Relentless Pursuit (Kent Alexander)(Paperback / softback)

Relentless Pursuit (Kent Alexander)(Paperback / softback)

As captain of His Majesty's frigate Unrivalled of forty-six guns, Adam Bolitho is required to assist the senior officer of the patrolling squadron. But all efforts of the patrols to curb a flourishing trade in human life are hampered by unsuitable ships, and by the belligerence of the Dey of

Relentless Pursuit (Kent Alexander)(Paperback)

September 1815. In this, the newest novel in Alexander Kent's Bolitho series, Captain Adam Bolitho carries on the Royal Navy tradition of his seafaring family. Summoned to the Admiralty by Sir Edward Pellew, Adam is ordered to sail his 46-gun frigate Unrivalled into African waters to aid His

In the Name of the Children (Rinek Jeffrey L.)(Paperback / softback)

An FBI Agent's relentless pursuit of the nation's worst

Honour This Day - (Richard Bolitho: Book 19) (Kent Alexander)(Paperback / softback)

He has written dozens of naval books under his own name and the pseudonym Alexander Kent, including the famous Richard Bolitho books set during the Napoleonic

Darkening Sea (Kent Alexander)(Paperback / softback)

Returning safely to England after the dramatic capture of Martinque, Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho finds an all too brief respite from war and politics in the arms of his mistress Catherine Somervell. Although ordered immediately to the Indian Ocean, for the first time Bolitho's thoughts are not

The Case for Degrowth (Paulson Susan)(Paperback)

The relentless pursuit of economic growth is the defining characteristic of contemporary societies. Yet it benefits few and demands monstrous social and ecological sacrifice. Is there a viable alternative? How can we halt the endless quest to grow global production and consumption and instead

Colours Aloft! (Kent Alexander)(Paperback / softback)

Colours Aloft!, the sixteenth Richard Bolitho novel, bears all the hallmarks of its best-selling predecessors. September 1803Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho finds himself the new master of the Argonaute, a French flagship taken in

Success to the Brave (Kent Alexander)(Paperback / softback)

Success to the Brave is the fifteenth Richard Bolitho story and chronologically it follows the events covered by A Tradition of Victory. In the spring of 1802 Richard Bolitho is summoned to the Admiralty in London and given his orders for a difficult and, to him, distasteful

Tradition of Victory (Kent Alexander)(Paperback / softback)

This fourteenth Bolitho novel has the epic scenes of action, the powerful characterization and the authentic period detail that have made Alexander Kent a bestseller wherever sea stories are read. After eight years of war between Britain and France there is at last a rumour of

Sword Of Honour - (Richard Bolitho: Book 25) (Kent Alexander)(Paperback / softback)

March 1814Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho returns to England from several months' rigorous patrolling off the North American

Lexus: The Relentless Pursuit (Dawson Chester)(Paperback)

A behind-the-scenes look at Lexus's surprising twenty-year success story--in a revised new edition In the 1980s, German brands BMW and Mercedes-Benz dominated the luxury car market and had little reason to fear competition from Japan. But in 1989, Toyota entered the market with the Lexus LS 400, a

Passage To Mutiny - (Richard Bolitho: Book 9) (Kent Alexander)(Paperback / softback)

OCTOBER 1789, NEW SOUTH WALESInto Sydney, capital of Britain's infant colony, sails the frigate

Beyond the Reef (Kent Alexander)(Paperback / softback)

In March 1808, as Napoleon holds Portugal and threatens his old ally Spain, Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho is dispatched once more to the Cape of Good Hope to establish a permanent naval force there. Setting aside his bitter memories and the anguish of a friendship betrayed, Bolitho takes passage

Band Of Brothers (Kent Alexander)(Paperback / softback)

The new year of 1774 seems to offer Richard Bolitho and his friend Martyn Dancer the culmination of a dream. Both have been recommended for promotion, although they have not yet gained the coveted lieutenant's

Heart Of Oak (Kent Alexander)(Paperback / softback)

Onward, a new 38-gun frigate whose first mission is not war but diplomacy, as consort to the French frigate Nautilus. Under the burning sun of North Africa, Bolitho is keenly aware of the envy and ambition among his officers, the troubled, restless spirits of his midshipmen, and the old enemy's

Lifeless (Billingham Mark)(Paperback / softback)

A relentless and utterly compelling Tom Thorne

Cross Of St George - (Richard Bolitho: Book 24) (Kent Alexander)(Paperback / softback)

February 1813With convoys from Canada and the Caribbean falling victim to American privateers, Sir Richard Bolitho returns to Halifax to pursue a war he knows will not be won, but which neither Britain nor the United States can afford to lose. England's youngest admiral desires only

Form Line of Battle - (Richard Bolitho: Book 11) (Kent Alexander)(Paperback / softback)

June 1793, Gibraltar - The gathering might of revolutionary France prepares to engulf Europe in another bloody war. For Richard Bolitho, the renewal of hostilities means a fresh command and the chance of action after long months of inactivity. Bolitho and the crew of the Hyperion are trapped by the

Only Victor - (Richard Bolitho: Book 20) (Kent Alexander)(Paperback / softback)

FEBRUARY 1806The frigate carrying Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho drops anchor off the shores of southern

African Pursuit (Alric David)(Paperback / softback)

In the King's Name (Kent Alexander)(Paperback / softback)

A searing and gripping tale of trouble on the high seas, and of the weakness of the human spirit, In the King's Name heralds the return of our greatest living maritime writer and the legendary Adam

To Glory We Steer - (Richard Bolitho: Book 7) (Kent Alexander)(Paperback / softback)

The time is January 1782, and British Captain Richard Bolitho is ordered to take the frigate Phalarope to the Caribbean, where the hard-pressed royal squadrons are fighting for their lives against the combined fleets of France and Spain and the upstart American

Signal Close Action - (Richard Bolitho: Book 14) (Kent Alexander)(Paperback / softback)

When in 1798, Richard Bolitho hoists his pendant as commodore of a squadron, and prepares to re-enter the Mediterranean, he is soon made aware of his responsibility. There are rumours of a massive French armada and of the latest type of artillery, and Bolitho's orders are to seek out the enemy, and

For My Country's Freedom - (Richard Bolitho: Book 23) (Kent Alexander)(Paperback / softback)

March, 1811After two and a half months of precious peace in Cornwall with his beloved mistress Catherine, Admiral Richard Bolitho is once again summoned to