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  • Battleship Oklahoma BB-37

    by Jeff Phister, Thomas Hone, Paul Goodyear ...
    On a quiet Sunday morning in 1941, a ship designed to keep the peace was suddenly attacked. This book tells the remarkable story of a battleship, its brave crew, and how their lives were intertwined.Jeff Phister and his coauthors have written the comprehensive history of the USS Oklahoma from its christening in 1914 to its final loss in 1947. Phister tells how the Oklahoma served in World War I, ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

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  • The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors

    The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour

    by James D. Hornfischer ...
    “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 Samar. On the horizon loomed the mightiest ships of the Japanese navy, a massive fleet that ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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  • Cochrane

    The Real Master and Commander

    by David Cordingly ...
    In this fascinating account of Thomas Cochrane's extraordinary life, David Cordingly (Under the Black Flag and The Billy Ruffian) unearths startling new details about the real-life "Master and Commander"-from his heroic battles against the French navy to his role in the liberation of Chile, Peru, and Brazil, and the stock exchange scandal that forced him out of England and almost ended his naval ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Hell from the Heavens

    The Epic Story of the USS Laffey and World War II's Greatest Kamikaze Attack

    by John Wukovits ...
    Looking toward the heavens, the destroyer crew saw what seemed to be the entire Japanese Air Force assembled directly above. Hell was about to be unleashed on them in the largest single-ship kamikaze attack of World War II.On April 16, 1945, the crewmen of the USS Laffey were battle hardened and prepared. They had engaged in combat off the Normandy coast in June 1944. They had been involved in ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Navy's Most Wanted™

    by Norman Polmar; Christopher Cavas ...
    From historys earliest days men have gone down to seaon logs, then boats, and, subsequently, ships. Norman Polmar and Christopher Cavas maneuver in Most Wanted™ style to find the best and worst of the admirals, ships, inventions, submarines, torpedoes, and aircraft that have fought on, over, and under the waves.The top-ten lists in Navys Most Wanted™ rank the worlds biggest battleships, the ... Read more

    $9.55 CAD

  • German Battleships 1914–18 (1)

    Deutschland, Nassau and Helgoland classes

    by Gary Staff ...
    Series Book 164 - New Vanguard
    A focused look at the first dreadnought classes for the German Imperial Navy and their deployment in World War I, including the great clash of dreadnoughts at the Battle of Jutland.This volume covers the history of the Deutschland to Osfriesland classes of German battlecruisers, beginning with the last of the pre-dreadnought battleships and explaining the revolutionary developments, particularly ... Read more

    $17.29 CAD

  • On the Bottom

    The Raising of the Submarine S-51

    by Edward Ellsberg ...
    The man who led the salvage efforts to raise a sunken US Navy submarine recounts the mission in a tale "that will surely rank among the epics of the sea" ( The Philadelphia Inquirer).The sinking of the submarine S-51 was one of the greatest tragedies in American naval history. Due to a miscommunication and subsequent collision between the sub and a passing steamship on a September night, the S-51, ... Read more

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  • The Battle of Quiberon Bay, 1759

    Hawke and the Defeat of the French Invasion

    by Nicholas Tracy ...
    This authoritative history chronicles the Royal Navy's decisive yet little-known victory over the French during the Seven Years' War.In the mid-18th century, with virtually no regular troops at home, Britain was especially vulnerable to the immanent threat of French invasion. In a cunning naval offensive, the British fleet under Admiral Edward Hawke intercepted French ships on their way to ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • SEAL Team Six and the Delta Solution

    by Anonymous ...
    SEAL Team Six's team leader, James Riley, has been honorably discharged. Despite their heavy hearts, the SEALs continue their training exercises without missing a beat. In his new job at the CIA, Riley reads a report from a madman claiming to be responsible for the Japanese Tsunami that devastated the country three months earlier.Riley learns that a madman named Bolo has bought a team of expert ... Read more

    $10.98 CAD

  • The E-Boat Threat

    by Bryan Cooper ...
    One of the major lessons of World War II was the importance of coastal waters. It was not widely recognised beforehand just how vital the control of such waters would become, both in defending essential convoys as well as attacking those of the enemy, and in paving the way for amphibious landings.While land based aircraft could carry out offshore operations by day and destroyers and cruisers ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Wolf Packs Gather

    Mayhem in the Western Approaches 1940

    by Bernard Edwards ...
    The capture by the German surface raider Atlantis of the British steamer City of Baghdads secret code books in July 1940 enabled the Nazis to de-cypher Admiralty convoy plans with deadly effect. This book describes the resulting appalling Allied losses suffered by four convoys during the Autumn of 1940. Admiral Donetz, aware of the movements of the Allied convoys, marshaled as many of his U-boats ... Read more

    Was $14.99 CAD Now $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Iowa Class Battleships

    by Lester Abbey ...
    The 'ShipCraft' series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeller through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between sister-ships and changes in their appearance over their careers. This includes paint schemes and camouflage, featuring colour profiles and highly ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus