Hunt the Bismarck: The Pursuit of Germany's Most Famous Battleship (Konstam Angus)(Pevná vazba)

Hunt the Bismarck: The Pursuit of Germany's Most Famous Battleship (Konstam Angus)(Pevná vazba)

A brand-new narrative account of one of World War II's most exciting chase stories, the pursuit of the legendary German battleship, Bismarck. Hunt the Bismarck tells the story of Operation Rhein bung, the Atlantic sortie of the Nazi Germany's largest battleship in May 1941. Bismarck entered

Hunt the Bismarck: The Pursuit of Germany's Most Famous Battleship (Konstam Angus)(Paperback)

Now available in paperback, this is a groundbreaking narrative account of one of World War II's most exciting chase stories, the pursuit of the legendary German battleship Bismarck.Hunt the Bismarck, now available in paperback, tells the story of Operation Rhein bung, the Atlantic sortie of the

The Battleship Bismarck (Draminski Stefan)(Pevná vazba)

The Bismarck is perhaps the most famous--and notorious--warship ever built. Completed in 1941, the 45,000-ton German battleship sank HMS Hood, the pride of the British Royal Navy, during one of the most sensational encounters in naval history. Following the sinking, Bismarck was chased around the

Sinking Force Z 1941: The Day the Imperial Japanese Navy Killed the Battleship (Konstam Angus)(Paperback)

A history and analysis of one of the most dramatic moments in both air power and naval history. With the sinking of HMS Prince of Wales and Repulse, no battleship was safe on the open ocean, and the aircraft took its crown as the most powerful maritime weapon. In late 1941, war was looming with

Big Guns in the Atlantic: Germany's Battleships and Cruisers Raid the Convoys, 1939-41 (Konstam Angus)(Paperback)

In the early months and years of World War II, it was Germany's cruisers and battleships that most ravaged the Atlantic Convoys. This is the history of those raids, and how the success of 1941's Operation Berlin led directly to the Kriegsmarine sending into the Atlantic its greatest battleship -

USS Missouri (Bb-63): America's Last Battleship (Doyle David)(Pevná vazba)

The story of the USS Missouri, one of America's most famous warships of the twentieth century, and the world's last battleship, is told from her inception in 1940, through WWII kamikaze attacks, to her being the location of the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay, on September 2, 1945. Missouri's

The Pirate World: A History of the Most Notorious Sea Robbers (Konstam Angus)(Pevná vazba)

Often romanticized in print and on the silver screen, real-life pirates were a brutal menace that plagued the high seas. In this book, Angus Konstam separates myth from reality, tracing the history of piracy through the centuries, from the pirates who plagued the Ancient Egyptians to the Viking

The Bismarck (Jackson Robert)(Paperback)

Take an in-depth look at one of World War II's most famous battleships, the Bismarck--including a gripping account of its final hours. During World War II, much of the Allied fleet was diverted to hunting down the Bismarck, the classic ship that represented the pinnacle of the Nazi war machine at

The Battlecruiser Hood (Roberts John)(Pevná vazba)

The destruction of the HMS Hood by the Bismarck in 1941 was one of the most shocking episodes in the history of the Royal Navy. Built during World War I, the Hood was the largest, fastest and one of the most handsome capital ships in the world. For the first time, this volume in the renowned

Palookaville 23 (Seth)(Pevná vazba)

The conclusion of Clyde Fans, the iconic cartoonist's most famous storyline The most anticipated issue to date of Seth's iconic comics digest, Palookaville 23 marks the culmination of twenty years of serialization: here, Clyde Fans comes to a conclusion. In this final chapter, we return to Simon

British Battleships 1890-1905: Victoria's Steel Battlefleet and the Road to Dreadnought (Konstam Angus)(Paperback)

The Royal Navy's battleships at the turn of the 20th century were the most powerful battlefleet in the world, and embodied one of the key periods in warship development--the development of the dreadnought battleship. The term pre-dreadnought was applied in retrospect, to describe the capital ships

Alexander Von Humboldt: How the Most Famous Scientist of the Romantic Age Found the Soul of Nature (Meinhardt Maren)(Pevná vazba)

The Universal Penman (Bickham George)(Pevná vazba)

This is the only complete edition available of one of the most famous and most useful books of commercial art ever printed. George Bickham, a noted engraver and calligrapher, first compiled this work back in the 1740's, from the best specimens of 24 of the leading calligraphers of his day

Musashi (Yoshikawa Eiji)(Pevná vazba)

The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman. Miyamoto Musashi was the child of an era when Japan was emerging from decades of civil strife. Lured to the great Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 by the hope of becoming a samurai--without really knowing what it meant--he

History of the SAS (Ryan Chris)(Pevná vazba)

Tasked with storming mountain strongholds in the desert. Trained to hunt down the world's most wanted terrorists. This is the extraordinary story of 22

Who Killed Kitchener?: The Life and Death of Britain's Most Famous War Minister (Laws David)(Pevná vazba)

Lord Horatio Herbert Kitchener is most famous today as the face of the poster that led Britain's recruitment drive during the early part of the First World War. But in recent years, with the recent release of records by the government, it has been the nature of his death that has stirred up

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2021 (Booth Lawrence)(Pevná vazba)

The 158th edition of the most famous sports book in the world. The 2021 edition of the cricketer's bible includes full coverage of the Cricket World Cup and this year's momentous drawn Ashes. Published every year since 1864, the Wisden Cricketer's Almanack 2021 contains some of the finest sports

Louvre - The Many Lives of the World's Most Famous Museum (Gardner James (Author))(Pevná vazba)

A meticulously crafted, sparkling history of the legendary museum in

Man in the Iron Mask - The Truth about Europe's Most Famous Prisoner (Wilkinson Josephine)(Pevná vazba)

The truth behind the mystery of European history's most famous prisoner. It is time his story was retold for a new

Georgina Weldon: The Fearless Life of a Victorian Celebrity (Martin Joanna)(Pevná vazba)

A fascinating account of the life of one of the most famous women of the Victorian era. For more than a decade in the second half of the nineteenth century Georgina Weldon (1837-1914) was one of the most famous women in England. Weldon was an exceptional self-publicist, intelligent and utterly

The Life of Jamgon Kongtrul the Great (Gardner Alexander)(Pevná vazba)

The first-ever extensive biography of Tibet's most famous nonsectarian Buddhist lama Known as the 'king of renunciates,' Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye (1813-1899) forever changed the face of Buddhism through collecting, arranging, and disseminating the various lineage traditions of Tibet across

The Pocket Book of the Gaa (Reynolds Mark)(Pevná vazba)

A fully illustrated history of Ireland s most famous sporting institution, published in association with the GAA museum in Croke Park. This is a fascinating and colourful introduction to Gaelic games, covering football, hurling, camogie and handball. This pocket sized book features all the key

Churchill Girls - The Story of Winston's Daughters (Trethewey Rachel)(Pevná vazba)

The fascinating untold stories of three women from England's most famous

Lion (Adlington Mark)(Pevná vazba)

A collection of 150 stunning illustrations of lions by one of the most famous wildlife painters working today Lion follows internationally collected artist Mark Adlington's three-year mission to find lions in six different habitats across East and Southern Africa. The resulting body of work,