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  • The Divided Skies

    Establishing Segregated Flight Training at Tuskegee, Alabama, 1934-1942

    by Robert J. Jakeman ...
    In the Persian Gulf War, Americans of all races fought in integrated units under the leadership of the first African-American to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Indeed, the United States armed forces of the 1990s are arguably the most integrated institution in American society. But it was not always so. ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • The Great War in the Heart of Dixie

    Alabama During World War I

    by Martin T. Olliff, Martin T. Olliff, Victoria E. Ott, Robert Saunders Jr, Wesley Phillips Newton Jr, Wilson Fallin Jr., Ruth Smith Truss Jr., Dowe Littleton Jr., Michael V. R. Thomason Jr, David E. Alsobrook Jr.0, Robert J. Jakeman1 ...
    There has been much scholarship on how the U.S. as a nation reacted to World War I, but few have explored how Alabama responded. Did the state follow the federal government’s lead in organizing its resources or did Alabamians devise their own solutions to unique problems they faced? How did the state’s cultural institutions and government react? What changes occurred in its economy and way of life ... Read more

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  • The Ultimate Pirate Saga: 43 Storybooks of Swashbuckling Adventures

    A Panoramic Anthology of Mutiny, Treasure, Maritime Outlaws, and Sea Adventure

    by Robert Ervin Howard, Booth Tarkington, Charles S. Brooks, Esmè Stuart, Samuel Fletcher, William MacLeod Raine, Nicholas Carter, Charles Dickens, John Masefield, Daniel Defoe, Frank Richard Stockton, Yung-lun Yüan, E. Keble Chatterton, Poul Anderson, Stanley Lane-Poole, J. D. Jerrold Kelley, Oscar Herrmann, Otto A. Rothert, E. Hamilton Currey, William Henry Giles Kingston, G. A. Henty, Howard Pyle, R. M. Ballantyne, Richard Clynton, Ruel Perley Smith, Harry Collingwood, Charles Boardman Hawes, Percy F. Westerman, Van Powell, Harold L. Goodwin, John C. Hutcheson, Bracebridge Hemyng, Howard Roger Garis, Carey Rockwell, Fanny Loviot ...
    The Ultimate Pirate Saga: 43 Storybooks of Swashbuckling Adventures assembles a capacious maritime archive in which piracy becomes a lens for adventure, empire, commerce, captivity, and moral ambiguity. Ranging from historical romance and boys' adventure fiction to detective tales, sea yarns, satire, and speculative voyages, the volume traces the changing literary uses of the pirate across ... Read more

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  • The Ultimate Submarine Compendium: 36 Captivating Reads

    Undersea Adventures, Naval History, Invention, and Wartime Tales from the Victorian Age to World War I

    by A. Frederick Collins, Virgil D. Collins, Edward Stratemeyer, Willis J. Abbot, Charles William Sleeman, Thomas W. Corbin, Charles W. Domville-Fife, Georg-Günther Freiherr von Forstner, Robert Fulton, Herbert C. Fyfe, Henry John Sir Newbolt, Freiherr von E. Spiegel, Farnham Bishop, Harold Wheeler, William Barclay Parsons, Paul König, Ajax, Jules Verne, Luis Senarens, T. D. Hallam, Victor G. Durham, Donald Grayson, A. Hyatt Verrill, Clair W. Hayes, H. Irving Hancock, Percy F. Westerman, James R. Driscoll, G. Harvey Ralphson, Elmer Tracey Barnes, John Blaine, Roy Rockwood ...
    The Ultimate Submarine Compendium: 36 Captivating Reads charts the submarine's emergence as both technological marvel and literary emblem of modernity. Ranging from technical exposition, naval history, and eyewitness-inflected discussion to adventure fiction, juvenile serials, and speculative romance, the volume reveals how undersea navigation inspired dreams of scientific mastery alongside ... Read more

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  • Dead Men Tell No Tales - 60+ Pirate Novels, Treasure-Hunt Tales & Sea Adventure Classics

    Epic Pirate Sagas & Treasures of the Golden Age Sea

    by Captain Charles Johnson, Howard Pyle, Ralph D. Paine, Charles Ellms, Currey E. Hamilton, John Esquemeling, J. D. Jerrold Kelley, Stanley Lane-Poole, Daniel Defoe, Robert Louis Stevenson0, Sir Walter Scott1, Richard Le Gallienne2, Edgar Allan Poe3, Jack London4, Jules Verne5, Charles Boardman Hawes6, J. M. Barrie7, Arthur Conan Doyle8, Frederick Marryat9, R. M. Ballantyne0, Charles Dickens1, L. Frank Baum2, J. Allan Dunn3, Robert E. Howard4, James Fenimore Cooper5, Alexandre Dumas6, William Hope Hodgson7, F. Scott Fitzgerald8, Harold MacGrath9, Harry Collingwood0, W. H. G. Kingston1, G. A. Henty2, Joseph Lewis French3 ...
    This carefully crafted ebook collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Treasure Island (R. L. Stevenson) Blackbeard: Buccaneer (R. D. Paine) Pieces of Eight (Le Gallienne) Gold-Bug (Edgar A. Poe) The Dark Frigate (C. B. Hawes) Hearts of Three (Jack London) Captain Singleton (Defoe) Swords of Red Brotherhood (Howard) Queen of Black Coast (Howard) ... Read more

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  • One of Our Submarines

    by Edward Young ...
    Series series Pen & Sword Military Classics
    "[Young] immortalized his distinguished war service as a submariner in the bestselling autobiography, One of Our Submarines . . . [a] gripping memoir."— The Guardian"In the very highest rank of books about the last war. Submarines are thrilling beasts, and Edward Young tells of four years' adventures in them in a good stout book with excitement on every page. He writes beautifully, economically ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • PIRATE NOVELS: 50+ Adventure Classics, Treasure Hunt Tales & Maritime Novels

    Classic Buccaneer Tales of Buried Gold, Mutiny, Shipwreck, and Ocean Peril

    by Robert Louis Stevenson, Jack London, Daniel Defoe, Jules Verne, Rafael Sabatini, Walter Scott, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, Frederick Marryat, James Fenimore Cooper, Ralph D. Paine0, Richard Le Gallienne1, Charles Boardman Hawes2, J. M. Barrie3, R. M. Ballantyne4, William Macleod Raine5, Charles Dickens6, L. Frank Baum7, Jeffery Farnol8, J. Allan Dunn9, Robert E. Howard0, John Masefield1, Alexandre Dumas2, William Hope Hodgson3, F. Scott Fitzgerald4, Harold MacGrath5, Harry Collingwood6, Frederick Ferdinand Moore7, W. H. G. Kingston8, Stephen W. Meader9, Percy F.Westerman1, G. A. Henty2, Joseph Lewis French3, Howard Pyle4 ...
    PIRATE NOVELS: 50+ Adventure Classics, Treasure Hunt Tales & Maritime Novels surveys the enduring imaginative power of piracy across the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Its narratives range from sea-chase romance, historical swashbuckler, and Robinsonade to Gothic maritime terror, juvenile adventure, detective intrigue, and speculative voyage. Treasure maps, mutiny, shipwreck, ... Read more

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  • Sea Warfare

    Restored Classics to Go Edition

    by Rudyard Kipling ...
    These pieces were written as journalism, in response to a request by the Admiralty, as the British public realised that World War I certainly was not going to be 'over by Christmas', and wanted to know what the Navy, the 'silent service', on which so much money had been spent in the decade before the war, was doing. The end of the 'Great War' against Napoleonic France had left Great Britain ... Read more

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  • The Best Pirate Stories Ever Told

    Edited by Stephen Brennan ...
    Series series Best Stories Ever Told
    Over the years, thousands of tales both true and fantastic have been told about the dastardly thievery of pirates, and their rum-drunk exploits and high-seas violence never fail to delight. Now in a brand-new series collection, The Best Pirate Stories Ever Told includes many of the very best pirate yarns ever created on history’s most debaucherous scalawags. Anyone who loves a good story full of ... Read more

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  • The U-boat hunters

    Enriched edition. Dangerous Seas: A Naval Adventure in World War I

    by James B. Connolly, Rachel Kirk ...
    In "The U-Boat Hunters," James B. Connolly embarks on a gripping exploration of naval warfare during World War II, specifically focusing on the relentless pursuit of German U-boats by Allied forces in the Atlantic. Connolly employs a meticulously researched narrative style, weaving together vivid accounts, strategic analyses, and personal stories of those involved in the maritime conflict. Through ... Read more

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  • PIRATE TALES: 80+ Novels, Stories, Legends & History of the True Buccaneers

    Legendary Sea Outlaws and Historical Buccaneer Tales Collection

    by Jack London, Robert Louis Stevenson, Walter Scott, Edgar Allan Poe, Jules Verne, Arthur Conan Doyle, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Frederick Marryat, James Fenimore Cooper, Alexandre Dumas, Charles Dickens0, Daniel Defoe1, L. Frank Baum2, Rafael Sabatini3, Captain Charles Johnson4, J. M. Barrie5, Howard Pyle6, Ralph D. Paine8, Charles Ellms9, Currey E. Hamilton0, John Esquemeling1, Clarence Henry Haring2, J. D. Jerrold Kelley3, Stanley Lane-Poole4, Richard Le Gallienne5, Charles Boardman Hawes6, R. M. Ballantyne7, William Macleod Raine8, Jeffery Farnol9, J. Allan Dunn0, Robert E. Howard1, John Masefield2, William Hope Hodgson3, Harold MacGrath4, Harry Collingwood5, Frederick Ferdinand Moore6, W. H. G. Kingston7, Stephen W. Meader8, Percy F.Westerman0, G. A. Henty1, Joseph Lewis French2 ...
    Come along on a great pirate adventure with hand-picked literary classics and true stories about the legendary outlaws: History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates (Captain Charles Johnson) The Book of Buried Treasure The Pirates' Own Book Treasure Island (R. L. Stevenson) Captain Blood (Rafael Sabatini) Sea Hawk (Sabatini) Blackbeard: Buccaneer (R. D. Paine) Pieces of Eight ... Read more

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  • The Journal of Submarine Commander von Forstner

    by Freiherr von Georg-Günther Forstner ...
    The following pages form an abridged translation of a book published in 1916 by Freiherrn von Forstner, commander of the first German U-boat. It was written with the somewhat careless haste of a man who took advantage of disconnected moments of leisure, and these moments were evidently subject to abrupt and prolonged interruptions. Many repetitions and trivial incidents have been omitted in this ... Read more

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