mars after the battle of Trafalgar, describing the valour of his pupils in the heat of battle. Made immortal by the novels of Patrick O'Brian, C. S. Forester and Alexander Kent, these boy sailors, alongside those...
Light in the Darkness
A History of Lightships and the People Who Served on Them
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016
Light in the Darkness examines the origins of the lightship service, the obstacles and prejudices that faced originators of the idea and the subsequent development of the vessels and working practices over the years. Throughout the centuries, this dangerous occupation has claimed the lives of a number...
First Rate
The Greatest Warships in the Age of Sail
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2010
In the sailing era First Rates were the largest, most powerful and most costly ships to construct, maintain and operate. Built to the highest standards, they were lavishly decorated and given carefully considered names that reflected the pride and prestige of their country. They were the very embodiment...
by Karen Farrington, Nick Constable
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2011
Lifeboats occupy a particular place in people’s hearts as unpaid volunteers regularly take to their boats often in extremely adverse conditions to rescue others from the sea. The stories that go with lifeboats and their crews are those of courage, sacrifice, community and our coastline. No matter...
by Harding McGregor Dunnett
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2015
The James Caird is an unlikely hero, a 23-foot lifeboat that completed the most desperate and celebrated open boat voyage in history. On board were Ernest Shackleton, Tom Crean and Frank Worsley, now some of the most recognised names in Antarctic and Polar literature/history.
This is the story...
Nelson's Victory
250 Years of War and Peace
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
May 2015 sees the 250th anniversary of the launch of HMS Victory, the ship that is so closely associated with Nelson and his great victory at Trafalgar and which, still extant, has today become the embodiment of the great Age of Sail.
Many books have been written about Victory but none like this,...
The Jutland Scandal
The Truth About the First World War's Greatest Sea Battles
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2016
The Royal Navy had ruled the sea unchallenged for 100 years since Nelson triumphed at Trafalgar. Yet when the Grand Fleet faced the German High Seas Fleet across the grey waters of the North Sea near Jutland the British battleships and cruisers were battered into a draw, losing far more men and ships...
Titanic
The Last Night of a Small Town
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
In his famous book A Night to Remember, historian Walter Lord described the sinking of the Titanic as 'the last night of a small town'. Now, a hundred years after her sinking, John Welshman reconstructs the fascinating individual histories of twelve of the inhabitants of this tragically short-lived...
by Robert Kurson
Language: Polish
Release Date: March 11, 2014
Language: Polish
Release Date: March 11, 2014
Prawdopodobnie jest to najlepsza książka o nurkowaniu, jaką kiedykolwiek napisano; obowiązkowa pozycja na każdej marynistycznej półce. Historia dwóch przyjaciół, których determinacja i odwaga pozwoliła na wyjaśnienie jednej z ostatnich zagadek drugiej wojny światowej...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2012
Part of our value-added professional format series of U.S. military manuals, this U.S. Marine Corps manual describes a leadership philosophy that reflects our traditional strengths as an institution and attempts to define the very ethos of being a Marine. It is about the inseparable relationship between...
Marine
A Guided Tour of a Marine Expeditionary Unit
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1996
An in-depth look at the United States Marine Corps-in the New York Times bestselling tradition of Submarine, Armored Cav, and Fighter Wing
Only the best of the best can be Marines. And only Tom Clancy can tell their story--the
fascinating real-life facts more compelling than any fiction. Clancy...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2012
Part of our value-added professional format series of U.S. military manuals, this U.S. Marine Corps manual provides guidance on missions of foreign humanitarian assistance (FHA).
MCRP 3-33B provides guidance to Marine forces, which deploy assessment, planning and mitigation capabilities to...