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Intrepid
The Epic Story of America's Most Legendary Warship
Written by Bill White and Robert Gandt
Foreword by John McCain

Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $16.00

The first official history of the legendary aircraft carrier that fought in World War II and Vietnam and continues to serve as a major air and space museum in New York City

The USS Intrepid is a warship unlike any other. Since her launching in 1943, the 27,000-ton, Essex-class aircraft carrier has... Read more >

Ship of Ghosts
The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of her Survivors
Written by James D. Hornfischer

Format: eBook, 544 pages
On Sale: March 25, 2009
Price: $15.00

"Son, we’re going to Hell."

The navigator of the USS Houston confided these prophetic words to a young officer as he and his captain charted a course into U.S. naval legend. Renowned as FDR’s favorite warship, the cruiser USS Houston was a prize target trapped in the far Pacific after Pearl Harbor... Read more >

Tripoli
The United States' First War on Terror
Written by David Smethurst

Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $7.99

THE TRUE STORY OF WILLIAM EATON AND THE UNITED STATES’ FIRST ATTEMPT AT REGIME CHANGE

April 27, 1805. The impasse in the four-year war between the Barbary pirate state of Tripoli and the United States is about to be broken. William Eaton has led his ragtag army of Greeks, Arabs, and U.S... Read more >

The Bravest Man
Richard O'Kane and the Amazing Submarine Adventures of the USS Tang
Written by William Tuohy

Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2009
Price: $7.99

“There’s no margin for mistakes in submarines. You’re either alive or dead.”
–Richard O’Kane

Hailed as the ace of aces, captain Richard O’Kane, winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor for his consummate skill and heroism as a submarine skipper, sank more enemy ships and saved more downed fliers than anyone else.

Now Pulitzer... Read more >

The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour
Written by James D. Hornfischer

Format: eBook, 512 pages
On Sale: November 12, 2008
Price: $18.00

“This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can.”

With these words, Lieutenant Commander Robert W. Copeland addressed the crew of the destroyer escort USS Samuel B. Roberts on the morning of October 25, 1944, off the Philippine Island of... Read more >

Napoleon in Egypt

Written by Paul Strathern

Format: eBook
On Sale: October 21, 2008
Price: $18.00

“Europe is a molehill….”
Everything here is worn out…tiny Europe has not enough to offer.
We must set off for the Orient; that is where all the greatest glory is to be achieved.” —Napoleon


Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt was the first Western attack in modern times on a Middle Eastern country. In this remarkably... Read more >

Intrepid
The Epic Story of America's Most Legendary Warship
Written by Bill White and Robert Gandt
Foreword by John McCain

Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $26.95

The first official history of the legendary aircraft carrier that fought in World War II and Vietnam and continues to serve as a major air and space museum in New York City

The USS Intrepid is a warship unlike any other. Since her launching in 1943, the 27,000-ton, Essex-class aircraft carrier has...

Read more >

Intrepid
The Epic Story of America's Most Legendary Warship
Written by Bill White and Robert Gandt
Foreword by John McCain

Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $16.00

The first official history of the legendary aircraft carrier that fought in World War II and Vietnam and continues to serve as a major air and space museum in New York City

The USS Intrepid is a warship unlike any other. Since her launching in 1943, the 27,000-ton, Essex-class aircraft carrier has... Read more >

Airships

Written by Patrick Abbott

Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $11.95

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A Time to Die
The Untold Story of the Kursk Tragedy
Written by Robert Moore

Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.95

Ona quiet Saturday morning in August 2000, two explosions--one so massive it was detected by seismologists around the world--shot through the shallow Arctic waters of the Barents Sea. Russia’s prized submarine, the Kursk, began her fatal plunge to the ocean floor.

Award-winning journalist Robert Moore presents a riveting, brilliantly researched account... Read more >

Ship of Ghosts
The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of her Survivors
Written by James D. Hornfischer

Format: Trade Paperback, 544 pages
On Sale: August 28, 2007
Price: $15.00

"Son, we’re going to Hell."

The navigator of the USS Houston confided these prophetic words to a young officer as he and his captain charted a course into U.S. naval legend. Renowned as FDR’s favorite warship, the cruiser USS Houston was a prize target trapped in the far Pacific after Pearl Harbor... Read more >

Tripoli
The United States' First War on Terror
Written by David Smethurst

Format: Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: December 26, 2006
Price: $7.99

THE TRUE STORY OF WILLIAM EATON AND THE UNITED STATES’ FIRST ATTEMPT AT REGIME CHANGE

April 27, 1805. The impasse in the four-year war between the Barbary pirate state of Tripoli and the United States is about to be broken. William Eaton has led his ragtag army of Greeks, Arabs, and U.S... Read more >

Ship of Ghosts
The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of Her Survivors
Written by James D. Hornfischer

Format: Hardcover, 544 pages
On Sale: October 31, 2006
Price: $26.00

"Son, we’re going to Hell."

The navigator of the USS Houston confided these prophetic words to a young officer as he and his captain charted a course into U.S. naval legend. Renowned as FDR’s favorite warship, the cruiser USS Houston was a prize target trapped in the far Pacific after Pearl Harbor... Read more >

The Bravest Man
Richard O'Kane and the Amazing Submarine Adventures of the USS Tang
Written by William Tuohy

Format: Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: June 27, 2006
Price: $7.99

“There’s no margin for mistakes in submarines. You’re either alive or dead.”
–Richard O’Kane

Hailed as the ace of aces, captain Richard O’Kane, winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor for his consummate skill and heroism as a submarine skipper, sank more enemy ships and saved more downed fliers than anyone else.

Now Pulitzer... Read more >

Shadow Divers
The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II
Written by Robert Kurson

Format: Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: May 31, 2005
Price: $7.99

In the tradition of Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air and Sebastian Junger’s The Perfect Storm comes a true tale of riveting adventure in which two weekend scuba divers risk everything to solve a great historical mystery–and make history themselves.

For John Chatterton and Richie Kohler, deep wreck diving was more than a... Read more >

Shadow Divers
The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II
Written by Robert Kurson

Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: May 24, 2005
Price: $16.00

In the tradition of Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air and Sebastian Junger’s The Perfect Storm comes a true tale of riveting adventure in which two weekend scuba divers risk everything to solve a great historical mystery–and make history themselves.

For John Chatterton and Richie Kohler, deep wreck diving was more than a... Read more >

The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour
Written by James D. Hornfischer

Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: March 29, 2005
Price: $18.00

“This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can.”

With these words, Lieutenant Commander Robert W. Copeland addressed the crew of the destroyer escort USS Samuel B. Roberts on the morning of October 25, 1944, off the Philippine Island of... Read more >

Shadow Divers
The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II
Written by Robert Kurson

Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: June 29, 2004
Price: $26.95

In the tradition of Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air and Sebastian Junger’s The Perfect Storm comes a true tale of riveting adventure in which two weekend scuba divers risk everything to solve a great historical mystery–and make history themselves.

For John Chatterton and Richie Kohler, deep wreck diving was more than a... Read more >

Shadow Divers
The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II
Written by Robert Kurson

Format: eBook
On Sale: June 29, 2004
Price: $7.99

In the tradition of Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air and Sebastian Junger’s The Perfect Storm comes a true tale of riveting adventure in which two weekend scuba divers risk everything to solve a great historical mystery–and make history themselves.

For John Chatterton and Richie Kohler, deep wreck diving was more than a... Read more >

The Naval War of 1812
(A Modern Library E-Book)
Written by Theodore Roosevelt

Format: eBook
On Sale: November 1, 2000
Price: $15.95

Published when Theodore Roosevelt was only twenty-three years old, The Naval War of 1812 was immediately hailed as a literary and scholarly triumph, and it is still considered the definitive book on the subject. It caused considerable controversy for its bold refutation of earlier accounts of the war, but its brilliant... Read more >

Hitler's U-Boat War
The Hunters, 1939-1942
Written by Clay Blair

Format: Trade Paperback, 848 pages
On Sale: June 6, 2000
Price: $19.95

"His monumental work...is the most thorough study of the U-boat campaign available."    --Library Journal

Hitler's U-boat War is an epic sea story about the most arduous and prolonged naval battle in history. For a period of nearly six years, the German U-boat force attempted to blockade and isolate the British Isles in hopes... Read more >