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Blackbeard's Last Fight - Pirate Hunting in North Carolina 1718
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Mark Stacey
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: June 20, 2013
Price: $18.95
In April 1713 the War of the Spanish Succession came to an end. During the conflict hundreds of privateers - licenced pirates - preyed on enemy shipping throughout the Caribbean. These privateers now found themselves out of a job, and many turned to piracy. One of theme was Edward Teach -... Read more >
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Mark Stacey
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: June 20, 2013
Price: $18.95
In April 1713 the War of the Spanish Succession came to an end. During the conflict hundreds of privateers - licenced pirates - preyed on enemy shipping throughout the Caribbean. These privateers now found themselves out of a job, and many turned to piracy. One of theme was Edward Teach -... Read more >
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Blackbeard's Last Fight - Pirate Hunting in North Carolina 1718
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Mark Stacey
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $18.95
In April 1713 the War of the Spanish Succession came to an end. During the conflict hundreds of privateers - licenced pirates - preyed on enemy shipping throughout the Caribbean. These privateers now found themselves out of a job, and many turned to piracy. One of theme was Edward Teach -... Read more >
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Mark Stacey
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $18.95
In April 1713 the War of the Spanish Succession came to an end. During the conflict hundreds of privateers - licenced pirates - preyed on enemy shipping throughout the Caribbean. These privateers now found themselves out of a job, and many turned to piracy. One of theme was Edward Teach -... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Nelson's Officers and Midshipmen
Written by Gregory Fremont-Barnes
Illustrated by Steve Noon
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $14.95
Immortalized in literature through such characters as C. S. Forester's 'Horatio Hornblower' and Patrick O'Brian's 'Jack Aubrey', the officers and midshipmen of the Royal Navy during the Revolutionary (1792-1802) and Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815) ran the ships that defended Great Britain against the threat of French invasion. This period saw the Royal... Read more >
Written by Gregory Fremont-Barnes
Illustrated by Steve Noon
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: June 18, 2013
Price: $14.95
Immortalized in literature through such characters as C. S. Forester's 'Horatio Hornblower' and Patrick O'Brian's 'Jack Aubrey', the officers and midshipmen of the Royal Navy during the Revolutionary (1792-1802) and Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815) ran the ships that defended Great Britain against the threat of French invasion. This period saw the Royal... Read more >
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British Battleships 1914-18 (1)
The Early Dreadnoughts
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Paul Wright
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $17.95
The launch of HMS Dreadnought in 1906 changed the face of naval warfare. This revolutionary new battleship was in a league of her own, capable of taking on any two "pre-dreadnought" battleships in a straight fight. A naval arms race followed between Britain and Germany, as both countries hurriedly built a... Read more >
The Early Dreadnoughts
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Paul Wright
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $17.95
The launch of HMS Dreadnought in 1906 changed the face of naval warfare. This revolutionary new battleship was in a league of her own, capable of taking on any two "pre-dreadnought" battleships in a straight fight. A naval arms race followed between Britain and Germany, as both countries hurriedly built a... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
British Battleships 1914-18 (1)
The Early Dreadnoughts
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Paul Wright
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $13.95
The launch of HMS Dreadnought in 1906 changed the face of naval warfare. This revolutionary new battleship was in a league of her own, capable of taking on any two "pre-dreadnought" battleships in a straight fight. A naval arms race followed between Britain and Germany, as both countries hurriedly built a... Read more >
The Early Dreadnoughts
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Paul Wright
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $13.95
The launch of HMS Dreadnought in 1906 changed the face of naval warfare. This revolutionary new battleship was in a league of her own, capable of taking on any two "pre-dreadnought" battleships in a straight fight. A naval arms race followed between Britain and Germany, as both countries hurriedly built a... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
British Frigate vs French Frigate
1793-1814
Written by Mark Lardas
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $15.95
In the Age of Fighting Sail (1650-1820), ambitious officers of the navies of many nations sought command of a frigate. Speedy, nimble and formidably armed, frigates often operated independently, unlike the larger ships of the line. Legendary sailors such as Edward Pellew and Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand, Comte de Linoise, found that... Read more >
1793-1814
Written by Mark Lardas
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $15.95
In the Age of Fighting Sail (1650-1820), ambitious officers of the navies of many nations sought command of a frigate. Speedy, nimble and formidably armed, frigates often operated independently, unlike the larger ships of the line. Legendary sailors such as Edward Pellew and Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand, Comte de Linoise, found that... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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British Frigate vs French Frigate
1793-1814
Written by Mark Lardas
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $18.95
In the Age of Fighting Sail (1650-1820), ambitious officers of the navies of many nations sought command of a frigate. Speedy, nimble and formidably armed, frigates often operated independently, unlike the larger ships of the line. Legendary sailors such as Edward Pellew and Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand, Comte de Linoise, found that... Read more >
1793-1814
Written by Mark Lardas
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $18.95
In the Age of Fighting Sail (1650-1820), ambitious officers of the navies of many nations sought command of a frigate. Speedy, nimble and formidably armed, frigates often operated independently, unlike the larger ships of the line. Legendary sailors such as Edward Pellew and Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand, Comte de Linoise, found that... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Naval Miscellany
Written by Angus Konstam
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $9.95
For armchair admirals, history buffs, and naval enthusiasts everywhere, A Naval Miscellany is an indispensable and entertaining collection of fascinating and often little-known facts, anecdotes, lists, curiosities and stories from our naval past. Forgotten heroes, amazing blunders, surprising trivia, and strange-but-true stories overlooked by historians - it is all here in... Read more >
Written by Angus Konstam
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $9.95
For armchair admirals, history buffs, and naval enthusiasts everywhere, A Naval Miscellany is an indispensable and entertaining collection of fascinating and often little-known facts, anecdotes, lists, curiosities and stories from our naval past. Forgotten heroes, amazing blunders, surprising trivia, and strange-but-true stories overlooked by historians - it is all here in... Read more >
British Motor Gun Boat 1939-45
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Tony Bryan
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $13.95
During World War II, few groups within the Royal Navy fought a harder, more intense war than the men of Coastal Forces. Their job was to operate the Motor Torpedo Boats (MTBs), Motor Launches (MLs) and Motor Gun Boats (MGBs) that protected coastal convoys, attacked enemy ones, and performed a myriad... Read more >
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Tony Bryan
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $13.95
During World War II, few groups within the Royal Navy fought a harder, more intense war than the men of Coastal Forces. Their job was to operate the Motor Torpedo Boats (MTBs), Motor Launches (MLs) and Motor Gun Boats (MGBs) that protected coastal convoys, attacked enemy ones, and performed a myriad... Read more >
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The Merchant Navy
Written by Richard Woodman
Format: Trade Paperback, 70 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $12.95
This title tells the epic story of Britain's merchant shipping, carrying exotic goods from all quarters of the world. At one time, British ships carried half of the world's trade. It reveals how two world wars nearly destroyed our merchant shipping, but convoys battled on to save Britain from starving to... Read more >
Written by Richard Woodman
Format: Trade Paperback, 70 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $12.95
This title tells the epic story of Britain's merchant shipping, carrying exotic goods from all quarters of the world. At one time, British ships carried half of the world's trade. It reveals how two world wars nearly destroyed our merchant shipping, but convoys battled on to save Britain from starving to... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
The Merchant Navy
Written by Richard Woodman
Format: eBook, 56 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $7.95
This title tells the epic story of Britain's merchant shipping, carrying exotic goods from all quarters of the world. At one time, British ships carried half of the world's trade. It reveals how two world wars nearly destroyed our merchant shipping, but convoys battled on to save Britain from starving to... Read more >
Written by Richard Woodman
Format: eBook, 56 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $7.95
This title tells the epic story of Britain's merchant shipping, carrying exotic goods from all quarters of the world. At one time, British ships carried half of the world's trade. It reveals how two world wars nearly destroyed our merchant shipping, but convoys battled on to save Britain from starving to... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Churchill's Channel War
1939-45
Written by Robert Jackson
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $9.95
From the beaches of Dunkirk to the launch of Operation Overlord, the Channel saw continuous action during World War II, and was the world’s most fought-over waterway. In this fascinating account, Robert Jackson offers a study of the Channel War from 1939–45, detailing the German threats to British shipping, the use... Read more >
1939-45
Written by Robert Jackson
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $9.95
From the beaches of Dunkirk to the launch of Operation Overlord, the Channel saw continuous action during World War II, and was the world’s most fought-over waterway. In this fascinating account, Robert Jackson offers a study of the Channel War from 1939–45, detailing the German threats to British shipping, the use... Read more >
Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyers 1919-45 (1)
Minekaze to Shiratsuyu Classes
Written by Mark Stille
Illustrated by Paul Wright
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $13.95
During the Pacific War, arguably the most successful component of the Imperial Japanese Fleet was its destroyer force. These ships were generally larger than their Allied counterparts and were better armed in most cases. Armed with a large, long-range torpedo (eventually called Long Lance by the Allies), these ships proved themselves... Read more >
Minekaze to Shiratsuyu Classes
Written by Mark Stille
Illustrated by Paul Wright
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $13.95
During the Pacific War, arguably the most successful component of the Imperial Japanese Fleet was its destroyer force. These ships were generally larger than their Allied counterparts and were better armed in most cases. Armed with a large, long-range torpedo (eventually called Long Lance by the Allies), these ships proved themselves... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyers 1919-45 (1)
Minekaze to Shiratsuyu Classes
Written by Mark Stille
Illustrated by Paul Wright
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $17.95
During the Pacific War, arguably the most successful component of the Imperial Japanese Fleet was its destroyer force. These ships were generally larger than their Allied counterparts and were better armed in most cases. Armed with a large, long-range torpedo (eventually called Long Lance by the Allies), these ships proved themselves... Read more >
Minekaze to Shiratsuyu Classes
Written by Mark Stille
Illustrated by Paul Wright
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $17.95
During the Pacific War, arguably the most successful component of the Imperial Japanese Fleet was its destroyer force. These ships were generally larger than their Allied counterparts and were better armed in most cases. Armed with a large, long-range torpedo (eventually called Long Lance by the Allies), these ships proved themselves... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Operation Storm
Japan's Top Secret Submarines and Its Plan to Change the Course of World War II
Written by John Geoghegan
Format: Hardcover, 496 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $28.00
The riveting true story of Japan's top secret plan to change the course of World War II using a squadron of mammoth submarines a generation ahead of their time
In 1941, the architects of Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor planned a bold follow-up: a potentially devastating air raid--this time against New... Read more >
Japan's Top Secret Submarines and Its Plan to Change the Course of World War II
Written by John Geoghegan
Format: Hardcover, 496 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $28.00
The riveting true story of Japan's top secret plan to change the course of World War II using a squadron of mammoth submarines a generation ahead of their time
In 1941, the architects of Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor planned a bold follow-up: a potentially devastating air raid--this time against New... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Operation Storm
Japan's Top Secret Submarines and Its Plan to Change the Course of World War II
Written by John Geoghegan
Format: eBook, 496 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $13.99
The riveting true story of Japan's top secret plan to change the course of World War II using a squadron of mammoth submarines a generation ahead of their time
In 1941, the architects of Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor planned a bold follow-up: a potentially devastating air raid--this time against New... Read more >
Japan's Top Secret Submarines and Its Plan to Change the Course of World War II
Written by John Geoghegan
Format: eBook, 496 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $13.99
The riveting true story of Japan's top secret plan to change the course of World War II using a squadron of mammoth submarines a generation ahead of their time
In 1941, the architects of Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor planned a bold follow-up: a potentially devastating air raid--this time against New... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
U-Boat Crews 1914-45
Written by Gordon Williamson
Illustrated by Darko Pavlovic
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $14.95
Osprey's study of the U-Boat and its crews during World War I (1914-1918) and World War II (1939-1945). If one single weapon in Germany's arsenal can be said to have come closest to winning the war for the Third Reich, it was without doubt the U-Boat. German U-Boat technology, training, tactics and... Read more >
Written by Gordon Williamson
Illustrated by Darko Pavlovic
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $14.95
Osprey's study of the U-Boat and its crews during World War I (1914-1918) and World War II (1939-1945). If one single weapon in Germany's arsenal can be said to have come closest to winning the war for the Third Reich, it was without doubt the U-Boat. German U-Boat technology, training, tactics and... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
British Submarines 1939-45
Written by Innes McCartney
Illustrated by Tony Bryan
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $13.95
The submarine was as formidable a weapon for the Royal Navy in World War II as for the other main combatant nations. The first half of this book explores the conception, design, development and subesequent evolution of the three major classes: the "S", "T", and "U".
The "S" Class submarine was originally... Read more >
Written by Innes McCartney
Illustrated by Tony Bryan
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $13.95
The submarine was as formidable a weapon for the Royal Navy in World War II as for the other main combatant nations. The first half of this book explores the conception, design, development and subesequent evolution of the three major classes: the "S", "T", and "U".
The "S" Class submarine was originally... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
British Submarines of World War I
Written by Innes McCartney
Illustrated by Tony Bryan
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $13.95
As the major powers engaged in an arms race in the early years of the 20th century, the Admiralty was tasked with developing that deadly stalker of the high seas - the submarine. In 1905, briefed with creating a vessel that could be employed on an enemy's coastline, the Admiralty took... Read more >
Written by Innes McCartney
Illustrated by Tony Bryan
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $13.95
As the major powers engaged in an arms race in the early years of the 20th century, the Admiralty was tasked with developing that deadly stalker of the high seas - the submarine. In 1905, briefed with creating a vessel that could be employed on an enemy's coastline, the Admiralty took... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Mississippi River Gunboats of the American Civil War 1861-65
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Tony Bryan
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $13.95
At the start of the American Civil War, neither side had warships on the Mississippi River and in the first few months both sides scrambled to gather a flotilla, converting existing riverboats for naval use. These ships were transformed into powerful naval weapons despite a lack of resources, trained manpower and... Read more >
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Tony Bryan
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $13.95
At the start of the American Civil War, neither side had warships on the Mississippi River and in the first few months both sides scrambled to gather a flotilla, converting existing riverboats for naval use. These ships were transformed into powerful naval weapons despite a lack of resources, trained manpower and... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Under the Black Flag
The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates
Written by David Cordingly
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 6, 2013
Price: $11.99
For this rousing, revisionist history, the former head of exhibitions at England's National Maritime Museum has combed original documents and records to produce a most authoritative and definitive account of piracy's "Golden Age." As he explodes many accepted myths (i.e. "walking the plank" is pure fiction), Cordingly replaces them with a... Read more >
The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates
Written by David Cordingly
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 6, 2013
Price: $11.99
For this rousing, revisionist history, the former head of exhibitions at England's National Maritime Museum has combed original documents and records to produce a most authoritative and definitive account of piracy's "Golden Age." As he explodes many accepted myths (i.e. "walking the plank" is pure fiction), Cordingly replaces them with a... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Peleliu 1944
The Forgotten Corner of Hell
Written by Gordon Rottman
Illustrated by Howard Gerrard
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $15.95
Equalling Tarawa, Iwo Jima and Okinawa in scale and ferocity, the battle for Peleliu has long been regarded as the Pacific War’s “forgotten battle”, and perhaps one that should never have been fought. A massive carrier-based attack some weeks before the invasion destroyed all aircraft and shipping in the area and... Read more >
The Forgotten Corner of Hell
Written by Gordon Rottman
Illustrated by Howard Gerrard
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $15.95
Equalling Tarawa, Iwo Jima and Okinawa in scale and ferocity, the battle for Peleliu has long been regarded as the Pacific War’s “forgotten battle”, and perhaps one that should never have been fought. A massive carrier-based attack some weeks before the invasion destroyed all aircraft and shipping in the area and... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Warships of the Ancient World
3000-500 BC
Written by Adrian Wood
Illustrated by Giuseppe Rava
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $13.95
The world’s first war machines were ships built two millennia before the dawn of the Classical world. Their influence on the course of history cannot be overstated. A wide variety of galleys and other types of warships were built by successive civilisations, each with their own distinctive appearance, capability and utility... Read more >
3000-500 BC
Written by Adrian Wood
Illustrated by Giuseppe Rava
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $13.95
The world’s first war machines were ships built two millennia before the dawn of the Classical world. Their influence on the course of history cannot be overstated. A wide variety of galleys and other types of warships were built by successive civilisations, each with their own distinctive appearance, capability and utility... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Warships of the Ancient World
3000-500 BC
Written by Adrian Wood
Illustrated by Giuseppe Rava
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $17.95
The world's first war machines were ships built two millennia before the dawn of the Classical world. Their influence on the course of history cannot be overstated since they allowed war to be carried to distant lands, allowing for the first time the rise of empires unrestricted by maritime boundaries. The... Read more >
3000-500 BC
Written by Adrian Wood
Illustrated by Giuseppe Rava
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $17.95
The world's first war machines were ships built two millennia before the dawn of the Classical world. Their influence on the course of history cannot be overstated since they allowed war to be carried to distant lands, allowing for the first time the rise of empires unrestricted by maritime boundaries. The... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
The Bismarck 1941
Hunting Germany's greatest battleship
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Paul Wright
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $15.95
The breakout of the German battleship Bismarck into the North Atlantic in May 1941 was one of the most dramatic naval episodes of World War II (1939-1945). It took place at a time when the resources of the Royal Navy were stretched thinly, and the British Home Fleet were hard pressed... Read more >
Hunting Germany's greatest battleship
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Paul Wright
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $15.95
The breakout of the German battleship Bismarck into the North Atlantic in May 1941 was one of the most dramatic naval episodes of World War II (1939-1945). It took place at a time when the resources of the Royal Navy were stretched thinly, and the British Home Fleet were hard pressed... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
