Fireship Press: 164 books

Naval historian Steven Maffeo has used the fiction format to give us what will probably be the finest, truest account ever of the 1812 sea battle between Constitution and Java -- in which the young American Navy demonstrated the confidence, pride, and professionalism that have served it well for...

Columbus and Lincoln, Waterloo and Bull Run—how history would have changed if just a few things had happened differently. You can look at the major events of history in one of three ways. First, you can see them as a series of mechanical causes and effects, tumbling one after the other in...

The Reign of Law is about two revolutions, even though the plot is situated in the Kentucky hemp fields. The first revolution was the social upheaval in the South that followed the Civil War. The second was the moral and intellectual revolution that followed the great scientific discoveries of the...

Two Nurses - Two Experiences - One Civil War Blue, Gray and Red presents the hard reality of the Civil War. There are no stirring bugle calls, only the calls of the wounded. There are no battlefield heroics, but there is also no lack of heroism. It presents the suffering and courage of both...

Now Available in One Volume! Three great Napoleonic Era Novels by one of the Greatest Story-tellers of all time. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Uncle Bernac: A mysterious message summons a man back to his ancestral home in France. There he finds service with Napoleon—and an uncle who is not only...

IN VOLUME VII THE STRUGGLE FOR POLITICAL FREEDOM - Part I The Family Compact: A Chronicle Of The Rebellion In Upper Canada by W. Stewart Wallace - Part II The Patriotes of ‘37: A Chronicle of the Lower Canadian Rebellion by Alfred D. Decelles - Part III The Tribune of Nova Scotia: A Chronicle of...

Trying to decide which books to read next? This series is your answer. Hundreds of classic and quality books presented in summary form. Read a bit about each author, a summary of the book’s plot or content, and then decide. Each summary reads like a short story. The series will include:...

The Mississippi Bubble - The Granddaddy of Financial Disasters. In 1716 France was broke. A series of wars waged by Louis XIV had left the economy in ruins, the king in debt, and the government coffers empty. France did not even have enough gold to produce new coins. Into this breech...

How much do you really know about your golf clubs? Did you know that: * The lower the loft on your driver, the farther you'll hit it? * Your new driver has a larger sweetspot? * You are playing a stiff shaft, because it says so on it. * Women's clubs are designed for women? Fine, but the problem is......

On December 24, 1813, Robert Fulton invited a group of friends to his home in New York City. The War of 1812 was in its second year, and the economic effect of the British naval blockade was crushing the fragile U.S. economy. At that meeting he revealed a plan to end the British naval dominance—a...

If you like the novels of Frederick Marryat you’ll love Edward Howard’s Rattlin, the Reefer. Rattlin, the Reefer was edited by Frederick Marryat for his friend and fellow captain Edward Howard. For several generations, however, people thought it was actually written by Marryat because it...

A highly structured pocket of radicals are Hell-bent on demoralizing our nation! In Without Sanctions, Jan Holmes Frost shares the fractured vision of homegrown insurgents who manage to stay one step ahead of our nation's highest-ranking agents. Frost's technical knowledge delves into hidden, multi-layered...

Patrick MacPherson is a qualified surgeon’s mate; but she’s not the man he claims to be. It's late October, 1762. After surviving the deadly siege of Havana, Patrick MacPherson and the rest of the ship’s company are looking forward to a well deserved liberty in New York. But what happens...

August 1789. The Rights of Man. Liberty. Equality. Idealism. Patriotism. A new age dawns . And yet, old hostilities persist: England and Spain are on the brink of war. France, allied by treaty with Spain, readies her warships. Three youths the son of an English carpenter,...